Characters

Every creature on Tael is a character in its own story, and every character consists of various attributes and abilities that make each character unique in its own way.

Attributes

Each character has a set of attributes with different values

Attribute		Description
Body	Strength	The Physical strength of a character. This value determines how much force a character can create through his body.
	Agility	The speed and dexterity of a character. This value determines how much control the character has over his body regarding fine and specific motions.
	Stamina	The physical limits of a character. This value determines how much the character's body can withstand under exhausting conditions.
Soul	Intelligence	The theoretical knowledge of a character. This value determines the character's knowledge of learnable topics like history or magic.
	Wisdom	The practical knowledge of a character. This value determines the character's understanding of the general workings of the world.
	Charisma	The social abilities of a character. This value determines how well this character can interact with other characters.

Potential and Capacity

Each Attribute is bound to a fixed potential and growth value, determining the rate of growth and upper possible limits of the values.

Potential

Potential determines the maximum value of its corresponding attribute. Body Potential is usually determined by a character's race, while the Soul Potential is usually determined by its background and heritage.

Growth

Growth determines how fast a character's attributes can grow over time. Just like Potential, its values are usually determined by the character's race for Body Growth and its race for Soul Growth.

Values and Calculations

Every stat can have a value between 0 and 100, though past 60 is usually only reachable under special conditions. When a creature is born, it starts off with 0 in every stat, which will linearly increase to its desired base values while reaching adulthood.

Base Values

Base values are set during a character's creation. A total of 100 points can be distributed between the six main attributes. However, a base value can not surpass 30, the potential of the character, and can not be negative.

Value Meaning

The values represent the base modifier for that stat. Starting from a modifier of -10 at a value of zero, the modifier will increase by one per point up until zero at ten points. From ten upwards, every five points of a stat will increase its modifier by one. Starting from 95 till 98 it will increase by one each again, and at 99 and 100 by five, representing ultimate mastery in that stat.

Stat Value	Modifier		Stat Value	Modifier		Stat Value	Modifier
0	-10		15	1		70	12
1	-9		20	2		75	13
2	-8		25	3		80	14
3	-7		30	4		85	15
4	-6		35	5		90	16
5	-5		40	6		95	17
6	-4		45	7		96	18
7	-3		50	8		97	19
8	-2		55	9		98	20
9	-1		60	10		99	25
10	0		65	11		100	30

Leveling

As Characters grow in strength, they can enhance their stats by their growth rate for each attribute. Up until level 9, characters can choose three different attributes per level up to improve by it's growth rate. From level 11 to 19 they can choose two attributes. From 21 and onwards, one attribute per level up. Every 10 levels, characters can freely choose three attributes to increase, including the same attribute multiple times. A stat that has reached its full potential for that character can no longer be increased until level 50. From level 50 onward, a full potential attribute can be further increased by half its growth rate rounded up. A stat value of 90 and above can only be increased by one per level up, no matter its growth rate (this includes the ten interval levels, meaning even if you choose the same 90+ attribute thrice, it will only go up by one in total.

A Characters level is independent from their class Level, which improves in its own pace. As the class level of a character improve, the characters will improve according to the classes leveling description.

General Skill Modifier

With increasing Character Level, a character's general knowledge of everything will increase. The General Skill Modifier is a Modifier that can be applied to almost all Skill-Checks. This table shows the growth of the General Skill per Character Level.

Character Level	General Skill Modifier
1	0
5	1
10	2
20	3
35	4
50	5

Sub-Attributes

Some Attributes combined result in a sub-attribute, whose total value is determined by the average of its corresponding main-attributes rounded up.

	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intelligence	Wisdom	Charisma
Strength		Acrobatics	Constitution
Agility		Initiatve		Combat	Dodging Sneaking	Acting
Stamina						Negotiating
Intelligence					Survival Magic	Storytelling
Wisdom						Persuasion
Charisma

Characteristics

Every Character additionally also has some characteristics that determine its general morale and other abilities

Alignment

Main article: Alignments

The Alignment of a Character determines its general decision making.

Deity

Most Characters have one Deity or God it looks up to. It is possible for a Character to not have this characteristic.

Skills

Skills determine which main- or sub-attributes are enhanced due to specific training or learning, or even by natural inheritance. It can also show if characters are knowledgable in the use of certain items or schools of magic.

Specialization

A character can specialize in certain sub-attributes, making them extra knowledgable or proficient in it.