How to create your character
Creating a playable character in Shards of Orn v4.0 will be fairly straightforward.
The first iteration of the Character Builder is now available! Click here to go to it!
See the general flow of character creation below:
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Pick your name:
Do not choose names under copyright or give yourself a royal title.
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Pick your Race or Stigma
- Stigmas have to be unlocked for you before you can choose one which usually involves some amount of role play and story content.
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Pick your Attuned Maelstrom Element
- Available Maelstrom Elements are Fire, Ice, Shock, and Earth
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Pick your Archetype
- Available Archetypes are Arcane, Brawn, Cunning, Vitality - Prime and Vitality - Blight
- If you choose the Arcane Archetype, pick an Attuned Aspect as well between Aether (Spell), Astral (Mind), Nether (Blight), or Pit (Blight). Elementalists in particular will not gain an Attuned Aspect in favor of greater mastery over the Maelstrom Elements.
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Pick your Path
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Pick your Weapon Proficiency.
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The available Weapon Proficiencies for your Archetype will show in the Character Builder list, but you can pick any others in your Passive Effects later if you'd like.
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Pick your 5 Passive Effects, 5 Combat Effects, and 5 Narrative Effects
- The experience requirement to unlock these increases for each slot down from the first Effect you pick in each category. Choose wisely to unlock things at opportune levels and play around until you find a solution that works for you!
- The Character Builder will fill in the levels for you on Effects that scale. For example, if you pick 3 Hits, it will also automatically give you 2 Hits at the appropriate level. If you pick Stop, it will fill in Slow and Snare along the way.