Many skills that you might choose or recieve during character generation are not used in the game fortunately, the manual lists the skills which are used in the game, and I would recommend you to print out that table from it. However, as the character generation system was also intended to be used to generate characters for the pen-and-paper game as well.
Many careers can be chosen from, as well as two races (Humans and the canine Vargr), but in the end a character is measured by her skills not her career. I would suggest you to read the manual before playing, as it explains the ins and outs of the game and makes gameplay far easier, not to mention the fact that the long background sections of the manual are a good read.Ĭharacter generation uses an almost exact copy of the MegaTraveller system, and is based on 4-years terms occuring during each character's history. The attention to detail, however, is both a blessing and a curse - MegaTraveller 2 is quite a complex game, and the interface is somewhat cumbersome. Even if you haven't heard anything about Traveller before, you will enjoy these details. And when I say "it shows", I mean it - anything from the detailed plot and the manual, through the worlds and aliens encountered and to the specific weapons and tools, is taken from the pen-and-paper game this attention to detail is one of the game's strengths, especially if you are (like me) a fan of the pen-and-paper version of Traveller. It also presents an introduction to the Official Traveller Universe.Like MegaTraveller: The Zhodani Conspiracy, its sequel MegaTraveller 2: Quest For the Ancients is based on the the excellent Traveller pen-and-paper role-playing game, or to be more exact, on its MegaTraveller version Traveller's creators have been actively involved in these two computer games' development, and it shows. The Traveller's handbook also contains guidance on setting up and running a T20 game, awarding experience, and tailoring the campaign to the needs of the players. The whole range of human (and alien) activities are covered: speculative trade, starship combat, carousing in starport taverns… if adventurers do it, it's in here. Trade among the stars aboard a Subsidized Merchant or captain a million-ton dreadnaught.Īnd there's more: The T20 system allows any style of science-fiction adventure to be created. Travel in style: Design, buy and operate a range of vehicles from steam locomotives to attack speeders. T20 covers weapons ranging from crude clubs to gauss rifles and laser carbines, and even vehicle-mounted fusion guns. Don powered armor or activate a nuclear damper for defense. Blast ships or ground targets with lasers and meson guns battle it out with guns, grenades and hand weapons. Aliens include the Vargr, Hivers, Wanderers and K'Kree, while the many human cultures include the Solomani, Vilani, Zhodani and Luriani people.įight deadly foes: The T20 combat system scales between starships, vehicles and personnel. Racial stats are presented, along with typical motivations and psychology for the various alien species. Meet Interesting People: Strange aliens and stranger humans are detailed as player and NPC races. The rules cover technology levels, social organization and the unpleasant consequences of hazards like vacuum exposure or radiation burns. Go where you like: Design worlds and whole star systems with the system generation rules populate them with human and alien societies, animal life and natural hazards. They can even study the powers of the mind as a psionic adept! Characters can develop a wide range of skills and feats, from Combat Engineering to Astrogation. Presented in a single volume, these rules allow you to go anywhere, do anything…īe who you want to be: T20 presents 16 character classes, from brash Ace Pilots to studious Academics from tough Mercenaries to streetwise Merchants. Traveller20 (T20) combines the popular d20 game mechanics with the most fully-realized science-fiction game setting ever - Marc Miller's award-winning Traveller! The Travellers' Handbook - High Adventure in the Far Future!
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