How to Create a Character in Sryth

Sryth: The Age of Igtheon is a browser-based roleplaying game in the tradition of Choose Your Own Adventure and Lone Wolf. The game is played through novel-like stories in which your character has to make choices based on their own conscience and abilities. As you advance, you gain experience to improve your abilities and acquire new skills, powers and equipment. Creating a character in Sryth provides the basis for everything you do afterwards.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Browse to the Sryth website and click the link that reads "Create a Free Account." You have to enter some basic login information and register for the game. Once you have that done, you can select "Play Now." The game opens a new browser window so popup blockers may try to stop it.

2. Click "Create a New Character" in the play window. You can choose between Pregenerated Characters or Random Character Creation. Pregenerated characters are only available to subscribers (the people that pay money to play). Select "Random Character Generation" to continue.

3. Roll your stats by selecting "OK, I'm Ready to Roll." This takes you to the rolling screen. There's a lot of information here but there are a couple of high points. In the Stats Window (furthest to the left) you will find all of your numerical statistics; 20 is maximum for all but Melee Rating and Stamina. The Experience Adjustment Window (lower center) tells you all the bonuses and penalties you have when gaining experience for specific skills; you want all bonuses. The Magic Potential Window (center right) reveals whether you can use magical powers. Agree to use them. You can either accept or reroll your stats. Keep rolling until you get a set that you like, and then click "Accept Stats."

4. Chose whether you are male or female. This choice doesn't affect gameplay. Then choose your name. This sends you back to the main page with your new character displayed. Select your character's name to go on to the next leg of creation.

5. Pick your skills. You can have up to four skills with 20 points divided however you want among them. Use all four skills, as gaining skills in game is expensive and tricky. All of the skills are used somewhere in the game, but Lore, Horsemanship and Seamanship are used infrequently. Make sure you pick either Weaponry or Unarmed Combat since there is a lot of fighting in the game. Archery is used in several situations and featured heavily in several quests so you should choose it.

6. Choose your one power; this is only available if you have magic potential. Nearly all of the powers have an in-combat effect. Outside of combat, Necromany has very few uses. Divination, Elementalism and Illusion are important in numerous situations.

Tips & Warnings

• You can keep rerolling your statistics until they're all high.
• You can click on nearly any statistic, power, skill or term during creation to learn more about it.
• If you like the game, consider subscribing. It isn't expensive and it really increases the number of things you can do.

Resources

• Play the game at Sryth: The Age of Igtheon
• The Sryth Wiki

[zmflavius]

on 6/28/2009 this is terrible advice, even when it was still valid.