How Old is your PC?

[GBoyett]

This poll is inspired by Lord Irial's poll on players' age. You can choose two answer to reflect a variant for playing different PCs

 

[Liam Devlin]

From ISS Ursula campaign (online)
http://groups.msn.com/ISSUrsula

Micheal "Mike" Rourke/Ship's Steward
apparent age:35/ actual age:51

CPO "Shorty", /human, SHip's Mechanic, age:48 apparent age: 52

XO, CDR Eakehia /aslani (f), age:46 apparent age: 46.

 

[trader jim]

now thats a kinda strange results....interesting....folks playing older PCs...

 

[Liam Devlin]

Originally posted by trader jim:
now thats a kinda strange results....interesting....folks playing older PCs...

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In Mike's case anagathics.
In Shorty's case, a jump space embolism accident prematurely whitened his hair.
Eakehia is considered a mature Aslani lady, from a starfaring merchant clan in Imperium SM region.
(Erin rolled her up TJ, but I'm RP-ing her)

 

[GBoyett]

Originally posted by trader jim:
now thats a kinda strange results....interesting....folks playing older PCs...

My normal range is the early 30s. I have one major PC/NPC that is almost 50. He is a former CEO that I ported over from a Cyberpunk/Shadowrun campaign. He is currently travelling around the Spinward Marches.

 

[MichaelL65]

When I was playing CT back in high school, I was somewhat appaled that I had to play an old fart of 40 or so just to have a character that could have more than 1-2 skills or merit and able to handle a weapon. Now that I'm approching that age, I feel somewhat vindicated that the house rules I came up with to correct that are actually very similar to the way charaters are done in T20.

Now if only I had the time to play like I did back then...

 

[plop101]

MichaelL65 writes:

When I was playing CT back in high school, I was somewhat appaled that I had to play an old fart of 40 or so just to have a character that could have more than 1-2 skills or merit and able to handle a weapon.

Yeah, the basic unenhanced CT was not good for skill wise young PC's. I suspect that the best system in Traveller for allowing the young ones in with skills is GT, then T4. Having only been through the T20 CharGen once, and still a little confused by it, I just am not sure how it would turn out for young PC's.

 

[Ben W Bell]

Only 6 months old.

Oh I see, Player Character, not Personal Computer. Sorry it's the programmer in me coming out.

 

[s-feige]

BenBell :
Only 6 months old.

Oh I see, Player Character, not Personal Computer. Sorry it's the programmer in me coming out.

Same with me

In my group all PCs are around 30, still considered 'Young Men' IMTU. Approaching that age myself, I think MTU is right

-no insult towards all older readers intended-

We had no problems accumulating a reasonable number of skill levels over three terms, using MT.

I'm just wondering why all extra, just-for-fun, or backup-Characters tended to be older than 50? Perhaps 'reasonable' was not reasonable enough??

Have a nive day,
Aldan Romar

 

[Shadowdancer]

I have two characters, one in the 31-34 range, one in the 35-38 range.

 

[rlvargas]

In my new campaign everyone is in the 30-32 year range except for the hotshot pilot who is 26. In the Prior History he got a Starburst for Extreme Heroism and mustered out after that. He got a ton of experience (+8000) for earning that thing.

 

[Jame]

Most of my characters are in their thirties, and a couple are in their forties. One got into her fifties before I stopped using that program...

 

[Spinward Scout]

Sir Dameon Toth is 50 year old detached Scout with an apparent age of 34.

Scout