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personally i think starting as a martial artist and switching for techy stuff sounds like the best option 3nodding

thanks

yeah i got up to step 4:

her name, stats, and maybe race
name: Soidra Kamija
stats:
Str - 15
Dex - 12
Con - 9
Int - 14
Wis - 13
Cha - 9

race: um, i want her to be an elf, but thats not one you mentioned in the steps so i dont know if its even allowed but, ............... sweatdrop

if not she'll probably be a regular human

but, yeah, that's what i have so far........

hmmmmm,,,,,,,.................thought id answered that.........*looks back*.........................

anyway, if by techy/martial artist you mean a techy going to Martial Artist in 2nd level, then no

like i thought id said, a martial artist switching in some skills for techy stuff sounds good............

I can also clarify anything up there, just ask me wink

Ok, sounds great.

The PHB is short for the D20 Player's Handbook, you can find the age and height/weight info HERE.

The next step (Step 6) is attributes. You already know you want to look at Mechanical Genius and Personal Gear, so we'll start there. This section starts on about page 40 of the BESM D20 rulebook, and has a TON of options for each Attribute. There are far to many Attributes for me to simply list them, so I'll just suggest a few. You should look at the chapter yourself to better understand the wide uses of Attributes.

You would need 1 CP spent in Features: 1 (elven features), this covers the ears and almond shaped eyes, plus any differences in hair and eye color due to race.

Mechanical Genius: 1 allows you to repair things at double speed, and costs 2 CP / rank. 2 ranks would be 5x speed.

Personal Gear: 1 gives you 1 major and 2 minor items, and costs 2 CP. Items and Gear are covered in the description for this Attribute on page 57 of the rulebook.

This would leave you with 1 CP, which I would save for after you choose Defects.

The next step is to spend your Skill Points. You get 10 Skill Points at first level. You could also spend that last CP in Highly Skilled: 1, giving you 4 more Skill Points. I have listed your class skills below, plus Search because you get a racial +2 in it. There are a large number of other skills not listed below, but they all cost 2 Skill Points for 1 rank. Your class skills can be bought for 1 SP per Rank.

Skills: Ranks
Current class skills are marked with a *. The bonuses listed are for Class and Race
Balance*
Climb*
Computer Use*
Disable Device*
Escape Artist*
Jump*
Know: Mechanical*
Listen* +2
Move Silently*
Repair*
Research*
Search +2
Speak Languages*
Spot* +2
Tumble*
Melee Attack*
Melee Defense*
Special Ranged Attack*
Unarmed Attack: +1*
Unarmed Defense: +1*

Looks good, so I posted a version with what we have so far below.

Step 8 was to select feats, but you only needed one, and that's Combat Martial Arts, so we'll skip that.

Step 9 is Select Defects. Defects are found on page 87 of the D20 BESM Rules.
Some good defects include:

Easily Distracted - this means your character may be paying attention to something that distracts her instead of what she should be. This can include almost anything, from jewelry to men to furry animals... You get 1-3 BP depending on how often this distraction comes up.

Marked - this at the 1 BP level would represent the fact that elves are NOT a normal race people encounter in the modern world.

Phobia - your character is scared of something. 1-3 BP depending on how bad it is, and how often it comes up.

There are plenty of other Defects that could apply, but I wouldn't go over 5 Defects. Once you choose your Defects and the BP levels you can take that BP and spend it on your character just like CP. You could buy more Attributes, increase you current Attribs, add to your Ability Scores, buy feats, buy back the class abilities we changed before.. whatever CP can be spent on, BP can be spent on.


Oh, btw, Did you check out the second (not Vin) example character I posted at the end of the creation process?

Cool rofl

So she has:

Easily Distracted (furry animals): 2
Marked (elven features): 1
Phobia (milk!): 3

If you are going to buy back the skills then I would take another Rank in Highly Skilled, giving you 4 more points to divide between them. You get the same amount of skill points each time you go up a level, 8 + Int.
I also gave you WAY too few skill points.. at first level you get (8 + Int) x 4!!! So you should have had (8 + 2) x 4 + 4 = 44 SKILL POINTS! eek You already spent 14, so you need to spend 30 more anyways...

I would look at some of the other player's Attributes also to get ideas. There are more example BESM character sheets HERE you can look at too 3nodding redface

Don't get SP and CP mixed up smile

Recurring Nightmares gives 1 BP if they are just bad dreams and only slightly affect the character, 2 BP for more, worse dreams, and a moderate effect on the character's wakig life, 3 BP means constant nightmares, perhaps a fear of sleeping, and effects the character more heavily.

Hyper-active is probably a 1 BP Defect.

For every rank in Speak Language you actually speak one more language. You also should pick a Craft to specialize in. Options include Alchemy, Carpentry, Metalworking, Seamstress and Woodworking plus any crafts you can think of.