Character Creation in the Beanut Lands
Creating a new character in The Beanut Lands system is done in several steps.
Each of these decisions you make has a solid impact on your character’s mechanics and story.
Foundation
This category contains the most impactful, mechanical aspects that heavily affect your character’s potential play style. It includes:
✿ Species
☗ Culture
❖ Origin
✪ Growth
Flavor
When it comes to the appearance, ideologies, and story of your character, you will be in control for the most part. While some choices you make will be expected to fall within the realm of possibility within the lore of the world, you will be the primary driving-force for this stage of character creation. Flavor includes:
✤ Name
⚥ Image
♛ Ideologies
✎ Story
Foundation
Modular Building
In each of the four Foundation categories (✿ Species, ☗ Culture, ❖ Origin, and ✪ Growth) your selections can be made completely independently, but there may be meaningful connections between each choice you make.
For example, your species may be the majority population in certain cultures, but outlandish in others; your culture may influence what origins would be more common in your home Land, where some origins might not be looked upon as acceptable lifestyles; your choice of Growth Features could affect your community’s opinion of you, or perhaps even begin to set you apart from a typical person of your species.
Character Feature System
Every selection you make will offer a number of Features, each of which expands upon a specific aspect of your life. Features will help you to understand both your character and the world they have experienced. By the end of the Foundation section, you should have between 10 and 20 total unique Features that help you to understand how your Foundation choices come together.
You will continue to gain Features during role play as well, mostly through the ✪ XP Web character leveling system.
✿ Species
TOTAL: 10
Your species determines your biological capabilities and limitations. Thanks to the evolution of your ancestors’ survival, lifestyles, home Land(s), and historical cultures, your own physical existence will be affected by three or four major Species Features.
More information can be found by following the link below.
MECHANICAL ASPECTS:
– Attribute Scores
– Size, speed, and natural movement abilities
– Base stats (♥ Health, 🞉 Soul, 🞜 Fatigue, 🟂 Mana)
– Skill ❱ training
– Combat ❱ training and abilities
– Damage Resistance ❱ training
– Penalties (feature penalties can be overcome through effort)
NARRATIVE ASPECTS:
– Unique Physical characteristics
– Body type limitations
– Reproductive capabilities
☗ Culture
TOTAL: 33
Your culture explains the world you were either born or raised in. During your developmental life, the Land(s) you lived in, the people who surrounded you, and the traditions, holidays, education, diversity, and languages you’ve been exposed to will heavily influence your character’s experiences in the future. Most often, a character’s Culture has a heavy impact on your behaviors, beliefs, and ideologies as well.
More information can be found by following the link below.
MECHANICAL ASPECTS:
– Attribute Scores
– Skill ❱ training
– Combat ❱ training and abilities
– Damage Resistance ❱ training
– Unique abilities
– Known Languages ❱ training and 🗨 Language Points
– Cultural Weapon and Armor
NARRATIVE ASPECTS:
– Home Land
– Traditions, holidays, and events
– Ideologies, Beliefs, Education, and Religions
– Identity & Self-Expression
– Hobbies
❖ Origin
TOTAL: 36 pre-made, customization possible
The choices your character makes as they grow into adulthood, or whenever their major story begins, determines their Origin.
More information can be found by following the link below.
Note:
Customized ❖ Origins are currently unavailable in the alpha version of our system, but will be available whenever a user-friendly version of the ✪ XP Web is ready to present to the public.
MECHANICAL ASPECTS:
– Attribute Reflexes
– Base stats (♥ Health, 🞉 Soul, 🞜 Fatigue, 🟂 Mana)
– Skill ❱ training
– Combat ❱ training and abilities
– Origin features and abilities
– 🗨 Language Points
– Equipment and starting wealth
NARRATIVE ASPECTS:
– Profession and Education
– Reputation & Relationships
– Ideologies
– Hobbies
✪ Growth
STARTING XP: 7
After you have chosen your Species, Culture, and Origin, you will be granted starting ✪ Experience Points (XP) that you can use to further customize your characters stats and features.
Flavor
✤ Name
Your character’s name is most heavily influenced by their Native Language(s) and Culture; however, characters who hold their biological heritage in high regard, come from families of different cultures, or take on new names related to their ancestral people may have traditional names from their Species as well. Please use the following page to see more information on the detailed lore of naming in The Beanut Lands.
More information can be found by following the link below.
⚥ Image
Your image often impacts your social interactions and expectations, as well as your self-expression. Things like clothing, hairstyles, and accessories should be influenced by your Foundation choices, so keep those in mind when you are deciding on your appearance and identity.
SPECIES-BASED:
– Height
– Body Type
– Skin Complexion & Natural Markings
– Eye Color
– Hair Color & Texture
– Other unique features (wings, fangs, claws, etc…)
CULTURE-BASED:
– Identity & Self-Expression
– Clothing Style
– Hairstyles
– Tattoos & Markings
– Piercings & Body Modification
– Accessories
ORIGIN-BASED:
– Convenience influences from Professions, Skills, & Abilities
– Learned influences from Education, Laws, and Authority Figures
– Social influences from Relationships, Groups, and Factions
OTHER:
– Growth Feature changes
– Preferences and requirements from your Ideologies
– Effects from story-based events
♛ Ideologies
Giving your character Ideology features will help you with role playing. Ideology Features should be influenced by your Foundation choices (Species, Culture, and Origin)
NARRATIVE ASPECTS:
– Ethical Conduct
– Morality
– Social Tendencies
– Political Ideals
– Psychological Rationale
✎ Story
With your character’s Story, you’ll determine important aspects of their life before their adventure begins:
NARRATIVE ASPECTS:
– Relationships
– Upbringing
– Home town, village, settlement, or general location
– Trade, education, and survival circumstances
– Major defining events
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