Just got the game today. Looks sweet as heck.
Here’s what I like about the character creation book. Mechanically, you only seem to need your race, class, stamina, and 5-8 skills. Most of the book is lore and guidance on what skills to pick. (Edit: I missed the rule where your race and class guides your skill selection, so I deleted the sentence that was here.)
But I think that’s a good thing. For people who just want to get into the game, they pick their race, class, skills, and play. My wife, for instance, would not want to read all the lore. She would just want to get into it.
Then for those who like reading more and backstories, and want some guidance for skill selection... they can read. I, for example, will read the whole thing. It’s chock full of flavour and great details.
So the character creation can take 30 seconds or 30 minutes depending on how much flavor text you and your group can choose to read. You can tailor the character making process to your group in this way.
Looking forward to the first adventure!
Edited by Artaterxes