Welcome to the sixth blog post counting down to the release of the Disturbance Timeline RPG: 2nd Edition rule set. These posts will continue up to the release of the 2nd Edition on June 1st of 2024 to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1st edition.

This post takes a look at the Player Character changes. Overall, this section has seen massive changes from the 1st edition and the range of characters that can be created has been greatly expanded. Paralysis by analysis is now a serious issue at creation due to the options available. For instance, there are 39x38x37, or 54,834, three Skill combinations if you count the 30 main Skills and the 9 Skills added by Knacks. The number of PC build combinations jump to 4,222,218 if the other 77 Knacks that don't add Skills are included in that calculation. The first expansion module, Vicksburg Region, will add yet more (22 Knacks so far, 4 of which add new Skills) as will the other two planned pieces of supplemental material. A random Skill table, for the 30 base Skills only, has been included to alleviate paralysis by analysis.

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