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[Ross Vernal]

IC

You are a newly appointed journeyman of the Adventurer's Guild.

The Adventurer's Guild is an international organization that trains those who can pay the yearly entrance fee to go forth and perform the kind of work that normal folk just don't care to do. In a sense, you're a bounty hunter: sometimes, it's treasure hunting, other times, you're hunting down bandits, and occasionally taking part in whatever regional conflicts the local lords put you into.

While a Guild membership is not a license to slaughter and plunder ruthlessly without distinction, most governments have an arrangement by which a guild-appointed adventurer is immune to law if said crimes are justifiably committed in the process of honoring a sanctioned Guild contract. The organization does not have this legal privilege around the world, and in many areas is not recognized.

All races and professions are accepted - whatever life you were fleeing from, it doesn't exist anymore. You're a journeyman now.

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Name:
Race: (Humankind, Elfkind, Feykind, Elementalkind, Demonborn, Angelborn, Kinkind, Undead, or Halfbredkind)
Height:
Weight:
Appearance:
Strength X, Stamina X, Agility X, Speed X, Endurance X, Willpower X, Intelligence X, Perception X
HP: (Endurance + Level)
Level: (You start with Adventurer 1, and pick two more. Yes, you start as a Level 3. Class can be pretty much anything - Fighter, Accountant, Priest, Clerk, Farmer, Sorcerer, Thief, whatever. The two exceptions are "No, you can't be a Wizard" and "No, you can't be something stupid like "Horse Puncher", "Orgasm-mage", or "Boy-Skylark" or whatever.)
Virtues: At least 5, no more than 7.
(Critical - 3pts)
(Major- 2 pt)
(Minor - 1 pt)
Flaws: At least 5, no more than 7.
(Critical - 3pts)
(Major- 2 pt)
(Minor - 1 pt)
Hobbies: No more than 3 points.
Feats: 1 per every 2 levels. You start with 2 as a Level 3 character.

Spoiler: Sample Character 1: Hero Class (click to show/hide)

Name: Renn Gistos
Age: 42
Race: Humankind
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 187 lbs
Appearance: A charmingly ugly fellow, covered in scars, with an infectious grin. He typically wears a long, dark-brown duster and a straw hat with a feather on the right side.
Strength 12, Stamina 19, Agility 9, Speed 14, Endurance 18, Willpower 12, Intelligence 11, Perception 16
Hit Points: 24 (18 Endurance + 6 Levels)
Levels:
Adventurer 2, Soldier 3, Priest 1
Virtues:
Experienced Soldier (Critical - 3pts): Renn has been a soldier for more armies than he can count for as long as he can remember. While he never seems to have been any higher in rank than a plain soldier, he knows nearly every trick in the book, and always seems to be ready for action. He is well-trained in the use of weapons and has acquired various skills that any career mercenary would find useful. Additionally, he seems to be immune to hangovers from a hard-drinking life.
Gunslinger Mage (Major- 2 pt): Although he carries a sword and armor, Renn is a talented mage who uses flintlock pistols as his ritual focus for magic. He is a particularly good shot with most forms of firearms, and is capable of any number of spells that a soldier would find useful.
Irresistible to Women (Minor - 1 pt): Although Renn is rather ugly, he has a charming smile and a devil-may-care attitude that more than compensates.

Flaws:
Superstitious (Major - 2pts): Before every battle, Renn has a certain and exact series of actions he performs with religious devotion. He says prayers before every meal, tosses out the bottom of every alcoholic drink, and at any moment, can list off a series of omens, good-luck charms, and a bunch of other nonsense.
Alcoholic (Major - 2pts): Renn has seen a lot of things, and turned to drinking for solace. Over the years, he's gotten used to drinking every day from mid-day to bed, and starts the day with a swig of whatever mysterious concoction he keeps in his flask.
Ugly (Minor - 1pt): Renn is not a good-looking man. With large ears, thinning hair, and slightly-off-center eyes, he was already not that good-looking; years of war have twisted his face with scars, several teeth are replaced, and his nose has obviously been broken many times.

Hobbies:
Gambling (Major - 2pt): Renn has an extremely good poker face, and is what one would call a card sharp.
Mending (Minor - 1pt): Renn can perform any number of small repairs after years of being on the move.

Feats
Trick Shot: Renn can pull off shots that would be impossible for others to pull off, such as extremely long shots, hitting moving targets while facing the other direction, and the like.

Tough: The reason why Renn is such an old soldier is because he is too damn stubborn to die. He can handle a lot of pain, and can withstand the kind of serious injury that would cause others to go into shock or be disabled.

Bree's Blessing: As a priest of Bree, his Goddess will extend her protection to him so long as he acts justly and seeks to do the good.

Spoiler: Sample Character 2: Hero Class (click to show/hide)

Name: Grek
Age: 38
Race: Goblin (Feykind)
Height: 3'7"
Weight: 90 lbs
Appearance: A small, green, scaled humanoid with beady black eyes.
Strength 6, Stamina 13, Agility 20, Speed 20, Endurance 9, Willpower 5, Intelligence 10 , Perception 17
Level: Adventurer 1, Thief 2, Priest 1
HP: 12
Virtues:
Hard Worker (Major- 2pt) -
Grek works very hard at whatever he does. This mostly applies to the sheer amount of work he does prior to a robbery, making sure he is absolutely familiar with every last possible detail before making his move. Aside from that, he works hard at keeping himself in shape - the ability to run away from danger is part of what kept him alive for so long.

Jack of All Trades (Major- 2 pt)
Grek, over the years, has become rather good at quite a few activities, mostly learned while acting undercover.

Sheer Dumb Luck (Minor - 1 pt)
He'd have to be to be alive today.

Flaws:
Coward (Critical - 3pt) -
As a professional thief and as the low man on the totem pole, Grek is profoundly and stupidly paranoid about everything trying to kill him. A loud noise? He'll be hiding in a dark location with his knife out, quivering in fear. A battle approaches? Sounds like someone else's problem, he'll show up later to stab them while they're down and he's not at any risk.

Greedy (Major- 2 pt) -
Grek is a thief by inclination - if he sees something he wants, he'll most likely try to steal it. When he is robbing a store or household, he does not limit his theft to "everything that isn't nailed down."

Impulsive (Minor - 1 pt)
Most of his thefts are because he decided something looked pretty and decided in that moment to steal them. The same applies to his application of violence.

Hobbies:
Major: Lockpicking
Minor: Appraisal
Feats:
Goblin Paragon - Grek, for all of his cowardice, is a prime example of Goblinkind. His scales adapt to match the settings around him, he is extremely nimble, and can climb and/or stick to any surface.

RUN AWAY! - Whenever Grek is RUNNING AWAY, he's really, really fast.

Spoiler: Sample Character 3: Supporting Class (click to show/hide)

Name: The Duke
Age: 50-something
Race: Humankind
Height: 5'10"
Weight: Slightly overweight
Appearance: A grey-haired, slightly overweight fellow in colorful, intricate clothes. He appears to be a powerful man gone to fat late in his life, and has an impressive beard. He has a natural presence that can be felt as soon as he enters the room.
Strength 13, Stamina 13, Agility 9, Speed 9, Endurance 12, Willpower 15, Intelligence 15, Perception 14
HP: 16
Level:
Aristocrat 1, Knight 2, Tactician 1
Virtues: At least 3, no more than 5.
Just (Major- 2 pt): The Duke is not quite a kind man or a good man, but it is clear from his attitude towards the law and the management of his domain that he cares for his duchy and his people. His rule is fair, taxes moderate, and tends to come down harder on nobles than commoners to keep them in line.
Ruthless (Minor - 1 pt): When a choice has to be made, the Duke makes his choice for the best of the people, and wastes no time mourning those who must be hurt as part of this choice.
Flaws: At least 3, no more than 5.
Proud (Major- 2 pt): The Duke does not tolerate people not giving him the respect he damn well earned saving this whole damn duchy from being burned back in the day. Speaking ill of him tends to have painful consequences that are just within the law.
Feeling His Age (Minor - 1pt): The Duke isn't young anymore, and can feel his days of war catching up with him. The body and mind just don't work as good as they did before.
Hobbies:
Animal Husbandry (Major - 2pt): The Duke has a large stable of horses and a reputation for producing excellent warhorses.
Feats:
Natural Horseman: The Duke takes to horses like ducks take to water.
Leadership: The Duke is the kind of person you naturally turn to for leadership, be it in battle or in a crisis. He has a very distinct presence about him.

Spoiler: Sample Character 4: NPC Class (click to show/hide)

Name: A guy in a blue tunic
Age: Mid-30's?
Race: Humankind?
Height: 5'9"
Weight: Average?
Appearance: A nondescript fellow of no particular ethnicity. His only distinctive feature is that he happens to be wearing a blue tunic.
Strength 10, Stamina 10, Agility 10, Speed 10, Endurance 10, Willpower 10, Intelligence 9, Perception 10
Level:
Peasant 1
Virtues: At least 1, no more than 3.
Hard-Working Farmer(Major- 2 pt): He's a peasant from a long line of peasants, who spend their days in the fields and barns and nights doing peasant stuff like drinking and folk dancing. You know the type.
Flaws: At least 1, no more than 3
Rube (Major- 2 pt) - Just look at his clothes and his hands; this man has never been more than ten miles away from his home and knows nothing about the world.
Generic (Minor - 1 pt) - There is literally nothing to distinguish this faceless background character from anything else.
Hobbies:
Making Apple Cider (Major - 2pt): Part of what they grow is an orchard of apple trees, and he's always liked making apples into good hard apple cider.
Feats:
Draw A Straight Line: This guy can draw an absolutely perfect straight line without tools.

Rules Masterpost

Spoiler: Calculating HP and MP (click to show/hide)

HP: 10 HP base + Endurance + Level (levels in combat classes would grant 2 HP instead of 1) + Virtues/Feats - Flaws. These scale according to the level of the Virtues; a Critical Virtue of Tough would grant 3 HP, while Minor would be 1. A Feat counts as a Major Virtue for the purposes of assigning HP.

MP: 5 MP base + (Willpower + Intelligence / 2) + Level (levels in magic classes would grant 2 MP instead of 1) + Virtues/Feats - Flaws. See above for how Feats and Virtues work.

Spoiler: Consequences of HP / MP Loss (click to show/hide)

At 0 HP, NPC-class characters are Dead, Supporting-class characters are Dying, and Hero-class characters are Knocked Out. At -5 HP, NPC characters are Permanently Dead, Supporting-class characters are Dead, and Hero-class characters are Dying. At -10 HP, Supporting-class characters are Permanently Dead, while Hero-class characters are Dead. At -15 HP, Hero-class characters are Permanently Dead.

At 0 MP, NPC-class characters are Soulburned, while Supporting and Hero class characters are Out Of Mana. At -5 MP, NPC-class characters are Soulbroken, and will die almost instantly, while Supporting and Hero-class characters are Soulburned. At -10 MP, all non-Wizard characters are Soulbroken, and will die immediately.

The consequence of Soulburn is a 100% weakness to supernatural powers, and an inability to regain mana through any means for at least 12 hours. Soulburned characters regain 10% of their total mana capacity per hour, and do not regain mana past 0 until their total mana capacity is at least 50% of total. In other words, if you have 30 MP, a Soulburn puts you at -9/0 for a while, and until you reach 0/15 mana, you cannot gain more mana.

Spoiler: Combat Resolution (click to show/hide)

I roll for you. These rolls and your modifiers are hidden from you, and come specifically from Random.org. I do not fudge the results of rolls; I'm leery of putting people on rails without giving explicit warning beforehand that they exist.

Spoiler: Damage Types (click to show/hide)

The existing damage types are: Slash, Pierce, Bludgeon, Ballistic, Fire, Cold, Electrical, Acid, Holy, Unholy, Death, Magical, Auric/Psychic, and Unblockable. Obviously, Unblockable damage can't be prevented.

Spoiler: Weapons (click to show/hide)

A very rough guide, going with the primary damage type, is:

Fists - d2 + Strength modifier, as per d20 rules.
Knife/Dagger/Kicks - d3
Short Spear - d4
Sword/Shortbow/Staff/Club - d6
Longbow/mace/hammer/halberd/spear - d8
Axe/heavy crossbow/flintlock - d10
Musket/rifle/pepperbox (shotgun) - d12

This is assuming that your action is simply "I attack." If you provide more details, the amount of possible damage goes up.

"I stab at him with my sword!" = d6 damage.
"I advance and make a thrust to his midsection!" = d6 damage +
"I set my hand on the ricasso, then lunge forward to drive the blade into his sternum, ready to twist the blade on the way out!" = d6 ++

There's a limit; purple prose isn't going to make you hit harder. As stated, damage is variable; if you sneak up behind someone and slit their throat, it sure ain't gonna be d3 damage. If you ram your sword into someone's lungs, it's gonna hurt more than d6. The crit ranges are hidden values. Natural 20's automatically deal maximum damage and have a chance to deal additional damage/special effects upon their victims. When a natural 20 attack is met with a natural 20 dodge, both are re-rolled. If it happens again, then it's just max damage without the special effects.

Spoiler: Armor (click to show/hide)

In general, armors defend against a few types of damage, and protect against some better than others. A breastplate is good against slashing and piercing (4 damage absorbed/soaked), of less use against bludgeoning and ballistic (2 soak), and does fuck-all against anything else. A Bracelet of the Elements provides 4 soak against Fire/Cold/Electric, and stops nothing of physical damage.

There is no table to describe armor values; it depends on the material, the type of armor, etc, etc. The heavier and/or more bulky the armor, the bigger the penalties to speed and delicate actions, but the more damage they prevent. There are some armors that have high protection and low penalties, but that falls under "special material" category. Yes, you can have armor enchanted to reduce the burden of this.

Spoiler: Item Decay and Quality (click to show/hide)

Starting items are automatically Good quality.

Perfect - Weapons = +5% to attack and +1 damage. Armor = +2 soak value as long as it has at least 1 in the category to begin with.

Good - Weapons = +5% to attack. Armor = +1 to the soak value if it has at least 1 in the category.

Average - Nothing.

Worn - Weapons = -10% penalty to attack. Armor, this translates to a penalty of -1 to the soak of the armor, assuming it has at least 1 to begin with. Can't cause negative soak.

Broken - Weapons = -20% penalty to attack. Armor = -3 to the soak of the armor.  assuming it has at least 1 to begin with. Can't cause negative soak.

Destroyed - It is not possible to make an attack with a destroyed weapon. Destroyed armor provides no soak bonus.

Weapons have a 4% chance to degrade per successful attack. Natural 20's with the weapons ignore this. A Natural 20 defense roll triples the odds of decay. A natural 1 on an attack roll triples the odd of decay. Armor has a 4% chance to degrade per hit. Note that this can happen even if it doesn't protect against the damage type. Natural 20's for defense ignore this. A natural 20 for an attack roll a triples the odds of decay. A natural 1 on a defense roll triples the odds of decay. These are multiplicative: if someone gets a Natural 20 on an Attack Roll and you get a Natural 1 on your Defense Roll, there is a 36% chance of your armor decaying. In case of decay, the effects begin on the next attack or round, whichever comes sooner. The current attack is calculated via the quality of the item before decay occured.

Hand to Hand does not have decay; instead, there is a chance of taking HP damage.

Yes, certain skills/feats/spells have a higher chance to damage things. No, I'm not telling you what they are.

Spoiler: Supernatural Powers (click to show/hide)

In this universe, everything has a spirit - the rocks under your feet, the hairs on your head, the bacteria in your stomach, creatures without a soul, etc, etc. Everything. The spirits radiate "mana" (MP), or "mystical internal life-force" (MILF for short. Yes, I know what MILF means. ) The amount of MILF a spirit releases is based on the life, motion, age, and various other factors of the object/person in question - a thundering waterfall is a source of these energies.  These metaphysical energies are used to affect reality in either of three different ways (plus God Power, which is exactly what it sounds like and totally irrelevant to this discussion.) There's magic, which is a combination of willpower and belief. There's mental abilities, which come from the mind. And then there's auric powers, which come from the body. It is commonly accepted that the subdivisions within each of these powers can be combined without consequence.

In this game, the effects of one power over another are basically irrelevant. If you cast a fireball through Elemental Magic, it's effectively the same as using Kinetic Psionics or Projective Auric abilities to do it.

I honestly don't care what you choose - it is the way your character expresses their supernatural ability to affect/effect reality. It's a matter of what flavor you prefer for it to have, and has zero effect.

All have the same MP costs.

Ritual: Ritual magic involves the use of rituals for magical means - spoken words of power, runes, use of material components, and the like.

Blood: Blood magic involves the sacrifice or use of blood for magical power.

Chaos: Chaos magic is mostly unexplored - it is known that innate racial powers and minor magic comes from the realms of Chaos without risk.

Alchemical: Alchemical magic involves the preparation and combination of mundane and magical ingredients together for magical purposes.

Divine: Divine magic is the power of priests and granted spells from the Gods - most of the time, these spells are simply more powerful versions of the spells of other schools.

Summoning: Summoning magic relies on summoning spirits for magical effects, or creating/summoning objects, creatures, and other beings.

Elemental: Elemental magic focuses entirely on the elements - fire, water, air, and the like, usually requiring a material "focus" to be performed.

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Kinetic: Kinetic psionics include telekinesis, and other forms of mental control - pyrokinesis, thermokinesis, etc.

Metabolic: Metabolic psionics include healing, biokinesis, vitakinesis, abjuration, and transmutation.

Telepathic: Telepathic psionics include clairvoyance, telepathy, empathy, and the like.

Metacreative: Metacreative psionics include creation, summoning, and evocation.

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Projective: Projective abilities consist of evocation, creation, transportation, and necromantic abilites.

Reflective: Reflective abilities consist of transmutation, illusion, and abjuration.

Intuitive: Intuitive abilities consist of divination, conjuration, healing, and enchantment.

Spoiler: Offensive Powers (click to show/hide)

Tier 0 spells aren't very effective in the sense of them costing more than others and taking more effort for less gain. Think along the lines of candle flames, 1lb telekinesis, or Cure Lesser Wounds (at best). It's what a small child or untrained power user would do before training or teaching. They're the Least powers, which are below "Lesser" on the scale.

Tier 1 and 2 spells are beginner-level spells. They cover the range from Lesser to Minor Powers, tending towards lesser. They are "autohit" spells because casters at this level tend to need to focus their energy on actually hitting what they aim at. A simple Potion of Death Resistance, an Ice Dart, or a Dispel Lesser Curse would fall under this category.

Tiers 3 and 4 are intermediate spells, or "average" spells. These are Minor to Normal Powers, tending towards normal. At this point, offensive users can choose to trust their own magical aim for more damage or use the controlled spells for a guaranteed hit.  A Potion of Death Immunity, a Potion of Lesser Invulnerability, a Mage Shield, a third-level armor or second-level item/weapon enchantment, Mass Raise Vermin, or a Cure Moderate Wounds would be on this level.

