1001 Characters
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| 1001 Characters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Classic Traveller Supplement 1 | |||
| Author | Marc Miller | ||
| Publisher | Game Designers Workshop | ||
| Version | Classic Traveller | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Format | Digest | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 44 | ||
| Year Published | 1978 | ||
| Canonical | 1 | ||
| Available from | RPGNow | ||
| Product no. 303 | |||
Contains 1001 pre-generated Traveller characters ready for use as non-player characters, quick characters for a spur-of-the-moment game, or to supplement the work of the referee. Plus a bonus of nine characters drawn from science-fiction.
Credits
No named credits are listed in the book.
Meta-history and Background
The nine characters drawn from science fiction were identified in Issue 1 of the Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society as:
- 1. John Carter of Mars, from the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs;
- 2. Kimball Kinnison, from the Lensman Series by E. E. "Doc" Smith;
- 3. Jason dinAlt, from the Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison;
- 4. Earl Dumarest, from the Dumarest Saga by E. C. Tubb;
- 5. Beowulf Shaeffer, from some of the Known Space series by Larry Niven;
- 6. Anthony Villiers, from Starwell and The Thurb Revolution by Alexei Panshin
- 7. Dominic Flandry, from the Flandry Series by Poul Anderson
- 8. Kirth Gersen, from The Killing Machine by Jack Vance;
- 9. Gully Foyle, from The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.
Table of Contents
Characters 1 Navy 2 Marines 8 Army 14 Scouts 20 Merchants 26 Other 32 Chance Encounters 38