Fading Suns: Characters

game of passions in the distant future We are in the sixth millennium. After spreading across the stars, humanity created a republic of universal emancipation and advanced technology... only to waste it, fight for it, and lose it. As the light of the stars began to fade, a New Dark Age descended upon the Known Worlds. It was then that Alexius rose to power, amid the ashes of war and ruin, and ushered in a new era of hope. The Emperor has called upon brave knights, wise priests, and cunning merchants to spread peace to all worlds, known and unknown. The Character Manual presents the game system and player characters for Fading Suns. In the victory point system, each player uses a single 20-sided die and a handful of victory point tokens for their character's dramatic exploits against the winds of fate. This book includes character creation rules for all major factions, as well as technological equipment, starships, psychic powers, and theurgic rites.