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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7302051" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>A couple observations... Having played many games of Traveller over the years and plenty of versions..</p><p></p><p>Iirc the advancenent rolls of 8+ were modified by the EDU and this was a way of offsetting the obvious values of the more physical skills in combat. Higher EDU would let you advance more skills more frequently but not serve you as directly as say AGI or END or even SOC.</p><p></p><p>Second 8+ on 2d6 with zero modifier is 42%. With +1 its 58% and with +2 its in the neighborhood of 75% and those dont seem out of whack odds compared to many modern diced games. </p><p></p><p>The other thing i recall was that while there were mechanics for all sorts of random planets, random sectors, random patrons, random encounters all linked in together... Those were not mandatory. In some cases though they did provide certain linksges that were intended to makecsense.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my VS995 using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205" target="_blank">EN World mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7302051, member: 6919838"] A couple observations... Having played many games of Traveller over the years and plenty of versions.. Iirc the advancenent rolls of 8+ were modified by the EDU and this was a way of offsetting the obvious values of the more physical skills in combat. Higher EDU would let you advance more skills more frequently but not serve you as directly as say AGI or END or even SOC. Second 8+ on 2d6 with zero modifier is 42%. With +1 its 58% and with +2 its in the neighborhood of 75% and those dont seem out of whack odds compared to many modern diced games. The other thing i recall was that while there were mechanics for all sorts of random planets, random sectors, random patrons, random encounters all linked in together... Those were not mandatory. In some cases though they did provide certain linksges that were intended to makecsense. Sent from my VS995 using [URL=http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205]EN World mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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