The following guidelines are experimental. They are not yet set in stone.
In case you wish your character to be officially recognized by the creators of the Nexus, you must submit character guidelines. They are as follows:
Stats
While these are yet in their experimental phase, you must prioritize the only three stats in the game:
- Physical
- Mental
- Spiritual
One will be high, one will be average, one will be low. That's all.
Potential rules: “low” stat 30%, “avg” stat 50%, “hi” stat 70%? Comments plz.
Advantages
There are two types of advantages: skills and powers.
You may take five advantages and powers count as two each.
Use common sense. “Skilled Fencer” is an acceptable skill. “Master of Weaponry” is not.
"Flying” or “Laser eyes” is an appropriate power. “Stone gaze” is not.
Examples will appear anon.
A given skill will, perhaps, increase the target stat by 10%?
In addition, you will select one of the following PC Archetypes:
- Jumper
- Your character believes herself to be a Dreamscape Jumper and is accepted as one. You may choose whether or not your character believes herself a Nexus Jumper or simply a Dreamscape Jumper (see below), but in truth your character may be a Nexus Jumper, Dreamscape Jumper, Dreamjumper, or Horizon-Born.
- Dream
- Your character thinks itself a Dream, born of the hopes and fears of Dreamscape Jumpers. It may have deduced this from its murky past, or may simply know it in its heart. It likely calls a particular Dreamscape Realm home, and has a history there, but this may not be the case. It is unusual but not unheard of for Dreams to know how to Jump, or to do so instinctively once their business is done in a Dreamscape Realm. However, your character may be an Aware Dream, an educated Unaware Dream or a Horizon-Born.
- Unknown
- Your character does not know whether he is a Dream or a Jumper. Such characters are rare, but usually become well-known once they make their position clear. Jumpers who are fully aware know that this sort of character could be either an Unaware Dream or Horizon-Born, and should be handled carefully. These characters are generally regarded in poor standing by most Jumpers, and are accepted only under probation by the Nexus community-- those suspected to be Horizon-Born can be quite dangerous.
True Types: Note: you may request a true type or simply allow the STs to decide, but they may not honor a request you make. In the end, you may never know.
- Nexus Jumper
- Skilled Jumpers know how to traverse from world to world, given the right connections. This kind of PC has those skills but also a responsibility: he is a member of the Nexus community and works to maintain it. He may also find himself 'rescuing' other Jumpers if the situation demands it.
- Dreamscape Jumper
- Most Jumpers end up in a realm, complete their task, and move on. These are the Dreamscape Jumpers. They have no home, and their ability to connect with other Jumpers is usually on a case-by-case basis.
- Aware Dream
- The Denizens of the Dreamscape are an enigma even to themselves. Wound from thoughts and beliefs, the creatures of Dreamscape Realms are known as “Dreams". Many are simple and serve a simple purpose, emerging from and returning to the Glamour that made them with little fuss. Some are much more complex, and seem to become self-aware. Some even learn how to move from world to world as though they were Jumping. An Aware Dream is a Dream that operates much like a Jumper does, but knows that it was born in the Dreamscape.
- Unaware Dream
- An unaware dream is a dream that is unaware of the nature of its existence. Most Unaware Dreams have not been made aware of the existence of Jumpers or the Nexus; those who are educated frequently regard themselves as dreams and are treated as Aware Dreams. The majority of dream-creatures are Unaware.
- Dreamjumper
- These rare and unusual phenomena will think themselves to be Nexus or Dreamscape Jumpersand may have a history that makes their argument very convincing. They are Dreams, however, their memory of how they were pulled into the Dreamscape fabricated from the stuff that created them. Most Jumpers cannot tell the difference, and Dreamjumpers are accepted into the adventuring fold quite easily, since proving a Dreamjumper wrong is nearly impossible.
- Horizon-Born
- These creatures are often mad and are usually quite strange, but they were once one of the above until they went Under the Horizon. Perhaps they were on a world as it fell apart, or perhaps they were killed in a Dreamscape Realm. They have been reborn now, but have scrambled memories and different priorities from what they originally had. The Horizon makes new creatures from old. Horizon-Born are bogeymen to many Dreamscape Jumpers from the horror stories that arise from tales of them, and some Horizon-Born are quite insane. Others are genuinely helpful, but are often still treated with 'kid gloves'. Many believe that Dreams do not go Under The Horizon. This is not yet known.
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