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: CHARACTER RULES
: X-Points East October 03, 2014, 08:21:45 AM

CHARACTER RULES

: CHARACTER RULES — Character Level
: X-Points East October 20, 2014, 08:36:26 AM

Part the First:  Character Level

Every character is born into a tier of prowess:—a representation of his core aptitudes and inherent talents.  The four tiers, from least to greatest, are Common, Adept, Expert, and Heroic.  A character’s tier of prowess does not change during his lifetime; but he may, over the course of time, develop his aptitudes and talents into a more refined whole, which development is expressed via experience (EXP) and character level.

EXP is composed of experience elements (EE).  1 EXP = 120 EE.  Characters can acquire EE in various ways, on a monthly basis.  Essentially (assuming success), a month of everyday living,—plying trade, travelling, etc.,—results in the acquisition of 1 EE, whilst focused training is worth twice that.  Successful adventuring is worth even more:—depending on risk/complexity (minimal, low, medium, high, or maximal, respectively), a character may gain 4, 12, 24, 40, or 60 EE, at the end of a single month.

Character level is a representation of accumulated EXP.  The various character levels can be described by, both, categories and numbers:—for example, a veteran character is also a character 3.  EXP for each character level can be found in the following table, CHARACTER LEVEL I.

CHARACTER LEVEL I Levels & Experience	EXP
Raw {0}	0
Green {1}	1-2
Able {2}	3-5
Veteran {3}	6-9
Crack {4}	10-14
Epic {5}	15-20
Legendary {6}	21-27
Fabulous {7}	28-35
Mythical {8}	36-44
Paramount {9}	45+

: CHARACTER RULES — Character Class
: X-Points East October 20, 2014, 08:37:04 AM

Part the Second:  Character Class

Every character has a class:—either a generic class (GC) or a specific class (SC).  Class advancement is limited by character level and prowess, as per the following table, CHARACTER CLASS I.  A listing of GC indicates that a character has one of the four generic classes:—aristocrat, cleric, plebeian, or magician.  When class advancement allows 1 SC, the existing generic class may be upgraded to one of the specific classes, for which it is a prerequisite; and, when class advancement allows 2 SC (or 3 SC or 4 SC, etc.), either the rank in an existing specific class may be increased by one or a new specific class may be acquired independent of any prerequisite.

CHARACTER CLASS I Class Advancement	Common	Adept	Expert	Heroic
Raw {0}	GC	GC	GC	GC
Green {1}	GC	GC	GC	1 SC
Able {2}	GC	GC	GC	2 SC
Veteran {3}	GC	GC	1 SC	3 SC
Crack {4}	GC	GC	2 SC	4 SC
Epic {5}	GC	1 SC	3 SC	5 SC
Legendary {6}	GC	2 SC	4 SC	6 SC
Fabulous {7}	1 SC	3 SC	5 SC	7 SC
Mythical {8}	2 SC	4 SC	6 SC	8 SC
Paramount {9}	3 SC	5 SC	7 SC	9 SC

The following table, CHARACTER CLASS II, lists the various specific classes and their prerequisites (which latter are only relevant when selecting a character’s initial specific class); and it also indicates bonus class actions, to which regents or lieutenants of a certain class might have access at a minimum number of class ranks.

CHARACTER CLASS II Prerequisites & Bonus Actions	Generic Prerequisite	2nd Rank Bonus Action	3rd Rank Bonus Action	5th Rank Bonus Action
Bard	Aristocrat	Diplomacy	Spell Research	Manor Contest
Noble	Aristocrat	War	Diplomacy	Law Contest
Templar	Aristocrat	Diplomacy	Agitation	Manor Contest
Priest	Cleric	Agitation	Diplomacy	Temple Contest
Paladin	Cleric	War	Agitation	Law Contest
Mystic	Cleric	Agitation	Espionage	Temple Contest
Guilder	Plebeian	Espionage	Agitation	Guild Contest
Fighter	Plebeian	War	Espionage	Law Contest
Rogue	Plebeian	Espionage	Spell Research	Guild Contest
Wizard	Magician	Spell Research	Espionage	Source Contest
Ranger	Magician	War	Spell Research	Law Contest
Druid	Magician	Spell Research	Diplomacy	Source Contest

All characters generate full regency from provinces and half regency from law holdings.  Only characters with one or more specific classes generate additional regency from holdings, as per the following table, CHARACTER CLASS III, which indicates the species of half-regency generation for regents of a certain class at a minimum number of class ranks.  A character, who might generate half regency from a given species more than once, may generate full regency from that species.  Fighters, nobles, paladins, and rangers must choose between the two listed species of half-regency generation at the third class rank; at the fifth class rank, characters of these four classes receive the previously unselected species.

