shadowcat1313 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I got some interesting news tonight, there are still some of the printed TH basic books in existance I will not be dealing with them this time around though, William Andersen at Com-Star will handle these BigJackBrass, Joe Walsh and AlHazred 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Wow, it would be great to be able to finally be able to buy a copy of each! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I do prefer paper over PDFs, because I don't like electronics at the (Face to face) gaming table. Spence and archer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 once I know how many copies are to be had, I will post something further on this Polaris will be handling the sales etc on this batch Scott Ruggels and Joe Walsh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rravenwood Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 22 hours ago, Chris Goodwin said: The current martial arts system first appeared in Danger International. The idea of paying 10 points for combat maneuvers not otherwise available, rather than paying equal to your STR (or multiples thereof), actually first appeared in Justice Inc. with its Boxing skill. Aaron Allston, of course, was one of the authors of JI, but I have no idea if Boxing came from him or one of his co-authors. Danger International certainly expanded upon that basic idea and led to the further developments as noted. (The earlier Espionage followed the Champions model, but did add the ability to buy limited subsets of martial maneuvers for a fraction of the normal full STR cost, with these subsets defined as specific martial art styles.) </digression> Duke Bushido, Ninja-Bear, Chris Goodwin and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 waiting to hear how many are available, but the price will for 15.00 for one book, or 25.00 for both, not sure on shipping costs yet, I suggested USPS Flat Rate envelopes, which 2 books fit nicely in Duke Bushido, Steve, Joe Walsh and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Oh I do hope that shipping to the UK will be a possibility (it’s always expensive but increasingly it’s not an option at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 5:41 PM, BigJackBrass said: Oh I do hope that shipping to the UK will be a possibility (it’s always expensive but increasingly it’s not an option at all). If you score them, BJB, and they cant do international, then you can have them shipped to me- For one, I am safe. I already have them. I will get them to you. BigJackBrass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 That’s very kind of you, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted April 14, 2022 Report Share Posted April 14, 2022 It's a pay-it-forward sort of thing. Shadowcat let me get a copy of each even when he believed they were the last ones. I feel it is proper to help someone else get them if they have a problem I can help with. You know- social animals and all that... shadowcat1313, BigJackBrass and Joe Walsh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 I haven't heard anything new about this in a month or so. Did I miss out? BigJackBrass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Waiting on getting paid for an art commission, but yes still interested. BigJackBrass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 there was a goof... I had the wrong e-mail address for people to order the books, this was entirely my fault... DO NOT Blame Polaris for this e-mail him at uspolaris@gmail.com I had give his old comcast e-mail instead Joe Walsh and BigJackBrass 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 My order is in, so it’s now up to the tempestuous world of international shipping and Britain’s broken customs service… Godspeed, sweet Traveller! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 My order's in, too, and I'm so happy -- I never thought I'd be able to own this melding of my two favorite RPGs, since the Traveller HERO books go for so much on the secondary market! BigJackBrass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 having the compilation CD havaiable has been a really good thing, but not everybody likes PDF, thankfully it didnt take much convincing to get Marc to put the PDF collection on CD Joe Walsh, Steve and BigJackBrass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 I received my Traveller HERO books yesterday and I'm over the moon! 😁 BigJackBrass, Spence, tkdguy and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Touchdown in the UK! That’s pretty quick shipping and the books look wonderful. Scott Ruggels, tkdguy, Spence and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 I’m in the process of setting up a possible campaign in the Trojan Reaches for my gaming group so sat down to try out some conversions from Mongoose 2nd edition to TH. Here are some things I noticed when converting my first rolled up character. Seth Arlen, a six-tour, retired Imperium Navy officer that managed to be promoted all the way to Admiral with only middling physical stats for STR/DEX/END but very high INT/EDU/SOC converted over at about 130 points with barely anything spent on stats and most of that spent on skills and perks. In converting him over to 6th Edition, I gave him some Reputation bonuses due to his high ending SOC (15), his rank of Admiral, and one of his later life events being that he saved his entire ship on a mission. He also had two successful diplomatic missions on prior tours. The amusing thing is that I started him out on his career path as a Navy Engineer after he graduated from a university, so he ended up with really high tech abilities but also picked up pretty good skills in Tactics (naval), Diplomacy, Blades and Leadership. He ended up a fusion of aspects of Kirk and Scotty, which amused me. I think he can stay at 175-points when I am done buying up more of his characteristics and tweaking him, but I honestly expected a retired veteran after 20+ years in uniform to cost more points. My thinking was that a character converted over might get a point bonus for extra tours past their mid-thirties, an XP loan that could be paid back over time so they advance very slowly in play compared to a much younger character. in looking at the stat conversions, I’m wondering if the conversion rate for STR/DEX/END might be better set at 1.75x rather than 1.5x due to how things ended up with Seth. His stats converted over to nines for STR and DEX. Of course this means that some alien races could go into the twenties for some stats if they have good scores in that other system, but that didn’t seem out of line to me. Mongoose Traveller has a skill called Diplomacy that I didn’t see in the conversion chart, so I used Persuasion to convert it. They also have Ship Shares as a Benefit item for mustering out which I guess is new, so I’’m currently converting it as a Money Perk for now. I used Mongoose’s guide path for making a Traveller character because it provided a neat narrative path for pre-game life and established links to other characters during this process, which I thought would help make a more cohesive group. I might end up just using Traveller’s mechanics though. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Why not treat Ship Shares as a few points spent toward the Vehicle perk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Chris Goodwin said: Why not treat Ship Shares as a few points spent toward the Vehicle perk? That’s another possibility. I could convert them into points towards a Free Trader vessel Perk. shadowcat1313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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