Battlespire:Character Creation

Character Creation

Like its predecessor Daggerfall, Battlespire comes with an advanced character creation system. Compared to Daggerfall, the character creation of Battlespire is even more detailed since almost all character features can be adjusted, even when it comes to pre-defined classes.

All character abilities start at 50, primary skills at 30, major skills at 20 and minor skills at 15. All other skills start at 5. By default the player can distribute 4700 building points among the various features of his character.

When it comes to pre-defined classes this is done automatically upon selecting the respective class, although the player can adjust all character features at will afterwards. The skills used for the primary, major and minor skills can not be changed when it comes to pre-defined classes. If the player selects a new class he can freely choose the skills that are used for the primary skills, major skills and minor skills.

The available building points can be spent for raising the various attributes and skills, for purchasing spells and advantages and finally for picking the starting equipment. Adding disadvantages to the player's character will raise the building points that are available.

Spells

For pre-defined classes the starting spell(s) are picked automatically, however the player can adjust them at will. For the various spells that are available see Magic and Spells.

Equipment

During character creation the player can choose from the following assortment of items. The quality of an item is determined randomly during every character creation process and the best material one can get during character creation is mithril. One should choose his starting equipment with care, for it will make the difference until the player reaches the higher levels.

Base Cost	Item	Material Modifier
0	Various Clothes	0
20	Dagger	70
40	Short Sword	90
80	Long Sword	130
100	Broad Sword	150
160	Claymore	210
120	Battle Axe	170
140	War Axe	190
100	Mace	135
16	Short Bow	66
22	Long Bow	72
24	Crossbow	74
60	Javelin	110
40	Staff	90
40	Spear	90
10	Arrow (x20)	51
10	Container	0
10	Helmet	60
56	Cuirass	46
10	Pauldron	60
10	Greaves	60
8	Boots	58
8	Sandals	58
8	Gauntlet	58

The total cost for an item is calculated as follows:

Base Cost + (Quality x Material Modifier)

Values for quality are:

• 0 for Iron
• 1 for Steel
• 2 for Silver
• 3 for Elven
• 4 for Dwarven
• 5 for Mithril

An exception are arrows; steel arrows cost 51 points, silver costs 102 points, and so on.

Magical Items

During character creation the player can also choose from the following assortment of magical items. The type of item and its quality is determined randomly during every character creation process.

Cost	Item
60	Potion of Detect Invisibility (x1)
60	Potion of Invisibility (x1)
60	Potion of Spell Reflection (x1)
60	Potion of Spell Absorption (x1)
60	Potion of Slow Fall (x1)
60	Potion of Spell Resistance (x1)
60	Potion of Cure Poison (x1)
60	Potion of Cure Health (x1)
60	Potion of Jumping (x1)
60	Potion of Shield (x1)
variable	Item of Handfire
variable	Item of the Lesser Virgil
variable	Item of Baleful Woe
variable	Item of Healing
variable	Item of Service
variable	Item of Snow
variable	Item of the Apprentice
variable	Item of the Subtle Force
variable	Item of Blight
variable	Item of Secrets
variable	Item of Airy Gills
variable	Item of Magica Reseratus

Magical clothes always cost 500 points. The costs for magical weapons and armors are calculated as follows:

500 + (50 x Quality)

Values for quality are:

• 0 for Iron
• 1 for Steel
• 2 for Silver
• 3 for Elven
• 4 for Dwarven
• 5 for Mithril

The type of weapon/armor is not considered when it comes to magical items.

Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages

When creating a new class, the advantage "1x Intelligence in Spell Points" is applied by default.

Cost	Advantage
200	Acute Hearing
2500	Spell Absorption
500	Rapid Healing
2000	Regenerate Health
2000	Regenerate SP's
400	Athleticism
200	Adrenaline Rush
700	1.5x Intelligence in Spell Points
1500	2x Intelligence in Spell Points
2200	3x Intelligence in Spell Points
800	Any resistance (fire, frost, magic, poison, shock)
1600	Any immunity (fire, frost, magic, poison, shock)

Disadvantages

By default, no disadvantages are applied when creating a new class.

Worth	Disadvantage
1000	No regen. of Spell points (can't regenerate SP's using potions or magical items)
400	No short-bladed weapons
800	No long-bladed weapons
500	No blunt weapons
400	No axes
1000	No missile weapons
800	Any low tolerance (fire, frost, magic, poison, shock)
1600	Any critical weakness (fire, frost, magic, poison, shock)
1000	Light and Medium armor only
1500	Light armor only
2000	No armor
400	No gear better than orcish
600	No gear better than ebony
800	No gear better than adamantium
1000	No gear better than mithril
1200	No gear better than dwarven
1400	No gear better than elven
1600	No gear better than silver
1800	No gear better than steel
2000	No gear better than iron