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Character Creation

Character Creation in Transference consists of the following components, more information on which can be found on this page or linked elsewhere on the wiki:

Note: OC means 'out of character' – this is anything about you, the player. IC means 'in character' – this is anything about the character you are playing. For more information about this or any of the other terms used in Transference, see Glossary.

For examples of what finished character creation may look like, see Sample Characters.

Names and Pronouns

The people in Anchor Rock have modern, ethnically diverse names. As such, any present-day name is suitable. Please also tell us your character's pronouns. These will be listed on the Player Characters page alongside your character's name.

Quirks

Quirks define your interactions as a player with the world of Transference on a mechanical level. As Transference is a mechanics-light game that revolves primarily around uptime, the Quirks system is also light and strives mostly to provide a 'core' around which players can build out their characters.

Quirks in transference fall into two categories:

For further details and a list of the quirks you can take, please see Quirks.

Bio

Please submit a personal bio that consists of your character's personal background and anything else you would like the GMs to be aware of during the game. Your character's background and personal arc will be taken into consideration when the GMs handle your character's story. You may wish to refer to the NPCs listed on GMs and NPCs for some details you might like to include. The bio does not need to be long (and please avoid sending us a novel, touched though we will be). This will only be visible to you and to the GMs, so please do use this as an opportunity to tell us all the secrets you hope will be unveiled over the course of the game if you have any. There is no need to have secrets if you don’t want them!

Transference is going to be a game focused on friendship, relationships and will overall have positive vibes, so make sure your character can fit in with these themes. Feel free to give your character a darker backstory if you wish, but know that there are no opportunities to seriously hurt anyone or be overly harmful in game. Please also refer to the Conduct and Themes Policy when writing your backstory, and if you feel any part of this backstory may clash with one of these themes, please talk to the GMs. Additionally, because the world beyond Anchor Rock is quite wide, please additionally take a look at the Beyond page if you are specifically interested in playing a transfer character, as you will be largely be the one the shaping and defining your home pre-Transference. As ever, please do discuss with the GMs if questions or concerns around this arise.

Please also submit a public bio that represents what is publicly known, rumoured, or speculated about your character. This doesn't need to take any particular form (it could be a simple third person description, a conversation between two passersby, an official register form, anything you like really), but should be a couple of paragraphs at most and not exceeding 150 words. This will be visible to all players on the Player Characters page, and will be posted alongside your character's name and pronouns.

OC Notes to GMs

In this part of character creation you can let the GMs know anything important that is not covered by the form, such as if you have accessibility or health related requirements, if there are particular players or themes you'd like to avoid, what you out-of-character want to get out of the game or just to be excited at us. Feel free to put whatever you want in this box, or leave it completely blank.

In Person Character Creation

On Tuesday 16th April at the Larkin Room at St John's College and online over Discord, there will be a character creation event, where you can ask any questions you have, get inspiration, meet others who are interested in playing Transference and get excited about the game ahead! There is no need to be at this event if you want to submit a character, but most Society Game players enjoy coming to these sessions before character submission.

This session can also be used to create pre-existing links between characters. Although this is completely optional, some players like to create characters that have some connection before the game, for example, a married couple, a parent and child, siblings, or best friends.

Submitting Your Character

The preferred method of submission is via the following Google form. If, however, you encounter technical issues with this, we can also accept character submissions by email to gm@transference.oxfordrpg.com, though use of the form is preferred where possible. The deadline for character submissions is 6pm on Wednesday 17th April.