Editing Ironclaw (section)

===Character Generation===
:''If you have fur allergies, you can ditch the anthro animal races and use [[Ironclaw/Furless|standard fantasy races]] instead.

Ironclaw uses point-buy system.  Each Trait and skill is rated on the size of the die assigned to them -- dice above d12 spill-over into a second die starting at d4, so d12 -> d12+d4 -> d12+d6.

All characters have a basic six Traits: Race, Career, Mind, Body, Speed and Will. The player assigns each of these dice to these starting traits: d12, d10, d8, d8, [[D6|d6]], d4.  By spending build points (or through the use of experience points) you may increase the die for each attribute or skill.  Amusingly, absent mechanics, the Race trait is actually a measure of how furry you are: low-Race PCs are basically just [[monstergirls|human with cat-ears or fox-tails]], high-Race characters are barely even humanoid. 

Build points can be used for increasing dice for traits or skills, or for buying Gifts (physical, social or esoteric) such as 'great Wealth' or 'Night Vision'.  Your character's race may have some Gifts that come with it automatically, but this deducts from the build points you can spend.  You can get more buildpoints by purchasing Flaws.  Flaws are either external (inflicted on you once per session or every other session) or internal (must be role-played out).

Characters also have skills, which are much more specific than attributes. Notable skills include Hold-Out (the ability to hide things on your person), weapons skills, gambling, and observation. These also have an assigned die (or dice) that are to be rolled when performing this action.