Character creation

Figure out what kind of character you want to play.
Pick your priorities.
Get your base stats based on your race then spend your Attributes.
Purchase qualities. (You have 25 Karma to spend on qualities and other things. You’re limited to 25 points of positive and 25 points of negatives)
Spend your skill points. (The number after the slash is how many skill points you have for skill groups i.e. buying skills in bulk.)
Spend your money
Don’t forget to get a lifestyle otherwise you’re living in the street. You can pool money to buy a team lifestyle for an extra 10 percent per person.
Don’t forget to buy clips and ammo
Gear has 3 limits
Cyber/bioware is limited to a +4 per attribute
Nothing above Availability 12
Nothing above rating 6
You can spend up to 10 Karma (of your 25 from above) on cash. 1 Karma = 10,000 bucks.
You can only keep 5000 bucks from character creation, so don’t be stingy
Spend your leftover Karma
That includes spirits, spells, foci, contacts, sprites.
Everyone gets free Karma for contacts, but you can use your leftover from above for more. * You get Karma = Charisma x3 to spend on your initial contacts.
You can keep up to 7 Karma
Final calculations – Theres a table of derived values like initiative and limits on page 101.

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