The Funnel

1 · Roll your peasants

“We highly suggest each player roll up multiple 0-level characters – at least three, possibly more. Don’t get attached.” (p.20)

The procedure (verbatim, p.21)

0 LEVEL

All characters start at 0 level. Most will die in a dungeon, alone and unknown. The few who survive eventually choose a class in which to advance.

All 0-level characters start with the following:

- 1d4 hit points, modified by Stamina

- 5d12 copper pieces

- 0 XP

- One randomly determined piece of equipment (see table 3-4)

- One randomly determined occupation

- Based on the occupation:

- Possession of one weapon and training in its use

- Possession of some trade goods

- A +0 modifier to attack rolls and all saving throws; note that 0-level characters use a crit die of 1d4 on crit table I

As the character earns experience points, their XP total advances. When their XP total reaches 10, they may choose a class.

OCCUPATION

Your character once toiled away at mundane tasks, and their family and peers still do. Whether alongside their family or apprenticed to a master, a character’s former occupation provides a set of skills. These skills may be useful to a character only as a fallback when they emerge crippled from the dungeon, but they are useful nonetheless. These skills also include training in a rudimentary weapon of some kind. Roll d% on table 1-3 to determine a character’s background. Unless noted otherwise, a character is human.

Note that a character’s occupation need not be determined randomly. If a player has a strong sense of the character’s background