Character Creation

MoMo, you asked earlier about backstories and whether we knew each other. I'm debating between already being friends, having a tenuous connection, or random strangers that were brought together by a mysterious messenger that arranged the ambushes.

My background is former imperial, now doctor. Any of you could have been treated in my clinic.

I have more ideas for my character's personality than his backstory so far, so I'm pretty flexible when it comes to how we know one another, if at all.

A couple ideas:

1. We could've both been imperial officers who left for one reason or another.

2. Maybe I've found out about your past affiliation and have treated you poorly for it, or heavily distrust being a rebel alongside you.

3. I used to be in the rebel alliance, left for some reason, but we've recognized one another from some battlefield or when either of us were a POW for some time.

4. Or a combination of some of these... maybe I was a rebel soldier who was a POW that was under your characters medical supervision. I was given my freedom to be deposited on some backwater planet because I gave up rebel secrets. You know this, and I know you used to be an imperial medical officer, so we have a very tenuous relationship.

For a friendlier alternative, it could've been a Poe and Finn situation where you helped me escape, but due to being shaken by the experience I didn't want to go back to the alliance.

All great ideas...a riff off of them: we trained together at the Academy, but haven't seen each other since (until we found out we were living in the same city). Things are awkward, because there is a tension between the bond we formed from training together, and distrust because neither knows what the other has been up to since then. What do you think?

That would work. Like a city council person type of deal or something.

Also remember at this point there are rewards being offered for information about the 'Falu Four'. Fortunately no one seems to have a good or consistent description of the four of you.

Maybe I can use my position to spread some false info around. ;)

I'm all for it!

So, I bought my own comlink, but if no one wants the freebie one, I'll refund it and take the one in the cache. Also, if no one wants the stimpacks, I'll grab those too, but I did buy two of my own so I don't need them. They don't take any encumbrance and they don't require a medicine check to heal yourself with them, if people want them.

Before we start, I'll just add whatever's left in the list to my inventory, if nothing else is taken out.

I think the flesh bags should divide the stim packs amongst themselves ;-)

@szemely: As far as backstories go, do you want us to PM you, post it here, or have it in the Notes of our character sheet?

Having it the Notes section would be best for me, as I'll be looking at your sheets quite a bit during play. Sharing it here would be good as well, so that everyone can have a look. If there is something that you don't want known to everyone you can use the Hidden Note feature to post it here or just PM it to me.

Got it! Thanks!

Do the PCs have a place that they meet before going to the various ambush sites?

Could be someone's home, or maybe some coordinates outside of town.

Someplace near our cache?

Maybe the attic/basement of Marithyme's clinic?

That works. Funny how all three of you have contracted mysterious diseases recently that require repeated treatment.