@Cosmo - Sorry, kept getting delayed every time I opened the book to do your rolls.
Total : 20,900 credits
Update on people :
Characters Complete (or nearly so) :
Ceres Telluris (Professional 1/Navy 2) - Lessah - Active duty naval officer, Shuttle pilot, Engineer
Fernán Miguel Gómez (Rogue 2/Merchant 1) - Tangaroa - Freelance Merchant
Lady Annara Utoxier-Lee (Noble 3) - Captain Wombat - Psion Diplomat & Noble
Vathan (Army 2/Merchant 1) - Jubal Breakbottle - Bodyguard & Hunter
Dr. ?????? (Academic 3) - Captain Cosmos - Doctor (of something)
People marking interest :
Grim - Specifics undeclared
Gandal - Specifics undeclared
Grand Moff Vixen - Specifics undeclared
Grimdog73 - Specifics undeclared
How game will start :
I'll start when I have 8 completed characters, or next Saturday, whichever comes first. I usually prefer 4 to 6 players, but I've realized that there's about a 25 - 45 % attrition rate after games start on the boards. So I'd rather start with 8 and lose 2 or 3 and not have to re-recruit a month later. :)
I have sent PM's to the remaining people.
ok Bodyguard it is. I'll ditch my personal ride and some toolkits. I'll just have luggage.
I'll update Vathan 2.5 later.
cheers
Also then you can have
Fernán Miguel Gómezas a Contact, doing odd jobs and security work for you. :)
Ok, Grand Moff Vixen has bowed out officially. So, here's what we'll do. As soon as the currently 5 completed characters are fully complete and alias'd (which I think is mostly just Cosmos), I'll start the game. When the other 3 come in (if they do), they can be brought in relatively easily.
I'll be working up an intro post. Everyone finalize your choices on skills/feats/etc, and make sure your aliases are up and ready.
Done GM
all ready to roll
He's Army 2/Professional 1
I need to redo all his fluff and some equipment, but the build is done. Get it done ASAP
cheers
Since being chronically poor - while perhaps a good RP motivation - isn't super fun, I'll roll one more term.
A bit safer this time: She'll make the survival DC on a 1 :P
Edit: Nice! Hopefully I haven't used up all my good rolls for now ^^
Shore leave. Hmm - a good angle. Since the navy obviously employs more personnel then they need - many spend a lot of time grounded. Much like the astronauts of our time!
I'm going to go with, while Ceres have had some trips in space the last few years most of the time has been spend on terra firma. Since she did good last time the admiral and staff would like to see her train the new cadetts - hopefully imprinting something useful on them. Ceres herself is of course less then pleased. If only she had some influencial friend whom could put in a good word for her ...
Enter Lady Annara and I finally have some sort of tie in : )
Ceres would probably be looking for someone of her statue - and if she is recruiting? All the better !
Edit2: Right! Muster out rolls:
You won the Planetary Lottery. 4,500 credits every month for life.
Oh my, I'm not even the gambling sort ...
Well - atleast I got some credits then : )
Ok, Gandal has expressed interest in playing via PM, when he get's his character done, I'll bring him in.
I have how I want to start now, so just waiting on Captain Cosmos to get his alias done, and I'll kick things off.
Will get it done tomorrow. He will be ready before 5pm est.
Sounds good Cosmos.
Beginning post is posted in the gameplay thread. I'll add in Cosmos's character, wherever he or she is, once they are complete.
Sorry for disappearing after the first post, but mdt said there was room for me too.
I need to read the rules and look at what char there are,so it'll take me a bit and would require assistance,sorry for the troubles.
No problem, I can easily add you when you get your character done. If you have access to either Traveller T20 or SciFi 20, you have the rules. If not, it's fairly simple and straight forward. The only tricky bit is your prior history, and I cna roll those for you.
Available classes and house rules are over on the campaign tab. So far we have a Psionic Noble, a Rogue/Merchant, an Army/Professional, a Navy officer, and a Doctor of some type (not sure if they are going medical or scientific).
