Mehan
Character Creation.
Choose gender
Choose origin
Choose alignment
Distribute 20 Skill Points and 1 Attribute Point
Distribute 5 Health Points
Spin the wheel -- optional
Bio, portrait, inventory -- standard
Default Characteristics:
Strength 5
Stamina 5
Reflexes 5
Intelligence 5
Willpower 5
Luck 3
Female characters receive -2 to Strength and Stamina, but +2 to Willpower
Strength
You know how to inflict pain
+10% to melee damage per point, required for using weapons and armor
Stamina
You know how to endure pain
+20 to health per point, resistance to negative physical effects
Reflexes
You can inflict pain gracefully and skillfully
+2 to accuracy, evasion, +1 to stealth and perception
Intelligence
The more you think, the more you suffer
+1 to Skill Points, +1 to initiative, +1 to etiquette, required for reading books and skills, added to the difficulty of sanity checks
Willpower
The only thing that stands before the void
+2 to sanity per point, +1 to charisma, number of spells per day -- Willpower/2, rounded up.
Sanity
When sanity is lost, the percentage lost is subtracted from Reflexes and Intelligence, but added to any final damage. Thresholds: 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%
When sanity drops to 50%, the character has a 33% chance of failing an action
When it drops to 25%, it fails with 33%, with 33% it performs a random action
When sanity drops to 0, the character is unable to perform any actions and receives a mental affliction
Sleep restores 1 point