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The Starport Bar is the place for all non-game related or OOC conversations.

Try to keep the gaming stuff in the game threads and anything else, cat memes, whatever goes here in this section.

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Excellent! Do you want us to write our characters into a specific thread?

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Let's see if this works....

I note the profanity section of the rules restated above...

Are we frelling and fracking, or will other f-bombs be dropping?

Online, I tend to channel my inner 12yo and exclaim "Jiminy Crickets!" in lieu of the other guy.

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Wrong game. Sorry! :)
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Candles Against The Night, Jimi Woo; 38; 7B9BA9; Pilot-3, Comm-1, Broker-2, Admin-1, Streetwise-2, Steward-1, Computer-1, Vacc-1, Pistol-2, Cutlass-1; 60,000 lbC; AutoPistol, Cutlass, VaccSuit, HandComp.
Winedark Game: Merchant 1st Officer Antony "Andy" Sokolov, 787AA8, 46, 7 terms; Admin-1, Bribery-2, Electronics-1, Engineering-2, Navigation-4, Pilot-1, Revolver-1, Shotgun-1;Benefits: 8,000/yr, Cr50,000, Low Passage, Low Passage, Revolver, Shotgun

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#5 Post by Hvalreki »

OK Travellers - Let's get this party started.

Characters - Traveller has a fun and famous Character Generation system. It is much less fun in PBP games and with 7 players would take forever.

Therefore, in the interest of Maximum Fun (TM), I would like all players to use the random generator with the verbose button checked and then copy paste the result into the completed character thread.

Traveller Generator (don't forget to check the verbose box!)
https://www.batintheattic.com/traveller/

Feel free to keep rolling until you get a character you want to play. If you've already rolled up a character you really want to use that's fine too.

Please stick to the base 6 classes of book 1 which are:
  • Navy Imperial forces serving aboard starships
  • Marines Imperial rapid assault forces and shipboard troops - Official motto: Obey! Unofficial motto: Endure!
  • Army The regular Army-O i.e. ground pounders, take and hold that planet soldier!
  • Scouts Long range explorers and couriers - some say spies...
  • Merchants Crew of ships plying the trade lanes between planets
  • Other Usually (but not always) members of the less legal aspects of society
WTF is A787B9?

The UPP (Universal Personality Profile) is a six digit string of numbers representing the players characteristics - initially from 2 to 12 (7 is considered average). As a result of various modifications, characteristic values may ultimately range from 1 to 15. To avoid confusion scores above 9 are listed alphabetically i.e. a Dexterity of 11 = B

Personal Characteristics in Traveller are:

(List in UPP Order)
Strength is both a general evaluation of the character's physical ability, and a specific measure of force which may be applied in combat situations.
Dexterity measures physical coordination.
Endurance measures physical stamina and determination.
Intelligence corresponds to IQ.
Education indicates the highest level of schooling attained (roughly 8 is High School, 9-12 College, 12-15 post grad)
Social Standing notes the social class and level of society from which the character (and his family) come.

Nobility: Social Standing A or higher is nobility. In the case of players not likely true Hereditary nobility, but more likely Honor or Ceremonial nobility granted by the Empire for fame or great service.

Noble Ranks:
A Noble gentry
B Knight
C Baron
D Marquis
E Count
F Duke

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#6 Post by Spearmint »

Hello all. Looking forward to the game. I will introduce Colonel (retired) Schmidt later when I finish work.
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#7 Post by subaltari »

"Permission to come aboard, Sir or Ma'am." And thanks for having me! :D

Thumper, in the LFP thread wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:19 pmHi JP,
Always good to have a broad range of talent. Can never go wrong with a tank or a scheister in the group! 🤣🤣

Not trying to sway you, but Bruno looks a lot like Ty who also looks a lot like Jacko
Thumper, I'm not a huge fan of Aging Sean Penn, but I love any RPG character based on him!

