[TML] NEW SFRPG - Thousand Suns

[Richard Aiken]

On Feb 7, 2008 11:56 PM, Brad Murray <bjmurray.halfjack at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2008 8:53 PM, Richard Aiken <raikenclw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's a bit hard to do, surely?  Before chargen ends, anyway.  If you
> > don't know how old your various characters are going to be at the
> > start of play, how can you say you went through the same war with each
> > other however-many-years back?
>
> You could decide how old they must be at the end of chargen instead of
> finding out during chargen.  Or not call on specific dates and ages at
> all.

You can't build a mutual history without knowing when each character
did Whatever or at least the sequence they did the Whatevers in.  And
you can't tie either character to an existing background without
knowing when Great War X happened in each of their sequences.

I'm not saying it can't be done.  I'm just saying that it can't be
done *as* you roll up CT characters.  At least, not if you're doing it
by the book, with those chances for death (or optional forced
mustering out after a short two year term) and forced re-enlistment.

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident."  Robert A. Heinlein