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My Way?
What do you mean? From there you can choose whether or not you want to give your character a background, to further make them unique. Perhaps you feel your character would benefit from the Only Child background, meaning that he or she grew up as the only child of very permissive parents, and basically always got their own way. As an adult, they expect nothing less than total obedience from those around them and have a sizeable bonus to Willpower. However, as a result of their temperament, their Charisma, Persuasion and Haggle skills are reduced. Or maybe the Sold Your Soul background looks more interesting? With this one, your character has made a pact with a demon. In exchange for more magickal power, your character has dedicated their life to the pursuit of evil. They gain a significant amount to Magickal Aptitude, but suffer negative reaction from others and a negative alignment that cannot be reversed. Next it's on to choosing a portrait. Pick any of the fine representations we have included for your hero/heroine, or import one of your choosing. Again, the choice is yours.
Wow! Always dreamed of playing an upstanding gnome diplomat with secret, dark necromantic abilities? Use your points for Willpower, Charisma, Haggle, Persuasion and the Necromantic Black college of magick. Or maybe a half-orc gun-slinging outlaw is more your style? Pump your points into Perception, Dexterity, Firearms, and perhaps the Gun Smithy tech discipline. How about a finely attired elven debutante with summoning abilities to help her out of those "messy" situations and a love for gambling? Distribute her points into Beauty, Charisma, Persuasion, Gambling and the Summoning college of magick. Or a halfling thief who knows his way around a throwing knife? Place your points in Dexterity, Prowling, Lock Pick, Pick Pocket, Throwing and Back Stab. Perhaps a human inventor with a love for chemistry and explosives? Use your points for Intelligence, Dexterity, the Chemical and Explosive technological disciplines and perhaps your Throwing skill, to help you "test" some of your inventions. The characters described above are just a small sampling of what you can do. Arcanum's character creation system is incredibly open-ended, giving you the ability to create and customize just about any character you'd want. And for those of you who prefer to play a pre-designed character, we've thought of you too. Simply pick the auto-leveling scheme of your choice and your points will be distributed automatically, with no micro-managing on your part. It's as simple as that. An RPG that lets you have it your way. Imagine that. Arcanum.
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