Character creation

To play Breaking Worlds, you take on the role of a character within the setting - an adventurer in the town of Fiveways.
The kind of character you play is up to you. You can be a soldier or a pacifist, a priest or a scholar, a revolutionary or a reactionary, and many more things besides. We encourage you to use your imagination and consider what you will have the most fun playing.

It is important to think about how your character fits into the setting of Breaking Worlds, and what abilities you want them to have.
With these in mind we have created a guide here to creating a character for the game. If you are new to LARP, we recommend going through it in order.

Choose an origin

Every journey starts somewhere. Characters at Breaking Worlds were all at least born human, but they can have any of the following origins:

• Arginese - your character is from the kingdom of Arginet, the main setting of Breaking Worlds. They might be from Fiveways or further afield; have a look at the pages on geography if you want to explore some possibilities.
• Foreign - your character is from another nation in the world of Arginet. You should choose one of the countries linked from the foreign nations page.
• Offworld - your character was born in another world and has come to Arginet through a mysterious rift in the last few months. There are many possibilities for what their homeworld was like.

Choose an affiliation

People are often drawn to causes or identities bigger than themselves. Breaking Worlds supports, but does not require, characters to take sides in the conflicts of the setting.