Traveller Fantasy RPG

[robject]

I think I have one more career: Barbarian, then I was going to customize: Rogue, Doctor, Noble and Hunter. The Noble will be fun to do. To make chargen work smoothly, I think your right, I do need some kind of civillian. Educated might be Noble, since they can start at SOC A, which is wealthy, but below B, which I've ear-marked as Decurion - member of a local town council. So SOC A is all those grandees with nice town houses, merchants, wealthy surgeons, engineers, etc.

Other, will be the poor. I might have rural and urban. Or I might let Other sort that out for the player (just like the LBB 'Other' career does now.) Lots of Artisan skills, I'll have to see what Megatraveller has in that regard to borrow...

In my notes (linked to in the previous post) I split Mechanics into Carpentry and Blacksmith.

Pardon me for showing my T5 affectation, but WHAT IF 'career' choices were genericized a bit, and something secondary were used to refine them?

I mean, "Barbarian" is really one's background: it affects what you can learn, but you can still specialize in a number of things that essentially form a vocation. It dissolves into "SOC" in the Far Future...

Or maybe not.

So I can see Merchant, Soldier, Sailor, Doctor, Noble, Hunter, and Rogue. But Barbarian seems to be more at one's background (not the same as social standing I think). I mean, isn't a Barbarian simply one of (Fighter, Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Chief)?

But I may not be looking at this from a properly role-playing angle!

 

[Mithras]

Perhaps... but I think that Barbarian as-is quite nicely reflects the role of uncivilized, non-urban, tribal cultures - and the warriors that dominate them.

 

[robject]

Perhaps... but I think that Barbarian as-is quite nicely reflects the role of uncivilized, non-urban, tribal cultures - and the warriors that dominate them.

Quite a good point, actually.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Heh. I'm still keeping Barbarian as a background. Barbarian warriors are either Army or Explorer (Hunter).

 

[Cyberwere]

Character Gen

Being intrigued by the thread, but too lazy to actually roll a character up, I opened 1001 Characters and rolled a couple as an exercise.

Scout (#25) ~ Ranger (in my mind's eye).

Came up with a stat heavy dude. Adjusted for tbeard1999's skill list and Aldreth race mods for a Hafling (something different)
7AD797, Nav-1, Find/Remove Traps-1, Pilot-1, Siege Wpns-1, JOT-1

O.K. Guess he is a Sea Scout.

Now how is JOT to be handled?


Another, rolling up the muscle tonight: Marine (#86) Elf (using Jame's elf stats, Aldreth too gonzo for Elves & half-elves)
B7794B, Tactics-1, Cutlass-2(4 w/Str DM)

Interesting. A weight lifting Noble Elf Marine. Why do I picture Bolo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xgYo-t1ueI&mode=related&search=

 

[Jame]

Cyberwere, you should use one of those characters in the Wanderer PbP below in the play by post forum!

Don't forget, I've got a CT/MT/T4 chargen writeup for goblins here: http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=5675 which can be adapted in.

 

[Finarvyn]

For that matter, what was the font used in the example pictures. Free or not, it would be useful to know what font was used.

I used a font called Crom, which is free. What I found tricky is that the D in "Wanderer" is disproportionally large. I had to make the D a larger font size than the rest of the title in order to get it to look like the box.

 

[robject]

Here's another list.

Rogue, Thief, Pirate Captain, Slave, Barbarian, Mercenary, Hunter, Merchant, Soldier, Naval Captain, Doctor, Priest, Noble, King. For fantasy, add in Thaumaturge, Alchemist, Mage, Shaman, and Sorcerer.

Rogue and Thief may be the same...

 

[Mithras]

Hi Rob,

What kind of fantasy are you shooting for? Conan-style ancients, more in line with RuneQuest? High medieval fantasy in the D&D style? Something different? I see the Wanderer mock-up has a Hyborian map - which would imply a very ancient look, galleys, slavery, chariots, palaces, desert-lands etc.

