Character Creation

Creating your character for Crescent's Rise is easy!

Just follow the steps below, and you'll be good to go!

## An Overview

* Do you want to draw or write primarily for your submissions?
* Choose your species: Human, Were-Creature, Faerie, Merfolk, or Revenant.
* View universal skills to select what your character can start with (you may claim up to 3). **Remember** that all characters can do "human" things like fight, climb, run, drive, etc -- Universal skills are for other things, like being good with guns or knowing how to forage.
* Claim your free skill (just remember that this skill doesn't count towards Renown!)
* Fill out your sheet (if written) or create your reference sheet/fill out the information sheet (if drawn)!
	+ At this point, you choose which Org, if any, you want your character to be in.

## The Basics

All players begin with one character slot; you unlock more as you finish prompts and submit content to the group!

### First

To start, choose if you want to **write** primarily or **draw** primarily! **You are free to do both**, but each has a different set of rules for allowed claims and what you can do.

As a general rule: **if you want to draw your character, you must have a drawn reference, either your own work or commissioned.**

#### **Writing Primarily**

If you want to primarily Write, you may:

Use Real Life FCs, use Anime/Manga FCs, or use **credited art** for your FC. If you use credited art or a Real Life FC, if the artist requests you take it down or the actor/actress/whomever does not want their likeness used for RP, you must immediately stop using the images.

All Real Life FCs must be 18+ in age.

You may use your own original artwork.

#### **Drawing Primarily**

If you want to primarily Draw, you may:

Use a Real Life FC **temporarily** until you have **your own original art of the character** completed. **You cannot participate in quests, skills, or anything involving submissions until you have a drawn reference.**

### Second

Move on to choose your species: Human, Were-Creature, Faerie, Merfolk, or Revenant. Limits to new characters within each species can be found on each species page.

Once your species is decided, look at the [Universal Skills] page to see what your character starts with! All characters have these skills to a moderate degree, but to specialize or otherwise master a skill, you must find it in one of the three trees that all characters have access to: Martial, Magical, or Supernatural.

Then, move on to look at your character's Species Skills, as well as the three branches you have access to! Depending on your species, you may take one skill in either Martial or Magical up to level 2 immediately for free, but this skill does not count towards any rewards for skill leveling.

### Third

Make sure your character doesn't blatantly copy an existing character or some famous media! We don't want to see Alucard or Marth in human form!

Create your character sheet! Written submissions must fill out the profile [HERE].

For art-based sheets, include the following:

Character must have a fullbody image on the sheet.

Any additional forms must be depicted.

Supply a palette of your character's colors.

Finally, use the template [here] to provide information the sheet doesn't provide!