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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 744321" data-attributes="member: 463">In core D&amp;D I'd probably be Expert, 1st level just like almost everyone else (if you're honest &amp; look at the DMG level distributions!).In Traveller20 though, I'd be roughly Academic 5/Army 1, which sounds a lot better. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />To detail:Age: 30, 11 years in Higher Education including undergrad (3 yrs), PhD (5 yrs - ouch) &amp; 3 years in research/teaching post, also 2 years in Army Reserve (yes the Army level is a highly marginal one - maybe just a Weapon Proficiency in Assault Rifle &amp; some related skills in forced marching, rifle maintenance, etc).&nbsp; This would be a pretty typical Traveller20 starting PC. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />High Int, currently Con low due to chronic back pain - it feeds through into other stuff like lowered immune system also, sadly <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Str varies from medium-high (while in Army Reserve) to medium-low (now), Wis was rather low but age has helped a bit, Dex lowish (twisted right leg, explains why I was so bad at soccer/football as a child, never knew that until recently), Cha seems variable so I'll say average.&nbsp; Currently (with +1 Int for all that PhDing when I hit 4th level):Str 9 (was ca 12-13) Dex 8 (was 10) Con 8 (was 12-14) Int 17 (was 16) Wis 10 (was 8) Cha 11 (was 8).Edit: oh yeah, I have the Iron Will feat. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I could claim to have Int 19 since my starting Int would've been in top 0.5% of general population, but that depends on whether you assume the 3d6 bell curve applies to the general population or not, so that .5% of people have 18 in any particular stat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 744321, member: 463"] In core D&D I'd probably be Expert, 1st level just like almost everyone else (if you're honest & look at the DMG level distributions!). In Traveller20 though, I'd be roughly Academic 5/Army 1, which sounds a lot better. :) To detail: Age: 30, 11 years in Higher Education including undergrad (3 yrs), PhD (5 yrs - ouch) & 3 years in research/teaching post, also 2 years in Army Reserve (yes the Army level is a highly marginal one - maybe just a Weapon Proficiency in Assault Rifle & some related skills in forced marching, rifle maintenance, etc). This would be a pretty typical Traveller20 starting PC. :) High Int, currently Con low due to chronic back pain - it feeds through into other stuff like lowered immune system also, sadly :( Str varies from medium-high (while in Army Reserve) to medium-low (now), Wis was rather low but age has helped a bit, Dex lowish (twisted right leg, explains why I was so bad at soccer/football as a child, never knew that until recently), Cha seems variable so I'll say average. Currently (with +1 Int for all that PhDing when I hit 4th level): Str 9 (was ca 12-13) Dex 8 (was 10) Con 8 (was 12-14) Int 17 (was 16) Wis 10 (was 8) Cha 11 (was 8). Edit: oh yeah, I have the Iron Will feat. :) I could claim to have Int 19 since my starting Int would've been in top 0.5% of general population, but that depends on whether you assume the 3d6 bell curve applies to the general population or not, so that .5% of people have 18 in any particular stat. [/QUOTE]

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