Fans have finally gotten their first significant look at Starfield, and in addition to new details about space exploration and combat, players now know how character creation and skills work in Bethesda's new RPG.

As part of the Xbox and Bethesda showcase, Starfield game director Todd Howard described Starfield's character creator as the studio's "most flexible yet," with nearly every element of a character, including how they walk, able to be customized.

When starting out, players will select from a list of character backgrounds that assign three starting skills. Starfield's debut gameplay trailer showed well over a dozen backgrounds to choose from, ranging from Cyber Runner to Diplomat. The skills granted from these backgrounds can be as simple as dealing more damage against certain types of enemies to being more persuasive in speech challenges.