Tier 5 is normal to major spells, or simply put "any spell that is not Tier 4 or a Tier 6." Cure Serious Wounds, a Potion of Invulnerability, Invoke Skeletal Abomination, a seventh-level armor or fourth-level armor/item, a Major Counterspell, or Minor Planar Gate are in this tier.

Tier 6 powers are the low half of Greater Powers. These are things like Mass Raise Dead, Firestorm, Mass Bless, Lesser Quicksand, Baleful Polymorph, Breath of the Grave, Greater Counterspell, Planar Gate, or a ninth-level armor enchant or a fifth-level weapon enchant. Tier 7 powers are the upper half, and would be Mass Raise Hungry Dead, Inferno, Mass Mage Shield, Forced Transformation, Death Fog, Greater Reflect (known as the "Fuck you right back" of the magical world), Invoke Angel / Invoke Demon, and a 11th-level armor enchant / 6th-level weapon enchant.

Tier 8 and Tier 9 are the low and high half of master-level powers. These would be 18th-level armor enchants/10th level weapon enchants, Quicksand, Napalm, Elemental Undead, etc.

Tier 10 and above are Oneness, verging on Wizardry. Think "Mass True Resurrect",  "Invoke Greater Angel/Demon", "Permanent Immunity to X", "Perma-orbit", "Teleport", "Mass Instakill", "Wish", "Dragonfire AoE" etc.

Obviously, costs vary. Morgred and Neun can hit a Tier 10 Fire/Evil/Necromancy spell for 30 MP; while if they were to try to make an 11th-level weapon enchantment, it'd drain at least 115 MP.  Unsurprisingly, I advise playing to your strengths and not casting a spell that would straight-up kill you.

Tier 0: 1 HP / 2 MP / range/touch spell.
Tier 1: 2 HP / 1 MP / autohit
Tier 2: 4 HP / 3 MP / autohit
Tier 3: 8 HP / 6 MP / autohit
Tier 4: 12 HP / 6 MP / range/touch spell
Tier 5: 16 HP / 8 MP / range/touch spell
Tier 6: 1-10 damage per target up to 100 damage total /10 MP / area of effect (targets EVERYONE, including allies)
Tier 7: 1-20 damage per target up to 200 damage total /10 MP / area of effect (targets EVERYONE, including allies)

Each offensive Area of Effect skill or spell has a maximum damage it can do per target and a maximum damage it can do in total. Every location has a randomized list of characters for AoE spells/skills. When an offensive AoE skill/spell is triggered, it begins attacking the members of the randomized list starting from the top. The first target has a tohit roll taken, followed by a variable damage roll from 1 through MaxTargetDmg if the tohit roll is successful. This continues down the list until one of two conditions is met:

a) it reaches the bottom of the list.
b) it does maximum damage.

Example 1: Bob the Nukemage casts BOOM in a room containing 30 other people. He hits the first for 10 damage, the second for 10 damage, misses the third, hits the fourth for 5 damage, hits the fifth for 5 damage, the sixth for 7 damage, and the eighth for 3 damage. BOOM stops calculating because the maximum total damage has been dealt. 40 total damage has been dealt out of the maximum possible 40 damage.

Example 2: Bob casts BOOM in a room with 2 other people. He misses both. Spell over.

Example 3: Bob casts BOOM3 in a room with 50 people. It hits the first for 10 damage and kills him, hits the second for 15 and kills him, and so on until A or B is met.

If a Tier 7 spell has done 199 damage, the last target can still be hit for 20 damage; the spell deals 219/200 damage and stops calculating.

Spoiler: Experience Points (click to show/hide)

Everything grants you Experience Points. Experience Points are a hidden statistic. Most of it is going to be filed under "general experience" which is applicable to whatever level you choose to gain; there is specific experience that applies only to existing levels/feats/etc that are applicable to what I choose to level you up in.

OOC ways to gain XP include, but are not limited to:
- Noticing when I screw up, unless you nitpick, in which case you're taping a "Smite me" sign on your character
- Helping new players or working with others to create a better story
- Really good roleplaying
- Resolving a dispute when I am not around to say "LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHITS."
- General good conduct

OOC experience is filed under "General experience."

IC ways to gain XP include, but are not limited to:
- Avoiding or chasing off an encounter
- Completing a quest
- Heroic sacrifice (applies only to your next character)
- Heroic attempts
- Evading pursuit
- Winning at combat, either fatally or through TKO
- Theft
- Defeating a trap
- Casting a spell
- Capturing/imprisoning creatures
- Rescuing someone from captivity
- Succeeding at True Resurrection
- Practicing your craft
- Successful communication that does not rely on native language, Tradespeak, or special abilities
- A rousing speech
- Acts of general badassery
- Devotion to your Gods

Spoiler: Fighting the Gods (click to show/hide)

You lose.

Spoiler: The Guild (click to show/hide)

Obviously, the AG is a guild, as you might have guessed from "apprentice, journeyman, master, Master, Grandmaster" thing.

A term of study is two years. It's the AA of the adventuring world. You have basic weapon proficiencies, studied magic, rope work, basic survival, tracking, some degree of identification of goods, literacy, etc, etc. Basically, anything you would expect an adventurer to know, you learned at the Guild.

Any journeyman adventurer who has accomplished something of note can petition (read: pay a lot of money) for a masterhood. This is decided by common vote of all master-plus ranks in the Guild's castle/university. It certifies that they are an adventurer and a full guildsman, and that they can teach journeymen and apprentices at a smaller, local Guild.

It's basically the BA of the adventuring world. Renn is at this level. He got his masterhood from helping with a giant slave revolt / escape attempt, which is part of the reason he's so ugly.

A Master with a capital M is closer to the "master craftsman". It's a more technical rank advancement, and while the advancement process is similar, it strongly implies advanced technique. While it is conceivable to buy into a mastership, you cannot advance into Mastership via charitable donation and bribery. Master's degree sort of thing.

Grandmaster is the PhD of it, and you can pretty well imagine the skill and talent needed to get here.

These do not always correspond with level. You can be a Grandmaster and only have 1 level in Adventurer, or be a Journeyman with 10 levels of Adventurer.

There's between 500-1200 students at the Main Campuses. Like 5 main campuses around the world. At least 12 just teaching in general, and a few more who are there for research, advanced classes, library work (Master Bael, a Demonborn of Arnum with zero adventuring levels is a notable example), or waiting around for parties to join.

When you add in local masters and their apprentices, the numbers go up.

Spoiler: Currency (click to show/hide)

4 copper bits = 1 copper penny
2 copper penny = 1 copper quin (commonly referred to as a "copper")
4 copper quins = 1 silver shim
6 silver shims = 1 silver shilling (commonly referred to as a "silver")
12 silver shilling = 1 gold pence
5 gold pence = 1 gold aurea (commonly referred to as a "gold")
10 gold aureas = 1 platinum crown
4 platinum crowns = 1 platinum sovereign (commonly referred to as a "platinum")

Spoiler: Levels (click to show/hide)

The highest level you can get in any one field is 10.

To let you know how this scales, look at the following chart.

□□□□□□□□□□ → Crippled/Unknown
■□□□□□□□□□ → Weak
■■□□□□□□□□ → Average
■■■□□□□□□□ → Gifted
■■■■□□□□□□ → Athlete
■■■■■□□□□□ → Olympian
■■■■■■□□□□ → Legendary
■■■■■■■□□□ → Preternatural
■■■■■■■■□□ → Herculean
■■■■■■■■■□ → Supernatural
■■■■■■■■■■ → Godlike

Spoiler: On The Lack Of Inventory (click to show/hide)

As far as items go, I am going to assume that your characters all possess standard adventuring gear, plus anything that would be appropriate for your character based on Level/Feat/Virtue/Hobby. This does not mean that you can say "Oh, I have a Diamond Katana +5 because my character likes swords", but it also does not mean that you can't have any magic items at all. Think "low-level magic items" or "useful minor magic". I will track money, important plot items, and probably a handful of other things for good measure and to prevent IDKFA / Trinity / Ass Pull Syndrome, however.

Spoiler: On Magic (click to show/hide)

I leave that up to your initiative. For example, a L1 Fire Mage could create a fireball, a fire shield, or a fire sword, and having any of of them up being about the limit of their powers. Said Fire Mage probably couldn't have a sustained torrent of flame from one hand while invoking Reactive Armor with the other. I would ask/require that you keep it within reason for your level, but aside from that, however you or your character prefers to use their powers is fine.     

In general, I will assume that your character can perform any sort of low-level spells that fit the domains of the gods you follow or the class you have. There's not a specific spell list of "You can only cast this", I'd just ask that you think "Can a Level X caster reasonably do this thing I want to do?" If the answer is no, you can (and should) ask yourself "What can my Level X caster do that resembles what I want, or has similar effects?"

Spoiler: On Combat (click to show/hide)

A "round" of combat is anywhere between 4 to 10 seconds; you can assume 6 seconds is a safe default value. Speech is pretty much a limited free action. Which is to say, don't bust out into a monologue or recite lengthy poetry in the middle of a combat round because duh; saying a few lines beyond which can be said in six seconds is totally acceptable, though.

Keep in mind that if you narrate battle plans, your opponents aren't going to be stupid enough to follow them. They can listen too.

Spoiler: On Hirelings and Summons (click to show/hide)

Generally speaking, actions of hirelings fall under your control. I will over-ride anything that is a violation of common sense, though.

If they are mind-controlled or summons, then sucks to be them, because I'm sure not going to save them.

Spoiler: Feats, Virtues, and Magic (click to show/hide)

You can choose to express your feats/traits as "Increased spell potency" or "Decreased spell cost", but  once you pick which one it means, it's not going to change. Choose wisely.

