Leif's DISCONTINUED GURPS Traveller Game OOC01

[Leif]

Ok, thanks for the correction. How about if we say that Survival and similar skills will default at -4 to other planets of the same type as per the rules (because there are going to be new, different, and WEIRD plants and animals even on a different planet of the same type), but the -4 penalty can be 'worked off' as the character gains more familiarity with a specific planet. (Say at the rate of a reduction of 1 in the penalty for each week spent using the skill?) This will cause more bookkeeping, but it may be worth the extra time and effort?

 

[Centisteed]

Unless I misread something, I guess we're still in the
first starport waiting to take off to the second starport
before doing the alien animal hunt. I don't have anything
to add at this point, other than Gruffle is in engineering
awaiting launch & will then prepare when we arrive
at second starport.

 

[Leif]

That's the way I read it as well, Centisteed. I don't even necessarily think that everyone's aboard the Zax yet. Last I noticed, Kaira and Zoe (the bleedin' PILOT for cripes sake) was still out on the tarmac. And who knows where Spider and Jimmy have got off to! Spider may be on his way to the ship now, but there's NO tellin' where that sorry, sloppy drunk Jimmy will end up.

Zoe, of course, is already aboard and doing her pre-flight checks like a responsible pilot.

(You may have to go and bail him out of jail before you can leave.)

I've been NEENERED!

 

[Shayuri]

Zoe is on the ship. She followed the delivery of Kaira's survival gear up into the cargo hold...which it says she did in my post, by the way...where she met and spoke with Kaira herself.

So neener.

 

[Insight]

That's the way I read it as well, Centisteed. I don't even necessarily think that everyone's aboard the Zax yet. Last I noticed, Kaira and Zoe (the bleedin' PILOT for cripes sake) were still jawin' out on the tarmac. And who knows where Spider and Jimmy have got off to! Spider may be on his way to the ship now, but there's NO tellin' where that sorry, sloppy drunk Jimmy will end up.

(You may have to go and bail him out of jail before you can leave.)

Kaira was inside the Zax changing clothes (she's definitely not doing it on the tarmac). The way I read it was that she and Zoe were inside the ship and then in the cargo hold area.

 

[Centisteed]

Hah. Well it sounds like we need a shout out from
our other PC buddies & then we can move forward.
Are there any rules for auto-NPC on temporarily
inactive PCs to keep the ball running?

Also, one of my Uncles died recently so I'll be out
of communication on Saturday for a funeral
service. I may be out on Sunday as well for
the drive back, etc.

 

[Leif]

Hah. Well it sounds like we need a shout out from
our other PC buddies & then we can move forward.
Are there any rules for auto-NPC on temporarily
inactive PCs to keep the ball running?

Nothing officially stated as such. We've just been playing it by ear.

Also, one of my Uncles died recently so I'll be out
of communication on Saturday for a funeral
service. I may be out on Sunday as well for
the drive back, etc.

Sorry to hear about the death in your family. Take care of your folks. We'll be here.

Insight and Shayuri:
I stand corrected!

 

[Leif]

Lou

For your stated price range, which was not carved in stone, you said, the best you can do is a TL10 4mm Gauss Pistol, which holds 40 shots and inflicts 8d+1 damage per shot. Cost is $2620 for the weapon and $32 for ammo.

A laser carbine is actually cheaper at TL10, costing $1,475 for the weapon and $500 for the ammo. It only inflicts 2d(2) damage per shot, though.

Then we get into the really fun plasma weapons!
The PGMP10 inflicts 6dX8 and costs $16,675 and $500 for ammo.
To quote the book about the PGMP, "PGMP and FGMPs fire bolts of high velocity, star-hot plasma (treat as crushing: no damage multiplier). The splattering plasma also does one-quarter damage to everyone else within 2 yards of the target."
Fun, fun, fun!

Guns use [pistol- TL], [rifle-TL], or [light auto - TL] skill. Lasers use [beam weapon (Laser or Fusion) -TL]

Hope this helps.

 

[Shayuri]

A word to the wise on the PGMP's and similar: until higher TL (12 or so), these things are 'squad level' weapons, not rifles. They're about the size and weight and portability of a 50 caliber HMG or bazooka, and play a very similar role on the futuristic battleground.

 

[Insight]

Kaira and her ST of 9 are very comfortable with the laser weapons and pistols, thanks