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Roll20 Traveller 2E Character Sheet Updated

• Thread starter Coryphon
• Start date Aug 28, 2023

Banded Mongoose

• Aug 28, 2023

Hi All, Just to let you know that the Traveller 2E character sheet on Roll20 has been updated. The look of the character sheet has been tidied up and there is now a Vehicle section and a Trade section with fully implemented rules for Passengers, Freight and Speculative trading. There is a Roll20 forum post under 'Character Sheets & Compendium' with details. Regards, Coryphon  

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This looks great. I will have a play when I am next in roll20. I also have a question. Would it be possible to extend the characteristic bonuses beyond 15? Some of my travellers have battledress that extend their stats beyond 20.  

• Aug 29, 2023

Does the ship sheet have a weapons section with rollable buttons? I couldn’t see anything g there apart from the sections for ship parts.  

• The rendering of the Group Funds doesn't work for me. The amount is always on the next line to the label which makes it hard locate. I have tried on a mac (Firefox & Chrome) and pc (Firefox & Edge)
• It would be really cool to have a red cross when your roll to find a broker fails as this would give good feedback that you clicked the dice icon. I know that there is a response in the chat too.
• It might be nice to have a record of how much you paid, either as a total or price per ton in the Manifest.
• Linked to 3 it would also be nice to have a profit column for each item in the selling section and a total profit on all items sold.
• Aug 30, 2023

Hi Gavain, Many thanks for giving it a run-through. Regarding your comments: 1. Yes, that is *really* annoying. Somehow the actual code deployed by Roll20 has lost a CSS attribute causing a wrap, the code from GitHub works fine! 2. Great idea, will add that 3. That should be doable... 4. Yes, can store the purchase modifier in a hidden field on the sales side and do the math there I think... All great suggestions, regards, Coryphon  

• Sep 5, 2023

Gavain said: This looks great. I will have a play when I am next in roll20. I also have a question. Would it be possible to extend the characteristic bonuses beyond 15? Some of my travellers have battledress that extend their stats beyond 20. Click to expand...

Entering numbers greater than 15 is possible, however the calculated DM for stat + temp is limited to +3. The traveller companion 2024 (p4) has an extended set of DMs for stats beyond 15. I believe that this is a common extension to the base rules.  

Thanks for the quick response Gavain, am finishing up latest version today so will check that out, C  

• Trade: Speculative: Group Funds layout wrap should be fixed
• Inventory: Total gear weight calculation fixed
• Psi Strength layout normalised to left
• Trade: Speculative: Show an X if unable to find broker
• Trade: Speculative: Show how much you paid/ton in manifest
• Trade: Speculative: Show Profit/Loss (P/L) in sales section per row and total with nice red formatting for losses
• PC: Stat Mods (Rating + Temp) now go greater than +3 in line with rules from the Traveller Companion (Characteristic Modifiers p3.)*
• Remove last of tables for grids
• Remove inline styles
• Refactor CSS
• Add rollable weapons (etc.) to ship and vehicle
• Sep 8, 2023

I haven't tested the updates to the Trading page, but the updates to the stats certainly work. Thanks a million for this. One oddity is that the Diplomat skill now seems to be missing from the Skills section of the character sheet.  

Ah man, you are correct, so sorry, I auto-generated the skill stuff code to use CSS grid and that must have disappeared somewhere. Fix pushed, will be back in a day or so, my bad! (Glad the skill stuff is working ;-)  

Stingray_tm

• Sep 10, 2023

Thanks a lot for the work. Just when I started a new campaign after a hiatus of 2 years I noticed that next day there was the new character sheet. What are the chances! I have two comments/suggestions A. In Firefox there is a misalignment in the armour section. The drop down list with needed vacc suite skill is in the next line. Resizing the window does not help but changing the font to a smaller size does. This has already been a problem in the sheet before your changes. B. Could you by any chance add a sheet for animals? The NPC sheet is overkill since individial attributes for not apply for them and there is also no way to track hit points.  

Hiya, Sure, will take a look at both of those. For animals would you want a repeating group so you can track multiple, as there’s only a few attributes for animals… Regards, Coryphon  

I think individual sheets would be fine, since then it is easier to combine them with tokens. In this case you can even track the hit point status with the token itself via status bar. Thanks!  