AD&D 1e has that rule that a party can have no more than three Rangers. Wonder if that applies to Scouts in CT :?:

TheMyth wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:47 amAre we frelling and fracking, or will other f-bombs be dropping?
TheMyth, I'm sure our scouts (or your dude-y Tybalt!) will come across a big pile of felgercarb soon enough :D

J.P.
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Hvalreki's Repo Men (CT): Gabe Garcia, 7A8772 age 22 (1 term Marines); Autorifle-1, Cutlass-2, Tactics-1, Vacc-1.
OM's Wandering Windswept Wastelands (Hyperborea 3e): Magda thugatêr Erebos, 2nd level Ixian Witch
Spearmint's Barrowmaze (1e): Elbart, 1st level human 'riverman'

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Hello Hvalreki. Thanks again for nearly doubling your player quota, in order to include me :)
Hvalreki wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:25 am Feel free to keep rolling until you get a character you want to play. If you've already rolled up a character you really want to use that's fine too.
1) When Thumper asked you also said "do-overs" were okay. How about tweaking skills or swapping characteristics? (Example: Ex-Army with SMG-3, change that to SMG-2 and Autorifle-1). I only ask because I saw such changes are allowed in the other new game. If you prefer we stick with what the Generator gives us, I am fine with that too.

2) This game's title is a big hint 8-) but can you give us any more info on the setting and party setup, before I choose my PC? Will the PCs all know each other prior to the start?
Hvalreki's Repo Men (CT): Gabe Garcia, 7A8772 age 22 (1 term Marines); Autorifle-1, Cutlass-2, Tactics-1, Vacc-1.
OM's Wandering Windswept Wastelands (Hyperborea 3e): Magda thugatêr Erebos, 2nd level Ixian Witch
Spearmint's Barrowmaze (1e): Elbart, 1st level human 'riverman'

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#9 Post by Thumper »

I'm not a huge fan of Aging Sean Penn, but I love any RPG character based on him!
Then it's a great thing, Ty's real name is Jeff Spicoli...and he never really grew up...just got older!!

Somehow, he managed to just eek out a career in the eccentric and esoteric Scouts. :lol: :lol:

Thanks Hvalreki for the below:


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TheMyth wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:47 amAre we frelling and fracking, or will other f-bombs be dropping?
TheMyth, I'm sure our scouts (or your dude-y Tybalt!) will come across a big pile of felgercarb soon enough :D

J.P.
Not sure if I am using Tybalt now. Thinking in dudebro-speak was already annoying me after a day. Lol

Btw, is it a "thing" to use fictional characters as inspiration and photo sources???

If so, that might be helpful.

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Gamers have been doing this sort of thing for some time! You should see the various actors photoshopped into Star Trek uniforms on the old "sim" sites (a cross between fanfic and PbP).
Hvalreki's Repo Men (CT): Gabe Garcia, 7A8772 age 22 (1 term Marines); Autorifle-1, Cutlass-2, Tactics-1, Vacc-1.
OM's Wandering Windswept Wastelands (Hyperborea 3e): Magda thugatêr Erebos, 2nd level Ixian Witch
Spearmint's Barrowmaze (1e): Elbart, 1st level human 'riverman'

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"Sup, Spicoli?" yells the guy in the loud shirt from across the Starport bar as he ambles over and continues in a more quiet voice, "I heard you're a hero now? A hero at loose ends like me."

"Not the hero part, I ain't that." Jako grins, "Just the loose ends part."

I sense a disturbance in the force when Spicoli and Jakowitz get together. :)
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Candles Against The Night, Jimi Woo; 38; 7B9BA9; Pilot-3, Comm-1, Broker-2, Admin-1, Streetwise-2, Steward-1, Computer-1, Vacc-1, Pistol-2, Cutlass-1; 60,000 lbC; AutoPistol, Cutlass, VaccSuit, HandComp.
Winedark Game: Merchant 1st Officer Antony "Andy" Sokolov, 787AA8, 46, 7 terms; Admin-1, Bribery-2, Electronics-1, Engineering-2, Navigation-4, Pilot-1, Revolver-1, Shotgun-1;Benefits: 8,000/yr, Cr50,000, Low Passage, Low Passage, Revolver, Shotgun

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Colonel Aziz 'Easy' Schmidt

I finished my character generation via the dice roller method, which is archived to the campaign ID, so you can track my journey and let me know of any deviation or mistakes.

I will spend some cash depending on needs as the scenario info developes.

Are we using Connections for increasing Skills?
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Gents, I'm "shipping out" IRL tomorrow and potentially away from internet for a few days. Worst case, I will have my character finalized and up early next week.

Spearmint wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:06 pm Are we using Connections for increasing Skills?
Hi Spearmint, long time! :)

Your question is tangential to mine (in post #8 above.)

