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Its definitely a Good Thing to add your own customer character sheets to a game, it can make all the difference. For starters, they look better generally, they can have all the information on you need and none of it that you don’t… flavour text, bits of rules, things specific to each character, images, the list goes on.
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The Ennies are up for voting now, so get yours in.  I can probably write down on a piece of paper who’ll win what and then post it up here when the results are out, but I shan’t.  All I will say is that if you’re wondering what to vote for in the (9.) Best Setting category then you could do a lot worse than going for The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor, by Arc Dream Publishing.  If you don’t believe me, run off and buy it now, and then read it and you’ll convince yourself to vote for it.  Its halfway between trad and hippie, superbly written and immense fun.  Have I ever let you down before?

When making characters for your convention game, then the first things to bear in mind are :
Make them appropriate to the scenario (not just the setting).
Ensure they’re different enough (in feel and statistics) to give a broad flavour and give everyone their moment to shine

So, with that in mind, here are a few pointers:
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