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Basics

Character Creation

To make a character, you’ll need to select a template from

within this book or make your own.

things around him, including the ability to interact with others.

Technical : Your character’s ability to manipulate, repair, and

modify technology.

When you put dice in an attribute, you can either put whole

dice in each attribute, or you can give each a mixture of

whole

dice and pips. Each die equals three pips.

Example: You’ve distributed most of your attribute dice, but

you have four dice left to put in Perception and Technical.

You

could put 1D in Perception and 3D in Technical, or 1D+2 in

Perception and 2D+1 in Technical, or some similar

combination.

Defined Limits

If you wish to make your own starting character from scratch,

without a template but with defined limits on what can be put

into attributes and skills, use these guidelines. This chapter

describes each characteristic in more detail, including

examples on how you can split the dice.

Attributes

Distribute 18 dice among the seven attributes. The minimum

for a normal Human character is 2D and the maximum is 4D

in all attributes except The Biotic attribute, which remains at

0D for most characters.

Skills

Skills are more specific applications of an attribute. For

example, the skill dodge is a more specific use of your

character’s Dexterity . Characters learn them through

instruction or experience. Skills are areas of expertise that

are not necessarily common to every living creature. Some

creatures simply don’t have the capacity to learn certain

skills. All skills beneath a given attribute begin without any

skill points. To highlight skills in which the character has

trained or has some experience, add skill points. When

creating your character you have to choose trained skills for

each attribute.

The number of trained skills under each attribute is equal to

number of dice and pips on this particular attribute plus

number of dice on your knowledge.

Example: You’ve chosen your attribute scores, including

putting 2D+1 in Technical and 3D+2 in Knowledge . Now you

can choose 6 “trained” skills that falls under Technical

attribute and 7 “trained” skills that falls under Knowledge

attribute. After that you can put up to 21 skill points among

your trained skills. Remember that you can place up to 6 skill

points in one skill.

Example: You’ve chosen your attribute scores, including

putting 2D+1 in Technical. If you wanted her to be a little

better in the demolitions skill, you could add one skill point to

the base attribute to get a demolitions skill score of 2D+1+1.

If you decided to add two skill points to the base attribute, the

demolitions score becomes 2D+1+2. It is important to

separate pips of attribute from skill points for cost of

improving skills later.

Other Stats

Choose trained skills for each attribute, then distribute 21 skill

points among the chosen skills. The maximum number of

skill points you can add to any skill is 6.

Move: This equals 10 meters per round for average human.

Ranged Defense Value: Ranged Defense Value equals:

three times number of dice on Dexterity attribute, plus any

pips, plus skill points in Dodge skill.

Melee Defense Value: Melee Defense Value equals three

times number of dice on Strength attribute plus any pips plus

skill points on Melee Parry skill.

Brawling Defense Value: equals three times number of dice

on Strength attribute plus any pips plus skill points on

Brawling Parry skill.

Vehicle Defense Value: equals three times number of dice

on Mechanical attribute plus any pips plus skill points on

Rover Operation skill.

Starship Defense Value: equals three times number of dice

on Mechanical attribute plus any pips plus skill points on Pilot

skill.(Pilots are required to have Capital and StarFighter DV)

Damage Resistance: equals: the dice and pips in Strength

plus and any armor character is wearing.

Brawling/Melee Damage: Strength plus Lift divided by 2

Hit Points: equal 3 times Strength +20

Biotic: Decide whether to make your character a Biotic.

Credits: Credits measure how much wealth your character

has at start of the game. All characters start with a base

3Dx250 credits. Look under “Credits” in this chapter for

additional information.

Character Points: Characters start with five Character

Points.

Specializations

You can also specialize in skills. Specializations reflect a

greater familiarity in a particular area covered by a base skill.

One skill point equals two specialization skill points.

You don’t need to have any extra skill points in the base skill

in order to take a specialization in that skill, but when you

give your character specializations in that manner, they are

treated as separate skills. If you give your character

specializations in base skills he already has, those

specializations are considered bonuses to the base skill

when attempting tasks of that type.

You can only specialize in skills which you have chosen

when creating you character.

Once you’ve chosen at least one specialization and put one

or two skill points in it, you have to use the remaining

specialization skill points to either purchase more skill points

in the same specialization or purchase one or more skill

points in other specializations. You roll the specialization’s

die code only when you use the specific item or knowledge

reflected by the specialization. Otherwise, you roll the base

Attributes

Each character has seven attributes, which measure basic

physical and mental abilities that are common to every living

creature (and some nonliving things), no matter what

universe or dimension they exist in.

