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<blockquote data-quote="Turgenev" data-source="post: 9829362" data-attributes="member: 6733"><p>Happy New year! It's time for the 2026 Character Creation Challenge.</p><p></p><p>My first character is from the X-Plorers RPG*. The game uses a variant Swords & Wizardry system. It gives characters 4 skills based on one's class. I've tweaked the system further to allow 2 background skills plus one secondary skill. All of these characters are randomly generated. </p><p></p><p>Rúnari Shaw is an independent human explorer who is a member of the Moon Maiden scout ship. He was born on a water world of Valhalla 7, but has spent most of his life in space on one freighter or another.</p><p><a href="https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/RunariShaw-PDF.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/RunariShaw-PDF-sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I'm creating the campaign background as I make the characters so to keep things straight in my head, I created a Star Map to note the region's notable star systems.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/StarMap01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/StarMap01-sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I then created a system map for the Hesperides System that the characters would explore if I was running this for real.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/HesperidesSystem.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/HesperidesSystem-sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>* <a href="https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/93802/Xplorers-RPG" target="_blank">https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/93802/Xplorers-RPG</a></p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Tim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Turgenev, post: 9829362, member: 6733"] Happy New year! It's time for the 2026 Character Creation Challenge. My first character is from the X-Plorers RPG*. The game uses a variant Swords & Wizardry system. It gives characters 4 skills based on one's class. I've tweaked the system further to allow 2 background skills plus one secondary skill. All of these characters are randomly generated. Rúnari Shaw is an independent human explorer who is a member of the Moon Maiden scout ship. He was born on a water world of Valhalla 7, but has spent most of his life in space on one freighter or another. [url='https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/RunariShaw-PDF.jpg'][img]https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/RunariShaw-PDF-sm.jpg[/img][/url] I'm creating the campaign background as I make the characters so to keep things straight in my head, I created a Star Map to note the region's notable star systems. [url='https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/StarMap01.jpg'][img]https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/StarMap01-sm.jpg[/img][/url] I then created a system map for the Hesperides System that the characters would explore if I was running this for real. [url='https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/HesperidesSystem.jpg'][img]https://paratime.ca/images/scifi/HesperidesSystem-sm.jpg[/img][/url] * [URL]https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/93802/Xplorers-RPG[/URL] Cheers, Tim [/QUOTE]
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