Low Soc character?
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I'd like to hear the explanation for endurance F, intelligence D, and education F.
as for soc3 ....
addiction
gambling
insubordination
bad family history
crashing with an admiral aboard
crashing with an admiral's daughter aboard
dueling with the vargr ambassador
suspected psionic
mishandled classified info (unintentionally of course, that's why he's not in jail)
and, last but not least and explaining the FDF ... cybernetics, not really human anymore.
I've gotta say that I love this idea.
That was my first idea. The character was "enhanced" in some manner, it's fairly obvious to everyone, and it's "socially odious".
My next idea was that the character is an "idiot savant" of sorts. They're a "born" pilot with incredible innate gunnery skills and minimal "life" skills/experience. They were identified early in life, shunted into very specific 24/7 vocational training, and lived a "life" with very narrow horizons during their time in service.
In other words, Ender Wiggin.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
I like the cybernetic angle - consider it stolen.
But I think it could be extended to other forms of bio-modification and enhancement.
For a long time now I have asked players to choose between cybernetic or bio-augmentation to explain characteristic increases beyond +1 - they can choose a bit of both if they prefer (I have noticed that this is mentioned in T5 as well).
I'd never thought of tying soc into it - or explaining a low soc in this way, but with hindsight (and a certain bit of the MT Knightfall adventure in mind) it makes perfect sense.
The character Bora Horza Gobuchul from Consider Phlebas springs to mind. He belongs to a geneered species of humans possessing many interesting abilities, but the race is something of a pariah due to their original purpose for existence - assassins.
But I think it could be extended to other forms of bio-modification and enhancement.
For a long time now I have asked players to choose between cybernetic or bio-augmentation to explain characteristic increases beyond +1 - they can choose a bit of both if they prefer (I have noticed that this is mentioned in T5 as well).
I'd never thought of tying soc into it - or explaining a low soc in this way, but with hindsight (and a certain bit of the MT Knightfall adventure in mind) it makes perfect sense.
The character Bora Horza Gobuchul from Consider Phlebas springs to mind. He belongs to a geneered species of humans possessing many interesting abilities, but the race is something of a pariah due to their original purpose for existence - assassins.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
You have to wonder what the Imperium does with all of their 'citizens' that test as CCCC--
Throw them into advanced education to get a C in that stat as well and then assign them to...
Throw them into advanced education to get a C in that stat as well and then assign them to...
Assuming the Imperium identifies them before planetary governments or megacorps do...
Sky's the limit. Literally.
At the risk of derailing the thread further...
IMTU the Imperium routinely "screens" for potential psions through planetary public health systems. Operatives setup low powered "scramblers"(1) in urban regions and then search medical records for those complaining of constant headaches during the period the "scramblers" were working. Those identified are then further "examined" at a distance by Imperial psions. Finally, a decision is made about recruitment or other "measures".
1 - I'd adopted an ECM/ECCM model for psionics well before TNE's RSB was published.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
What then are the Zhodani doing with their even more effective citizen screening and education system... :devil:
As far as the stat block I thought it went, str-dex-end-int-edu-soc. So 8,15,9,13,15,3
As far as actual rolls
Original stats
8,10,9,10,10,3
My gm gave human +1 to any stat- I put it in int
Terms 2 and 3 spent in gunnery (personal development):
+3 dex, +1 int
Term 5 I rolled on personal development once
+1 edu
When I finally mustered out I got
2 combat implants (+dex)
+4 edu
+2 int
Per mongoose, 15 is max without cyber.
Cyber is a good thought, but with it being a navy install as a muster out benifet I have a hard time seeing that.
He had soc 3 his entire career.
He was also a commissioned officer by term 3.
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oh, crazy weasel. have no idea what's going on over there.
probably does. never been able to remember which is endurance and which is dex, couldn't the first day I played traveller, still can't.
imtu soc3 never gets commissioned. not that yours has to be that way, but still it's a bit odd. battlefield commission? not line officer but just warrant officer? bureaucratic error? reward for cyber experiments?
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Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
Lose a fleet in a battle that determines the strategic situation for the foreseeable future.
That's irreplaceable capital ships and a lot of dead sailors from an unforgiving public, and dead noble scions from an even more unforgiving aristocracy.
That's irreplaceable capital ships and a lot of dead sailors from an unforgiving public, and dead noble scions from an even more unforgiving aristocracy.
Based on how MT handles social standing concerning how it can be improved or why it can decrease, a low social standing simply means the character is relatively poor. All it takes to get a better SOC is to spend more money for the cost of standard of living ( desired SOC * 250cr per month ) over a period of a year.
Perhaps he was rich once, but has incurred losses at the time of mustering out...
Perhaps he was rich once, but has incurred losses at the time of mustering out...
kilemall
SOC-14 5K
MT around here near as I can tell means Megatraveller. Do you mean Mongoose Traveller or MgT? Seems that version has that take.
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