[TML] First Session CT Questions [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[david.d.jaques-watson at centrelink.gov.au]

Dear Folks -

Ewan replied to Doyle:
>"The Effects of Tactics Skill:

If this gets out of hand, an addition suggested by the authors is to 
restrict the maximum Tactics points per use to the highest Leadership 
level of the party.

>> - Do you allow PCs to purchase military grade weapons and armor during
>> character generation? Or is this why the `gun' and
>> `blade' mustering out benefits are so important?
>
>If they can afford it then I let them have it.

Here's one answer from the authors:
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Are player characters allowed to choose any weapon (like an FGMP-15) when 
they receive "weapon" as a mustering out benefit? - R. I.

Although not explicitly stated in the rules, the answer is hinted at on 
page 15 of the Players' Manual, under "Homeworld Limitations" as applied 
to weapon skills.

Player characters can choose any weapon that is not greater than their 
character's homeworld tech code, and is also within the homeworld's law 
code. Rogues, Pirates, and Law Enforcers can select weapons that are one 
law code lower than their homeworld. Nobles, who are not subject to any 
homeworld restriction, can select any weapon.

Remember that using a weapon without skill increases task difficulty by 
one level (see the Referee's Manual, page 15, under "Notes About DMs"). 
With the advent of the included skills (handgun, rifleman, and so on), 
player characters in MegaTraveller no longer have an automatic skill 
level-0 in all weapons. So even if you get an FGMP-15, you probably can't 
hit the broad side of a parked air/raft with it.

This easily takes care of many opportunities to select an FGMP-15. - Joe 
D. Fugate Sr.
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This answer comes from "Traveller Q&A", Travellers' Digest issue 12, 
Digest Group Publications, Boise, ID, USA, 1988, pp 42-43.

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