New Beginnings: Alternate Character Creation Methods for Pathfinder RPG

Who This Appeals To

Perfect for Pathfinder 1e players and GMs who are tired of the same old point-buy vs. die-rolling debate. Whether you want to play out your character's life before the campaign begins, jump in fast with a prototype, or let the tarot cards decide your fate, New Beginnings offers a fresh approach to the very foundation of the game.

Features

• Career Character Creation: Play out your character's life in broad strokes—choices and rolls determine ability scores, weapon proficiencies, and class skills, enabling unusual combinations like a sorcerer with Diplomacy or a rogue proficient with greataxes
• Prototype Character Creation: Fast-start method using pre-existing prototypes that determine class, ability scores, skills, feats, and unique special abilities
• Tarot Character Creation: Ability scores distributed through a tarot card reading, with flavorful suggestions about your character's past and personality
• 5 Additional Mini-Methods: Dice-based tweaks that turn character creation into mini-games, challenging you to build the best character possible
• 8 Total Methods: Something for every play style and campaign tone

What You'll Experience

Character creation sets the tone for everything that follows. With New Beginnings, that first session becomes an event in itself—a career unfolding through choices and dice, a tarot spread revealing destiny, or a prototype snapping into place in minutes. Each method is designed to facilitate a different style of play, so your campaign starts on exactly the right note.

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Pair with The Artisan – Crafting Base Class for Pathfinder RPG for expanded character options, or explore Book of Magic: Signature Spells 1 and Book of Magic: Signature Spells 2 to further customize your new character.