Character Creation Challenge 2026

Several years ago I participated in the Character Creation Challenge.  I failed to finish.  I'm going to try again this year.  I'm not going to try to use 31 different so there will be repeats.

 

So, that being said...Away we go...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's start with one of my favorite character generation systems:  Classic Traveller.  You can die before the game begins!

 

Carlos Lawson

Retired Merchant 3rd Officer    798A66    Age 38    5 Terms    Cr 85000

Electronics-1, Vacc Suit-1, Jack-o-T-1, Navigation-1, Mechanical-1, Streetwise-1, Revolver-1, Medical-1

Retirement Cr 4000/yr, Revolver 

 

Carlos' stats started out at 899A66.

He easily made his enlistment roll because of his bonuses.  He also easily made all of his survival rolls because they were to start with and his bonus made it that much more so.  He was commissioned during his 1st turn and his only promotion came during his 3rd.  Reenlistment rolls were low, so he made all of those also.

 

Throughout his career he did a wide variety of jobs on the ship and ashore.  As 3rd Officer, one of his duties was collecting overdue crew members from shore leave.  This sometimes led to uncomfortable situations, both with the denizens of the sometimes low class establishments the crew sometimes patronized, the law or both.  More than once gun play was involved.  Thus, he obtained skills in Streetwise, Revolver, and Medical.

 

He had to make rolls on the Aging Table at the end of his 4th term and he lost a point of Strength.  After the 5th term he lost a point of Endurance.  He decided to retire after this and after making his reenlistment roll to ensure there was no mandatory reenlistment he mustered.

Carlos received an engraved, gold inlaid revolver from his shipmates when he retired and a small Cr 4000 annual pension from the company for his length of service.  Wise investments payed out to the tune of Cr 85000.

 

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