2025 Character Creation Challenge 31: Ars Magica 5e

 And finally for day 31 is for Ars Magica 5e. Of all the systems that I chose for this challenge, this is the one that I was both looking forward to and dreading the most. This system not only lets you play as wizards, but as wizards that culvtivate, design and create their own spells. Not only that, its a game where unlike d&d where game is usually snapping a few round to tops a few days, some sessions can span YEARS of ingame time, Making it sorta of a legacy game, where because your wizard most likely is going to spend most of their time in their tower resarching spells. Most of the action is going to be playing as their apprentecies or grogs. But for this I stuck to making a wizard, Figured it was invovled enough. 

Not sure abot how viable of a wizard this guy is, i mostly picked things that seemed cool. Even if I might not get most of the rules still the system does intrigue me in a way where I do eventually play a session or two to see how its like. I suppose that is what this challenge is about, to discover what is out there and to see what kinds of new character and stories you can get by finding new ways of playing in this hobby.

Ars Magica 5e Character Sheet

Drawing of Vimentio

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 30: Perfect Draw!

 Day 30 is for Perfect Draw! A game meant to replicate the feeling of Yu Gi Oh and other solve-every-problem-by-playing-a-childrens-card-game-like show or game out there. As someone who has played quite a bit of Yu-Gi-Oh in the past, luckily you don't need to know how to play it or even need to know any card game for that matter, its meant to replicate the show and the feeling more than the actuall game, And while you do make physical cards that you draw for the game, You are also able to make up cards on the spot with some guidance, to better replicate the "Perfect Draw" moment the shows tend to have.

Perfect Draw Character Sheet

Drawing of Thrash (With Gobombardier)

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 29: Super Blood Harvest

 Day 29 is for Super Blood Harvest. Another pretty simple one. Was mostly drawn to the setting for this one. Where you are people who have been captured in a spaceship run by vampires. Like the art in the book aswell. Again not much to say about today's one.

Super Blood Harvest Character Sheet

Drawing of Shivers

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 28: Invisible Sun

 Day 28 is for Invisible Sun. This game is quite facinating, all players play as Visalae, Which is basically a caster or wizard, or anyone that can use magic. But its's designed where how you cast it is very unique to what type you are, and there are some character options that even the game master doesn't know you have. So this characters soul is not written down here for example and thats by design. With that being said, Cool system but it might actually have a little too much going on. There's like weird color system thing that have to do with cards, symbols that only interact when its drawn from a card dack, yadda yadda. I'm mainly just here to make a character. 

Invisible Sun Character Sheet

Drawing of Rem Volframissu

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 27: Star Trek Adventures 2e

 Day 27 is for Star Trek Adventures 2e. As a pretty recent fan of Star Trek, I must say that this system is a lot better than I excepted it to be. It combines both the flavor of the setting very well and the mechanics feel good to use, This game like Burning Wheel also has a lifepath system, though I must say I prefer this one as its way easier to use. Now I just need to find a group who both plays ttrpgs and likes Star Trek.

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 26: Burning Wheel

Day 26 is for Burning Wheel. A system I've a lot about but didn't know much of before this challenge. Whit I knew is that it had a pretty significant lifepath system for character creation and a unique system for social interationsthat kinda becomes like an encounter of itself. While I've not had the chance to try out the social system I've definetly used the lifepath system this game has. I do like how different it is compared to other ways of making characters in that regard, And while I'm not usually the biggest fan of low-magic fantasy, I can see myself trying this.

Burning Wheel Character Sheet

Drawing of Agamemnon

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 25: Mothership

Day 25 is for the system Mothership. I've already made a character in a system made with the same engine, That being Cloud Princess. But here is the original system. Which for I say, the rules with like sanity and such, make way more sense in this game over Cloud Princess. Not to say that that system is bad by any means. Anywho, System is pretty strightforward to make a character in, not much to say aside from that.

Mothership Character Sheet

Drawing of Knight

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 24: Shadowdark

 Day 24 is for Shadowdark. The system itself is pretty good. Bit more streamlined d&d 5e with a more darker aesthetic. Whats mostly notable about this day is how AWFUL the stats I rolled for this character. The strength is good and charisma is decent but everything else is just plain bad. Its almost impressive.

Shadowdark Character Sheet

Drawing of Mubnok (Probably won't live long)

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 23: Doronai Nui

 Day 23 is for Doronai Nui. System made to replicate Bionicle. Nuff Said. Alothugh I did not expect it to be so similar yet different from d&d 5e. Hard to explain, Just wanted an excuse to make a Bionicle.

