GM Tarondor's Skandersvik - Traveller (Inactive)

Game Master Tarondor

FORMAT FOR TRAVELLER CHARACTERS

NAME - UPP (e.g., Callie Dashulli - 697A56)
Summary (e.g.: Clever Engineer or Ace Negotiator or Deadly Sniper or whatever)
Species:
Homeworld: (correct format: Regina (Spinward Marches 1910) )

STR: (correct format: 9 (+1))
DEX:
CON:
INT:
EDU:
SOC:

SKILLS: (correct format: Admin 2, Carouse 0, Gun Combat (Energy) 2, Pilot (Small Craft) 1, Pilot (Spacecraft) 2)
(don’t list skills you don’t have, and if there is a subskill, list it. If you have two different subskills, list them separately)

ARMOR: (correct format: Cloth +8 / TL10 / 3kg)

WEAPONS: (correct format: Snub Pistol / TL 8 / 5m / 3D-3 / 6mag / Zero-G)

AUGMENTS: (correct format: Cognitive Augment / INT +1 / TL 12 )

EQUIPMENT: (correct format: Grav Belt / TL 12 / 3kg )

ALLIES, CONTACTS, ENEMIES & RIVALS:

FINANCES:
PENSION: (correct format: Cr5,000/mo.)
DEBT:
CASH ON HAND:
MONTHLY SHIP PAYMENTS:
LIVING COST:

STUDY PERIODS:
Training in Skill:
Weeks: (correct format: 5 out of 8)
Study Periods Complete:
Bonuses:
________________________________________________________________________

CAREER HISTORY:
First Term: (correct format: Military Academy (Marines) / Basic Training / Event: Gained 2 allies / Graduated (+1 EDU, Athletics 1, Gun Combat (Energy) 1, Tactics (Military) 1)

Second Term:

Third Term:

Fourth Term:

Fifth Term:

Aging Crisis:

From Connections:

From Skill Package:

Tarondor Bonus:

Mustering Out Benefits:

NOTES:

Add Age: under Summary.

SAMPLE CHARACTER

AXEL JORDHAL - 68ABA8
Trader Extraordinaire
Age: 38 (34 w/ anagathics)
Species: Human
Homeworld: Orcrist (Spinward Marches 1126)

STR: 6 (+0)
DEX: 8 (+0)
CON: 10 (+1)
INT: 11 (+1)
EDU: 10 (+1)
SOC: 8 (+0)

SKILLS: Advocate 1, Admin 3, Art 0, Broker 2, Carouse 0, Drive 0, Electronics 0, Flyer 0, Gun Combat (slugs) 1, Medic 1, Persuade 3, Science 0, Steward 0, Streetwise 1, Vacc Suit 0

ARMOR: Cloth +8 / TL10 / 3kg

WEAPONS: Snub Pistol / TL 8 / 5m / 3D-3 / 6mag / Zero-G

AUGMENTS: None

EQUIPMENT: None

ALLIES, CONTACTS, ENEMIES & RIVALS:
Contact - Brida Fallesdottir - Ship’s Quartermaster
Contact - Eneri Holmquist - Ship's Cook

FINANCES:
Pension: None
Debt: None
Cash on Hand: Cr34,350
Monthly Ship Payments: Cr96,252/mo.
Living Cost: Cr2,000/mo

STUDY PERIODS:
Training in Skill:
Weeks: (correct format: 5 out of 8)
Study Periods Complete:
Bonuses:
________________________________________________________________________

CAREER HISTORY:
First Term: University of Orcrist / Graduated / Medic 1, Admin 2, EDU +1 / Life Event: Gain Contact

Second Term: Merchant (Broker) / Basic Training: Drive 0, Vacc Suit 0, Broker 0, Steward 0, Electronics 0, Persuade 0 / Survived / Advanced (1) / Event: Advanced Training (fail)

Third Term: Merchant (Broker) / Failed to buy Anagathics / Survived / Advanced (2) - Broker 1 / Admin +1 / Event: Smuggled. Streetwise 1, extra Benefit roll / Connection w/ Eneri Holmquist (Gun Combat (slugs) 1)

Fourth Term: Merchant (Broker) / Bought Anagathics! Cr25000 / Survived / Advanced (3) - Streetwise 1 / Persuade 1 /Life Event: Romantic Relationship - Gain Ally / Connection w/ Heidi Torvald (Advocate 1)

Fifth Term: Merchant (Broker) / Failed to buy Anagathics / No Aging Crisis / Survived / Advanced (4) / Broker +1 / Event: Good Deal (gain +1 to any one Benefit roll)

