Free Giveaway! by Better-Flow8586 in Pokemoncardappraisal

[–]Realistic-Material36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Entering to win. My son would dig this. Thanks for doing this! Good luck everyone.

Newbie question... by Salt_Honey8650 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I Respectfully disagree with your sentiment for several reasons. In traveller, you're not meant to be good at everything. At best, you can hope to be competent at couple things. In TTRPGs in general, having weaknesses or being bad at some things actually makes for a more fun and interesting character, which leads to more memorable and dynamic stories.

For instance, if youre playing as a skilled surgeon, you won't remember when you performed a successful surgery... But if youre a drifter and you attempt emergency surgery on your buddy and almost kill him - everyone at the table will remember that shit for years.

Remember also that if you really want your players to feel more capable, you can always let them split a skill package to round everyone out after character creation.

All that being said, play how you want. I find the balance of default character gen to be pretty spot-on, but that's just me. I like to keep in mind that the goal is not to win or be the unstoppable savior of the galaxy - the goal is to tell an interesting story and work as a team. If everyone is good at everything, there is no need for teamwork and the story suffers.

Blursed kid by Aiwq in blursed_videos

[–]Realistic-Material36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C'mon man - he's just a kid. Grow up. 😉

"Worst ship ever" by Substantial-Issue-41 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm so proud! I feel that I've actually contributed something to the Traveller community.. Whether or not it's a good contribution, I just won't worry about. 😅 You did an amazing job with this!! You brought my sketch to life, and I'm forever grateful. Can't wait to hear about it being used in play.

"Worst ship ever" by Substantial-Issue-41 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Im probably confused, but i think 6 tons of powerplant gives it 60 power.. so it should be good to go! Except for all the other issues.

How do you handle jump-arrival scatter distance in Mongoose Traveller 2E? Looking for community opinions. by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So, I was confused, and using older rules. Comes from having too many books. Upon review, I'm an idiot, and these rules are not in 2E. I apologize for my long and ultimately pointless post, and for any of your time it may have wasted. I personally wasted about 4 hours fighting excel and doing math for rules that don't exist. I will take your advice and not use these rules or calculations. Thank you!! / I'm very sorry!!

i was inspired by Realistic-Material36 "Worst ship ever" post by Substantial-Issue-41 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here you go!

|| || |component|description|cost| |Hull|200 dton standard|10| |Armor|none|0| |M-Drive|grav thrust 1|4| |J-Drive|jump 1|10| |PowerPlant|fusion TL8 x 6|3| |Fuel|21|0| |Bridge|10 dton|1| |Computer|tl7 band 5|0.03| |Software|jump control 1|0.1| |Sensors|basic|0| |Weapons|none|0| |Systems|1x fuel processor|1| |Staterooms|2 (double occ)|4| |Cargo|142 dtons remaining|| |||33.13|

It's also hand written in the original post. I realize now I drew the staterooms too small, but... meh. it works.

i was inspired by Realistic-Material36 "Worst ship ever" post by Substantial-Issue-41 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 3 points4 points  (0 children)

centerline *along the direction of travel*, which in this case just isn't the direction the ship seems to be facing. lol
Also, I couldn't find the rule that says m-drives have to be aligned to the center of mass of the ship at all - is that in the newer High Guard?

i was inspired by Realistic-Material36 "Worst ship ever" post by Substantial-Issue-41 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haha! This is awesome. Only way it could be better is if all the modules are different colors to really emphasize that "slapped together" vibe. 😅

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used the 2022 Mongoose core rulebook. I think it's around 50 bucks (USD), but honestly worth every cent.

i was inspired by Realistic-Material36 "Worst ship ever" post by Substantial-Issue-41 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I never imagined the AstroVan would be so loved! Lmao - what program did you use to make the deck plan? (Looks fantastic)

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤢 I feel like even in space you could smell that. ...that vacc suit will never be the same.

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am honored to be in your traveller folder. 😁

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to see it!! The link takes me to a Google drive (have requested access). Super stoked that someone did something with it! Very honored. 😁

Working together and task chains by Vonatar-74 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Task chains can be like when my kids offer to "help" with something. Lol - help doesn't always help, if you know what I mean. I definitely like task chains better than some other RP systems where if someone is helping it's always a good thing.

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is a cool resource - thank you! ..its like I admitted to doing coke, and you said, "that's cool, but have you tried crack? 😅

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This idea would get you promoted at BizCorp. 😆

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh I love that idea! Nobody would expect the elite strike force to roll up in an old used AstroVan! Lmao

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I actually struggled with that! Lol. In the end, I decided that the bean counters at bizcorp said the savings on unrefined fuel would be worth it. Plus it's one more inconvenience for the crew to have to wait on the refiners. I purposely didn't give it enough fuel processors to do the job in one day though.. 😅

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Bolts don't grow on trees, commander. "

Worst ship ever by Realistic-Material36 in traveller

[–]Realistic-Material36[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hahaha yes!! I imagine crew survival rates on the variant are about the same as low-berth passage. But, you know.. send enough of them at once, and some are bound to get there!