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Re: Traveller Hero

Re: Traveller Hero The suggested levels are, as you mentioned, 100+50 or 150+50. Characters that are close to real-life, as mentioned in CT, tend to have fewer disadvantages and lower level disadvantages than TV and the movies, and so the 50 points in disads suggestion. If I translated my disads, I'd have 5 points in needs glasses parttime, 5 points in DNPC, 5 points in watched, and 10 points in some psychs. 25 -30 points at most. But 50 points max is only a suggestion. If the GM wants to run something with a TV or movie feel, there's nothing to prevent 75 or 100 points in disads for a given campaign. And yes, it may be that 200+50 may be required from some military campaigns - it just depends on what the GM and players want. Given the type of game, would the normal skill maxima be good (it's what I plan to use - after 13- [iIRC] cost is doubled)? I can't recall if I saw that mentioned. It's not mentioned in the books, but it's certainly appropriate for a real-world feeling campaign style instead of movie/TV feel. I do have to say kudos to you guys. Other then some confusion (in part because I can't read!), I like it - it sparked a renewed interest in running a game. Now all I have to do is wait for my brother to finish his deployment and our group will be all together. Very cool

Re: Traveller Hero Not that it matters, but the books were layed out in Adobe InDesign, same as what HERO Games uses. However, we made conscious choices to keep the price down by not paying for custom art and focusing on content.

Re: Traveller Hero That is our intent

Re: Steve Reviews INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL My take on some of what ruined the feel - in the first 3 movies, Indy is seen at the very beginning in the middle of stuff. In KotCS, we have to wade 10 minutes into the movie before we see Indy. Putting pieces of all of Spielberg's other films into KotCS was NOT appreciated (the car scene at the beginning vs AG, the ET influence, etc. ) - Indy is Indy, Indy is not the other stuff. I think they made the right choice about not making Indy try to be 40 again, which meant pulpifying the 50's. I think they could have transitioned that to us in a better way than they did.

Re: Starherofandom Forums Yay!

Re: Traveller Game Aids looks good. Would be great to see a "profitable to and profitable from", but that's a lot more work.

Re: Traveller Game Aids Cool stuff. It's nice to have some of those generators for those "what's posted on the job bulletin board" and "what's the local bar talk" questions that inevitably come up.

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? Just a quick update: GAS 3-8 (THero PDF versions) should be available in the next week or two. Other supplements are in various stages, either waiting for approval or in layout, so watch for more books soon. And Polaris may have a related update, if ComStar can work out some details.

Re: Hello... Hey Gary, welcome. you'll find that people on this board are very willing to help you out with ideas, builds, and that hindsight called experience so you can get the best gaming experience possible.

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? To reiterate from the other thread, Traveller HERO is not soon to be gone, and we do still want to know what people want to see. Currently Released: Traveller HERO, books 1 and 2 GAS 1 and 2 1248, books 1 and 2 In Layout: GAS 3 GAS 4 GAS 5 GAS 6 GAS 7 GAS 8 In Design: Grand Fleet THero To be converted: Robots Patrons ...and others To be created new: we want to add your input to what we have in mind

Re: Traveller Hero Errata? Unless Shadowcat says differently later, go ahead and post here.

Re: Traveller Hero Errata? Shadowcat had posted a while back to provide any errata to him. Go ahead and post it here, and we'll come up with an errata posting or area soon.

Re: Traveller Hero - the soon to be GONE! Keep in mind that we still have 18 months to produce more Traveller Hero works - I'm in the middle of layout work for GAS 3 through 8, Kevin is chomping at the bit for Grand Fleet THero, and I have several items planned of my own to do. And yes, if sales are good, we hope that Steve L will give ComStar a license for Far Avalon Hero, their space-based game in the works. Polaris has already been involved in those discussions with Steve. Polaris has said in another thread that all of the Traveller items slated for after the Traveller license expires will be repurposed for the Far Avalon setting. So stay tuned, it's a setback but not a defeat

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? I've asked the question on our dev board, waiting for an answer. My understanding is that if you created an account when you downloaded the PDF, you should be able to re-download the PDF and it would be the new book 2.

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? I left a message with Polaris, but we made the correction to both the print PDF and web PDF versions of Book 2. I'm just not sure how the notifications are sent out. I'll post when I hear back.

Re: Traveller Hero - A concern I'll let Polaris give any official answer... What we forsee, if Mongoose is indeed the only Traveller in the galaxy, is to produce Star Hero products with a Traveller feel but that can be used with other Star Hero campaigns. That is, of course, assuming that Traveller Hero and Star Hero products continue to sell, and that ComStar and Hero continue their good licensing relationship (which anything to the contrary would be a big surprise).

Re: Our First Traveller HERO Game... Cool!

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? Mastermind....For printed copies, I know as much as you do... as soon as they arrive at the ComStar warehouse, they'll immediately ship them out to those who've purchased the print books. Jkeown.... Polaris tells me that as soon as we get all the files together and rezipped, it will be posted to the site with a link available for those who purchased to get the updated zip. I'm hoping by the end of the week...

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? I'll send a message to Polaris on our development board, and see what the procedure is. I'm hoping that, from what I've seen, it will be an "update", so if you've checked the "notify me of updates" box when setting up your account, you'll get an update and can download the update. Hoping As far as timing, either Shadowcat, Tancred, or I will have to go into our development area and pull all the HD files together to make sure we haven't overlooked anything, so at least a few days.

Re: Serenity RPG I know, but it would run great in a 1248 setting... pick a system, ships have Maneuver drives but no jump drives, substitute Virus for the Reavers... could be cool campaign if done right. Ah well

I read through the Serenity RPG book, and it just screams to me "Star Hero, i.e. Traveller Hero". The background setting information is not bad, but the game system, IMHO, is awful (not my taste). The other thing that came to mind while I was reading it was "Where is Western Hero 5th Edition when I need it" ? (I still have my Western Hero 4th edition, so no big worries).

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? It's a licensed product, so it's not in the Hero store, it's over at ComStar games. Go to the link in my signature.

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? Shadowcat, Tancred did the racial packages, they're on our development site. All of the HD files should be there, probably just spread out in the file storage area.

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? By the way, I wanted to toot our horn a little... I just went out to DriveThruRPG to buy the Serenity PDF. I saw that those who bought the Serenity RPG also bought Traveller Hero. TH Book 1 ranks 34 and TH Book 2 ranks 37 in the top 100 sales list. I have to say, I did a double-take. Out on the ComStar site, Traveller Hero 1 and 2 rank top in the Traveller Hero sales line. Just thinking about it makes my head spin a little WAHOOOOOOOOO!!! Okay, so back to the topic at hand. I'm seeing some good ideas of what people would like to see. Setting (Star System/Subsector) books, adventure campaigns, books of starship deckplans, some PAH settings in the New Era. Anything else?