I died in c-gen!

[pyat]

I rolled up two Traveller characters the other day. It was an interesting process. The first one was a Scout Service Bureaucrat with medical training, and the second an Imperium Naval Gunner.

The first guy (a pudgy blue collar genius) died at the age of 29 during assignment to a field mission. The second (a burly, though clumsy, fellow from the upper classes) died at the age of 22, during a planetary siege.

Ah, fun times.

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[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

Being the world that Traveler and related game is in, it's entirely workable to play a character in their 60's. I quite liked the concept of rolling your character's past, since I can't ever come up with a decent background in any rpg ever.

I remember my character, a Vargar (what else would I play, really?), who started out rather pathetically and slowly made his way to an anagathics-chugging space pirate who people were *terrified* of. He wanted a break, so he decided to work as a navigator for a while.

So, I ended up being both 'the token furry' and 'the silly bishonen who is actually a badass' in one swoop.

The times we did run into Vargar pirates were always hilarious. I'd be barking over the radio with something along the lines of "Don't you have any idea who I am?" while the human crew wondered how I always managed to make them go away.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Your characters rock, Jirris. :)

What version of Traveller were you playing?

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

I was playing MegaTraveler. It was the best Game Master I've ever had.

Trust me, for every awesome character I have, I have at least half a dozen who suck big time. Thankfully, they all seem to happen in one or two games. The downside is that I never have fun playing these games. I *want* to like Exalted, Heroes Unlimited, and Rifts (which I've had a mixed bag with rifts), but the games focus too much on min-maxing with the people I've played with. I'm not so great at min-maxing.