Got it, thanks ;-)  

Stingray_tm said: Thanks a lot for the work. Just when I started a new campaign after a hiatus of 2 years I noticed that next day there was the new character sheet. What are the chances! I have two comments/suggestions A. In Firefox there is a misalignment in the armour section. The drop down list with needed vacc suite skill is in the next line. Resizing the window does not help but changing the font to a smaller size does. This has already been a problem in the sheet before your changes. B. Could you by any chance add a sheet for animals? The NPC sheet is overkill since individial attributes for not apply for them and there is also no way to track hit points. Click to expand...

Stingray_tm said: I think individual sheets would be fine, since then it is easier to combine them with tokens. In this case you can even track the hit point status with the token itself via status bar. Thanks! Click to expand...

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Coryphon said: Hi Stringray, How does this look? Skills and attacks are rollable and honour whisper and boon/bane... View attachment 1322 Regards, Coryphon Click to expand...

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Traveller Cheatsheets

In my How to Learn a New System post, I said that I like to make cheatsheets before embarking on a full campaign, and I gave a cheatsheet I’d made for Traveller as an example.

This post has an updated version of that sheet, and all my other Traveller sheets. I’ve been using these for a few months now (except for the space piracy one, which is fairly new), and these are the first things I get out when sitting down to run a session.

These sheets are for Mongoose Traveller 2e, using the pre-2022-update rulebook. I don’t think the 2022 core rulebook update significantly changed anything, but if you have that you should double-check before using these.

Basics , covering:

• Checks (with the optional luck rule from the Traveller Companion)
• Common weapon traits
• My house rules for healing and rumour gathering

I know this more or less off by heart now, I don’t need to look at it much. But it’s handy to have open just in case.

And here is a version without the house rules .

Spacecraft , covering:

• Common skill checks
• Skimming fuel from gas giants
• Running costs
• Jump travel and misjumps
• Damage and repairs
• Common travel times
• The challenges of being in space: zero-G, life support, and exposure to vacuum and radiation
• Space combat (including the critical hits table and examples)

This one is three pages. Not ideal, but I refer to it all frequently.

Universal World Profile (UWP) , covering:

• How to read a UWP
• Starport qualities, berthing and fuel costs, and facilities
• Trade codes
• Travel zones

I mostly use this for the list of berthing costs. I’m using the official Traveller setting in my campaign, so I can use the excellent travellermap.com , rather than needing to decode UWPs myself.

Piracy , a recent addition based on the Pirates of Drinax books, covering:

• Lists of random ships by type
• Attacking other ships: distress signals, morale, and looting times
• Piracy response from local world governments
• Piracy response from the Third Imperium and Aslan Hierate
• Refuelling times
• Stealing ships
• Transferring cargo in zero-G
• NPC crew: salaries, morale, and dividing the spoils

Also a three-pager, but the third page just covers NPC crew, and which I don’t expect to need to refer to very frequently.

Mongoose 2nd

Mongoose 2nd is a brand new edition of Traveller from Mongoose Publishing is now available - based on the original but tweaked, finessed and updated through a massive months-long beta playtest by you, the players! Every Traveller book is now printed in full colour and all core rulebooks and supplements are gorgeous hardbacks, fully updating this beloved game for the 21st Century.

"New Traveller" was the marketing term used by Mongoose between 2016 and 2019 to refer to this edition, and was adopted by the wiki. None of the marketing materials, nor the published books, mention an edition in association with the rules or other books. The Mongoose communications, as well as the fans, do explicitly reference these books as Mongoose Traveller second edition or MgT2. In accordance the wiki has adopted the "Mongoose 2nd" as the identifier for this version.

Please also see Versions of Traveller .

• 1.1 ‎Popular Artists & Authors
• 1.2 External Link/s
• 1.3.1 Rulebooks
• 1.3.2 Boxed Sets & Miscellaneous Titles
• 1.3.3 Adventures
• 1.3.4 Referee's Briefings
• 1.3.5 Pirates of Drinax
• 1.3.6 Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society
• 1.3.7 Novels
• 2 References & Contributions

Description [ edit ]

Traveller contains everything needed to play any science fiction campaign, from desperate battles across the stars against evil empires, through free traders operating on both sides of the law, to mercenary companies desperate to find their next ticket or face bankruptcy - Traveller gives you the tools to explore the universe in a way that suits you.

