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I must first say I played my first ever Pathfinder ACG game at Supernovae here in Brisbane, thanks to a company called Vault Games. Thanks to them, ia m looking foward to playing this! THose i normally play with like to design their own charctes though, si i came up with a method using the pre-made characters as guidelines.
so would love feedback if anyone sees anything wrong with this method! thanks :)
Making custom Pathfinder ACG character
1. Skills
-----a. First, assign your dice to each skill. You have a total of 15 dice points you can spend, according to the following cost: d4=1, d6=2, d8=3, d10=4, d12=5 You may choose to subtract one from the dice total points to gain 1 bonus point.
-----b. Assign Bonus points. These are the + you get to your die roll. All characters get 7 + bonus points from dice point sacrifice.
-----c. Assign 15 expansion blocks. These are the +1,+2 ect you can earn through adventuring
2. Powers
-----a. Choose your starting hand size. For hand size 6 you receive 6 power points (minimum upgrade slots of 2). For every -1 to hand size, you receive +2 power points and +1 minimum upgrade slots. You may also add one to hand size, but will receive -2 power points and -1 minimum upgrade slots.
-----b. Choose your starting proficiencies, if any. Each will cost 1 power point. Choices are Light Armor, Heavy Armor, or weapons. Any of these can be made as an upgrade instead of base.
-----c. Choose your starting powers at 1 power point each. You MUST leave enough points for the minimum upgrade slots. For example, if you started with a hand size of 5, you have 8 power points, but at least 3 must be reserved for upgrade. You may choose to use a base as an upgrade instead. Basically any power listed on the ACG premade characters can be used. Also, changing the skill or type is allowed provided it makes sense to the character being played. An example is the Fighter can recharge a weapon instead of discarding it. If your character is designed as a potion master, then you can say that you can recharge a potion instead of discarding it.
-----d. Choose your upgrades. You may either add an increase to hand size, or a upgrade to a power.
3. Card List
-----a. You have 15 points to assign to your starting card list, in any position you wish.
-----b. You can assign 10 upgrade slots for your card list.
This method creates a average character one can use in Pathfinder ACG. Please note this is an average. Some official characters may have better options, others may have worse, but the above system should allow a character to be created that fits a middle ground easily.
An Example how this can be used, I want to make a campaign using dragons (hatchlings to start of course)
Name: Valareos Draconrouge
Race: Red Dragon (Juvinile)
1 Skills (using only 13 Dice points to gain +2 bonus points, for total of 9)
-----a. Strength d10 +1 +2
----------i. Craft: Strength +2
-----b. Dexterity d4 +1 +2
-----c. Constitution d6 +1 +2
-----d. Intelligence d6 +1 +2 +3
----------i. Knowledge: Intelligence +4
-----e. Wisdom d4 +1 +2
-----f. Charisma d8 +1 +2 +3 +4
----------i. Arcane: Charisma +2
----------ii. Diplomacy: Charisma +1
2 Powers
-----a. Hand Size: 5 6 7 (Taking base hand size 5 gives me 8 power points)
-----b. Breath Weapon: For your combat check, you may discard a card to roll your Constitution die + 1d6 (+1) with the Attack, Fire, and Ranged Traits. This counts as casting a spell
-----c. Claw: For your combat check, you may discard a card to roll your strength die +1d6 (+1) (+2) with the Attack traits. This counts as a weapon attack.
-----d. You may evade an encounter
3 Card List
-----a. Weapon --
-----b. Spell 6 7 8 9
-----c. Armor --
-----d. Item 3 4 5
-----e. Ally 2 3 4 5
-----f. Blessing 5 6 7