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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anonystu" data-source="post: 1876511" data-attributes="member: 10897">(This isn't by the way GM fiat, it's just anybody's fiat: we'll only agree on a setting when we have enough players who all really groove on a premise)To give you an idea for the actual game, here are the character creation rules:Each protagonist is made up of:1) Concept: Overview of the person, their personality, appearance, background2) Story arc: This is the character's personal struggle for the season.A story arc is made up of:a) Issue: the most defining aspect of the entire protagonist, and that what the protagonist struggles against the most. Examples include: Atonement (Lando), Grief (Buffy, season 3), Dark Temptation (Willow, season 7), Self-Worth (Will Tippen, season 2), Self-Hate (David Fisher)b) Screen Presence: This defines during the season, how important the protagonist is to the episode, and how much their story dominates the screen. For each episode, a protagonist is assigned a number:1: Minor role2: Secondary role3: Spotlight roleYour screen presence determines how many dice you get to roll during a conflict.For a short season (pilot + 5 episodes), you get two 1 episodes, two 2 episodes, and a spotlight episode. The pilot, which comes first, has everybody at a screen presence of 2, but you're free to arrange the other screen presences as you see fit, except for the following two rules:a) Your spotlight episode can't be in the first episodeb) Only two people can have a spotlight role in the same episode3) Traits: These define what's special about the protagonistYou get 5 of these, and these are split into Edges and Connections. You take 2 of either one, than 3 of the other. These give you extra dice in conflicts that involve them.Edges: A package of abilities that tie into a part of the character's storyExamples: Retired Intelligence Agent, Disciple of the Sight, Political ActivistConnections: People your characters knows and/or cares aboutExamples: Edgar the loyal butler, Agent Z the gadget specialist4) Nemesis (optional): A person whose goal is to make the character's life miserable (Example: Q from ST:TNG)5) Personal Set (optional): While the entire group creates sets that they'll use in game, you get to create your own sets as well. (Example: Picard's Quarters from ST:TNG)So, how does this all come together? Check out this example character from Rescue 2313, a game which is about a crew doing interstellar rescues in a politically fragile universe.WARNING: This is just a character from the example game from the rules, copied such that people can get an idea of what the game is actually like (and I had to type this up sometime). I actually don't particularly like space opera, so Rescue 2313 isn't a direction I'd like to go in.Brea Mackle, ex-fighter pilotIssue: Grudge against the Xiar Protectorate, that she often makes poor decisions when involved with (We don't know why she has a grudge, or even who the Xiar Protectorate, but this gives room to fill this out on the fly)Screen Presence: 2 (pilot) - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 2Edges: Ex-Fighter Pilot - Useful for flying, knowing things about ships, and military proceduresAmateur Spaceship Mechanic - Brea knows how to do small repairs and modifications, and how to communicate with other mechanics.Diplomat's Daughter - Brea grew up in the world of politics and intrigue, and though she despises it, she knows how to play the game.Connections:A retired military officer who lives on the station where the crew is based. Brea and the officer are close friends, and Brea looks to this person as a father figure.A fellow mechanic on the station who helps her out with information and repairs, in whcih there might be some future romantic tension.Nemesis: A pilot who's part of the military squadron based at the station. Brea and this pilot have been rivals since they were at the academy together.This should help make things clearer.</blockquote>

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