I'll look for the rules PDF on DrivethruRPG,can't do right now but soon.
In a scifi setting i usually go for rogue or spaceship,maybe fighter, pilot but not sure how much combat oriented the campaign is,and usually high tech games shouldn't be combat oriented.
There'll be some combat, I'm sure. But a lot of it is going to be problem solving and RP. Only way to go spaceship is to sign up for the Navy (the star system you start in has been isolated for four centuries). Fighter pilot is possible (aircraft fighter) as there are militia's on the planet.
I'll have to look at the PDF and class creation before making a decision,will call you when i have the PDF, should be in a few hours.
Hope my english will be enough to play as i'm italian.
Should be fine. :) I've played with non-english speakers before, your english seems fine so far.
So 1st post up in game play.
I'll have to look at the PDF and class creation before making a decision,will call you when i have the PDF, should be in a few hours.
Hope my english will be enough to play as i'm italian.
Got to be better than my dyslexic grammar and spelling Gendal.
I'm finding a lot of traveller related stuff on drivethrou....which is the actual file i need to buy?
The actual traveller T20 books are no longer available. However, the original authors stripped out the Traveller licensed bits (names of races, names of ships, etc) and created a SciFi20 system that has 90% of the T20 system in it. The only thing it really doesn't have is Psionics (which I can do for you if you want via the forum if you want psionics).
That's the link to the player manual, it's fairly cheap in US money (about what I'd pay for a fast food meal... probably slightly cheaper with tax). There's a couple of other books, but you shouldn't need them. Mostly those are making ships, making solar systems, etc.
Got it thanks,should have something for this afternoon (it is 10:27 AM here now).
3:27 AM here. :) Insomnia strikes again.
I have difficulties sleeping myself (actually such difficulties are called daschund dogs, i have 3)
Germany 7 wow
OK, just gimme whatever military/navy/mercenary/fighting class you think will be most needed (human female).
Better if she has mech/comp skills at least average, but really there is a lot to read and i hate reading PDF.
I'm good with everything doesn't involve too much social involvement or leadership.
Sure, let me see what Cosmos does for his doctor, and I'll work you up something.
Discussion thread is now up.
Naval ranks and terminology now in campaign tab for those who are interested.
Alias made for Captain Cosmos. Still working on Skills and Feats, It looks like I am going to have to download Scifi20 tonight. The downport doesn't seem to have skill descriptions for individual skills.
Here is my character sketch:
Doctor Ziirkaa is obsessed with his family's Vilani heritage. He has studied the technology and history of the Solomani empire. His PhD is in the field of Historical innovation. He is one of the planet's foremost experts on the technology that is gradually falling apart, particularly the theoretical underpinnings.
After a promising start to his career, his love of the technology has led to a career that is not very practical, shifting from specialty to specialty based on his research of history and technology.
I am happy to take on the "doctor" role.
Since it looks like no one else has hard core doctoring skills, I am thinking of taking on that as well, I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I am imagining he is not a certified medical doctor but has been involved in cybernetic experiments on animals, and has picked up medical skills, but none of the empathy.
Cybernetics would be extremely primitive (about what we have today) due to the planetary tech level. They have some plans for stuff still in archives, but the tech base just can't do the molycircs (molecular circuits) required for it.
So, ti sounds like Gandal, wanting a tech position, would do well as an engineer on the station. That would overlap a bit with Ceres, but not much. I'll work up Gandal's character here shortly.
Gandal Character
STR 12
DEX 12
CON 15
INT 16 + 2 : 18
WIS 12
CHA 11
EDU 16 - 2 : 14
SOC 10
Will work up crunch shortly.
@MDT: I am not actually interested in pursuing cybernetics in the game. Cybertech is one of his technological fancies, and while researching that, he learned enough to "fake it" as a medical doctor. Basically it's an interest that connects my primary interest in advanced old empire technology with medicine.