Doronai Nui Character Sheet

Drawing of Toa Erko

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 22: Triangle Agency

 For Day 22 is Triangle Agency. Now, going into this system I expected a scp-like game where you play as agents hunting down anomalies. What I did not expect was a game where you ARE the anomalies, hunting down other anomalies, while managing corporate interest, personal life stuff, moral dilemmas dealing with the anomalies and your role in the agency AND there are ARG(alternate reality game)-like secrets in the game the GM doesn't even know untill discovered later? This game is insane in a good way.

Triangle Agency Character Sheet

Drawing of Jesse Cronen (and his alien son)

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 21: Land of Eem

 Day 21 is for the game Land of Eem. A more straightforward one to mix it up between crunchier systems. That isn't to say that Land of Eem doesn't have substance. While I was initially attracted to the more whimsical style of the game and didn't think to much about the mechanics. It does have some cool stuff going for it, Like how instead of choosing which abilities you get per level you have access to both and pick which one you keep when you level up. That means you can try out both and keep the one that either more useful/fun, Neat.

Land of Eem Character Sheet

Drawing of Kit

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 20: Fragged Empire 2e

 Day 20 is for Fragged Empire 2e. Man this game is awesome. Its kinda like mix between sci fi, cyberpunk, and a post-post apocalypse. While the system is quite crunchy it also makes it highly customizable in a very satifying way, and whats good about the system aswell is that if you feel intimidated by the crunchyness or fear trap options, The game has a great icon system where it shows which options are easy but solid picks, options that have strong synergies but require game mastery, options that give great story potiential, and which options are for more fun factor. This means that pretty much anyone who goes into the game no matter if you want to optimize or more casual, storybased or whatever, can find a way to make a chatacter that matches your playstyle. This icon system is something I think more games should have.

Fragged Empire 2e Character Sheet

Drawing of Medea

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 19: Blades in the Dark

 Day 19 is for Blades in the Dark. Similar to other Powered by the Apocalypse games but has some interesting differences when it comes to mechanics. The setting is also pretty cool, Reminds me a lot of the game Dishonered. Other than that it was pretty straightforward to make a character. 

There is also some interesting stuff when it comes to making crews and factions. But those are more collaborative with other players so I won't really cover that here.

Blades in the Dark Character Sheet

Drawing of Clave "Ogre" Strangford

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 18: GURPS

 Day 18 is for GURPS. This is one of the game systems that intimidated me the most. With how it was described it seemed like it required a lot of work to make a character. Luckily it wasn't that bad. But there are still some things about the game I don't really get I don't think so if this cherecter is not fully finished its because I had very little idea of what I was doing.

At any case, GURPS doesn't come with a setting so I had to come up with one. I decided upon Disney's Treasure Planet as a setting because it seemed doable and why the hell not. Due to the mix of age of sails world mixed with sci tech it made it hard to decide a tech level so I landed on tech level 5 with some things reflavored.

I might revisit GURPS in the future but for now I've got other systems I need to research.

GURPS Character Sheet

Drawing of Jabber McFinley

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 17: Epyllion

 Day 17 is Epyllion: A Dragon Epic. Character Creation is very similiar to other Powered by the Apocalypse games like Monster of the Week and well... Apocalypse World, Which means you basically pick an archetype and then just fill in some options and you're done. What caught my attention with this game was the setting, Seemed pretty neat to play as a dragon and is also a good change of pace character design wise.

Epyllion Character Sheet

Drawing of Samsmilt

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 16: Hypermall Unlimited Violence

 Day 16 is Hypermall Unlimited Violence. I'm not even sure where to begin with this system. Imagine if you had Troika! but the creator of the game Cruelty Squad was responsible for making it. Then you get something similar to whatever this madness is. 

Anywho I got a man who has been cybernetically morphed into a vending machine when I randomly rolled for a character. Still, could be worse. There was a chance I could've been a clone of Mr.Beast.

Hypermall Unlimited Violence Character Sheet?

Drawing of Midlands Cigarettes bionic vendodrone No. 163

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 15: Troika!

 Day 15 is for Troika! (yes the exclamation mark is part of the title). Troika character creation is pretty straightforward, but the characters that can be generated from the game are very fun and creative. Anything from space giants, mutants, rhinomen to even an angry child with a sword. So of course I end up with a pond pisser. Still, fun sci fantasy world.

