Character Rollups

[ffilz]

Ok, I made another character (since all my Belter attempts died after 1st or 2nd survival roll, one died in 4th roll bummer). I am enlisting for 2 careers, Marines and Other. 2 terms each


UPP: 889BB5

Marines
Enlistment: 9/9 pass
Survival 1: 7+2/6 pass
Survival 2: 6+2/6 pass
Muster out: 9/12 pass
Rank: 7/9 fail, 3/9 fail, so I have Rank 1-Lt

Other
Enlistment: 5/6 pass
Survival 1: 2+3/5 pass
Survival 2: 5+2/5 pass
Muster out: 7/12 pass

Character Age: 36 years
2+2=4 terms, 2d6 rolls I passed everything so nothing changes.

Muster Out rolls:
Marines: 4 (Blade - Knife)
Other: 6 (nothing)
Cash (Marine): 3 - 5000Cr
Cash (Other): 2 - 5000Cr

Is this correct? Also I have to roll for 8 skills, right?

Hmm, someday I guess I need to write a guide to generating a Classic Traveller character... Career switching isn't allowed in Classic Traveller.

It's best to roll the skills as you go, if you take personal development rolls, you might improve attributes that are relevant to survival, commission, and promotion rolls.

Until you get a commission, you have no rank. Also, if drafted, you don't get to roll for commission first term.

Sorry this is turning into such a chore. This is all spelled out in the rules but may not be so obvious to folks who have been brought up on newer games...

p.s. One of these days, I'll take Rob Conley's additions to add the Supplement 4 careers to the Online Character Generator and hook them up with my options (including an option for the alternate skill tables I use) and then you could actually generate a Belter...

[RotFuchs]

Oh, so I just stick with the Marines? Then I should re-roll the last 2 terms.

[ffilz]

Oh, so I just stick with the Marines? Then I should re-roll the last 2 terms.

Yea, and you need to roll for re-enlistment each term. Note that if you decide you are done, you still need to roll, if you roll a 12 you are forced to re-enlist for another term. You can not voluntarily serve past term-7 but a re-enlistment roll of 12 will force you into additional terms...

You roll for commission each term (except first if drafted - which you weren't) until you make it.

Once you've been commissioned, you roll for promotion each term (including the term you were promoted).

For Marines note the service skills, Cutlass-1 just for enlisting, plus Revolver-1 if commissioned.

You will get 2 skill rolls 1st term, and 1 each subsequent term, plus one if commissioned, plus 1 for each subsequent promotion.

[RotFuchs]

Modified last character (if needed to roll from scratch let me know)

UPP: 889BB5

Marines (20 yrs)
Enlistment: 9/9 pass
Term 1
Survival 1: 7+2/6 pass
Commission 1: 1+7/9 fail

Term 2 (24yrs)
Re-enlist: 7 vs 6 pass
Term 2
Survival 1: 7+2/6 pass
Commission 1: 1+7/9 fail

Term 3 (28yrs)
Re-enlist: 5 vs 6 fail

Character Age: 30 years
2 terms

Muster Out rolls (1d6):
A. 4 (Blade - Knife)
B. 4 (money - 10.000Cr)

Service Skills: Cutlass-1
Skills (2): 6 (Blade Cbt), 3 (Blade Cbt)

(+8 more skills?)

[ffilz]

Modified last character (if needed to roll from scratch let me know)

UPP: 889BB5

Marines (20 yrs)
Enlistment: 9/9 pass
Term 1
Survival 1: 7+2/6 pass
Commission 1: 1+7/9 fail

Term 2 (24yrs)
Re-enlist: 7 vs 6 pass
Term 2
Survival 1: 7+2/6 pass
Commission 1: 1+7/9 fail

Term 3 (28yrs)
Re-enlist: 5 vs 6 fail

Character Age: 30 years
2 terms

Muster Out rolls (1d6):
A. 4 (Blade - Knife)
B. 4 (money - 10.000Cr)

Service Skills: Cutlass-1
Skills (2): 6 (Blade Cbt), 3 (Blade Cbt)

(+8 more skills?)

