Development
The next stage of character creation is to decide on your character’s training and experience since becoming an adventurer. This is done by spending XP on whatever Skills, Reserves, and Resistances you like. Each character receives 20 XP to spend on immediate Advancement (see the following section). If you took the Custom Path for your Background, then you will have an additional 20 XP to spend. If you took the Life Path for your Background, that XP is incorporated into the benefits you received at each Life Path stage. Unlike normal Advancement, characters can increase their Training Ranks by more than 1 rank at a time during the development stage of character creation.
The number of XP received for development might vary depending on the type of game your GM is running. 20 XP is the typically amount for a standard novice adventurer. If you are playing as a regular person, a true neophyte, you might not receive any XP for development. On the other hand, if you are playing as a veteran adventurer, you might receive 40 XP. Talk with your GM to see how much XP you will receive for the development stage of character creation.
- Neophyte – 0 XP – Unskilled regular people.
- Novice – 20 XP (Standard) – Novice adventurers.
- Veteran – 40 XP – Seasoned adventurers.
Some players may want to adjust their Attributes as they begin to see how their character’s Attributes affect their Skills.