Recent content by Balfuset790

Wait... does this mean that the second edition update to the Pirates of Drinax campaign is now being charged for?

While I figured it would have, have 2e stats for the Harrier actually been released anywhere now?

Don't suppose anyone can address this question, can they...? :)

Ooh, they're updating Pirates of Drinax? Do we have an ETA? :D

This is an interesting discussion, especially as I'm looking to try restarting my Pirates of Drinax campaign using the 2e rules. Now, previously J and M drives were not tech-level restricted, and merely restricted by hull size. Now with the % based calculations it is entirely possible to make...

Second question. If I take a standard career term as my first term - Nobile (Dilettante) in this case - and then choose to join a Military Academy in term 2. Assuming I successful enter, do I still gain all of the associated Service Skills with the military branch at 0 as listed under skills...

So, with the unfortunate lack of a character creation example other than an example character sheet - which does nothing to go through the process and career of the Traveller in question - I have a few questions. Looking through the flowchart on page 10 it looks as though Travellers no longer...

I can see the use on the Safari Ship if you're going to a sufficiently wild planet that doesn't have large enough areas of land to bring the whole ship down. And having the ship sitting in the atmoshpere may well 'disturb the animals'... not to mention require more power than jsut putting it in...

Yeah, so far unless something is deliberately concealed I've just told the players it's there up front. If they go searching for things I've tended to pick a relevant skill - searching someone's desk for a file is Intellect + Admin, for example,... and in the case of trying to find something...

Because I only picked up this topic today, I'd like to briefly, if people will allow me, revsit the concept of stealth in space. Assuming that the vast majority of detection at vast distances happens based on heat signature, would it not be possible to turn off systems that create heat that...

Okay, here's my understanding of the RAW to answer your questions: A) Initiative: 1) When failing a Tactics check during initiative setup, I still add the (negative) effect to everyone in the same unit, correct? Yes, DMs are always applied whether good or bad 2) Are there any effects of...

For that I'd personally use Intellect + the relevant social skill. You use Social Standing + Deception to lie, and I'd oppose that with Intellect + Deception to see through it. As for a cold read, I'd give the character a choice between Social Science or Persaude both rolled with Intellect (or...

Slight necro and thread co-opting so apologies for that, but this seems a reasonable place to ask this rather than starting a new topic! Most RPGs have the ubiquitous Perception roll that - at least in my experience - is the bane of GMs when it comes to how often to call for them and what to do...

What I was getting at was that it was a simplification and an abstraction in order to aid gameplay. That's all, it may not be 'realistic' but if the game were 100% realistic the rules would be so needlessly complex as to be unplayable.

Fortuantely it's archived on Freelance Traveller: http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/columns/t5i/shipcombat.html