While player agency is crucial to every game, a good pirate game puts it front and center. You get a ship, you decide where the ship goes, and the world reacts to whatever mayhem you inflict when you get there.

Have you wanted to play a game that simulates the rouges of Star Wars or the adventures of Firefly in space? Then turn your attention to Scum and Villainy, a Forged in the Dark RPG about space scoundrels. Let’s look at how to make a character for such a system.