Creating Your Tribe

When you make your character, we’d like you to define the Tribe you come from. We’ve provided 3 examples here, and if people contact us with ideas for their Tribe which they don’t mind other PCs coming from, we’ll make them available to choose from there as well.

If you like, you can design your own Tribe. When designing your own Tribe, bear in mind two things; the setting, and the limits of the system.

Your Tribe will not have access to anything unique, except an advanced AI, a natural feature, or both.

Limits to Defining Your Tribe

THE E&D POLICY. Your Tribe cannot show prejudice based on age, sex, gender, transgender status, sexual or romantic orientation, race, or disability. As a rule of thumb, your Tribe should not discriminate on the grounds of any characteristic which is also the basis of OC discrimination, but if you are in any doubt as to whether your ideas will violate this policy, feel free to chat to a ref about this. As mentioned in the section on “Belief Systems” no religion is allowed to parody real-world religion, or to mimic it closely enough to be distinguishable at a glance. They aren’t slavers. They can be rowdy, and have a defined feud, but slavery does not happen in the outlook. They can have a feud, and they might be quite willing to raid, but remember that a Tribe that is consistently aggressive will find itself in trouble quickly. No mimicking of characteristics from real world ethnically defined Tribes. No cannibalism; this is a system decision that cannibalism is not going to be one of the narrative devices we will be playing with. They can’t have actual contact with any deity they choose to worship- unless it is a natural phenomenon/AI, or they simply believe they have had dreams. Although you may define an Advanced AI, with ref approval, and say whether it partially houses or is unhoused, you may not declare that your PC is going to get an Advanced AI housed in their ka. That’s the type of thing we want your character arc to centre on.