Question about commission and increasing skills

[yukikaze]

I have some questions.

1, Do "trying for commission is optional." and "The advancement roll is mandatory." mean that I can try commission and advancement roll together in one term?

2, When I succeed commission roll, does my traveller increase skills like succeeding advancement roll?

3, When my traveller automatically promoted, does he/she increase skills, or only be promoted?


About 1, previous version say "Military characters (Army, Navy, Marines) can roll for commission instead of rolling for advancement." in gray box P5. But this version say nothing about.
2 and 3, there are no obvious descriptions in previous version neither...
I want to write about them in new version.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Re: #3 - Since the rules say you get to roll on the skill tables for a promotion, I don't think it matters if you roll it or get it through an event. ALSO, if you succeed in your promotion roll AND get promoted in an event, you get TWO promotions and TWO skill rolls.

(My interpretation based on RAW).

 

[-Daniel-]

Re: #3 - Since the rules say you get to roll on the skill tables for a promotion, I don't think it matters if you roll it or get it through an event. ALSO, if you succeed in your promotion roll AND get promoted in an event, you get TWO promotions and TWO skill rolls.

(My interpretation based on RAW).

Interesting, I never rolled for an additional skill if the character received a promotion from an event. I am now curious, I wonder what the author of the rules intended.

 

[Old Scrounger]

I can't even find what number is needed to be commissioned but only the table for promotion. How do we know what number is needed to gain commission?

 

[hdan]

I can't even find what number is needed to be commissioned but only the table for promotion. How do we know what number is needed to gain commission?

This is an already reported problem which presumably will be corrected in the next drop.

Though until it gets fixed, it's likely to be "SOC 8+", since it was that in v1. (I always questioned that, since commission rolls from previous editions were not so uniform.)

 

[Old Scrounger]

Thanks for letting me know!

 

[Belisknar]

I have some questions.

1, Do "trying for commission is optional." and "The advancement roll is mandatory." mean that I can try commission and advancement roll together in one term?

The commission is an advancement roll and so replaces your standard advancement roll. At least that is what I get if you follow the flow chart in character generation.

The option being do you decide to take it at all.

 

[CaptainOrs]

Re: #3 - Since the rules say you get to roll on the skill tables for a promotion, I don't think it matters if you roll it or get it through an event. ALSO, if you succeed in your promotion roll AND get promoted in an event, you get TWO promotions and TWO skill rolls.

(My interpretation based on RAW).

So if you get promoted in an event (say event roll of 12 in the navy career), you would still roll for a second advancement at the end of the term? I was assuming you could only advance once, it was just automatic instead of needing to roll for it.

 

[-Daniel-]

Re: #3 - Since the rules say you get to roll on the skill tables for a promotion, I don't think it matters if you roll it or get it through an event. ALSO, if you succeed in your promotion roll AND get promoted in an event, you get TWO promotions and TWO skill rolls.

(My interpretation based on RAW).

So if you get promoted in an event (say event roll of 12 in the navy career), you would still roll for a second advancement at the end of the term? I was assuming you could only advance once, it was just automatic instead of needing to roll for it.

We have always played it like Rikki Tikki Traveller said it except we only did the end of term skill roll if you succeeded in the roll. So one Skill but possible two ranks. Even is an automatic and the end of the term roll is another chance. So you could have a Character come out of term one as a Rank 2 if the dice went in your favor.

I wonder if we have been doing it wrong. I wonder what the designer's intent was for that type event.

 

[grauenwolf]

We have always played it like Rikki Tikki Traveller said it except we only did the end of term skill roll if you succeeded in the roll. So one Skill but possible two ranks. Even is an automatic and the end of the term roll is another chance. So you could have a Character come out of term one as a Rank 2 if the dice went in your favor.

I wonder if we have been doing it wrong. I wonder what the designer's intent was for that type event.

We've been doing it one skill roll per promotion, no matter how you got the promotion. And we allow to promotions in the same term, as that just means that you've really, really impressed your boss.