Minor is 15%, Major is 25%, Critical is 50%. I'll count feats as being equivalent to Major Virtues for the purpose of this. And yes, that does mean you can make Affinity have a 50% reduction in cost and Specialization have a 25% boost in power. The "choose wisely" thing does apply to anyone with a feat or virtue in an area, for the record.

Cost reduction is additive, and it always rounds up. A 10 MP spell with Critical and Major cost reduction bonuses will become a 3 MP spell. Damage increase is additive, and always rounds down.

Spoiler: Armor Errata (Incomplete) (click to show/hide)

Clothes - Nothing
Cloth Armor - 1 slash / 1 pierce
Leather Clothing - 2 slash / 2 pierce
Leather Armor- 3 slash / 2 pierce
Chain - 3 slash / 3 pierce / 2 bludgeon
Splint - 3 slash / 4 pierce / 2 bludgeon / 1 ballistic
Breastplate - 4 slash / 4 pierce / 2 bludgeon / 2 ballistic
Minor Ring of Protection / Minor Invulnerable Potion / Painkillers - +1 to all
Lesser Ring of Protection / Lesser Invulnerable Potion - +2 to all
Ring of Protection - +3 to all
Invulnerability Potion - +5 to all
Greater Ring of Protection - +4 to all
Bracelet of the Elements - 4 fire / 4 cold / 4 electric
Greater Invulnerability Potion - +10 to all

Shields will (mostly) work by soaking up damage, but will also have a small value to dodge rolls. Ideally, a shield stops you from being hit at all, but if not, it gets between you and the attack. I haven't quite decided on the dodge benefit, but I know I don't want it to get better than 10% before enchantment.

I think I may just sort it like this:

Padded
Hide
Leather
Splint
Brigandine
Scale
Lamellar
Ring
Chain
Coat Plate
Half Plate
Full Plate
Field Plate

The only armor that grants negative soak is chainmail bikinis and/or any armor with nipples. Bonus negative soak if the armor-nipples are pierced. Unless you follow Bree, that is. She's into the "ridiculous fantasy armor" for men and women alike, and grants divine protection equal to the armor. Your faith in her is your shield and your devotion is your armor.

Spoiler: Spirits and Souls (click to show/hide)

In this universe, everything has a spirit - the rocks under your feet, the hairs on your head, the bacteria in your stomach, creatures without a soul, etc, etc. Everything. The spirits radiate "mana", or "mystical internal life-force" (MILF for short. Yes, I know what MILF means. ) The amount of MILF a spirit releases is based on the life, motion, age, and various other factors of the object/person in question - a thundering waterfall is a source of these energies.  These metaphysical energies are used to affect reality in either of three different ways (plus God Power, which is exactly what it sounds like and totally irrelevant to this discussion.) There's magic, which is a combination of willpower and belief. There's mental abilities, which come from the mind. And then there's auric powers, which come from the body. It is commonly accepted that the subdivisions within each of these powers can be combined.

However, actually directly mixing these together into a single multidisciplinary reality alteration (such as Pyrokinesis + Elemental Fire Magic) is believed to be impossible, pushes your minds to the brink of insanity, and can strain your body to death. If this weren't enough, there is a thing known as a "Soulbreak", which essentially is a combination of "dangerous forbidden technique", "explosive overclocking", and "limit break" that tends to occur in awe-inspiring ways whenever people try to pull it off (and promptly die for their efforts).  So basically, it's impossible and suicidal to do it.

As far as souls go, souls are almost entirely reserved to living beings.  Upon death, they are claimed by their Gods, or just "the gods" in general. This is not always a perfect process, as something is left behind. This is the explanation for some kinds of undead - enough soul was left behind to leave an impression. Sometimes it has a body, sometimes not. In your case, your soul remained in the body after death, because you happen to follow a God who likes loopholes. There's possibly less of it, but there's no "soul measuring device." When trapping a soul for the purposes of evil necromancy, that's what is being gathered - soul fragments, soul crumbs, leftover bits of soul. It's also what collects into soulsteel.  Powers rely on souls to work. A bit of soulstuff goes into every use of powers. Hence, soulburn and soulbreaking.

"Soulburn" was thought of by a ritual mage who managed to run out of mana in the process of trying to invent sunblock. All of his attempts failed, and after one spell managed to utterly fail and drain his MP beyond 0, he found the mental/spiritual pain of soulburn to be surprisingly similar to that of his wicked sunburn. Yes, he did end up inventing a spell, and died as a result of an amusing incident involving his sunblock spell, several bottles of alcohol, and a Corinthiian priest.

Soulbreaking doesn't have a comical backstory to it. It is literally breaking your soul in the same sense that nuclear fission breaks apart an atom.

[weenog]

You use the Kingdom of Loathing tag-line, but a player can't be something like a Horse Puncher?  Dang.  Seal Clubbers have been getting dumped on ever since Eye of the Stoat quit making Thrust-Smack and Lunging Thrust-Smack autoconnect. 

[Ross Vernal]

THAT'S where it's from? Well, title edited, then. I know basically nothing about that game and my total experience involves making a few million meat selling clovers.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Masterpost Part 2

Spoiler: Major Gods, Explanation of Aspects (click to show/hide)

The Major Aspects are the domains that are theirs either exclusively, or that they are the best at. These are represented by Angels. The Minor Aspects are domains they share with others. These are represented by Demons.

Coranthiir: Coranthiir is the god of law and good, making him one of the most widely worshiped deities. Various people worship this god, including monks, paladins, and warrior-healer clerics in particular. Houses of laws and courts are often temples of this god, and offerings are made to him before a case may begin. Law enforcement agencies also claim to work in the name of Coranthiir. He is often referred to as the Balanced Sword, or the Eternal Star.
Coranthiir (Righteousness, Purity, Order) (Light, Animals, Healing)

Darshendros: Darshendros, one of the least (openly, at least, as many pray to him in secret) worshiped gods in the pantheon, is the god of Darkness, Evil, and all things Unholy. This sets him directly against Coranthiir, whom he contantly plots against. He is often refered to as the Dark Dragon, His Immaculate Horror, and various other titles describing his malevolence. His worshipers are among the most violent and unorderly, oft-times making sacrifices of blood, death, and other things to the god. He is the god of almost all openly evil entities, of arsons, and of many small, tribal groups of people who worship him as a night-god.
Darshendros (Darkness, Evil, Unholy) (Fire, Death, Blood)

Ingram: Ingram is the Thief's God, refered to as the Lucky Coin, among other names. He is the god of thieves and gamblers, as well as inventors, and to a lesser extent, certain magicians and assassins. While shrines to this god are rare, he is often worshiped - or, at the very least, praised when good luck befalls a person. Common tokens of worship are coins marked with his name, worn about the neck for good luck. He is also known by some as the Betrayer God, because of his trickster ways, and many unfaithful bodyguards or secret-keepers have been known worshipers of him.
Ingram, (Theft, Trickery, Luck) (Technology, Poison, Illusion)

Malu: Malu is known as the God of Science, as he rules over space, time, and generally keeps the entire world in working order, making sure that things like planes of existence don't crash into each other. He is also a god of creation, working wonders of great skill in the form of weapons, architecture, and art. He is perhaps the single most worshiped god of the pantheon - as all creatures, benevolent or malicious, must bow down to the wear and tear of time. Almost every community, no matter what race or size, will have a shrine to this god, at the very least. Many craftsmen also worship this god specifically, as he is known to imbue the forges of the best smiths with his favor, allowing them to create true works of wonder with their hammer and anvil. To a lesser degree, philosophers and inventors worship this god, as they seek to understand just how time and space work. A few mages who specialize in transportation may worship him, as well. He is sometimes known as the Maker, or the Regulator.
Malu (Time, Space, Creation) (Wood, Metal, Magic)

Mingan: Although not an entirely popular or well-understood god, Mingan is often involved in the tangles of intrigue among the gods. Many of his followers are converted at a young age for his mastery of Chaos (40%), others are magically-inclined warriors seeking Blood (30%), and the majority of the remaining simply seek eternal life as the Defiant (20%), all eventually growing to worship him in all Aspects for the promises of power. Although there are precious few temples of Mingan, it is fairly common to see several of his followers attending and offering services at the temple of another friendly god. The few temples that do exist are often extremely lavish and extremely isolated from society. He is known as the Nightwalker and the Vampire God.
Mingan, (Chaos, Blood, Necromancy) (Lust, Darkness, Magic)

Shin: The original, and truest lord of death, Shin is almost as widely worshiped in one form or another as Coranthiir or the other 'benevolent' gods. He is the God of war, death, and destruction, and he can invoke fear with his taste for both vengeance and justice. He does not condone needless death of everything and anything in some scheme to wipe out the world, but instead represents the finality of death - that it must happen, eventually, for all things in this world. Among these commoner worshipers there are many temples, and he is typically refered to as "Death" or by his name - the only other name he goes by is Potraikos, the which the people of Roak Val call him. Soldiers, bodyguards, assassins, mercenaries, and almost all fighters of any caliber worship this god as the God of War, commonly refering to him as "Warpath", despite the fact that he represents discipline, loyalty, and bravery in battle, as opposed to senseless slaughter. Very, very few worship this god as simply the God of Destruction, and he does not recognize these cultists as part of his faith. Around 30 percent of his worshipers worship him in the true, Decaric sense - as all three aspects, representing that death comes in all forms, and that war and inevitable destruction are sometimes best for the world in the long run. Among these is a group refered to as "The Untold Legions", warriors who follow Shin's decrees when he believes that war is in the best interest of a kingdom. The God of Death's closest ally (and brother!) is Mingan, despite Mingan's favor with necromancers and his condoning of such activities. Many world-myths portray these two gods as warriors, one representing guile and finesse, the other as strength and martial discipline.
Shin, (War, Death, Destruction) (Fear, Vengeance, Justice)

