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Character Mechanisms II

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This is the  2nd volume of character RPG tools, fourth book in the Mechanism Series.

This character mechanism II book has tools to help create descriptive character traits, flaws, thoughts, reactions, and relationships.

The tools may be used separately, together, or selective.

This meant to aid or take the place of a Gamemaster (GM) for creating dialogue and behavior. Relationships, thoughts, and behavior may vary by culture or region of the world.

An all-in-one character generatorand engine PDF brings together the 8 existing character related generators and engine. 

It contains one new product to make a total of 9 products all-in-one.

The current length is about 58 pages of charts, tables, and 3 engines. It has a hyperlink table of contents and electronic bookmark menu for navigation.

This initial version focuses on digital-user features rather than printing-out-user. For example, it doesn’t have page numbers on the sheets for the moment. It does have a side bookmark for quick section navigation and hypertext table of contents.

This book either suggest, or refer to tables (a few which are not included in this text) for character ideas, design, and actions. Its generic enough for any game or story genre characters. 

58 pages: It's first page is the cover image shown on the thumbnail. Then one front matter pages for title page and copyright. The third and fourth page is a table of contents. A page listing lists related products. And then one and a quarter page of overview. And then the sections begin. Some of the sections have clip-art images and a section title page.

The nine products included in this book are as followed:

  1. New Mechanism Master Screen (GM screen)
  2. Character Reaction Engine
  3. Emotional Reaction Generator
  4. Character Thinking Engine
  5. Thinking Generator
  6. Character Flaws
  7. Character Relationship Engine
  8. Social & Emotional Trait Generator
  9. Physical Trait Generator
Mechanisms Master Screen - 6 page GM Screen covering important action & reaction scene tool information from both Character Mechanisms books and helping to connect the tools to the Story Mechanisms at a scene level.

Social & Mental Traits Generator - This table shows social and mental traits listed in 6 dimensions introvert-extrovert, rebellious-agreeable, carefree-conscientious, neorotic-stable, closed-open, and proud-humble. Each dimension has 12 ranked degrees with two related words per rank to describe a characters mental and social attributes using words.

Physical Trait Generator - This table shows 144 strength, dexterity, and constitution traits listed in 6 dimensions delicate-strong, exhausted-enduring, unhealthy-healthy, unskilled-accurate, clumsy-agile, and slow-quick, with their definitions.

Emotional Reaction Generator - This table shows reasons or causes for emotions for 15 different archetypes: featuring doer, caregiver, skeptic, lone wolf, guardian, striver, seeker, faithful, mediator, shadow, stranger, darkness, body, mind, and soul. 12 emotions are cross reference with triggers, action/reaction, and need: joy, anticipation, sadness, anger, courage, love, fear & anxiety, guilt, shame, pride, and humility—the same emotions listed on the Mood-Emotion Generator and Body Language Generator.

Character Flaw GeneratorIncluded are a total 144+ character flaws in the entire table in no particular order.

Character Reaction Engine - This system shows reasons or causes for emotions for 15 different archetypes: featuring doer, caregiver, skeptic, lone wolf, guardian, striver, seeker, faithful, mediator, shadow, stranger, darkness, body, mind, and soul. 12 meanings lead to reactions based on needs which lead to emotions. Emotions are cross reference with meaning-triggers, reaction, and need listed on the Emotional Reaction Generator: joy, anticipation, sadness, anger, courage, love, fear & anxiety, guilt, shame, pride, and humility—the same emotions listed on the Mood-Emotion Generator and Body Language Generator.

Thinking Generator - This table shows mental basis for 15 different archetypes: featuring doer, caregiver, skeptic, lone wolf, guardian, striver, seeker, faithful, mediator, shadow, stranger, darkness, body, mind, and soul. 12 decision basis are cross referenced: cost/benefit, utility, sufficient/generalize, duty/authority, deduce/link, brainstorming, define/exclude, identify/cause-effect, empathy/sympathy, prior belief/fear, assumptions, and groupthink/harmony/dissenting.

Character Thinking Engine - This system shows analytical and intuitive brain thinking for 15 different archetypes: featuring doer, caregiver, skeptic, lone wolf, guardian, striver, seeker, faithful, mediator, shadow, stranger, darkness, body, mind, and soul. In addition, 12 meanings lead to thoughts based on needs which lead to decision question. Decision basis thought questions are cross reference with decision basis listed on the Thinking Generator: cost/benefit, utility, sufficient/generalize, duty/authority, deduce/link, brainstorming, define/exclude, identify/cause-effect, empathy/sympathy, prior belief/fear, assumptions, and groupthink/harmony/dissenting.

Character Relationship Engine - This system expands the dialogue mood & topic engine to 12 moods (from 3 in dialogue engine). 12 relationship circles each have two behaviors and a set of common goals. The twelve relationship circles are the following: love interest, parent, offspring, extended family, friend, merchant, education, belief/religion, activist, work, service, and membership. These same 12 are the same one that are expanded into 12 archetypes in the prior tool. Relationship Generator. It liists 12 evaluated roles linked to needs, relationship behavior, and social emotions. The 12 evaluated roles are: enemy, despised, victim, unrelatable, alone, obsession, unfamiliar, relatable, wanted, friend, family, and loved one. Mind, body, and soul stats also influence communication preference.


