SSR was in there, also Dominic Flandry, total of 20 between the two books.
I read all of the SSR books in college, don't think I remember a word of
them.
> Nope had it also stated it was boosted because of his suit. I think the
> Stainless Steel rat was in there ,I forget who else was in there.
>
>
> Wherever you go there you are-Buckaroo Banzai
>
> We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to
> visit violence on those who would do us harm. (Winston Churchill)
>
> When in doubt I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I
> just drank what?"
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 6:12 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Charles, I thought the other was "CotI" but then came over all
>> self-doubty and impatient to hit SEND. Forgot about Vader. Did it
>> include
>> his Psi rating, or was Trav already burying that stuff in a shallow
>> grave?
>>
>>
>> > He along with Vader was in Citizens of the Imperium
>> > So was Conan, There was a bunch plus in 1001
>> >
>> > Wherever you go there you are-Buckaroo Banzai
>> >
>> > We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the
>> night
>> to
>> > visit violence on those who would do us harm. (Winston Churchill)
>> >
>> > When in doubt I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he
>> said:"I
>> > just drank what?"
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:58 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think Luke Skywalker was in 1001 Characters, or the other one like
>> it.
>> >>
>> >> I think the Traveller rules work just fine with Superhero storylines,
>> >> absent the superpower rules. It's just the superhero TONE that is not
>> >> "Travelleresque," by which I mean, not for official publication
>> >> alongside
>> >> the Lists of Emperors and Megacorps, but it works just fine for your
>> >> campaign.
>> >>
>> >> I recall when we had to come up with the name for the difficulty
>> level
>> >> above Difficult with the D20 rules some people were opposed to
>> >> "Impossible" because it seemed too silly or cartoony. I liked it, and
>> at
>> >> the time there was a lot of angst in the game industry about having
>> to
>> >> make games more "heroic," so I said, "this will allow players in our
>> >> games
>> >> to do the Impossible, can't get more heroic than that." That
>> convinced
>> >> Les.
>> >>
>> >> > Of course a lot of this was part of that old Star Wars strand in
>> >> > Traveller, in which the Imperium was the Evil Empire. It produced
>> lots
>> >> of
>> >> > Han Soloes, but very few, umm, Princess Leias. Or even Luke
>> >> Skywalkers.
>> >> >
>> >> > Not many canonical Darth Vaders, though.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, moral ambiguity, but sometimes you just want Good and Evil.
>> >> >
>> >> > But ignore me, I've just spent the last decade playing superhero
>> >> games.
>> >> > I've managed to master-gearhead the Flash and Aquaman, and now I'm
>> >> bored.
>> >> >
>> >> > Time for Traveller again, or should I revisit Old School DnD
>> (because
>> >> the
>> >> > newer stuff melts my head, and my potential players haven't played
>> >> it)?
>> >> >
>> >> > Either way, I need easy freeform stupid rules, that don't get in
>> the
>> >> way
>> >> > of the jokes.
>> >> >
>> >> > And even when I'm playing historical miniatures, I'm not that
>> >> interested
>> >> > in looking up tables. My ideal game is Kampfgruppe Peiper on the
>> >> Kokoda
>> >> > Track, versus nearly anyone.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
I read all of the SSR books in college, don't think I remember a word of
them.
> Nope had it also stated it was boosted because of his suit. I think the
> Stainless Steel rat was in there ,I forget who else was in there.
>
>
> Wherever you go there you are-Buckaroo Banzai
>
> We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to
> visit violence on those who would do us harm. (Winston Churchill)
>
> When in doubt I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I
> just drank what?"
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 6:12 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Charles, I thought the other was "CotI" but then came over all
>> self-doubty and impatient to hit SEND. Forgot about Vader. Did it
>> include
>> his Psi rating, or was Trav already burying that stuff in a shallow
>> grave?
>>
>>
>> > He along with Vader was in Citizens of the Imperium
>> > So was Conan, There was a bunch plus in 1001
>> >
>> > Wherever you go there you are-Buckaroo Banzai
>> >
>> > We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the
>> night
>> to
>> > visit violence on those who would do us harm. (Winston Churchill)
>> >
>> > When in doubt I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he
>> said:"I
>> > just drank what?"
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:58 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think Luke Skywalker was in 1001 Characters, or the other one like
>> it.
>> >>
>> >> I think the Traveller rules work just fine with Superhero storylines,
>> >> absent the superpower rules. It's just the superhero TONE that is not
>> >> "Travelleresque," by which I mean, not for official publication
>> >> alongside
>> >> the Lists of Emperors and Megacorps, but it works just fine for your
>> >> campaign.
>> >>
>> >> I recall when we had to come up with the name for the difficulty
>> level
>> >> above Difficult with the D20 rules some people were opposed to
>> >> "Impossible" because it seemed too silly or cartoony. I liked it, and
>> at
>> >> the time there was a lot of angst in the game industry about having
>> to
>> >> make games more "heroic," so I said, "this will allow players in our
>> >> games
>> >> to do the Impossible, can't get more heroic than that." That
>> convinced
>> >> Les.
>> >>
>> >> > Of course a lot of this was part of that old Star Wars strand in
>> >> > Traveller, in which the Imperium was the Evil Empire. It produced
>> lots
>> >> of
>> >> > Han Soloes, but very few, umm, Princess Leias. Or even Luke
>> >> Skywalkers.
>> >> >
>> >> > Not many canonical Darth Vaders, though.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, moral ambiguity, but sometimes you just want Good and Evil.
>> >> >
>> >> > But ignore me, I've just spent the last decade playing superhero
>> >> games.
>> >> > I've managed to master-gearhead the Flash and Aquaman, and now I'm
>> >> bored.
>> >> >
>> >> > Time for Traveller again, or should I revisit Old School DnD
>> (because
>> >> the
>> >> > newer stuff melts my head, and my potential players haven't played
>> >> it)?
>> >> >
>> >> > Either way, I need easy freeform stupid rules, that don't get in
>> the
>> >> way
>> >> > of the jokes.
>> >> >
>> >> > And even when I'm playing historical miniatures, I'm not that
>> >> interested
>> >> > in looking up tables. My ideal game is Kampfgruppe Peiper on the
>> >> Kokoda
>> >> > Track, versus nearly anyone.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>