Making multiple characters off of one armature

Hello Blender Artists!

I plan on making four characters based off of one armature. I have the main character and armature all set up with many actions. Now what would be the best way to create the other 3 characters? Would I work within the same blender file so If i duplicate the armature all additional actions added to the original would match the others?

Thanks again!

Any help? Sorry… I just haven’t found any tutorials regarding the complete way to set up a scene.

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