Recent content by SuperPheemy

Oh the Humanity!

I appreciate the discussion. I agree that the term was developed honestly, and though tone-deaf, wasn't developed with malice. Hell, The Aliens movies are far far more central to the pop cultural lingo, and the xenomorphs are referred to as bugs all the time, because that's what they...

I'm a little reluctant to break open this can 'o worms (wyrms? wermz?) But this has been sticking in my head for about 30 years now. Sadly there's not enough Traveller:2300 or 2300AD community out there to have this discussion. At least until you fine folkies cast "RPG Necromancy" on this...

I remember Marc mentioning having a 'succession" plan on a podcast recently. I'm glad to see that Traveller has been given into some capable hands. Dare I say, A New Era for Traveller. I owe a debt to Marc for igniting my imagination that I can only pay forward, because it's far-far-far to...

Thank you. It was fun writing it up

Scholar: Physician would be my choice if I'm creating a character with an advanced medical degree. At rank Medic and Science Skills are all over the place. If the characters EDU score is 10+, they qualify for the Advanced Education Skill List. That would easily qualify for saying your...

I agree, Cumulative Damage adds dramatic tension to the situation, and the feeling that things are getting worse every round. Just to be extra mean, I'd toss in 2Dx20 Rads per turn to leave a reminder of that unprotected spacewalk.

As much as popular fiction and Hollywood like to make dramatic rather messy, explode-within-seconds spectacles of decompression in a vacuum. The reality is a bit dare I say, worse? The lack of external pressure on your body will cause most of the fluids contained therein to form a whole lot of...