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Character Creation Challenge 2025
Completely miscalculated the number of characters to be created, looks like I got my beast steeds and followers all added in as well. This next tranche of 80s nostalgia takes me over the limit for this year, and there’s still plenty of material to go. Next time, next year it is then!
#23-33/31
BLACKSTAR (1981, Filmation, Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer)
“John Blackstar, astronaut, is swept through a black hole, into an ancient alien universe. Trapped on the planet Sagar, Blackstar is rescued by the tiny Trobbit people. In turn, he joins their fight for freedom against the cruel Overlord, who rules by the might of the Powerstar. The Powerstar is split into the Powersword and the Starsword. And so with Starsword in hand, Blackstar, together with his allies, sets out to save the planet Sagar. This is his destiny!”
"I am JOHN BLACKSTAR!"
JOHN BLACKSTAR (#23/31)
Human SOLDIER, 29 years old, Male
SKILL: 7 STAMINA: 16 LUCK: 10 MAGIC: 0
Magic Points: 0 Social Class: 7
Talents: Swashbuckler
Special Skills: Common Speech 4, Brawling 2, Strength 2, Swords 2, Animal Lore 1, Awareness 1, Dodge 1, Climb 1, Engineering 1, Handle Vehicle 1, Ride 1, Swim 1, Thrown 1, Wilderness Lore 1
Equipment: The Starsword (damage as per Greatsword but only requires one hand, fires Forcebolt once per Attack Round if not being wielded in melee combat, grants its attuned wielder +2 to any Special Skill test, reduces all Damage Rolls by -2 suffered by wielder)
Steed: “Warlock”, a DRAGON-HORSE (see below)
Money: 6 GP, Provisions: 2
“I bet they headed home to the Pit of Darkness!”
Warlock (#24/31)
DRAGON-HORSE
SKILL: 10 STAMINA: 11 Attacks: 2, Large Bite, Large Claws, Light Armour, +1 to Damage Roll. Can fly. Can breathe fire every 3rd Attack Round (victim must Test their Skill or lose 2 STAMINA points).
“ROAARGH!”
MARA (#25/31)
Alien SORCERESS, age unknown (possibly several centuries), Female
SKILL: 5 STAMINA: 10 LUCK: 9 MAGIC: 6
Magic Points: 12 Inner Strength: 8 Social Class: 6
Talents: Innate Sorcerer (no components required for spellcasting)
Special Skills: Common Speech 4, Magic Lore 2, Magic-Sorcery 2, Second Sight 2, Awareness 1, Dodge 1, Etiquette 1, Healing 1, Herb Lore 1, Magic-Minor 1, Mok Speech 1, Ride 1, Swim 1, Wilderness Lore 1
Spells (Cantrips): Burn, Pied Piper, Weather Protection
Spells (Sorcery): All Sorcery spells
Equipment: Bronze Helm of Casting (+2 bonus to all spellcasting tests)
Money: 9 GP, Provisions: 2
“I learn fast!”
KLONE (#26/31)
Alien BEASTMASTER (Totem: all creatures of planet Sagar), Age unknown, Male
SKILL: 5 STAMINA: 8 LUCK: 9 MAGIC: 7
Magic Points: 18 Social Class: 4
Talents: Arcane
Special Skills: Common Speech 4, Acrobatics 2, Magic-Animal Mastery 2, Magic-Minor 2, Animal Lore 1, Awareness 1, Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Climb 1, Jump 1, Ride 1, Second Sight 1, Swim 1, World Lore 1
Spells: (Cantrips) Cool, Dry, Hear, Mend, Secrete, Weather Protection
Spells: (Animal Mastery) Shapechange (6), Ward of Beasts (6), Power of the Beast (4), Animal Senses (2)
Equipment: Dagger
“Any time, chum!”
THE TROBBITS (#27-33/31)
See below for individual details, ages unknown, Male
SKILL: 6 STAMINA: 16 LUCK: 11 MAGIC: 0
Magic Points: 0 Social Class: 5
Talents: Darkseeing
Special Skills: Common Speech 4, Climb 2, Plant Lore 2, Awareness 1, Dodge 1, Engineering 1, Jump 1, Ride 1, Sneaking 1, Swim 1, Thrown 1, World Lore 1
Equipment: 2-7 Sagar Fruit (double STAMINA gain when eaten with a meal), 2-7 Fire Fruit (as per Fire Capsules) each
Money: 1-6 GP each Provisions: 2 each
“Let’s get out of here!”
Individual Trobbits:
Balkar (#27): LEADER. Talent: Inspiring Leader. Special Skills: Minor-Magic 2 (MAGIC: 1, Magic Points: 3, Cantrips: Burn, Heat, Jab, Mend, Pied Piper, Weather Protection)
Rif (#28): COOK. Talent: Robust. Special Skills: Cooking 2
Terra (#29): GARDENER. Talent: Resilient. Special Skills: Herb Lore 2
Burble (#30): FISHERMAN. Talent: Survivor. Special Skills: Fishing 2
Carpo (#31): CRAFTSMAN. Talent: Lucky. Special Skills: Crafting 2
Poulo (#32): APPRENTICE. Talent: Evasive. Special Skills: Second Sight 2 (cannot speak)
Gossamear (#33): SCOUT. Talent: Mutant (giant ears: can fly). Special Skills: Acrobatics 2
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Final Thoughts: This was again a fun exercise, demonstrating the versatility of the Advanced Fighting Fantasy 2E system in converting fun kids cartoons of my youth into character stat-blocks that could easily be used for one-shot or episodic campaigns. I completely ran out of time and space however and got nowhere near the really cool 1980s cartoons that I wanted to actually detail (and perhaps you can guess fairly easily what those may be based on what has been posted so far), but there is always next year! #charactercreationchallenger26! Onwards!
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