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Characters and Combat
Classic Traveller Book 1 Characters and Combat
Author		Marc Miller
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		Classic Traveller
Edition		1st
Format		LBB (Digest)
Language		English
Pages		44
Year Published		1977
Canonical		Yes
Available from		RPGNow
Also See		Vocation
Classic Traveller Book 1 Characters and Combat

Classic Traveller Book 1 Characters and Combat was the book that launched the Classic Traveller RPG.

It is a GDW product.
It is a core rules book designed for Classic Traveller.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Book 1 contains rules for generating individual characters, as well as the overall personal combat rules and weapons types. It is the best place for players to begin; all should generate a few characters to familiarize themselves with the system, and then proceed to generate their player characters. ^[1]

Please see Characters and Combat/Content for more information.

Table of Contents[edit]

Classic Traveller Book 1 Characters and Combat
Section	Page/s
Cover & Publication Information	1-2
Table of Contents	3
Dedication	4
Introduction	5-7
Characters	8-29
Combat	30-43

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Weapon data entries

Library data entries

Selected Equipment (Combat)[edit]

Personal Armor & Protective Gear ^[6]

Armor ^[7]
1. Ablat Armor ^[8]
2. Battledress ^[9]
3. Cloth Armor ^[10]
4. Combat Armor ^[11]
5. Jack Armor ^[12]
6. Mesh Armor ^[13]
7. Reflec Armor ^[14]
Protective Gear ^[15]
1. Vacc Suit ^[16]

Archaic Firearms ^[17]

Firearms & Accessories

Firearms
1. Automatic Pistol ^[23]
2. Automatic Rifle ^[24]
3. Body Pistol ^[25]
4. Carbine ^[26]
5. Laser Carbine ^[27]
6. Laser Rifle ^[28]
7. Revolver ^[29]
8. Rifle ^[30]
9. Shotgun ^[31]
10. Submachinegun ^[32]
Accessories ^[33]
1. Cleaning Kit ^[34]
2. Electronic Sight ^[35]
3. Folding Stock ^[36]
4. Gunbelt ^[37]
5. Holster ^[38]
  1. Ankle Holster ^[39]
  2. Hip Holster ^[40]
  3. Shoulder Holster ^[41]
6. Magazine Carrier ^[42]
7. Scabbard ^[43]
8. Shoulder Stock ^[44]
9. Silencer ^[45]
10. Telescopic Sight ^[46]

Melee Weapons

Blade Weapons ^[47]
1. Blade ^[48]
2. Broadsword ^[49]
3. Cutlass ^[50]
4. Dagger ^[51]
5. Foil ^[52]
6. Sword ^[53]
Brawling Weapons ^[54]
1. Bottle ^[55]
2. Broken Bottle ^[56]
3. Club ^[57]
4. Cudgel ^[58]
5. Fist
Polearms ^[59]
1. Bayonet ^[60]
2. Halbred ^[61]
3. Pike ^[62]
4. Spear ^[63]

Selected Form/s & Terms[edit]

Forms:

TAS Form 2 Personal Data and History ^[64]

Terms:

Universal Personality Profile (UPP) ^[65]

Selected Ships[edit]

Selected Stars[edit]

Sirius (star) ^[68]

Selected Vehicles[edit]

Air/Raft ^[69]
ATV ^[70]

Selected Vocations[edit]

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Book 1 had Traveller's very first personal combat system.

Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.

The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included.

The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – Characters and Combat, Starships, and Worlds and Adventures. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, GDW took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in Book 4 – Mercenary for the original 1977 edition.

This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing The Traveller Book in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the Official Traveller Universe (OTU). Some additional rules did slip into The Traveller Book that appear nowhere else.

Finally, in 1983, GDW released Starter Traveller, intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, Starter Traveller uses the 1981 edition rules.

Finally, other minor Classic Traveller rules appeared in other releases (notably Mayday, Snapshot, and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the Classic Traveller rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of FFE's The Classic Books 0 - 8 to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. ^[77]

Antique Firearm Equivalents[edit]

The Antique Firearm Equivalents is one of the neater pieces in this book and is a clear indication that many of the early GDW staff had a keen knowledge of firearms. This table lays out which 1980’s and previous firearms the authors of Book 1 used to envision the categories.

Antique Firearm Equivalents (1980’s CE) ^[78]
#.	Firearm	Equivalent / Remarks
1.	Automatic Pistol	Equivalent to the Smith & Wesson Model 59 9mm or the Auto-Mag .44 Magnum.
2.	Automatic Rifle	Equivalent to the full automatic versions of the rifles mentioned above. The belt-fed automatic rifle is equivalent to the Russian DShK in rifle caliber.
3.	Body Pistol	Equivalent to the Walther PPK .380 or the OMC .380 Back-up.
4.	Carbine	Equivalent to the Ruger 5.56mm Mini-14 or the Armalite 5.56mm Ar-180.
5.	Revolver	Equivalent to the Smith & Wesson Model 66 .357 Magnum.
6.	Rifle	Equivalent to the Springfield 7.62mm M14 Rifle or the Belgian FN FAL 7.62mm Rifle.
7.	Shotgun	Equivalent to the Remington M1100.
8.	Submachinegun	Equivalent to the British Sterling 9mm L2A1, or the Israeli 9mm UZI.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit	Authors & Contributors
Original Concept and General Game Design	Marc Miller
Supplemental Design	Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, Loren Wiseman, Darryl Hany
Playtesting	Winston Hamilton, Tony Svajlenka, Scott Renner, Doug Po, David MacDonald, Wayne Roth
Art Direction	Paul R. Banner
Publisher	Game Designers' Workshop

