Good things of the 21st century
RPG Historian Shannon Appelcline produces a hardback tome on Traveller, how can you not love this?
Just started, but it is good.
Five Parsecs From Home
This is a science fiction adventure miniatures game. Traveller meets a Warhammer Battle is the short version.
A fun video series of a campaign.
Grauenwolf Traveller Tools
https://github.com/Grauenwolf/TravellerTools/
Random generators for planets, characters and trade, e,g,:
Origin: Origin C690100-6 permalink
Planet Info
| Planet | Origin C690100-6 |
|---|
| Starport | C | Routine Quality. Only unrefined fuel available. Reasonable repair facilities present. Scout base may be present. |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 6 | 9,600 km |
| Atmosphere | 9 | Dense. Tainted. Requires filter mask. |
| Hydrographics | 0 | No water. Desert World. |
| Population | 1 | 10 |
| Government | 0 | No Government Structure. |
| Law | 0 | No prohibitions. |
| Tech | 6 | Nuclear Power. circa 1940 to 1969. |
| Remarks | De: Desert. Lo: Low Population. Ni: Non-Industrial. | |
| Shopping | Full List | Random |
Hex Mapping
A very cool collection of resources to make maps and add randomly generated content to them :- https://github.com/kensanata/hex-mapping
Also for Traveller.
Possibly holidays could disappear here:…
This and Alex’s other game stuff can be found here:
https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/RPG
Which can lead you down this enjoyable rabbit hole:
https://cosmicheroes.space/blog/index.php/2019/01/30/old-school-rpg-planet/
D&D Random Character Generators
Old-school RPG Character Generators have been compiled at :-
Classic Traveller Character Generator
This is excellent.
FATE – Traveller: Imperial Leader
FATE – Traveller: Imperial Leader
High Concept: Head Rebellion Suppressor
Top Ranker
Rumoured to have Volcano Incident Disfigurement
+8 Strength
+4 Dexterity
+4 Endurance
+6 Intelligence
+8 Education
+8 Social Standing
+7 Psionics
+6 Blade
+4 Jack of All Trades
+3 Pilot
+2 Leader
Explanator World Generation
FASERIP Conversions
Want to use other games with FASERIP/4CS? Here is a quick rough and ready conversion chart for you to get you started or give you ideas.
Table document download here :- https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OYrC6JC08SAAGXepfiJIhDvy1AP7_G4t7gjxYVKlgA/edit
| 4CS | M&M | V&V | Icons | Fudge | Bash | Traveller | GORE | OSRIC | BB | Hero | MEGS |
| Fb | <= -4 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2,3 | <=5 | <= 5 | 1 | 0-3 | 0 |
| Pr | -2,-1 | 3-8 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4-5 | 6-8 | 6-8 | 2 | 4-9 | 1 |
| Ty | 0,1 | 9-11 | 3 | +0 | 1 | 6-8 | 9-11 | 9-12 | 3 | 10-14 | 2 |
| Gd | 2,3 | 12-14 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 9-A | 12-24 | 13-16 | 4 | 15-19 | 3 |
| Ex | 4,5 | 15-17 | 5 | +2 | 2 | B-E | 25-35 | 17-18 | 5 | 20-27 | 4 |
| Rm | 6,7 | 18-23 | 6 | +3 | 3 | F | 36-60 | 19-20 | 6 | 28-44 | 5,6 |
| In | 8,9 | 24-29 | 7 | +4 | 3 | 61-80 | 21-22 | 7 | 45-54 | 7-9 | |
| Am | 10-12 | 30-49 | 8 | +5 | 4 | 81-90 | 23 | 7 | 55-57 | 10 | |
| Mn | 13,14 | 50-59 | 9 | +6 | 4 | 91-100 | 24 | 7 | 58-59 | 11 | |
| Un | 15 | 60-69 | 10 | +7 | 5 | 101-119 | 24 | 8 | 60-79 | 12 | |
| ShX | 16 | 70-79 | 10 | +8 | 5 | 120-149 | 25 | 9-10 | 80-99 | 13-19 | |
| ShY | 17,18 | 80-89 | 10 | +9 | 5 | 150-199 | 25 | 11-12 | 100-119 | 20-24 | |
| ShZ | 19+ | 90+ | 10 | +10 | 5 | 200+ | 25 | 13-14 | 120+ | 25+ |
V&V = Villains & Vigilantes, M&M = Mutants & Masterminds 3rd, BB = Bulletproof Blues
Use the Fudge column for Fate, of course.
FATE – Traveller: Imperial Leader
FATE – Traveller: Imperial Leader
High Concept: Head Rebellion Suppressor
Top Ranker
Rumoured to have Volcano Incident Disfigurement
+8 Strength
+4 Dexterity
+4 Endurance
+6 Intelligence
+8 Education
+8 Social Standing
+7 Psionics
+6 Blade
+4 Jack of All Trades
+3 Pilot
+2 Leader