Nova Character Options.pdf

Character Options

For the Nova game engine

Character Options for Nova

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pands the character

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allowing you to create

Written by George Chatzipetros

truly individual and cu

Contact me at neonblue@GameBox.net

tomised characters.

Grasp the core of Nova and other su

Grasp the core of Nova and other sup-

plements at http://members.xoom.com/

human races as well as

special gifts and dra

backs your character

Contents

human races………………..4

Attribute generation…………………….4

Traits……………………………………...5

Gifts and Drawbacks…………….6

human races………………..4

Gifts and Drawbacks…………….6

Universal points…………………………6

Gifts………………………………………6

Drawbacks……………………………….8

Contents

Non

Non-human races………………..4

Gifts and Drawbacks…………….6

Non-Human Races

Human Races

Attribute generation

list of racial characteristics for a stan-

dard fantasy game (a type of game I

believe most role-players are familiar

with), would seem like this:

Elf- dexterous and intelligent but frail

Halfling– quick and dexterous but

very weak

Dwarf– strong with lots of endurance

but slow and somewhat arrogant

Orc– strong but stupid

Troll– really strong but really stupid

and slow

Now that racial characteristics

have been defined in raw terms, it’s

time to deal with the game mechan-

ics. As explained in the Nova core

rules, humans get 17 dice to generate

attributes. Other races however

don’t get any dice. Instead, they get

points with which to

buy these dice.

More specifically,

they get 51 points.

Each attribute

has a different cost

the player must pay

to buy a die in that

attribute. This makes

the whole differ-

ence: a race has

some “strong” points (attributes with

low costs to buy dice for) and some

“weak” points (attributes with high

costs.

The cost for a die ranges from

1 to 5. 1 shows that the particular

race is very good at what that attrib-

ute represents. 3 is considered the

average (close to human potential).

5 is considered very bad.

If we put all this to practice,

we might turn up with a table like

the following for our generic fantasy

game.

Don’t forget that every charac-

ter needs to have at least one die in

each attribute.

But how about the maximum

dice a player can devote to a single

of his character’s attributes? Surely a

3 m tall troll wouldn’t have to abide

by human regulations… You can use

the attribute cost to determine the

maximum number of dice a starting

character may have in an attribute.

Many role-playing games, especially

fantasy and science fiction ones, al-

low players to play characters other

than humans. Common examples are

elves, dwarves, orcs etc. A game sys-

tem then has to contain a mechanic

so that these races are in some way

different than humans.

The most easy way to do this

is during the step of attribute genera-

tion. The assumption is that some

races are more or less strong, quick

or intelligent than humans and this

reflects in their attributes.

Humans are considered by

most games to be average in all; this

gives them a certain amount of flexi-

bility. No changes need to be made

in the rules of attribute generation

for humans. If this isn’t so in your

game, feel free to change this as-

sumption.

Other races have strong and

weak points. The GM needs to set

the basic characteristics of each race

before adopting any system for at-

tribute generation. For example, a

Attribute die cost

Max. dice

As you may remember, humans have

a maximum of three. Other races

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Other ways to enrich non-human races

however might have more or less.

After the purchase of attribute dice is

complete, it’s time to find out the

final rating for each attribute. Do this

by rolling each attribute die as ex-

plained in the Nova core rules.

in a skill because of its physical con-

dition (a troll might get a free rating

in endurance) or culture (an elf could

get a rating in archery).

the first place. This option gives

more or less Constitution, Stamina or

Defense. A troll could get one extra

point of Constitution and Stamina,

while a halfling could have an extra

Defense die.

Attribute limitations: It’s a good idea

to not use the attribute limitations

for humans. Humans get a 3-dice

limitation for physical attributes but

they’re unlimited in other attributes.

Other races may exceed these limits

or have limits in other attributes.

It’s not a good idea

Traits

Special abilities: These include things

like flying, lightning reflexes etc.

There are other ways to distinguish

between races aside from attribute

generation. The following traits have

been designed to act secondary, with

attribute generation having the pri-

mary effect. A GM may use some, all

or none of them to design his game’s

races.

It’s not a good idea to revoke

the limitations for developing attrib-

utes through experience, especially

for Intellect and Comeliness. The rea-

sons for these limitations are well-

grounded and beyond racial con-

cerns.

Armor: Some races may have natural

armor. This changes the unarmored

rating other people use in damage

rolls against them. Humans have an

unarmored rating of –2. A troll’s

thick skin however might earn it an

unarmored rating of –1. It isn’t rec-

ommended that the GM gives an un-

armored rating greater than 0 to any

player character race.

Magic: Always a good way to distin-

guish between races, if the GM uses

rules for magic, he might make some

races more adept at it while totally

banning other races from its pursuit.

Altered secondary attributes: These

should only be used rarely because

secondary attributes are derived

from attributes, which are altered in

Skills: A race might get a free rating

Attribute limitations:

Special abilities:

It’s not a good idea

Armor:

Magic:

Altered secondary attributes:

Skills:

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