FAQ & Quick Reference

General Character Creation

Where do I even begin?

Check out Getting Started and Character Creation!

Skills

What does an asterisk mean next to a skill?

Skills followed by an asterisk are tool-dependent, meaning that you cannot utilize them to their fullest extent without the relevant type of tools.

Talents, Abilities, and Features

Do I need to take a class entry?

While most adventurers gain classes at some point in their career. You do not have to take a class. You could choose to simply keep taking specialization talents and/or magic talents and focus on abilities granted outside of class talents.

What is the difference between a Stack and a Track?

A stack denotes a larger subset of tracks. For example, the Pugilist stack contains the Constitute, Martial Arts, Pummeling, and Wrestling tracks.

What is a Capstone?

Classes also have several talents with the Capstone tag. Capstone talents are especially powerful ways to define your character. You can only ever have one Capstone talent.

What does (X/Rest) mean?

Note that many abilities can only be used a certain number of times and have a recharge. 2/Rest means that you can use an ability 2 times, regaining it when you Take a Rest. Similarly, AWR/Recoup means that you can use an ability a number of times equal to your AWR, regaining all expended uses when you Recoup. You can always use an ability at least one time, even if your relevant attribute is 0 or less.

If my feature or ability recharges based on my attribute, and that attribute is zero, does that mean I can't use it?

You can always use an ability at least one time, even if your relevant attribute is 0 or less.

Lore

What is Ancerra?

Many lineages, backgrounds, professions, class options, and magic abilities may reference Ancerra. Ancerra is the primary planet in MythCraft’s current default campaign setting.