A NOTE TO PLAYTESTERS
At the moment, the entire Spirit Warrior Empire campaign is very much an experiment.  For this reason, I REALLY need to have all the city-states represented in the party (at least all of those currently available - Quetzaltepec and the Tolteca being, for now, exceptions).  Consequently, I am allowing only one player from each city-state until such time as all the city-states are taken.  For now, the player roster is as follows:

The Game system being used for Spirit Warrior Empire is a modified version of MEKTON II, published by R. Talsorian games.  It is not necessary to own the system in order to play.  For a very brief explanation of how Characteristics and Skills work in the Mekton II system, go here.

Player Characters are all warriors of Yoali Ehecatl, tithed by their respective city-states as part of an agreement between Yoali Ehecatl and the others of the Huitznahua.  Known as the Night Wardens,  they are an elite force of scouts similar in function to the Rangers or SAS of the modern world.  In theory they serve the Spirit Warrior Empire above any loyalty to their own city state or deity.  The truth of the matter is a bit more complex than that, since it cannot be truly determined where the loyalty of any individual Night Warden may lie.

The character creation process follows six simple steps, as detailed below.

STEP I:  DETERMINE WHAT CITY-STATE YOU ARE FROM
There are currently six City States that players can be from.  Each has distinct advantages.  Go to the section on Tamoachan to read background on them.

• Characters from Chantico receive +1 to their Appearance attribute.  This cannot be used to raise that attribute above 10.  They may not have an Appearance below 5.
• Characters from Cuauhtlicalli gain +1 to their REFLEXES attribute.  This may not raise the attribute above 10.  They may not start with a REFLEXES below 5.
• Characters from the Ehecalli gain 5 extra skill points during character creation.  These skill points may not raise any skill above 10.  They may not have ANY characteristic except ATTRACTIVENESS below 5.  Also, the Chichimeca have NO Spirit characteristic.  They still roll the same number of dice, however.
• Characters from Ixcuina receive a +1 to their INTELLIGENCE characteristic.  This may not raise this characteristic above 10.  They may not have an INTELLIGENCE below 5.
• Characters from Tepeyolohtli receive +1 to their COOL attribute.  This may not raise their COOL above 10.  Characters may not have a COOL below 5.
• Characters from Toxcatl gain +1 to their BODY TYPE attribute.  This may not raise this attribute above 10.  BODY TYPE may not be lower than 5.
• Characters from Quetzaltepec gain +1 to their SPIRIT attribute.  This may not raise this attribute above 10.  SPIRIT may not be lower than 5.

STEP III:  DISTRIBUTE YOUR CHARACTER POINTS
You may distribute your character points among your characteristics as you see fit save that you must have a SPIRIT characteristic of at least 5 (except as noted under specific City States descriptions).

STEP IV:  PURCHASE SKILLS
Look over the list of skills and spend points to purchase them.  Characters all begin with a base of 21 points to spend for skills.

STEP V:  CHOOSE YOUR DEITY
Choose whether you will give your ultimate loyalty to your city-state's patron deity or to Yoali Ehecatl.  Chichimeca need not make this choice, as their loyalty is always to the Chichimeca, rather than to any particular deity.

STEP VI:  SUBMIT YOUR CHARACTER TO THE GM

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Final update: September 7, 2001