10-22-2020, 12:29 PM
(10-22-2020, 09:33 AM)GM Marvel Wrote: So characters are a bunch of normies who end up battling monsters?
I will take a look.
Apparently there's more than one edition. From what you've already said it looks like we'll be playing 1st edition?
2nd edition actually.
There are options you can take in character creation, such as Cyborg Escapee, Renegade ET, or Empathic Underground as examples, that will make your character very not normal, but in general yes the characters are more-or-less normal people who have become aware of the threat the Dark presents and have chosen to fight back against it.
When going through the creation cycle all careers are broken into three broad groups: military, education, civilian. Typically, just like in real life, wealthy or middle class (gnome or mike respectively) characters will start off with a civilian career in mind but go through a term or two in college/grad school or a term or two with the military, then fall into that civilian path. Poorer characters tend to jump straight into civilian careers (and have access to Street Urchin, which is the only career term you can take that doesn't age you as it is more of a childhood background kind of thing).
The character creation process is very robust and does a good job of helping you buildup your character's history as you go along.
