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Section 1: Characters

"Professor of Archeology. Expert on the occult and how does one say it?

Obtainer of rare antiquities." - Major Eaton, Raiders of the Lost Ark

If you want to be a part of the Mass Effect D6 game

you're going to need a character. The best way is to select

a template from the Section 6: Templates at the end of the

manual that appeals to you. You can play a privateer,

a mercenary (or merc), an outlaw, a krogan... whatever

suits you.

If none of the templates appeal to you, check out

the "Creating a New Template" in the Star Wars D6 handbook.

So you've picked a template (or decided to craft

a more suitable one yourself ). Now what? Each template

wether premade or on the fly needs a few things to flesh out

your character: equipment, background, personality and

objectives. Also, having a connection with other characters

in your group and a quote helps to flavor your choice.

Make up a name for your character. Names for

humans can be anything you (as a human) are familiar with.

For an alien character try to make an alien sounding name.

Remember there are few krogan named Ted or asari named

Britney.

Pick your character's hieght, weight, sex and age

and come up with a brief description of what your character

looks like.

Before you pick a template, ask the gamemaster (GM)

what type of campaign is being run. If the adventure features

the Systems Alliance dealing with privateers and mercs in

the Skyllian Verge, almost anyone fits in as long as they are

interested in justice or protecting colonists.

However, if the campaign deals mostly with a group

of ruthless mercs and bounty hunters stealing and terrorizing

the Attican Traverse, a C-Sec operative might not be the best

choice. Some GMs may even run a campaign dealing entirely

with helping Saren destroy the Galaxy and would take again

an entirely different type of character.

It's not a bad idea to ask the other players what kind

of character they are choosing. Normally your group should

contain a diverse group of character types. Remember, four

techies that don't know the working end of a rifle might not

last long versuses pirates.

Detailing a Character

A character template is a good starting point, but it's

only a description of a type of character. There are thousands

of privateers in the galaxy - how do you make your different?

Physical Description

What does your character look like? Apperance can

say a lot about your character, so spend some time thinking

about this.

Figure out hair color, eye color and other physical

qualities. Is you character athletic? Overwieght? Attractive

or homely? List anything unusual about your character's

appearance, like bright blue hair, tattoos, facial scars or

anything else that springs to mind.

Selecting a Template

If you've already chosen a template to play, skip

ahead to "Finishing the Template". If you're still trying to

pick one or want a few tips on how to make your character

different, keep on reading this section.

Think about what kind of person you want to play.

Do you want to be a xenophobic soldier like Ashley Williams?

An engineer like Tali Zorah nar Rayyah? A naive Biotic like

Liara T'Soni. A tough as nails krogan battlemaster like Wrex?

Section 1: Characters

Think about your character's presence, body

language and mannerisms. Is he menacing? Shy? Outgoing

and popular? Does he walk with a limp or have a strange

accent. Does he have a nervous twitch when he lies? What

kind of impression does your character give people?

Write down how your character dresses: a privateer

dresses very differently than a soldier or a wealthy business

leader.

Quick aside: it could be argued that from playing the Mass

Effect video game everyone does in fact dress alike, wearing form fitting

one piece or two piece outfits of matching colors and then armor over

it when out in the field. This is fine in a one player game, but in a

living-breathing galaxy like Mass Effect D6, its unrealistic to expect that

everyone would be wearing the same fashions.

Think about your character's sense of morality. Some

characters have very strong codes of behavior while others

tend to "adapt" their ethics to fit the current situation. You

can play heroes like Captain Anderson or a shady merc like

Urdnot Wrex. Would your character be willing to betray his

friends for the sake of a few credits, or would he refuse to

betray them no matter the cost?

Objectives

This is what your character hopes to accomplish. What

motivates your character? Greed (for money, power, etc)? Love?

A sense of honor? A desire for adventure and excitment?

Objectives can be immediate, short-term or long-term.

