Recent content by jaysm

Shadowrun 1E was was probably the first 'modern' game I played, D20 and Traveller before that (and T&T, Take That You Fiend!) so I am always biased towards something like their Skill cascade posted in the other thread, it left an impression on me. In that respect I admit I house rule a lot, I...

That takes me waaaay back. It worked well, each dot you pass through is basically a -DM from the trained skill. Some of the build/repairs felt like they needed more dots, like that vehicle skills had, but it did the job effectively.

That was what my Ship's Cat suggestion was about, they are conscious and sentient after all, RAW. Added to my ship now, just in case something happens to the crew. The cat always survives, I saw it in a documentary called Alien. What I am deciding is if 1Cr a day is a fair salary.

Not for checking the Astro, that is the first requirement, taking time, Astro 2 and Int 9+ makes that roll is 5+ without anyone checking it. The second requirement is having a sentient mind on the ship during jump to reduce the chance of misjump.

Late to the party, but isn't the RHB need for a "conscious sentient mind" to enable a jump to happen without increased misjump simply satisfied by a Ship's cat? 🐈‍⬛ Not has smart as many of the bipedal meatsacks, but I have seen them come close 🧟‍♂️. Even if they are not smart enough, then...

So many think we are running the game for their entertainment.

I understand all that. Plus beyond robot or meat gunners software on the ship's computer can give extra DMs. That is not my point tho. I have refereed all those options before and I understand them, the RHB is new material for me so before I put it in front of my players I was trying to clarify...

Just a different flavour of scifi. Having a ship you talk to can be more engaging for some people than having some robots walking or floating around the ship. The same preference could be part of the profile of different cultures within your universe too.

The RHB has a ship's brain interface sized for the whole ship, plus haptic required to use DEX skills, and non-interfaced brains that can still get information from the ship's systems/sensors but use drones or avatars to act. First issue is mine, the next two trying to preempt my players...

Tonnage in terms of volume, to account for the thickness of the structure required for the extra rad protection.

Good point about accounting for the weight/bulk, so 10% tonnage and another 0.2MCr/ton, that would be 0.225MCr/ton which is a bit disproportionate compared to the shielding cost. Might keep the 10% space requirement (edit: actually 5% probably is the correct scaling), but remove the -1 Critical...

This thread gets woken up from time to time so I hope this is OK to jump in. I had a request for limited Radiation Shielding for a ship. So I am extending the rule in the High Guard update I am considering this simple tweak, opinions? Not run MgT, getting back to Traveller after a long hiatus...