I'm Going In! i.e. Starting my TFT game

[JohnPaulB]

Originally Posted by DeadParrot

If your concept is a bunch of experienced Citizens finding themselves unexpectedly in an adventuring setup, you might want to require a number of talents be spent on their background. A town blacksmith should have at least 1 point in mundane talent Blacksmith. If she is a Master blacksmith maybe the cost is 2 or 3 points. Add in Business Sense(2), Recognize Value(1), Armourer(1) and probably Area Knowledge(1) and Literacy(1). To explain her current lack of funds/hardship, maybe her shop burned down for 'reasons'.

I've done this with several of my PCs when gaming. Give them a free Mundane Talent or two. Perhaps give them a contact in town that they can rely on for help (but not participation). Give each player a Fortuity Token that can be turned in for non-combat help during the game.

Allow the players a little slack to wheel and deal at the beginning of the game to both establish their character and provide them some provisions. That slack doesn't have to be cash. Barter in goods or working off things could also be helpful.

Maybe the wizard has a Soothe spell that as he travels, he goes to hospitals on the way and offers to Soothe the patients for a fee at night so he can rest the fatigue off in his sleep.

Allow one of the PCs to be a spy in the employ of foreigners and has regular postings that he gets paid for. Some juicy tidbits gets more $.

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I know party members who routinely thieve to get money every session.