Understood that it is more advanced than anything we are capable of making on this backwater hick world... That is exactly why it interests me.
Now i have t understand what that means :(
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Gandal Crunch
Human Navy 3
Medium Humanoid (Human)
Init +; Perception +
DEFENSE
AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 10
Stamina 16 (3d6+6)
Lifeblood 15
Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
STATISTICS
STR 12, DEX 12, CON 15, INT 18, WIS 12, CHA 11, EDU 14, SOC 10
Base Atk +1; CMB 2; CMD 13
Feats AP (Light), AP (Vac Suit), WP (Marksman), WP (Laser), Technical Cross Training, Gearhead, Vehicle(Wheeled), WP (Ship's Weaponry), Skill Focus (T/Computer)
SKILLS
Skill Points : 6x3 + 4x3 + 1x3 = 11x3 = 33
Bribery CHA +4 (1 Rank + 3 Trained + 0 Stat)
Diplomacy CHA +4 (1 Rank + 3 Trained + 0 Stat)
Driving INT/DEX +7 (0 Rank + 3 Trained + 4 Stat)
Forward Observer INT
Gambling INT +8 (1 Rank + 3 Trained + 4 Stat)
Gunnery WIS +5 (1 Rank + 3 Trained + 1 Stat)
Handle Animal CHA
K/Chemistry EDU +5 (3 Ranks + 2 Stat)
K/Physics EDU +5 (3 Ranks + 2 Stat)
K/Homeworld EDU +2 (0 Ranks + 2 Stat)
Leader INT/CHA
Linguistics INT
Navigation EDU +6 (1 Rank + 3 Trained + 2 Stat)
Perception WIS +4 (3 Ranks + 1 Stat)
Pilot INT/DEX
P/Administration WIS +5 (1 Rank + 3 Trained + 1 Stat)
Survival WIS +4 (0 Rank + 3 Trained + 1 Stat)
Technical (any) EDU
T/Communications +8 (3 Ranks + 3 Trained + 2 Stat)
T/Computer +11 (3 Ranks + 3 Trained + 2 Stat + 3 Focus)
T/Gravitics +8 (3 Ranks + 3 Trained + 2 Stat)
T/Electronics +8 (3 Ranks + 3 Trained + 2 Stat)
T/Mechanical +8 (3 Ranks + 3 Trained + 2 Stat)
T/Sensors +8 (3 Ranks + 3 Trained + 2 Stat)
Languages Solomani
Ok, I think that's done other than equipment, which depends on the muster out check (material or cash out). Need to know which Gandal wants.
If Anyone see's any glaring errors, let me know.
Also, Gandal will need to pick :
2 Traits
Favored Class Bonus for 3 levels.
Now i have t understand what that means :(
Not complicated. It just means your character graduated highschool, got a bachelor's degree in Information Systems, and then enlisted in the Navy four years ago and spent four years in the Navy learning more and more about technical stuff. She didn't get any promotions, so she's still a recruit. Based on your want of not being in charge of anything, I think it fits, she's kept her head down and tried not to stand out, and it worked, she ended up not getting promoted because of it.
The crunch bit should make more sense. :) The feats are in your PDF.
@MDT: I am not actually interested in pursuing cybernetics in the game. Cybertech is one of his technological fancies, and while researching that, he learned enough to "fake it" as a medical doctor. Basically it's an interest that connects my primary interest in advanced old empire technology with medicine.
Understood that it is more advanced than anything we are capable of making on this backwater hick world... That is exactly why it interests me.
Makes sense.
OK thanks, i just want to shoot things and not worrying of anything :)
Will look the feats tomorrow morning.
Oh, I thought you wanted to be a tech head in the Navy? If you don't like that character, let me know.
@Gandal - Shoot things eh?
