T2K v2.2 Advantages/Disadvantages?

[pmulcahy11b]

GURPS has a host of such that could conceivably mined for such. Unfortunately, for me, it would at the end of a long list.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Like wolffhound mentioned, I think it would be useful to know what your friend means by "personalize".
What particular aspects of the character are they thinking of?

[TyCaine]

I think he meant Personalize by specific quirks for either positive or negative game effects.

Personalize so that two characters who are essentially the same apart from a few skill points, say two Tank crewmen, so that they might be more identifiable.
Perhaps one positive quirk (advantage) might be he's an excellent student and finds it easier to learn certain skills, another might have some sort of direction sense making it easier to navigate.

Picking a few off the top of my head from other games might include ambidextrous, or a light sleeper, conversely heavy sleeper... All the way to a negative quirks (disadvantages) like a missing finger, or a missing hand, reduced hearing, or a bad eye, addiction, and so on and so forth.

Just looking whether someone might have already come up with a list of advantages and disadvantages, how they might be chosen and limited (by point value, plus/minus perhaps) and their game effects...

Did that make sense?

I heard there was something similar in T2K13 but I haven't seen it, and am not sure about converting game effects between the systems and so on.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Yes that made sense. I don't know of anyone who's done anything like that but from what you mentioned it might be worth doing as Paul suggested, check out GURPS.
GURPS has a system for advantages/disadvantages and because they cover multiple genres you should be able too find appropriate entries that can convert to T2k 2.2 easily enough.

[wolffhound79]

I had a system for characters, pick a state or roll for a state. 2 d10 for a result in 100 and devide by 2. using a alphabetical list of 50 states pick one within 2 from that number. now we know where abouts you are from. Ive tried a modified cyberpunk at first but in the end I use percentile each term.

For example with basic training rolling high can mean a good posting with a extra promotion for good conduct.

For a four year term of service a low percentile under 40 can cause something bad like my one character had a bad run in with a superior officer stalling his career an forced him to be posted in a dead end office. Rolling 10 or less can cause loss of promotion or worse if lower than 5 maybe time in the brig for a minor offence.

So anything over 70 can be a good conduct , 80 a minor medal , 90 minor to senoir medal and a promotion 95 plus is say a heroic action mentioned or known to others.

I once had a character roll 100 so I said he won the congressional medal of honor and a promotion. A percentile chance he is reconized by other officers when in the field.

it depends on the time frame, career path, i allow characters to pick certain traits they want, then write up a small background and set goals they have.
Like going home or building up a small fortune, or finding a loved one.

If someone has a chart to roll on that would be cool.