Character Design Guidelines

The campaign uses significantly modified 6th edition Hero System as the game engine: see the Hero System Rules Supplement for details.

All player characters begin with 550 points and are required to have 75 points of Complications. Characters with less than 75 points of Complications reduce their total points to match the difference. Bonus points may be added at the GM's discretion to ensure that a character design balances: however, players must use every second XP earned to pay off this bonus.

Applicants must complete basic training before being granted provisional status and permitted to go on missions. All Exemplars have, at a minimum, the following skills and abilities (points cost in brackets):

• Martial Arts - unless otherwise specified, the character has the standard Exemplars Fighting Skills of Punch, Throw, Dodge and Escape (15)
• +1 Mental Defence above minimum value (3)
• 6m Running (4)
• DEX roll for Athletics (1)
• INT roll for Demolitions (1)
• INT+3 roll for Paramedics (3)
• DEX roll for Piloting (airplanes) (1)
• INT roll for Systems Operation (1)
• INT roll for Tactics (1)
• INT roll for PS: Exemplars (1)
• Exemplars personal equipment (38)

Characters do not pay points for the Exemplars' aircraft, facilities and scanners.

Joining the Exemplars and participating in missions brings certain risks. All Exemplars have the following Complication:

• Social: Member of the Exemplars, which is frequent, mild and great (5)

When designing Complications for characters, note that:

• Psych: Opposed to Killing is always frequent and extreme
• Psych: Protects Innocents is always frequent and extreme
• Social: Mutant is infrequent, mild, and great (3)
• Social: Alien is infrequent, mild, and extreme (5)

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