Recently one of my fiancee's game group members gave us a copy of D20 Modern, Future and Future Tech. So I got to thinking ... these seem a bit simpler to use than d20 Traveller - so how would converting/combining Traveller 20 and D20 Future/Modern work? Especially if one wanted to go more towards D20 Modern, if only to reduce the number of options that might drive some players away? Yes, I know this would be basically fan work but it seems like an idea...
So three starting points:
1.) Vacsuits, especially TL 10+ ones, could fall into Light Armor proficiency, and would be equivalent to Mesh - mesh is light armor, and cloth is medium, with combat armor being heavy and Battledress being Powered Armor Prof.; also, there would be civilian gauss pistols and rifles, which would fall under personal firearms proficiency, as would laser pistols and carbines.
2.) Collapse the Traveller tech scale somewhat, to have something similar to the GURPS 3E version.
3.) How would we modify the Traveller careers to make use of the D20 modern classes (fast hero, tough hero etc.)?
So three starting points:
1.) Vacsuits, especially TL 10+ ones, could fall into Light Armor proficiency, and would be equivalent to Mesh - mesh is light armor, and cloth is medium, with combat armor being heavy and Battledress being Powered Armor Prof.; also, there would be civilian gauss pistols and rifles, which would fall under personal firearms proficiency, as would laser pistols and carbines.
2.) Collapse the Traveller tech scale somewhat, to have something similar to the GURPS 3E version.
3.) How would we modify the Traveller careers to make use of the D20 modern classes (fast hero, tough hero etc.)?
