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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 6423895" data-attributes="member: 386">I side with you on your take with this skill, from what I've read so far (I've neither played nor read Traveller).&nbsp; The PC shouldn't have any ability to determine the availability of the good they're looking for, so why then is availability tied to PC skill? In my game I'd first make a random roll to see if such goods were available, and then make the check.&nbsp; This is why I have a system to determine what types of goods are available in any given settlement - if a PC wants to buy plate armour, there needs to be an &quot;Armoursmith II&quot; in town (they tend to show up only in larger settlements, though each settlement has one &quot;specialist&quot; NPC per settlement level that breaks this mould).&nbsp; All goods work this way - if you want to buy a shirt there needs to be a tailor in town (and there isn't in a 1st-level settlement, though you could barter with a guy for the shirt off his back).A more obscure example of this in my D&amp;D game was when a PC was on the moon in the citadel of Sehanine.&nbsp; She asked if there were any rocket ships available for purchase; I made a random roll (1-3 nope, 4-6 yes) and it turned out two were (I think I rolled a 5).&nbsp; She bought them both after going through some social conflict.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 6423895, member: 386"] I side with you on your take with this skill, from what I've read so far (I've neither played nor read Traveller). The PC shouldn't have any ability to determine the availability of the good they're looking for, so why then is availability tied to PC skill? In my game I'd first make a random roll to see if such goods were available, and then make the check. This is why I have a system to determine what types of goods are available in any given settlement - if a PC wants to buy plate armour, there needs to be an "Armoursmith II" in town (they tend to show up only in larger settlements, though each settlement has one "specialist" NPC per settlement level that breaks this mould). All goods work this way - if you want to buy a shirt there needs to be a tailor in town (and there isn't in a 1st-level settlement, though you could barter with a guy for the shirt off his back). A more obscure example of this in my D&D game was when a PC was on the moon in the citadel of Sehanine. She asked if there were any rocket ships available for purchase; I made a random roll (1-3 nope, 4-6 yes) and it turned out two were (I think I rolled a 5). She bought them both after going through some social conflict. [/QUOTE]

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