Mustering Out Benefits Axel gets 6 Mustering-Out Benefits and has a +1 on one of them. 1) Free Trader; 2) Free Trader; 3) Cr40,000; 4) Cr5,000; 5) Cr10,000; 6) Cr10,000

Aging Crisis: None

From Connections: Gun Combat (slugs) 1, Advocate 1

From Tarondor Bonus: Persuade 3

NOTES:
Free Trader (owe 50% of the mortgage)
6 quirks (!)
1 - Vessel contains smuggling compartments
2 - Damage Thrusters DM-1 to all pilot checks
3 - Ship is famous - good reputation
4 - Well maintained - reduce all maintenance costs by 50%
5 - DM-1 to all repair attempts
6 - Double Maintenance costs (cancels out #4)

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET HERE
1. Say hi! Tell us a bit about yourself and your RPG/Traveller experience!

2. Go to the Gameplay thread and "ninja dot". This means post something and then delete that post. That leaves the Gameplay thread clean but makes sure the game shows up on your campaigns tab.

3. Check out the Campaign Info tab for some mood-setting quotes.

4. Check out the Player's Guide linked at the top of the page.

WHAT NOT TO DO!

A. Don't start rolling up a character just yet! I want the team to assemble and discuss what sort of characters you want to play. Note that the House Rules allow you to freely choose your first career, ignoring the usual qualification roll. Note also that only one Traveller from each career will be permitted. Once everyone's decided on an initial career, we'll all start together.

I'm definitely here, thank you for grabbing me that slot GM Tarondor! Been under the weather for the past several days, but breaking out of it now. I'll definitely have something up very soon!

Read the Player's Guide and the above first!

And I'm glad you're okay.

Hello, I am Thomas. I live in the Southwest USA and work as Library Faculty at a community college. I have been playing RPGs for over 20 years. Mostly D&D but a good variety of other games and genres thrown in over time. I have been in 2 Traveler RPGs here on the boards so I have a decent understanding of the game.

For this game I am open to being the Captain. I tend to be pretty active which is important for that role. If someone else was hoping for that I would be happy to play an Engineer. This will be a long voyage. I am sure things will go wonky and keeping the ship together and running should be a fun endeavor. Possibly some Naval military experience to start with.

Hi! My name in real life is Suzanne, and the only Traveller experience I have is a DM who explained a bit about it to our group when I was living in New York because he wanted to play some, but we never did because he got a job with Paizo and moved to Seattle I believe. So... Zero experience, with added trivia for flavor.

(Note that I did buy the player's handbook recommended for the game, so I have a reference, but still might need help from time to time.)

Tabletop RPG experience though, I have a lot of. Used to play Dark Sun and some Planescape in college, and played a lot of 3.5 and Pathfinder 1e since then... have also dabbled in other games, more recently D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Starfinder, Warhammer Fantasy, and even a little bit of people's self-published stuff.

Thomas: Consider Navy, Scouts or Patrol (from the Player's Guide). All have a "going forth in ships" sort of vibe.

HI! I sat here and thought about this and I guess I have been gaming for over 40 years. Maybe gaming is offsetting my aging crisis ...

I promise not to google for people, but I thought the WIKI was relevant enough that I would just this once. I have to believe I was not the only person who owned (all of) what is now "Classic" Traveller by GDW. It was so amazing, and so groundbreaking, and so sci-1/2fi that I think it appealed to pretty much every gamer in the universe at the time (a thousand years ago) TRAVELLER

With all that gaming time, I do NOT have a similar amount of PbP time, although I post a lot compared to a lot of Paizo peeps. The campaigns I GM I host on Discord, not here (for many many reasons). I really do love PbP though: as a writer, I think the depth of expression is a lot closer to what the intension of roleplay is ... versus the traditional tabletop experience which generally doesn't allow for much more than comic book style exposition.

Since a bid for Captain is in, I will bid for 'useless' -- my maximized enjoyment comes from playing a Noble/Psion. Yes, that means in most cases that I would keep the character in his career path until a PSI opportunity arises, and I usually select for them to attend college because that doubles the chances, early on in the career. Yes that means he will probably be the oldest, but with any luck he will have enough aging drugs to look mid-30s (although the trial character I made this weekend went to prison for that). Useless being not completely accurate, I usually want him to functionally be the Medic, the Chief Negotiator (Admin), or the Navigator.

I also usually select the Human Minor Race: Daryen
(mostly because they look like elves, but they are also geographically appropriate)

HI! I sat here and thought about this and I guess I have been gaming for over 40 years. Maybe gaming is offsetting my aging crisis ...

