Chapter 0 - Characters

This thread is specifically for character creation and questions.

By the way, thank you for the character sheet I found in the Repository. :)

Also, if we're creating our own, are you allowing any non-core supplements? In this case, I was wondering about Twilight 2000: More Civilian Career Paths for the EMT career. If not, no biggie, I can change up if need be. :)

Thanks for the invite! Rolling on chart

35, American Combat Support Officer, First_Lieutenant; STR:B, AGL:C, INT:C, EMP:A, CUF:C; Stamina:B, Mobility:B, Ranged_Combat:B, Survival:C, Tech:D, Command:C, Persuasion:D; Load_Carrier, Historian, Combat_Engineer, Locksmith, Brawler

Sweet! Now I just need to know what all of that means! :D

Thanks for bringing me along! Here goes my character roll:

31, American Combat Support Officer, First_Lieutenant; STR:A, AGL:B, INT:A, EMP:C, CUF:C; Close Combat:D, Stamina:D, Ranged_Combat:D, Recon:C, Survival:D, Command:D, Persuasion:C; Runner, Psy_Ops, Combat_Engineer, Improvised_Munitions

Now to port this into a character sheet. If I can figure out where all of it goes. :/

This is fine by me.

Ratings Explained
Twilight 2000 is a dice pool system where you roll at most two dice. Anything 6 or above is a success. Anything 10 or above is considered 2 successes.

The A, B, C, D rating tells you which dice you roll.

A = d12
B = d10
C = d8
D = d6

Example:
Let’s say your character has a STR rating A and a Stamina rating C.

Now let’s say your character is exposed to disease and they need to resist it. They would roll using their stamina skill. In this example they would roll two dice: a d12 because their STR is A and a d8 because their stamina is C. If either individual die is greater than 6 they resist the disease. (You don't add the dice result together)

If they didn’t have a rating in Stamina, they would just roll using STR.

Encumbrance
Encumbrance units are the measure of how much stuff you can carry. They are represented in the character sheet template as a group of 4__ that you can type in.

- A ration takes up 1/4 unit.
- Water takes up 1/2 unit.
- A M16 takes up 1 unit.

I would track the info on the sheet something like this, for a person with 1 day's rations, 1 day's water, and a M16.



You can only carry a number of encumbrance units equal to your STR die size. (i.e. STR A can carry 12 units, STR D can carry 6)

If you have a backpack, it allows you to carry an additional number of encumbrance units equal to your die. However, while wearing the backpack you suffer -2 to mobility rolls.

@Dmbrainiac and @ForeverDED (and anyone else who would like it), I'll provide a summary of your character's abilities soon. Feel free to submit your character early, and I can help fill out the sheet.

I don't want us to get too bogged down in the character creation process.

@SpiritualSock511 I submitted a placeholder character for now. Nothing there yet but you can start filling it out if you are so inclined. I’ll have more time to get in depth with the sheet tomorrow morning.

@Dmbrainiac Your character is a 35 year old American Combat Support Officer with the rank of First Lieutenant.
I updated your character sheet with details. You just need to come up with their motivation, moral code, and name.

Here are your specialties explained:
Load Carrier: You can carry 4 additional encumbrance units in your combat gear and 4 more in your backpack.

Historian: Roll RECON when you arrive at a new location. If you succeed, the Referee can tell you something significant that happened here in the past (if anything did happen)

Combat Engineer: +1 modifier to TECH rolls for placing and disarming mines and explosive device, and to RECON rolls to avoid mines.

Locksmith: +1 modifier to TECH rolls for picking locks, cracking safes, and disarming alarms.

Brawler: +1 to CLOSE COMBAT rolls in unarmed combat.

I made a couple of small modifications to the Twilight 2000 character sheet template.

Hello everyone. As mentioned in the General thread, hoping to make my own PC, and it might be a few days before I find the time to do that. Hope that’s okay…

@Harrigan, that should be just fine. I think it will take a couple of days anyway to get everyone up to speed and answer questions.

Everyone in the Group

Please name your character so that the first letter of their name isn't the same first letter of another character's name. This is so I can easily identify characters on a map by using the first letter of their name.

Daniel Cunningham here. I've filled out as much of the character sheet as I can for now and will submit it after I post this.

Jedrick Kowalski here.

So far, it looks like we were part of an Engineering unit maybe?

I don't know how I missed the invite notif. Rolling now.

Of the group, who would like help with setting up your character sheet?

Tedic Reed, Private 24, American Conscript, Private; STR:B, AGL:A, INT:C, EMP:B, CUF:D; Stamina:D, Driving:B, Mobility:D, Ranged_Combat:C,
Command:D, Persuasion:D; Mountaineer, Linguist, Scrounger

Somehow I don't think Tedic will live past 25, but someone needs to be at the bottom of the pecking order.
I assume CUF is Coolness Under Fire? I'm not sure what to do with the rest of the blank spaces.
An explanation of the specialties Tedic has would be appreciated as well.

Well, I don't know what CUF (Is Saevikas right? Coolness Under Fire?) or where it goes on the character sheet.

Also should I put these skills (Runner, Psy_Ops, Combat_Engineer, Improvised_Munitions) under the Skill section on the sheet? Oh, and if I could get an explanation for all but Combat Engineer (you already explained that to Dmbrainiac), that would be great. :)