Dexterity : A measure of how physically articulate your

character is, including his eye-hand coordination and agility.

Strength : Measure of your character’s physical power and

ability to resist damage.

Mechanical : Your character’s prowess at operating

mechanical equipment like vehicles, shields, starships, and

sensors.

Knowledge : Measure of your character’s overall intelligence,

"common sense" and academic knowledge.

Perception : Your character’s awareness of himself and

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skill (or attribute if you didn’t put additional dice in the full

skill).

Example: If your character’s Technical is 2D+2 and her

demolitions is 2D+2+1, you could give her a demolitions

specialization of vehicles of +1 (which means that, when

she’s attempting to blow up planetary vehicles, she rolls

2D+2+1 and adds 1 to the total). You would then have two

specialization skill points to place among other

specializations. With these, you could further improve her

demolitions: vehicles specialization, or you could pick one or

more other specializations in the same or other base skills.

You decide that with one other specialization pip, you’ll give

your character vehicle repair: ground vehicles, but you won’t

take the full vehicle repair skill for her. This allows your

character to have v ehicle repair: ground vehicles at 2D+2+1

(add 1 to the die code of the base attribute, Technical, which

is 2D+2). Thus, when your character attempts to fix a

hovercraft, you roll 2D+2+1, but if she tries to make

adjustments to a boat, you only rely on the attribute’s score,

which is 2D+2. The maximum number of skill points the

character may start with in any base is 6 or specialization

skill is 12.

Characteristic Modifier

1D in Perception

-1D

1D in Knowledge

-1D

4D or more in Perception

+1D

4D or more in Knowledge

+1D

+5 or more in business skill or its

+1D

specializations

Equipment

Players of starting characters may select one small weapon

and a little protective gear plus a few tools of their characters’

chosen trade, unless there is equipment already listed on the

template sheet. Some basic equipment is explained in the

“Equipment” chapter; the GM may allow other options.

Character Features and

Other Details

The character sheet provided in this book and most other

templates include spots for your character’s name, career,

species, gender, age, height, weight, and other information.

Unless specified by the template or your GM allows it, your

character’s species is Human. Everything else in these

sections you are free to fill in as you like.

Move

This number (usually 10) represents how many meters your

character moves in a round at maximum walking speed in

standard (1 g) gravity. (The running skill can increase this

rate. It also serves as the base for other movement skills).

Advanced Skills

If there is an "(A)" listed in front of a skill name, it's an

"advanced skill." Advanced skills demand years of disciplined

study to master and cannot be attempted unless a character

has the skill. Some examples include (A) medicine, (A)

Energy Weapons and other. A character may learn advanced

skill when the character meets the "prerequisite skills"

requirement. When a character uses one of the prerequisite

skills, add the advanced skill to the prerequisite skill's roll.

Example : A character has first aid at +6 and (A) Medicine at

+1. He rolls only +1 for Medicine checks, such as when

performing surgery or diagnosing an unusual disease.

However, if the character makes a first aid check, he gets to

roll +7.

Biotic

Players wishing to play Biotic character have to ask GM for

the permission.

Special Abilities

Special Abilities are unusual talents or powers the character

has that most other don’t have. Humans, mostly, don’t have

any special ability except for bonus trained skill. Special

Abilities are mostly attached to Aliens.

Paragon, Neutral and

Renegade Moralities

Decide whether you want your character to start the game

with 2 Paragon Points, 2 Renegade Points or 1 of each. This

edition of Mass Effect does not deal with the idea of "good"

and "evil" but of being brutal or gentle in various situations.

It’s not about being good or evil, well not entirely but it’s

about being selfish or selfless. “If you're playing a morally

good person who helps the locals fight off a Geth attack for

no reward and refuse any money, you could be awarded with

a Paragon Point for your efforts. On the other hand, if your

character is shady and selfish and you stick with it,

demanding payment after saving the locals, you could be

awarded a Renegade Point for your efforts.” The paragon

and renegade point’s will beside of showing the nature of the

individual, give him a mechanical bonus.

For every 6 Paragon points, the character gains a +1

bonus to Con and Persuasion tests as he is cautious and

calm in nature. For every 6 Renegade points, the

character

How long does it take?

