Welcome everyone to the 1st SteemQuest Character Creation. Below I have copy/pasted the basic rule book that I have so far. In future posts I will have a link.
I will be constantly improving and updating as we play. I will mark the updated sections every post so they are easier to locate.
As I want this game to become part of the community here feel free to suggest things to add / improve. I really want the game to become something you enjoy.

This is going to be a basic Alpha version of SteemQuest as we play I will be adding content that expands the abilities, that players can assign to their characters.

SteemQuest: A fantasy RPG boardgame on the Steem Blockchain

Character Creation
A player may chooses one of the following races HUMAN, ELF or DWARF

Each race has 4 attributes (they are given 10 skills points at level 1 to assign to the 4 traits below)

Strength - this allows a player to equip things
Mind - this creates a players mana pool and allows a player to read runes
Personality - this is how good a player is in interacting with other life forms
Attack - base number or less needed to hit an enemy (we roll a D20 for combat so if you have an attack of 5, you must roll a 5 or less on the D20 to hit) this starts at 10

The next 3 stats round out the players character.
Absorption - amount of damage your armor, shields, body can absorb per turn before losing hearts
Hearts - A players health is represented as Hearts. You can take damage in 1/4 heart increments. Each player starts with 4 hearts and they increase by 1D6 quarter hearts per level
Mana - A player has a mana pool that is used for many different Magic things. The mana pool is equal to the mind trait.

All players start at level 1 with 1 skill point. They gain 1 skill point & 1 attribute point per level.

Experience (EXP) - this determines your players level. Players are awarded exp for all types of activities from combat, trading, crafting, etc....

For our game we are using a doubling level system. Lvl 2 is 40 xp, Lvl 3 is 80, Lvl 4 is 160 etc...

Skills

This is where you can really customize your character. Any character can take any skill. All General Skills cost 1 skill point to unlock. To start we are only using general skills as we play new skill trees will be released.

General skills

Fireblast (1 mana, 1 action) Range 3
Fireball 2x2(1 mana, 2 actions) Range - LOS
Lightning bolt (3 mana 4 actions) Range - LOS
Freeze surface 3x3 ( 1 mana 1 action) Range 3
Dual wield - always on
Pass through rock - (3 mana, 4 actions) - can pass through a 1 square thick wall.
Swing through - always on
Lock pick - (2 actions)
Pickpockets (1 action)
Bashing board - always on [player can attack with shield]
Heal (1 mana 1 action) Heal 1D6 quarter hearts
Dead-eye - 2 actions [able to attack any enemy in line of sight even if blocked, so if ten goblins are rushing you, you can target the shaman in the back of the room] +3 to hit

Is there Anything I can do that is not defined in the rules......
Yes you can! The game master will set the requirements. Just let him know what you are attempting.
It’s role playing you can do anything you want (unless your questing than their are board game limits)

I am open to any other skills you would like to have. I am trying to increase the list. Let me know if you have an idea and we can work it out.

The game has 2 parts initially. The 1st part is done in town, at this time the players are under contract to the lord of the town. So they can only be in town or Questing. (This will be expanded later)
So in town gameplay is normal tabletop-rpg the players can interact with each other and Npc’s in the buildings.

The current buildings are Marketplace, Blacksmith, Church, Tavern, players can help build out the town during the tabletop-rpg phase of gameplay.

The 2nd part of the game is Questing. Questing is done on board game maps and plays as follows:

Turns
SteemQuest is a turn based game played on a game board of squares. A player gets 4 actions per turn.
Moving, attacking, searching, disarming, equipping are all 1 action. Skills take a different number of actions, they are listed in the skill’s definition.

You can either complete the quest or if you are stuck you can back track and leave.

Resting: players may rest on any square within the quest. All players roll a D20 if all the numbers are odd the players rest successfully, otherwise they encounter a wandering monster. Resting restores all ♥️ & Mana.

Searching
A player may spend an action to search any square while questing. A player may uncover hidden traps, hidden doors, treasure or items.

Items (players start with 2 of the following items)

Small shield - 1/4 heart absorption. STR 1
Leather armor - 1 heart absorption STR 2
Wizard robes - 1/2 heart absorption. STR 1
Wizard School Ring - 1/2 heart absorption STR 1
Staff - Damage 1/2 heart. STR 1
Long sword - Damage 1 heart STR 4
Short Bow - Damage 1/2 heart STR 2 Range 3
Long Bow - Damage 1/2 heart STR 3 Range 4
Mace - Damage 1/2 heart STR 1

Currency
Many different things can be used as currency. The primary coin is SteemCoins, everyone will accept these. Each player starts with 5.
Food, gems, items can also be used to barter with.

For this 1st scenario the players are in service to the Elven Lord Darkcloak. They are encouraged to create back stories . Once enough Quests are completed they will be released from service and then are able to explore the world.

Please reply to this post with your character and introduce yourself to your fellow adventurers. Also please pick one of the avatars in the picture for this post that you like.

Thank you for being part of this. I don’t normally ask but if you could please resteem this post, that would be awesome. I would love to get a few more players.

Thank you for your support