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Character

Burner

by Luke Crane

The Burning Wheel

Credit Due

Character Burner Concept, Design and Production

Luke Crane

Contents

We l c ome

Fire in the Garden .......................................................................8

Character Creation Basics ........................................................9

From the Day You Were Born… ........................................................9

The Elements of a Lifepath .............................................................10

Racial Stock .....................................................................................11

Game Development

Luke Crane, Pete Tierney, Bob Doherty, Chris Allingham, Rick Brown,

Danny Dempsey and Phil Kobel

Hard Times and Hard Editing

Pete Tierney, Dan Abram, Ian Marshall, Sean Bosker and John Yohalem

Character Background Sketches, Traits and Skills Help

Pete Tierney

The Character Burner

The Twelve Steps ........................................................................14

The Lifepath System .......................................................................14

1. Character Concept .......................................................................14

2. Determine Lifepaths ....................................................................15

3. Age ..............................................................................................17

4. Stat Pool ......................................................................................17

5. Dividing the Stat Pool .................................................................18

6. Skill Point Pool ............................................................................18

7. Buying Skills ...............................................................................19

8. Attributes ....................................................................................22

9. Traits ...........................................................................................27

10. Resources ...................................................................................28

11. Determine How You Die ............................................................34

12. Beliefs and Instincts....................................................................36

Miles Black Completed! ...................................................................38

Lifepath Notes ............................................................................39

Repeating Lifepaths: The Law of Diminishing Returns ....................39

Some Inherent Knowledge ...............................................................39

Starting Character “Experience” .....................................................40

Balancing Stats ................................................................................40

Limiting Skill Exponents .................................................................40

Missing Paths ...................................................................................41

Lifepath Requirements: Keep Things Logical ..................................41

Folios, Section Headers and Graphics

Dan Licht

Illustrations

Dan Licht [

], Kev Sather [

], Kira Brooks [

Lifepath Maze by Ian Marshall

Cover Illustrations

Fire: Dan Licht [

], Wheel: Kev Sather [

], Back cover painting: Jin Kwan

Guiding Light of all Elven-dom (and Patron of the Arts)

Bob

A Special Nod

to Barbara Tuchman. Without her clear vision

and amazing prose this book would be much poorer.

Contact

www.burningwheel.org

abzu@burningwheel.org

A copy of the character sheet is provided in the back of this book. You may also download a pdf of

the character sheet (and numerous other information aids) at burningwheel.org

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Lifepaths

Von Goten’s Story Part I .........................................................44

Lifepaths of Man .......................................................................48

Peasant Setting ................................................................................48

Villager Setting ................................................................................50

City-dweller Setting .........................................................................52

Noble Setting ...................................................................................54

Noble Court Sub-Setting ..................................................................56

Professional Soldier Sub-Setting ......................................................58

Seafaring Setting .............................................................................60

Outcast Sub-Setting .........................................................................60

Servitude Setting .............................................................................62

Religious Sub-Setting .......................................................................64

Dunif’s Story ................................................................................66

Dwarven Lifepaths ....................................................................70

Clansmen Setting .............................................................................70

Guilder Setting ................................................................................70

Artificer Setting ...............................................................................72

Dwarven Noble Setting ....................................................................72

Dwarven Host Sub-setting ...............................................................74

Dwarven Outcast Sub-setting ..........................................................74

Starting Stat Points for Dwarves by Age ..........................................76

Dwarven Special Rules ............................................................77

Dwarven Traits ................................................................................77

Common Dwarven Traits .................................................................77

Dwarven Special Traits ....................................................................78

Dwarven Lifepath Traits ..................................................................78

Dwarven Skills .................................................................................79

Dwarven Arts ...................................................................................81

Dwarven Possessions ........................................................................83

The Story of Quenesh Quenayas ........................................85

Elven Lifepaths ...........................................................................88

Wilderlands Setting ..........................................................................88

Citadel Setting .................................................................................90

Protector Sub-Setting ......................................................................92

Etharch Setting ................................................................................92

Starting Stat Points for Elves by Age ...............................................94

Elven Special Rules ...................................................................95

Elf Traits .........................................................................................95

Common Elf Traits ..........................................................................95

Elven Grief ......................................................................................96

