Player characters are the other part, alongside the Game Master, of Sigil of Uchma. This section will go over the basics of character creation.
You can follow along this section with the character creation website.

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Each player character in Sigil has two classes that they need to choose, a path and a branch.

Paths determine a character's base health, their abilities gained by levelling up, and 5 of their techniques. There are currently four paths:

Meanwhile, the branch choice grants one or more branch abilities and another 5 techniques. There are currently four branches:

Energy is a resource used for performing techniques and other abilities. As your character levels up, your base energy increases:

Energy is regained primarily via resting or sleeping, which are described in the relevant section below. However, many of the classes allow you to manipulate energy in one way or another such as transferring energy between party members or using health instead of energy.

Techniques are abilities of a character which usually cost energy to activate. A first level character will have access to two techniques, meanwhile another one who has reached maximum level will have 10 techniques available to them:

Each player character can choose a starting equipment:

Starting from the first level and with each level up, a character gains one aptitude point that they can spend on one of the two aptitudes. The aptitudes affect the scaling of almost every ability in the game:

Resistances lower the accuracy of incoming hits. They act as the success thresholds to beat when doing a precision roll. List of resistances is given below:

If an ability doesn't specify what resistance it is used against, it will either be against Parry or Warding depending on its damage type.

Resistances are determined by your level, equipment, and other various things. At level 1, you can choose to focus on certain resistances:

Resistance choices affect their scaling:

Skills are miscellaneous abilities of a character used for skill rolls, both of which are described in the relevant page. At first level, you can choose to focus on two skills as your character's major skills.

Sigil of Uchma uses what is commonly known as milestone levelling, which means the player characters will gain one level when they reach specific points (called milestones) in the campaign at the GM's discretion.

#TODO: Alternative rules for experience levelling

These actions can be taken by any player character as long as they fulfil the requirements. See the list of common actions.

Usually, a character requires 6 to 8 hours of sleep per day. Not getting proper sleep for a night gives a character one stack of fatigue. Stacks of fatigue received in this way can only be removed by sleeping. Skipping sleep while having 5 stacks of fatigue is lethal and the character dies.

While it is usually the best to sleep at night, it is not rare to see parties resting during the day. When the players decide the party should rest or sleep, they must declare this to the GM. In the case of just resting, the players should also explain what their characters will be doing while resting. In this case, the GM can determine whether or not these activities are allowed as a part of resting.

There are a few basic requirements to resting and sleeping. For a character to be able to rest, they should:

Sleeping has stricter requirements. Alongside the resting requirements, a character can sleep only if:

Sleeping and resting have the following benefits:

However, not all damage and status effects can be healed this way. What makes sense and what does not is left primarily to the GM.

When moving between points of interest with large distances between them, a player character can usually walk 25 kilometers in a day, from early morning to sunset. This is called "travel speed". If all members of a party is travelling on horseback or with a carriage, travel speed is doubled. There are various conditions that may affect this speed, which are considered after the bonus from mounts:

A player character can keep some items on their person.

When a player character wants to put an item into their inventory and it is not easy to see how they would achieve this, the player has to briefly explain their reasoning to other players and the GM.

In some cases, properties of an object might be as important as its size and weight. A thin rope might not have that much mass but it is difficult to carry around as it might unravel. Containers help with items like this.

There are many items that can act as a container: backpacks, pouches, boxes, belts, leather straps and more.

Not every object can be accessed with the same speed. A bedroll deep in a backpack might take a minute or two to take out, while a small flask of potion hanging from the backpack can be used almost immediately. This means only items in quick access slots can be used with use item common action.

Each player character has two quick access slots by default, and can place suitable items in them. Some containers might grant more slots, but a character can have 5 quick access slots at most.

A player character can wear one set of armor and equip two weapon sets.

If you are carrying more than what would be comfortable or tolerable, you can choose to either drop some items or push yourself to keep carrying the heavy load: