Voluntarily Changing Careers in Char Gen

[vertigo25]

For instance, serving in one of the military careers for a term, deciding it's just not for you; and finally following your life's dream and going in to the arts.

I can't really see anywhere where this is either explicitly allowed nor explicitly banned in the rules. I'm wondering what other peoples' take on it would be.

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

It is perfectly possible to have multi-career characters. Some careers in the TMB give you a -DM for enlistment if you've had a previous career, so watch out for that - but yes, you can change careers if you want.

 

[Stormraven]

Yep. All you have to concern yourself is whether or not the current career requires the character remain (a natural 12). Otherwise, it's just that easy.

 

[GypsyComet]

For instance, serving in one of the military careers for a term, deciding it's just not for you; and finally following your life's dream and going in to the arts.

A "coming of age" term in the military is a good feature for character background, regardless of subsequent careers.

 

[vertigo25]

Good. I figured this was the case and did it on my first roll up. I really like the way the character turned out and was hoping I didn't have to crumple him up

 

[Golan2072]

A "coming of age" term in the military is a good feature for character background, regardless of subsequent careers.

For some polities military enlistment or the draft (and at least one term in the military/scouts) might be mandatory.

 

[saundby]

We've got a character that did a term in the Navy then left to follow her dream of becoming a professional dancer in spite of two left feet and no talent. Found a patron through falling offstage into a rich kid's lap. The rich kid thinks her lack of talent is an affectation, a sarcastic comment on the arts. He's a useful source of money and contacts.

The dancer is one of our favorite characters in the campaign, played wonderfully by her player. Created 100% according to the book.