Rules:Stats

Background Stats

• Name
  This is your character’s name.
• Race
  There are four available races: Dwarf, Human, Half-Elf and Elf, each with their own physical and mental traits. Depending on your race, people may react differently, and some items are race specific. Furthermore, each race has a unique set of special abilities from which they may choose.
• Gender
  This line describes your character’s gender. While this may be self-explanatory for you, the game engine uses this value to determine how other characters react to you. Your gender is also important to solve certain grammatical questions in the dialogues.
• Alignment
  The character’s alignment shows where he stands in the struggle between good and evil. It is a value ranging from -5 to +5. An alignment value of -5 means the character is a completely evil, shunned by most people and eyed suspiciously by the guards, while a character with an alignment value of +5 is a beloved hero, who is well regarded by most people but may find it difficult to gain information from the shady sailors in the docks district ... While all characters start with a more or less neutral alignment (a value close to 0), this changes throughout the game. Whenever an evil act, such as killing an innocent, is committed a character’s alignment value is lowered, while helping others raises it.
  In the game alignment is used in two ways. Certain items can only be used by characters with a specific alignment value. A holy sword will only accept a noble bearer, while a heroic knight will never use lethal poisons or unholy and demonic items. The character’s alignment is even more important when he tries to influence and impress other people. The smaller the difference between the character’s and an NPC’s alignment, the more favourable the NPC will react.
• Level
  The character’s level is an overall indicator of how powerful that certain character is.
• Experience Points
  A characters experience is measured in experience points. Her level is directly dependant on experience points, as described in the chapter about character advancement.