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I redid several of my favorite T2K characters in GURPS and I can't introduce them as my Mary Sues because they all have rank.
The ranking PC in the party, so far, is a Specialist!
The "what if I'd never broken my legs and stayed in" literally Me is a sergeant 1st class. "I'd" have been in the service for 13 years at that point.
My other favorite Mary Sue is 2nd Lieutenant Thomas MacTavish. The party can't afford no NPC officers. When I was running MacTavish, two of the players outranked him.
OG T2K made it easier than GURPS to be an officer because it didn't take from other things to be one. In fact, it was a bonus in the OG rules.
It may make sense to reduce the cost of Rank for a
ReplyDeleteT2K because it isn't as useful. When I tried running it, I had a hard time deciding what it meant to be an officer if there isn't really a chain of command behind you.
Daosus
If the campaign stays in Poland, then rank is almost meaningless.
DeleteIf the players make it to "Going Home" they rejoin with the structured Army and rank is restored to meaning.
I am not a fan of things costing points now while providing benefits in the distant future. Same with providing benefits now with a cost later.
DeleteSo I'd be tempted to under-price Rank in Poland and charge points to keep it when it becomes relevant again.
Daosus
Had anyone taken some rank, they'd have been given NPC's commensurate to it. There'd have been immediate benefit.
DeleteThe thing I am complaining about is a risk of rail roading the players if I introduce an NPC who outranks them.