Character Generation/Ratkin

Choose Concept, Nature, Demeanor, Breed, Aspect

Attributes: 7/5/3

Abilities: 13/9/5

• Plague Lords also get Medicine 3
• Munchmausen also get Expression 3

Backgrounds: 5

• Metis must include 1+ Colony
• Twitchers must include Freak Factor 3 (Unhinged + Unstable)
• Engineers and Plague Lords must include Freak Factor 4 (Unbalanced)
• Munchmausen must include Freak Factor 5 (Unnatural)
• Resources must be < 3 (0 for Tunnel Runners)
• Knife-Skulkers also get free Contacts 3
• Some levels of Freak Factor give a free gift:
  • Freak Factor 3 (Unearthly): Spirit Speech
  • Freak Factor 4 (Unbalanced): Engineers get Sense Weaver, Plague Lords get Sense Wyrm, others choose one

Rage (By Aspect):

• Tunnel Runner: 1
• Shadow Seer: 2
• Knife-Skulker: 3
• Warrior: 4
• Engineer: 2
• Plague Lord: 3
• Munchmausen: 4
• Twitcher: 5

Gnosis (By Breed):

• Homid: 1
• Metis: 3
• Rodens: 5

Willpower: 3

Gifts: 1 Aspect, 1 Breed, 1 Ratkin Common

• Common: Cloak of Shadows, "Darksight (gift)", Resist Toxin, Shadow Throw, Smell Poison, Stash Cache
• Breed
  • Homid: Eau de Rat, "Persuasion (gift)", "Cooking (gift)"
  • Metis: Mother's Touch, Sense Wyrm, Cloak of Shadows
  • Rodens: Absolute Balance, Leap of the Kangaroo Rat, Survival
• Aspect
  • Tunnel Runner: Danger Sense, Silent Running, Scent of the True Form
  • Shadow Seer: Mother's Touch, Sense Weaver, Sense Wyrm
    • Shadow Seers also get Spirit Speech free
  • Knife Skulker: Sticky Paws, Truth of Gaia, Death Mark
  • Warrior: Resist Pain, Razor Claws, Sticky Paws
  • Engineer: Control Simple Machine, Open Seal, Scrounge
  • Plague Lord: Poison Food, Sniffle, Virulent Curse of Hatred
  • Munchmausen: Persuasion, Spirit Speech, Tale Spinning
  • Twitcher: Firebug, Sense Angst, Sense Weaver

Bonus Rite (By Aspect):

• Tunnel Runner: Rite of the Bolthole
• Shadow Seer: Dedication Rite
• Knife-Skulker: Contract Rite
• Warrior: Rite of the Pain Dagger
• Engineer: Rite of the Shopping Cart
• Plague Lord: Rite of the Birthing Plague
• Munchmausen: Rite of Artifice Dedication
• Twitcher: Rite of the Cardboard Palace

Renown: 3 (any)

• Wyrm: replace Obligation with Power, retain Cunning and Infamy

Rank: 1

• You can choose to start at rank 0 instead, in which case you start with 0 renown and 0 gifts (gain the usual gifts free when you reach rank 1)

Other bonuses:

• Warrior: 1 extra health level

Freebies (15):

• Attribute: 5
• Ability: 2
• Background: 1
• Rage: 1
• Gnosis: 2
• Willpower: 1
• Gift: 7 (Level 1 only)

Beast Courts (Nezumi):

• Affiliation = Beast Courts
• Gifts: Replace aspect gift with a Nezumi gift, replace general gift with a hengeyokai gift
• Auspice and Renown: By hengeyokai auspice