Characters

The aim is for something less complex than the Traveller life path system, but more structured than simple point buy. Structure has the advantage of helping to guide a player into selecting the sort of character that would be useful.

There are three decisions to be made:

• Background - some basic background skills learned at an early age.
• Profession - what the character is trained to do.
• Hobby - some side skills they've picked up along the way.

If the same skill is gained multiple times, then they can stack.

• Gain a duplicate skill of 2, increase the current skill to 3 if it is lower.
• Gain a duplicate skill of 4, increase to 4 if it is 2, or +1 if 3 or higher.

Whenever a skill is duplicated, you also gain a technique in that skill, if there is one available.

Everybody starts with the following skills:

• All talents: 2
• Galanglic 4
• Knowledge (Interstellar) 2
• Knowledge (Sector) 2
• Knowledge (System) 2
• Drive 2 or Computers 2 or Survival 2 or Streetwise 2 or Any talent at 3

• Athletics 4
• Throw 3
• Sport 4

• Research 2
• Computing 2 or Electronics 2
• Science 2 or Mechanics 2

• Brawl 3 or Burglary 2
• Guns 2 or Sleight 4
• Streetwise 2

• Charm 3
• Guile 3
• Current affairs 2 or Gambling 2 or Leadership 2

• Survival 2 or Leadership 2
• Pilot 2 or Guns 2

• Research 4
• Teach 2
• Academic… 4
• Academic… 4
• Administration 2