Character Design Rules for
TWIN EMPIRES

For my Twin Empires setting, I am using a new character design system based around the Albedo RPG design rules. The new system uses a table (shown below) with various Characteristic (Stat) scores with a Cost at the top, and a Class to the left. Each race has a Class letter for each Stat, and then you select how many points you are willing to pay for that Stat from a pool of 60 (standard PC level), and you find the appropriate score from the chart.

For Example: Humans have a Class of D for all of their Stats. I could just choose to have all the Stats at an average score of 6 by spending 5 points for each Stat (5x10=50 points). I could also choose to increase Reflexes by spending 8 points to get a score of 8, while having 42 points left which could be used to give all the other Stats scores of 6's and 5's to balance it out.

The 50 points is for average, everyday characters, if you want more powerful PC's, then look at the Cinematic Characters sidebar (Mekton Zeta, pg. 25) and reduce the points listed there by 10, so a Primary Character gives you 60 points instead of the 70 points originally printed.

To see what each race's classes are, just click here.

Cinematic Character Points
Major Character: 70 points The heavy hitters. This is either the main bad guy, or a very heroic character. This should be reserved for NPCs. Minor Character: 65 points Good villains. Not too powerful, but far from weak. A villain's top henchman, or a powerful PC/NPC. Primary Character: 60 points This is the majority of PCs and NPCs that will be in the game. They are the military officers, competent civilians, and general bad guys of a campaign.	Secondary Character: 55 points This is a good point spread for characters fresh out of the Lifepath: family, friends and lower enemies. Average Joe: 50 points The guy on the street. Basic NPC: 45 points A low-level "grunt" of an NPC. Good for the faceless masses.

Cinematic Character Points

Major Character: 70 points
The heavy hitters. This is either the main bad guy, or a very heroic character. This should be reserved for NPCs.
Minor Character: 65 points
Good villains. Not too powerful, but far from weak. A villain's top henchman, or a powerful PC/NPC.
Primary Character: 60 points
This is the majority of PCs and NPCs that will be in the game. They are the military officers, competent civilians, and general bad guys of a campaign.

Secondary Character: 55 points
This is a good point spread for characters fresh out of the Lifepath: family, friends and lower enemies.
Average Joe: 50 points
The guy on the street.
Basic NPC: 45 points
A low-level "grunt" of an NPC. Good for the faceless masses.

		COST
		0	1	2	3	5	6	8	10	12
C L A S S	A	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	7
	B	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	C	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	D	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	E	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	F	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	G	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

Since the above table allows for Stat scores of 1 to 13, here are the expanded tables that you will need;

BOD STATS
BOD	1	2	3-4	5-7	8-9	10	11-12	13
Head	3H	4H	5H	6H	7H	8H	9H	10H
Torso	6H	8H	10H	12H	14H	16H	18H	20H
Limbs	4H	6H	7H	9H	10H	12H	13H	15H

Stun	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lift	10	20	40	60	90	120	185	250
Throw	3m	6m	12m	20m	25m	30m	45m	66m
Dam	-3	-2	-1	+0	+1	+2	+3	+1D6
EV	2	2	2	4	6	8	13	17

MOVEMENT ALLOWANCE
MOVE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Run	3m	6m	9m	12m	15m	18m	21m	24m	27m	30m	33m	36m	39m
Jump	0.25m	0.5m	0.75m	1m	1.25m	1.5m	1.75m	2m	2.25m	2.5m	2.75m	3m	3.25m
Running Jump	0.75m	1.5m	2.25m	3m	3.75m	4.5m	5.25m	6m	6.75m	7.5m	8.25m	9m	9.75m
Anime Leap	1.5m	3m	4.5m	6m	7.5m	9m	10.5m	12m	13.5m	15m	16.5m	18m	19.5m

Albedo RPG (2nd Edition)
Written by Craig Hilton and Paul Kidd
Published by "Thoughts & Images" and "Chessex"
ISBN 1-883240-11-5

Character Design Rules forTWIN EMPIRES

Character Design Rules for
TWIN EMPIRES