# Dragons Over Amethyst
-This place is currently a placeholder; but please see
-[[The Track Not Taken]] for setting info.
+Please see [[The Track Not Taken]] for setting info.
+
+## Character Generation
+
+Character generation is going to be a two step process. In the first
+step you'll generate a character at the point where they left Amethyst
+to travel in shadow. Rough details will be shared with everyone prior
+to step two.
+
+In the second step I'll want an advancement priority list a bit like
+suggested in the ADRPG rules.
+
+### Examples
+
+At the end of part one I'll post a table a bit like:
+
+|Character | Parent | End | Psy | Str | War | Stu | Notable|
+|---------:|:----------:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:-------|
+|Jillian |Luke & Coral| 1st | 3rd | 5th | Weak| = | Trump |
+|Angelo | Merlin | 4th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | - | Magic |
+|Aedmond | Unknown | 2nd | Weak| 2nd | 2nd | + | Big Dog, Magic Armour |
+|Lucile | Martin | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | = | Sword, Magic |
+|Marianne |Merlin & Gilva|3rd| Weak| 1st |Amber| + | Magic Bow, Giant Eagle, Acrobat |
+
+Marianne might then email me to say:
+
+* Please don't put me below 2 stuff
+* I'd like to improve my Endurance to 2.5th place
+* I'd like my Giant Eagle, Francine, to gain deadly damage
+* I'd like to learn a bit of healing from Shapeshift, up to about 20
+ points worth
+* If I have any points left then improving my Psyche to Amber and my
+ Warfare to 3rd would be nice
+
+And I'll go down the list updating the character based on that. One
+difference to the ADRPG rules is that if you don't have enough points
+for an item but not taking it would leave you over 5 good stuff I'll
+carry on to the next item.
+
+I'll then send Marianne a character sheet that looks like:
+
+| | Original | Current |
+|-----------------:|:---------|:--------|
+| Endurance | 17 / 3rd| 2.5nd |
+| Psyche | Chaos ||
+| Strength | 36 / 1st ||
+| Warfare | Amber ||
+| Stuff | +3 | +2 ||
+| Pattern | Basic ||
+| Bow | 8 pts ||
+| Eagle | 10 pts | + Deadly |
+| Shapeshift | None | Self Heal |
+| Skills | Acrobatics (+10) ||
+
+(This format will probably change when I actually produce it)
+
+### Details
+
+#### Initial Character Generation (Phase 1):
+* You are the descendent of one of the younger members of the Merlin
+Saga; and have the blood of Amber in your veins. You've been brought
+up by Prince Martin (or rather mostly nursemaids with him overseeing)
+with probably occasional visits from at least one parent whom you know
+who they are. Feel free to pick.
+* You all have Pattern Initiation and have had at least a decade to get
+used to it. You have some kind of trump communication device (this
+can be a deck of cards if you want) and can be assumed to have trumps
+of anyone you've ever met; although outside of the party and possibly
+your ancestors; these are unlikely to be very useful. If you have
+Sorcery, Conjuration or Power Words then this device is a device of
+power that helps you use your magic.
+* Items and creatures are permitted; up to 15 points
+* You have 75 points on top of your Pattern Imprint. No more than one
+stat sold down, If you sell a stat down to Human I will put you in
+situations where this is a problem. No more than 5 points of stuff
+either way.
+* You can have some Shapeshift; but not the whole power.
+* You can't have Logrus; chaos is just a myth to you.
+* No personal shadows
+* You can have "about half" a power, call it e.g. "Trump Neophyte".
+Have a look at
+[[The_Tools_of_Diplomacy/Character_Creation/Partial_Powers The partial powers from our ACUK game]]
+for an idea how about how I think powers work; or just email me about
+what you want to do.
+
+#### Advancement (Phase 2):
+* You have 50 points to spend from your time in shadow
+* You can pick up the rest of Shapeshift
+* You still haven't encountered chaos (the shadows accessible from
+Amethyst don't reach there)
+* You can take any advanced power or ask for a new magic item/creature
+or pretty much anything else you can think of
+* You can pick up a personal shadow at this point
+* See the note on Advanced Pattern below
+
+### Modifications to normal abilities:
+
+* You can spend 1 point for a particular skill or ability that you've
+practiced seriously for a significant length of time (e.g. Doctor or
+Acrobatics). Depending on how broad this is I'll give you a bonus
+when you're doing something covered by that skill (for example I've
+given Marianne plus 10 for acrobatic actions). Do please exploit this
+and try and make any problem appropriate to your speciality!
+* You can have Advanced Pattern for an extra 10 points. You are
+*really* shit at anything in it because you've had to figure it all
+out for yourself, have only recently got any of it to work, and
+haven't had a chance to look at any Patterns than Amethyst's.
+* Sorcery costs 20 points but so long as you have your device of power
+with you:
+ + it works reasonably well near the Pattern
+ + you can have up to 4 simple effects that you can use at whim
+ (e.g. "fireball", about as effective as hitting someone with a
+ sword, "teleport 10m foward" etc)
+ + you can come up with arbitrary effects on actually useful
+ timescales (not on the scale of falling, combat, or geology unless
+ they're very simple modifications of one of your known effects; but
+ on the order of 15 minutes or so).
+* Don't expect to lose your device of power unless you do so
+deliberately or really deserve it.
+* Power Words is 5 points plus 1 point per Word
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