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[Darrian Wolffe]

As usual, I'll create a sample character to start play to illustrate how the system works.

So, starting off

1 - Male
2 - Female

Rolled 1d2 : 2, total 2

[Darrian Wolffe]

Affiliation
1 - Suns
2 - Drac
3 - Lyran
4 - FRR
5 - FWL
6 - CapCon
7 - St Ives
8 - MoC
9 - Taurian
10 - Outworlds
11 - Bandit
12 - Minor/Independent World

Rolled 1d12 : 5, total 5

[Darrian Wolffe]

As before, all Thresholds are set to 6, except for Edge which is set to 9.  All Attribute Minimums are set to 2. 

STR: 2/6
BOD: 2/6
DEX: 2/6
RFL: 2/6
INT: 2/6
WIL: 2/6
CHA: 2/6
EDG: 2/8
SOC: 2/6

Stage 1 Lifepath (cannot take Clan War Orphan or Trueborn) As a reminder you do not have to roll randomly for what lifepath you're taking
1 - Back Woods
2 - Blue Collar
3 - Farm
4 - Fugitives
5 - Nobility
6 - Street
7 - White Collar

Rolled 1d7 : 4, total 4

[Darrian Wolffe]

Stage 1: Fugitives

Rolled 2d6 : 6, 6, total 12

[Darrian Wolffe]

Rolling Twice

Rolled 2d6 : 6, 4, total 10

Rolled 2d6 : 6, 3, total 9

[Darrian Wolffe]

OK, so the event roll and Stage 1 have given me the following:

STR: 2/6
BOD: 2/5
DEX: 2/6
RFL: 2/6
INT: 2/6
WIL: 2/7
CHA: 2/6
EDG: 2/9
SOC: 2/5

Skills
+6 Languages, +2 Perception (all Stage 1 lifepaths grant this)
+1 Streetwise/FWL
+1 Language
+1 Zero G Ops
+1 Interest/Any

Traits
Poverty 1
G-tolerance

...in addition, I can head to Military School in Stage 2, without having to buy my way in with Edge, so I can be more aggressive about using Edge later on.

[Darrian Wolffe]

Stage 2: Military School

Rolled 2d6 : 2, 2, total 4

[Darrian Wolffe]

And we'll spend that point of Edge Threshold right away for a reroll.  Remember, in character creation, you can Edge multiple times on the same item.

Rolled 2d6 : 6, 6, total 12

[Darrian Wolffe]

Well allright.

Rolled 2d6 : 4, 2, total 6

Rolled 2d6 : 4, 6, total 10

[Darrian Wolffe]

I think that making friends with the Commandant is more apropos to someone who qualified for accelerated training in the Military Science field, rather than blowing up school property and having to pay for it.  Spending 1 Edge to increase the 6 result to a 7.  That's 2 points of Edge spent during this stage.

This stage adjusts my character record to the following:

STR: 2/6
BOD: 2/5
DEX: 2/6
RFL: 2/6
INT: 2/6
WIL: 3/7
CHA: 2/5
EDG: 2/7
SOC: 2/6

Skills
+6 Languages, +2 Perception (all Stage 1 lifepaths grant this)
+1 Streetwise/FWL
+1 Language
+1 Zero G Ops
+1 Interest/Any
+5 Academic/milHist
+4 Computers
+2 Leadership
+1 Rifles
+1 Martial Arts/Mil
+3 Career
+3 Cryptography
+3 Strategy
+3 Tactics

Traits
Poverty 1
G-tolerance
Promotion (if Stage 3 is a military academy or enlistment)
Contact (commandant)

[Darrian Wolffe]

OK, moving to Stage 3.  Here's where a rules change happens.  As an FWL affiliated character, for each 2d6-based Stage 3 or 4 path I roll on, I gain +3 Free Points at the END of skill reduction.  That is, after I reduce my leftover points, I get to add +3 points *back in* to my skills allowance for every one of those 2d6-based lifepaths.  That's the equivalent of *9 automatic skill points* from the lifepath itself, which should go a long way to making up for the frankly overpowered lifepath results that Davion, Lyran, and CapCon characters get.  Lots of affiliation qualify for the Free Point bonus, so check out page 3 of the Version 5 PDF to see who gets them.

Anyway, we're headed to a FWL Military Academy.  I kind of feel that Fugitives should be able to qualify for foreign academies, but ah well.

