Newbie questions

[Larry]

Hey guys, I am a grognard newbie to Traveller, hailing from Finland. I am still learning and I gravitated to T5, precisely because it is not recommended as an entry version to Traveller.

Traveller is one of two mountains that I still need to conquer, the other being Tekumel, which is a work in progress. I figured if I am going to run Traveller, it is going to be solely T5.

Anyhow, part of the reasoning for all of this is that the first TTRPG campign I ever ran, was Traveller 2300 in early 90’s when I was on 5th grade. We also played ICE MERP with Rolemaster and Twilight 2000 2.2 extensively from early on, so by accident I grew up playing crunchy games, and was able to skip the the common dungeon delving, without being conscious of it. Basically, my understanding of TTRPG´s were the crunchy games. Currently, I am gamemastering Harn with HMK, and active in the scene. I am also a player in Glorantha campaign set in Fonrit, eagerly wanting to add Traveller to the list.

So anyhow, now the intro is done, would you guys mind if I ask some questions in this particular thread or should I make separate ones?

 

[McPerth]

First of all, welcome

So anyhow, now the intro is done, would you guys mind if I ask some questions in this particular thread or should I make separate ones?

As you wish.

Separate threads may make it easier to find and avoid mix-ups of issues, but a single thread keeps all together, mostly if issues are related, and avoids double answers...

Both ways are accepted

 

[Larry]

Thank you!

1) In Education, have I understood correctly, that Apprenticeship, Mentoring and Training Course are mainly for non-humans?

2) So, humans could go for Training Course with Edu/2, in what kind of situation what kind of environment would this happen?
A human in non-human world, who wants to assimilate, perhaps?

 

[Larry]

3) On page 60, C Education - chart, in the uppermost right corner, it says "If Edu already at this level, award Edu+1". Does this mean that
if a character graduated from ED5, he does not get it, since he only went there because he had EDU 4 or less and by graduating gets EDU 5, thus,
there is no way to get it. With College, a character graduating gets EDU 8 + BA certificate, but if they went to College with EDU already 8, they get
the +1? And the goes from College down until Law School, and not the Military schools as no EDU is mentioned?

4) Why is Honors Degree among the higher education degrees and not with College/University/Service Academy, since aren´t they studied along
with the bachelors degree?

 

[AnotherDilbert]

1) In Education, have I understood correctly, that Apprenticeship, Mentoring and Training Course are mainly for non-humans?

Yes, it's primarily for sophonts with TRA instead of EDU.

2) So, humans could go for Training Course with Edu/2, in what kind of situation what kind of environment would this happen?
A human in non-human world, who wants to assimilate, perhaps?

In a TRA culture, that might be what's commonly available?

T5 is a toolbox, as Referee you can do whatever you want, use any tool you want from the toolbox.

3) On page 60, C Education - chart, in the uppermost right corner, it says "If Edu already at this level, award Edu+1". Does this mean that
if a character graduated from ED5, he does not get it, since he only went there because he had EDU 4 or less and by graduating gets EDU 5, thus,
there is no way to get it. With College, a character graduating gets EDU 8 + BA certificate, but if they went to College with EDU already 8, they get
the +1? And the goes from College down until Law School, and not the Military schools as no EDU is mentioned?

Yes, you get the stated EDU minimum, or else if you already have it EDU+=1.

4) Why is Honors Degree among the higher education degrees and not with College/University/Service Academy, since aren´t they studied along
with the bachelors degree?

An Honors degree is available in any Higher Education (College, University, Academy, Masters, Med School, etc), you have just succeeded very well at the chosen program. It is not a separate program, just good grades.

Honors is also available for Trade School and Training Course, see p72.