I promise not to google for people, but I thought the WIKI was relevant enough that I would just this once. I have to believe I was not the only person who owned (all of) what is now "Classic" Traveller by GDW. It was so amazing, and so groundbreaking, and so sci-1/2fi that I think it appealed to pretty much every gamer in the universe at the time (a thousand years ago) TRAVELLER

With all that gaming time, I do NOT have a similar amount of PbP time, although I post a lot compared to a lot of Paizo peeps. The campaigns I GM I host on Discord, not here (for many many reasons). I really do love PbP though: as a writer, I think the depth of expression is a lot closer to what the intension of roleplay is ... versus the traditional tabletop experience which generally doesn't allow for much more than comic book style exposition.

Since a bid for Captain is in, I will bid for 'useless' -- my maximized enjoyment comes from playing a Noble/Psion. Yes, that means in most cases that I would keep the character in his career path until a PSI opportunity arises, and I usually select for them to attend college because that doubles the chances, early on in the career. Yes that means he will probably be the oldest, but with any luck he will have enough aging drugs to look mid-30s (although the trial character I made this weekend went to prison for that). Useless being not completely accurate, I usually want him to functionally be the Medic, the Chief Negotiator (Admin), or the Navigator.

I also usually select the Human Minor Race: Daryen
(mostly because they look like elves, but they are also geographically appropriate)

and let's be honest, this is a GM who has used the word "POLITIES" in his player's guide: that puts me just about almost ready to adjust my Last Will and Testament to leave all of my worldly value to this campaign ;)

I'm Chad, I've played RPG's off and on for aprox. 30 years. I got into Traveller about 7 years ago. I've played a few PbP games of Traveller since then, all died after awhile, so I'm looking forward to one that will last.

I'm not picky on career, but I'll put my hat in the ring for Merchant, going for a broker position.

Here is the profile I'll be using for this game, but might switch out the pic later. (It's just blank for now except for the outline the DM provided.)

By Surtur's Beard!

Evindyl: No psionics in this one. No Darrians, either. Just mundane Sword World Solomani humans (you know, the -good- kind). -Maybe- you might have a drop of Vilani blood, but don't tell anyone about it!

However, you -can- be a noble!

Hey there...sorry for the delay...but here I finally am!

Daniel Stewart...been playing TTRPG's since the late 1970's and have had many traveller characters die before even getting out of character generation!! Like the new Mongoose rules and am playing in a Traveller game right now, in fact!!

As for career...I have not played a scout in a while, so I think I will go for that...pilot is always a useful skill!! lol

So I'm hearing

Crastor: Navy
Evindyl: Noble
ckiser: Merchant
Daniel: Scout

How's about you, Zanbabe/Zaeta? Or you, Stiehle?

Once we have a commitment, you can all roll your characteristics (in order from STR to SOC). I suspect we may have some changes of plan after that!

Just wondering, is there a way to copy your character template with the codes in place, or do I have to go and bold everything again??

.

Uh... I seriously don't know what all of it means yet, but I think I want to be Agent, Scholar, or Rogue.

Maybe Agent if I have to choose now... but are any of them better for or very needed in a party?

Those are all excellent choices. Agent would be very thematic for the purposes of Skandersvik's mission. Any of the three sub-careers (Law Enforcement, Intelligence, Corporate) would work just fine.

I am also willing to let go of my nobility (or have the dice shatter my dreams) and take the really cool Sword Worlds Patrol Career.

Just wondering, is there a way to copy your character template with the codes in place, or do I have to go and bold everything again??

Good idea. I just added the template to the Player's Guide.

Thanks...also I am going to change my profession from Scout to Marines!!

So I'm hearing

Crastor: Navy
Evindyl: Noble
ckiser: Merchant
Daniel: Marines
Zaeta: Agent

Stiehle? Qyntessential? Waiting on you.

Rolling??? :-)

I'd like to get Stiehle and Qyntessential in on the action at the same time. I appreciate the eagerness, but let's give them a bit longer to join in.

Okay, well, that's more than long enough. Hopefully they'll catch up.

The rest of you, please start rolling.

6 rolls of 2d6 each, in order. Best of luck!

STR: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10
DEX: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6
END: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
INT: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9
EDU: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7
SOC: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Nice spread there. Apparently, Crastor hits the gym.

EDITED: So, no more Gym for Crastor.

I will go:

STR:
DEX:
END:
INT:
EDU:
SOC:

CHANGE OF PLANS

Roll your Characteristics, then put them in any order you like.

[dice=STR]2d6

[dice=DEX]2d6
[dice=END]2d6
[dice=INT]2d6
[dice=EDU]2d6
[dice=SOC]2d6

Nice spread there. Apparently, Crastor hits the gym.

EDITED: So, no more Gym for Crastor.

WOW i love that avatar Mal, wow!

