Semi-Random character creation for Ironsworn....
Semi-Random character creation for Ironsworn....
If you’d like to give fate a heavier hand in your character creation, do the following:
1) Gather the asset cards and organize them into decks by type (companion, path, martial focus, and ritual). Exclude any cards that don’t fit your vision for the setting, such as rituals if you aren’t including magic. Shuffle the individual decks and put them face down.
2) Choose a card from any deck. Don’t look at it. Pass the draw to the next player. Continue taking turns drawing a single asset from any deck until you have five in your hand.
3) Reveal your cards and choose two of them to discard. The remaining three cards are your character’s assets.
4) Roll on the following table, and assign the +3 value to the result. Then, distribute the remaining stats (+2, +2, +1, +1) as you like.
1-20 Edge
21-40 Heart
41-60 Iron
61-80 Shadow
81-00 Wits
5) Ask the Oracle “What is my background vow?” and spark an idea using the ‘Goal’ oracle (page 175). Interpret the result, or roll on additional oracle tables to clarify as you like. Mark your background vow and give it a rank of extreme or epic.
6) Ask the Oracle “Who do I share a bond with?”, and roll once on the ‘NPC Role’ oracle (page 175) and twice on the ‘NPC Descriptor’ oracle (page 176). Envision this NPC, give them a name, and mark a bond. You may do this for your two remaining starting bonds, or come up with other bonds from scratch.
7) Together with the other players, Ask the Oracle “What is our inciting incident?” and roll on the ‘Settlement Trouble’ oracle (page 174). Interpret this answer to define your starting situation.
8) Swear an Iron Vow to resolve your starting situation and play!
If you’d like to give fate a heavier hand in your character creation, do the following:
1) Gather the asset cards and organize them into decks by type (companion, path, martial focus, and ritual). Exclude any cards that don’t fit your vision for the setting, such as rituals if you aren’t including magic. Shuffle the individual decks and put them face down.
2) Choose a card from any deck. Don’t look at it. Pass the draw to the next player. Continue taking turns drawing a single asset from any deck until you have five in your hand.
3) Reveal your cards and choose two of them to discard. The remaining three cards are your character’s assets.
4) Roll on the following table, and assign the +3 value to the result. Then, distribute the remaining stats (+2, +2, +1, +1) as you like.
1-20 Edge
21-40 Heart
41-60 Iron
61-80 Shadow
81-00 Wits
5) Ask the Oracle “What is my background vow?” and spark an idea using the ‘Goal’ oracle (page 175). Interpret the result, or roll on additional oracle tables to clarify as you like. Mark your background vow and give it a rank of extreme or epic.
6) Ask the Oracle “Who do I share a bond with?”, and roll once on the ‘NPC Role’ oracle (page 175) and twice on the ‘NPC Descriptor’ oracle (page 176). Envision this NPC, give them a name, and mark a bond. You may do this for your two remaining starting bonds, or come up with other bonds from scratch.
7) Together with the other players, Ask the Oracle “What is our inciting incident?” and roll on the ‘Settlement Trouble’ oracle (page 174). Interpret this answer to define your starting situation.
8) Swear an Iron Vow to resolve your starting situation and play!
I'm going to do this over the weekend!
ReplyDeleteSmall idea for playing with 2+ people.
ReplyDelete3) instead of discarding two cards, pass one to your left and the other to your right.
This is a great idea! It balances random fate with some design really nicely. I already have my current characters built, but I can't wait to try this method
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