Recent content by daryen

That is the NPC captain/patron/boss's entire function: To direct the actions of the players to keep them in the adventure. It doesn't however, have to be as bad as that apparently sounds to you. The point of a present (as opposed to distant) patron is to make sure the players keep on task at...

Thank you for the answers! Kind of. That assumes you don't already have that skill. Skills gained due to ranks are only gained if you don't have that skill already (or only have skill 0). If you already have that skill, you gain nothing. It does indeed seem to be a conflict between the flow...

Some questions on Mongoose 2e character creation and skills, if that's OK ... 1) Are there any skills in books outside the Core Rulebook? In Mongoose 1e, one of the books (Mercenary) had additional skills. Did that happen in 2e, too? Or are the only skills in the Core Rulebook? 2) If a...

Let me think on that and see if I can submit something to ADB for it.

A couple of points: 1) This is not ADB's obsession with deck plans. This is a Mongoose requirement. Quite frankly, this would already be published if we could just do the deckplans needed for players right away (Free Trader, Skiff, Gunboat, Shuttles, Fed Frigate, Small Freighter) and skip the...

Yes, the book will include example ships that can make use of that combat system.

Traveller Prime Directive will include additions to use the combat rules from the Core Rulebook (which would also let it work with High Guard). It will also include rules on how to use player skills when using SFB or Federation Commander. It will not include a ship creation system.

One other thing to think about on this: How much control do the Moonians have on their jumps? Obviously, they have no control over where they jump. But do they have control over when they jump? The reason is because, if they don't jump, they can spend quite a while in a given system. (From a...

It still doesn't change the core concept that you have to progress through a skill one level at a time. And they are not incompatible at all. The point-buy system (which is what is being referenced) doesn't represent any type of "learning". It represents relative in-game values of the skills...

Uh, no. Rulebooks have a page count and a limit to how many words they can have. When written, the authors will generally let certain "obvious" things be implied so as to save words for another rule or part of the rulebook. So, whether it is completely and outright stated, it is blatantly...

OK, good. Though I am still not thrilled with Norris faking more than one warrant, it is good to see there aren't any more showing up anytime soon.

Unless one of these covers the warrant from the Rebellion, then you have just created a new one, meaning there are four warrants in play. Thus far, prior to your new understanding, there are three warrants that are in print and listed in canon: - The Shionthy/Kinunir warrant. - The Algine...

I would prefer not to have Norris fake the warrant. Canon already has him doing that in the Rebellion, and if he did it twice, it would be an unnecessary repetition. I would rather him just either get delayed/captured by the locals, or have to play cat-n-mouse with undercover agents of the...

I don't think that is necessary. If you really want to open Foreven up a bit, push the Aslan down more. Put Kuzu along the edge of the Rift in subsector N of Trojan Reach. Then, let them expand along the Rift border, "flattening" their shape more. They would control more of subsectors I-P of...

Nothing to stop that. They just aren't an entire power on their own. I do agree I would recommend Vincennes over Deneb, as Deneb is such a ridiculous star to have a habitable world around. Oh, good. We are on the same page, then. :)