You get one more skill roll (2 for 1st term), otherwise looks good. I assume you would take those two Blade Cbt rolls as additional Cutlass levels for Cutlass-3.

If this character isn't too exciting, feel free to roll up another and see which you like better.

PCs all get level-0 in brawling and all Book 1 weapons. With your DEX 8 you get a +2 Advantageous DEX DM with Rifle making it a good choice for a long arm. There are no weapons you get a Disadvantageous DM with.

[RotFuchs]

Well I used the Generator and got a Belter, wooo. Sorry I just got tired doing everything by hand and everyone dying on me. I will roll for the house rules skills if I get the green light.

Belter Hiroto Petrov 7768A5 Age 22
4 terms Cr21,000

Skills: Computer-1, Electronics-2, Fwd Obsvr-2, Prospecting-2, Vacc Suit-2

Benefits: High Passage

Service History:
Rolled attributes: 7768A5
Automatic Enlistment accepted.
Learned Vacc Suit-1
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Term 1 age 22
Learned Computer-1
Learned Prospecting-1
Survival roll 11 + 1 vs 5
Reenlistment roll 10 vs 7
Voluntarily reenlisted for second term.
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Term 2 age 26
Learned Electronics-1
Learned Fwd Obsvr-1
Survival roll 10 + 1 vs 5
Reenlistment roll 10 vs 7
Voluntarily reenlisted for third term.
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Term 3 age 30
Improved Prospecting-2
Improved Electronics-2
Survival roll 7 + 1 vs 5
Reenlistment roll 10 vs 7
Voluntarily reenlisted for fourth term.
--------------------------------------------
Term 4 age 34
Improved Fwd Obsvr-2
Improved Vacc Suit-2
Survival roll 4 + 1 vs 5
Reenlistment roll 5 vs 7
Denied reenlistment after fourth term.
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Mustered Out
10,000 credits
1,000 credits
10,000 credits
Seeker




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else it is the same character as above with another skill: 3 (Blade Cbt)

sorry if I post too much and I am tiring you.

[ffilz]

Ok, I'll give you the Belter, though Rob made the survival MUCH easier (requiring a 5 instead of a 9). It's also not doing something right, it's not adding the previous terms correctly. Looks like I desperately need to spend more time working on the generator to incorporate Rob's changes and fix things up. With the survival rolls made, he would have actually survived 3 terms before dying in the 4th (4+4 is just shy of 9...).

With my modified skill charts, he would actually have Gun Cbt-2 instead of Fwd Obs, you can choose either. My Belters can still get Fwd Obs, it's just on another table.

He can sell his High Passage for 9000 cr if you like (you will be joining a ship so won't have need of it).

Go ahead and purchase equipment and I'll work you into the action very soon.

You will need to get access to the campaign document

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aLn ... sp=sharing

And enter your character in.

[RotFuchs]

Oh yes, just saw the Fwd Obs. I prefer the Gun Cbt-2.

Equipment is:
Combination Mask (5) - 150 Cr
Cold Weather Clothing (10) - 800 Cr
Rad Counter (5) - 250 Cr
Hand Computer (11) - 1000 Cr
Wrist Watch (4) - 200 Cr
Blade (3) - 50 Cr
Shotgun (4) -150 Cr
50 shells (4) - 50 Cr
Folding Stock (shotgun) (6) - 100 Cr
Acessories (shotgun) - 15 Cr
Lockpick set (4) - 10 Cr
Cloth Armour (6) - 250 Cr

Final cash: 17.975 Cr
Final Weight: 11,85 Kgr

Hiroto Petrov is 177cm and weights 80Kgr. He has dark skin with abstract tattoos on his face and body, with shaved head. He wears cargo pants, a t-shirt with a band name and a pocket vest. He always wears a utility belt with various small stuff and his knife.

[ffilz]

Oh yes, just saw the Fwd Obs. I prefer the Gun Cbt-2.

