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 The crew determines what happens there.
+CREW PROFILES
+Every member of a crew is unique.
+A profile contains everything needed to understand what a crew member is, what it can do and how it contributes to the battle.
+A profile is the record of a being's existence.
+It describes not only its current capabilities, but also the potential it carries into the future.
+---
+THE PROFILE
+Every crew member has a profile containing:
+- Name
+- Type
+- Existence Die
+- Health
+- Abilities
+- Equipment
+- Special rules
+- Campaign history
+Some profiles are simple.
+Others describe beings that have existed longer than entire civilizations.
+---
+NAME
+Every crew member should have a name.
+A name may be:
+- Their original identity.
+- A designation.
+- A title.
+- A description given by their crew.
+- Something they have chosen themselves.
+Names matter because crews remember.
+A forgotten survivor is still a survivor.
+---
+TYPE
+A crew member's type describes what kind of existence they represent.
+Examples include:
+- Survivor
+- Mycelian
+- Machine
+- Mutant
+- Remnant
+- Creature
+- Construct
+A type may affect:
+- Available equipment.
+- Abilities.
+- How the member interacts with scenarios.
+- How the campaign affects them.
+The inhabitants of Mortisphere are not divided into simple categories.
+Everything that remains has its own history.
+---
+EXISTENCE DIE
+The Existence Die is the most important part of a crew member's profile.
+It represents the value and potential of that being.
+The standard dice are:
+Die| Value
+d4| 4
+d6| 6
+d8| 8
+d10| 10
+d12| 12
+d20| 20
+The Existence Die determines the cost of recruiting that member and influences its performance in Clashes.
+A larger die represents greater potential.
+However, potential is not the same as certainty.
+---
+HEALTH
+Health represents how much of a being remains functional.
+When a crew member loses Health, it does not become a smaller existence.
+A damaged d12 remains a d12.
+Instead, damage reduces the maximum result the die can produce.
+Each lost Health reduces the maximum roll by 2.
+A damaged creature is not a different creature.
+It is a damaged version of itself.
+---
+ABILITIES
+Abilities represent the unusual traits that make a crew member different.
+They may come from:
+- Biology.
+- Construction.
+- Origin.
+- Equipment.
+- Experience.
+- Evolution.
+Abilities allow creatures to break the normal rules.
+A Mycelian host may behave differently from a machine.
+An ancient weapon may function differently from a crude blade.
+A creature from a dead civilization may possess knowledge nobody else understands.
+---
+EQUIPMENT
+Equipment represents the tools, weapons and relics carried by a crew member.
+Equipment may include:
+- Ancient technology.
+- Industrial weapons.
+- Biological modifications.
+- Forgotten relics.
+- Items from civilizations that no longer exist.
+Equipment changes what a crew member can do.
+It may increase their capabilities, provide new abilities or change how they interact with the battlefield.
+---
+CAMPAIGN HISTORY
+A profile is not complete without its history.
+During a campaign, record important events:
+- Victories.
+- Injuries.
+- Discoveries.
+- Equipment gained.
+- Enemies defeated.
+- Important failures.
+A crew member that survives long enough becomes more than a profile.
+It becomes part of the history of Mortisphere.
+---
+NO TWO CREWS ARE THE SAME
+Two players may begin with similar crews.
+They will not remain similar.
+One may lose members and rebuild.
+One may discover impossible technology.
+One may become stronger through survival.
+One may become something entirely different.
+The final age does not create legends.
+It creates survivors.