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Risus Trek Character Rules !ules As standard "or !isus# each character $ill receive a ool o" %& dice $ith $hich to select 'our character(s cliches) As er Advanced O*on I# a la'er ma' gain u to + addi*onal dice b' selec*ng a ,ook and a -ale)

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0ach character $ho is a member o" Star7eet M8S- send + di ce "rom their ool to gain Star7eet O9cer :+; as a Cliche) -hese dice can be used "or an'thing a Star7eet o9cer might kno$ or do < it basicall' reresents the basic educa*on rovided in the Academ') It includes :but isn(t limited to; science# leadershi# engineering# $eaons# hand3to3hand combat# ilo*ng# =rst aid# or an' other reasonable thing 'ou(ve ever seen a Star7eet O9cer do) I" 'ou(ve ever $atched an' incarna*on o" Star -rek# 'ou(d kno$ that the Academ' roduces ver' $ell3rounded o9cers) >e1t# 'ou(ll need to select 'our Star7eet Deartment) ?ou ma' send u to @ dice "rom 'our ini*al ool o"  %& dice on 'our Deartment) -hese de=ne 'our role 0ngineer# Science O9cer# Securit'# Command# etc) When er"orming tasks related to 'our Deartment# 'ou $ill add 'our Deartment dice to 'our O9cer dice  < the resul*ng total is 'our dice ool "or that ac*on) 0ssen*all'# the combined dice are considered a single cliche) Star7eet Deartment List Command O9cer ,elm O9cer Counselor 0ngineering O9cer Medical O9cer Oera*ons O9cer Science O9cer Securit' O9cer ?ou ma' also use some o" 'our Deartment dice to assign ranks to a Secialt') A Secialt' is a ar*cular subset or =eld $ithin 'our Deartment) For e1amle# 'our Deartment could be Oera*ons# and 'our Secialt' the -ransorter) Secial*es are a subset o" the Deartment ust as the Deartment is a subset o"  the Star7eet O9cer Cliche) -here"ore# $hen using 'our Secialt'# 'our dice ool is eBual to the sum o" 'our Star7eet O9cer rank# 'our Deartment rank# and 'our Secialt' rank) Secialt' dice have an added bene=t 'ou ma' reroll them during a test ,o$ever# 'ou must take the second roll# even i" it(s $orse) Also# should 'ou lose dice during the test# Secialt' dice are lost =rst) Finall'# 'our Secialt' rank can never e1ceed the rank o" the associated Deartment) -he "ollo$ing lists some sugges*ons "or Secial*es Command Officer

Administra*on# >ego*a*on# Starshi -ac*cs

Helm Officer

Shu2le3cra# Seci=c Shi classes# >ebula >aviga*on

Counselor

Persuasion# Eulcan Ps'cholog'# >ego*a*on

Enineerin Officer War Drives# Po$er S'stems# Starshi Design edical Officer

lingon Ph'siolog'# Gene*cs# 01obiolog'

O"era#ons Officer S'stems Management:Hridge O9cer;# -ransorter# Sensors Science Officer

Hiotechnolog'# Ph'sics# Archaeolog'

Securit$ Officer

Starshi -ac*cal:Weaons# Shields# etc);# Interroga*on# Ground -ac*cs

GMs should kee in mind that Secial*es are meant to be narro$ "ocuses $ithin a =eld < and so should >Oal' to ever' test made "or that Deartment rank)

