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Forum: The Character Burner

For questions regarding character burning, traits, skills, Beliefs and Instincts, Faith, Grief, Greed and Hatred.

  1. Exclamation Sticky Thread Sticky: Online Character Burner update

    Hi all, If you have a Google account you can now register to use the (unofficial) Online Character Burner (OCB). You will be asked once to...

    Posted By pauld
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    07-27-2010 01:14 AM Go to last post
  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Skill with Two Root Stats

    Maybe I overlooked the answer, but in the description of skills, when it's got two things listed as the root (say, Agility/Perception) do you use the...

    Posted By Leningrad
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    09-24-2009 04:44 PM Go to last post
  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Citydweller Temple Acolyte

    The traits for the Citydweller Temple Acolyte should be as they are listed below. They should NOT have Sworn to the Order. Temple Acolyte 5...

    Posted By luke
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    04-24-2006 12:30 AM Go to last post
  1. Soothing platitudes and Ugly truth

    Hi, Could someone give me an exemple of an intent/task (not in a DW) with those skills in actual play?

    Posted By Marune
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    07-30-2010 07:59 PM Go to last post
  2. Nimue... THoughts after reading the MaBu.

    Have you read Bernard Cornwells Warlord Trilogy about King Arthur? Do you Remeber Nimue? She is one of my favorite characters, and after reading...

    Posted By Archdaimon
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    07-25-2010 05:11 PM Go to last post
  3. Bilge-Drinker

    In sitting down to play our first Burning Wheel game, my friends and I came across the Bilge-Drinker trait. I'm hoping to get some clarification on...

    Posted By Blunkt
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    07-05-2010 10:01 PM Go to last post
  4. Female Inquisitor

    We are still burning our setting so it's still a work in progress. However, the idea seems to be that an all-powerful church rules the land through...

    Posted By Dwarinpt
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    06-16-2010 07:57 PM Go to last post
  5. AdBu preview Beliefs questions

    Noob question #3,456,677: As regards the discussion on page 214 of the Adventure Burner, can one/should one write the Beliefs for a campaign as...

    Posted By Valannor
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    06-16-2010 03:49 PM Go to last post
  6. Wink The Cheapest Relationship

    So, if a forbidden relationship is worth -1 RP, a romantic relationship is -2 RPs, and immediate family is -2 RPs, an incestuous relationship only...

    Posted By Odie
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    06-08-2010 07:08 PM Go to last post
  7. Elf Unbreakable Trait

    I was looking through the various Lifepaths and Traits for Elves and noticed the Unbreakable trait. However, I can't seem to find a Lifepath that has...

    Posted By Shadowspawn
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    06-07-2010 12:43 PM Go to last post
  8. Rounding Up Reflexes

    Is there a Die Trait that rounds up the Reflexes attribute?

    Posted By wanderer
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    05-31-2010 09:31 PM Go to last post
  9. Tell me about orcs

    My players are getting ready to take their army north to fight orcs. But I've never used orcs in BW before. I've played around with the on-line...

    Posted By RRodger
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    05-29-2010 10:02 AM Go to last post
  10. Domain-wise

    Is the Domain-wise listed under Speaker of Names (in the Magic Burner) actually "Domain-wise" or "-wise?" If its the latter can it be taken multiple...

    Posted By RRodger
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    05-28-2010 09:08 AM Go to last post
  11. Help Me Cheat

    First session of a game with three 7(!) LP Spiteful Elves is coming up. This is building on a previous Orcs game we played where Orcs and Elves...

    Posted By wombleton
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    05-21-2010 04:12 PM Go to last post
  12. A half-elf half-dwarf...

    One of my players has a character who is an elf with a dwarven stepfather. He's written a belief about a half brother who he'll track down. We...

    Posted By Glug
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    05-18-2010 04:50 PM Go to last post
  13. I need a badass wizard

    My players love Circles. Don't have the right skill? Circle someone up to do it for you! Grrr... they've latched onto this a little too handily so...

    Posted By Glug
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    05-14-2010 09:19 PM Go to last post
  14. First Sorcerer, would like feedback/pointers

    Character concept is pretty basic, almost ripped right from the 'Adept' entry in the MagBu. Born to wretched peasantry and abused and abandoned in...

    Posted By Drengr
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    05-14-2010 03:25 PM Go to last post
  15. Can lowly orcs be Whisperers?

    One of my favorite LP's for the orcs is the Whisperer--I think it really captures the backbiting and scheming of orcish culture. However, it seems...

    Posted By Hirram
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    04-08-2010 08:00 AM Go to last post
  16. Character Burner Question

    Sorry for the thread necromancy, but what are the differences between a Setting and a Sub-Setting? The reason I ask is that it seems odd to have...

    Posted By Ovid
    • Replies: 4
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    04-05-2010 07:45 AM Go to last post
  17. Online Character Burner

    Hi, back here I posted about developing an AJAX (i.e. Web) based Character Burner. It's gone quite well and there's a version of it online...

    Posted By pauld
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    online character burner
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    04-04-2010 02:13 PM Go to last post
  18. Haunted trait

    It appears to be a character trait, and yet it's also listed in the Magic Burner as a Pre-Immanent trait. Is that right? Also, is it haunted as in...

    Posted By Odie
    • Replies: 1
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    03-30-2010 10:40 AM Go to last post
  19. Burning Wheel Character - comments, questions and help appriciated

    Burning Wheel Character Marlon Brock, 21 Campaign: Burning: Soldier's home. Concept: Homecoming soldier Sgt. Marlon, age 21, went to...

    Posted By Nihilium
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    03-28-2010 03:37 PM Go to last post
  20. [Trait] Change aperance

    Hi We'll have new character in my weekly Burning Eberron campaign. My friend wants to be a Changeling and I don't mind it. For those who never...

    Posted By Cavallo
    • Replies: 1
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    03-11-2010 04:13 PM Go to last post

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