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CINDERFALL FIELD MANUAL  ·  CHARACTER CREATION INDEX

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Everything needed to build a Cinderfall character, in the order you actually need it. Eight steps, one page, every supplement linked from wherever it belongs.

The full ruleset now lives across a dozen separate documents, built one piece at a time. This page exists so nobody has to remember which one comes first — follow the numbered steps in order, and everything you need is one click away.

Building a Character


1

Choose your Ancestry

Four Common options, six Rare & Unique. Sets your HP, Speed, ability boosts, and starting abilities.

2

Choose your Heritage

One sub-variant within your ancestry, chosen at 1st level. No extra ability boosts — a distinct mechanical trait layered on top.

3

Choose your Background

Ten options, one per major faction or region. Grants two ability boosts, a trained skill, and a signature Boon.

4

Choose your Class

Ten confirmed starting classes, plus two rare/bonus classes outside the roster. Full level 1–20 crunch in every dossier — see the full list in §2 below.

5

Buy starting equipment

Starting wealth is 15 Marks. Weapons, armor, and adventuring gear, scrap-tier and rare loot-tier alike.

6

Pick your languages

Common Cant plus a number of languages equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum one) — your ancestry's language first, if it has one.

7

Fill out feats as you level

Ancestry feats at 1st/5th/9th/13th/17th; general feats at 3rd/7th/11th/15th/19th; skill feats whenever your class grants one.

8

Optional: take a multiclass archetype

Spend a class feat slot on a Dedication feat to pick up Soul-Binder, Nanite-Touched, or Paradise Ghost.

The Class Roster

Ten confirmed starting classes, one per role, plus two rare classes outside the day-one roster.


Inventor → Scrapwright
Dossier 01/10
Alchemist → Flesh-mancer
Dossier 02/10
Ranger → Waywarden
Dossier 03/10
Witch → Cultist
Dossier 04/10
Rogue → Scavenger-Spy
Dossier 05/10
Gunslinger → Ironsight
Dossier 06/10
Fighter → Deadhand
Dossier 07/10
Champion → Sworn
Dossier 08/10
Animist → Hollowbound
Dossier 09/10
Thaumaturge → Wardbreaker
Dossier 10/10
Cleric → Vigil
Rare / Bonus
Oracle → Reckoner
Rare / Bonus

Reference & Lore

Not needed to build a character, but useful once you're playing one.


The Divine, Consolidated
Who's Still Listening
Full Setting Lore
Setting-Bible.md (project doc)