The Traveller rules may be flexible enough to allow playing a wide variety of settings and adventures but personally I think without GM fudging all over the place they are too deadly for duplicating a cinematic, Hollywood, grand adventure and house ruling or a system with plot points or whatnot is b...

I've been looking through both CRB 1st ed. and HG 1st ed. and can not locate the reference to a character being able to fill multiple position. If i recall correctly - which I may not - it is a bit hidden, perhaps as a rule about trying to roll for tasks when attempting two different things during ...

1. Does MgT allow one crew member to fill more than one position? How many positions can one crew member fill? 2. Full crew column Would a minimum of 1 body meet the plus backups requirement? Depends on your definition of "fill". From what I recall, there are rules somewhere for a crew member to pe...

I'm not sure how an interest of 4% is accurate. I'm not the greatest at math, but dividing the principle by 480 and making 480 payments over 40 years = zero interest. Dividing the principle by 240 and making 480 payments over 40 years doubles the payments. Based on online calculators, this is real ...

Dividing by 480 means you are only paying the principle. Dividing by 240 is a quick way to allows for interest of about 4%.

I think having the Traveller Beta in a different section of the forums was good. Now that it is released, will the old and new versions of Mongoose Traveller get separate forum space? The new version is different enough that there could be much confusion if both are discussed together. Why? The two...

how hard would do you think it would be to get past encryption, frequency hopping, and all the other means of securing a drone from hostile intrusion? And, how would you handle it in a game? As with most things, no simple answer covers all the possibilities. In game, as with most things, wing it. S...

Maybe check Jon Brazer's stuff. Has a lot of d66 lists.

Thanks. I'd forgotten about that table since a task chain rarely comes up in our play.

FraNe91 wrote:

CosmicGamer wrote:A task chain is essentially the same as summing up the effects of the rolls.

Not exactly, for example if your fellow Medic rolls 11 (Effect +3) with the task chain you get +1 instead of a plain +3.

I don't follow; please elaborate.

A task chain is essentially the same as summing up the effects of the rolls. From a mechanics standpoint, I don't believe it matters who goes first. Wouldn't the end result be the same? I'd go with what seams right for role playing. However, a task chain could end very badly if both people end up wi...

Note: The following is based on 1st edition I understand where MW is coming from. Allowing multiple tries also might result in something odd like the first surgery not going well because of a poor roll of the dice so someone grabs a nurse "here, you try now". In real life people do undergo multiple ...

I think having the Traveller Beta in a different section of the forums was good. Now that it is released, will the old and new versions of Mongoose Traveller get separate forum space? The new version is different enough that there could be much confusion if both are discussed together.

If you're an ace neurosurgeon, or hacker, or pilot, which is what, skill level four, you can dictate within reason, your salary. Yes, within reason, such as when looking at the employment picture from the direction of the one being hired, and if there is a market for that level of skill, and there ...

Originally in Starships, page 7: 4. Crew Salaries. Crew members must be paid monthly. Non-player characters must be paid using the standard crew salary schedule (with suitable modifications for expertise or seniority, generally +10% for each level of expertise above level 1). Nice. In Mongoose the ...

"I'm pretty sure a senior airline captain gets paid more than the junior copilot. But that is likely raises and a promotion while on the job. If they were both out of work and there was a job opening for a pilot perhaps one might be under qualified for the job or one might be over qualified and pas...

Do/should skill levels (experience) affect salaries? Just some things to consider. Does a McDonald's worker get paid more because they are an out of work oil company employee with an advanced degree? (high skill but unrelated) Does a head chef who worked for 10 years at a family owned restaurant th...

Depends on what you mean by don't have the time. Can vary quite a bit depending on the situation. A situation such as a timer is ticking on a bomb? If characters are skilled in a task they should have a good idea how long it would take. The referee may need to provide timing feedback if the situatio...

It's not just the cover identity; it's also the player that keeps an apartment to return home to, or someone who keeps a safehouse. There are plenty of use-cases. Yes , apartment cost is part of planetside living expenses; that's the problem ; which part? How much? How much is a bear at the local w...

I'm not a big fan of things moving this direction but I do understand that Mongoose is a book publishing company so doing things in order to sell us additional books is kind of their mission statement.