Post originally by clash bowley at 2004-03-26 12:15:12
Converted from Phorums BB System

Hi Kester:

You said: "In other words it almost sounds like [the] designers approach to random character generation comes off the ropes with nothing but disdain for the process right out of the box."

Just wanted to let you know that the sentence you were referring to was only a bit of less than optimal phrasing. If anything, we (the designers) all prefer random to directed generation. In fact, Sweet Chariot was the first StarCluster product to have directed character generation and the process as presented in the book still has a few bumps in it. We added directed chargen as an option after being rightfully scolded by reviewers for using only random chargen in previous versions of the rules. Many people have very strong opinions one way or the other on this question, and including both is the only way to keep everybody happy.

In the StarCluster 2E version of chargen, the process is seamless - allowing you to switch from directed to random generation (or vice-versa) in mid character if you wish. We will be updating Sweet Chariot to StarCluster 2E after the core rulebook is completed.