Troika! Character Sheet

Drawing of Cates Beianus

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 14: Vampire the Masquerade

 Day 14 is for Vampire the Masqurade 5e. For this character I actually took the official quiz to see which clan I as a preson would in if I was a vampire. I ended up as a Tremere, Or blood sorcerers as they usually are. Granted this character probably is a lot cooler than I am in real life, but I digress. Cool lore, love the vibe of the game. Should try it out sometime

Vampire the Masqurade Character Sheet

Drawing of Drago Mezzini

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 13: Starfinder 2e

 Day 13 is for Starfinder 2nd edition. As of writing this, Starfinder 2e isn't actually out yet so I'm using the playtest that Paizo published for free. Starfinder 2e rules are based upon the Pathfinder 2e rules, which means that making a character in that will feel very simialr. What sets it aside is the setting. A future sci'fi version of Golarion where technology and magic is used together. It's a bit early to say whether or not 2e starfinder is good or not yet, but I enjoy the setting and have high hopes for the game.

Starfinder 2e Character Sheet

Drawing of Dayako

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 12: Cairn 2e

 12 is for Cairn 2e. Cairn has some pretty interseting things going for it. A lot of the background give some strong flavor that effects both character conept but also gear and abilities. I'm also intrigued by how progression in this game not necesarily is positive like other systems but more like things to help the character get into more adventures.

The GM section seems pretty useful aswell even for other systems which I always like.

Cairn 2e Character Sheet

Drawing of Basil

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 11: Cloud Empress

 Day 11 is Cloud Empress. A ecological fantasy game using Mothership, a space horror rpg game as a system... Odd choice but seems to work decently. The setting is cool. The character creation was decent enough and gave some interesting character ideas.

As you can see there isn't as much to say for today, mainly it was because there was supposed to be a different system today. But the system seemed too half baked for my taste so I pivoted to this. Which I'm glad I did as this seems like a cool system.

Cloud Empress Character Sheet

Drawing of Fork the Third

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 10: Sentinel Comics

 Day 10 is Sentinel Comics. I wanted to squeeze in atleast one superhero based system this month. While I could do Mutants and Masterminds 3e which I also like, I opted for Sentinel Comics as the Character creator seemed pretty fun. Suffice to say it was, Even if you aren't using the generator for playing Sentinel Comics it gives great inspiration for heroes you could make even for other systems.

Sentinel Comics Character Sheet

Drawing of Myomite

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 9: Dragonbane

 Day 9 is Dragonbane, or Drakar och Demoner if you're from Sweden. Fun fact before even dungeons and dragons an older version of Drakar and Demoner was the first tabletop roleplaying game I owned growing up. Although at the time I didn't really know how any game system really worked and mostly just made up rules. But that was still enough to love this hobby and and thus I still hold a soft spot for Drakar and Demoner. 

So how does the newer version hold up? Exelently if I'd say so. Its design is both elegant and easy to learn, yet has depth in it's combat and character progression. A great homage that has modern sensiblities basically. 

Dragonbane Character Sheet

Drawing of Fermer Graycape

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 8: Lancer

Day 8 is for Lancer. This system has intimidated me for a long time. I like the concept of it but for all that I heard about it was that it was super crunchy and involved. And while I don't necesarily mind a bit of crunch (I have for example played both pf1 and pf2 quite a bit), Its something that can easily be overwhelming. And while it was still crunchy I was suprised how relatively easy it was to make a character for this system. Especially making the pilot was more straightworward than i thought. 

Not to say that the system lacks customizability, You can make a big vareity of mech that you thankfully can change between fight pretty easily, as long as you have the licence for it you can pretty much make that mech.

Will also note that the names where randomized and all of the randomly generated mech names were equally as intence.

Lancer Character Sheet

Drawing of Manticore with the mech "Earth as my Witness"

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2025 Character Creation Challenge 7: The Wildsea

Time for day day where the system today is the Wildsea. One of the most unique settings I've ever seen from a tabletop rpg system. The premise is that the world is covered in huge forests that are so vast that people sail untop of the canopys with chainsaw powered ships. Thats not even including the myriad of strange creatures and things that exist in the world.

I also like how despite how simple the game is, The customiziabiliy is so high even after character creation. Really gets the scrounging for parts and upgrading over time feel really well in that regard.

Oh yeah you can play cactus people, thats not even the strangest playable species.

The Wildsea Character Sheet

 

Drawing of Msomsa

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