Character creation log?

[andreaslundin]

Hi,

I love the Traveller system of creating characters, but I also have terrible short term memory and I keep forgetting where I am in the process. In addition to this I would also like a log of the process, just for fun.

Has someone created a template for this that you can print out? Where you fill in the process?

I tried searching for it in the forum, but couldn't find anything. I don't want some program or computer support, I want to use pen and paper.

/Andreas

 

[Sigtrygg]

Use an index card. One card per term with sections for every step in that term's rolls and events. Number them as you go.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Use an index card. One card per term with sections for every step in that term's rolls and events. Number them as you go.

I need to do this. Even writing it out on a legal pad, I’m sometimes lost about what I still need to do.

 

[Limpin Legin]

Has someone created a template for this that you can print out? Where you fill in the process?

I tried searching for it in the forum, but couldn't find anything. I don't want some program or computer support, I want to use pen and paper.

I have poor memory for that sort of thing, too. If you are doing it pen and paper, you could do what I do, and that is print out the flow chart, (or design your own version), and use a counter placed on the flowchart, to keep track of where you are in chargen. If you are doing it as a group activity, you'd need a different counter for each player.
Alternatively, get a sheet of A4 paper for each player, and write down the left hand side: Term n, Career Entry, Skills, Survival, Event. And fill in when you complete each step, and then repeat the itinerary for each Term . (You could get the players to fill in their own sheet, if they can be bothered, and get them to prompt you what stage they are up to.)

 

[rinku]

I usually just use lined paper and record what was rolled with mods and results

It ends up looking something like this:

Scout 1 (Explorer) (9+1) Pilot 0, Survival 0, Mechanic 0, Astrogation 0, Vacc 0, Gun Cbt 0
Survival (7+1)
Event (4) Recon 1
Advance (8) Rank 1, Vacc 1, Engineer 1

Scout 2 (Explorer) Science (Sophontology) 1
Survival (4+1)
Mishap (4) Athletics (Dex) 1
Muster (6) Scout Ship (3) Cr30,000

 

[mavikfelna]

I usually just use lined paper and record what was rolled with mods and results

It ends up looking something like this:

Scout 1 (Explorer) (9+1) Pilot 0, Survival 0, Mechanic 0, Astrogation 0, Vacc 0, Gun Cbt 0
Survival (7+1)
Event (4) Recon 1
Advance (8) Rank 1, Vacc 1, Engineer 1

Scout 2 (Explorer) Science (Sophontology) 1
Survival (4+1)
Mishap (4) Athletics (Dex) 1
Muster (6) Scout Ship (3) Cr30,000

That's pretty much how I do it.
If you're using Roll20, the character sheet on the Prime tab has a format for it on its term listing section.

 

[Ewan]

I usually just use lined paper and record what was rolled with mods and results

It ends up looking something like this:

Scout 1 (Explorer) (9+1) Pilot 0, Survival 0, Mechanic 0, Astrogation 0, Vacc 0, Gun Cbt 0
Survival (7+1)
Event (4) Recon 1
Advance (8) Rank 1, Vacc 1, Engineer 1

Scout 2 (Explorer) Science (Sophontology) 1
Survival (4+1)
Mishap (4) Athletics (Dex) 1
Muster (6) Scout Ship (3) Cr30,000

Really like this format, simple and effective

 

[andreaslundin]

Scout 1 (Explorer) (9+1) Pilot 0, Survival 0, Mechanic 0, Astrogation 0, Vacc 0, Gun Cbt 0
Survival (7+1)
Event (4) Recon 1
Advance (8) Rank 1, Vacc 1, Engineer 1

Scout 2 (Explorer) Science (Sophontology) 1
Survival (4+1)
Mishap (4) Athletics (Dex) 1
Muster (6) Scout Ship (3) Cr30,000

This sounds like a great format, I'll combine that with the index card suggestion above. Thank you all!

 

[Joe Trader]

I use this - maybe you can use it too?