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Cheat sheet

Character creation (Draw Steel)

A checklist you can run during creation.

Quick blocks

Creation order (from system.json)
  1. Choose an Ancestry (determines innate traits and ancestry abilities)
  2. Choose a Culture (Environment, Organization, and Upbringing determine languages and skills)
  3. Choose a Career (your life before becoming a hero, grants a career skill)
  4. Choose a Class (your heroic role, determines abilities and features)
  5. Choose a Subclass (specialization within your class)
  6. Choose a Kit (combat loadout that provides bonuses to stats and damage)
  7. Set Characteristics (assign Might, Agility, Reason, Intuition, Presence)
  8. Choose Skills (select trained skills from the skill list)
  9. Calculate Derived Stats (Stamina, Recoveries, Speed, Stability)
Creation limits
characteristicMin
-2
characteristicMax
5
startingLevel
1
maxLevel
10
startingCharacteristics
Array of values assigned across five characteristics

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