Supplement Four
SOC-14 5K
I've got 2 copies. (I'd never sell my only copy of ANYTHING DGP.) It's been sitting around for years, so I'm finally getting around to listing this on eBay.
It's rare, out of print, and very hard to find. Excellent book, though. A CT must-have, imo.
The auction goes live on Monday, June 3, 2013, at 18:10 PDT. Clicky, clicky to see the auction.
If you're interested-GOOD LUCK!
Here's the eBay description:
TRAVELLER!
It's one of the most addictive rpgs ever published, and those that play it know that DGP produced some of the best supplements for the game. This auction is for the very rare, very hard to find, GRAND CENSUS. It's a book packed full (even the covers are used!) with rules and information about contacting and detailing cutlures. This supplement picks up where Book 6 Scouts left off.
I'll give you a concise overview of what's contained in the book so that you know exactly what it is that you are buying.
FORMS - Blank form for your game. IS Form 22 - Cultural Profile Form.
UTP - Universal Task Profile - A standardized task system created specifically for use with Classic Traveller.
SCOUTS - Detailed information on the IISS Exploration Office, with specific discussion of First Contact and Landing Party procedures. IISS definition of "sentience". A list of 24 Minor Races is included, cross-referenced with the Classic Traveller source that features the race.
LANGUAGES - Detailed rules for using languages in Classic Traveller. The Linguistic skill is brought to the game.
EQUIPMENT - Illustrated equipment necessary for contact with alien cultures. Various TL unit notes provided. IISS = Imperial Interstellar Scout Service.
For example, only the world's main starport is listed in the UPP. These rules will help the GM establish other starports on the world. The GM will develop world profiles that help him with many aspects of the planet. For example, the UPP TL may be TL 6, but is that blanket TL to be used for each and every category of technology without exception? This book helps the GM discover the exceptions. A world with a passive population may have an overall TL 6, but their weapon technology may be at TL 4.
All aspects of the UPP are profiled, giving the GM information about the world's Social Outlook, Government and Law Level, Society and Culture, Economics, and Religion.
This is a fantastic, inspired work that every Classic Traveller GM should have at his disposal. At its core, Traveller is about traveling to new, unusual alien worlds. This book is dedicated to helping the GM create interesting, imagintive worlds, one after the other, so that each place the PCs visit will never seem like somewhere else that they've been.
It's rare, out of print, and very hard to find. Excellent book, though. A CT must-have, imo.
The auction goes live on Monday, June 3, 2013, at 18:10 PDT. Clicky, clicky to see the auction.
If you're interested-GOOD LUCK!
Here's the eBay description:
TRAVELLER!
It's one of the most addictive rpgs ever published, and those that play it know that DGP produced some of the best supplements for the game. This auction is for the very rare, very hard to find, GRAND CENSUS. It's a book packed full (even the covers are used!) with rules and information about contacting and detailing cutlures. This supplement picks up where Book 6 Scouts left off.
I'll give you a concise overview of what's contained in the book so that you know exactly what it is that you are buying.
FORMS - Blank form for your game. IS Form 22 - Cultural Profile Form.
UTP - Universal Task Profile - A standardized task system created specifically for use with Classic Traveller.
SCOUTS - Detailed information on the IISS Exploration Office, with specific discussion of First Contact and Landing Party procedures. IISS definition of "sentience". A list of 24 Minor Races is included, cross-referenced with the Classic Traveller source that features the race.
LANGUAGES - Detailed rules for using languages in Classic Traveller. The Linguistic skill is brought to the game.
EQUIPMENT - Illustrated equipment necessary for contact with alien cultures. Various TL unit notes provided. IISS = Imperial Interstellar Scout Service.
- Computer Language Translator
- Field Glasses
- Communicator
- Commdots
- Laser Communicator
- Data-display/Recorder Headpiece
- Pocket Med Scanner
- Med Scanner Computer
- "Sniffer" Bio Scanner
- Portable NAS (Neural Activity Sensor)
- NAS Handset
- TL 15 Grav Belt
- Enclosed 2-Man G-Tube
- IISS Grav Bike
- IISS 4-Man Air/Raft (deckplans included)
- IISS Survey G-Carrier (deckplans included)
- IISS Survey Uniform (both standard mode and vacuum mode)
- IISS Service Patch (detailed)
- IISS Branch Patches (all three Scout Branch patches detailed)
For example, only the world's main starport is listed in the UPP. These rules will help the GM establish other starports on the world. The GM will develop world profiles that help him with many aspects of the planet. For example, the UPP TL may be TL 6, but is that blanket TL to be used for each and every category of technology without exception? This book helps the GM discover the exceptions. A world with a passive population may have an overall TL 6, but their weapon technology may be at TL 4.
All aspects of the UPP are profiled, giving the GM information about the world's Social Outlook, Government and Law Level, Society and Culture, Economics, and Religion.
This is a fantastic, inspired work that every Classic Traveller GM should have at his disposal. At its core, Traveller is about traveling to new, unusual alien worlds. This book is dedicated to helping the GM create interesting, imagintive worlds, one after the other, so that each place the PCs visit will never seem like somewhere else that they've been.
