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Hit Points and Spirit Points

Hit Points and Spirit Points are mandatory stats. The Game Master may optionally allow for determination of hand dominance and sexual orientation. Additionally, the Game Master may allow characters to have a Bane or Boon.

Hit PointsHealth reserve

Character Class	Hit Points Per Level
Barbarian	1d12
Cavalier	1d12
Gunslinger	1d10
Investigator	1d6+1
Jack of All Trades	1d6+1
Mathematician	1d6
Necromancer	1d6
Paladin	1d10
Priest	1d8
Protector	1d10+1
Ranger	1d10
Shaman	1d8+1
Speaker For the Dead	1d6+1
Thief	1d6+1
Warrior	1d12+1
Wishsinger	1d6

Unless there is a very compelling reason to do otherwise, Game Master shall have all characters to start first level at maximum hit points. Additionally, split-class characters always get the full hit die for their secondary classes when that class increases in level. Constructs acquire one Structural Point per level instead of hit points. When characters lose hit points due to Death Magic, those hit points return when the character goes up in level.

Spirit PointsSpiritual/Magical reserve

Character Class	Spirit Points (Based on Faith score)
Character Class	1 to 9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Barbarian	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Cavalier	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Gunslinger	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Investigator	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jack of All Trades	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mathematician	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Necromancer	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Paladin	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Priest	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Protector	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ranger	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	15
Shaman	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Speaker For then Dead	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Thief	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Warrior	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Wishsinger	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

At first level, the Faith attribute score is added to the quantity from the table as shown below. Thus, calculating a 3rd level Paladin of Faith 15 would yield SP=15+6+6+6. = 33 Spiritual Points.

Changes in Faith do no retroactively change the character's spiritual point total. In other words, should the aforementioned Paladin increase his Faith by a point in-between levels, he would not increase his spiritual points at the higher Faith value. Only successive levels are affected by changes in the Faith attribute.

EmpathyAbility to read emotions

Empathy
	Percentile Roll (d100)
Race	01 to 50	51 to 74	75 to 90	91 to 99	100
Changeling	20	30	40	50	50 + Faith
Dwarf	5	10	15	20	20 + Faith
Elf	10	15	20	25	25 + Faith
Fey	10	15	20	25	25 + Faith
Human	10	15	20	30	30 + Faith
Werite	10	15	20	30	30 + Faith

Construct*	10	15	20	30	30 + Faith
Undead**	5	10	15	20	20 + Faith

* Construct empathy usually only works with other Constructs
** The Game Master may substitute this data set in favor of the pre-conversion race.

Some important things to know about empathy:

With respect to intimate partnerships in which empathy is mismatched (i.e. one person is more powerful than the other), there exists a significant risk of the weaker esper gradually losing his/her personality in favor of the more powerful partner. This risk begins at a 10-point difference and is significant at a 20-point difference. It is generally considered to be wholly unethical to have an intimate relationship with someone 30 points lower than the more powerful partner.

The Game Master may rule that exceptionally powerful espers can create illusions in the minds of their targets.

Empathy and Empathic Resistance are usually the same value. However, it is theoretically possible to have a higher empathic resistance than base empathy. The reverse is never true.

The Game Master may rule that an Undead esper has more difficulty reading the living than the dead. This does not affect game mechanics, but the Game Master may add a role-playing aspect wherein the Undead character expresses fatigue or additional concentration.

HandednessLeft/Right dominance

Race	Left Hand	Right Hand
Changeling	1d20	1d4
Dwarf	1d6	1d20
Elf	1d8	1d20
Fey	1d20	1d20
Human	1d4	1d20
Werite	1d4	1d20

The larger of the two die rolls indicates the hand dominance. For example, a Human that rolls a "4" for the left hand and a "2" for the right hand would be left-handed. If both numbers are the same, the character is ambidextrous.

Constructs do not use this table because it assumed that they are all ambidextrous. Additionally, a Construct might not have hands but instead may have grapplers, suction cups, or tool accessories instead of hands.

