Question about 1001 Character Supplement...

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Was confused because of the cover art. Is the 1001 character supplement and the patron supplement as well (and those other supplements) easily compatible with Mongoose Second Edition? Or are there any adjustments I need to make?

Thanks!

 

[Arkathan]

Attributes (STR, DEX, END, etc) are still compatible.
A couple of skills changed. Like Instruction no longer exists.

 

[Saladman]

Supplement 7: 1,001 Characters [Populating the Stars] is highly compatible with Mongoose 2e.

There were some changes to skills between 1e and 2e, but mostly in cascade skill specializations where the "conversion" consists of just using 2e categories. Otherwise, convert Zero G to Athletics Dex and you're good to go.

Attributes (STR, DEX, END, etc) are still compatible.
A couple of skills changed. Like Instruction no longer exists.

Flipping through it quickly I don't even see Instruction, or any of the other Career book added skills.

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If you have somehow stumbled across Supplement 1: 1001 Characters from Games Design Workshop, that's for Classic Traveller which has a somewhat different skill list. Actually still doable by just choosing the most obvious nearest equivalent, but a little more work, and skill totals will be slightly lower overall than in Mongoose.

 

[Saladman]

The Patrons books are even more compatible, just by virtue of never having statted up the patrons in the first place. It's all plain text, so no mechanic conversion needed.

However they are not created equal. Traveller Supplement 1: 760 Patrons Second Edition has patrons that are actually patrons, i.e. they all have jobs or missions on offer, while many of Traveller 760 Patrons [Contacts, Mentors, Benefactors and Financiers] are more NPC encounters that the GM will have to come up with a specific mission for. Between the two I prefer the Second Edition, but despite the titles there's little overlap between the entries so you could get both if you have a use for patrons without defined missions.

Finally, Supplement 6: 76 Patrons, again from GDW for Classic, remains surprisingly usable, again by virtue of not actually statting up the patrons, just being a book of adventure seeds.

 

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Thanks for the help!