External Link/s[edit]

COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:

EXTERNAL LINK: RPG GEEK Entry
EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET Entry
EXTERNAL LINK: Library Thing Classic Traveller

REVIEWS:

EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET REVIEW OF TRAVELLER: THE CLASSIC BOOKS
EXTERNAL LINK: RPG Knights: Why Classic Traveller?
EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller: Characters & Combat
EXTERNAL LINK: FFE Guide To Classic Traveller

Other Articles:

EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

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+'''[[Classic Traveller]] [[Book 1]] [[Characters and Combat]]''' was the book that launched the [[Classic Traveller]] [[RPG]].
+* It is a [[GDW]] product.
+* It is a core rules book designed for [[Classic Traveller]].
-== Description (Specifications) ==
+== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 ''Book 1'' contains rules for generating individual characters, as well as the overall personal combat rules and [[weapon]]s types. It is the best place for players to begin; all should generate a few [[Traveller Gene|characters]] to familiarize themselves with the [[Classic Traveller|system]], and then proceed to generate their player characters. {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat |page=7|version=Classic Traveller}}
 * Please see [[Characters and Combat/Content]] for more information.
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-=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment (Personal)]] ===
+=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
-''[[Armor]] & [[Protective Gear]]'' {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=41|version=Classic Traveller}}
+{{LibraryEntries|Weapon}}
+{{LibraryEntries|skip category 1=Weapon}}
+=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment (Combat)]] ===
+''[[Personal Armor]] & [[Protective Gear]]'' {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=41|version=Classic Traveller}}
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 ## [[Spear]] {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=37|version=Classic Traveller}}
-=== Selected Form/s & Terms ===
+=== [[Master Abbreviation List|Selected Form/s & Terms]] ===
+''Forms:''
 * [[TAS Form 2 Personal Data and History]] {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=27-28|version=Classic Traveller}}
+''[[Master Abbreviation List|Terms]]:''
 * [[Universal Personality Profile]] ([[UPP]]) {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=8-9|version=Classic Traveller}}
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 * [[ATV]] {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=18|version=Classic Traveller}}
-=== Selected Vocations ===
+=== [[Vocation|Selected Vocations]] ===
 * [[Imperial Army|Army]] {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=13|version=Classic Traveller}}
 * [[Imperial Marines|Marines]] {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=13|version=Classic Traveller}}
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 * [[Corsair|Other]] {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=13|version=Classic Traveller}}
-== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) ==
+== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 Book 1 had Traveller's very first personal combat system.
-* Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.
+* [[Book 1|Books 1]], [[Book 2|2]], and [[Book 3|3]] came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.
+----
+The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included.
+The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – [[Characters and Combat]], [[Starships]], and [[Worlds and Adventures]]. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, [[GDW]] took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in [[Book 4]] – [[Mercenary (book)|Mercenary]] for the original 1977 edition.
+This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing [[The Traveller Book]] in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the [[Official Traveller Universe]] ([[OTU]]). Some additional rules did slip into [[The Traveller Book]] that appear nowhere else.
+Finally, in 1983, [[GDW]] released [[Starter Traveller]], intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, [[Starter Traveller]] uses the 1981 edition rules.
+Finally, other minor [[Classic Traveller]] rules appeared in other releases (notably [[Mayday]], [[Snapshot]], and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the [[Classic Traveller]] rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of [[FFE]]'s [[The Classic Books|The Classic Books 0 - 8]] to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. {{Page cite|name= Lost Rules of Traveller |page= 2}}
 === Antique Firearm Equivalents ===
-The ''Antique Firearm Equivalents'' is one of the neater pieces in this book and is a clear indication that many of the early [[GDW]] staff had a keen knowledge of [[firearm]]s.
+The ''Antique Firearm Equivalents'' is one of the neater pieces in this book and is a clear indication that many of the early [[GDW]] staff had a keen knowledge of [[firearm]]s. This table lays out which 1980’s and previous firearms the authors of [[Book 1]] used to envision the categories.
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
-|+ Antique Firearm Equivalents <br> (1980’s CE) {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat|page=43|version=Classic Traveller}}
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-COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:
+''COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:''
 # EXTERNAL LINK: [https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44357/characters-and-combat RPG GEEK Entry]
 # EXTERNAL LINK: [https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=677 RPG NET Entry]
 # EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.librarything.com/series/Classic+Traveller+Main+Books Library Thing Classic Traveller]
-REVIEWS:
+''REVIEWS:''
 # EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/classic/rev_5176.phtml RPG NET REVIEW OF TRAVELLER: THE CLASSIC BOOKS]
 # EXTERNAL LINK: [http://rpgknights.com/why-classic-traveller/ RPG Knights: Why Classic Traveller?]
 # EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.necropraxis.com/2012/02/25/traveller-characters-combat/ Traveller: Characters & Combat]
+# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.farfuture.net/Guide%20to%20Classic%20Traveller.pdf FFE Guide To Classic Traveller]
+''Other Articles:''
+# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
-== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
+== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
 {{Advanced}}
 {{Sources
-|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
+|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Characters and Combat|page=1|version=Classic Traveller}}
-|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 }}
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+[[Category: Firearm Source]]
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+[[Category: Personal Armor Source]]
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