Some characters don't care much about anything past their

next pay off, while others have long-term goals, like starting

a shipping company or becoming a Specter agent. Goals

can be noble or selfish, grtttandiose or modest... or whatever you

come up with.

Objectives can also change during play - this is just

what youre character is interested in now.

Background

This tells a little bit about what your character has

been up to until you started playing him or her. The

background is for you and the GM only - you only have to

tell the other players as much about your characters past

as you want to. (One of the interesting things about Urdnot

Wrex is you don't really know what havoc he's caused before

he meets up with Commander Shepard.)

Your character may want to hide certain things about

his past and perhaps there's even an old foe or two lurking

in the background. Your character can even lie about his past!

If your character is bitter and cynical, there's probably a good

reason he's that way - so what happened to him?

You can develop a much more detailed background

if you want to. What kind of odd jobs did you character hold?

Where has he travelled and who does he know? What was

his home planet like? Who were his parents, siblings, relatives

and friends - and how does he get along with them?

A well-developed background can give the GM

plenty of ideas for adventures, while allowing for new develop-

ments during play. The GM may "remind" you of things your

character knows or introduce people that "knew" your

character in the past - even an enemy!

Connection with others

How did your character get involved with the other

characters in the group? "Connections" give the characters a

reason to risk their necks for each other. They also help the

players figure out how the characters react to each other.

Here are a few possiblities that can be fleshed out

with the other players and GM.

Personality

This is how your character generally acts - he won't

always act this way, but its a good summary. You should

spend a few minutes creating a personality that is interesting

and fun for you to play.

Characters should have both good points and bad

points. For example, Garrus Vakarian has a strong ideal of

justice and upholding the law but he doesn't adhere to

bureaucratic red tape and believes in "the ends justify the

means", which can put him at odds with characters that

believe in the system.

Detail your characters personality: Is he perpetually

worried? Too eager to fight? Does he have an almost neurotic

need to assert authority? Does he harbor deepseeded dislikes

for any member of a species not his own?

- Friends . The most obvious (and the most often over-looked)

connection. Friends will do alot to help each other even if

they've been out of touch for years.

- Relatives. No one gets to choose who they're related to, but

most people feel obligated to help out their relatives (even

if they don't like them all that much). This can be particularly

interesting if the characters would tend to be at odds - how

does the egalitarian young ambassador-aid deal with a seedy

privateer who happens to be her sister?

Section 1: Characters

Connection with others

Finishing the Template

Be sure to review the "Mass Effect D6 Player Handout"

located at the beginning of the manual for an explanation of

attributes, die codes and other basic rules.

Make up a name, height, weight, sex, age and physical

description for your character. (Your character doesn't have

to look like the picture provided with the template.)

All characters start the game with 5 Character Points.

Write this down on your character sheet but be sure to use

pencils, these totals will change through gameplay.

You only have to do four things to finish a template:

1. Pick Skills

2. Decide if your character has a Paragon Morality, a Renegade

Morality or a Neutral Morality

3. Spend credits on equipment

4. Choose Talents

- Employees . One character may hire another for any number of

reasons. Maybe the characters have worked together for a long

time... or the adventure revolves around a one-time deal that

gets more complicated along the way.

- Join ownership of a ship. Starships are expensive. Two or more

characters could jointly own a ship (and have to deal with the

debts that go with it).

- Traveling Companions . Even the most unlikely pair might have

travelled together for months or years before the game begins.

"Fringe" characters might be buddies or partners in crime.

Wealthy characters might be friends who have decided to

"see the galaxy" in style.

- Mentors. Any older character can take a younger character

under his or her wing. The younger character has a teacher or

mentor while getting a chance to explore distant worlds.

" And this must be your protege, Commander

1. Pick Skills

Shepard. " - Saren to Captain Anderson

While attributes cover a character's inborn ability in

certain areas, you must be wondering "Can my character get

better at anything?"