Firing a ranged weapon takes only a split second, but

programming a mech or fixing a starship can take hours,

sometimes days. So how do you figure out how long it takes

to do something?

Some skills may only take a round, but require such

concentration that the character can do nothing else in the

round – first aid, computer use or driving a rover are good

examples. Several skills list a range of times, such as "one

round to five minutes" or "one round to two hours." GM must

estimate how long it takes to complete the task. Rely on your

"best guess."

Checks

Sometimes you try to do something to which no specific skill

applies. In cases, you make an attribute check: Roll number

of dice of particular attribute. The GM assigns a DC, or sets

up an opposed check when two characters are engaged in a

contest using one attribute against another. The character

who rolls highest wins. In some cases, a test of one’s

attribute doesn’t involve luck. Just as you wouldn’t make a

height check to see who make a height check to see who is

taller, you don't make a Strength check to see who is

stronger. When two characters arm wrestle, for example, the

stronger character simply wins. In the case of identical

scores, then make opposed Strength checks.

gains

bonus

Command,

and

Intimidation tests because of his blunt and agitating.

Credits

All characters start with a base of 3D x 250 credits. Use the

accompanying table to adjust this number of additional

credits.

Include

any

modifiers

attributes

due

Disadvantages or Special Abilities.

Determining Credits

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greater than the difficulty number, your attack hits. It's not

always that simple, however - the target might dodge (that's

a "reaction skill") or might be partially protected by cover.

The "ranged combat" skills include: firearms, missile

weapons, throwing and granades. (Gunnery and Heavy

Gunnery are also "ranged combat" skills, but they're covered

by Mechanical.)

EXAMPLE ATTRIBUTE CHECK KEY ATTRIBUTE

Forcing open a jammed or locked door Strength

Tying a rope Dexterity

Navigating a maze Perception

Remembering to lock a door Knowledge

Getting yourself noticed in a crowd Perception

Wild Die

Whenever any player, including the gamemaster, makes any

roll, one of the dice must be different from the rest (in size or

color). Designated as the Wild Die, this odd die represents

the vagaries of life — like the direction of the wind affecting

the flight of a bullet — that are too small to warrant their own

difficulty modifiers.

If the player rolls a 6 on the Wild Die, this is called a Critical

Success and she may add the 6 to her total and roll the Wild

Die again. As long as she turns up Critical Successes on that

die, she may continue to add them to her total and continue

to roll. If she rolls anything other than a 6, she adds that

number to the total and stops rolling. If the player rolls a 1 on

the initial toss of the Wild Die, this is called a Critical Failure.

The Critical Failure cancels out the highest roll. Then the

player adds the remaining values, and the roll is determined

normally,but a complication occurs. The gamemaster gauges

the significance of the complication by the total generated —

from a funny, “nearly didn’t do it” result for a high total to a

serious, “we have a problem” obstacle for a low total.

Using Melee Combat Skills

Strength has "melee combat" skills which cover any type of

hand-to-hand attack. They're brawling and melee combat.

Each melee weapon has a different difficulty number. If the

character rolls equal to or higher than the difficulty number,

the attack hits. Of course, just like ranged combat skills, it's

not always that simple. The target might parry the attack

using a "reaction skill" or might be partially protected by

cover.

Using Full Reaction

Full Reaction - a character ads 10 to his appropriate

defense. However, a character making a full reaction

can't do anything else in the round.

Learning and Improving Skills

Players whose characters have been through at least one

adventure can use Character Points, accumulated from

completing adventures, to learn new skills and improve old

ones. Spending Character Points this way may be done only

between adventures. In addition to Character Points, the

character needs experience with the skill, either through

training or by attempting to use the skill (through rolling its die

code or its governing attribute’s die code, regardless of the

outcome) during an adventure. If the GM decides that there

is a significant amount of training involved (such as improving

a skill beyond +10), or the character needs to find a suitable

teacher, that might become an adventure’s focus. (The

teacher must have a skill points code higher than the one the

potential student currently has.)

Learning new skills : The cost of getting a new skill equals

five minus the number before the “D” in the governing

attribute’s die code. Final cost cannot be lower than one.