EDIT: just browsed your sheet... I thought about this too, but decided it would be impossible to shoehorn a Traveller character into a D&D form!
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Hvalreki's Repo Men (CT): Gabe Garcia, 7A8772 age 22 (1 term Marines); Autorifle-1, Cutlass-2, Tactics-1, Vacc-1.
OM's Wandering Windswept Wastelands (Hyperborea 3e): Magda thugatêr Erebos, 2nd level Ixian Witch
Spearmint's Barrowmaze (1e): Elbart, 1st level human 'riverman'

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#15 Post by Spearmint »

Hi Spearmint, long time!
Glad to see you can access the Dice Roller now.

viewtopic.php?p=584236#p584236

I remember you posting this a while ago in my Recon: Vietnam rpg Tour of Duty.

Not sure I have time to run another campaign alongside three player characters and the ever growing Barrowmaze. But when that runs its course (another couple of years at the very least) I might go back to retcon Recon ToD, into a more playable rpg.

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Spearmint wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:28 pmI remember you posting this a while ago in my Recon: Vietnam rpg Tour of Duty.
Yes, I remember it well! Listen, I have played around in Barrowmaze a bit so I know how huge it is. Do not spread yourself too thin. I still have ideas of starting my own 'Nam pbp with a weird/horror twist, though as someone else suggested on that thread, I might use Weird Wars (SW rules) instead of CoC...

And yes, my fortunes have risen slightly, at least in terms of getting to the .com dice roller :D

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Hvalreki's Repo Men (CT): Gabe Garcia, 7A8772 age 22 (1 term Marines); Autorifle-1, Cutlass-2, Tactics-1, Vacc-1.
OM's Wandering Windswept Wastelands (Hyperborea 3e): Magda thugatêr Erebos, 2nd level Ixian Witch
Spearmint's Barrowmaze (1e): Elbart, 1st level human 'riverman'

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Eris wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:19 pm "Sup, Spicoli?" yells the guy in the loud shirt from across the Starport bar as he ambles over and continues in a more quiet voice, "I heard you're a hero now? A hero at loose ends like me."

"Not the hero part, I ain't that." Jako grins, "Just the loose ends part."

I sense a disturbance in the force when Spicoli and Jakowitz get together. :)
Aloha, Jako! You quit your slackin’ yet? I hope not!

Hey, you’re at loose ends, and I’m at loose ends. Let’s party together…ok? I got this ship now. We can, like, go party wherever we want.

You still singing? Might need that to pay the bills! Hey, like, I can be your tour bus!!


A force to be reconned with!

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How do I post a photo and have it display as small? All the pictures I attach are yuge!

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Thumper wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:04 am How do I post a photo and have it display as small? All the pictures I attach are yuge!
There may be instructions in one of the how to sections on the board index. What I do is scale down the image first in Paint and save it as a smaller size then I post on my file share discord, then copy in the link to the post. If it looks gigantic to me then I scale it down some more.

Probably an easier way to do that but it works for me.

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subaltari wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:28 pm Hello Hvalreki. Thanks again for nearly doubling your player quota, in order to include me :)
Hvalreki wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:25 am Feel free to keep rolling until you get a character you want to play. If you've already rolled up a character you really want to use that's fine too.
1) When Thumper asked you also said "do-overs" were okay. How about tweaking skills or swapping characteristics? (Example: Ex-Army with SMG-3, change that to SMG-2 and Autorifle-1). I only ask because I saw such changes are allowed in the other new game. If you prefer we stick with what the Generator gives us, I am fine with that too.

2) This game's title is a big hint 8-) but can you give us any more info on the setting and party setup, before I choose my PC? Will the PCs all know each other prior to the start?
1) If you want to swap skills fine with me, I had a few randoms with Pike -2 skill, like why? It is sometimes fun to keep the strangeness and try and explain why that might be the case as you play the game.

If you want to massage the skills please keep within the same skill family (gun for gun, melee for melee , etc.) no harm no foul, just make sure it's obvious in your character post in the game thread what your skills are so no confusion later.

2) The players have all mustered out from their various services and have been working together as a Repo Team, finding and returning starships whose owners have skipped out on their payments.

The team has just accepted a new "special" assignment with a very large payout, with a success only clause. The game will open on day 1 of that mission. Yes you've all been railroaded but thems the breaks.

Weapons and Starting Equipment -
Mission related factors limit equipment to 10kg max per person. If you want to buy anything before the game starts keep that in mind. Also, your bank will be very very far away. Any money you want to bring is in cash, the rest (if any) is back home at the bank and several months at least away. You will get a chance to purchase items when you get into the mission.

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