Choosing Elven Skills ......................................................................98

Elven Songs .....................................................................................99

Spell-Songs ....................................................................................100

Skill Songs .....................................................................................106

Elven Craft Songs ..........................................................................108

Elven Possessions ...........................................................................110

Nuul Adder’s Story ................................................................112

Orcan Lifepaths ........................................................................116

Chattel Setting ...............................................................................116

Black Legion Sub-Setting ..............................................................118

Great and Black Setting .................................................................118

Servant of the Dark Sub-Setting ....................................................120

Starting Stat Points for Orcs by Age ..............................................120

Orc Special Rules .....................................................................122

Brutal Life .....................................................................................122

Orc Hatred ....................................................................................123

Orc Traits ......................................................................................123

Common Orc Traits .......................................................................123

Orc Lifepath Traits ........................................................................124

Special Orc Traits ..........................................................................125

Choosing Orc Skills .......................................................................126

Orc Skills .......................................................................................126

Orc Rituals ....................................................................................129

Orc Possessions ..............................................................................133

The Lists

General Skill List .....................................................................136

General Trait List .....................................................................168

Incantations ...............................................................................195

Reference

Reference Skill List ..................................................................212

Reference Trait List ..................................................................216

Spell Reference List .................................................................221

Index of Headings ...................................................................224

We lcome

…But this mighty music, produced by the revolution of the whole

universe at the highest speed, cannot be perceived by human ears,

any more than you can look straight at the sun, your sense of sight

being overpowered by its radiance.

—Cicero

Fire in the Garden

Character Creation

Basics

From the Day You Were Born…

Characters are built step-by-step, from birth through the tumult of life, up to

the day the character starts his or her new calling—the adventure. There ain’t

no levels and there ain’t no randomly generated numbers.

Burning Wheel is designed to incorporate beings and phenomena from all lands

of the imagination. Terrible dragons and humble townsfolk all have a home here.

The choices and variations in character creation are nearly limitless. Players can

build detailed and indepth characters. For example, a player who wants to build

a swordsman-type doesn’t have to be just a “fighter.” He could make a man who

was born at sea, raised a slave, freed, educated, and returned to his homeland to

fight for his people! In the Character Burner this background amounts to more that

just “a nice story.” It actually shapes the character with skills, traits and beliefs.

In this system, the basic currency of the character creation, or “character

burning” as we like to call it, is the lifepath .

The Character Burner allows players to create a range of experienced characters,

from the rank novice to veteran lords. But, despite the scope of their backgrounds,

nearly all characters that come directly from the Burner are considered “starting

characters.” Sure your Elven prince might have served in a few campaigns and

earned valuable skills and merits, but he hasn’t been on any adventures yet—he

hasn’t risked it all on the toss of the coin, and come out on top. In short, he ain’t

played the game.

Lifepaths

A lifepath is a short slice of life, usually just a handful of years. This slice of

life teaches skills, bestows traits, toughens a character, and can make a character

richer or poorer.

Ultimately, the character is the sum of his lifepaths. The total of all his experience

that brought him to where he is today can be prosperous and fruitful, miserable

and painful, or a combination of the two. It is up to the player to determine the

exact paths walked.

That said, players are encouraged to create characters in the spirit of the game,

not the letter of the rules. The ultimate decision of what is and is not appropriate

is up to the GM’s discretion. So start small, think big, and hold onto your geek-

hats. We’re going for a ride.

Setting

In this book, lifepaths are grouped together in loose categories called settings .

A setting is segment of the character’s culture that contains many related lifepaths.

This relationship is often indirect. The bounds of a setting are usually

geographical—how people live in a particular setting and how they associate with

the rest of the world. For example, the City-Dweller setting has paths from all

levels of society, from wealthy ministers to sturdy sailors to lowly beggars.

By the way, I recommend reading the Burning Wheel first to get a feel for

the game. However, if you are eager to start burning, by all means get the

fire started, but be prepared to refer to the Burning Wheel as you go.

A character may only choose lifepaths from the setting he was born into—unless,

of course, life leads him in another direction.

Leads

Opportunity is strange and unpredictable. Often a person cannot directly decide

the paths he must walk—he must follow life’s leads .

the characters burn me

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