Rolled 2d6 : 4, 6, total 10

[Darrian Wolffe]

And we'll throw a point of Edge to bump that 10 to an 11.

You're goddamn right I'm at the top of my class.  I'm motivated to go fight those damn Free Worlds Leaguers, in the name of the Free Worlds League.

Character record gets adjusted with the lifepath results, and then applies the MechWarrior AIT bonuses, the Special Training bonuses as optional for MechWarriors, and then applies OCS bonuses due to the lifepath result this stage.  In total, it looks like this:

Age: 20 (16 start + 1 year Academy + 2 years AIT + 1 year OCS)

STR: 2/6
BOD: 2/6
DEX: 3/6
RFL: 4/7
INT: 5/6
WIL: 3/8
CHA: 2/6
EDG: 2/7
SOC: 3/7

Skills
+6 Languages, +2 Perception (all Stage 1 lifepaths grant this)
+1 Streetwise/FWL
+1 Language
+1 Zero G Ops
+1 Interest/Any
+7 Academic/milHist
+4 Computers
+8 Leadership
+6 Rifles
+4 Martial Arts/Mil
+8 Career
+3 Cryptography
+3 Strategy
+11 Tactics/Mech
+1 Protocol/FWL
+2 Swimming
+5 1st Aid
+3 Nav/Ground
+4 Gunnery/Ball
+4 Gunnery/Las
+3 Gunnery/Miss
+4 Pilot/Mech
+3 Sensor Ops
+3 Admin
+3 Bureac/FWL
+3 Pistols
+3 Training

Traits
Poverty 1
G-tolerance
Promotion 5 (1 from Stage 2, 1 from stage 3, 1 from AIT, 1 from Lifepath, 1 from Special Training)
Commission 1 (overrides all promotions to this point)
Contact (commandant)
Well-equipped 2
Custom Vehicle
Vehicle 4
Wealth 1

[Darrian Wolffe]

So I'm up to Stage 4, and I'm going to jump in to Paramilitary Service, as allowed by virtue of having selected the MechWarrior AIT field, and which feels about right for a fugitive looking to get back at the people who kicked her off her family's planet.

This is a 2d10 field, so I do NOT get the bonus free points at the end for this roll.

Paramilitary Service

Rolled 2d10 : 9, 9, total 18

[Darrian Wolffe]

What the hell, I've got edge to burn.  Blowing a point of edge to up that to a 19, and rolling twice.

Rolled 2d10 : 9, 8, total 17

Rolled 2d10 : 3, 4, total 7

[Darrian Wolffe]

OK, so I'm spending another edge to bump that 17 to an 18, because even thought I like all the skill points that 17 gives, the +2 years of time is rough.  The 7 result is funny and can stick around, since it'll provide good backstory, and doesn't hurt me that bad.

Character record is now as follows:

Age: 22 (16 start + 1 year Academy + 2 years AIT + 1 year OCS + 2 years paras)

STR: 2/6
BOD: 2/6
DEX: 3/6
RFL: 4/7
INT: 5/6
WIL: 3/7
CHA: 2/6
EDG: 2/5
SOC: 3/7

Skills
+6 Languages, +2 Perception (all Stage 1 lifepaths grant this)
+1 Streetwise/FWL
+1 Language
+1 Zero G Ops
+1 Interest/Any
+7 Academic/milHist
+4 Computers
+11 Leadership
+10 Rifles
+8 Martial Arts/Mil
+12 Career
+3 Cryptography
+3 Strategy
+11 Tactics/Mech
+1 Protocol/FWL
+2 Swimming
+9 1st Aid
+7 Nav/Ground
+4 Gunnery/Ball
+4 Gunnery/Las
+3 Gunnery/Miss
+4 Pilot/Mech
+3 Sensor Ops
+3 Admin
+3 Bureac/FWL
+3 Pistols
+3 Training
+2 Running
+4 Seduction

Traits
Poverty 1
G-tolerance
Promotion 5 (1 from Stage 2, 1 from stage 3, 1 from AIT, 1 from Lifepath, 1 from Special Training)
Commission 1 (overrides all promotions to this point)
Contact (commandant)
Well-equipped 6
Custom Vehicle
Vehicle 4
Wealth 1
Dependent
Fast Learner