Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI has an officer creation menu for players to use for their own gameplay experience. Aside from assigning names, genders, and portraits, the following settings below can be customized accordingly. Future Romance of the Three Kingdoms titles would go on to use a similar format.
Basic Settings
Edits an officer's life span and familial ties.
- Lifespan - Denotes officer's birth and death dates.
- Family - Establishes officer's relationships which include their father, mother, spouse, close friend, sworn siblings, liked officers, and disliked officers.
Ability Settings
Customizes an officer's parameters and abilities.
- Ability Type: - Hero, Strategist, General, Standard
- Base Abilities - Tweaks officer's leadership, war, intelligence, politics, and charisma values.
- Growth Period - Maintain, Precocious, Normal, Late Bloomer
- Ability Persistence - Long, Short
- Aptitude - Spears, Pikes, Bows, Cavalry, Weaponry, Navy
- Skills - Establishes officer's personal skill.
Character Settings
Used to create an officer's personality and priorities.
- Character, Voice - Timid, Cool, Bold, Reckless
- Tone - Normal, Polite, Dignified, Pompous, Reckless, Courteous, Humble, Frank
- Court - Ignore, Normal, Important
- Aspiration - Military, Royal, Self, Steadfast, Able, Goodly, Eminent, Free