Hi guys & girls, the character template I'd like you to use is below, along with a few notes on what I mean by skills and natural talents. While this is not a system based game as such, I'd like people to be as realistic as possible when giving skills and abilities to their characters and when describing their background.<br/><br/>Once you have your character's finalised I will put up a Character thread for each of the two groups so you can post the completed sheet with a pic (if you wish). Until then any discussion can take place in this OOC thread.<br/><br/>---<br/>[Picture: if you like]<br/>Name:<br/>Profession/Training:<br/>Sex:<br/>Age:<br/>Nationality:<br/>Physical Description:<br/>Personality Traits:<br/>Background:<br/>Skill Sets:<br/>Natural Talents:<br/>---<br/><br/>Ok, so SKILL SETS; I would like you to give a broad name to maybe 3-5 skills or areas of expertise for your character where they are considered to be above average when it comes to that field. For example, while most people can cook a meal a professional chef could have 'cook' as a skill. While the chef would undoubtedly be better at preparing a lavish meal most people would have a chance of making an effort at the same dish. At the other end of the scale, a skill of Genetic Engineering would be a minimum requirement to perform a detailed analysis of a clone's dna.  Any queries just ask, but try to choose skills that would fit in with your character's profession and background - no lab assistants piloting nuclear attack fighters please!<br/><br/>Natural Abilities are things like being ambidextrous, having a photographic memory, being double jointed etc... Use these sparingly though please and include something in your bio for it..<br/><br/>If you want your characters to be able to use weapons with any great accuracy you will need to have a skill for the appropriate type of weapon, handguns, rifle, rocket launcher etc..<br/><br/>Same goes for either the STARS or HARD Suits too. Though an exception to that rule is the Mars team - all characters have had extensive training with a modified version of the STARS suit so you don't need to use a skill for that.<br/><br/>UN Team, additional blurb.. As a part of the UN scientific mission to catalogue and investigate the meteor strikes that have occurred with increased frequency in the last six months you have either been working for the UN on a regular basis or have been contacted and are working freelance as scientific advisors or additional security staff. The UN employs people from all walks of life as long as they have some skill or area of expertise that the UN needs.