Introduction¶

This section will guide you through the character creation. Characters in Endless Horizons are your average Joe and Jane, that fight for survival in the ultimate hostile environment: space.

Character Creation Points¶

All characters are built and advanced with Character Creation Points (CCP). You receive a given amount, specified by your game master at the start of the campaign, and you receive more as you go through the campaign. They are awarded as your character defeats enemies, finish quests and get over the dangers in the galaxy.

With CCP you can buy ability increases, improve skills, and even allow you to get special features and perks for your character.

For most games you will start with 50 CCP. But it is always up to the game master, and he or she might adjust the number to fit the theme of his game.

Pick a Background¶

In Endless Horizons your character learns skills that define what he or she is good at. Backgrounds are just a set of predefined skills that fit to a certain theme, education or training your character could have received. They are optional, however, and experienced players might wish to pick skills for their character individually.

Backgrounds are designed to help you get started with creating your character, but shouldn’t limit you in the possibilities. If you feel that none of the backgrounds fit, and you do not wish to pick the skills on your own you should talk to your game master. A game master can create new backgrounds for you.

A background usually comes with an ability increase. This increase stacks with your changes in abilities you made already. A background also comes with several skills unlocked and raised to certain ranks.

You are free to select more tan one background, but neither the skills nor the ability increases stack with each other. Only the highest one applies.

Pick Skills¶

Each skill your character wishes to learn has to be unlocked. Unlocking costs one, for normal skills, and then CCP for special skills. Special skills take longer to learn than other skills, or even require special training, teachers or a training facility. For example studying medicine takes years, and being a decent pilot requires training on a simulator for months.