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Playing a Viking with a hump, a foreign accent and an attitude problem might be fun at first but come 2.00am you’ll be knackered. Try choosing something quite close to you to begin with, nothing too extravagant. Remember, there should be very few things that your character can do that you yourself can’t do.  \nDon’t play a vicar if you don’t know the first thing about the Bible, or a magician if you can’t do a single trick. For some of the game your conversation will be about your life and occupation so create an alter-ego that enables you to hold your own in the banter of the dinner table. Basically select something you can bluff for a couple of days. If you want to play something outside your own expertise then make certain you do a little research!  \nPossible characters include: Actor/actress, antiquarian, anthropologist, archaeologist, butler, author, detective, dilettante, doctor, entrepreneur, government official, journalist, lord/lady, lawyer, medium, photographer, politician, priest, private investigator, psychiatrist, scientist, soldier, sportsman, spy, society lady/gent, or anything else you choose to create.  \nCreate a name, date and place of birth, occupation and life history – it need be no more than one side of A4. It should have information about your family and origins, education, occupation, major events in your life (be they mundane or sordid and scandalous) and focus particularly on the past year. It’s worth doing a little research to really get your facts sorted. It is also useful to know a little about the period in which the game is set. (Usually between 1930-1949) . Who’s on the throne? Who is the PM? What’s going on in the War at present?  \nYour character profile should be sent to the game organiser at least one week in advance of the adventure.  \nGame Mechanics  \nDuring the course of the game the referees may require a momentary pause in the game or they may decide that a longer recess is required. To this end they may give one of the following commands.  \n'Time freeze!' All players are to freeze in their current position, close their eyes, put their fingers in their ears and hum loudly. (Don't worry. You'll hardly ever be asked to 'time freeze' in a public place.)  \n'Time out!' All the players may come out of character and relax. This is used at  \nthe end of the game and occasionally during a game  \n'Time in!' The game has started / restarted and the players must assume  \ntheir characters.  \nFailure to comply with these commands can result in severe HP and SAN loss. So do as you’re told, okay?  \nCharacter Creation  \nThe first thing to do when you are designing a character is to decide what kind of character you want to play. There are four types of character:  \nPhysical characters (Soldiers, sportsmen, bodyguards and ‘combative’ types.)  \nComposite characters (Journalists and agents.)  \nIntellectual characters (Academics, scientists and assorted boffins.)  \nDilettante characters (Aristocrats, misfits, criminals, artists and vagabonds.)  \nEach character type has it’s own strengths and weaknesses. A physical character may be fine and dandy in a firefight but fall apart when confronted by an old book while an intellectual character may have a brain the size of a planet but be left barely conscious by a gust of wind.  \nLevels  \nAll PCs start at level one. Survival of an adventure usually results in an additional level.  \nSkill Points (SP), Hit Points (HP), Magic Points (MP), Grapple Score (GS), and Magic Resistance (MR) can be gained with experience but sanity (SAN) may decrease.  \nPCs start with HP, MP, GS and MR scores between 1-3, a SAN score no higher than 100 and 2-5 S","cbCailf7Q2qg3Deo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailf7Q2qg3Deo","pdf",380249,52,"English","# The Basics\n## Character Creation\n# Game Mechanics\n## Time freeze / Time out / Time in\n# Levels and Stats\n## Hit Points and character types\n# Combat and Damage\n## Unconsciousness and bleeding\n# Class Changes\n## Changing class rules","[{\"question\":\"What are the roleplaying expectations for players during the game?\",\"answer\":\"Players must stay in character at all times unless a referee or NPC instructs otherwise. 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