About Filling out Your Sheet
Use Free Form character form to build Story Line characters where NO DICE are required. RANK LEVELS will be gained as you play on forum. Levels are gained with rank dots by posting on forum and by completing story goals, missions and events. Request Start Levels according to your Role Playing Experience.
About Submitting High Level Characters: You can submit a high level character if you are sure you have the experience to play them. It is advisable however to start out with a low level character to get a better feel for the game and its mythos. Use Advanced Character Sheet to submit high start level characters above level 20 but no higher than level 38.
You may also submit a webpage for your character to the GM in place of filling out a character sheet. Include crucial information about your character. If GM informs you that page and character are approved your character and link will be added to character list. GM may require certain details be added.
Your posts generate outcomes as other players and story leaders respond. If an outcome cannot be settled between players, compare (or dice roll) each actor's abilities and levels against each other to estimate combative and defensive outcomes as needed, balanced with influence.
Outcomes may also be defined by physical and mental checks. Checks too are essential and are used for gauging strength, endurance, speed, stealth, agility, courage, alertness, intelligence, and natural charm, against each other when posts alone cannot determine an outcome. The Story Character levels are below general information in Levels section. These levels can be rolled with dice to settle outcomes or request GM or Story Teller assistance in determining a result.
Optional: Use Rank Page in Character building to see what your Character's Rank is in any given skill or class.
General Information
Player INFORMATION
Screen Name: for your TMK login name. Once form is finished and approved, GM will send you a PW which will allow access under your login name. PW can be changed once you access your profile settings.
Player Name: can be a nick name or your character name.
Date of Character Creation: day submitted
RPG: The Middle Kingdom.
Status: story leader or member (leaders recruit players to form a faction and create story lines and story goals; members join factions)
Faction: leaders choose a name for your faction, members put faction joined here. Place names of players or key NPC under this faction.
About Factions: Those who join TMK or TBV as story leaders and start a faction can be assigned their own member group in the forum under the chosen name of their faction (Red Riders, Omega Faction, Omicron Guild, Arms Against Evil, Necro Coven, etc.). The GM's faction for instance is called the Alpha Faction, and they are the original faction. All members who join under their faction are placed under their member group. Leaders gain limited administrative privileges on the forum once they and their faction has reached Elite Status (green dots).
You can also submit a preexisting RPG you wish to ADD to TMK as one of its realms within one of its three kingdoms (the middle kingdom of planets, the lower kingdom, the upper kingdom, or an elemental plane overlapping Morashtar or another world). Gateways will be added to travel between our universe, your RPG realm and others.
Character INFORMATION
Name: (this is your character's full name, choose from language pages if a native, place name in character list on your forum profile)
Race: (choose from bestiary or submit a custom character to be approved)
Subrace: (choose from bestiary or submit custom)
Rank: and or occupation, what your character does for a living, include rank such as king, queen, prince, princess, regent, magistrate, proprietor, lord, arch mage, adept warrior, etc. If none put undecided.
Place of Origin: If Native: (put continent, see maps) If Outlander: (put world born to - see locations, the three kingdoms)
Location: where your character can usually be found, choose from maps
Resources: property and businesses owned, whether wealthy, super wealthy, poor, or moderate wealth.
Demeanor: Use to play your character true to character.
Companions: Player controlled NPC companions with levels within +3 of your character's start level.
Race: of each companion
Rank: or occupation of each companion and how powerful they are in general. Information: details about your companion and profile