Traveller 5 Sophonts

[Thlaylie]

I've been perusing my collected Traveller books and have a question.

While robject's Sophont cards are Awesome, why didn't we stick to the established Attribute rolls and modifiers?

If humans are baseline 2D, then why give a K'Kree 4D str instead of the Classic Traveller 2D+6 for example?

I mean no criticism, I'd just like to understand so it will help me make my own Sophonts.

 

[Hemdian]

If humans are baseline 2D, then why give a K'Kree 4D str instead of the Classic Traveller 2D+6 for example?

Just to confuse things, check out the notes for table B on p550; "4D" is actually rolled as 2D+12.

 

[GypsyComet]

The task scale is different, so the stats are also different.

 

[fridge]

An Rob's Sophont cards are clearly marked as draft...if you think the stats are too high, or anything else is in error, give him feedback as to why, that is why he created that thread.

 

[Thlaylie]

Oh,

I didn't want to necro his thread.

 

[GypsyComet]

A week or two is fine. Its those five year necros that can get annoying.

 

[robject]

A week or two is fine. Its those five year necros that can get annoying.

I've done those before. Not very often, but sometimes the thread's content is still relevant.

 

[maksimsmelchak]

Would someone please post a link to Robject's Sophont cards?

 

[robject]

Would someone please post a link to Robject's Sophont cards?

They're linked from my "helpful stuff" post, which may have other things you might like as well. It is here:

http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=30549

Look under "Sophonts". I note that the thread for the Major Races draft cards also have the sophont maker sequence for describing the Ael Yael, which I suppose I will have to transcribe onto a card.