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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 9254186" data-attributes="member: 1125">Further thinking on my FATE comment I'm reminded of Spirit of the Century a pulp game that does character creation via four phases:&nbsp;Phase 1: Background-covers the character’s youth, from birth to age 15 the core concept for the character as a “normal person”.&nbsp; Reflect on the character’s family and upbringing. What were the family’s circumstances like? Rich? Poor? Scholarly? Isolated? Pious? Political?How big is the family?How well does the character get along with his family?What nation is the character from? What region?How was the character educated?What were the character’s friends like? Did the character get into much trouble?Player writes down a brief summary of the events of the phase.Note the characters racial, national, familial, or cultural heritage.&nbsp;Phase 2: Becoming an adventurerAsķ how did the character go from normal person to adventurer? What got them away from home, where did they go,&nbsp; what new skills or knowledge did they learn?&nbsp; What trouble did they have to deal with?Did they have a patron or mentor?Did they meet any other characters then?Phase 3: Your StoryIn Spirit of the Century this is the characters first pulp novel - and they are the star! The player comes up with a title for the Story eg&quot;Karynor and the Tower of Shadows&quot;&nbsp;Give a short blurb about What happened in the story? who was the antagonist (potential nemesis?) etc&nbsp;Phase 4: Guest StarSwap your story with another player whose character is now the guest star in your story - discuss how they get involved as a supporting character’s role. Was it as chance acquaintences, friends, lovers, rivals?Also consider what did the characters discover (items, secrets, new abilities) and how did the characters finish/escape from that adventure?Phase 5: Repeat with another player, but now youre the guest star.Phase 6: Getting the Party together - why are you together now ready to go on a new adventure?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 9254186, member: 1125"] Further thinking on my FATE comment I'm reminded of Spirit of the Century a pulp game that does character creation via four phases: Phase 1: Background -covers the character’s youth, from birth to age 15 the core concept for the character as a “normal person”. Reflect on the character’s family and upbringing. What were the family’s circumstances like? Rich? Poor? Scholarly? Isolated? Pious? Political? How big is the family? How well does the character get along with his family? What nation is the character from? What region? How was the character educated? What were the character’s friends like? Did the character get into much trouble? Player writes down a brief summary of the events of the phase. Note the characters racial, national, familial, or cultural heritage. Phase 2: Becoming an adventurer Asķ how did the character go from normal person to adventurer? What got them away from home, where did they go, what new skills or knowledge did they learn? What trouble did they have to deal with? Did they have a patron or mentor? Did they meet any other characters then? Phase 3: Your Story In Spirit of the Century this is the characters first pulp novel - and they are the star! The player comes up with a title for the Story eg "[I]Karynor and the Tower of Shadows[/I]" Give a short blurb about What happened in the story? who was the antagonist (potential nemesis?) etc Phase 4: Guest Star Swap your story with another player whose character is now the guest star in your story - discuss how they get involved as a supporting character’s role. Was it as chance acquaintences, friends, lovers, rivals? Also consider what did the characters discover (items, secrets, new abilities) and how did the characters finish/escape from that adventure? Phase 5: Repeat with another player, but now youre the guest star. Phase 6: Getting the Party together - why are you together now ready to go on a new adventure? [/QUOTE]

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