Recent content by Z Baron

An interesting aside - tonight I watched THE MIGHTY LIGHTNING CANNON fire... and score a whopping 6 hull, 4 crew hit. The Beam Gods were clearly elsewhere at the time...

The problem is that the name "Traveller" rather suits the setting nicely as is - it offers a sense of exploration and wonder, with implications of adventure, but lacking any forced notions. It is Simple and comfortable, giving the brain plenty of room to wander without being forced into any...

You might just be on to something - and your "Jump-6" could be an awesome system name, particularly if it's d6 based as was original Traveller...

...And who plays with a "Boring" or "cheap" player anyways? Well, more than once if you can help it... If the game's not fun, nobody plays.

Only if you and your group let him. Bear in mind that other groups may be really good Drakh killers, and don't mind the challenge, or aren't really good Drakh killers and love a challenge. Let common sense rule at the table, rather than create a Byzantine rules set with a dozen clarifications...

Seven-hundred and sixty... and I thought the original 76 patrons was incredibly awesome... Ten times that awesomeness may just be lethal... I can see the warning label now: WARNING: Book so Awesome, your head WILL EXPLODE.

So long as you keep it friendly, I rightly don't care... I'm all for full disclosure as a general rule, but some "Double Blind" games could be really awesome... Requires a tub of mini's, though...

Ahhhh... but the beauty is that it's not just a ship, it's any ship - potentially all ships! Anything that the Dilgar cripple are likely to go BOOM!!!! Yes, it's nasty. Nastier than a similar ship of the same PL, even. But I think it's fun and interesting, and if you really don't like it...

Don't know if it would be even feasible, given the sheer scale of the story, but: Dare I suggest E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series?

How about Traveller: Prime? Simple, catchy, accurate...

And yet... it still was the Solomani who actually did it. (It might help if the other factions actually existed, but why let something like reality get in the way of a good thing?)

See... I'm thinking the "Harvester" concept of bio-armageddon from Master of Orion 3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpeBD86U8dk ...best of both worlds!

Forget not Jha'Dur's "Vengeful" ability - if you cripple a ship, you may immediately attack again with a single weapon system to try to finish it off. G'Sten is tame in comparison. Mind you - I don't really think the Admirals are broken per se, as they certainly add to the tactical...

I Claim This Forum in the Name of the Solomani!

I appreciate the desire for clarity, and the value of playing Devil's Advocate from time to time. However, I'd rather not have rules die-cast set in stone for every circumstance. Maybe a rule may seem "broken" for you and your crew, and A-OK for mine, or vice-versa. Rules that are flexible...