I did.
On-the-fly difficulties are easier just to do the 3 I posted.
Adding in Modifiers, then you want to go the full range.
But just for quick difficulties, you can just use the 3.
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On-the-fly difficulties are easier just to do the 3 I posted.
Adding in Modifiers, then you want to go the full range.
But just for quick difficulties, you can just use the 3.
I don’t think this is precisely what the original question meant, but a few years ago, I sort of ran Traveller with DnD 4e. Or, rather, I ran a DnD 4e campaign that drew inspiration from elements of the Traveller universe:
I wanted to create some history and mythological backstory for Yori (Spinward Marches) before ‘first contact’. So, using DnD as a base … removed all magic except ‘divine’, limited races to Human and Dragonborn (as a substitute for Zhurphani), limited classes to fighter/cleric/thief, banned equipment made of wood (or found alternative materials), etc.
Adventures included a visit to some mysterious religious ruins (the remains of the generation ship used to populate the planet), and getting caught in the middle of a political struggle brought on by the introduction of steam power. Later, some Vargr traders did turn up and attempted to become TEDs … I allowed some magic items as a substitute for their technology. And so on.
Allowing ‘divine’ magic meant this campaign generated myths rather than accurate histories. Myths that I could then use as background in subsequent Traveller games.
Again, this wasn’t a conventional Traveller campaign, so maybe it doesn’t count. But it did get some of the DnD-only players interested in trying my current T5 campaign ... and they get a thrill when they spot an in-game reference to something from the other game.
I wanted to create some history and mythological backstory for Yori (Spinward Marches) before ‘first contact’. So, using DnD as a base … removed all magic except ‘divine’, limited races to Human and Dragonborn (as a substitute for Zhurphani), limited classes to fighter/cleric/thief, banned equipment made of wood (or found alternative materials), etc.
Adventures included a visit to some mysterious religious ruins (the remains of the generation ship used to populate the planet), and getting caught in the middle of a political struggle brought on by the introduction of steam power. Later, some Vargr traders did turn up and attempted to become TEDs … I allowed some magic items as a substitute for their technology. And so on.
Allowing ‘divine’ magic meant this campaign generated myths rather than accurate histories. Myths that I could then use as background in subsequent Traveller games.
Again, this wasn’t a conventional Traveller campaign, so maybe it doesn’t count. But it did get some of the DnD-only players interested in trying my current T5 campaign ... and they get a thrill when they spot an in-game reference to something from the other game.
Silverhawk
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I was once one of those. Then I played in a convention tournament with a pre-generated PC. realized that I had been maximizing the character abilities without focusing on the 'Character' to roll play. After that it became less about trying to get every ability you can and have a character that was fun to play.
Badenov
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We played a FATE -based Traveller campaign with the same main chars for over 4 years. We didn't know about Diaspora, so the DM basically hand-cobbled FATE stats for Traveller things together. FATE is kind of opposite Traveller in that there is no gritty realism, it's all about drama and storytelling, so our genre-savvy group rode it kind of hard. After over 4 years, we all said the PCs were way too powerful for the game to work.
Diaspora puts a good bit of grit into Fate. Especially ships.
Badenov
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We could have used that badly. Our cobbled together system was OK at the character scale. At the ship level, it didn't feel quite right, though I guess I haven't played enough actual CT to get a feel for how it should play. On later analysis, it was actually a bit more dangerous than CT for player-scale ships, so I guess it was good we didn't fight in them very often.
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