Start the year with a Character Generation challenge!
How about a quick challenge to get your gaming brain back in gear after all those mince pies and alcohol. Here’s a piccie – all you have to do is say how you would generate him. Give me system (this is open to anything – 4e, 3e, Encounter Critical, Labyrinth Lord, T&T, Rolemaster, HERO, GURPS, HARP, M&M, M20, or anything else you can think of), class, race (I’m guessing human, but that’s entirely up to you) and level as applicable. Bonus points will be awarded for giving him a name, stats and providing a fully fledged character sheet.
Winner gets the first no-prize of 2010! Can’t say fairer than that now, can I?
Have at it!
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