Stats: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8
Stats: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
Stats: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
Stats: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Stats: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
Stats: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9

Wow, total of 39, same as the other game. Definitely not great, but not reroll material either.

I'll make that

Strength 6
Dexterity 8
Endurance 5 (-1)
Intellect 9 (+1)
Education 6
Social Standing 5 (-1)

2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12
2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5
2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
2d6 ⇒ (6, 4) = 10
2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

Lets go with a smart guy.
STR: 6
DEX: 5 (-1)
END: 6
INT: 12 (+2)
EDU: 10 (+1)
SOC: 5 (-1)

Zaeta, add +1 to any one of your characteristics.

2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3 5
2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7
2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7
2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12
2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 5
2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

Not too bad for a marine :-)...just need to work on physical!

STR: 7
DEX: 7
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 6
EDU: 5 (-1)
SOC: 5 (-1)

Yuri, add +1 to any one characteristic.

HOW SKILLS ADD

If you have a skill a 1 (e.g., Advocate 1) and gain the same skill at 1 (another instance of Advocate 1), you still only have that skill at 1. In other words, Advocate 1 and Advocate 1 = Advocate 1.

The exception, according to my house rule #12, is when you gain a skill at 0. This allows you to choose a Background skill at 0 instead.

When you gain a skill at +1, THEN you add. So Advocate 1 and Advocate +1 = Advocate 2.

The difference is the "+" symbol.

Evindyl? Roll them bones!

The rest'a you mugs should choose names, homeworlds and background skills if you haven't already.

Qyntessential? Stiehle? You're running out of time. I have others on a waiting list.

Freyjason (fray-ah-son) [Frey or Jason]

Frey is a good hearted patriot, proud of his parents work to rebuild Narsil and hopeful about both the science and the politics.
He is unsure if he should simply be a spokes person for the movement or whether he should take a more active role in world government.


1: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5
2: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7
3: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
4: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11
5: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7
6: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7

S 5
D 7
C 6
I 7
E 7
S 11

Flyer (grav) 0
Mech (grav) 0
Gun (pistol) 0

Kadal Kuttner - 656CA5
Summary Broker
Species: Human
Age: tbd
Homeworld: Gram (Spinward Marches 1223)

STR: 6 (+0)
DEX: 5 (-1)
CON: 6 (+0)
INT: 12 (+2)
EDU: 10 (+1)
SOC: 5 (-1)

SKILLS: Admin 0, Electronics 0, Language 0, Streetwise 0

Sorry for the delay! I'll be better about checking this thread every day going forward. OK. So, here's my rolls:

Stat 1: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5
Stat 2: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Stat 3: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8
Stat 4: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
Stat 5: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8
Stat 6: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

Adding +1 to the '5' I'm putting into INT

STR: 6
DEX: 12
END: 8
INT: 6
EDU: 8
SOC: 6

I'm thinking I'll go with Scout. Will read up further tonight and further flesh out my character, but wanted to give you a start.

Do I get a +1 ... ?
;)

I'd certainly like one

Do I get a +1 ... ?

;)

I'd certainly like one

You do indeed. Enjoy.

NAME - UPP Yuri Sokolov - 77C665
Summary: Big, nasty space marine
Species: Human
Age:
Homeworld: Regina (Spinward Marches 1910)

STR: 7
DEX: 7
CON: 12 (+2)
INT: 6
EDU: 6
SOC: 5 (-1)

Background Skills: Carouse-0, Drive-0, Streetwise-0

I just need to own that the CON typo is giving me life. I am chuckling everytime I read it.

and I thought these were all Sword Worlders?

FREYJASON – 67677B
Intern, Planetary Administration
Species: Human
Age: 18
Homeworld: Narsil (Spinward Marches 0927)

STR: 6
DEX: 7
END: 6
INT: 7
EDU: 7
SOC: 11 (+1)

Background Skills: Flyer (grav) 0, Mechanic (grav) 0, Gun (pistols) 0

Son of Freyja / Fray - ah - son
[Frey or Jason]

I don't think there'll be a lot of confusion between CON and END, but yeah, the Traveller stat is END.

And Yuri, ya gotta be from the Sword Worlds. There's a section in the Player's Guide about various possible homeworlds.

Background skills

Athletics 0
Survival 0
Streetwise 0

Zaeta grew up in a rough part of town.

Did we talk about roles aboard ship yet?

I think there was one mention of a captain at some point, but no one has said XO/1st officer. The PG also cites that the Chief Astrogator is head of the Flight Department, which includes the Chief Pilot.

I feel like there was an engineer at one point. I was thinking to position Frey as Chief Operations Officer & Chief Medical Officer.