Here’s a preview from the Characters chapter of the upcoming Swords Against the Shadows game, coming to Kickstarter on July 1st for two weeks.

Decide on Character Class

First, choose a class (see page 7 onwards). The class determines what
sort of adventurer they are and what innate abilities they have. The four
choices are Barbarian, Fighter, Thief, and Sorcerer.
Each class has a section entitled Essentials which details the following.

• Starting hit points at 1st level.
• Hit Dice. The dice they roll for additional hit points after first level.
• What sort of sanity loss the character is particularly resilient against.
• What arms and armour they can use.
• The damage they inflict in physical combat.
• Each class has a selection of Styles, which tell you roughly what the
  character looks like and their starting equipment.
• Importantly, each class has a set of Class Abilities that differentiate them
  from the other classes and tell you where they excel.
• Finally, there is a section that tells you what happens when they gain
  a New Level and through having enough experiences (see page 31)
  levelling up.

Here’s the Barbarian class as an example.

• The Barbarian – PDF.

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