Recent content by CosmicGamer

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...

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 ship combats six minute round? Again, if I recall correctly, it certainly was not specific to the crew manning rules but reinforced that...

Depends on your definition of "fill". From what I recall, there are rules somewhere for a crew member to perform the tasks of multiple positions. Obviously there is some common sense to be used during actual game play. One could be the only Gunner and the Engineer and the Medic on a small...

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 close to 4% interest.

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

But they are different in many ways. Currently by default any question or comment is assumed to be about the Mongoose rules and people usualy specify if they are bringing something in from another version for comparison. And not everyone will have both versions to know the differences.

As with most things, no simple answer covers all the possibilities. In game, as with most things, wing it. Security may vary based on type of drone. Drone for the amateur hobbyist to get atmospheric readings. Drone for a company to deliver packages. Military surveillance drone. Military...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 is a limited number of people with your skill, and, and, and... job markets vary from location to location and even at the...

Nice. In Mongoose the only thing I found within the rules was a general comment of "bonuses based on skill levels".