Okay, I'm going to post the mechanics of how I created a character in the hopes that someone can see if I'm doing this right, or if maybe I'm still a little off with something. I was going to post it with commentary, but I'll save (most of) that for the final write up.
NAME
David Latlumb
STATS
A house rule I use is to roll one more stat than you will use and discard one of your choice (usually the lowest one). I made the rolls and assigned the stats knowing I was going for a highly educated individual. (DNA in brackets)
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: A
C6 – Soc: 7
HOMEWORLD
I picked Aetna (Star Bridge Subsector, Aldebaran 0619) with the following UWP / codes:
A 7 6 8 8 8 5 – A Ri (Rich), Pa (Pre-Agricultural), Ph (Pre-High Population), Cp (Subsector Capital)
Generating the world details using the T5 World Builder I see that there's also Ho (Hot) and Tz (Twighlight Zone) to add to the Trade codes.
This gives David the following starting skills:
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-4, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7
Age is set at 18.
EDUCATION
Term 1: University
School is All-Simonides University on Simonides (Rank 8, Sephi Hydra Subsector, Aldebaran 1314). Requirement is EDU 7+, got that. Acceptance on <=10, rolled 6. Major/Minor chosen as Astrogation/Sophontology.
Pass/Fail checks need <=10 and the Waiver checks need <=7. First check is 12 (bad luck there), First waiver roll is 7 (whew). Next Waiver will only succeed on <=6. Second Pass/Fail roll is 4 and third is 6, but the fourth is 11. Second waiver roll is 5.
[This could “go south” very quickly. Can you re-apply to University if you bomb your first attempt?]
Rolling for honours (<=10) David gets a 5. His age increases to 22 and his stats/skill are now:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: B
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-3, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-1, Knowledge Simonides-1, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2
So far so good?
Term 2: First Masters
This time David applies to Imperial University of Simonides (rank: 5). Application requires <=11 now (due to bump in EDU stat) and he rolls an 11. Major/Minor chosen are Trokh/Linguistics.
Pass/Fail rolls now need <=11 and next Waiver needs <=5. David rolls another 11 and a 3, followed by another 3 for his Honours roll. Age is now 24 and stats/skills are now:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: C
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-3, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-1, Knowledge Simonides-1, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2, Trokh-6, Linguistics-1
Term 2.5: Second Masters
[NOTE: David's EDU stat is 12, so...can he fail his checks? I decided to say an unmodified result of 12 always fails – similar to skill checks.]
[Also, I'm not sure if a second masters is “allowed” by the rules or not. If not, I'm making it a house rule that it is as I know several people with multiple MA's so it doesn't seem unreasonable.]
Same school, application roll needs <=12 and David rolled 9. He chooses !kee and Linguistics for his Major/minor and rolls 9 and 11 for his pass/fail checks, and an 8 for his honours roll. Age is now 26 and his stats/skills are:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: D
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-2, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-2, Knowledge Simonides-2, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2, Trokh-6, Linguistics-2, !kee-6
Term 3: PhD
his time David applies to Orbital University of Simonides (rank: 10). He rolls 7 to apply and chooses Behavioural Economics (Psychology) for his major, and Teacher for his minor.
Rolls for Pass/Fail are 2 and 8, and honours is 7. Age is now 28 and stats/skills are:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: E
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-3, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-1, Knowledge Simonides-1, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2, Trokh-6, Linguistics-1, Psychology-2, Behavioural Economics (Psychology)-1, Teacher-1
Before I go much further, does it look like I'm doing this right? I reviewed a post of mine from a while back regarding a similar character and made some change to how I did some things (like languages). I think I got it all correct.
NAME
David Latlumb
STATS
A house rule I use is to roll one more stat than you will use and discard one of your choice (usually the lowest one). I made the rolls and assigned the stats knowing I was going for a highly educated individual. (DNA in brackets)
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: A
C6 – Soc: 7
HOMEWORLD
I picked Aetna (Star Bridge Subsector, Aldebaran 0619) with the following UWP / codes:
A 7 6 8 8 8 5 – A Ri (Rich), Pa (Pre-Agricultural), Ph (Pre-High Population), Cp (Subsector Capital)
Generating the world details using the T5 World Builder I see that there's also Ho (Hot) and Tz (Twighlight Zone) to add to the Trade codes.
This gives David the following starting skills:
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-4, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7
Age is set at 18.
EDUCATION
Term 1: University
School is All-Simonides University on Simonides (Rank 8, Sephi Hydra Subsector, Aldebaran 1314). Requirement is EDU 7+, got that. Acceptance on <=10, rolled 6. Major/Minor chosen as Astrogation/Sophontology.
Pass/Fail checks need <=10 and the Waiver checks need <=7. First check is 12 (bad luck there), First waiver roll is 7 (whew). Next Waiver will only succeed on <=6. Second Pass/Fail roll is 4 and third is 6, but the fourth is 11. Second waiver roll is 5.
[This could “go south” very quickly. Can you re-apply to University if you bomb your first attempt?]
Rolling for honours (<=10) David gets a 5. His age increases to 22 and his stats/skill are now:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: B
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-3, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-1, Knowledge Simonides-1, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2
So far so good?
Term 2: First Masters
This time David applies to Imperial University of Simonides (rank: 5). Application requires <=11 now (due to bump in EDU stat) and he rolls an 11. Major/Minor chosen are Trokh/Linguistics.
Pass/Fail rolls now need <=11 and next Waiver needs <=5. David rolls another 11 and a 3, followed by another 3 for his Honours roll. Age is now 24 and stats/skills are now:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: C
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-3, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-1, Knowledge Simonides-1, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2, Trokh-6, Linguistics-1
Term 2.5: Second Masters
[NOTE: David's EDU stat is 12, so...can he fail his checks? I decided to say an unmodified result of 12 always fails – similar to skill checks.]
[Also, I'm not sure if a second masters is “allowed” by the rules or not. If not, I'm making it a house rule that it is as I know several people with multiple MA's so it doesn't seem unreasonable.]
Same school, application roll needs <=12 and David rolled 9. He chooses !kee and Linguistics for his Major/minor and rolls 9 and 11 for his pass/fail checks, and an 8 for his honours roll. Age is now 26 and his stats/skills are:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: D
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-2, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-2, Knowledge Simonides-2, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2, Trokh-6, Linguistics-2, !kee-6
Term 3: PhD
his time David applies to Orbital University of Simonides (rank: 10). He rolls 7 to apply and chooses Behavioural Economics (Psychology) for his major, and Teacher for his minor.
Rolls for Pass/Fail are 2 and 8, and honours is 7. Age is now 28 and stats/skills are:
C1 – Str: 6 (4)
C2 – Dex: 7 (2)
C3 – End: 6 (5)
C4 – Int: 9 (6)
C5 – Edu: E
C6 – Soc: 7
Author-1, Trader-1, Admin-1, Knowledge Aetna-3, Hostile Env-1, Kowledge Grav Vehicle-1, Anglic-7, Knowledge Academia-1, Knowledge Simonides-1, Astrogation-5, Sophontology-2, Trokh-6, Linguistics-1, Psychology-2, Behavioural Economics (Psychology)-1, Teacher-1
Before I go much further, does it look like I'm doing this right? I reviewed a post of mine from a while back regarding a similar character and made some change to how I did some things (like languages). I think I got it all correct.
