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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 8799942" data-attributes="member: 25619">Often.  I’d say about half have backgrounds as soldiers, veterans, or mercenaries.  Not just the fighters.There’s a significant difference between active military and former or part-time.  For my current TOEE campaign:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leader was in his village militia & fired over a woman pre-game start, became famous, now just finished military officer training (a prestige class for only his Greyhawk homeland of Furyondy) and is on first commando mission with his old party and people they picked up</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PC who was a scout for her tribe (Ranger/Rogue) of the military caste.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PC fighter who was drafted and ran away, making a living as a mercenary, now turned fledgling mage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PC rogue who was/is a spy for an order of knights and undercover as a mercenary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NPC who is his village militia, run by his dad, and also a spy - the famous Elmo.  Background by Gygax, not me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NPC who was in village militia and didn’t want to join them in banditry so deserted.  Background by Gygax.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2 PC’s who were mercenaries together, abandoned by their caravan to their fate</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1 PC who is spying for the gnome council (not a gnome!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3 other PC’s with no military or espionage connection</li> </ul>So yeah, more than half in this case.</blockquote>

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