Creating a character in FBT

What's on the Wiki
To make a character you'll need:


 * Statistics
 * a Race
 * Skills
 * some Abilities

Hopefully we will have the whole process for making a character detailed here. There is enough to start a character between the Statistics and Race pages.

The Character Sheet is a self calculating one, so it is recommended that you follow the steps detailed on the sheet to make your character for now.

The Semi-Intelligent FBT Character Sheet:
At first glance, the character sheet may seem daunting. I try to explain every step, so hopefully it won't be as confusing as it first appears to be.
 * If you want to browse what abilities you might give your character, you might start by perusing the Abilities section. FBT generally assumes your character has picked two ability trees, such as Black Magic and Hydromancy, or Quick and Psionic.  If you plan to have your character dabble in five ability trees, you may find it difficult to assign good stats to all the pertinent Physical and Mental Statistics.
 * If you don't know what to do, simply diving into the character sheet itself may help you get started.

Using the Semi-Intelligent FBT Character Sheet
Here is the Semi-Intelligent FBT Character Sheet in google doc template form.

http://docs.google.com/templates?hl=en&q=fbt%20character%20sheet

I believe you need a google account in order to use the template, but using this template is currently the best way to have the most recent version of the sheet for your character.
 * If you already know what race you would like to play, start with the "Races" sheet and follow the instructions there. Otherwise, start with the "Stats" sheet.
 * Race should be modified on the "Races" sheet; equipment should be modified via the "Equipment" sheet; skills from the "Skills" sheet. Most other data goes in the "Stats" sheet.  You do not need to edit the left two-thirds of the "Combat" sheet, as it draws from other sheets in the document (the right third being the box for writing shorthand notation of your combat abilities for your own convenience).

More
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http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tchcbKtIkXWxjADQpjGl-iQ&output=html

Currently troubleshooting how to get the spreadsheet embedded.

I hope to have the character sheet available directly from this wiki or embedded here or something else for people who might not have a google account.