Just wanted to say that I'm still thinking about this, but the ex-spies angle hasn't really sparked any fires in my brain. I'm trying to come up with some other angle that will still make it possible for the GM to wrap us up into the same plots. Just no compelling brainstorms yet.<br/><br/>Oh, and Blythe: I think I may have led you astray a little by posting that help page about character creation. The<em>most </em>important thing about the system (in my opinion) is that you're not constrained to picking things off of lists. All of the traits are freeform -- they can be anything you want. So your central trait probably should be something direct like "ex-FBI Agent". You don't have to pick "Private Investigator" just because it's the closest match from that page. Then the part in parentheses is the "Sign" -- something specific that other people would notice about your character which gives a clue as to what that trait is.<br/><br/><br/>And Sara, I'm also very sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences.<br/>