Advancement

As in most fantasy games, your character's abilities grow and develop gradually over time. This is measured in skill points, character levels, and class levels.

Skill Points

Most characters begin play with 20 skill points, with more being awarded for every event in which the character is played. Skill points can be used to purchase various skills to customize your character's abilities (see the Skills section for more details).

The number of skill points awarded to your character depends upon his or her level during the event.

Character Level	Skill Points Awarded
2nd	8
3rd	6
4th	5
5th - 6th	4
7th - 10th	3
11th - 13th	2
14th+	1

Character Level

Characters also have levels. A character's level is equal to his or her total (spent and unspent) skill points divided by 10, rounded down. As a character gains skill points, his or her level increases to match. Thus, a character with 27 skill points is 2nd level. If the character is then awarded four skill points (bringing the total to 31), he or she becomes 3rd level.

Class Levels

As with skill points, levels are also used to customize your character's abilities. Every time your character gains a level, you can increase your level in a particular class. Classes are general character types that gain useful and distinctive in-play abilities called actions.

A character can devote all of his or her levels to a single class or divide them between different classes. Thus, a 7th-level character may be a 7th-level wizard, a 6th-level disciple and 1st-level rogue, a 4th-level warrior and 3rd-level savage, or any combination of class levels that adds up to seven.

Boon

Boon points, or just "boon," are awarded to players for contributions to the game and can be redeemed for in-play rewards. Ways to earn boon and the number of boon earned are detailed below.

Contribution	Boon Awarded
Working a plot position or monstering full-time for a weekend event*	15
As a present for your real-life birthday	5
Referring a new player to the game using the referral system	2
Working as an official game medic during an event	2
$5 worth of goods (e.g., boffer weapons, props, spell packets, in-game food for everyone, cash, etc.)	1
One hour of service to the game (e.g., staff duties, marshal duties, extra monstering, extra cleaning, etc.)	1
* - Additionally, full-time staff members and full-time monsters are allowed to attend the event free of charge.

Note that all players are expected to monster a minimum of two hours per event and to help clean up at the event's conclusion. Boon are only awarded to players who help out above and beyond these minimum requirements.

Boon may in turn be traded for the following in-play benefits.

Benefit	Boon Cost
One additional white stone in a character's fate pool	1
One additional skill point for a 2nd- or 3rd-level PC	2
One additional skill point for a 4th- to 6th-level PC	3
One additional skill point for a 7th- to 9th-level PC	4
One additional skill point for a 10th- to 12th-level PC	5
One additional skill point for a PC of 13th level or higher	6
Random or hand-picked items from the Treasure Trove	Varies
* - Players may purchase any number of skill points for a new PC prior to the first event in which that PC is played. Thereafter, only two skill points may be purchased for a PC between events. Note also that no new PC may be created with more skill points than the highest-level PC already in the game.