Tales of Lassane
Character Creation Rules

GM: Me, Anri-chan! Duh!

System: GURPS, 3rd Edition, using the Basic Set and Compendium I. Because I can't afford anything else.

Starting Points: 200, with -45 in disadvantages and -5 in quirks.

Advantages: A couple of things:

• Magic: Anything magic related is covered in the Magic-Users section
• Clerics: Clerical advantages (Blessed, etc.) are covered in the Religions section.
• Literacy: Semi-Literacy is the norm in Isian. Full Literacy is a +5 advantage, and Illiteracy is -5 disadvantage.
• Magery: Mages are not required to have the Unusual Background advantage. The only Limited Magery variant allowed is One College Only.
• Unusual Background: Half-breeds automatically have the Unusual Background advantage, along with any other racial advantages they gain. It's not required for Magic-users.

Advantages not allowed: Anything "cinematic" (Rapier Wit, etc.), any advantage from late TL4 and higher, Kung Fuey (Harmony with the Tao, Trained by Master, etc.), anything related to time travel/gravity/world hopping/etc. Super/Racial advantages are limited to Half-breeds. Were-creatures are not allowed, because they don't exist.

Disadvantages: A few notes:

• Social Stigma: Social Stigmas can be applied to Shev, Theodist cultists, and slaves. Women also get a Social Stigma if they have a profession not considered "feminine." (Read: Housewife)

Disadvantages not allowed: Same as advantages. Use your common sense. Failing that: ask the GM. (ME!)

Skills: A few things:

• Languages: There are several different languages in Isian:
• Common Isian (M/A) - the common tongue of Isian. Everybody speaks it, although each region has its own distinct dialect.
• High Isian (M/A) - an older form of Common Isian, it is mostly used in religious ceremonies. It is also taught to the nobility, so they can have yet another way to prove themselves superior.
• High Elden (M/H) - The dead language of the Elders. Usually learned by mages, scholars, and anyone else researching Elder ruins. High Elden is also the language of the various elemental spirits, and is used to command them.
• Shev (M/A) - The common language of the barbarian tribes of the Shevon Islands. Usually heard along the Red Coast, where the Shev raid yearly.
• Kurgish (M/H) - The language of the Kurg, which consists of a bunch of barking and grunting. Most people never bother to learn Kurgish, since Kurg slaves can learn Common.
• Spells: See the Magic-users section.

The following skills aren't allowed: Anything from the later end of TL4 (gunpowder is too new to be widespread) and higher, Asian styled weapons and skills.

Magic: Magic is widespread across Isian, but fewer and fewer mages are being born to use it. Also, because of the Theodist Cult, most mages are looked at with suspicion, unless they are aligned with the Lyceum in Thalen. In most kingdoms they are subject to the same laws as other people.

The mana level for most of Isian is "low," with more and more areas becoming "no" as time goes on. (Note, though, that the entire kingdom of Theodrin has remained "normal.") "High" and "Very high" are rumored to exist, but, for obvious reasons mages are skeptical about that.

Martial Arts: Most modern Martial Arts styles are unheard of, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Martial Artists are subject to the GM's approval. (That being Me.)

Non-human Races: All PCs in Tales of Lassane will be either human or (subject to GM approval) a half-breed.

Psionics: They don't exist. Period.

Tech Level: Isian is approaching the end of its Medieval period (TL3-4). The printing press has been invented and, as magic wanes, gunpowder is beginning to make its appearance. In the absence (and rarity) of healing magic, medical advances are slightly behind the rest of technology, but is quickly catching up as more and more physicians search for alternate means of healing. (TL2-3) Travel is typical of the age (horses, carriages, fully-rigged ships, hot-air balloons = TL4). Power is provided by either manual labor, horses, or wind.

Equipment: All Ancient/Medieval equipment is available (B206-212) at the listed prices. Magical items are extremely expensive, and are very hard to come by.

The Other Stuff: Any other questions, concerns, whatever, ask the GM. (Once again, that's me.)

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