Building Better Benefits
Character generation in both Cepheus Engine (CE) and the Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG) typically ends with thowing on the Mustering Out benefits tables. The tables are adequate for giving the hero starting material and cash benefits¸ but the tables are often too similar and limiting. A solution: build the benefit tables as character generation progresses. This method takes the PC's background into account and produces a customized table unique to that individual.
Building Better Benefits is a short supplement for CE and the OSFRPG¸ although it's usable with other systems with a little work. Offering a variant method for granting benefits to characters completing their terms of prior service¸ it uses a step-by-step¸ worked example to show the Referee how to customize the character's career benefits.