{"id":6,"date":"2026-03-08T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:33:38","slug":"character-creation-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/character-creation-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Character Creation Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You have a few options for creating characters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Give me an overview of what you&#8217;d like and I&#8217;ll create it for you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring some ideas to the first session and I&#8217;ll help you create it on the day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build the character yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some combination of the above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/heroic-concepts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"12\">Concept<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start with a general idea of what you want to play. See <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/heroic-concepts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"12\">Heroic Concepts<\/a> if you need some ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/cultures\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15\">Culture<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose your character\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/cultures\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15\">culture<\/a> &#8211; the part of the world they come from. This has no game effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/hindrances\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"27\">Hindrances<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select up to four points of <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/hindrances\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"27\">Hindrances<\/a> (Major Hindrances are worth 2, Minor are worth 1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For 2 Hindrance points you can raise an attribute one die type, or choose an Edge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For 1 Hindrance point you can gain another skill point, or gain additional starting funds equal to twice your setting\u2019s starting amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attributes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attributes start at d4. You have 5 points to distribute among them. Each step costs 1 point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attributes may not be raised beyond d12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Literacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the world of <em>Beasts &amp; Barbarians<\/em> most people are Illiterate. Rather than giving all characters the Illiterate Hindrance, you decide if your hero knows how to read and write or not: illiterate characters have an extra Skill point, to be spent on a Smarts-\u00adbased skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/skills\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"35\">Skills<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Athletics, Common Knowledge, Notice, Persuasion, and Stealth are core skills and start at d4 for free.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have 12 points to put into these or any <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/skills\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"35\">other skills<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illiterate characters have an extra Skill point, to be spent on a Smarts\u00ad-based skill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each die type costs 1 point up to and equal to the linked attribute; then 2 points per step after that.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try to give your character a broad range of <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/skills\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"35\">skills<\/a> &#8211; there is much more to do in the world of <em>Beasts and Barbarians<\/em> than fighting!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Derived Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Standard Pace is 6\u2033, but may be changed by Edges, or Hindrances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parry is 2 plus half of Fighting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toughness is 2 plus half of Vigor, plus any Armor. Note the amount of armor in parentheses like this\u2014Toughness: 11 (2). This means 2 points of the total 11 Toughness comes from Armor. An Armor Piercing attack could bypass those 2 points but not the other 9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/edges\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">Edges<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Because all characters are humans, they begin play with a free Novice <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/edges\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">Edge<\/a> of their choosing (although they must meet its Requirements as usual).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use any leftover Hindrance points to take <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/edges\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">Edges<\/a> if you like.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/edges\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">Edge<\/a> costs 2 Hindrance points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Beasts &amp; Barbarians<\/em> heroes are more experienced than standard fantasy adventurers\u037e they start the game at Seasoned Rank, so they can immediately take four Advances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Advance lets a character do one of the following (remember that no Trait may be raised above d12):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gain a new <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/edges\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">Edge<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase a <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/skills\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"35\">skill<\/a> that is equal to or greater than its linked attribute one die type.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase two skills that are lower than their linked attributes by one die type each (including new skills the character didn\u2019t have before at d4).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase one attribute by a die type. This option may only be taken once per Rank (so up to twice for new characters\u2013once as a Novice and once with your fourth Advance, which takes you to Seasoned).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/equipment\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"37\">Gear<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Purchase up to 600 Moons&#8217; worth of <a href=\"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/equipment\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"37\">equipment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a few options for creating characters: Concept Culture Hindrances Attributes Literacy In the world of Beasts &amp; Barbarians most people are Illiterate. Rather than giving all characters the Illiterate Hindrance, you decide if your hero knows how to read and write or not: illiterate characters have an extra Skill point, to be spent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}