‎Popular Artists & Authors [ edit ]

• Matthew Sprange
• Martin Dougherty
• Gareth Hanrahan
• Christopher Griffen

External Link/s [ edit ]

• Mongoose Traveller (1st Edition)
• Errata-MGTTraveller2nd Fan-Created Errata

Bibliography-Ludography [ edit ]

This edition is best known for the following products:

A Travellers' Dozen

• A Warrior's Soul

Arid Worlds

Ashfall II: Under the Dome

Ashfall III: Into the Crust

Careers Beyond the Claw

Corona del Rey Cargo Transport

Creatures of Distant Worlds

Campaign Guide

Deepnight Legacy

Expeditions

Referee's Handbook

Terminus Point

The Crossing

The Far Side of Nowhere

The Near Side of Yonder

The Riftsedge Transit

Drinaxian Companion

Fire Beyond the Border

Generation X

• Girl's Gotta Eat

Grav Vehicles

Ground Vehicles

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 1

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 2

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 3

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 4

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 5

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 6

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society volume 7

Just a miner problem

Kinorb World Book

Mindjammer Dominion

Adventure Class Ships

Aliens of Charted Space 1

Aliens of Charted Space Volume 2

Aliens of Charted Space: Volume 3

Aliens of Charted Space: Volume 4

Anomalies and Wonders

• Behind the Claw

Bu and Embla Visit Vrirhlanz

• Central Supply Catalogue

Companies & Corporations

Core Rule Book

Core Rulebook Update 2022

Death Station

Deepnight Endeavour

Element Class Cruisers: Ship Builder's Blueprints

Element Cruisers

Enemy of My Enemy

Errant Lightning

Explorer's Edition

Fire on the Sindalian Main

Garden Worlds

Going Portside

High Guard Update 2022

• High Guard: Aslan

• High Guard: Deployment Shuttle

High and Dry

Incidents and Encounters

Invasive Species

Islands in the Rift

Last Call at Eneri's Cantina

Last Flight of the Amuar

Last Train out of Rakken-Goll

Marooned on Marduk

Mercenary Forces

Mission to Mithril

Mysteries of the Ancients

Mysteries on Arcturus Station

Naval Campaign Sourcebook

Referee's Screen

Rim Expeditions

Robot Handbook

Robots and Drones

Secrets of the Ancients

Shakedown Cruise

Showing the Sunburst

Skandersvik

Small Craft Catalogue

• Solomani Front

Starter Set

Sword Worlds

The Bell of Rocamadour

The Borderland Run

The Bowman Arm

The Calixcuel Incident

The Deep and the Dark

• The Fall of Tinath

The Fifth Frontier War

• The Glorious Empire

• The Great Rift

The Imperial Navy

The Lost Duke

The Lunion Shield Worlds

The Order of Prometheus

• The Pirates of Drinax

• The Spinward Extents

• The Third Imperium

Theories of Everything

• Traveller Companion

• Vehicle Handbook

Whispers on the Abyss

World Builder's Handbook

Wrath of the Ancients

Annic Nova - Evacuation

• Pirates of Drinax: Friends in Dry Places

• Pirates of Drinax: Gods of Marduk

• Pirates of Drinax: Harrier class Commerce Raider

• Pirates of Drinax: Liberty Port

• Pirates of Drinax: Lions of Thebus

• Pirates of Drinax: Revolution on Acrid

Shadows of Sindal

• Pirates of Drinax: Ship Encounters

Ships of the Reach

• Pirates of Drinax: The Cordan Conflict

• Pirates of Drinax: The Torpol Cluster

The Trojan Reach

• Pirates of Drinax: Theev

Prelude to War: Player's Guide

Reidian Flyer Blockade Runner

Vehicles from the Rim

Aventuras en la Marca 1: En la estacada

Empresas y corporaciones

Manual básico

Pantalla del árbitro

• Taken on the Run

The Book of Small Craft

• The Dimenos Problem

• The Frozen Watch

• The King is Dead

The Mariposa Affair

The Mystery of BT-SHT 365

The Second Scions' Society

• The Span of the Stars

The Tktk Convergence

There May Be Troubles Ahead

Those Who Endure

Three Blind Mice

Vanguard: Boarding Actions in the Fifth Frontier War

Walker Vehicles

Wenden Class Escort Cruiser

Rulebooks [ edit ]

• Traveller Core Rulebook
• Traveller Referee's Screen
• Traveller Starter Box Set

Boxed Sets & Miscellaneous Titles [ edit ]

• Element Class Cruisers: Ship Builders's Blueprints

Adventures [ edit ]