Arnum: Known as the Scholar, and occasionally as the Teacher's God, shrines to Arnum are located in almost every schoolroom and university. Arnum is the favorite of educators, students, mages, lawyers, jurors, and the like - although other gods are praised first, it is Arnum who is responsible for the sentience of all mortals and often provides "intuition" or "genius moments".
Arnum, (Magic, Enlightenment, Knowledge) (Wisdom, Technology, Truth)

Chelan: Commonly known as the God of Balance, Equalizer, or simply "Chelan Godking" Chelan is perhaps the least understood of all gods. Neutral towards all, it is Chelan's responsibility to ensure that no god, mortal, or group of either becomes too powerful, and is quite willing to wage war to ensure that an equilibrium of power is maintained by all. He does not have any allies or enemies, and is reputed to be the highest-ranked god among the pantheon -as well as being the oldest and the progenitor of many elder gods among the pantheon.
Chelan, (Balance, Neutrality, Transcendence) (Blood, Magic, Weapons)

Radan: Radan is known as the Lover's God and the Speaker; most marriages are presided over by Radan's priests. He is followed by many statesmen, as well as new parents and diplomats.
Radan, (Courtship, Diplomacy, Parenting) (Wisdom, Fertility, Love)

Tokee: Tokee is mainly worshipped by students and rebellious teenagers, although bars, fraternities, and certain houses of pleasure are often dedicated to his name.
Tokee, (Sex, Pain, Pleasure) (Insanity, Alcohol, Education)

Yupoli: Yupoli is called the Children's God, the Poet, is the second most worshiped god of students and teachers. Yupoli is creative and curious, and followers of Yupoli tend to share the same traits.
Yupoli, (Laughter, Wisdom, Education) (Poetry, Love, Time)

Sanoci: Sanoci is known as the Lord of Demons, responsible for the creation of angels and demons. He is followed by unscrupulous mercenaries, brawlers, barbarians, and those with a penchant for violence. His natural ally is Darshendros and he is considered the brutal counterpart; where Darshendros deals in intrigue, Sanoci cares only for violence, disorder, and ruin.
Sanoci (Pride, Violence, Individualism) (Destruction, Neutrality, Pleasure)

Aphiliam: Aphilam is called the Goddess of Broken Promises, and is the only god who refuses any male to gain any power or rank among her followers. Distrusted by most gods, Aphilam is followed by prostitutes, diplomats, lawyers, and merchants.
Aphiliam, (Beauty, Anger, Manipulation) (Wealth, Lies, Lust)

Bree: Bree - usually called the Hedonist - is a god concerned with doing good in the world, with her followers often administering "street justice" alongside charity - especially where their bodies can come into play. If it feels good, it must be good for you!
Bree, (Hedonism, Justice, Weapons) (Chaos, Magic, Lust)

Camille: Camille, also known as "Mother Nature", is worshiped mainly by farmers and druids.
Camille, (Alchemy, Technology, Plants) (Fire, Order, Animals)

Illeni: Illeni - usually referred to as the Peacekeeper, is worshipped by healers, midwives, guards, and archers, as well as those involved in trials.
Illeni, (Healing, Law, Protection) (Archery, Wisdom, Plants)

Liagora: Liagora, commonly called the Huntress, is followed by bounty hunters, lycanthropes, and some of the more good barbarians.
Liagora, (Honor, Strength, Revenge) (War, Necromancy, Metamorphosis)

Sa'ada: Sa'ada - also known as the Black Widow - is rarely worshipped, preferring to draw her power from the actions of mortals in general.
Sa'ada, (Vengeance, Lust, Envy) (Magic, Chaos, Destruction)

Spoiler: Minor Gods (click to show/hide)

Daimonas: The greatest of the Lesser Gods, Daimonas was formerly the 5th most powerful god before the War of the Gods and his fall - capable of fighting Darshendros to a standstill and defeating Coranthiir. Although significantly weaker than his fomer splendor, Daimonas is the ruler of the Minor deities and is still feared by many for his connections. His stances on the other gods are constantly changing and shifting, and he is also the most visible god for his penchant of appearing as a human or possessing humans for his own ends. He is known as the Dark Angel and also the Fallen One.
Daimonas (Psionics, Aether, Possession) (Darkness, Destruction, Chaos)

Kuro: Kuro is a strong ally of Aphilam and a relatively new god to the list, not ascending into his divine status until after the War of the Gods. Rumors hold that he was a former Defender of the Faith for Mingan, although he does not encourage questions of his past.
Kuro (Fire, Illusion, Anger) (Weapons, Aether, Darkness)

Ayrn: Ayrn, known as the Tradesman, maintains a single alliance with Kuro, although he remains neutral towards all gods save for being hostile towards Ingram and his nimble-fingered followers. The youngest of the gods, Ayrn and his followers are often under political pressure from the other sects and gods.
Aryn (Trade, Animals, Greed) (Balance, Forge, Art)

Zakai: Often called Zakai the Merciful or the Stormrider, Zakai's followers are typically disillusioned former followers of Shin.
Zakai (Lightning, Loyalty, Mercy) (Envy, Aether, Strength)

Vijer: Vijer, known as the Protector, the daughter of Coranthiir and Illeni, is the largest rival of Daimonais and the former 9th-ranked Greater Deity before the War of the Gods.
Vijer (Air, Archery, Intelligence) (Protection, Aether, Peace)

Timeus: The son of Liagora and Shin, Timeus is an ally of Bree and is the god prayed to before battle. It is said that he keeps the souls of warriors lost to the sea, and is friendly with Zakai and Vijer so that the three may control the weather and seasons.
Timeus (Water, Victory, Fear) (War, Death, Honor)

Uayli: Known as the Plaguebringer, Uayli is the result of a union between Aphilam and Sanoci. She is allied with both her parents, as well as with Kuro and Daimonais, and defines all other gods as hostile unless it becomes mutually profitable to ally.
Uayli (Poison, Disease, Insanity) (Death, Pain, Chaos)

Eyilana: The child of Yupoli and Arnum, Eyilana takes after Chelan and remains neutral towards all, too concerned with divining the future, maintaining ruins and dungeons, as well as libraries. Her followers are usually fortunetellers, librarians, and diviners.
Eyilana (Divination, Secrets, Books) (Magic, Wisdom, Poetry)

Minkah: The child of Bree and Arnum, Minkah is followed by prisoners, soothmancers, adjuticators, and a sect of mages who treat the mentally unfit.
Minkah (Dreams, Hope, Truth) (Divination, Alchemy, Justice)

Aroha: Aroha, the second child of Malu and Camille, takes after her mother and is usually worshipped by midwives, farmers, and mothers.
Aroha (Earth, Love, Wealth) (Light, Fertility, Death)

Marika: Marika is followed by artists, writers, and courtesans. A decadent god, Marika is generally cruel and draws the ire of Bree frequently.
(Beauty, Art, Innocence) (Wealth, Love, Greed)

Halloran: Halloran, also known as the Betrayer, was a former ally of Coranthiir - after the War of the Gods, Halloran turned to evil and followed Aphilam. He is worshipped by bounty hunters, abusive parents, executioners, and torturers.
Halloran: (Hate, Wrath, Alcohol) (Healing, Pain, Blood)

Malaquai: The child of Bree and Timeus, Malaquai's followers are usually warlike and poetic soldiers who have lost companions to war, widows, orphans, and the like. It is said that a follower of Malaquai will take a life for every fallen tear in a war. He is friendly towards his parents and grandparents, and will usually side with the forces of Good in a battle.
Malaquai (Sorrow, Poetry, Misery) (Blood, Weapons, Music)

Pellegrin: The elder child of Malu and Camille before their estrangement, Pellegrin is popular among sailors and deep elves. Little is known of this god, although he is known to be a solid ally of Vijer.
Pellegrin (Travel, Maps, Ocean) (Protection, Music, Wealth)

Arethusa: Eyilana and Malu's child, Arethusa is known as the Weaver - she is followed by many tradesmen and is often considered the god of high society despite not actually having power in those ways.
Arethusa (Color, Clothing, Comfort) (Protection, Lust, Strength)

Pantxike: Pantxike is the only other god aside from Eyilana who is friendly with all of the gods. The weakest of all, Pantxike is known as a prankster and is followed by actors, chefs, prostitutes, and gypsies.

Spoiler: The War of the Gods (click to show/hide)

Over five hundred years ago, the gods numbered 36 - eighteen Lesser Gods, and eighteen Greater Gods. Most of the details of the war are lost or hidden in scrolls, vanished to the world. Those who survived either are unwilling or unable to speak about it.

It is rumored that the whole war was started by Pantxike as a prank, and escalated into a full-scale apocalypse. Other rumors suggest that Chelan Godking and Mingan worked together to cheat at the cosmic game of oneupsmanship between the Gods. And still others suggest that Daimonas was responsible, using his powers and influence to escalate a feud into the near-extinction of reality. Others claim it was all of the above, or none. Nobody truly knows but the Gods, and they refuse to speak of it.

What is known is that it started as a feud between Coranthiir and the now-dead Caribia, and culminated with Chelan's Defender of the Faith and the Lord of Spring, Rhoslyn Vernal, destroying Caribia, Lisse, and Oraith with the aid of the brothers Mingan and Shin. This action reverberated through time and the final ripples will not be felt for thousands of years. The ranks of the Gods shifted, alliances were made, and new enmities formed, as well as the creation of two new races by Sanoci: angels and demons.

