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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7950009" data-attributes="member: 5142">Then let's build a character! Kul the Average FighterIn Paleomythic the number of traits and talents you have varies depending on what you choose at the beginning:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1 Talent and 5 Traits</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2 Talents and 4 Traits</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3 Talents and 3 Traits</li> </ul>You can also pick up a maximum of two additional traits if you pick a flaw for each additional trait. So let's say that we pick 3 Talents, 3 Traits + 2 Traits + 2 Flaws. Assuming you are healthy and no relevant flaws, you get a number of dice to your rolls equal to your number of Traits. This means that we will have at least 5 dice except on rolls that involve our flaws.What traits would we like for Kul, our average Stone & Sorcery Fighter? We can choose 5 traits, but we must pick 2 flaws. So for Traits, how about Brave (facing foes and fighting in melee), Strong (physical strength), Resilient (resisting pain and disease), Dexterous (slight of hand, delicate work) and Wilful (they're a stubborn bastard). But now we need to pick 2 Flaws: Careless (the corresponding flaw to Guileful trait) and Clumsy (corresponding flaw to Agile trait).At this point, what do these traits mean? On a typical roll, we will roll 5 dice. On a roll involving one of our 5 Traits, such as Brave when we fight with weapons, we will roll 6 dice. Kul gets a bonus dice to the roll if their task involves a Trait they possess.So how about Talents, because Talents can occasionally provide bonus dice or benefits, as will be the case for our character. Let's pick an obvious Talent first: Warrior. With the Warrior talent a PC gains an additional attack with melee weapons for each of the two following traits they may have: Strong and Dexterous, which Kul selected. So Kul can make three melee attacks (if these traits aren't damaged). Kul naturally wants to be a Barbarian too. This talent causes his melee weapon hits to inflict an additional wound. Then Kul decides to lean into this more heavily and picks the talent Savage. With the Savage talent he gains a bonus Resilient die when resisting illness and disease. Plus, when he's damaged in melee, he can roll a 1d6 'savage die': on a 6, the damage is avoided; however, on a 1, Kul is fatigued and can't use this ability in combat again.So Kul the Average Stone & Sorcery Fighter when fighting with his melee weapon will roll 5 dice (for his 5 traits) plus 1 bonus die for Brave. But he gets to make 3 melee attacks on his turn and he will inflict a bonus wound with each hit.I hope that helps.</blockquote>

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