Slow paced RPGs

Okay got all the characters sheets. So I will come up with decent homeworlds for most of you in line with your stats, tie the group together (why you are all in the same place) and send you each some roleplaying notes. So I'll have the game thread up tomorrow.

One minor question, most of you are human. I could take this as Terran human or Vilani or one of the other (~30) human races. Again all human races besides Terrans are a result of an ancient alien race taking Homo rhodesiensis groups from Earth circa 300,000 years ago.

By default a Traveller character is a Vilani/Terran mix, if you'd like your human to be something else just let me know. No need for you to know which human, I'll pick one based on your character,. tell you a bit about it and you can approve it.

Rules:
I just want people to get used to talking in character so the rules won't enter for a bit. But roughly speaking this is the main rule.

Skill Resolution:
Major point, in order to succeed at something, you have to roll an 8 using two six sided dice.

To whatever total you roll on the dice three things are added. I'm going to take the example of somebody hacking a computer.

1. Dice Total: This is just the total you roll on the two dice.
2. Skill adjustment: Next your rating in the associated skill is added. For the example of hacking mentioned, if you were Computer 2 you would add 2.
   Computer 0, then means no adjustment.
   However not having Computer at all means you subtract 3.
3. Characteristic Adjustment: Every roll is also attached to one of the characteristics, e.g. Intelligence, Education, Strength.
   In the case of Hacking it is Intelligence. You then adjust the score based on what band your characteristic falls into:

Characteristic Score | Dice Modifier
0 | -3
1-2 | -2
3-5 | -1
6-8 | +0
9-11 | +1
12-14 | +2
15+ | +3

So for the hacking roll, if you had Intelligence 9, you would add 1.

[*]Difficulty Adjustment: I might decide a task is hard or easy compared to normal, and hence I'll supply an adjustment, e.g. Easy might add +4 to your roll.


If at the end of this process you got an eight or better you succeed.

See the following table for the exact meaning of your final total:

Final Total | Meaning
< 3 | Exceptional Failure: The character failed as completely as it is possibly to fail. Anything that can go wrong goes wrong. If attempting to repair a device, the device is further damaged or even destroyed. In a social situation, the character gets into further trouble.
3-6 | Average Failure: The character has failed the task.
7 | Marginal Failure: The character has almost, almost succeeded, and the Referee may permit him to scrape a success if he takes a significant consequence. A character trying to jump across a chasm hangs onto the far side by his fingernails but can only pull himself up if he drops his backpack. A character trying to land a ship can bring it down safely but the ship may never fly again. A character hacking a computer gets in but the security programs can trace his location.
8 | Marginal Success: The character barely succeeds at the task, and may have to accept a condition on his success. He fixes the engine but it will overheat. He finds a buyer for the goods but the buyer is a untrustworthy criminal.
9-13 | Average Success: The character succeeds normally.
> 14 | Exceptional Success: The character succeeds in an impressive and elegant fashion.

Static Resolution:
Despite how much I've talked about dice rolls above, Traveller uses static resolution much more. This is simply where I go by your skill score alone.

eg. to repair this computer you need Computers 1. If you don't have that or better, you can't do it. Otherwise, you can. No rolling.

Rolling is only really done in stressful or high-intensity situations (repairing the Computer while ship is being attacked) or in combat.

I'll cover combat when it comes up.

More than welcome jasonb!

You can make a character here:
http://travellerv2.azurewebsites.net/

And just send me what it pumps out.

If the link is confusing in anyway, just PM me and we can step through it.

Okay the proper adventure starts tomorrow on Walston.