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Player character creation guidelines for the Diskordia GURPS campaign.

Campaign Background

Campaign name: Diskordia

Starting year: 3085

Genre: Fantasy

Realistic or cinematic? Cinematic

General theme of campaign: Wild adventure

Are there multiple planes of existence? Unknown

Campaign World: Diskordia

Campaign’s base city, nation, empire, or planet:

Society/government type:

Control Rating:

Exceptions to general CR:

Tech level: 5

Exceptions to general TL: Only weapons with a US production year prior to 1890 are available.

General mana level: Normal

Do areas of higher/lower mana exist? Yes

Brief description of important neighboring powers, political/economic situation, etc.:

Information for PCs

Starting point value allowed for PCs: 300

Disadvantage limit (including Quirks): -50

PC races allowed: Human

Especially appropriate professions:

Starting Wealth: $5,000

Starting Wealth levels allowed: Poor, Struggling, Average, Comfortable, Wealthy

Starting Status levels allowed: -2 to 4

Languages available: English, French, or Spanish are recommended and useful. Scholars/sages should have at least one classical or 'dead' language.

Cultural Familiarities available:

Advantages, Disadvantages, and Skills

Required advantages, disadvantages, and skills:

Especially appropriate Advantages: Luck, Serendipity

Especially appropriate Disadvantages: Weirdness Magnet

Especially appropriate Skills: Biology (Earthlike), Geology (Earthlike), Naturalist (Earthlike), Navigation (Land), Survival (any)

Disallowed advantages, disadvantages, and skills:

Appropriate Patrons, Allies or Contacts:

Special Abilities Allowed for PCs

Exotic/supernatural traits: Exotic biotech is allowed only for TL10 or above characters.

Cinematic skills: Yes

Are PC mages allowed? Yes. See Magick (Diskordia) for more details.

Are any of the spells from Chapter 5 off limits? No. See Magick (Diskordia) for more details.

Are PC psis allowed? No.

Are PC gadgeteers allowed? Yes

Are there special limits on gadgeteering? No

Unusual Background cost(s) for these abilities: None

Legal or social restrictions on these abilities: Unknown

Rulebooks and Resources

GURPS 4th edition Basic Set (required)