That's where skills come in. Each template has several

skills listed under each attribute. The skills are explained later

in this section.

- Rivals. Friendly competition can add a lot to an adventure (as

long as it doesn't get out of hand). Rivalries can be about

almost anything from arrests between law officers, successful

blockade runs between privateers or even body counts

between mercs.

- Same Homeworld. Characters from the same planet share a

few things in common even if they're very different types of

people. Two characters from Eden Prime will have a connection

between them from the geth attack even if one is a soldier

and the other is a farmer.

- Classmates. Characters of the same age could have attended

Citadel Secruity Academy or a university together.

- Known by Reputation. Even if characters have never met

before, they may know of each other by reputation. A privateer

might have heard of other privateers, mercs or bounty hunters.

Ambassadors might be well known figures.

- Love. A romantic interest can be difficult to play, but some

players are comfortable with the idea. Let the players choose

this kind of tie; GMs should never force this connection.

A beginning character has 7D to spend on skills; you

can add 1D or 2D to any of the skills shown on the template.

Note: some templates are based on races with special skills

that make them more powerful in a starting skill, abide by the

rules listed with the race or on the template. All the skills

listed beneath a given attribute begin with that attributes die

code.

With a GMs permission you can add other skills to the template.

If a character has any D in a Biotic skill (Telekinesis,

Kinetic Fields or Distortion) or meets the requirements for a

Tech or Combat power (which will be located under the special

abilities), the character can choose one or more skills and they

may be improved the same way a normal skill is. Refer to

Talents later in the manual for more information.

Example: Greg decides he wants to be a privateer; he

names his character Tyrsethal.

Greg decides to take 1D of his starting 7D and put it

into Ranged . Tyrsethal's Dexterity is 3D, so his new

Ranged skill is 4D (3D+1D). He has 6D left.

Then, he puts 2D in Con (a Perception skill, Tyrsethal's

Perception is 4D) and his new Con skill is 6D (4D+2D).

He has 4D left.

Greg then decides to put 2D in Starship Piloting (a

Mechanical skill, Tyrsethal's Mechanical is 3D+1) and his

new Starship Piloting skill is 5D +1.

He then puts 2D in Starship Repair giving him a 6D

(since Tyrsethal's Technical is 4D).

If you do not improve a skill and a roll is called for that

skill just roll the base attributes D instead.

Making Changes

What if you want to be an outgoing and streetwise

archeologist rather than a naive bookworm? What if you want

to be a quiet and shy pilot rather than brash? Or a soldier

that embraces the skills and ideas of aliens rather than a

xenophobe? No problemo.

You can change the background of any templated

character you want to play. Along with their personality and

even connection with others, but be sure to clear all your

changes with your GM.

Some things - like debts owed to crime lords or

bounties - are adventure hooks and are supposed to make the

character's life tougher and usually shouldn't be changed.

Besides, not everyone can be the daughter of a

powerful asari matriarch or the first Spectre agent of their

race.

Section 1: Characters

Specializations

Mass Effect D6 (as opposed to Star Wars D6) deals

with the idea of "good" and "evil" a little differently. Black and

white systems just wouldn't work for MED6; since the line

between good and evil is constantly blurred, we wanted some-

thing more flexable to reward characters when making choices.

To be clear, a character that starts with 2 Paragon Points isn't a

saint, he is just more inclined to help people and not cut corn-

ers to get the job done. Likewise, a character with 2 Renegade

Points isn't nessacarily a monster, just a little more flexable

when it comes to rules.

The basic idea is that these reward a player with stick-

ing with their character's personality. If you're playing a morally

good person who helps the locals fight off a geth attack for no

reward and refuse any money, you could be awarded with a

Paragon Point for your efforts. On the other hand, if your char-

acter is shady and selfish and you stick with it, demanding pay-

ment after saving the locals, you could be awarded a Renegade

Point for your efforts.

