The Professional Edges in particular fill in capability which should logically be there for actual professionals. These usually give a +2 roll bonus to two Skills central to the particular profession. This is the equivalent to an extra die level, yet avoids lowering the chance to Ace, as would an actual higher die type. GMs are encouraged to create unique Professional Edges tailored for their campaigns/games. But I haven't felt the need to do this, as the basic Edges seem to cover Traveller just fine (they even already have a Jack of all Trades Edge).

 

I *have* tailored the system somewhat, of course. My biggest alteration was changing Psionics (the only Arcane Background Edge possible in a basic Traveller setting) into an Attribute (although starting at a default of d4-2 rather than the usual d4).. I also added two Hindrances of my own creation: Flatlander (someone with zero experience of space/ships, meaning they can't fill a crew position until they buy it off with earned Advances) and Mindblind (imposition of Psionics d0 - due to genetics and/or lack of training as a youngster - with several related effects). Oh! And my "blasters" (yeah, Star Wars not Traveller, but I like them better than lasers . . .) inflict explosive damage, rather than just regular bullet damage.

 

Richard Aiken

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