Gimmick
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Gimmicks are interesting pieces of equipment which can be useful to the player characters in their pursuit of their goals, but which are not required.[1]
- The category includes both physical objects, Artifacts, and well as mystery resources such as Handwavium.
Description (Specifications)
Gimmicks can include unusual weapons, vehicles, vessels, or other special items not normally available for purchase.[2]
Gimmicks may also include a mystery resource that is fought over, but often isn't very well defined such as Handwavium.
History & Background (Dossier)
Often gimmicks can be momentary diversions which keep the player's interest.[3]
Selected Gimmicks
Some gimmicks featured over the years have included:
References & Contributors (Sources)
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.
- Marc Miller. "Gimmicks." Secret of the Ancients (1984): 48.
- Dragon Magazine Issue 51
- Jo Grant, Lesley Grant. 101 Plots (BITS, 1996), TBD.
- Citation Missing - Secret of the Ancients
- Gareth Hanrahan. "Gimmicks." Secret of the Ancients (2012): TBD.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Marc Miller. "Gimmicks." Secret of the Ancients (1984): 48.
- ↑ Marc Miller. "Gimmicks." Secret of the Ancients (1984): 48.
- ↑ Marc Miller. "Gimmicks." Secret of the Ancients (1984): 48.