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[dwi]

All Right folks! This has been a long time coming but since my last RP died but I'm here with a new one.

I'm looking for at least 4 players preferably 5.

For those of you who don't know; the name of the game is building your dynasty and your fortunes. Weather your the Rouge Trader or his (or her) cronies.

All of you have a roll to play in this

#1 spot: hmjohn
#2 spot:
#3 spot:
#4 spot:
#5 spot:


Char Creation!

Chooseing a homeworld:

Despite what you may think, in Rouge Trader choosing were your from is very important. It may even dertermin what stats you have or how you react to driffrent situations.

Death World:
Pros of being a death worlder:
You automaticly get +5 strength +5 Toughness
The Survival Skill
You may choose eather from the Jaded Talent or the resistance to poison talents
Start with the Melee Weapon training (primitive) Talent
+10 bonus to Shock and pinning
Possibly start with more wounds

Cons of being a Death Worlder:
-10 to all interaction skill tests in formal saroundings
-5 Willpower, -5 Fellowship

Career choices for a death worlder: Arch-Militant, Missionary

Void Born:
Pros of being a Void Born:
+5 Willpower
Automaticly gain the Speak Language (Ship Dialect) Skill
Navigation and Pilot are untrained skills that you have easy access too
Immune to space travel sickness
Low-Grav and Zero-Grav environments and not count as difficult terrain

Cons of being a void born:
A chane to loose fate points on bad rolls
-5 to all fellowship interactions with non void born chars
-5 strength

Void Born careers: Arch-Militant, Astropath, Explorator, Navigator, Rouge Trader, Senesachal, Void-Master

Forge World:
Pros of being a forge worlder:
+5 Intelligence
Start with the Technical Knock Talent
Common Lore (tech) and Common Lore (Machine Cult) are untrained skills
You may increase any ONE characteristic by +3 at start

Cons of being a Forge Worlder:
-5 Weapon skill
-10 penalty on tests involving the imperial creed and 15 to fellowship interactions with Ecclesiarchy types in formal settings

Forge Worlder careers: Arch-Militant, Explorator, Void-Master

Hive World:
Pros of being a hive worlder:
+5 Fellowship
Speak Language (Hive Dialect)
Crowds do not count as difficult terrain and do not need to make Agility checks when running through one.
Tech-Use as untrained skill

Cons of being a hive worlder:
-10 to survival
-5 toughness

Hive world careers: Arch-Militant, Astropath, Explorator, Missionary, Navigator, Rouge trader, Seneschal, Void-Master

Imperial world:
Pros to being a Imperial:
+3 Willpower
Common lores, Imperial creed, Imperium and War are untrained basic skills

Cons:
-5 to forbidden lore checks

Imperial careers: Astropath, Explorator, Missionary, Navigator, Rouge Trader, Seneschal

Noble Born:
Pros:
+5 Fellowship
Begin with Literacy, SL (high Gothic), SL (low Gothic) as untrained skills and the Peer (nobility) Talent
Add +1 to the grupe starting factor profit

Cons:
-5 Willpower

Noble careers: Missionary, Navigator, Rouge trader, Seneschal, Void-Master


Basic stats:

Of course you have the basic stat lines od WS, BS, S, T, etc

If you choose the point allocation method all chars start with this basic stat tree that looks like this:

Weapon Skill: 25
Ballistic Skill: 25
Strength: 25
Toughness: 25
Agility: 25
Intelligence: 25
Perception: 25
Willpower: 25
Fellowship: 25

You'll get 100 pts to put in to your skills. Remember though you can't put more than 20 in to each skill.

OR

I can randomly generate your stats for you

[hmjohn]

Alrighty, I'll go with
Death World Arch-Militant

Weapon Skill: 40
Ballistic Skill: 40
Strength: 40
Toughness: 35
Agility: 35
Intelligence: 30
Perception: 35
Willpower: 35
Fellowship: 25

This should be fun!

[dwi]

@hammerjohn: Ok John. To roll for your starting wounds roll a D5. Then, as a death worlder add +2pts to your score to get your final result.

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I forgot to add that rolling for wounds you need to use a 5 sided dice.