With the alliance of Sa'ada, Mingan, Caribia, and Shin, Coranthiir was soon under battle and called for his allies - his mate and daughter, Vijer and Illeni, as well as the lesser god Arnum. The lines were soon divided by family lines- Mingan, Sa'ada, Bree, Shin, Liagora, Timeus, Minkah, and Malaquai tipped the balance of power, and later cemented an alliance with the Dark Ones - Aphilam, Daimonas, Darshendros, Sanoci, Uayli, Lisse, and the newly-descended Halloran.

Fearing that the alliance of Chaos and Evil would lead to his overthrow, Chelan stepped into the battle, sending his Defender of the Faith to Mingan and Shin in order to reach an agreement to destroy Caribia, Lisse, and Oraith.

In exchange for this, the God-alliance would be broken, thereby removing the threat to the Godking's throne. Devising powerful magics, the two brothers enchanted a weapon forged by Malu at the direction of Bree with deadly power, and unleashed Rhoslyn into battle. As the Godsbane removed the head of Caribia, raw power surged through the Ascendant Plane, blasting Daimonas's physical manifestation - her last act of defiance against the Godking and her "ally." Weakened, Daimonas was banished by Darshendros after the next kills - he had time only to watch Sanoci - formerly with a domain of Blood - use his power to turn every spilled drop of God's blood into angels and demons in order to replace Blood with Destruction and therefore raise his status.

With the very fabric of reality reeling and damaged, Chelan raised Kuro - Mingan's Defender of the Faith - into godhood, imbued several Lesser deities with power as their followers grew, and released Daimonas, who rose to the most powerful of the Lesser Deities. These acts irreparably fragmented the alliances, resetting the balance of power between the Gods. After an eternal instant of the Gods, save for Pantxike, fighting, allying, breaking alliances, and otherwise competing, the Gods settled into their power hierarchy.

The final words of the war came from the lips of Eyilana, the Seer - The war is not yet over, nor the killing.

Spoiler: The Gods, Current Power Rankings (click to show/hide)

I would like to point out that relative power does not always equal the ability to use it, nor is it directly related to the age or worshipers a God has.  Even though Daimonas is ranked 19th in power, in a direct confrontation, he could whip some of the Greater deities. There is a reason why he is feared, after all.

Greater
1. Chelan (Elder God)
2. Malu (Elder God)
3. Shin (Elder God)
4. Mingan (Elder God)
5. Bree
6. Darshendros
7. Illeni
8. Coranthiir (Elder God)
9. Liagora
10. Arnum
11. Ingram
12. Camille (Elder God)
13. Sa'ada
14. Radan
15. Sanoci ("New" God)
16. Aphilam
17. Yupoli
18. Tokee

Lesser
19. Daimonas (Elder God)
20. Vijer
21. Ayrn ("New" God)
22. Zakai
23. Kuro ("New" God)
24. Timeus ("New" God)
25. Uayli ("New" God)
26. Halloran (Elder God)
27. Eyilana ("New" God)
28. Aroha ("New" God)
29. Malaquai ("New" God)
30. Pellegrin ("New" God)
31. Arethusa ("New" God)
32. Minkah ("New" God)
33. Tokee
34. Pantxike (Elder God)

Dead Gods:
Caribia
Lisse
Oraith (Elder God)

Spoiler: The Gods, Pre-War Power Ranking (click to show/hide)

Greater
1. Chelan (E)
2. Shin (E)
3. Mingan (E)
4. Malu (E)
5. Daimonas (E)
6. Coranthiir (E)
7. Darshendros
8. Illeni
9. Vijer
10. Liagora
11. Ayrn (N)
12. Eyilana (N)
13. Aphilam
14. Sa'ada
15. Bree
16. Camille (E)
17. Radan
18. Caribia

Lesser
19. Arnum
20. Timeus (N)
21. ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
22. Arethusa (N)
23. Ingram
24. Lisse
25. Halloran (E)
26. Sanoci (N)
27. Uayli (N)
28. Yupoli
29. Zakai
30. Minkah (N)
31. Aroha (N)
32. Oraith (E)
33. Malaquai (N)
34. Pellegrin (N)
35. Pantxike (E)
36. Tokee

Spoiler: Priests, Religious Feats, and Ranks (click to show/hide)

Cults: Each religion has its own language developed to facilitate communication among chapters in different lands, to conceal secrets from other sects, and to express certain concepts that are not easily vocalized in other languages. For example, the Mingan cult language is basically sounds that resembles hissing and breathing, and is notable for not actually requiring a tongue, teeth, or vocal cords for fluency. The Coranthiian speech has an average of seven or more words for even simple concepts or objects, with up to hundreds for more complicated concepts. For example, there are hundreds of words used to describe particular crimes, each of which depends on how or why the crime was committed.

Priest-class and Divine Prestige class get access to bonus feats.

To explain the rank thing, I'll use the Decaric (Shin) faith as an example:

Fides - Believer (No level. You count as a Believer for all religions, because you indeed acknowledge that the other gods exist because there is solid, concrete evidence that they do. Except those heretics who say ONLY ONE GOD IS THE TRUE GOD.)
Custos - Disciple 1 (Four levels of Disciple translate to one level of Novice. This is the lowest rank needed to understand Cultspeak. A special note that Disciple levels do not count for HP, MP, spells known, etc. Think of them as honorary levels. It is assumed that declaring a Faith in your profile gives you a hidden level in Disciple for the god in question.)
Bellicus - Disciple 2
Tirones - Disciple 3
Discens - Novice 1 (Three levels of Novice translate to one level of Initiate. These levels do not count for HP or MP, although minor-level Divine spells start here.)
Imaginifer - Novice 2
Tesserarius - Initiate 1 (Three levels of Initiate translate to one level of Priest. These levels do not count for HP, but do count for 1/3 MP each. Low-level Divine spells start here.)
Princepale - Initiate 2
Pilus (Priest 1. This is the first actual level that counts for 1 HP and 2 MP.)
Centurion (Priest 2)
Primus (Priest 3)
Tribuni (Priest 4)
Praefectus (Priest 5)
Tribunus (Priest 6)
Legatus (Priest 7)
Pontifex (Priest 8 )
Pontifex Maximus (Priest 9)
Defender of the Faith  (Priest 10. Highest possible rank, gains the extra feat Avatar of the God and one or more relevant God Power feats.)

An avatar serves as a God's alter ego, and is an extension of the God. The God senses and knows everything the avatar senses and knowsm and vice versa. An avatar is a less powerful version of a deity. Essentially, you can think of them as Demigods. They have a higher rank to the Gods than Angels and Demons.

Major Gods > Minor Gods > Defenders of the Faith > Angels > Demons > 9th-Tier Priests > 6th-Tier Priests > 3rd-Tier Priests > Priests > Initiate > Novice > Disciple > Believer.

Spoiler: Languages (click to show/hide)

Tradespeak is a polyglot language, consisting mostly of nouns, common verbs like "go", "eat", "drink", etc, gestures, and grunting.

Common is more or less English. Celcian is linguistically similar, but heavier on consonants. The priest has a Celcian accent.

Chi Meng is akin to Mandarin Chinese.

Roaken is the language of the Roak Republic, as well as its allies. Ancient Roaken (considered a dead language) has been found written on scrolls and on ruins around the world, suggesting Roak's former dominance. Similar to Latin.

Demoran originates from Demorau. The primary Anthekahan language, it is similar to Arabic. This is the main language of the area in which the party is.

Elven: The language of the elves. The language lends itself more towards ethereal and metaphysical concepts than with practical terminology. For example, there are are fifteen words for "process" and only three words for "attack."

Other languages, as of yes without details:

Sidh: The protocol and phrases needed to survive among the fey, and for the stronger to assert their well on the weaker while being incredibly polite.

Old (High) Elven: The language of the high elves.

Ancient (Sun) Elven: The language of the sun elves.

Aquatic (Deep) Elven: Spoken entirely by the Deep Elves. Glub glub click!

Dwarven: The language of the dwarves. It has a lot of gutturals and lends itself to a rhythm well. Contrary to popular opinion, it does not have a million words for rock; it has names for kinds of rock, how they sit, its heat, how it was formed...

Kind: Less a language than a few shared noise-concept-scents.

Elementare: The shared set of sounds, gestures, and manifestations that form the common languages/language of the elementalkind.

Spoiler: Enchanting (click to show/hide)

Theoretically, there is no limit to enchanting. In actual practice, there are limits, usually hit around the 7th tier for armor and 5th tier for items and weapons, for items that can hold infinite enchants. Other items simply reach an enchant threshold and cannot contain more.

Base cost for a first-level enchant is 15 MP. Armor increases by 5 MP per enchant; weapons/items go up by 10 per enchant. There is a 10% chance of failure for objects in Pristine condition, and the failure odds increase by 10% for every level of quality below. Enchanting an object has a 50% chance of degrading the quality, and the percent of failure goes down by 5% for every level of Enchanter you have. If you're not trained in enchantment at all, prices and failure rates are double. If you have a small degree of training, as in levels in a primary magic class or Adventurer, costs and fail rates are 150%.

