TV Shows You DON'T Want To See Made Over For Traveller ...
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alex_greene
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You don't need Psionics there to solve a crime. You would, however, need some or all the following mundane skills, preferably as high as possible:-cbrunish said:
Advocate, Carouse, Deception, Diplomat, possibly Gambler, Investigate, Interrogation (from Book 4: Mercenary, specialities *Tells, *NLP), Life Sciences (Psychology, *Hypnosis) and Persuade.
Optional would be Admin, Athletics (whatever), Broker, Gun Combat, J-o-T, Language (any), Leadership and Steward.
A high Intelligence and Education should come as standard.
Specialities listed below are not canon, but really should be:-
*Tells - The ability to analyse a subject's mood, motivations and truthfulness by scrutiny of his microexpressions - the Effect of a successful Interrogation skill check with this speciality may even be used in opposed Gambler skill checks in games of chance;
*NLP - The study of Neuro Linguistic Programming to extract the truth from a subject by what he says - or does not say.
*Hypnosis - The study of altered mental states.
alex_greene
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Trust me, a 42 year old can do a lot of things that a 26 y.o. would be stumped over, just as a 52 y.o. can probably call upon life experiences that would make the 42 y.o. seem a callow youth by comparison.cbrunish said:
There's a lot to be said for maturity and experience. Just ask Lazarus Long, Yoda and The Doctor.
lastbesthope
Mongoose
alex_greene said:There's a lot to be said for maturity and experience. Just ask Lazarus Long, Yoda and The Doctor.
As a T-shirt my dad owns says:
"Old age and treachery can beat youth and skill!"
alex_greene
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I'm just watching the Aaarniiee adaptation of Total Recall, and I'm thinking that any movie adaptation of any book, whether it be Der Governator, Tom Cruise in Minority Report, Will Smith in I, Robot or Bruce Willis in Surrogates, seriously can't be a safe bet for a good RPG adaptation.
And then I thought of the absolute clincher that sums up my case beyond hope of refutation.
Sly Stallone starring as Judge Dredd.
I rest my case. Honestly, my honourable colleague for the Defense might as well retire now.
And then I thought of the absolute clincher that sums up my case beyond hope of refutation.
Sly Stallone starring as Judge Dredd.
I rest my case. Honestly, my honourable colleague for the Defense might as well retire now.
Twin Agate Dragons
Mongoose
ER
The Ghost Whisperer
Highlander
Lost
Millenium
The Ghost Whisperer
Highlander
Lost
Millenium
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
Twin Agate Dragons said:
Seriously.. you wouldn't want HIGHLANDER????!!!!
I think the idea of sword wielding imortals running around on starships cutting each other's heads off and frying all the electronics would be AWESOME! (As NPCs of course). Putting a group of Firefly free traders into that situation could seriously mess with their heads.
Can you imagine trying to roll up a centuries old immortal using Traveller's PC generation system?
"Ok, you just washed out the Imperial Navy on your 410th term."
"Man, that's the 7th time I haven't made my 20 years!"
Of course, after a certain point, all the immortals would just look alike:
FFFFFF for their UPP, 5s for all their skills.
"Ok, you just washed out the Imperial Navy on your 410th term."
"Man, that's the 7th time I haven't made my 20 years!"
Of course, after a certain point, all the immortals would just look alike:
FFFFFF for their UPP, 5s for all their skills.
alex_greene
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Psionics and an irritatingly patronising attitude towards the mayfly run of regular player characters.
"Why, sonny, you know what they were doing for amusement back in my day?" "I dunno, Pop, maybe paint horses on cave walls?"
"Hey, doll, where have you been all my life?" "For most of it, I wasn't even born."
"Why, sonny, you know what they were doing for amusement back in my day?" "I dunno, Pop, maybe paint horses on cave walls?"
"Hey, doll, where have you been all my life?" "For most of it, I wasn't even born."
Hmmm... Actually - all one needs to do is eliminate aging effects (and re-enlistment limits) and ignore death as a result of 000 physical stats and its done. Oh - and add death by beheading and several psionic talents (not sure about electrostatic disturbances - may need to add something there) 
Very minor tweaks actually - probably be done in a couple paragraphs... Voila - HT!
Very minor tweaks actually - probably be done in a couple paragraphs... Voila - HT!
Well, re-enlistment limits should still be in effect, they can just get around them by moving on to a different planet/system/sector.
Would need some special life events tables, I think.
And I'm still curious as to how many terms it requires to guarantee at least half the stats/skills are maxed out?
Would need some special life events tables, I think.
And I'm still curious as to how many terms it requires to guarantee at least half the stats/skills are maxed out?
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
Or throw in that CT favorite INT+EDU=Max Skill Levels
So no matter how old you get, you still have a limited amount of knowledge you could retain. None of the Immortals in Highlander seemed to be supergeniuses who could do anything. Also, wasn't there an episode in the series where they talk about none of the immortals having great creativity... The woman was a internationally renouned concert pianist but lost her talent for playing when she became immortal? She later got it back by NOT fighting and risking her life...
I would argue that once you become immortal, your ability to learn new skills goes WAY down. Instead of 1-2 skills per term it becomes 1-2 skills per century or something like that.
Your age freezes at the age you became immortal.
As I said, NPCs only...
So no matter how old you get, you still have a limited amount of knowledge you could retain. None of the Immortals in Highlander seemed to be supergeniuses who could do anything. Also, wasn't there an episode in the series where they talk about none of the immortals having great creativity... The woman was a internationally renouned concert pianist but lost her talent for playing when she became immortal? She later got it back by NOT fighting and risking her life...
I would argue that once you become immortal, your ability to learn new skills goes WAY down. Instead of 1-2 skills per term it becomes 1-2 skills per century or something like that.
Your age freezes at the age you became immortal.
As I said, NPCs only...
alex_greene
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Who says that there has to be game balance? 
Your PCs could be facing the same (non-Highlander, just the normal medical not-dying type) immortal enemy throughout their campaign, popping up to irritate the Betelgeuse out of them like Ra's al-Ghul used to in Batman.
Indeed, the NPC could easily adopt the policy of outliving their PC foes and letting them fall, one by one, to violence or accident rather than fight them on their terms, charging towards them with weapons blazing.
They might even come in at one point, not as an enemy, but as a benefactor and tempter, offering them the same immortality they have ... at a price ...
Your PCs could be facing the same (non-Highlander, just the normal medical not-dying type) immortal enemy throughout their campaign, popping up to irritate the Betelgeuse out of them like Ra's al-Ghul used to in Batman.Indeed, the NPC could easily adopt the policy of outliving their PC foes and letting them fall, one by one, to violence or accident rather than fight them on their terms, charging towards them with weapons blazing.
They might even come in at one point, not as an enemy, but as a benefactor and tempter, offering them the same immortality they have ... at a price ...
lastbesthope said:alex_greene said:There's a lot to be said for maturity and experience. Just ask Lazarus Long, Yoda and The Doctor.
As a T-shirt my dad owns says:
"Old age and treachery can beat youth and skill!"
That's misquote, it should read "Old age and treachery always beats youth and skill".
Just ask my boy.
