A Guide to Espionage and Stealth Skills in Traveller RPG

[CyborgPrime]

Are you ready to take your Mongoose Traveller RPG gameplay to the next level? If so, then you won't want to miss our latest blog article, "Stealth and Deception: A Guide to Espionage and Stealth Skills in Traveller RPG"

This 10th installment in our 11-part series, "The Ultimate Guide to Playing Mongoose Traveller RPG," explores the vital skills of espionage and stealth that are essential for characters who operate outside of the law or work in covert operations. The article covers the following skills:

• Carouse
• Deception
• Investigate
• Persuade
• Recon
• Stealth
• Streetwise

Our guide shows you how these skills can be used in a variety of ways to achieve different objectives, such as gathering information about enemy positions, trade routes, and potential allies. With the successful use of espionage skills, you can stay one step ahead of your opponents, infiltrate restricted areas, impersonate important people, and move undetected.

In addition to explaining the skills, the article also covers how they can be paired with combat or communication skills, and how the Referee and players should weigh the consequences of getting caught versus the benefits of completing the mission.

Don't miss out on this comprehensive guide to mastering espionage and stealth in Mongoose Traveller RPG! Click the link below to read the full article:
Stealth and Deception: A Guide to Espionage and Stealth Skills in Traveller RPG

 

[kilemall]

I think these skills are so crucial I incorporated them into CT, replacing Bribery with Deception and Liaison/Recruiting with Persuade.

 

[BackworldTraveller]

Any chance of an introduction to the Third Imperium is an extension to this series?

 

[kilemall]

I think these skills are so crucial I incorporated them into CT, replacing Bribery with Deception and Liaison/Recruiting with Persuade.

Oh ya forgot to say replaced Forward Observer with Recon and wrapped stealth up into it.

Carouse already in, added most of these as appropriate into an additional Education table with INT 8+ as the qualifier.

Investigate is both the primary LE and science tool, and replaces Interrogation.

 

[Spinward Scout]

Are you ready to take your Mongoose Traveller RPG gameplay to the next level? If so, then you won't want to miss our latest blog article, "Stealth and Deception: A Guide to Espionage and Stealth Skills in Traveller RPG"

Are these going to go in a book some day?

 

[CyborgPrime]

Any chance of an introduction to the Third Imperium is an extension to this series?

I havent thought of that.. what would you like to see in a series like this?

 

[CyborgPrime]

Are these going to go in a book some day?

hmm. that's an interesting idea

 

[Spinward Scout]

I havent thought of that.. what would you like to see in a series like this?

There was a section about The Third Imperium in The Traveller Book for Classic Traveller.

 

[CyborgPrime]

There was a section about The Third Imperium in The Traveller Book for Classic Traveller.

Have you seen this?

DriveThruRPG

www.drivethrurpg.com

 

[kilemall]

Didn’t Gurps have a sourcebook? Plus the first interstellar war one?

 

[frankm]

Interesting set of skills for espionage/stealth adventures. IMTU, I got rid of stealth itself and use the most appropriate skill otherwise. Sneaking around a farm- Animals; sneaking around a hospital- Medical; sneaking around a power plant- Engineering. If it's a matter of going unnoticed in a particular environment I think understanding that environment gives you the best chance to avoid notice. (I remember a Firefly episode where the doc was teaching a soldiers how to sound like medics...)

 

[Spinward Scout]

Have you seen this?

DriveThruRPG

www.drivethrurpg.com

I have.

But I think when they asked about an Introduction to the Third Imperium, I think they meant more like what is in The Traveller Book.

It's only 4 pages long. it's called TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE on page 147.

And I just found out my copy from the CD-Rom is OCR'd. Very Cool!

 

[CyborgPrime]

Any chance of an introduction to the Third Imperium is an extension to this series?

oops I meant to send YOU that Third Imperium link, Sorry @Spinward Scout

 

[Chris Barlow]

Are you ready to take your Mongoose Traveller RPG gameplay to the next level? If so, then you won't want to miss our latest blog article, "Stealth and Deception: A Guide to Espionage and Stealth Skills in Traveller RPG"

This 10th installment in our 11-part series, "The Ultimate Guide to Playing Mongoose Traveller RPG," explores the vital skills of espionage and stealth that are essential for characters who operate outside of the law or work in covert operations. The article covers the following skills:

• Carouse
• Deception
• Investigate
• Persuade
• Recon
• Stealth
• Streetwise

Our guide shows you how these skills can be used in a variety of ways to achieve different objectives, such as gathering information about enemy positions, trade routes, and potential allies. With the successful use of espionage skills, you can stay one step ahead of your opponents, infiltrate restricted areas, impersonate important people, and move undetected.

In addition to explaining the skills, the article also covers how they can be paired with combat or communication skills, and how the Referee and players should weigh the consequences of getting caught versus the benefits of completing the mission.

Don't miss out on this comprehensive guide to mastering espionage and stealth in Mongoose Traveller RPG! Click the link below to read the full article:
Stealth and Deception: A Guide to Espionage and Stealth Skills in Traveller RPG

I am sure all the above skills are very valuable to any spy. However one skill to add especially if you are spying in the Spinward Marches/Trojan Reach is of course languages. Otherwise how are you going to understand anything the Aslan/Zhodani/Vargr you are spying on are actually saying?

 

[whartung]

Otherwise how are you going to understand anything the Aslan/Zhodani/Vargr you are spying on are actually saying?

Only a real problem if your earpiece falls out, dynamic, on the fly language translation may well be ubiquitous by then. At a minimum, you'd have recordings to translate later. I would imagine modern diplomats assume they're being constantly recorded, so even if they could "speak XXX in front of someone who doesn't", they probably have no assumption that what they said would, at least eventually, if not immediately, be understood.

 

[punkrabbitt]

I'm pretty sure any Zhodani worth being spied upon was aware of the spy before they were even within spying distance. Droyne too.

 

[Chris Barlow]

I'm pretty sure any Zhodani worth being spied upon was aware of the spy before they were even within spying distance. Droyne too.

That depends on the Zhondani, the proles remember do not have psionics. Plus according to the latest Mongoose traveller rule book. The read surface thoughts required by the Zhondani Noble/Intendant to realise someone is spying on them, only has long range ( 51 to 250 metres/yards) and costs 2 PSI points. Although agree spying on them would be a lot harder than say spying on the Aslan/Vargr/Solomani.