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Human: Action alert!!! Visual pattern may not align!!! Character fabrication (also character engineering or character conception) is the process of defining a video game persona or other persona. Generally, a character's individual abilities and limitations are represented by a set of numerical values. Games with a primarily fictional setting may include characteristics such as ethnicity and profession. Games with a more contemporary or narrower setting may restrict personalization to physical and personality traits. Character fabrication is typically the first step taken by players (as opposed to characters) in a role-playing game and tends to make games highly engaging and replayable. If the system is designed well, characters are usually more well-balanced than randomly created ones. On the other hand, this method is almost always more complicated and time-consuming than random creation. There are various methods that can be used for character fabrication. These include: Random Selection: As seen in Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition where a player rolls 4d6 and adds the highest three numbers to generate an attribute score from 3 to 18. Random generation systems often allow players to fully customize their characters, leading to a great diversity among newly created personas. Player Choice: Another option is to let players make decisions, normally within clearly defined restrictions. For example, point distribution systems where higher scores cost more points per level than lower ones. Player choice gives the players much control over the character creation process and tends to make characters highly customizable. This method is generally less concerned with game balance than with ease of use. Point Buy: Point buy methods are often used in Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition and other role-playing games, allowing players to allocate points among various attributes. This method is designed to give players control over their character's abilities and limitations while ensuring balance between different characters. Character Templates: Character templates can speed up the character creation process by providing sample characters representing genre-typical archetypes that are either completely ready-made or define the essential stats necessary for a persona to be able to work in a given occupation. This mechanism can be an optional tool or mandatory, depending on the game's design philosophy. Ultimately, the choice of method depends on the desired balance between player agency and system simplicity. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and some games may use a combination of methods to achieve their desired outcome.