Equipment is:
Combination Mask (5) - 150 Cr
Cold Weather Clothing (10) - 800 Cr
Rad Counter (5) - 250 Cr
Hand Computer (11) - 1000 Cr
Wrist Watch (4) - 200 Cr
Blade (3) - 50 Cr
Shotgun (4) -150 Cr
50 shells (4) - 50 Cr
Folding Stock (shotgun) (6) - 100 Cr
Acessories (shotgun) - 15 Cr
Lockpick set (4) - 10 Cr
Cloth Armour (6) - 250 Cr

Final cash: 17.975 Cr
Final Weight: 11,85 Kgr

Hiroto Petrov is 177cm and weights 80Kgr. He has dark skin with abstract tattoos on his face and body, with shaved head. He wears cargo pants, a t-shirt with a band name and a pocket vest. He always wears a utility belt with various small stuff and his knife.

Looks good. You also have a standard issue TL-12 Vacc Suit (you're on a planet with a hostile radioactive atmosphere). Later today or maybe tomorrow I'll post an update in the game and reveal your PC. You might want to add an Electronic Tool Kit. You also have a standard issue cell phone (per the house rules) and a reasonable wardrobe.

Decide what you took on an expedition with the Scouts to investigate a ruin and consider the rest to be in a foot locker stored back at the star port. You mustered out on Bastinadi and took an odd job with the scouts. Since you didn't need the cash, you probably still have that High Passage.

Also you should choose which weapon (or weapons) your Gun Cbt levels are in. Shotgun-2?

[RotFuchs]

Yes, shotgun-2. I will get an Electronic Set when I am back at the starport.

inventory from Scouts:
Inertia Locator
Binoculars
Mechanical Tool Set (4) (someone had to repair their equipment)

[ffilz]

Oh, and I just noticed you mustered out with a Seeker. I'll have to consider how to manage that, I suppose we could have two ships, but it would be better to keep it to the single ship already in play.

Do any of the other players have thoughts?

[RotFuchs]

I do not plan of running a second ship.

[Tiglath]

Answered! Someone owning a ship is a vital plot mechanism for Traveller but it's often tricky to work in two! Maybe the ship's elsewhere and he's the owner but not the operator or some similar set up?

Welcome RotFuchs and looking forward to gaming with you!

[RotFuchs]

So, I can "rent" it? I am really not interested in a personal ship, especially when the party has one already.

I am looking forward to meeting you too guys.

[ffilz]

So, I can "rent" it? I am really not interested in a personal ship, especially when the party has one already.

I am looking forward to meeting you too guys.

Cool, settled. Actually, I'll translate it from a ship into that you have a royalty stake in a nice claim. I'll figure out what the annual income is from that, how does that sound?

[RotFuchs]

If it is ok with you, it is fine by me too. I think, for fairness purpose, not a big ship or a ton of renting money/income, but as a DM you know better.

[ffilz]

If it is ok with you, it is fine by me too. I think, for fairness purpose, not a big ship or a ton of renting money/income, but as a DM you know better.

Yea, I'll figure out something. No worries about fairness, we have a noble character (Foix) who has a fair amount of pull. You did get a Type J Seeker fair and square from chargen, it IS only a 100 ton ship and maybe less versatile than a Type S Scout which it's based on. I'll eventually work your mining claim into things...

[ffilz]

Hmm, I'm not sure if the chargen did the aging rolls, but you don't have any, Belters start at age 14 instead of 18, so they get 4 terms before aging...

I adjusted your age down to 30. The little bit of time working for the scouts before starting as a PC is just assumed to be part of your 4th term as a Belter.

[ffilz]

So, I can "rent" it? I am really not interested in a personal ship, especially when the party has one already.

I am looking forward to meeting you too guys.

Not sure if you caught on, you have been freed from a bundle of spider webs... You have been evacuated to a shuttle that is lifting. You have regained consciousness.

[RotFuchs]

I thought you would introduce me after the spider attack. So, who I am? The unconsious "scout"? (I am not a Vargr, just a normal humaniti)