The advanced char gen systems have that if you want. Otherwise number of terms as enlisted is a proxy for NCO rank, I suppose it is more awesome to be a space general than a space sgt? Traveller really is not very gritty despite its rep. Broad strokes.
Yeah, it just doesn't provide mechanics for non-officer ranks. You have to pass a throw to commission for the first officer class before you can start rolling for promotion. It's possible to both commission and promote in 1st term.
What I've kludged together now goes about like this: -- When joining up, a high enough roll means you are an officer in the service you want. Lower than that, and maybe you get the service you want, or you get drafted into something worse. -- During a term of service, you have a chance for a promotion. If you want, you can use this promotion to become an officer. Otherwise, you go up in the NCO ranks.
So far, rank matters to mustering out -- you get better stuff if you're higher rank.
William Nichols Every time you increase rank in Classic Traveller you get an additional roll to gain a still or a stat point. So ranked characters were significantly better.
I'm not sure that's necessity something you want to replicate though.
-- Start all stats as undefined. When you roll to join up, the result determines the affiliated stat. -- Each term of service, you can define up to 2 stats. and have a means of taking a +1 through promotion. -- When you must out, all other stats get defined. -- A catchup mechanism for those without a lot of terms of service to get them quickly up to where other's are.
The advanced char gen systems have that if you want. Otherwise number of terms as enlisted is a proxy for NCO rank, I suppose it is more awesome to be a space general than a space sgt? Traveller really is not very gritty despite its rep. Broad strokes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it just doesn't provide mechanics for non-officer ranks. You have to pass a throw to commission for the first officer class before you can start rolling for promotion. It's possible to both commission and promote in 1st term.
ReplyDeleteMercenary, High Guard, etc have NCOs
ReplyDeleteHuh. Seems straightforward to have a table.
ReplyDeleteTables. Who am I?
It seems like it really should go enlisted, one promotion to NCO, then get promoted to officer.
ReplyDeleteWhat I've kludged together now goes about like this:
ReplyDelete-- When joining up, a high enough roll means you are an officer in the service you want. Lower than that, and maybe you get the service you want, or you get drafted into something worse.
-- During a term of service, you have a chance for a promotion. If you want, you can use this promotion to become an officer. Otherwise, you go up in the NCO ranks.
So far, rank matters to mustering out -- you get better stuff if you're higher rank.
Miss anything important?
William Nichols Every time you increase rank in Classic Traveller you get an additional roll to gain a still or a stat point. So ranked characters were significantly better.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that's necessity something you want to replicate though.
Right now, I'm giving a stat bump for rank. Moves are acquired separately.
ReplyDeleteDoes this work?
ReplyDelete-- Start all stats as undefined. When you roll to join up, the result determines the affiliated stat.
-- Each term of service, you can define up to 2 stats. and have a means of taking a +1 through promotion.
-- When you must out, all other stats get defined.
-- A catchup mechanism for those without a lot of terms of service to get them quickly up to where other's are.