Paul_Va Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I would liked to have seen a Traveller-style aging system in Basic Roleplaying. I've never seen a game that does character creation so well, and I really like that characters have to gamble that something bad will not happen in order to obtain more experience. Has anyone come across an optional rule setting for BRP that will allow this kind of character generation? Quote You can follow me on Google+ here: https://www.google.com/+PaulVasquezE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjn Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 RuneQuest 6 has half page rules for ageing. There are five Age Bands from Early Middle Age (40-49 for humans) to Dotage (90+). As characters pass into new bands, they must make both Endurance and Willpower checks that get more difficult by band. Failure means they lose 1d3 in a characteristic. So it is a rather simple system and it only affects characteristics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjn Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Actually, in Legend there is a similiar, but a little bit more complicated system. You roll the Skill checks every year in stead of just when entering the "age band" and negative modifiers for "life experience" such as Disease or Insanity. And you only lose 1d2 / missed roll. If you don't have Legend yet, you should get it. After all, the PDF is only USD 1.00: Legend - Mongoose | Legend | DriveThruRPG.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I would liked to have seen a Traveller-style aging system in Basic Roleplaying. I've never seen a game that does character creation so well, and I really like that characters have to gamble that something bad will not happen in order to obtain more experience. Has anyone come across an optional rule setting for BRP that will allow this kind of character generation? There is a Traveller to BRP conversion here that includes rules for Traveller style Life Path chargen. It just uses the Traveller "classes" as converted over. If you want to adapt it to a different setting , you will have to tweak it to fit. http://www.soltakss.com/rq_scifi.doc The thread is here: Sci-Fi Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Va Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 These are both great ideas. i just picked up the Legend PDF, and I'll be going through that as well as the Traveller conversion document. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. Quote You can follow me on Google+ here: https://www.google.com/+PaulVasquezE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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