Future (4e Sourcebook)/Character Creation
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To create your Future character, go through these steps:
- Select two Origins: a primary and secondary.
- Your Primary Origin determines your primary ability score, which will be 18.
- Your Secondary Origin determines your secondary ability score, which will be 16. If your secondary ability is the same as your primary, then your primary ability score is 20.
- Your remaining ability scores are determined by rolling 3d6 for each, in order.
- Some origins have a Power Source. You gain a +2 bonus to overcharge rolls on Techniques that have the same power source as your primary origin.
- You gain:
- all of the level 1 traits from your primary and secondary origins.
- the novice power from each origin
- skill bonuses related to your origins
- one Technique of your choice which you can use once per encounter.
- one second wind per encounter
- All characters the following statistics:
- Hit Points at 1st Level: 12 + your Constitution score
- Bloodied Value: Half your hit point total, rounded down
- Hit Points per Level Gained: 5
- Fortitude Defense: 10 + your level + the better of your Strength or Constitutiuon modifiers
- Reflex Defense: 10 + your level + the better of your Dexterity or Intelligence modifiers
- Will Defense: 10 + your level + the better of your Wisdom or Charisma modifiers
- Armour Class: 10 + your level + armor bonus + shield bonus, if any; if you're wearing light armor or no armor, add the better of your Dexterity or Intelligence modifiers.
- Speed: 6
- Initiative Modifier: Your dexterity modifier + your level
- Attack Bonus (Weapon): Best modifier from the weapon's key ability score pair + your level +weapon accuracy bonus
- Attack Bonus (Power): The power's key ability modifier + your level + the power's accuracy modifier (or weapon accuracy bonus if the power works with a weapon)
- Skill Level: The skill's key ability modifier + your level + bonuses granted from origin + bonus to one random skill.
- Choose your equipment.
Skills
As noted above, once origins are determined a character receives a bonus to a random skill. Roll 1d10 and consult the table below. You gain a +4 bonus to that skill, which stacks with any bonuses from your origins.
d10 | Skill | Key Ability | Notes |
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1 | Acrobatics | DEX | Use to accomplish stunts of agility; physical activities that rely more on nimbleness than muscle. |
2 | Athletics | STR | Use to physically overcome an obstruction; tasks relying on physical might. |
3 | Conspiracy | INT | Use to remember useful information about a significant person, organization or event. |
4 | Insight | WIS | Use to discern intent and decipher body language during social situations; for understanding the significance of a puzzling clue. |
5 | Interaction | CHA | Use to influence someone's opinions or actions; to gather information in a settlement. |
6 | Mechanics | INT | Use to use, repair or overcome machines. |
7 | Nature | WIS | Use to identify and cope with the hazards of the natural world. |
8 | Perception | WIS | Use to notice clues, spot danger, hear someone sneaking up on you, or find a trap. |
9 | Science | INT | Use to remember a fact about physics, geology, mathematics, computer operation or other areas of scientific theory; hacking; to identify an unnatural hazard or to operate computerized technology. |
10 | Stealth | DEX | Use to hide yourself from an observer, both by moving quietly and by staying out of sight. |
Gaining Levels
Use the XP progression from vanilla D&D. In addition to increasing attack, defense, initiative and skill check modifiers by 1 every level, a character gains the following benefits:
Level | Benefit |
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1st | Origin traits; Novice power from each origin; First technique |
2nd | One critical hit benefit from either origin |
3rd | One utility power from either origin |
4th | Second technique |
5th | One origin expert power from either origin |
6th | Second critical hit benefit |
7th | Second utility power |
8th | Third technique |
9th | Second expert power |
10th | Uber feature |
You may also retrain one Technique.
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