Age To determine the starting age of your character you can either determine it randomly using the table below, or choose it If you choose it, your chosen age must be above the minimum age for your character’s race and class (see Table 9-1) For example, an umbral fighter must be at least 40 years of age at character creation If you choose to determine your character’s starting age randomly simply find your character’s chosen race and class on Table 9-1 and roll the appropriate dice Then add the total of the roll to the adulthood age for your chosen race Height and Weight To determine a character’s height roll the modifier dice indicated on Table 9-2 and add the result, in inches, to the base height of your character’s race and gender To determine weight simply multiply that roll by the weight multiplier and add the result to the base weight for your character’s race and gender Skills: There are some skills that may have alternate uses or different applications than their general description explains These new rules are completely optional, but they may add a much needed element or extra creative aspect to your game Linguistics There are several new languages that can be taken by exceptionally intelligent people or those who study languages Take note of any restrictions placed on who would commonly be allowed to learn a given language Such restrictions can be found in the language description Despite these normal restrictions, in the end it is up to the Game Master to decide if a person can know a particular language Nightling: This language is a series of hoots, clicks and growls It resembles a combination of animal sounds and can be very difficult for non native speakers to imitate Because of this only Table 9-1: Random Starting Ages Race Nightling Twilight Gnome Umbral Valshari Adulthood 15 years 40 years 35 years 100 years Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer +1d6 +4d6 +3d6 +4d6 Table 9-2: Random Height & Weight Race Nightling, Male Nightling, Female Twilight Gnome, Male Twilight Gnome, Female Umbral, Male Umbral, Female Valshari, Male Valshari, Female 164 Bard, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger +3d4 +6d6 +5d6 +6d6 Cleric, Druid, Monk, Wizard +3d6 +9d6 +7d6 +10d6 Base Height Base Weight Modifier Weight Multiplier 2 ft 8 in 2 ft 6 in 30 lbs 25 lbs 2d4 2d4 x1 lb x1 lb 3 ft 0 in 35 lbs 2d4 x1 lb 2 ft 10 in 5 ft 0 in 4 ft 10 in 5 ft 5 in 5 ft 4 in 30 lbs 110 lbs, 90 lbs 100 lbs 90 lbs 2d4 2d8 2d8 2d8 2d6 x1 lb x3 lbs x3 lbs x3 lbs x3 lbs