Future (4e Sourcebook)/Character Creation

Future Characters

To create your Future character, go through these steps:

1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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 Constitution 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.
4. 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
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; to stablize a dying creature.
10	Stealth	DEX	Use to hide yourself from an observer, both by moving quietly and by staying out of sight.

Basic Attack

All characters gain the Basic Attack power.

Basic Attack	Basic Racial Power
With practiced ease, you execute a fundamental attack maneuver, channeling your training into a precise and effective strike with your weapon.
At-Will  Physical, Weapon
Standard Action	Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Str/Con or Dex/Int + your level + weapon accuracy Vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Str/Con or Dex/Int + your level physical damage

Gaining Levels

The following table shows the total XP required for each character level. When you gain enough XP to increase your level you must finish an extended rest before you gain the benefits.

When you gain a level you get the following benefits:

• Your attack, defense, initiative and skill check modifiers increase by 1
• You gain 5 hit points
• You gain the benefit noted in the table below

Total XP	Level	Benefit
0	1st	Origin traits; Novice power from each origin; First technique
500	2nd	One critical hit benefit from either origin
1,000	3rd	One utility power from either origin
2,000	4th	Second technique
3,000	5th	One origin expert power from either origin
4,000	6th	Second critical hit benefit
5,000	7th	Second utility power
6,500	8th	Third technique
8,500	9th	Second expert power
10,000	10th	Uber feature

You may also retrain one Technique.

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