This section describes how to choose skills for a new character in an adventure utilizing the optional Advanced Skills rules.
In normal character creation, you start by assigning values to your skills as a level 0 character, then improve them by buying skill improvements with character points as you level up. With the Advanced Skills ruleset, however, skill improvements can't be bought with character points - instead they must be improved upon during the game through practice. To simulate that experience when creating a leveled character, choose your initial skills using the Value Pool Method.
Refer to the table below for the level you're starting at, and a list of numerical values. Assign these to your initial skills in any way you see fit.
Starting Level | Skill Levels |
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0 | 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 |
1 | 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 |
2 | 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 |
3 | 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 |
4 | 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 |
5 | 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 |
6 | 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 |
7 | 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 |
8 | 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 |
9 | 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 |
10 | 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 |
11 | 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 |
12 | 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 |
13 | 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
14 | 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
15 | 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
16 | 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
17 | 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
18 | 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
19 | 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 |
20 | 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 |
21 | 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 |
22 | 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 |
23 | 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 |
24 | 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 |
25 | 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 |
26 | 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 |
27 | 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
28 | 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
29 | 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 |
30 | 10 9 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 |