Create your character

One of the most important (and fun) aspects of a Role Playing Game is the character creation. Hours, days and weeks can be spent on creating the perfect character that you'll spend the next month, or even years, playing. So I'm gonna give you a sneak peak on what kind of characters you can create in the IKRPG.

There are basically 3 rough steps to take before you can start running around in the Iron Kingdoms looking for fortune. Race, Archetype and Career. I will try and explain every step without giving away too much.

There are seven races that you can play as in this game
 - Human (they are adaptable and gain an extra stat point or your choice)
 - Dwarf (pretty much your average dwarf from any other RPG)
 - Gobber (can't use magic, great weapons or rifles.. but they're pretty sneaky)
 - Iosan (you could just call them "high elfs")
 - Nyss (love bows and anything from the nature... can't handle anything mechanically)
 - Ogrun (big ass fighter type, can't use magic or be a good mechanic)
 - Trollkin (tough as always.. kind of a mix between Nyss and Ogrun)

The next step is to choose between four Archetypes. The Archetype will decide what careers the character may choose from and will also give the character some special and cool feats to use. The four choices are;
 - Gifted (you can wield magic and become a warcaster or something similar)
 - Intellectual (gives you some combat advantages and makes you a natural leader for the team)
 - Mighty (yeah.. you want to fight.. a lot)
 - Skilled (you're quick, nimble and dexterous)

And finally you will have to choose 2 careers out of 30 to make you path in this life. You can pretty much make anything you want, and there is really no bad or "perfect" choices here. Just go with what you want to play. I know there are a few "munchkins" you want to max out on a few things, but I won't be playing with them. The careers you can choose from are;
 - Alchemist (you can make potions and throw grenades)
 - Arcane Mechanik (you need to be gifted, but you gain the ability to control warjacks)
 - Arcanist (also requires gifted, and you're pretty much a spellcaster by now)
 - Aristocrat (only Humans, you become pretty wealthy by Iron Kingdom standards)
 - Bounty Hunter (you know how to look for people)
 - Cutthroat (pretty much as close to assassin you will come)
 - Duelist (do you want to know gambling, etiquette and guns.. this is the choice for you)
 - Explorer (you know your way around in the wild)
 - Fell Caller (only the Trollkin know the art of yelling really loud)
 - Field Mechanic (only career that lets you start with a crappy warjack)
 - Gun Mage (you like to shoot people with guns... make that magic guns)
 - Highwayman (you get a horse and can make ride-by-attacks gangsta style)
 - Investigator (a skilled detective)
 - Iron Fang (you used to serve the Khador as a pikeman, at least you kept the armor and weapon)
 - Knight (Human or Iosan only. A solid melee fighter)
 - Mage Hunter (Iosan only. You hate and hunt those pesky gifted people)
 - Man-at-Arms (every ones favorite bodyguard)
 - Military Officer (a soldier with some extra tactical knowledge)
 - Pirate (wanna smell funny, wear an eyepatch and have a peg-leg?)
 - Pistoleer (you do one thing very good... shot stuff)
 - Priest (Human only. Either you're a priest of Morrow or Menoth)
 - Ranger (ever heard of Robin Hood)
 - Rifleman (shot first ask questions later)
 - Soldier (jack of all trades, master of none)
 - Sorcerer (Gifted, duh!You also get to choose which elemental school you use for your spells)
 - Spy (more focused on seduction and disguise than fighting)
 - Stormblade (you used to serve Cygnar as a Stormblade, at least you kept the armor and weapon)
 - Thief (if it's not nailed to the floor, it's probably yours)
 - Trencher (Trollkin, Ogrun or Human only. Kind of a survivalist soldier)
 - Warcaster (Gifted. The rare and powerful battle mage)

And that's it. I've already created a dozen of characters in my mind that I would like to play. Most likely I will end up as Game Master, which suits me well. But if I get the chance to play, I can't honestly tell you what I would be playing as. Maybe the classic Gun Mage/Investigator, or the Heroic Warcaster/Knight or maybe I'll end up as the Gobber Pirate/Field Mechanic.