This is very rough, but each of the following constitutes a "tier" of enchanting:
- 10 MP pool
- 10% power reduction cost / damage amplification (limit 50%)
- +1 Soak / +1 Damage (generally limited to 5)
- Alignment
- Extra Damage Type (generally limited to 1)
- 2% to-hit / 2% dodge
- 2% Hiding
- Level of sentience
- Anti-degrade 1% (generally limited to 5%)
- Increase degrade 2% (generally limited to 10%)
- 1 spell up to Tier 4

Spoiler: Mirrai Country Stats (click to show/hide)

Name: Mirrai
Government: Feudal Monarchy
Factions: The Guilds, Knights of the Shadows, Cult of Shin, Cult of Malu, House Wren, House Mireen
Size in Square Miles: 211,000
Square Miles Settled: 105,500
Square Miles Unsettled: 105,500
Population: Less than 20 million, more than 10 million.
Total Military: About 250,000 in total, counting non-combat personnel
Capital: Maneras
Big Cities: Shilad, Cisan, Southcourt, Viake
Cities: Freeport
Towns: Stim, Thanas, Condas, Serna, Garrison, Oasis
Villages: 37,516
Scholarly Universities: 1
Other Universities: 1
Castles (Urban): 94
Castles (Wilderness): 284
Ruins: 175

"Castle" is a broad term, covering everything from "Actual castle" to "Fortress" to "Sentry tower."

Spoiler: Magic Materials (click to show/hide)

Motherfucking Diamond Katanas: +4 against Mooks and +3 against DM Contrivances. Otherwise, as useful as a two-legged Pomeranian.

Stone of Genderchange: Exactly what it sounds like.

Naga Emeralds: Naga emeralds appear similar to normal emeralds, but the inside of the gem appears to swirl. The swirling effect is caused by actual shifting of the crystalline structure within the stones, though the cause of this shifting is unknown.

Blue Mushrooms: A blue-stalked and purple-capped mushroom with silver spots.

Concussion Crystal: A slightly yellowish crystal. Mine with care, because when it explodes, it EXPLODES.

Black Titanium: Not actually titanium. A very hard metal good for use in armor, although nearly useless for weapons.

Fire Diamonds: Diamonds imbued with fire elemental power.

Stygian Iron: Iron and steel forged from the lands available on the other side of the Hell Gates.

Moon Stone: A silver rock that absorbs power under moonlight.

Sun Stone: A gold rock that absorbs power under sunlight.

Frost Orchid: Beautiful blue orchids rimmed with frost and imbued with water elemental power.

Dragon Scale: A scale from a dragon or half/dragon.

Ur Opals: These appear to be opals of various sizes, some as large as a human fist. The most powerful stone measured 8 centimeters, and it looked like a great fire burned in its heart.

Mana Crystal: A form of crystal that slightly improves mana regeneration rates.

Purple Obsidian: A form of rare obsidian. It helps to reduce the effects of hostile magic.

Lightning Stone: A stone that will shock the user. It is imbued with electric elemental powers.

Blood Diamond: A diamond that can be used by blood mages to increase their energy.

Jaguar Talon: A talon from a jaguar. Supposedly, a necklace of it boosts speed.

Shark's Teeth: A tooth from a shark. Supposedly, a necklace of it boosts strength.

Stone Feather: A feather from a bird species. Supposedly, a necklace of it boosts toughness.

White Silver: A form of silver that is more potent against demons.

Black Silver: A form of silver that is more potent against angels.

Rock Salt: Rock salt. Useful for temporarily disrupting magic.

Pink Pearl: A pink pearl. Can be swallowed to give the user temporary water-breathing.

Mermaid Scale: Shiny. Supposedly, a necklace of it boosts magic resistance.

Shiny Shell: OOH, SHINY!

There's a long list of special materials that I haven't totally fleshed out, but I can say it includes: mithril, dragonhide, orichalcum, adamant, meteor iron, cold iron, blacksteel, whitesteel, black titanium, hell iron, white silver, black silver... let's just say there's a very long list, a lot of which are alloys or involve special preparation. Also included on this list are the "Essence of" and "True-" varieties of everyday materials like steel, bronze, etc; they're both a step up.

Archlich has a reasonable list of materials, but this is NOT canon. This info MAY change.

Spoiler: On Angels and Demons (click to show/hide)

I'd like to point out that angels are not inherently good, nor are demons inherently evil. They are soulless and divine lieutenants of the Gods. Angels represent the Major Aspects of their Gods, while Demons represent the Minor Aspects.

Good demons include Coranthiir's Demons of Healing, Vijer's Demons of Peace, and Radan's Demons of Love. Evil angels include Darshendros and his Angels of Blasphemy (Unholy), Sanoci's Angels of Violence, and Uayli's Plague Angels (Disease).

While it is certainly true that there are many Demonborn who come from evil gods, and who outnumber the Demonborn from the good gods, it's sort of a bad stereotype that Demonborn = automatically evil. Not that it stops many people from automatically assuming demonborn are evil, mind you.

Spoiler: Death (click to show/hide)

If you die, your character is dead. I make a few rolls to see if your character is fated to die at that moment (spoiler alert: The answer is almost always "yes") and if the Gods you serve happen to see fit to intervene (Spoiler alert: the answer is almost always "They don't.", but the odds of them doing so increase with your Level and devotion to them.)

There are assorted expensive and/or illegal ways in which a character can be brought back to (un)life, depending on how messy the kill was and how much time has passed. These range from acceptable to generally crappy. No matter what, if your character takes enough trauma to die, you're not going to have the same character even if they are rezzed perfectly. Expect a new Flaw at least, or some new Virtues/Flaws that came about as a result.

If it looks like I missed anything from here, let me know. Sorry, not granting you XP for doing this; I have told you all of this information already and it is your responsibility to understand the rules as stated.

If you want to steal this for your game, let me know and I will (probably) tell you it's okay to do so. You can let me know after you set it up, provided you actually let me know at some point within a few days of setting up.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

I'm not entire sure what we're talking about (I'm pretty sure at least 70% of weenog's post isn't English), but is "Horse Puncher" a Rooster Teeth reference? If so, I approve.

Also, what is "Kinkind?"

[Ross Vernal]

Dog/cat/bird/lizard people.

I actually have a giant list of every single race and its details, but I figured I would leave it out and assign it after Class/Level and Virtue/Flaws

[Chink]

How many stat points can we assign?

[weenog]

I'm not entire sure what we're talking about (I'm pretty sure at least 70% of weenog's post isn't English)

Kingdom of Loathing.  "Seal Clubber" is the name of one of the classes in the game, it's the more aggressive of the two muscle classes (as opposed to Turtle Tamer, the defensive muscle class); the class name changes depending on level however, and Horse Puncher would fit right in there, other than not being arctic in nature.

Spoiler: Seal Clubber Level Titles (click to show/hide)

Level   Title
1    Lemming Trampler
2    Tern Slapper
3    Puffin Intimidator
4    Ermine Thumper
5    Penguin Frightener
6    Malamute Basher
7    Narwhal Pummeler
8    Otter Crusher
9    Caribou Smacker
10    Moose Harasser
11    Reindeer Threatener
12    Ox Wrestler
13    Walrus Bludgeoner
14    Whale Boxer
15    Seal Clubber

Seal Clubbers have suffered some major nerfs over the years. Thrust-Smack (special attack skill, melee weapons only, deals double damage) and Lunging Thrust-Smack (as Thrust-Smack except triple damage) no longer figure in bonus damage like they used to, they only multiply base weapon damage now.  Eye of the Stoat (passive skill) used to guarantee a hit with TS or LTS, but now it just improves hit and critical hit chances, and reduces fumbling.

OP's use of An Adventurer Is You -- Kingdom of Loathing's tag-line -- got me thinking he might be hoping to attract experienced KoL players.  I guess I was mistaken.

[Ross Vernal]

How many stat points can we assign?

Whatever you think is fair. If you care to assign one stat over 20, I would ask that you have one stat under 10 to compensate, and provide a warning that more powerful characters will have more powerful opponents. Aside from that, knock yourself out.

[Xantalos]

ROSS VERNAL GAME
I AM DEFINIETELY PARTICIPATING IN THIS ADVENTURE
Just one question: Why no wizards, when we're allowed Sorcery? Magic is magic, no? Or are we using D&D classes or something?

[Ross Vernal]

Oooh, that's a good question! And also, thanks for the vote of confidence.

First off, wizards are not just arcane spellcasters who rely upon rituals to exert control over reality. That discipline is known as Ritual Magic, and is only one way of using magic.

In this universe, everything has a spirit - the rocks under your feet, the hairs on your head, the bacteria in your stomach, creatures without a soul, etc, etc. Everything. The spirits radiate "mana", or "mystical internal life-force" (MILF for short. Yes, I know what MILF means. ) The amount of MILF a spirit releases is based on the life, motion, age, and various other factors of the object/person in question - a thundering waterfall is a source of these energies.  These metaphysical energies are used to affect reality in either of three different ways (plus God Power, which is exactly what it sounds like and totally irrelevant to this discussion.) There's magic, which is a combination of willpower and belief. There's mental abilities, which come from the mind. And then there's auric powers, which come from the body. It is commonly accepted that the subdivisions within each of these powers can be combined.

However, actually directly mixing these together into a single multidisciplinary reality alteration (such as Pyrokinesis + Elemental Fire Magic) is believed to be impossible, pushes your minds to the brink of insanity, and can strain your body to death. If this weren't enough, there is a thing known as a "Soulbreak", which essentially is a combination of "dangerous forbidden technique", "explosive overclocking", and "limit break" that tends to occur in awe-inspiring ways whenever people try to pull it off (and promptly die for their efforts).  So basically, it's impossible and suicidal to do it.

