Re: [TML] Classic Traveller and animal attacks Jeff Zeitlin 02 Apr 2020 19:07 UTC
They're also under the Baen imprint, which means no DRM, and you can get them in lots of formats from https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/2051 On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:50:23 -0700 (PDT), Thomas RUX <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote: >Hi Timothy, > >The first book is "March Up Country". > >Tom Rux > >> On April 2, 2020 at 7:05 AM "Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk " <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: >> >> Those sound like stories I should be reading in order to forewarn myself of player, ummm, tactics for want of a better word! >> >> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 14:50, Thomas RUX < xxxxxx@comcast.net mailto:xxxxxx@comcast.net > wrote: >> >> > > Hi Timothy, >> > >> > Your Captain's use of multiple fire arms inflicting friendly fire damage reminds of the David Weber/John Ringo series about Prince Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock's use of a grenade launcher to break-up an attack. The slight difference was that his attack took out the enemy too. I think most of his Marine body was on one hand ticked off by the attack and on the other glad of his intervention. >> > >> > Tom Rux >> > >> > > > > On April 2, 2020 at 6:34 AM "Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson athttp://port.ac.uk " < xxxxxx@simplelists.com mailto:xxxxxx@simplelists.com > wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 14:06, Knapp < xxxxxx@gmail.com mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com > wrote: >> > > >> > > > > > > Hello, long time no chat! >> > > > >> > > > I was playing with traveller and animal attacks. Some animals have, for example claws and teeth. How do you handle that? >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > >> > > I can't recall a rule but would do one of three things: >> > > - go with what sounds must fun at the time >> > > - roll 50/50 for one or the other >> > > - let them attack with both if I thought the PCs were having too easy a time of it or I wanted to make some story point about just how nasty they were for some Reason. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > OR what if a player has two knives, one in each hand? Are there rules for this? I could not find them. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > I think I might have seen a rule for this but in Mongoose Traveller. I'd have to look it up though. I think I used it when our glorious Captain of the March Harrier tried using an SMG in each hand. Given he had no skill at all and was already operating at a -3 DM, it generally resulted in his crew taking way more hits than any enemy. But their cries of OMG can still be heard ringing in Portsmouth pubs. >> > > >> > > tc >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ----- >> > > The Traveller Mailing List >> > > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >> > > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com mailto:xxxxxx@simplelists.com >> > > To unsubscribe from this list please go to >> > > http://archives.simplelists.com >> > > >> > > > > >> > >> > >> > ----- >> > The Traveller Mailing List >> > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >> > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com mailto:xxxxxx@simplelists.com >> > To unsubscribe from this list please go to >> > http://archives.simplelists.com >> > >> > > >> >> -- >> Timothy Collinson >> Faculty Librarian (Technology) >> University of Portsmouth >> Cambridge Road >> Portsmouth >> PO1 2ST >> >> 023 92843224 >> xxxxxx@port.ac.uk mailto:xxxxxx@port.ac.uk >> https://library.port.ac.uk/index.html http://www.port.ac.uk/library >> >> >> ----- >> The Traveller Mailing List >> Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >> Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com >> To unsubscribe from this list please go to >> http://archives.simplelists.com >> > > >----- >The Traveller Mailing List >Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com >To unsubscribe from this list please go to >http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=wfcoddcMsNO4BxJM3qWTs4LGDbHIt4XD ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2020. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)