The Old World: Grim and Perilous

Chapter 1
Creating Your
Character
In this chapter you will find rules for creating your own character. Character creation follows
the steps described in the Genesys Core Rulebook; however, during Step : Choose a Career,
you will also select a specialization for your chosen career. You will also have an option to purchase
an additional specialization during Step : Invest Experience Points.
Character Creation: Step by step
This section summarizes all steps performed
during the character creation process.
Step 1: Determine
Background
You should create a basic concept of your character
by coming up with their background.
While this step may seem entirely skippable,
it is in fact very important as it will later help
you to determine your character's goals and
motivations. It also provides a framework for
building your character in terms of the game
mechanics. You may quickly create the character's
background by answering some of the
following questions:
• Where does your character come from?
• Who is your character's family?
• What is your character's social standing?
• How old is your character?
• What does your character think about the
world?
• Why did your character leave home?
In the chapter : Grim World of Perilous Adventure
we further explore how character's
background can be utilized during the game.
Step 2: Select a
Character Species
Choose a character species from among the
following: Human, Wood Elf, High Elf, Dwarf,
Halfling, Gnome, Imperial Ogre. You may also
roll on Table -: Character Species to determine
one randomly. Choosing the character
species has a great impact on both the game
narrative and mechanics. Narratively, it determines
how your character is seen by other
members of society, for example halflings are
seen as great cooks and ogres are usually considered
mindless brutes. Even if your charac-
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