CharacterThe Burning Wheel Burner by Luke Crane Credit Due Character Burner Concept, Design and Production Luke Crane Contents Game Development Welcome Luke Crane, Pete Tierney, Bob Doherty, Chris Allingham, Rick Brown, Fire in the Garden .......................................................................8 Danny Dempsey and Phil Kobel Character Creation Basics ........................................................9 Hard Times and Hard Editing From the Day You Were Born… ........................................................9 Pete Tierney, Dan Abram, Ian Marshall, Sean Bosker and John Yohalem The Elements of a Lifepath .............................................................10 Racial Stock .....................................................................................11 Character Background Sketches, Traits and Skills Help Pete Tierney The Character Burner Folios, Section Headers and Graphics The Twelve Steps ........................................................................14 Dan Licht The Lifepath System .......................................................................14 Illustrations 1. Character Concept .......................................................................14 Dan Licht [ ], Kev Sather [ ], Kira Brooks [ ], 2. Determine Lifepaths ....................................................................15 Lifepath Maze by Ian Marshall 3. Age ..............................................................................................17 4. Stat Pool ......................................................................................17 Cover Illustrations 5. Dividing the Stat Pool .................................................................18 Fire: Dan Licht [ ], Wheel: Kev Sather [ ], Back cover painting: Jin Kwan 6. Skill Point Pool ............................................................................18 Guiding Light of all Elven-dom (and Patron of the Arts) 7. Buying Skills ...............................................................................19 Bob 8. Attributes ....................................................................................22 9. Traits ...........................................................................................27 A Special Nod 10. Resources ...................................................................................28 to Barbara Tuchman. Without her clear vision 11. Determine How You Die ............................................................34 and amazing prose this book would be much poorer. 12. Beliefs and Instincts....................................................................36 Miles Black Completed! ...................................................................38 Contact Lifepath Notes ............................................................................39 Repeating Lifepaths: The Law of Diminishing Returns ....................39 www.burningwheel.org Some Inherent Knowledge ...............................................................39 Starting Character “Experience” .....................................................40 [email protected] Balancing Stats ................................................................................40 A copy of the character sheet is provided in the back of this book. You may also download a pdf of Limiting Skill Exponents .................................................................40 the character sheet (and numerous other information aids) at burningwheel.org Missing Paths ...................................................................................41 Lifepath Requirements: Keep Things Logical ..................................41 © 2002 Luke Crane. Burning Wheel is a Registered Trademark™ of Luke Crane. [] Illustrations © 2002 Dan Licht; [ ] Illustrations © 2002 Kev Sather; [ ] Illustrations © 2002 Kira Brooks; Back cover painting © 2002 Jin Kwan. Lifepaths Choosing Elven Skills ......................................................................98 Elven Songs .....................................................................................99 Von Goten’s Story Part I .........................................................44 Spell-Songs ....................................................................................100 Lifepaths of Man .......................................................................48 Skill Songs .....................................................................................106 Peasant Setting ................................................................................48 Elven Craft Songs ..........................................................................108 Villager Setting ................................................................................50 Elven Possessions ...........................................................................110 City-dweller Setting .........................................................................52 Nuul Adder’s Story ................................................................112 Noble Setting ...................................................................................54 Noble Court Sub-Setting ..................................................................56 Orcan Lifepaths ........................................................................116 Professional Soldier Sub-Setting ......................................................58 Chattel Setting ...............................................................................116 Seafaring Setting .............................................................................60 Black Legion Sub-Setting ..............................................................118 Outcast Sub-Setting .........................................................................60 Great and Black Setting .................................................................118 Servitude Setting .............................................................................62 Servant of the Dark Sub-Setting ....................................................120 Religious Sub-Setting .......................................................................64 Starting Stat Points for Orcs by Age ..............................................120 Dunif’s Story ................................................................................66 Orc Special Rules .....................................................................122 Brutal Life .....................................................................................122 Dwarven Lifepaths ....................................................................70 Orc Hatred ....................................................................................123 Clansmen Setting .............................................................................70 Orc Traits ......................................................................................123 Guilder Setting ................................................................................70 Common Orc Traits .......................................................................123 Artificer Setting ...............................................................................72 Orc Lifepath Traits ........................................................................124 Dwarven Noble Setting ....................................................................72 Special Orc Traits ..........................................................................125 Dwarven Host Sub-setting ...............................................................74 Choosing Orc Skills .......................................................................126 Dwarven Outcast Sub-setting ..........................................................74 Orc Skills .......................................................................................126 Starting Stat Points for Dwarves by Age ..........................................76 Orc Rituals ....................................................................................129 Dwarven Special Rules ............................................................77 Orc Possessions ..............................................................................133 Dwarven Traits ................................................................................77 Common Dwarven Traits .................................................................77 The Lists Dwarven Special Traits ....................................................................78 General Skill List .....................................................................136 Dwarven Lifepath Traits ..................................................................78 General Trait List .....................................................................168 Dwarven Skills .................................................................................79 Dwarven Arts ...................................................................................81 Incantations ...............................................................................195 Dwarven Possessions ........................................................................83 The Story of Quenesh Quenayas ........................................85 Reference Elven Lifepaths ...........................................................................88 Reference Skill List ..................................................................212 Wilderlands Setting ..........................................................................88