• Marches Adventure 1 - High and Dry
• Marches Adventure 2: Mission to Mithril
• Reach Adventure 1: Marooned on Marduk
• Reach Adventure 2: Theories of Everything
• Reach Adventure 3: The Calixcuel Incident
• Reach Adventure 4: Last Flight of the Amuar
• Reach Adventure 5: Borderland Run
• Reach Adventure 6: Exodus
• Reach Adventure 7: Last Train out of Rakken-Goll
• Core Adventure 1: Invasive Species
• Core Adventure 2: Last Call at Eneri's Cantina
• Core Adventure 3: Errant Lightning
• Spinward Marches 1: The Bowman Arm
• Spinward Marches 2: The Lunion Shield Worlds
• Great Rift Adventure 1: Islands in the Rift
• Great Rift Adventure 2: Deepnight Endeavour
• Great Rift Adventure 3: Flatlined
• Naval Adventure 1: Shakedown Cruise
• Naval Adventure 2: Showing the Sunburst
• Naval Adventure 3: Fire on the Sindalian Main

Referee's Briefings [ edit ]

• Referee's Briefing 1: Companies & Corporations
• Referee's Briefing 2: Anomalies and Wonders
• Referee's Briefing 3: Going Portside
• Referee's Briefing 4: Mercenary Forces
• Referee's Briefing 5: Incidents and Encounters
• Referee's Briefing 6: Garden Worlds

Pirates of Drinax [ edit ]

The Pirates of Drinax is a complete Traveller Campaign set in the Trojan Reach Sector . The Campaign revolves around the events of the many small independent states caught between the Third Imperium and the Aslan Hierate .

• Pirates of Drinax: Shadows of Sindal

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society [ edit ]

• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 1
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 2
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 3
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 4
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 5
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 6
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 7
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 8
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 9
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 10
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 11
• Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, Volume 12

Novels [ edit ]

• Eve of Rebellion

References & Contributions [ edit ]

• Pages using DynamicPageList3 parser function
• Articles at intermediate completion state

Navigation menu

• Witch Queens
• Witch Links

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Review: mongoose traveller 2nd edition (2016, 2022).

Traveller 2nd Edition was first released in 2016.  A revised update was released in 2021 and called the "2022 Edition."  Both are the same rules though the 2022 update has a few improvements in layout and editing.  For this review I am just going to consider the 2022 version and notes from the 2016 version. 

Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022

PDF. 266 pages. Full-color covers and interior art. Bookmarked and hyperlinks table of contents. 

Traveller is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. We live in time where old-school games are really popular, sci-fi is having a new golden age (have you seen all the Star Treks we now have?) and Traveller is riding that wave.  The new Traveller is best seller on DriveThru with the 2016 version a Mithral bestseller and the 2022 version a Platinum bestseller as of this writing.  I also know my FLGS sells the books hand over fist. One of the reasons I wanted to do my deep dive into Traveller now was because of all of this.

So how is the 2022 Edition?

In a word it is gorgeous.  

Mongoose, back in the early d20 boom, earned a bit of a reputation of a "spaghetti publisher" as in "throw a plate of spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks."  As time went on their reputation improved. These days they get a lot of credit for not just having solid books, but also serving the d20 bust.  Though some less than perfect editing sneaks in. The 2016 edition seemed to have this problem; at least that is what I have read online.  Both books had high-quality color art, there are some pieces in the 2016 edition I actually like a little better, but in general, I am pretty happy with what I see.  Happy enough to wish I had grabbed the physical books when I was last at my FLGS. 

What about the rules?

The book is similar in many ways to Mongoose 1st Edition, but enough differences in layout and organization.  For the first time, the designer did NOT try to invoke the feeling of old Classic Traveller.  This is a GOOD thing.  To attract new players they needed to make this a new game.

Introduction

This covers the various reasons why you might want to play Traveller and the different ways to play. I was hoping that among the examples of Star Trek and Starship Trooper they would include the most British of all Traveller shows, "Blake's 7." Which always was my goto example. 

There are some suggested books to read such as Traveller Companion , High Guard , The Third Imperium , and more.  I don't have those so I can't comment on them here.  What it does tell me that this version of Traveller is set in the Third Imperium. So that is something to look forward too. 

We get some game and dice conventions and descriptions of the Tech Levels.