Paragon Points and Renegade Points offer the GM more

options for rewarding their players for staying in character and

are given as the GM sees fit for positive and negative acts. Lets

face it, not every selfish privateer is gonna have a change of

heart and become a hero, sometimes they just wanna spend

their reward.

You can spend 1D of your character's beginning skill

dice to get three specializations; add 1D to each of the chosen

specialization skills.

Of your starting 7D you may take 1D (leaving you 6D)

and get three specializations at the base attribute's die code

+1D. If you have a 3D Dexterity score and want Pistols, Assault

Rifles and Sniper Rifles as specializations, they would each be at

4D when you start. You would only roll the specialization skills

when using a Pistol , Assault Rifle or Sniper Rifle . When using a

Shotgun, you would roll your base Ranged skill or Dexterity .

Speicializations can be of any of the main attributes, not

just from the same one. You could have chosen Dexterity: Pistols ,

Knowledge: Intimidate and Strength: Melee and each of those

skills would be the base Attributes die code +1D.

Advanced Skills

If there is a skill with "(A)" listed in front of it, it's an

Advanced skill. Advanced skills demand years of disciplined

study to master and cannot be attempted by any character

that doesn't have the requisit skill. Some examples of

Advanced skills are (A) medicine, (A) drive core engineering,

(A) Prothean technology, (A) weapons design, (A) AI programing.

A character may have an advanced skill listed on the

template. If your charater meets the "prerequisite skills"

requirement, you may put begining skill dice in the

advanced skill.

(Check the skill's description in either the "Attributes

and Skills" section of the Star Wars D6 system pgs 37-65 or

later in this manual. Note: advanced skills not unique to

Mass Effect D6 are listed at the beginning of this manuals

skills section.)

3. Spend Credits on Equipment

A character starting with "credits", the universal money

of all races that follow the Conventions and rules of the Citadel

Council, can buy more equipment or weapons. Turn to the

"Equipment Section" found later in the manual.

You can ask for more equipment, but be warned that

most GMs will attach a few strings - nothing comes for free!

Example: The prerequisite for (A) medicine is first aid

5D. If your character has at least 5D in first aid , you can

put 1D or 2D or your beginning skill dice in (A) medi-

cine .

Example: Tyrsethal, Greg's privateer, doesn't have his

own ship yet. Brian, the GM, decides to help Greg out a

bit.

"I'll give Tyrsethal a ship. How about an older Kohara

class freighter? He got it second hand and pretty

beat up, but had some of his tech buddies modify it.

You still owe a loan shark on Camala 5,000 credits for

the ship. Be sure to keep those payments timely."

Brian gives Greg a sheet of paper listing the ship's

game statistics. If Brian wanted to be really devious, he

could have come up with something else - maybe

Tyrsethal's ship is stolen and the Systems Alliance want

to confiscate it - and not told Greg the real story?

When a character purchases an advanced skill, it

begins at 1D. Advanced skills do not begin at the same level

as their corresponding attribute.

When a character uses one of the the prerequisite

skills, add the advanced skill to the prerequisite skill's roll.

Example: A character has first aid at 5D and (A)

medicine at 1D. He rolls only 1D for medicine checks,

such as performing surgery or diagnosing an

unusual disease.

However, if the character makes a first aid check, he

gets to roll 6D - 5D from first aid plus the 1D for

(A) medicine .

4. Choose Biotic, Combat or

Tech Talents

If your character starts with a Biotic skill ( Telekenisis ,

Kinetic Fields or Distortion ) they know at least 1 Biotic Talent.

If they meet the requirements for a Combat Talent they may

choose one. Like Combat Talents, if a character meets the req-

uirements for a Tech Talent they may select it.

Turn to Section 3: Talents for more information on choo-

sing and using Talents.

2. Paragon/Neutral/Renegade

Moralities

Decide wether you want your character to start the

game with 2 Paragon Points, 2 Renegade Points or 1 of each.

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