A "typical" Traveller character is what sub of Humaniti? I mean, assuming that I have not created a home world for an NPC is he more likely to be Vilani or...
I suppose it depends on the period you are playing and possibly the location in space. There is a general melding of Terran and Vilani cultures at some point,...
Hi! I'm new to the group, and I just wanted to introduce myself a bit and ask about old software. I'm a swedish guy, 36 years old, who used to play quite a lot...
Two of the dealers at Winter War <http://winterwar.org/> will be: Ad Astra Games <http://www.adastragames.com/> - Ken Burnside will be selling and and...
... is he ... up a ... Not at all. Pockets of Terran influence are scattered across the Imperium, and the Terran influence is strong in the Spinward Marches ...
Great! This is exactly the type of synopsis I was looking for. It is funny. I owned the three first LBBs way back in the late 70's but I never had any of the...
1) Classic Traveller is a ton of fun, it just needs a little freshing up in a few spots (mostly computers, as in personal computers, and the like) 2) give...
... Yep - don't be wedded to the letter of the descriptions - interpret them to fit your concept of science fiction. It only gets finicky when you're statting...
At the time of the Interstellar war between the Solomoni and Imperium. What would the TL of both sides be . I mean not the Solomoni Rim War but the time period...
... Rumor has it Whedon played/ran Traveller. Nathan Fillian (the Capt) has gamed publicly also... He played River in a Gurps:Firefly game at a con.... There...
... My understanding is that the Vilani 1st Imperium was at about TL11 and the Solomani start around there and go up to Tech 12 and Jump 3 which helps them win...
... Imperium. ... War ... TL 11 for the Vilani. The Terrans are around TL9 at first contact. By the start of the Nth Interstallar War period, the Terrans are ...
I was reading a quiz on Bill O'Reilly's site and this particular question got me thinking ... 9. The Swiss Army knife, originally invented in the 1890's, now...
Bearing in mind its role as a survival aid, I could see it including a mobile phone (and all that they currently contain), the GPS system, a radiation *badge*,...
a bayonet fitting attachment wouldn't go amiss (bad pun ;)) so the lazer pointer could be used as a targetting aid... and the knife blade (it does have one...
I'm looking at the Point Allocation method of character generation on page 40 of Mongoose Traveler. If I'm reading this right, you completely skip all the cool...
... Hi Paul, My suggestion would be that you work up a system of x skill points per term served, ie I decide my character is going to serve 5 terms @ x skill...
Personally, I've never liked point systems for generating personal characteristics. After all, no one gets to pick one's strength, dexterity, endurance,...
In my CT I allow the players to choose whether how they roll up. They can either: (1) roll the stats completely randomly and then go through the service ...
Now that sounds like a decent compromise. I'll probably go with something like that. Thanks for sharing the idea! Paul ... They can ... INT, EDU, ... them to...
... characteristics. After all, no one gets to pick one's strength, dexterity, endurance, intelligence, etc. when one is born, so why should a character? ... ...
Interesting variations on the theme... Consider that not every one plays football (American style) or wrestles etc. Some go for track, some for debate and/or...
Well, no, not so much rhetorical. I've been a ref since the mid-70s and my players have always had fun, even with not so great characters. I've tried point...
Hi Paul, IMTU my characters are all point based. I started with the "Self Made Traveller" rules put forth by Trevor Graver in WD 25. That had a basic scheme...
I respectfully disagree. As a vet of the US Armed forces I had a knack for land navigation well before the GPS era. As a result, my teams would always make...
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... Yeah, it's a completely bogus point system. It was the most dissapointing part of the book. Here's a system that someone spent more than 15 minutes...
... You are reading it correctly. ... Hi Paul, If you want to use the point buy and then add even more skills from the events tables, then you will end up with...
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