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Unless you are changing things up, the characters won't recover their memories until the end of the third book. That might mean it takes a while to fill in their character sheets. How will you handle leveling up prior to that point? Have you thought about HOW players will discover what their characters can do? Will there be hints in their gear? How are you handling the starting gear?

I have the first module on order, should get it today. I did not realize that they wouldn't get fully restored until book 3, I'll have to think about that. Ideally, I want a good point in book 1 to hand them their character sheets, and give them the opportunity to tweak if they're not happy with what I've made.

There will be significant hints in their gear (spell books, thieves' tools, holy symbols, etc.), which I have pre-selected for each of them.

I figured when they reached level 2 would be a good time to tell them what class they are and allow them to advance from there.

As for how they'll discover abilities: by doing things, and interacting with people. They roll a Diplomacy check, I tell them what modifier to use. Now they know the total, and they can extrapolate to other things as they gather more information about their stats. I will also provide the flavor text from their Path feat, which should point them in the right direction.

I’ve been gaming for around 20 years, but I’ve never run a game. I’ve recently gotten inspired to try my hand at it. I’m planning on running Strange Aeons for a group I’ve gamed with for several years. All that said, I’m looking for some advice:

I want to add a twist to the starting fugue state. I have created characters for my players, and they will spend the first part of the AP discovering their abilities. They will start with blank character sheets, and figure out their abilities by trial and error. At an appropriate point, when they recover their memories, I will fill in any remaining blanks. I welcome any advice.

Note: I recognize that this may not meet the technical description of a fugue state, but I don’t care. :)