Thoughts....?

 

[robject]

Hi Rob,

What kind of fantasy are you shooting for? Conan-style ancients, more in line with RuneQuest? High medieval fantasy in the D&D style? Something different? I see the Wanderer mock-up has a Hyborian map - which would imply a very ancient look, galleys, slavery, chariots, palaces, desert-lands etc.

Thoughts....?

I can't quite pin it down: although Conan is a cool setting, yet I think the pre-classic Mediterranean is richer (and can support something Conanic as well). After all, we have a tonne of mythology to draw from.

 

[Jame]

I can't quite pin it down: although Conan is a cool setting, yet I think the pre-classic Mediterranean is richer (and can support something Conanic as well). After all, we have a tonne of mythology to draw from.

Throwing in a bit of Conan and of D-D can be useful for throwing players off balance.

 

[Qstor2]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but there was an article called something like Dwarves in Space by Rodger Moore in Dragon magazine with CT stats for dwarves from AD&D. That might be helpful.

Mike

 

[Jame]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but there was an article called something like Dwarves in Space by Rodger Moore in Dragon magazine with CT stats for dwarves from AD&D. That might be helpful.

Mike

Which issue?

 

[Qstor2]

Which issue?

Should have checked Google before posting

Its Dragon #70.

Mike

 

[Cyberwere]

Cyberwere, you should use one of those characters in the Wanderer PbP below in the play by post forum!

Why not. Will roll a character up by this weekend and jump in. Or may use one of the previous examples. Depends on motivation and Honey do's.

To the powers that be. How are you handling mustering out cash? How do credits convert to gold?

L
Situation normal, all fouled up.

 

[Mithras]

To the powers that be. How are you handling mustering out cash? How do credits convert to gold?

I have converted Cr 1000 to 100 denarii

But if I switch to an bronze age setting (which is pretty plausible) then ... not sure yet!!

 

[Jame]

Why not. Will roll a character up by this weekend and jump in. Or may use one of the previous examples. Depends on motivation and Honey do's.

To the powers that be. How are you handling mustering out cash? How do credits convert to gold?

L
Situation normal, all fouled up.

And I think Mithras should too.

 

[robject]

0. My generic preference

I tend toward the term "copper", which is generic enough to serve for any setting from the ancient past even to medieval times, and anyways doesn't have to strictly mean the thing is actually copper (it could easily be an inherited label, right?).

As for denominations, I like the medieval 'pieces of eight' theme, or else keeping things simple with just a deka.

1. Minoan

What do they call those things? I suppose a good-enough name would be labrys, though it seems to lack oomf.

2. Greece

Obol, drachma, and glaukai? If the drachma is one day's labor, then it may be approximate to an Imperial Credit... at least for mustering out purposes... maybe... or mustering-out cash could be in obols, which are 1/6 of a drachma, and the drachma could be the actual credit cost of goods...

8 chalkoi = 1 obol
6 obols = 1 drachma
100 drachmae = 1 mina (or mna)
60 minae = 1 Athenian Talent (Athenian standard)


3. India

Or, more exotic names pulled from India: Karshapana, or Pana. It follows the 'pieces of eight' meme: Smaller denominations would be ardhapana (half pana), pada (quarter pana) and arshapadika (one-eighth pana). I don't know what their credit-equivalences would be.

 

[Arthur Denger]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but there was an article called something like Dwarves in Space by Rodger Moore in Dragon magazine with CT stats for dwarves from AD&D.

Oh, man, THAT'S a blast from the past! You're right, Mike, it was a great article, and could be used in either a far future or fantasy milieu.

 

[Mithras]

I've made a few Roman characters, but here's the latest (I lost the rest):

Centurion Demetrius Julius Scaevola 7A7667 Age30 3Terms 300 denarii
(ex-Roman Navy) Small-Craft-2, Artillery-1, Bow Cobt-2, Navigation-2, Sword-2, Gambling-1

Cabin Passage, Sword