Traveller 5th
Traveller 5th Edition (Metadata) Synopsis
T5 is version 5 of the Traveller rules.
Traveller 5th Edition (Metadata) News
Marc Miller released a T5 draft as a CDROM in November 2008. He has also stated that he will direct it very closely and not trust others with production so much as before (T4).
In June 2012, Marc ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of a hardcover edition of the final version of the rules. These were published in March of 2013.
Traveller 5th Edition (Metadata) Game Features
He has several fresh ideas for the new version:
"Life Pursuits" as a mechanism for gaining skill in a particular field.
Character generation preserves the Traveller life path feel, but is about as far from T4 as it is from MT. The system fully accommodates nonhuman characters.
Personal combat derives from T4 (i.e. fast: armor absorbs damage), expanded to include various types of damage.
Materials technology and weapon design is based on Fire, Fusion & Steel - Revised (FFS2).
Power supplies are more like MT's than CT's or T4's.
Bits of CT and FFS2 are in starship design, which also takes a page from MT and extends down into smallcraft and vehicles. It's easier to build a small starship in T5 than Classic Traveller's High Guard, MegaTraveller's Fire, Fusion, & Steel, or T4's Quick Ship Design System (QSDS), but more involved than Classic Traveller's Book 2 (Starships). It's a 3-tier system, with a simple system for small craft and small starships, a more involved system for larger starships, and FFS2 able to build components for them both.
The TL design range is similar to MT.
Specific rules are crafted to tap published adventures as resources to be mined for new adventures.
TNE's concept of Maintenance Points is evolved into a way to appraise equipment with playability ratings.
Traveller 5th Edition (Metadata) External Links
- Far Future home page (where you can purchase T5)
- Traveller 5th home page
- Kickstarter T5 Page
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