Character Creation

  • your characters have offended someone; they want you dead.

  • you’re onboard the Iceberg—are you on the run, employed on the ship, suffering from wanderlust? All three?

  • what’s your background (see Character Backgrounds)?

  • you wake up from a drug-induced slumber, trapped in storage B.

  • flashback appropriate to your background: How do you know what you do?

Table 1. Character Backgrounds
d6 Background Prerequisite Boon

1

Passenger

none

more items

2

Cabin Crew

none

knowledge about the upper decks

3

Stowaway

stealthy

someone loyal in trouble, secret room

4

Guard

visibly ready for combat

special access and knowledge about cargo

5

Stoker

strong and enduring

another exit

6

Ship’s Doctor

intelligent

understands security protocols