help me with the trading rules

[briansommers]

ok, for some dumb reason, I'm just not understanding this

P.163 on the left column under the local brokers and guides box

is this:

find a supplier: Broker, education or social standing, 1-6 days, average(+0)

etc, etc

can someone explain what that means?

 

[briansommers]

I've got another question

on p. 165, the common good that are available to all worlds (the first six there)

why would world b want to buy ore (for example) from planet a, if ore is available anywhere?
according to the rules, couldn't I buy ore from planet a then jump to planet b then sell ore as well? why buy the same dumb stuff when you have it on your world to begin with?

 

[IanBruntlett]

ok, for some dumb reason, I'm just not understanding this...

OK, hope I understand the question...

What you are asking about, "Finding a supplier: Broker, Education or Social Standing, 1-6 days, Average(+0)", is a skill check.

Lots of things are resolved in Traveller as skill checks. See the Skills and Tasks chapter p48, in particular read the paragraphs titled "Characteristic Check", "Skill Check".

Abbreviation : DM is a Dice Modifier, added to the roll of some dice.

What you quoted means.. to find a supplier, you need the Broker skill. If you don't have that skill, you subtract 3 from the 2 dice you will need to roll (i.e. you have a DM of -3). The "Education or Social Standing" gives you the opportunity of whether you apply your "Education" DM bonus or your "Social Standing" DM bonus. The "1-6" days is a time frame - see p50. You can go quicker with a penalty on DM or slowly with a bonus to DM. The "Average (+0)" bit is the DM used as a reflection on how difficult the task in hand is (see p49 - Task Difficulty Dice Modifiers).

Hope this helps - ask on these forums if you want to know more

 

[briansommers]

yeah that does help
thanks
bs

 

[IanBruntlett]

I've written up some notes re: playing Traveller. They are:-

Tell me about Task Checks
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Traveller Core Rules extended contents.

PM me if you'd like a copy.

 

[FreeTrav]

I've written up some notes re: playing Traveller. They are:-

Tell me about Task Checks
Tell me about Combat
Traveller Core Rules extended contents.

PM me if you'd like a copy.

Ian, these sound like they might make good articles for Freelance Traveller. If you're willing to see them appear there, would you please forward me copies at editor@freelancetraveller.com?