Traveller Creation

Character creation is next as expected. This follows much along the lines of all Traveller versions. You roll your six abilities/characteristics.  We are back to our standard six from Classic Traveller with the same point spread and averages. The CCP is still here too.

You pick your background skills and then move to the next phase. There are good flow charts for character creation and the character sheet is annotated.  You go into your pre-career (aka school) and then move to your career. 

Like the first edition , careers are laid out with face pages so everything you need for a career is at a glance.

This is quite helpful really.  The careers supported in this core rules are Agent, Army, Citizen, Drifter, Entertainer, Marine, Merchant, Navy, Noble, Rouge, Scholar, and Scout.  There is an extra "career" that of Prisoner. Possibly to do that epic Stainless Steel Rat or Farscape adventure.

Various benefits and of course mishaps occur, leaving you with extra cash, some property or medical debt. 

There are some Skill Packages now.  There is a push here to get all the players and characters working to gether to make sure there is cohesion. 

We then get some examples of Alien species. The Aslan and the Vargr. 

Skills and Tasks

This chapter is combined as it really should be.  The system is basic which is what you want.  The character rolls a 2d6 and need to get greater than an 8 to succeed.  There are various Die Modifiers added and the Target number (the "8") can be be altered depending on the task difficulty. There are example throughout which works well.  An "Impossible Task" for example would require 16 or more rolled on the check.  There are also levels of success and failure. So if the roll is missed by -6 that is an "Exceptional Failure."  A roll of 6+ over the target number is an "Exceptional Success."

The amount of time spent on a skill check can alter the results and there are opposed checks as well. 

The rest of the chapter covers all the skills, their specialities and descriptions.

Combat is a always separate and it is a special case of a skill check.  What I do like about this system is that combat can rely on STR or DEX as appropriate and is not hard-coded like say D&D. For example Initiative can be modified by DEX or INT.

The combat phase is broken down into Significant, Minor, and Free actions.  You can do one Significant and one minor action per round or three minor actions.  You can perform anynumber of Reactions or Free Actions as permitted. What can be done in these actions is detailed. Attacking an opponent is Significant action, as is giving orders (Leadership). Minor actions are things like aiming, reloading, changing stance. 

Damage is discussed and it is very deadly.  

Encounters and Dangers

This combined the old Encounters and Animal Encounters chapters of Classic-era Travellers. There are all sorts of environmental dangers, diseases, high and low gravity situations, radiation, falling and so much more. Hmmm. Maybe best just to stay on your homeworld.  To quote Leonard McCoy from the 2009 Star Trek movie "Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."

Animals are discussed and even a few examples are given. 

NPCs are also presented with the ubiquitous d66 tables of quirks, motivations and more that Traveller fans love. 

Covers the economy briefly and plenty of things to spend your precious few credits on. The list here is not highly different.  What is different here is the new level of art added to the lists.  Descriptions of arms and armor are paired with great color art of these items.  More than that there are tech items, medical equipment, computers, and survival gear.  Various toolkits are also described such as Planetary Sciences and Psionicology Toolkits.

And of course guns.

Each bit of equipment comes with a TL rating.

Cover most moveable craft that are not Starships. Each one gets a TL rating, an associated skill needed to operate, speed factors, crew/pilot and of course cost. Nothing is free in the Imperium. 

Spacecraft Operations

A mostly alphabetical listing of everything (mostly everything) that can go on in a ship. 

Space Combat

Similar to other versions and the combat chapter above. This details how ships can fight including movement, targeting, and firing phases. Along with damage and reactions.  The chapter is not large but remarkably detailed.

Spacecraft Construction

I think I would have put this chapter before combat.  Mayb put combat after Common Spacecraft.

Distinctions are made between interplanetary and interstellar spacecraft.  Like character creation, there is a helpful flowchart. 

Common Spacecraft

I rather love this chapter. This lists all sorts of spaceships with their details and a full color picture and some deck plans. This is also laid out so many of the ships have all their details on the facing pages. 

Many of these ships are found in previous versions of Traveller too. So it adds a nice bit of continuity to it all. 

Stuck near the end is psionics again. There are talents and powers and the Psion Career.  I have always liked the Psionic powers section in Traveller, but this one really makes me want to play one.  The Careers are all numbered 1 through 12 with the "Prisoner" at 13 (Navy for example is 8).  The Psion career is appropriately numbered "X."

Covers basic trade between the worlds/systems/colonies.  There is a huge d66 list of Trade Goods to be used by Referees. 

