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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4841472" data-attributes="member: 22779">Google has not let me down.&nbsp; Did a bit of hunting and stumbled across <a href="http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2009/04/fantasy-traveller.html" target="_blank">this site</a> which has an online random generator and a nice series of tables.&nbsp; It's pretty quick and dirty, but, certainly something you could build on.BTW, I did talk about another chargen system a while ago using Magic cards.&nbsp; I did it for my current campaign and it was fantastic.&nbsp; My players, a year later, are still regularly referencing their backgrounds almost every session.Reading up a bit more about life path systems, it occurs to me that this is an excellent way to ground your pc's in a given setting.&nbsp; If you are doing a new setting, creating a lifepath system of tables could be a really good way to impart setting knowledge on the players without info dumping.&nbsp; Each step in the life path system should be grounded heavily in the setting and setting elements explained.So, if you were doing an Eberron lifepath, you could talk about what the PC did during the war, how the war affected the character and how has the peace also affected him or her.&nbsp; Tie in the Houses and you have a slick way to make Eberron characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4841472, member: 22779"] Google has not let me down. Did a bit of hunting and stumbled across [url=http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2009/04/fantasy-traveller.html]this site[/url] which has an online random generator and a nice series of tables. It's pretty quick and dirty, but, certainly something you could build on. BTW, I did talk about another chargen system a while ago using Magic cards. I did it for my current campaign and it was fantastic. My players, a year later, are still regularly referencing their backgrounds almost every session. Reading up a bit more about life path systems, it occurs to me that this is an excellent way to ground your pc's in a given setting. If you are doing a new setting, creating a lifepath system of tables could be a really good way to impart setting knowledge on the players without info dumping. Each step in the life path system should be grounded heavily in the setting and setting elements explained. So, if you were doing an Eberron lifepath, you could talk about what the PC did during the war, how the war affected the character and how has the peace also affected him or her. Tie in the Houses and you have a slick way to make Eberron characters. [/QUOTE]

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