Quick Reference Chart forSkills

[tow0369]

I was hoping to get a sanity check on this — I haven’t found a solid quick-reference guide for which characteristics are typically used with each skill in Traveller 2E. I understand that modifiers can be situational and depend on the context, but I wanted to create something based on the examples in the core rulebook (2022). What are everyone’s thoughts on the table below?

Skill	Specialties	Stat 1A	Stat 1B	Skill	Specialties	Stat 2A	Stat 2B
Admin		EDU	SOC	Advocate		INT	EDU/SOC
Animals	Handling, Veterinary, Training	INT	DEX	Art	Performer, Holography, Instrument, Visual Media, Write	INT/EDU	DEX
Astrogation		EDU		Athletics	Dexterity, Endurance, Strength	STR	DEX/END
Broker		SOC	INT	Carouse		END	SOC
Deception		INT/DEX	SOC	Diplomat		INT/EDU	SOC
Drive	Hover, Mole, Track, Walker, Wheel	DEX	INT	Electronics	Comms, Computers, Remote Ops, Sensors	INT/EDU	DEX
Engineer	M-Drive, J-Drive, Life Support, Power	INT	EDU	Explosives		EDU	DEX
Flyer	Airship, Grav, Rotor, Wing	DEX	EDU	Gambler	Airship, Grav, Rotor, Wing, Ornithopter	INT
Gun Combat	Slug, Energy, Archaic	DEX		Gunner	Turret, Ortillery, Screen, Capital	DEX	INT
Heavy Weapons	Artillery, Man Portable, Vehicle Mounted	DEX	INT	Investigate	Artillery, Portable, Vehicle	INT
Jack-of-All-Trades		INT		Language	Galanglic, Vilani, Zdetl, Oynprith, Trokh, Gvegh	EDU
Leadership		SOC		Mechanic		INT	EDU
Medic			EDU	Melee	Unarmed, Blade, Bludgeon, Natural	STR	DEX
Navigation		INT	EDU	Persuade		SOC	INT/STR
Pilot	Small Craft, Spacecraft, Capital Ships	DEX		Profession	Belter, Biologicals, Civil Engineering, Construction, Hydroponics, Polymers	INT	EDU
Recon	Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Cybernetics, Economics, Genetics, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Physics, Planetology, Psionicology, Psychology, Robotics, Sophontology, Xenology	INT	DEX	Science	Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Genetics, Linguistics, Physics, Psychology, Robotics, Sophontology	INT	INT
Seafarer	Ocean Ships, Personal, Sail, Submarine	DEX	EDU/END	Seafarer	Motor, Sail, Submarine	DEX	EDU
Stealth		DEX		Steward		EDU	SOC
Streetwise		INT	EDU	Survival		INT	INT
Tactics	Military, Naval	INT	EDU	Vacc Suit		EDU

 

[CordwainerFish]

Honestly, attribute is so situational I would put more effort into grokking how to select them (Carouse/DEX? Language/SOC? I can see both of them) than into counting cases.

 

[Condottiere]

Some are unconscious.

Like, tots conveying ideas through the command of language.

 

[Limpin Legin]

Not sure recon, gambler and investigate have specialisations. But I like the overall reference chart. I have produced similar for my game.

 

[To Tha Moon!]

That's very nice! Do you have this in any document format?

 

[rinku]

You do you, but even with the typical tasks, situations might call for a more suitable stat, or a choice between them.

Working out how to open an alien hatch: Mechanic INT or EDU
Trying to manipulate the opening mechanism once you failed to work it out: Mechanic DEX or INT
Actually opening the hatch by brute force once the previous attempt failed: Mechanic STR or END