CHARACTER

BACKGROUNDTALES

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LEDATRAI
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ENKS
 CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

THEI
NSPI
RATI
ON
St
oryt
ell
ingi
sac
orec
omponentofCoy
otea
ndCr
ow.

Thec orer
ulebooksuggestst
hat,t
ohi ghl
ightthi
s,tr
yincor
pora
tingper
sona
l
stori
esattheendofea chSagacal
ledTa l
es.Ta
lesisthefirs
toftwopart
sthat
sproutedt
hei ns
pir
ati
ont ocrea
tethisgamea i
d.

Thesecondpa r
tofthei nspir
ati
onforthisgamea idistheli
fepathproces
sof
Cyberpunkfr
om R.Ta l
soriangames,becausethelif
epathprocessisagreatgame
ai
d,whichHelpsplayersa ndthest
orytell
ercrea
t eastory
.Thebr i
lli
anc
eoft hi
s
proc
essisthatita
lsohel ptobuil
dthes ett
ingfrom thecharact
er’si
nfluenceright
fr
om thestar
t.

Cha ract
erBa ckgroundTales(CBT)a ndTa lesforendi ngaSaga, t
ogether
,they
ma keacy cl
icalprocessofstorytel
li
ng.CBTpr ovidess omeinit
ialcata
lys
tsforthe
Storytell
ertout i
liz
ewhent heya r
edesigningt heSa ga.WhenaSa gaends,the
cha r
acterswillcreat
etheircha r
acter
’sTale, a
ndt hent hes
eTa l
esa l
ongwitht he
informati
onf rom theCBTwi lls
eedintot henex tSaga .Withthecy cl
estar
ting
intoanewSa ga ,
weca nbrieflydi s
cusswha ti
sa ctua
llyinthissuppl
ementalga me
aid.

Thefollowingtablesa r
emea nttoprovidemea ni
ngfulprompt st
ohel pest
a bli
sh
thefeelofCoy otea ndCr owwhi leprovidingenoughva ri
ati
ont oma kethiswor l
d
feelal
ive.I
ncr eati
ngt hisga mea i
d,Na t
ivet r
adit
ionsfrom alloverthecount r
y
wererespectfull
yc onsi
der ed,andtheex is
tingwor l
dpresentedint heCoyot eand
Crowc orerulebook !
Not
e:
Inthecreat
ionofthisgamea idtherewa sahea vy
rel
ianc
eont heworldbuil
dingint hec or
erulebook.
Thisgamea i
decanalsobeagoodt oolfor
non-nat
iveplay
ersworri
eda boutcultureappropri
ati
on.
CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

CUL
TURALORI
GINS
PICKONEORROLL1 D12FORYOURORIGIN REGION.
THEN CHOOSETWO LANGUAGESFROM THEREGION’SLANGUAGECHOI CES
AND NATIVEPLAYERSCAN USETHEI
RTRIBE'
SLANGUAGEI FTHEYSO WI
SH.

REGI
ON LANGUAGES
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ALES

FASHI
ON AND HAI
R

PI
CKONEORROLL1D12FORYOURHAI RSTYLEAND
PERSONALFASHI
ON SEPERATELY.

PERSONALFASHI
ON HAI
RSTYLE
CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

SI
GNATUREADORNMENT(
S)
MANNERI
SM

HeyNa
rooy
oh!

Checkoutthi
snews mart
f
abri
cthatIjustgot
.
-Yuthast

Reminder:Notal
l
Manneri
smsa r
e
appr
opriat
efor
di
fferentTri
bes!
PI
CKONEORROLL1 D1
2FORYOURMANNERI SM
AND SI
GNATUREADORNMENTSEPERATEL
Y.

MANNERI
SM ADORNMENT
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ALES

FAMI
LYORI
GIN

PI
CKONEORROLL1 D1
2FORYOURFAMILYORI
GIN
AND THEASSOCI
ATED HOMEENVI
RONMENT.

FAMI
LYORI
GIN HOMEENVI
RONMENT
 CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

FAMILYI
NCIDENT
Lifegoalherei
snotintendedto LI
FEGOAL
repla
ces hor
tter
m orlongterm
PICKONEORROLL1
D12FORYOURFAMILY
goalsfr
om thecorer
ulebook.
I
NCI
DENTAND HOMEENVI
RONMENTSEPERATEL
Y.

LI
FEGOAL FAMI
LYI
NCI
DENT
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ALES

TEMPERAMENT

Pi
ckoneorr
oll1d1
2foryourPer
sona
lit
y
a
ndpref
err
edArti
sti
cExpr
essi
onseper
atel
y.

PERSONALI
TY ARTEXPRESSI
ON
CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

WORLD VI
EW
MOTIVATI
ON
PI
CKONEORROLL1 D12FORYOURHAI RSTYLE
AND PERSONALFASHI
ON SEPERATELY.

MOTI
VATI
ON WORLD VI
EW
 CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

VALUED RELATI
ONSHI
PS

Choos eorr oll1d6f ornumberofva l

ued
rel
a t
ionshipsa ndt henchooseorroll1d1
2
foreachva luedr elati
onshi
p.Thendot he
sameont heBa ckstor
ytableforeach
valuedrelationship.

RELATI
ONSHI
P FOUNDATI
ON EVENT
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ALES

FAVORD PERSON
FAVORED POSSESSI
ON

Pi
ckoneorrol
l1d1
2foryourfav
oredPer
sona
nd
fa
voredposs
ess
ionsepera
tel
y.

PERSON POSSESSI
ON
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ALES

ROMANTI
CENTANGLEMENT

ENTANGLEMENT

CHOOSEORROLL1 D6FOR
THENUMBEROFROMANTI C
ENTANGLEMENTSAND THEN
CHOOSEORROLL1 D1
2FOR
EACH ROMANTIC
ENTANGLEMENT.
CHARACTERBACKGROUNDT
ALES

RI
VALS
ENEMIES

RI
VAL
CHOOSEORROLL1 D6FORNUMBEROFRI VALSAND
THEN CHOOSEORROLL1D12FOREACH RIVALTO
DETERMINEWHO THERIVALISTO YOURCHARACTER.

THEN CHOOSEORROLL1D1
2FOREACH RI
VALONCEON
THECAUSEAND TACTI
CTABLE.

THI
SWILLDETERMI
NEHOW THERIVALRYSTARTED AND
WHATTACTI
CTHEYWILLHAVETO USEAGAINSTYOU.

CAUSE TACTI
C
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ALES

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