Anthro Referee Personas

You will not be able to keep track of everything that is needed for a referee persona. It is recommended that you print out a persona record sheet to keep track of stuff. Download the bare bones PDF (75K) at Anthro Record v7

The referee persona record sheet is just another persona record sheet. There are few bonus elements of which the referee must keep track. Most player personas do not have elements like personality, politics or religion. The referee can also use the persona record sheet to keep track of interactions with the expedition.

Not all RPs are created equal. Some personas are less important than others. The referee usually knows the importance of the persona before she starts generation. An RP’s relevance increases the more entangled they are with the expedition.

The anthro genus should reflect the referee’s milieu.

Use this single look-up table to create the anthro’s hite and wate. All anthros are considered to have the size category of Medium. For a refresher on calculating hite and wate jump to Anthro Size. To choose specific sizes like obese, skinny tall or short, jump to Strong Descriptors.

First generate the age category of the referee persona and then hone in on an exact age in years.

Referee persona attributes are slightly better than player persona attributes and do not affect the persona’s genus or vocation. The referee generates initial attributes for the referee persona using the attributes table below. The attributes are then modified to reflect the anthro genus and vocation. To choose descriptive attributes like slow, weak, or dumb jump to Strong Descriptors.

Referee personas mutate the same as other personas. The referee can push for mutations by doubling the chance. The table is be used as a guide if mutations are to be assigned. Purestrain anthros are not vessels for zany mutations. Insectoids rarely get phenomic mutations. Keep in mind that some mutations are campaign changers and should be appropriately rare.

Generate an experience level for every anthro RP. Anthros have vocations, and the EXPS level can be their most important roll. EXPS level impacts how many artifacts and skills the RP gets.

All anthros get a vocation. The referee should choose the vocation that best suits the needs of the story and milieu.

The following table gives guidelines for numerical changes that various descriptors represent. This table can be used to spice up an entirely random referee persona. Not everyone is great. It largely lives at the end of this section for ease of calculations. Strong descriptors can lead to anomalies like weak mercenaries, or clumsy spies.

Movement rate is dependent on DEX and represented in hexes per unit. If the referee needs a slow or fast RP, this is modified at Strong Descriptors

Defence Rating is adjusted using DEX. Defence Rating (DEF) is a number that indicates the persona’s natural ability to avoid being harmed in combat. The higher the persona’s Defence Rating, the more difficult it is for an attacker to score a successful attack roll. Defence Rating attempts to create a universal number that indicates how difficult a persona is to damage. There is a more detailed discussion found under Defence Rating in the tactical combat rules.

The persona’s Defence Rating is dependent on her Dexterity. The faster, more agile, and more wiggly the anthro, the more difficult it is to land a combat punch. The Defence Rating determined here is her naked Defence Rating.

Anthro personas are unique because they can wear armour to protect themselves in combat.

The better the STR, the more she can lift.

Referee personas carry equipment. They have food, survival equipment, funds, and toys. RPs get one TOYs roll for every experience level.

The attack table keeps track of the persona’s combat skills and increases with EXPS level. The referee need not calculate a complete attack table for cannon, or canon, fodder referee personas. Canonical referee personas need a full attack table calculated. For general info about attack tables, jump to Attack Tables in tactical combat. For detailed info about the calculations below, jump to Anthro attack table.

A second level spie has the following attributes: AWE 12 CHA 11 CON 12 DEX 10 INT 12 MND 14 and STR 16.

Anthro RPs get startifacts like any other persona. RPs are typically awarded one roll per EXPS Level. High level RPs can be very dangerous by way of their TOYs alone. For Startifacts jump to Startifacts

The anthro should have a name as any anthro player persona does. For anthro, naming shenanigans jump to Anthro Name.

There are all manner of story cues that the referee may wish to generate. All are optional. For setting up story cues for this referee persona jump to Story Cues.

The combat ratio determines how dangerous a referee persona is. Combat ratio is partially optional, but plays a roll in assigning combat experience. To generate a danger number for this persona jump to Combat Ratio.