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CHARACTER CREATION GUIDELINES


Characters in Men-at-Arms are inherently flawed. You'll notice that you cannot create a character that has mastered many skills, nor can you make a master-of-arms that has no weaknesses. Every character can only be so specialized, and the more proficient you are with a given skill or weapon, the more proficiency points it will cost you.

PLEASE post your character applications in the OOC thread, not here. This is for accepted character sheets. But please keep reading! The rules for character creation lie below.

When you design your character, go in with the following goals:

  • Make a person, not a cartoon character. I don't want an Edgy McBadass. I want a person that has real fears and real desires. I want a person with goals, with virtues and with failings. I want a person.
  • Make me want to know more about your character. Long, boring backstories that go nowhere are NOT as valuable to me as engaging backstories that leave some measure of mystique. Entice me.
  • Show me through your character what your vision for this game is. I want to know what sort of role you want to play and what sort of game you expect this to be. How you write your character and what you do with them will help me decide who I keep as players and who I politely refuse.
  • Don't try to "cheat" the system. If you try to powerplay in character creation, chances are you're going to be misbehaving in the game, too. "Cheating" the system I've presented is grounds for immediate dismissal from my roleplay.
  • Show me the good and the bad. Your character should have flaws, but they obviously need to have virtues, too. I don't want Sadsack McSadderson; that can be a sort of reverse Mary Sue. Refer back to my first guideline. Make a person.
  • Have decorum. I'm okay with tragic and dark elements in my game, but I don't want to see GRRM-style expository about fucking and undesired intercourse, okay? Writing about stuff like that won't win you any brownie points with me. Allude to such tragedies if you must, but always be tactful and respectful of the topic.


I think those are guidelines enough. On to the actual character sheet!

Firstly, remember to use the hyperlinked Google Document here for the RPG elements of your character sheet. Fill things out on the sheet as you go. And most importantly, please follow instructions.

I don't have any preference as to how you format your sheet. Use fancy colors, realign the text to suit your preferences, etc. So long as you have all the information I requested and put your sheet in a hider and don't make the text hard to read, I'll be happy. Please note that I have bad eyesight and I will fight you if you choose to make the text some freaking dark gray bullcrap that blends in with the background of this website. I'm serious. I will fight you.

You may include an image for your character, though it is not necessary. I will say that I prefer painting-quality pictures, and I don't like anime or photos that much; however, I won't disqualify you solely on your choice of picture. Probably. Within reason.

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