On 17/12/30 05:14, Bruce  Johnson wrote:
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>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 4:46 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki <xxxxxx@kobschaetzki.net> wrote:
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>> Is there any character generation in Traveller (we play 2nd Edition
>> Mongoose) that allows this? Or at least some kind of modification that
>> bring characteristics and skills of some chosen profession closer
>> together? Maybe a character generation that isn't that randomized?
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>Yes, but it’s deeply heretical.  “Let your players define who they are”.
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>http://www.panix.com/~sos/rpg/slug.html
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>This is a ROLE-playing game, not a RULE-playing game.
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>If the rules get in the way of the object of the game, throw them out.

I know but rules are part of a system and depending on system and the
world one cannot go without the other. But it seems that in the case of
Traveller Uncharted Worlds might be a viable alternative.

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>But in short, let your players create their characters, not their character sheets; then you bring them into your story.

imho you need a lot of experience with a rule-system to do it that way
without throwing some kind of balancing completely over board.

Niels