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Old 10-18-2011, 12:59 PM   #49
sir_pudding
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Originally Posted by shawnhcorey View Post
I had the same trouble. Can anyone tell me what's so difficult about creating characters for this?
1) The description is contradictory. You mention Firefly as the primary source and then talk about aliens and interstellar travel. The end result doesn't really tell me anything about the setting.

2) Star-Trader games seem to appeal to a very small minority. Lots of people might want to play a space adventure game with the action bits of Firefly (which is what your description implies) and not bean-counters. I'm not really sure from your description which it actually is.

3)"You can play whatever alien you want" means that you can't have put much thought into how the setting actually works. I personally prefer settings with some decent hooks for character origins.
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