character generation: off-camera time

From: johnjmedway (jjm@zycor.lgc.com)
Date: Fri 20 Aug 1993 - 22:50:59 EEST


>> From: burt@ptltd.com (Burton Choinski)
>> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 11:34:18 EDT
>>
>> I suggest also that age start at 14-16 (d3+13). Each level of a template
>> details the aging, at 1d6+3 per level.
>> ...
>> Now, the actual age rolls could be tweaked. I based it on Master level,
>> subtracting base age and dividing by 4. Perhaps initiate could be
>> just 1d3 per level (since it is so lacking in skills). Perhaps it could
>> be 1d6 for normal occupations.

Something like this should be explicit in the final version of the system,
though I'd say, since the packages are unequal, so should the time required
be. It seems a bit severe for zero->Trained ( as in barely trained ) to
require the same number of years as does Expert->Master, in any template.

In some cases it may be necessary to pro-rate the time spent in a template,
such as when determining when a character is eligible for initiation. This
crops up in a messier fashion when there are already two templates whose
times overlap ( often an Official will be a Noble at the same time, Soldier+
Initiate, etc. ). In these cases the ref should make a determination of what
percentage of the time was package A, and what was B, etc.

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