Hello everyone,
I'm new to Traveller, even if I have quite a few books from Mongoose. I dabbed a bit in the corerule and found the classic creation process convoluted and giving really poor skilled people with lots of skills at 0/1/2 even for people with several terms who are supposed to be really good at what they do.
One thing who bugs me the most is that I looked at several adventures and i saw NPC with really poor stats (between 4 to 11) and poor to good skills (0 to 2, rarely a 3). So they have only 0 to 3 points of bonus to their checks - when they have something to add.
If we think as 8 to be the norm and 15 to be the peak of what is possible, we should see several people with 11-13 to one or two of their attribute. Especially EDU for people with scientific/technologic/medical background and it's possible to have 3 in their field if they are good enough. If I look to the corerule, the skills can goes to 6, the bonus attribute to 3 (even more is enhanced).
A good professional may have a +1 from attribute and +2 from skill, so +3 to its check
A true expert may have +2 from attribute and +4 from skill so +6 to its check
Chuck Norris may have +3 from attribute and +6 from skill, so +9 to its check.
So usually, the PCs should encouter people with +2 to +6 to their core skills, isn't it ? So why I have the feeling that everything is watered down, PC and NPCs ? What do I miss ?
Thanks for helping me
K.
I'm new to Traveller, even if I have quite a few books from Mongoose. I dabbed a bit in the corerule and found the classic creation process convoluted and giving really poor skilled people with lots of skills at 0/1/2 even for people with several terms who are supposed to be really good at what they do.
One thing who bugs me the most is that I looked at several adventures and i saw NPC with really poor stats (between 4 to 11) and poor to good skills (0 to 2, rarely a 3). So they have only 0 to 3 points of bonus to their checks - when they have something to add.
If we think as 8 to be the norm and 15 to be the peak of what is possible, we should see several people with 11-13 to one or two of their attribute. Especially EDU for people with scientific/technologic/medical background and it's possible to have 3 in their field if they are good enough. If I look to the corerule, the skills can goes to 6, the bonus attribute to 3 (even more is enhanced).
A good professional may have a +1 from attribute and +2 from skill, so +3 to its check
A true expert may have +2 from attribute and +4 from skill so +6 to its check
Chuck Norris may have +3 from attribute and +6 from skill, so +9 to its check.
So usually, the PCs should encouter people with +2 to +6 to their core skills, isn't it ? So why I have the feeling that everything is watered down, PC and NPCs ? What do I miss ?
Thanks for helping me

K.
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