GURPS 4th edition Martial Arts

GURPS 4th edition Magic

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-Player character creation guidelines for Cal's Winter Campaign.
+Player character creation guidelines for the [[Diskordia]] GURPS campaign.
 == Campaign Background ==
-'''Campaign name:''' Cal's Winter Campaign
+'''Campaign name:''' Diskordia
-'''Starting year:'''  Unknown
+'''Starting year:'''  3085
 '''Genre:'''  Fantasy
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 '''Realistic or cinematic?'''   Cinematic
-'''General theme of campaign:'''   Wild adventures
+'''General theme of campaign:'''   Wild adventure
-'''Are there multiple planes of existence?'''   Oh yeah.
+'''Are there multiple planes of existence?'''  Unknown
+'''Campaign World:'''  Diskordia
-'''Campaign World:'''
-<!--
 '''Campaign’s base city, nation, empire, or planet:'''
 '''Society/government type:'''
+'''Control Rating:'''
-'''Control Rating:'''
+'''Exceptions to general CR:'''
-:'''Exceptions to general CR:'''
+'''Tech level:''' 5
-'''Tech level:'''
+'''Exceptions to general TL:'''  Only weapons with a US production year prior to 1890 are available.
-:'''Exceptions to general TL:'''
+'''General mana level:'''  Normal
-'''General mana level:'''
+'''Do areas of higher/lower mana exist?'''  Yes
-:'''Do areas of higher/lower mana exist?'''
+'''Brief description of important neighboring powers, political/economic situation, etc.:'''
--->
-'''Brief description of important neighboring powers, political/economic situation, etc.:'''  "You awaken in the middle of a vast desert plain, with no memory of how you arrived."
 == Information for PCs ==
-. Players may choose to play ANY of their characters from ANY of Cal's previous campaigns, including but not limited to [[Dark Jazz]], [[Eíre]], [[GURPS Hyboria|Hyboria]], or [[GURPS Special Ops|Special Ops]]. Alternately, a player may create a new character based in one of those campaigns.
+'''Starting point value allowed for PCs:'''  300
-. Any campaign-specific attributes such as Duty, Contacts, Allies, or Patrons may be discarded at the player's choice.
-. Some amount of time will have passed since the end of the related campaign. Players are free to invent backstory that covers this period of time and rationalizes improvements made to the character. (This should include "the last thing you remember," which can be something mundane as settling in for a night of sleep or a bomb exploding in your face.)
-. Players must provide a complete equipment list and loadout for encumbrance purposes.
----
-'''Starting point value allowed for PCs:'''  300
+'''Disadvantage limit (including Quirks):'''  -50
-'''Disadvantage limit (including Quirks):'''  -80
+'''PC races allowed:'''  Human
-'''PC races allowed:'''  Human (for now)
-<!--
 '''Especially appropriate professions:'''
-'''Starting Wealth:'''
+'''Starting Wealth:'''  $5,000
-'''Starting Wealth levels allowed:'''
+'''Starting Wealth levels allowed:'''  Poor, Struggling, Average, Comfortable, Wealthy
-'''Starting Status levels allowed:'''
+'''Starting Status levels allowed:'''  -2 to 4
-'''Starting TLs allowed:'''
+'''Languages available:'''   English, French, or Spanish are recommended and useful. Scholars/sages should have at least one classical or 'dead' language.
-'''Languages available:'''
+'''Cultural Familiarities available:'''
-'''Cultural Familiarities available:'''
--->
 === Advantages, Disadvantages, and Skills ===
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 '''Especially appropriate Disadvantages:'''  Weirdness Magnet
-'''Especially appropriate Skills:'''  Survival (any)
+'''Especially appropriate Skills:''' Biology (Earthlike), Geology (Earthlike), Naturalist (Earthlike), Navigation (Land), Survival (any)
-'''Disallowed advantages, disadvantages, and skills:'''   Some mana-related magical attributes such as Static or Magic Resistance will require modification. Please consult with the GM if your character has mana-related magical attributes.
+'''Disallowed advantages, disadvantages, and skills:'''
 '''Appropriate Patrons, Allies or Contacts:'''
 === Special Abilities Allowed for PCs ===
-'''Exotic/supernatural traits:'''  Exotic biotech may only be added to TL10 or above characters.
+'''Exotic/supernatural traits:'''  Exotic biotech is allowed only for TL10 or above characters.
-'''Cinematic skills:'''  Yes.
+'''Cinematic skills:'''  Yes
-'''Are PC mages allowed?'''   Yes.
+'''Are PC mages allowed?'''   Yes. See [[Magick (Diskordia)]] for more details.
-'''Are any of the spells from Chapter 5 off limits?'''   No.
+'''Are any of the spells from Chapter 5 off limits?'''   No. See [[Magick (Diskordia)]] for more details.
-'''Are PC psis allowed?'''  Yes.
+'''Are PC psis allowed?'''  No.
-'''Are any of the powers from Chapter 6 off limits?'''   No.
+'''Are PC gadgeteers allowed?'''   Yes
-'''Are PC gadgeteers allowed?'''   Yes.
+'''Are there special limits on gadgeteering?'''  No
-'''Are there special limits on gadgeteering?'''  No.
+'''Unusual Background cost(s) for these abilities:''' None
-'''Unusual Background cost(s) for these abilities:''' No. (If the character has this trait, you may discard it and spend the points at will.)
+'''Legal or social restrictions on these abilities:'''  Unknown
-'''Legal or social restrictions on these abilities:'''  Unknown.
 == Rulebooks and Resources ==
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 ''GURPS 4th edition Magic''
-''GURPS 4th edition Powers''
-== See also ==
-[[Category: Resources]]