Talislanta Character Generation

These are my 'standard' Talislanta character generation rules, since the release of 5th edition.

Current characters will be made by the guidelines on this page...

Races
Available races, or, races that I believe are more compatible to a heroic fantasy game (as opposed to bad guy campaign), I may make exceptions, but these are here for people who just want to hang out and make characters on a whim.

Basically, any of the races found in the 5th edition players guide will work just fine.

I would caution against xenophobic races, races with over-reaching fears (Gryph for example) or limitations (ie Sunra). This does not mean that they will not work at all, but do provide some serious limits to the character.

Age
Character starting age is Adolescent-3 years, as per book guidelines.

Paths will add to this.

Background
Parentage, siblings, mentor and contacts will be determined by 1st/2nd edition tables. Parentage, siblings and mentor will have 1 roll each, contacts will have a number of rolls determined by d20+CHA.

There are a few background questions I will want/need answers too, the answers of which are to remain between player and GM:

1.  Are there any skeletons in the family closet?

2.  Does the character have a home of their own (this will require upkeep...)

3.  Why did the character choose their profession, or how did they end up with it?

Paths
I allow Background+3 paths, all paths must be taken from the recommended paths for each race.

The following Paths from the GMs guide are allowed:

Acrobat - Cymrillian, Mandalan, Sarista, Thaecian, Zandir

Chieftan - Ahazu, Dhuna, Djaffir, Gryph, Jaka, Jhangaran, Orgovian

Inquisitor - Aamanian, Kang

Seige Engineer - Aamanian, Arimite, Danuvian, Dracartan, Kang, Thrall

Slaver - Aamanian, Arimite, Zandir

Spy - Aamanian, Arimite, Cymrillian, Mandalan, Sarista

Each Path is taken, and the points are spent before going to the next Path, this is very important.