Recent content by Scratches

Haha, wow I just reread the rules and I'm totally wrong in how I've been doing this, ignore my previous post!

Good questions, I'd like to know the official answers too. My unofficial interpretations are: 1. Since Event 2 for University states "any subsequent term" I think it's Psi 2D-1. 2. I believe Psi "skills" are called "talents" and if the rule doesn't specifically say "talent" then I assume...

Oh I know, but these are players and they revel in doing the strangest things. More to the point, it's not combat I'm looking for for how to handle the ship in situations like cutting open a hole to bypass the airlocks or breaking into the landing gear bays. Right now the players can damage...

A nuke is an area effect weapon and the way I've used it in the past is on a damage per volume basis. So, that fellow in the Battle Dress would take 6DD but then the grav tank beside him would take 6DD multiplied by a size factor. That way you can account for the specific damage to an individual...

Yes, it's worked well in pure combat situations. I'm just waiting for the day when someone is sheltering inside a starship and someone else decides to cut the ship in half with aggressive application of a broadsword. :shock: Armor definitely needs to be part of the equation.

I'm not sure how to handle personal/vehicle weapons vs starships, particularly ships with armour listed as 0, such as the Safari. Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere. 1. Would a shotgun do (4D+Effect)/10-0? 2. Other than dividing personal damage by 10, what is the actual starship armour...

This seems like a drastic change from MGT1. Originally First Aid was 2x Effect within 5 minutes and 1x Effect for up to an hour with a DM-2. Changing First Aid to 1x Effect within 1 minute is a bit much for a game as deadly as Traveller. I think, in my group, it could lead to some roll fudging...

I could grind my teeth and pretend it's a holo-vid... for the monster's sake.

Soooo... the guy with the oversized sword on p.57 is just a placeholder? Please?

Makes sense.

Thanks both. For either of these cases I think the Ranks and Bonuses on page 17 should be clarified and explicit on how they work. I've always read them as working exactly like the skill tables, you get a +1 and in this case my read is a +2.

I'd consider appling the Ships with Benefits rule at the bottom of page 46 and convert an unwanted Ship's Boat into pension revenue instead of letting the players sell it off for a few MCr.

A Scholar Rank 5 gets "Science 2". Does this mean that they gain two additional levels at this rank or is it supposed to be a single additional level on top of the previous "Science 1" they receive at an earlier rank?

I'm with grauenwolf and the role-playing aspect. I may be missing something but it seems like a simple thing to add and promotes the players to put in a bit of extra RP effort and thereby color the game.

I have an eBook reader and it's great for novels but would be terrible for an RPG, way, way too slow to move around. And the point about the tables is a good one, I have some technical papers in epub and it's painful to use them. Speed is what I'm looking for and a PDF on my Surface is all I...