Playtest Character Creation and Additional Rules: SoD

ACTION ECONOMY:

Every turn you get to choose between:
1. 1 move, 1 attack action
2. 1 attack action, 2 quick
3. 2 move, 2 quick
4. 3 move (sprint)
5. 5 quick
6. Full Attack (take two attack actions, but add a wound die to all attacks against you until your next turn.  You can't do anything else while Full Attacking, unless specifically told.)
7. full-round action
8. Defend (remove a wound die from all attacks against you until your next turn.  You can't do anything else while defending, unless the power specifically says you can do it while defending)

A quick action is something fast.  Applying an oil or salve, drinking a potion, or deploying an aerosol are quick actions (reloading a weapon will take 2 quick actions I think)

A full-round action is something that takes a while.  Reloading something heavy, flying an airship or controlling most vehicles, taking a pill, etc.

A move action allows you to move up to your Speed stat.

An Attack action lets you make an attack.  Some weapon tags or potions let you make multiple attacks during a single attack action.
-yes, this means there's a difference between an attack action and an attack
-no, it isn't like in 5e, since the rule in 5e apparently aren't clear enough about this, so it effectively misleads players.  I damn well hope I'm being clear about this.


Don't worry about weapon proficiency for now, you're proficient in the weapons you choose at game start.


CHARACTERISTICS/ATTRIBUTES:

All start at 4, excepting Affluence which begins at 2

you have 4 points to spend on attributes in any combination, but no attribute can be over 6 at this stage



SKILLS:

you have points, which you can use to buy points in skills in a 1:1 ratio.

Combat: 120 (need to buy Attack and Defense)

Secondary skills: 150

Alchemy Skills: Ignored for this Test


EQUIPMENT

Weapon Style rules don't matter right now

a weapon + 3-point-armour (distribute between pierce/slash/impact as desired) OR 2 weapons

(martial arts count as a weapon for this)

CLASS BONUSES
	Alchemist: 200 alchemy points, must have minimum of 10 in each substance.  You get a free quick action to deploy alchemy stuff except when defending.  You can make direct attacks with oils (counts-as light/ranged/area, +oil effects)
	Explorer: 100 more SSP, 10 more combat points. +1 effective affluence.  If you have two weapons, or a weapon and a martial art, you can count them as paired weapons.  If you have two paired-tagged weapons, your second attack receives all bonuses applicable to the first.
	Soldier: 30 more CP; 60 alchemy points to be split between Salves and Oils.  You get a free quick action to deploy a salve or oil except when defending.  This works even if you're using Full Attack.
	Scoundrel: 20 more SSP; 100 alchemy points to be split between Aerosols and Salves.  You get a free quick action to deploy a Salve or Aerosol.  When you use an Aerosol, you can spend a second dose to immunize yourself against the effects for the rest of the scene.  if you are using a Light-tagged weapon, you can spend 2 quick actions to make a second attack as if you were using a paired weapon.


everyone starts the first test with...let's say 3 months worth of alchemical reagents to spend on substances.

SPECIAL RULE FOR EXPLORERS: if you spend 3x the cost of an alchemical substance, you can buy 1 dose.  Don't question it, you know people.  And those people know people. (This includes poisons. Some of those people you know are scary people.  You're better off not knowing who you know.)