[TML] The SRD is out for Traveller at the mongoose site.

[Ross Winn]

On 7/6/08, Jerry W Barrington <jerry.barrington at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm.  If I've read correctly, you never throw directly against a stat, but
> against a target number with stat & skill modifiers.  That means that,
> effectively, you only have 7 stat numbers: -3 thru +3.  For starting
> characters without racial modifiers or such, that comes out as:
>
> -2   1/36
> -1   9/36
> +0  16/36
> +1   9/36
> +2   1/36
>
> Sounds like a lot of +0 stat modifiers!

Yes and no. There are a lot of +0 modifiers for stats, but the skill
and situational modifiers lead to a much more success oriented system
than the above example would lead you to believe.

Ross Winn