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Finall'# 'ou $ill send the remaining dice "rom 'our ini*al ool on $hatever -hese dice should be used to de=ne 'our character(s ersonalit' or other skills# and 'ou ma' send u to 5 dice er cliche) Are 'ou a JLadies( ManK A JSkilled LiarK JSuerb CookK JDiloma*cK An'thing :subect to GM aroval; is "air game here) Do 'ou kno$ something secial :!omulan culture# War engine designer;# or do something uniBue :Skilled Linguist# Ace Pilot# Weaons 01ert;# or ossess a dis*nct Bualit' :0nhanced Eision like Geordi(s EISO!; -hat goes here too) ?ou ma' also use these dice to de=ne some racial characteris*cs) While 'ou can select an' race 'ou like# not all o" them reall' aect 'our character in meaning"ul $a's) -hink o" these as racial skills or abili*es) ?ou don(t have to assign dice to a race in order to la' a character o" that race# although 'ou $on(t reall' have much chance doing Jracial thingsK) For man' races# this doesn(t ma2er much) >o one ever reall' Jhuman(dK his $a' through a situa*on) Hut lingon could be used $hen taing into that lingon rage to do something# or during bat(leth combat# or $hen dealing $ith the lingon ,igh Council $ith roer e*Bue2e) Hasicall'# i"  'ou can think o" a standard racial cliche that 'ou(d e1ect to do# then uNng some dice there $ould be nice) !omulan might enable 'ou to be sneak'# among other things) Eulcan $ould allo$ 'ou to use those dice to er"orm tasks 'ou(d e1ect a Eulcan could do the neck3inch# mind3meld# kno$ histor' or science erhas# or to slo$ 'our breathing via Eulcan medita*ve techniBues) 0ec*vel'# non3humans can get cool secial abili*es) ,umans get cool e1tra dice "or other stu It(s oka' i" some o" 'our miscellaneous cliches dulicate abili*es rovided b' 'our Star7eet training) For e1amle# sa' 'ou(ve got Star7eet O9cer :+;# Securit' O9cer :@;# and 01ert Shot :@;) -his character $ould be a to3notch shooter Let(s sa' he(s involved in a combat) During combat# 'ou must select one cliche to use) As stated above# Star7eet O9cer and 'our Secialt' o" Securit' O9cer are considered a single cliche# "or a total o" 4 dice) As combat $ears on# erhas 'ou(ve lost some dice < let(s sa' 'ou(ve lost @ dice so "ar "rom 'our Securit' O9cer ool) -hat leaves 'ou ust + dice le < and "or someone $ithout an 01ert Shot :or similar cliche; that $ould be all the' had) Hut 'ou have the o*on o" s$itching to a dierence cliche < the 01ert Shot# and that $ould give 'ou @ dice to roll) Overall# a character as described above $ould have a net  dice to lose be"ore losing the =ght < $hereas someone $ithout the 01ert Shot $ould onl' have 4 to lose) O" course# that character $ould also have a huge or*on o" their character dice *ed u in shoo*ng :as oosed to some diversi=ca*on; < but a choice like that is u to the la'er) Other o*ons might e1ist besides the Star7eet ath# but those $ould need to be discussed $ith the GM rior to character crea*on to ensure a roer lacement $ithin the camaign) O*on Dice H' !ank/01erience -he rules outlined above generate an average e1erienced Star7eet O9cer o" mid3level ranks < Catain to erhas Lt Commander) -he o*on resented here adusts the number o" star*ng dice b' the e1erience o"  the character# as udged b' their !ank in Star7eet) -his creates unbalanced star*ng characters# but comes closer to crea*ng more realis*c :as much as 'ou can $ith !isus; character ro=les) Aer all# isn(t it odd that the Catain# $ith 'ears o" e1erience and a career ath that began in another deartment# has the e1act same total o" skills as the Lt do$n in 0ngineering All characters receive 4 Dice to be used "or general background and/or racial use) -he remainder o" their dice are granted based on their current !ank or 01erience :length o" Star7eet service aer the Academ';) 0nsign < Star7eet O9cer :+;) -his reresents a "reshl'3graduated cadet) Dice gained "rom "uture !ank increases are allocated to the character(s chosen Secialt') Lieutenant unior grade % 'ear

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Lieutenant Commander @34 'ears Q@ dice :Command becomes available; Commander

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Catain

RQ 'ears Q4 dice

-he accumulated dice are not stacked# so a character going "rom Commander to Catain gains one net die "or a total o" =ve dice) Also note that the Secialt' o" Command isn(t available un*l the rank o" Lieutenant Commander) -his means that dice sent rior to this !ank must be in some other Secialt') -he' don(t ust ut 'ou in Command o" something "resh out o" the Academ'# 'ou kno$) It should be noted that this doesn(t mean a character can(t have Command3like cliches un*l the' reach Lieutenant Commander ho$ever) It(s en*rel' ossible that 'ou have some other cliche like >atural Leader :+; or the like# $hich could =ll an eBuivalent role) O" course# the second cliche $on(t be combined $ith the Star7eet O9cer cliche# as it(s not Star7eet training that 'ou(re using) Finall'# ,ooks and -ales can certainl' be added into the available dice) It(s u to the GM to decide to limit these to Hackground onl'# or make them usable "or Star7eet skills as $ell) 8sing this o*on $ill again create unbalanced characters# and isn(t "or ever' art') Obviousl'# $homever is in charge :the Catain; $ill have more dice than ever'one else# and some grous ma' not like that) Hut $ho ever sa$ the random 0nsign gu' sho$ u Catain irk

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