Recent content by fenriswolf

My players are used to D&D where they kill creatures, take their stuff, and occasionally level up. I saw one passage in the core book that detailed the amount of weeks required to increase a skill but I didn't see anything else. How does character advancement work in Traveller and how often do...

That was going to be my ruling as well. I guess the book could have been a little bit clearer by using "equal to or greater."

I have a quick question that I hope someone can clear up. If a character's strength DM is equal to the recoil or heft rating of a weapon, do they incur an initiative penalty on the following round? The rules state that if their strength DM is less than the weapon then they receive a penalty...

I can vouch for that idea. I'm also a new Traveller gm and my game is starting up this weekend. My players were solidly hooked after a night of character generation. I can only hope that I meet their expectations now :)

I arbitrarily chose a cap of TL 10 for starting equipment. That gave the prior military characters the choice of an ACR as a starting weapon. The merchant marine chose the lower TL laser pistol too. All in all, everyone seemed happy with their beginning equipment.

Thanks for all of the advice. At dreamingbadger's recommendation, I joined the MGT yahoo group and printed off the really helpful aids. Now I just need to sit down and write out the first session.

My group (all D&D players) include a two four-term career military characters. One in particular is inclined to pick the biggest baddest guns possible. I will definitely stress the importance of planetary law systems and potential collateral damage. Any advice for a fledgling Traveller gm...

I've been tapped by my group to run a MongTrav game and we are starting in a week. We went through the character generation process and everyone had a great time. I have a couple of Traveller rookie gm questions though. If a character earns a benefit of a weapon or armor when mustering out...