Wizards are folk who specialize in combining disciplines. This option is (generally) only taken by people who have mastered an aspect of a certain discipline, possess abilities of a related nature in all of the disciplines used, and have a thorough understanding of the principles behind each. There are very few Wizards, since most of them tend to die horrifically from their own bungling (read: the people who did not bother to study the rules of the universe), and the rest... well, you don't meddle in their affairs, because they are subtle and quick to anger (read: if you piss them off you are usually subject to being deader than disco if you are lucky or forced into a fate worse than death if you are not.)

Obviously, this power level is so hilariously beyond a Level 3 character that there's no way I'd allow it. It would be an entirely different game called "You Are A Wizard: Reality Is Your Bitch" and you would be a wizard-lord who went around doing wizard-lord things like having apprentices, waging wars, being a cryptically unhelpful dickhole who turns out to be right and helpful in the end, and other such activities. (Which I will totally run if people want that instead, by the way.)

Spoiler: When I said I actually have a giant list of every single race and its details I secretly meant I invented a detailed post-apocalyptic semi-dungeonpunk black fantasy universe (click to show/hide)

 I have a giant list of gods, their family tree, their drama, their aspects, their sins, their virtues, their worship rituals, and who worships them. I can explain the difference between angels and demons and explain why a Good deity can have a Demon of Healing while an Evil deity can have an Angel of Pain. I have a giant list of  ALL the countries, how they are ran, who their patron deity is, their demographics, internal factions, size of their armies and navies, names of their cities, SIZE of their cities, factions within the cities, square mileage, languages spoken, major exports and imports, history, diplomatic relations, etc etc. I have a list of every single known power variant and what it does in general. I have a list of languages and their RL analogues (nope, didn't invent 20+ languages). I have a list of notable historical figures from the Universe Creation and the "present day", including a special subsection on how the Second War of the Gods killed billions of people in a massive global apocalypse, etc, etc.

.

I'm just trying to not drown y'all in details. Some elements can be introduced slowly.

[Chink]

Does this sheet work, or did I futz anything up?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Neunhundertundzehn
Race: Halfbredkind (Dwarf, Demon)
Height: 4' 9''
Weight: 145
Appearance: Neunhundertundzehn (He will be referred to as Neun from now on)  has black hair, a long black beard, and grey eyes.
Strength 16, Stamina 13, Agility 12, Speed 9, Endurance 19, Willpower 12, Intelligence 18, Perception 12
HP: (18 + 4) = 22
Level: Adventurer 1, Elementalist 2, Beserker 1
Virtues: At least 5, no more than 7.
Fire Affinity (Critical) - Neun has, since his birth, always had a bit of a special relationship with fire. His constant playing with fire throughout his life has led him to become a master of the art of manipulating it.
Earth Affinity (Critical) - Neun grew up as a coal miner's son, and has much experience manipulating all things under the earth.
High Alcohol Tolerance (Minor) - Due to years of constant drinking, Neun has gained the ability to consume amounts of alcohol that would kill most.
Flaws: At least 5, no more than 7.
Drunk (Critical) - Neun is an extreme alcoholic. He is almost entirely dependent on alcohol, and will suffer severe penalties without it.
Pyromaniac (Critical) - Neun is a pyromaniac. Every so often, he will use control and attempt to light a random nearby object on fire.
Ugly (Minor) - Neun is not a very nice looking person. His short height and high weight have caused many to find him a bit repulsive.
Hobbies:
Feats: Extended Rage, Elemental Specialization - Fire
Gods:
Darshendros (Fire, Blood)
Tokee (Insanity, Alcohol)
Shin (War, Destruction)

[Xantalos]

I like these details.
Watch this space.

Name: Myrln
Race: Halfbredkind (Fey, Human)
Height: 6'0
Weight: 170 lbs
Appearance: A tall lad with very dark hair. He has black eyes, prominent, defined features, and pale skin that almost seems to glow some nights.
Str: 5
Sta: 7
Agi: 13
Spd: 15
End: 6
Wil: 23
Int: 21
Per: 15
HP: 30
MP: 55
Level: Foreseer (prophecy, future sight, etc) 1, Elemental Mage 2, Winter Mage 1, Sidhe Paragon 1, Harlequin of Pantxike 1

Virtues:
Critical: Naturally Skilled (Thanks to his Fey father, Myrln is naturally skilled in the magical arts, having an easier time of it than other practitioners and tends to fail less when casting a spell. This comes naturally from being a son of one of the High Lords of the Sidhe. (Or whatever the equivalent is in this game.)
Major: Intelligent (Myrln grew up in an environment that encouraged the growth of his burgeoning intellect. He is possessed of a great intellect and can generally adapt and learn about whatever it is he puts his mind to rather easily.)
Major: Seelie (Myrln's father was a Seelie fae, letting him get in touch with life-forms of all kinds, and thus he always tends to know where people are. With a bit of effort, he can re-energize or even heal people.)
Critical: Winterfae (Myrln Chose to become a Fae of Winter after his head got smashed in. He's not immortal, apparently really sexy, and has more details below in General Info.)

Flaws:
Major: Frail (Myrln's upbringing involved a lot of reading and not much moving. He's not very good in a fight, and his stamina's only average.)
Major: Arrogant (Call him a progidy, a master mage, a 'gifted person', but it doesn't stop Myrln from being the most cocky, arrogant, preeny, and downright prideful bastard you'll ever meet - ever.)
Minor: Disorganized (Like a lot of mages, Myrln is almost incapable of keeping an organized anything.)
Critical - Brain Injury (Myrln got his skull pulped by a big rock moving at high speed. He's developed amnesia from this.)

Hobbies: Playing Pranks (Perhaps due to his fey half, Myrln has a mind for mischef and the skills to pull them off. This doesn't tend to endear him to his companions.)
Carving Totems (Myrln enjoys carving faces, animals, and various shapes out of wood.)

Feats:
I Have a Bad Feeling About This: Myrln has powers of foresight, and thus often gets a vague sense of unease whenever he's about to be in danger in the immediate future.
Illusionary: Myrln can create illusions of moderate scope, incuding making himself invisible for a short time and making medium sized things seem like what they are not, ie a dog to several, a boulder to a bear, etc.
Glamor: Myrln's gotten much better at making illusions. He can make ones that affect the senses, illusions one can smell, that have shadows. He can make a coin look like a handful of gold.
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Gods:
Arnum the Scholar: Magic, Knowledge, Enlightenment
Eyilana the Seer: Divination, Books
Pantxike the Prankster: Humor, Illusion, Trickery

Divine Spells: Instant Karma, Hilarity Ensues

General Info:
Fae Information: You're subject to fey laws, for one. Cold no longer bothers you. You have an innate sense of superiority and are certain you have some sort of dancing talent. You are subject to Sidhe weakness and strengths. Barring death from others, immortality. You happen to be an incredible lay and belive in absolute sexual freedom. Stronger in Winter, boosted in Spring, weakened in Summer, and neutral in Fall.

Also, you don't wield magic. You ARE magic. If you do something by natural effort, it's because you like it. You could probably play a mean guitar with magic, or actually learn how to play. Your take 10 is a Take 15. So on.

Have fun not telling lies and remaining fundamentally dishonest.

You don't need a staff to have cheap ice/cold spells. It's inherently 50 percent cheaper and stronger. With the flame staff, it makes Fire only 1.5x as expensive instead of 2x.

Winterfire, simply put, isn't really fire, it's just focused heat stolen from the environment. Doesn't burn you, it freezes you.

Fae Rules:
Cannot tell a lie, don't like iron, salt disrupts your magic temporarily, your word is your bond, and that's about it. Obviously, you'd have some inherent notion of debt and obligation. Choosing a side makes the opposing side dislike you more, and you get weaker against that group. Winter ice versus Summer Fire, etc.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Dog/cat/bird/lizard people.

I actually have a giant list of every single race and its details, but I figured I would leave it out and assign it after Class/Level and Virtue/Flaws

Can we be a Peach-faced lovebird man?

[Ross Vernal]

Does this sheet work, or did I futz anything up?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Neunhundertundzehn
Race: Halfbredkind
Height: 4' 9''
Weight: 145
Appearance: Neunhundertundzehn (He will be referred to as Neun from now on)  has black hair, a long black beard, and grey eyes.
Strength 16, Stamina 13, Agility 12, Speed 9, Endurance 19, Willpower 12, Intelligence 18, Perception 12
HP: (18 + 4) = 22
Level: Adventurer 1, Elementalist 2, Beserker 1
Virtues: At least 5, no more than 7.
Fire Affinity (Critical) - Neun has, since his birth, always had a bit of a special relationship with fire. His constant playing with fire throughout his life has led him to become a master of the art of manipulating it.
Earth Affinity (Critical) - Neun grew up as a coal miner's son, and has much experience manipulating all things under the earth.
High Alcohol Tolerance (Minor) - Due to years of constant drinking, Neun has gained the ability to consume amounts of alcohol that would kill most.
Flaws: At least 5, no more than 7.
Drunk (Critical) - Neun is an extreme alcoholic. He is almost entirely dependent on alcohol, and will suffer severe penalties without it.
Pyromaniac (Critical) - Neun is a pyromaniac. Every so often, he will use control and attempt to light a random nearby object on fire.
Ugly (Minor) - Neun is not a very nice looking person. His short height and high weight have caused many to find him a bit repulsive.
Hobbies:
Feats: Extended Rage, Elemental Specialization - Fire

It would be nice to know which races he is half and half of, but that's the only issue.

EDIT: I am not saying you HAVE to make the flaw/virtues of major and critical longer, but it is nice to have details to invent backstory and/or relevant NPC's. I can certainly do so with what is there, but the more, the better. As it stands, it is 100% acceptable, and no further elaboration is needed.

[Xantalos]

I'll be gradually completing/expanding upon mine.