I'll just slip in here and note that the 'Navy' class is the staff of the ships, not the eye-to-eye combatants (those would be the 'Marines'). Navy is a half speed BaB class with plenty of skill points : )
However - shooting things with vehicle and heavy weaponry (field artillery, starship deathrays ect.) does not operate via BaB, but the skill 'Gunnery'.
So 'Navy' might or might not be the right choice, given how you want to shoot things !
*bounces off to gameplay thread*
Already did your stamina. You get 3d6, not 3d4. First is maxed.
So, 6 (Max) + 4 (Rolled) + 6 (Con bonus x 3) = 16
Lovely. I will take the 16.
Some of the crunch is now updated. Please take a look and critique my Knowledge skills. I took "The Sciences" as a general background of science. Then took some specific sciences that I am really specialized in.
Please let me know if you want me to handle it another way.
Working on Gear now.
Doh! Sorry Ziirkaa, yours is 12. I got you and Gandal mixed up for a moment. My bad.
Some good news though. Gather Information and Liason got rolled up into Diplomacy skill.
Also, you gain Vehicle/Wheeled, as a free feat. It's a world background feat. Let's you drive any wheeled vehicle.
K/The Sciences isn't really workable, too much to cover. On the bright side for you, your generic EDU check works for any knowledge you don't have ranks in.
If you want to do surgery, you'll eventually have to take that feat.
A TL 8 Linear computer would cost 1875 credits. This is a desktop computer, it's vastly underpowered compared to the the parallel systems that the nobles have (and the remnant synaptic system on the space station makes it look like a graphing calculator).
If you wanted the equivalent of a parallel desktop, you could by a miniframe. You'd need a house to put it in, obviously. A linear miniframe would take up a room, cost 18,750 credits, and be slightly underpowered compared to a parallel system.
To get an idea, imagine the computers of the early 90's. Those are linear. Modern computers are parallel. The planet can produce parallel, but they are not produceable in any numbers, and mostly you need to know someone to get one. They're all one-off systems, custom built for the intended recipient.
Now, if anyone wants a tech level they can't afford, they can make a Soc check (DC 20) to try to find someone willing to broker purchases for them. Doubling the price reduces the DC by 4 (quadrupling it reduces the DC by 6).
Considering my business, I at least need to take a stab at getting a parallel portable computer, and/or some sort of multi-scanner. What do I need to do/roll to buy/requisition one?
Other than that, Equipment is:
16,600 credits
TL 8 Med Kit 1250 Cr
Electronic Tool set 2000 Cr
Mechanical Tool Set 1000 Cr
Short Range Com 100 Cr
Doh! Sorry Ziirkaa, yours is 12. I got you and Gandal mixed up for a moment. My bad.
Some good news though. Gather Information and Liason got rolled up into Diplomacy skill.
Also, you gain Vehicle/Wheeled, as a free feat. It's a world background feat. Let's you drive any wheeled vehicle.
K/The Sciences isn't really workable, too much to cover. On the bright side for you, your generic EDU check works for any knowledge you don't have ranks in.
If you want to do surgery, you'll eventually have to take that feat.
Not a problem on the Stamina.
Understand about The Sciences, your solution works for me.. wooo Hoo! 2 more skill points. ;)About the Surgery feat, I took it as my second bonus feat. I thought we met the Pre-reqs if our ranks+class skill bonus met the prereq. If that isn't the case I will swap it out for something else.
For pre-reqs on feats, yes. If it's something that's 'per 5 ranks' then it's actual ranks (Psionic feats kind of straddle the middle of those, and fall on the 'need 5 ranks' side). I just missed the surgery feat is all.
As to parallel computers...
Computers : The TL 7 computers are readily available.
The TL 9's are available if you have Merchant, Noble, or Academic Careers.
Hey mdt! I'd love to join this Scifi pbp, and you can look at my history to see that I am dedicated and well written.
My issue is that I have never played Traveller before, and know nothing of the setting. I can probably pick up enough to get a character together by Saturday, but do you see this being a problem?
Whooops! Sorry, missed that computer comment somehow.