Recent content by Matt Wilson

Has anyone compiled or published a list of ideas for atmospheric taints? I have a short list from GT: First In, but it'd be nice to have something like "101 Atmospheric Taints" just to make sure I keep things fresh and different.

I'm trying to imagine a situation where a medic is trying to revive someone, and another medic is standing near saying, "I'll give it a try if you can't resuscitate her." The second medic should be assisting, not waiting for a turn.

If something changes in the situation, a new approach, new tools available, new help, etc, then it might make sense to make another go of it. But otherwise, the surgery attempt should mean you've done all you can for the patient.

PBG is from a prev version of Traveller, and it means Population Mod, (asteroid)Belts, Gas Giants. The latter two are number of each, and the first number is multiplied by your pop exponent. So say your UWP pop is 6, meaning millions. If your PBG is 612, then you have 6 million pop, 1 belt, 2...

Obviously I like the MgT rules and procedures, though I noticed via the Traveller Map that the "Ga" trade designation is a little different for T5. Siz 6-8, Atm 5,6,8, Hyd 5-7 In terms of "Garden" meaning "a lot like Earth" I like their parameters a little better than what's in MgT. I don't...

Is there any kind of Empire at all in your games? Do you swap out Social Class for something like "charisma" or "personality" or something?

Stop scaring the grognards!

Yes. This. Total agreement.

I actually prefer the "printer friendly" version for many of the reasons stated above. In my extraordinarily humble opinion, the color version could stand to be just a bit more subtle.

IIRC Getting the playtest core book beta provides access to the high guard beta as well? Y/N?

I think if you went down a very bad path, you could make the argument about a whole lot of existing terms in the game not sounding "sci fi". Like shouldn't "Strength" be "Muscle Fiber Density" or something technical? I'd say take a little time to adjust to boon and bane and they'll start to...

What? You haven't been enjoying the 80% humidity this week? Seriously, everything in the preview post says good things about this new ed. Looking forward to checking it out.

If translation software is readily available, I think it'd be more likely that individual 3I planets would develop their own particular dialects, and finding software might occasionally be difficult, or expensive, for a less-traveled world.

Maybe 1 attack in 6 hits the head for no protection, but for grenades and the like I'd reduce armor effectiveness.

I would think, as hot as ships are compared to everything around them, that passive sensors would be pretty effective.