Hi, I got the rulebook a while ago and have finally started trying to set up play sessions with some friends! Very excited to give it a go! I was wondering if you have any tips or recommendations for making characters. As far as I can tell, the rules for character creation are spread out throughout the book, and I'm not sure if I found them all. Is it only revealing cards for starting funds and, based on the trait section examples, perhaps 5 Gold Rush points to start for traits? Anything else I missed that we should be sure to do? Thank you!
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Hey, thank you for writing in. Character creation involves picking five traits listed on pages 22-26, and generating the starting funds by revealing cards (30). Page 26 has a few "packages" listed for players who don't want to spend time looking for combos among the traits. There are no starting Gold Rush points, those are earned in play for later advancement.
And that's it! Most of how a character operates is through item use and what cards you remove from your deck for encumbrance. For example, if you want your character to be stealthy but not very charismatic, keep the Spades in your deck and use up most of your Heart cards in your encumbrance pile.