Hello fellow Adeptus Ludum-Dominus,
From time to time I've people attending my on-going games, whom I expect not to join-in the campaign but that I let play with random NPCs (sheets from other games) I find laying around.
Considering I only allow my players to have 1 or 2 at most Ranks within their Voidships, I've been considering allowing my primary players to create support characters for them, in exchange for extra XP.
Our Rogue Trader could, for example, create a Master-of-Ordnance Voidmaster at level 1 and gain 300xp - 800xp (too little? too much) for his main character.
The Arch-militant could create a Man-hunter to have as a second in-command for him, or as a Bosun.
Explorator could create a chirurgeon, and etc...
These would be NPCs most of the time, but when we have extra-people attending, they'd be given these characters to roleplay.
What do you think?
Edited by Sebastian Yorke