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

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/6/08 8:24 PM, "Ross Winn" <ross.winn at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Could be, I haven't got that far into it.  But my point is that stats really
aren't going to matter much.

As I understand it, the roll to hit with most guns would be 2d6 +Dex bonus
+skill level.  That means that the difference in chance to hit from 3 Dex to
11 Dex (nearly the whole normal human range) is equivalent to 2 skill
levels.