Multi-Core Series & Bundles

Newest New and Largest
Essential Essential + Basic Essential, Basic, Expanded Essential Essential + Basic
Solo Solo Solo GM and Solo GM and Solo
Multi-Core Series
Core Sets
[Bundles]
Basic Solo Fantasy RPG Gaming & Writing Tools [BUNDLE] Essential and Basic Solo RPG Tools: 160+ tools [BUNDLE] Essential, Basic, Expanded Solo RPG 260+ Tools  [BUNDLE] Essential GM and Solo 80+ Tools, 15-Book Pack [BUNDLE] Basic GM and Solo Advice and Tools, 42-Book Pack [BUNDLE]
# of books 5 15 31 15 42
RPG GM books 4 16
Map for Worldbuilding yes, world atlas yes, world atlas
# of pages 339 pgs 1,120 pgs 1,452 pgs 847 pgs 2,199 pgs

Largest Bundle

Comparison of individual books and four bundles

Comparison of what is include of the Bundles
Newest Newest
Essential Essential + Basic Essential, Basic, Expanded Essential Essential + Basic
Solo Solo Solo GM and Solo GM and Solo
Title, Cover, & link Basic Solo Fantasy RPG Gaming & Writing Tools [BUNDLE] Essential and Basic Solo RPG Tools: 160+ tools [BUNDLE] Essential, Basic, Expanded Solo RPG 260+ Tools  [BUNDLE] Essential GM and Solo 80+ Tools, 15-Book Pack [BUNDLE] Basic GM and Solo Advice and Tools, 42-Book Pack [BUNDLE]
RPG Gamemaster technique books 0 0 0 4 16
Fictional World Aioskoru yes yes
Bundle contains
the volume book
(yes or no ()
Bundle contains
the volume book
(yes or no ()
Bundle contains
the volume book
(yes or no ()
Bundle contains
the volume book
(yes or no ()
Bundle contains
the volume book
(yes or no ()
Essential SoRoPlay GamTools yes yes yes yes yes
ABS12 Flexible Solo Game Engine 2nd edition yes yes yes
ABS12 Fact Generator 2e yes yes yes
Character Mechanisms yes yes yes yes yes
Character Mechanisms II yes yes yes
Story Mechanisms yes yes yes yes yes
Environmental Mechanisms yes yes yes yes yes
Grammar Fuel: Parts of Speech yes yes yes yes
Aioskoru World Atlas yes yes
SoRoPlay GamTools Zine: Bottom-Up Worldbuilding for RPG Gamemasters yes yes
Building a Supporting Cast of Characters for RPG Gamemasters yes yes
Creating Power Systems for RPG Gamemasters yes yes
Building Antagonists and Villains for RPG Gamemasters yes yes
Basic Solo Fantasy RPG Gaming & Writing Tools yes yes yes yes
Aioskoru OGL World Maps yes yes
SoRoPlay GamTools Zine: Coin Solo RPG System yes yes
Grammar Fuel: Genres yes yes yes yes
Grammar Fuel: Science Fiction Genre & Subgenres yes yes yes
Grammar Fuel: Horror Genre & Subgenres yes yes yes
Grammar Fuel: Fantasy Genre & Subgenres yes yes yes
Grammar Fuel: 12,000 Phrases & Idioms, Remnant RPG Tools
Character Reaction Engine Expanded, Character Thinking Engine
Exanded
yes yes Remnant RPG Tools
Description Generator: Objects 2e yes yes
Theme Generator 2e yes yes
Minimalist Descriptive Civilizations, Minimalist Descriptive Urban,
Minimalist Descriptive Rural, Micro-Dungeon, Room Generator,
 Minimalist d6 Solo Game Engine & Adventure Seed Engine,
Character Traits 3 & 4, Conflict (Plot) Generator 2
yes yes
The Haunting of Home, Character Trait Generator 3, Character Trait Generator 4, Character Relationship Engine Expanded yes
Top-Down Worldbuilding for RPG Gamemasters, Creativity for RPG Gamemasters, Constructing Fight Scenes for RPG Gamemasters, Character Motivation for RPG Gamemasters, Plot: Conflict Foes and Obstacles for RPG Gamemasters, Theme for RPG Gamemasters, Adventure Story Structure for RPG Gamemasters, Twists and Foreshadow for RPG Gamemasters, Character Traits Attributes and Characteristics for RPG Gamemasters, Skills for RPG Gamemasters, Mood and Tone for RPG Gamemasters, Description for RPG Gamemasters, Fantasy and/or Science Fiction Multi-Language Dictionary yes
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ken W July 29, 2020 6:28 pm UTC
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An update v1.02 just updated adds page numbers and adjusts some fonts, column spacing, and the bottom margin toolset volume.
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Jason C July 23, 2020 11:10 pm UTC
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Good resource. I like it a lot. It provides a lot of ways to quickly define the personality and motivations of your NPCs. You can jot them down and it will help you ensure they behave in a consistent manner from session to session. When you have a lot of NPCs this is invaluable.

I do have three minor niggles and they all relate to layout not content but they do detract from an otherwise great product:

- The font size is highly inconsistent and sometimes changes multiple times on a single page.
- The margins are in some cases are almost non-existent. This makes the pages seem crowded and hard to read.
- There is an index that lists page numbers BUT the pages have no numbers.

With some layout tweaks this product would be even more useful.
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ken W July 29, 2020 6:32 pm UTC
PUBLISHER
Hi,
Thanks for your feedback. The page numbers, larger bottom margin to fit the page number, a few font sizes, and column spacing are in the latest update.
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Jason C August 09, 2020 4:51 am UTC
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Thanks! I find the page numbers really do help. The more consistent font also makes reading easier. Once again, great resource.
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