What is Cogent
Cogent is an RPG designed by Shad of Shadiversity and Jazza! Shad is known for his HEMA videos and for making GIANT SWORDS (https://youtu.be/ok2bflJaaJ4?si=QotlfybCNAYkYhQj)
Where Can I learn About Cogent?
The 1.0 Edition of the rules (which you can learn about here) Cogent Roleplay are very close to the 1.5 rules we will be using, designed by the Cogent Community Project.
The Cogent Community project, being organized on the Cogent RPG Discord Server ( https://discord.gg/GppB6KPuj6 ) seeks to improve upon and streamline the rules. We will make characters at table, as part of the playtest. You can see the current draft of the Cogent Community project character sheet below. You can see the current GitHub here ( CogentRoleplayCommunity/CogentRoleplay-Core: A rulebook for core Cogent Roleplay. (github.com) )
How Can I get started on character creation?
Think of these questions, adapted from Shad's core rules.
Character disposition - From the COGENT rules "Are they happy, sad, moody, funny, cautious, untrusting, stupid, smart, tactical, shy, or boisterous? The list can go on and on . . . "
Character History - In particular, for our session, Why did they decided to become a space explorer?
Beliefs / Morality - In particular, how do they view extraplanetary monsters? Threats to be destroyed? If they are tamed, how does your character view tamed creatures? Allies? Livestock? A scientific curiosity?
Goals / Aspiration - What is their goal as a space explorer? What do they hope to find, do or accomplish among the stars?
Attributes
In the Community Project build of Cogent, there are four attributes Strength (STR), Reflex (RFL), Intelligence (INT) and Charisma (CHA). You will have two points to distributes among these (yes its normal to have a base of zero in an Attribute). Even one point in an attribute represents that your character has lots of training. Think about what you what your stats to be.