I've done that sometimes, it certainly helps when you're cheating to keep them alive!
I once ran a very sucessful game for a group of non gamers. I gave each of them a one page description of their characters and had an assistant who did the numbers for me.
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I once ran a very sucessful game for a group of non gamers. I gave each of them a one page description of their characters and had an assistant who did the numbers for me.