[TML] Quick thoughts the RTT main book

[Craig Barnett]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Jerry W Barrington
<jerry.barrington at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/14/08 5:05 AM, "davebill" <davebill at clear.net.nz> wrote:
>
> > I personally like the concept - it's an aid in getting the group going and
> > in fleshing out the back-story.
>
> It has some good possibilities.  On the other hand, it eliminates throwing
> together a diverse group of unconnected people, whom circumstance
> "encourages" to work together.
>
> And why should some players be rewarded for doing something that apparently
> they're apt to do anyway, while penalizing those who don't get the
> opportunity?

They aren't penalised. Page 40 of the core rule book covers solo
generation of characters if you don't want to establish connections
with the others in your party. This section takes care of both the
connections and the skill package the party gets at the end of their
chargen.


Craig.