[Rq-rules] *** JUNK MAIL ***Re: Background Experience

[Simon Phipp]

Alan Richards:
> 1. I am a big fan of starting background experience at age 10 not 15. And
> likewise not inflating cultural skills. (Query: In canon RQIII I think that
> only Weapon Skills have a cultural base all others are common to all members
> of a species?) I usually insist that the 5 Years between 10 and 15 are spent
> in a randomly rolled background and the 'standard' 2d6* years may be spent
> in a background (or backgrounds) of the player's choice.

Which makes sense as having adults begin at 15 or 16 is a modern idea. Children were apprenticed out in the Middle Ages at an early age and taught a profession. In the past, when life expectancy was very low, people mated in their very early teens when puberty started, which is when they effectively became adults.

I'm not so sure about being in a randomly rolled profession. That might be OK if you are using the "give me any character and I'll play it" mode, but doesn't really fit the "my character has a detailed backstory" mode.

See Ya

Simon
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