based on either A US Version of 1 of The Krays or A UK Version of Capone I'm basing one of the evil dictators in my campaign on either a German version of Stalin or a Russian version of Hitler :wink: :) I can't possibly answer your questions, but I do find reading them strangely fascinating! Dan.

I'm still inclined to give a bonus to sensors checks at short range. If the targetting systems on weapons are affected by range, then to my (admittedly completed unqualified) mind it seems like sensor checks ought to be. But even just from a game balance point of view, given the advantages that are ...

Assuming, as the adventure writer says, that a marine walking to the top decks in battle dress is the very definition of drawing attention to oneself, then Salvedes would wait to put his battle dress on until immediately before storming the bridge, and not before seeking out Laffitt. My reading of t...

It is unlikely the ship would have systems left as each hit above 10% of starting hull is a crit due to sustained damage. Actually, it's still pretty likely that it will have most systems functioning. The ship will have suffered eight severity-1 critical hits. Given the 2D6 distribution of the crit...

This is the link: http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/ObTrav

Dan.

Ah, thanks. I did try Google first, honest! Obviously not correctly.

Got an itch to scratch: on some old posts on this forum and on several other places around the web, I have come across 'ObTrav', usually preceding some kind of scenario idea. What does it mean/stand for?

Ta,

Dan.

Thanks for the responses. 'Interpretive dance' describes in a nutshell how I have found refereeing Traveller to be, and I find it helpful to check with others every now and then that I'm not doing the chicken dance (popular as that is on the continent at the moment :D ) after a struggle to keep othe...

At the end of my last session, the Travellers barely survived a starship combat near the surface of a planet. The opponent was reduced to zero hull points and so crash landed. The Traveller's harrier, meanwhile, only has 8 hull points left (out of a possible 88 maximum), so I ruled that it had suffe...

I don't know about that Dan. There is a precedent in space opera: We came to know Han Solo as "hawn" in "A New Hope," and then suddenly, in "Empire Strikes Back," along comes Lando and he's "han." You can switch. It's not too late. :) :lol: I seem to recall reading that fans were upset about the wa...

I've been saying Dry-nax, but it does sound like a brand name for paper towel. I think I prefer the short i pronunciation, but too late to start changing now. Never thought of or noticed the lack of a family name for the royal family. Good question. Perhaps the Sindalians and their offshoots have a ...

Depends on which Saturday. Can't miss Eurovision

Dan.

The problem isn't whether the traveller rule set can or cannot handle some setting, the problem is that the OP is engaging in a number of things that are 'bad-citizen' posting practices: Uninformative post titles: which provide no clue what to expect when you open the post – "3 things" or "Some ide...

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Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:06 pm

Here in the UK that is key stage 3 physics.

Had I played more Traveller as a kid, I probably would've done better in the sciences at school.

The way I read the two tables at the bottom of page 150, EM is a different category to Visual, Thermal and Radar/Lidar.

Yes, all sensors have Visual, Thermal, and Radar/Lidar. Advanced Sensors add Densitometer, Very Advanced Sensors add NAS. Oddly, though, EM sensors is omitted from that list on page 151. I was thinking that EM sensors are part of Military, Improved or Advanced sensor packages (using the classificat...

I would make detecting a ship a routine task (ie, 6+ rather 8+ for success). CRB page 64 lists 'making a detailed sensor scan' as an example skill check and lists that as routine. Also, remember if the Harrier is using active radar itself, then the ship it is using it on gets +2 to detect the Harrie...

Actually, I'm forgetting vehicle combat. Dogfighting, for example, does use opposed checks.

In personal combat, though, it's just grappling -- not parrying.

Dan.

Yes, it got me checking the rule book again as well

That's how I read it. CRB page 72: A Traveller who is dodging will inflict a penalty equal to his DEX DM or Athletics (dexterity), whichever is higher, to his attacker’s attack roll. And CRB page 73: A Traveller in close combat may attempt to parry an opponent’s attack as a Reaction. In so doing, he...