I am running a game of BitD tonight; it may be a one shot, it may become more than that. I’m planning to run through character creation and then one score, considering we only have a few hours to play. That being said:
1) how important is it to have the crew sheet filled out?
2) does each character start with one special ability of their choice AND the one ability written in?
1) crew sheet isn’t vital, but really takes 5-10 min max, if your players aren’t too picky.
2) don’t remember… Sorry
Good luck!
Not very and, they just get one.
You mark the stuff on the sheet and ask them questions: Suggest Everyone Steals as the Special ability, and recommend picking 1 training (blade, cloak, etc.) which are probably good, solid practical choices to start with… the rest goes by in minutes. Have everyone give you +1, -1 status with the factions.
Remember that faction descriptions are in the FAQ
How did it go?