Character (FMA Supplement)
Creating a Character
When creating a character for a Fullmetal Alchemist campaign, follow the following rules in addition to typical character creation:
Races
Humans exist as the near-exclusive sentient race in this setting, thus characters in this setting must be humans (particularly the variant human located in the Player's Handbook).
Alternatively, a player may forgo choosing a race, class, and background to instead choose a PECR creature with a disclaimer not listing a background or class with a CR equal to the level the character would have been to be your character or lower. If this character gains a level, including raising the chosen PECR creature's CR to match their starting level, they must multiclass.
Background
In addition to all traditional backgrounds, you may choose any homebrew backgrounds that would make sense in the time period your campaign is set in (typically the 1910s) and does not involve a relation to any magic or organization not present in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist.
Additionally, instead of gaining languages from your background, you learn one language of your choice. Additionally, you know an additional number of languages or have proficiency in a number of tools equal to your Intelligence modifier. The following languages are available for a player to learn:
- Amestrian: also spoke in Creta, though with dialectic differences, Amestrain is the national language of Amestris. It is most similar to real-world German.
- Aerugon: often considered a bourgeois language, Aerugon has fewer harsh syllables and a more flow-like pronunciation. It is most similar to real-world Italian or French.
- Drachman: compared to Amestrian, Drachman notably puts more emphasis on pitch and uses a separate alphabet. It is most similar to real-world Russian.
- Xingese: rather than having an alphabet, the Xingese written language is written language has thousands of characters, each representing a single concept, and its linguistic roots are almost wholly separate from that of Amestrian, Aerugon, and Drachman. It is most similar to real-world Chinese.
- Xerxese: A long-dead language from the ancient kingdom of Xerxes, the written form of Xerxese has been reverse-engineered from its influence in Amestrian, Aeurgon, Drachman, and Xingese. It is most similar to real-world Proto-Indo-European.
Classes
The following options are available for character creation. When choosing subclasses for classes outside of the top three, avoid those with the use of magic.
Leveling Beyond 20th Level
When you reach 20th level in your current class, you must multiclass. When multiclassing in this way, you gain proficiency in one common (Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom) and one uncommon (Strength, Intelligence, Charisma) saving throw of your choice. Additionally, you may multiclass into the following class, which is the only way to multiclass into it, and you may multiclass into it again if you are at its 20th level.
| Level | Proficiency | Features | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +1 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 2nd | +1 | Ability Score Improvement | |||
| 3rd | +1 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 4th | +1 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 5th | +2 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 6th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | |||
| 7th | +2 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 8th | +2 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 9th | +3 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 10th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | |||
| 11th | +3 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 12th | +3 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 13th | +4 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 14th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | |||
| 15th | +4 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 16th | +4 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 17th | +5 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 18th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | |||
| 19th | +5 | Universal Improvement | |||
| 20th | +5 | Universal Improvement |
Universal Improvement
At 1st level, you gain one Alchemic Specialization and 3 Alchemic Stamina, one Homunculus Archetype feature and 1 soul point, one Xingese Fighter Clan feature, one Fighter Martial Archetype feature, one Rogue Roguish Archetype feature, or one Barbarian Primal Path feature of your choice. Features gained in this way must be gained in the order you would have gained them through traditional leveling. You gain one of the above again at 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19, and 20th level.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach the 2nd level, and again at 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level, you can increase any ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase 2 of them by 1.
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