World and Universe Creation

This chapter feels more like Classic Traveller than the others. Sadly no equations to apease the math geek in me but a lot of information all the same. The section is not huge and I a sure there are additional books for more worlds out there.  But there is enough here to get you started.

The index is comprehensive and hyperlinked.

Unlike previous versions of Traveller there is no included adventure here.

Ok. What can we say here at the end?  Or in other words who should buy this Traveller and what does it have over other Editions/Versions?

Who Should Buy This?

Much like D&D is synomous with Fantasy Roleplaying, Traveller is synomous with SciFi Roleplaying.  IF you want to try science fiction out then for me the obvious first step is to see what Traveller is doing.

Traveller 2nd Ed 2016 vs. 2022

Both corebooks are still on the market now.  They are the same system.  I have both and while the rules are largely the same the organization of the 2022 version is much better.

Classic Traveller vs. Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition

Ah. The old-school vs. new-school debate. We live in a time where not only you can get new Traveller in print you can get old Traveller in print as well.  Which one should you play?  I think the choice comes down to experiences.  Both games really let you play the same game. Both games are fun. Both games take on some basic assumptions but largely leave the rest of the universe to your imaginations.

IF you started with any version of Traveller and enjoy that, then stick with that, but certainly check this one out.  IF you have never played any version of Traveller before then the Mongoose 2nd Edition, 2022 version is the one to get.  You can buy it at DriveThruRPG or your FLGS.

Mongoose Traveller vs. FFE Traveller

We owe a lot to Far Future Enterprises for getting all the Traveller books from 1977 up to today scanned and added as a PDF to both their website and to DriveThruRPG.  That is a huge debt we owe them.  However, I can't exactly recommend Traveller 5 over Mongoose's version. There might be content in the FFE Traveller 5 that I could port over. But I think to show my appreciation for what they have done, I'll keep buying the older Traveller materials.

In the end, for me, Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition is, right now, the best Traveller I can buy. 

I'll make an effort to grab a print version the next time I am at my FLGS.  Right now there is no Print on Demand version for the 2022 edition.

This would be the nominal end of my Traveller reviews, but not so fast. There is still a THIRD way to play "Traveller" that is active and in print today.  

2 comments:

Great Review! There are two main differences between the 2016 core book and the 2022 core book: 1) SAMPLE SUBSECTOR + PATRONS: The 2016 version includes a sample subsector in the last chapter. The Sindal Subsector includes descriptions of some major systems and patrons and 'quests' that could be used in those systems. The 2022 core book does NOT have that chapter. 2) SHIP CONSTRUCTION: The 2016 core book does NOT include spacecraft construction rules of any kind. The 2022 book DOES contain a chapter on spacecraft construction. If you purchase the 2016 core book you will be forced to buy HIGHGUARD to learn how to create any type of ship.

From what I've seen, this is a pretty solid edition mechanically and the overall look is quite slick, although still not up to those old Chris Foss covers (shame about what they were wrapped around, though). Unfortunately, I swore never to make the mistake of buying anything from Mongoose ever again well over a decade ago and I'm sticking to that, so I'll certainly never own this iteration of Traveller.

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MgT Traveller Character Sheet

Gareth lazelle.

A redesign of the character sheet for Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition

(compatibility with other versions of Traveller may be possible, but I make no promises).

This sheet is designed to be clean, low on ink-use, and provides as much information as possible in a user-friendly way. It includes a number of additions to the version included in the Core Rulebook - such as space to record damage to attributes and career progression.

The sheet is designed for an A4 page, but should print on Letter with few if any issues.

Provided through the Community Content Program's  Traveller's Aid Society .

TRAVELLER Character Generator

Traveller Character Generator

Welcome to my Traveller Character Generators based on the Mongoose Rule sets.

Click the links below to start creating your character.

You can also follow the links below to see more of my work and other interesting Traveller content:

MgT Traveller Character Sheet

Gareth lazelle.

A redesign of the character sheet for Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition

(compatibility with other versions of Traveller may be possible, but I make no promises).

This sheet is designed to be clean, low on ink-use, and provides as much information as possible in a user-friendly way. It includes a number of additions to the version included in the Core Rulebook - such as space to record damage to attributes and career progression.

The sheet is designed for an A4 page, but should print on Letter with few if any issues.

Provided through the Community Content Program's  Traveller's Aid Society .