CHARACTER CLASS III Regency Generation	1st Rank Half Regency	2nd Rank Half Regency	3rd Rank Half Regency	4th Rank Half Regency	5th Rank Half Regency
Bard	Manor	Manor	Source	Law	Source
Noble	Manor	Law	Source/Temple	Manor	Source/Temple
Templar	Manor	Manor	Temple	Law	Temple
Priest	Temple	Temple	Manor	Law	Manor
Paladin	Temple	Law	Manor/Guild	Temple	Manor/Guild
Mystic	Temple	Temple	Guild	Law	Guild
Guilder	Guild	Guild	Temple	Law	Temple
Fighter	Guild	Law	Temple/Source	Guild	Temple/Source
Rogue	Guild	Guild	Source	Law	Source
Wizard	Source	Source	Guild	Law	Guild
Ranger	Source	Law	Guild/Manor	Source	Guild/Manor
Druid	Source	Source	Manor	Law	Manor

CHARACTER CLASS IV Natural SC Array
				Ranger
			Druid		Wizard
		Bard				Rogue
	Noble						Fighter
		Templar				Guilder
			Priest		Mystic
				Paladin

CHARACTER CLASS V Præternatural SC Array
				Ranger
			Druid		Wizard
		Bard				Rogue
	Noble						Fighter
		Templar				Guilder
			Priest		Mystic
				Paladin

: CHARACTER RULES — Proficiencies
: X-Points East October 20, 2014, 08:38:00 AM

Part the Third:  Proficiencies

Proficiencies are a representation of a character’s ability to impact the domain level of play, although regents and lieutenants may impact it in other ways, as well.  All proficiencies fall within two general categories:—natural proficiencies and præternatual proficiencies.

Natural Proficiencies

There are two sub-categories of natural proficiencies:—civil proficiencies and martial proficiencies.

Civil proficiencies are employed via adventure (civil service) and directly modify domain actions.  Conceptually, there is a corresponding civil proficiency for every domain action, excluding character actions; and, in the case of domain actions such as holding rule, which is really a number of similar domain actions grouped under a single heading,—law rule, manor rule, temple rule, guild rule, and trade rule,—there is a corresponding civil proficiency for each of these variations.  Administration, agitation, enquiry, holding contest, holding creation, and espionage are other examples of domain actions, which are really a number of similar domain actions grouped under a single heading, with enquiry being especially diverse, each significant area of lore being a variation (with a corresponding civil proficiency).

Martial proficiencies are employed via adventure (martial service).  Unlike civil proficiencies, martial proficiencies do not directly modify domain actions; rather, a character, who employs adventure (martial service), participates in a martial endeavour and may provide a modifier to various situations, which arise during the course thereof.  The five martial proficiencies are naval command, naval warcraft, siegecraft, terrestrial command, and terrestrial warcraft.

Præternatural Proficiencies

There are only two præternatual proficiencies:—divine spellcraft and primordial spellcraft.  Each is relevant to a corresponding type of realm magic.

The rules for præternatural proficiencies differ significantly from those for natural proficiencies, in two ways.  Firstly, there is no adventure action associated with præternatural proficiencies, employed, as they are, in the course of realm magic supervision; and, secondly, when determining the modifier for a præternatural proficiency, only levels (or partial levels) in relevant (or partially relevant) classes are utilised.  The following table, PROFICIENCIES I, details class relevance for præternatural proficiencies.

PROFICIENCIES I Spellcraft & Class Relevance	Divine Spellcraft	Primordial Spellcraft
Templar	½	—
Priest	Full	—
Paladin	¾	—
Mystic	Full	—
Guilder	½	—
Noble	¼	¼
Fighter	¼	¼
Bard	—	½
Druid	—	Full
Ranger	—	¾
Wizard	—	Full
Rogue	—	½

Proficiency Points

A character must have at least one proficiency point in a proficiency to use it, as untrained checks are impossible; however, once proficient, he may become involved without penalty and provide a positive impact toward action success, as each proficiency point provides a +1 proficiency modifier.  Two factors are relevant to determining the number of general proficiency points, which a character possesses:—character prowess and EXP.  The following table, PROFICIENCIES II, lists the EXP, at which a character of each tier of prowess gains his first general proficiency point.  Thereafter, whenever a character gains 1 EXP, he gains an other general proficiency point.

PROFICIENCIES II First General Proficiency Point	EXP
Heroic	1
Expert	3
Adept	6
Common	10

Additionally, upon advancing to each character level above Raw {0}, all characters gain a basic proficiency point, although such basic points may only be assigned to administration and enquiry proficiencies.

Mastery

A general proficiency point may be applied to any natural or præternatural proficiency,—and a basic proficiency point, to any administration or enquiry proficiency,—up to the level of mastery for the character in question.  The following table, PROFICIENCIES III, lists the mastery modifiers at the various character levels or, in the case of præternatural-mastery modifiers, at the various relevant character levels (aside from relevant character levels ending in .25 or .75, each of which has the same præternatural-mastery modifier as the level or half level, respectively, immediately less than it).

PROFICIENCIES III Character Level & Mastery	Mastery Modifier
Raw {0}	+0
{.5}	+1
Green {1}	+2
{1.5}	+3
Able {2}	+4
{2.5}	+5
Veteran {3}	+6
{3.5}	+7
Crack {4}	+8
{4.5}	+9
Epic {5}	+10
{5.5}	+11
Legendary {6}	+12
{6.5}	+13
Fabulous {7}	+14
{7.5}	+15
Mythical {8}	+16
{8.5}	+17
Paramount {9}	+18

Stacking

Cooperative stacking of proficiency modifiers is only possible when multiple characters employ the same civil proficiency toward the success of a given domain action:—in such a scenario, all relevant modifiers may be added together, up to the mastery modifier of the highest-level character(s) present.  Stacking martial-proficiency or præternatural-proficiency modifiers is impossible.