Character Creation Guide

Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition

Disclaimer: This does not seek to undercut Mongoose, rather help with running the character creation by collecting all related data in one hyperlinked place. Under US Law only text describing the rules and images are copyrightable, numbers themselves are not. Also, it is acceptable to include snippets of the books for reference purposes. So, what is offered here is perfectly legal, but, since in digital space presumption of guilt is the modus operandi, should someone complain the site will probably be taken down.

Why use dis?

Character creation options are spread around a growing number of books: Core Rulebook and Traveller Companion cover most of it, but Alien volumes and other supplements add significant amount of options for polities other than Imperium, as well as species and subspecies.

I've looked into creating a spreadsheet to help with chargen, but it got ugly and confusing very fast. So, take your preferred character sheet and get to it old school. This just saves you from the page flipping.

Or you can go and use RPGSuite. Its affiliated with Mongoose, but their software makes the rolls for you, which I didn't like. Also its expensive.

Character sheets

  • Official character sheet: colored printable and form-fillable versions

  • Official Extended character sheet: colored printable version (has boxes for all the extra characteristics from companion!)

  • Character sheets with removed backgrounds: printable and form-fillable versions

  • Modified character sheets by Seth Skorkowsky: Google Drive folder (has printable and fillable versions)

  • Modified character sheet by Gazelle Games: DrivethruRPG page (pay what you want, has printable and fillable versions)

  • Custom character sheet by "lesack": some download page (has printable and fillable versions)

  • Digital Character Sheet by J.Brannen: Google Sheet (copy to your drive to use)

  • RPGSuite character sheet application: download link (made in unity, has lots of blows and whistles, paywalled)

I cant say any of the character sheets above is perfect, either they are colored or support only basic set of characteristics, but hope at least one of them serves the purpose for your table. If you have any sheet to offer, ping me on Discord (Heartwarder#4651).

Where to start?

  • If you are fresh off the bus, watch this YouTube series by Seth Skorkowsky, particularly on the subject of character creation.

  • If you are already familiar with the basic system, but want to explore options, go to Options.

  • If you want to get right to it and make a character go to Checklist. tbd

What is already in?

  • Core Rulebook: core characteristics, pre-career options, career options, psionic careers

  • Travellers Companion: extra characteristics, character creation options, pre-career options

What is planned?

  • Core Rulebook: races: generic human, generic vargr, generic aslan

  • Travellers Companion: career options, race: bwap

  • Sword Worlds: tbd

  • Aliens of the Charted Space, Volume 1: tbd

  • Aliens of the Charted Space, Volume 2: tbd

  • Glorious Empire: tbd

  • Solomani Front: tbd