Sexual OrientationAttraction in intimate relationships

Race	Same-Sex	Bisexual	Opposite-Sex
Changeling	1 to 2	3 to 4	5 to 99
Dwarf	1 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 99
Elf	1 to 8	9 to 20	21 to 99
Fey	1 to 2	3 to 97	98 to 99
Human	1 to 5	6 to 10	11 to 99
Werite	1 to 5	6 to 10	11 to 99

The above table employs percentile dice. Constructs are purposefully omitted. While it is theoretically possible that a Construct would be designed for sexual encounters, there is no innate drive as such for a Construct. A Living Construct may develop love and possibly even romantic love for another sentient being. However, that would unlikely be driven by sexual attraction.

It is also worthy of note that Changelings generally engage in sex for reproduction rather than recreation (and thus their low rate of homosexuality). It is also worth noting that most Fey are bisexual and will willingly (and often) have short-term, no-commitment encounters with with sentient beings outside their species.

A roll of "00" indicates that the character in question is asexual. The GM could also use this result for some other type of orientation not listed here.

Banes & BoonsOptional extra flavor

Banes and Boons

While some people seem to be born lucky, some seem to be losers from the start. This optional table can be used to determine some predefined attributes, birth defects, and special blessings. It should be known that it is difficult to have a bane or a boon. To determine this, roll a 1d20 (20-sided die). A 1 indicates a bane (a bad thing), while a 20 indicates a boon (a good thing. This table aside describes the banes and boons a character might have.

d20	Bane	Boon
1	Poor hearing: -25% to Hear Noise/ Listen; -3 to sound-related perception checks.	Good health: +20% to disease resistance. Immune to poison ivy & common cold.
2	Speech impediment: -1 to speech related checks.	Keen eye: +1 to one vision- related check per day.
3	Missing / rotten teeth. -4 to Comeliness.	Good at gambling: +3 to all gambling rolls.
4	Bad luck: GM can undo one character roll per day.	Good luck: Character can retake one failed roll per day.
5	Clumsy: Maximum DEX is 8.	Hulk: Minimum Strength is 15.
6	Nearsighted: Character has -2 to hit and -1 to damage for all missile attacks.	Fleet Feet: Extra 3// to base movement.
7	Horse Enmity: All riding animals will hate the character.	Internal Compass: +4 to any checks against being lost.
8	Cleft Palette: Max Comeliness is 8.	Tough Skin: +2 to base armor class.
9	Cowardly followers: Character never attracts henchmen or followers w/ moral > 8.	Mastermind: Can operate at +4 INT or WIS for one turn each day.
10	Fatigue: Character needs one extra hour of sleep per night.	Low Metabolism: Character needs only ½ normal food quantities.
11	Directionless: Will get lost easily (roll Panic check to resist)	Fearless: May retake one failed save vs. fear related once per day.
12	Loveless: -8 to CHR when dealing w/ opposite sex (or same sex if LGBT).	Strong Mind: +10% to empathic resistance (or, alternatively, +5% to Empathy)
13	Broke: Start game 2d4 GP in debt.	Educated: Already knows read/write.
14	Bad First Impression: -4 to all Initial Reaction rolls.	Sentinel: Character needs only half normal sleep.
15	Thin Blood: Takes extra point of damage from impaling/cutting wounds.	Iron Jaw: Immune to boxer’s “KO.” Sys Shock save +1.
16	Albino: Allergic to sunlight; -4 to light-based saving throws.	Heat Thrive: Can take 120° temp indefinitely; 150° @ 1 rn/Endurance point.
17	Eating Disorder: Character gains 4d6 lb. per level unless the character exercises for one hour each day.	Open Mind: +10% to base empathic rating.
18	Power Fizzle: 25% chance per use innate power will fail to invoke unless the character meditates for half an hour each day.	Natural Climber: +25% to Climb Walls and Walk Tightrope.
19	Poor Health: -1 to all hit point acquisition rolls.	Quick Recovery: Heals an extra point each day
20	Roll twice	Roll twice

Things to Consider

Characters do not die at zero hit points, but they do become incapacitated. Character death occurs at -11 hit points.
Constructs have Structural Points instead of hit points. This means that they only take damage if they incur 10 or more hit points of damage in a given round. Constructs are disabled at 0 Structural points and are destroyed at -1.
A character brought to zero spirit points is not incapacitated but does incur a sense of spiritual fatigue. Spirit points recover naturally with time and rest.
Awakened Constructs do not accumulate spirit points but Living Constructs do. This is because Living Constructs have souls. A Living Construct should receive retroactive spirit points once it is endowed with a soul (this is one of the few exceptions to the "don't backdate" philosophy).