Improving skills:

The cost to get one skill point in a trained skill equals the

number of

Using Character Points

A character can use a character point in two ways. A player

may choose to spend Character Points before or after he

makes a roll — or both — but always before the gamemaster

determines the result. The gamemaster need not tell the

player whether he should spend more points to improve a

roll. Extra Wild Dice gained from spending Character Points

each work like a normal Wild Die except that a Critical Failure

counts as a 1; it does not adversely affect the roll. Because

of the special nature of Character Point Wild Dice, the player

may wish to roll these dice separately from his normal Wild

Die. Once used, the character loses the point. Players get

Character Points for their characters by overcoming

obstacles, roleplaying well, and having fun. They can also

use Character Points to improve skills

the skill points the

skill will have after

improvement.

Example: A character has a dodge of +5 and wants to

increase it. To raise the skill by one skill point to +6, the

character must spend six Character Points. To increase the

skill to +7 after the next scenario, the character must spend

seven Character Points.

Improving specializations:

The cost to improve an existing specialization by one skill

point equals one-half of the skill points the skill will have after

improvement (round up).

A character does not need the governing skill to get a

specialization in it. However, if he does have one, getting a

specialization in it acts as a bonus to the base skill when

taking actions of that type, but it does not also improve all

uses of the base skill.

Example: For a character with +9 in ranged weapons to gain

a specialization, he needs to spend one Character Point to

get a +1 in the specialization. The full ranged weapons skill,

however, stays at +9.

Specializations that are associated with a full skill do not

improve when the base skill improves.

A character may improve a skill or any of its specializations

but not both. In other words, a character may improve as

many specializations as he desires at the same time, thought

Skills

Time : How much time it takes to make a check with this skill,

if that information hasn't already been covered elsewhere.

Description : The skill description tells you what the skill

covers and gives a few sample difficulties and modifiers.

Specializations : Possible examples of specializations.

Retry : Any circumstances that apply to successive attempts

to use the skill successfully. If this paragraph is omitted, the

skill check can be tried again without any inherent penalty

other than consuming additional time.

Special : Any special notes that apply, such as rules

regarding untrained use and whether or not you can take 3 or

take 6 when using the skill. If this paragraph is omitted you

cannot take 3 or 6 when using this skill.

Using Ranged Combat Skills

Dexterity has several "ranged combat" skills covering

weapons that can be used to attack someone from a

distance. These skills all work the same way. When a

character shoots a ranged weapon, the difficulty number is

based on the range to the target: the further away a target,

the higher the difficulty number. If your skill roll is equal to or

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he cannot improve them at the same time as he’s improving

the governing skill. Skills and specializations may only be

improved by one skill point each in between each adventure.

Generally, a single attribute may be raised only one pip per

adventure, though it’s possible that the effects of the situation

influence the character’s physical makeup for a while or the

GM may decide that the situation was so life-changing that

more than one attribute may be boosted by more than one

pip. There is an upper limit using this method: Every time an

adult character boosts a Dexterity , Strength, Perception

Mechanical, Knowledge and Technical attribute, the player

rolls that attribute’s new die code and the GM rolls one die

less than the maximum die code for the species, including

any appropriate Special Abilities. If the GM’s roll equals or

exceeds the player’s roll, the attribute improves. If it does not,

the attribute does not improve, the character gets half the

Character Points back, and the character has reached her

upper limit for that attribute.

Learning new Advanced Skills:

The cost of getting a new advanced skill equals five minus

the number before the “D” in the governing attribute’s die

code multiplied by two. Final cost cannot be lower than two.

Improving Advanced Skills:

The cost to get one skill point in a advanced skill equals

the number of the skill points the skill will have after

improvement multiplied by two.

Attributes

The attributes you choose for your character usually

represent her maximum potential. Most of the time, you’ll

improve your character’s attributes by training in one

particular aspect (improving skills), through temporary means

(taking drugs), or with implanted equipment. Nonetheless,

some freak industrial accident or bio-manipulation

experiment might provide you with a reason to improve your

character’s base attributes.

To boost an attribute by one pip costs 10 times the number

before the attribute’s “D” in Character Points.

Changing Hit Points

As a character’s Strength goes up or is altered by Special

Abilities, you’ll need to change the Hit Points amount. Do not

reroll the character’s entire Strength — only the amount that

changed.

Wound Level Hit Points Left

Lightly Wounded

99%-81%

Wounded

80%-61%Very Wounded

60-41%Severely Wounded

40%-21%

Mortally Wounded

20%-1% Dead

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