Character Templates

A “character template” is a carefully structured list of the attrib-
ute levels, secondary characteristics, advantages, disadvantages,
and skills the GM feels a PC should possess to fill a particular pro-
fessional, social, or dramatic role in the campaign. The GM calcu-
lates all point costs in advance and gives the results with the tem-
plate, reducing the amount of math involved in character creation.
The main purpose of a character template is to prevent new
players from overlooking vital abilities when choosing from among
all the options in Chapters 1-6. The secondary goal is to accelerate
character design. Thus, a template should list only necessary traits
– not everything that might fit. The player should always have room
to customize his PC!