After 20 years of adventuring, Jackson would have accumulated a long list of allies, friends and yes, enemies.
One of those was a Scout character and the two of them did odd jobs together for a while. Several of those got Reaction rolls of 10+, and a few 12's.
There were lots of patrons on small jobs, and many Random Encounters. The first 'year' of play I went with mostly random-roll encounters. We'll see.Īuthor's addition 8-1/19: I forgot to include Jackson's list of Contacts. Competent GMing, quick-witted humor, infectious. Maybe his next 4-year cycle will be Physical Fitness to counter the degradation of his stats. This Traveller actual play podcast follows the players in their slightly inept journey through the stars. At 42, he's still got years of adventuring time left as well. Send your praise, questions, and comments to. This is a character who can be a force for good someone who has made a mark on the subsector. A podcast about the Traveller RPG, Cepheus Engine, and Traveller derivatives, produced by Super Adventure Friends Co. Some planetary ruler or other gave him an Knighthood and he owns land in exchange for his military expertise. He has better gear, a good vehicle, and a dependable crew behind him. Some PCs may want to be the head of a Merchant (or Star Merc) fleet, but Jackson's idea of moving up in the Universe was to develop himself. Garblag Games - Traveller RPG - Actual Plays - via Podcast Addict Welcome Traveller to the Garblag Games podcast feed for Mongoose Traveller 2e The audio. Now, at the mature age of 42 (equivalent of 6 terms) let's have a look at him: He passed through three aging rolls and lost 2 points from each of his physical stats by the age of 42. Flint heads to the portmaster office and gets receipts for the fuel they purchased when they left Mylor months. Lucky retrieves the Universal Translator and the Drone from the Rambler-I. The team lands at Spaceport Mylor in the afternoon. Unfortunately, his health suffered from years of adventuring. Traveller, GURPS, D&D, The Mighty Protectors. He also saved up enough to take a Sabbatical, and garner a brand new skill. He also used the Experience rules to polish up his skill set. Now, during that period, Jackson adventured a lot. What's that about? Was it because of his low SOC that the other officers didn't approve of the young man? Well, could be a lot of things. Quite the junior tactician, eh? But out of the service after only one term. Tactics-4, Rifle-1, SMG-1, CG Vehicle-0, Carousing-0 The first two episodes are out now and new episodes will drop each Tuesday. Jackson Law Age 22 7A87B5 Ex-Army Captain My Dicehaven gaming group just launched our Traveller RPG (Mongoose 2nd Edition) actual play podcast. Here is the character, right after character generation finished: Today I want to share a character I've created, to illustrate what that might look like. Other places you can connect with the HSG Squad:įacebook Shelf Gaming Night Twitch /highshelfgamingĬopyright 2020 by High Shelf Gaming LLC, All rights reserved.I have written before about High Level Play in Traveller, and what that might mean. Certain rules of traveller have made it into so many other games like our big favorites: Cyberpunk and Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. We also take a swing at talking about Traveller's impact on the industry. We also chat about how insanely flexible the system is from a technology perspective which leads to some cool discussions around some of the most popular Sci-Fi shows out there today and their possible origins (spoiler: we're pretty sure those creators played Traveller).
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Like the iconic character creation process that's a risk vs reward system that can lead to PC death before the game even begins. We chat about the big draws for the system. Patrick helps us unpack some of the primary themes of Traveller and break down the various editions of the game. As one of the first and certainly the most popular space opera RPGs Traveller is one of the classic mainstays of the role-playing industry. In this episode, we are joined by Patrick Kanouse, a sci-fi and mystery novel author, who happens to be a huge fan of Traveller RPG.