The Traveller's Handbook
| The Traveller's Handbook | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Traveller's Handbook | |||
| Author | Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon | ||
| Publisher | QuikLink Interactive | ||
| Version | Traveller D20 | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Format | Book (Hardcover) | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 448 | ||
| Year Published | 2002 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | RPGNow | ||
| ISBN 1-55878-217-6 | |||
The Traveller's Handbook is a QuikLink Interactive product.
- It is the core source book designed for Traveller D20.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Be who you want to be: T20 presents 16 character classes, from brash Ace Pilots to studious Academics; from tough Mercenaries to streetwise Merchants. Characters can develop a wide range of skills and feats, from Combat Engineering to Astrogation. They can even study the powers of the mind as a psionic adept!
Go where you like: Design worlds and whole star systems with the system generation rules; populate them with human and alien societies, animal life and natural hazards. The rules cover technology levels, social organization and the unpleasant consequences of hazards like vacuum exposure or radiation burns.
Meet Interesting People: Strange aliens and stranger humans are detailed as player and NPC races. Racial stats are presented, along with typical motivations and psychology for the various alien species. Aliens include the Vargr, Hivers, Wanderers and K'Kree, while the many human cultures include the Solomani, Vilani, Zhodani and Luriani people.
Fight deadly foes: The T20 combat system scales between starships, vehicles and personnel. Blast ships or ground targets with lasers and meson guns; battle it out with guns, grenades and hand weapons. Don powered armor or activate a nuclear damper for defense. T20 covers weapons ranging from crude clubs to gauss rifles and laser carbines, and even vehicle-mounted fusion guns.
Travel in style: Design, buy and operate a range of vehicles from steam locomotives to attack speeders. Trade among the stars aboard a Subsidized Merchant or captain a million-ton dreadnaught.
And there's more: The T20 system allows any style of science-fiction adventure to be created. The whole range of human (and alien) activities are covered: speculative trade, starship combat, carousing in starport taverns… if adventurers do it, it's in here. The Traveller's handbook also contains guidance on setting up and running a T20 game, awarding experience, and tailoring the campaign to the needs of the players. It also presents an introduction to the Official Traveller Universe.
Back cover blurb from the 2002 TRAVELLER20 The Traveller's Handbook.
Table of Contents[edit]
| The Traveller's Handbook | |
|---|---|
| Section | Page/s |
| Kishimaa Downport or Bust! | 6 |
| Chapter 1: An Introduction to T20 | 12 |
| Chapter 2: Characters | 18 |
| Chapter 3: Classes | 34 |
| Chapter 4: Skills | 62 |
| Chapter 5: Feats | 100 |
| Chapter 6: Final Details | 114 |
| Chapter 7: Prior History | 120 |
| Chapter 8: Combat | 144 |
| Chapter 9: Prestige Classes | 180 |
| Chapter 10: Psionics | 186 |
| Chapter 11: Technology and Equipment | 194 |
| Chapter 12: Design Sequences | 223 |
| Chapter 13: Standard Designs | 280 |
| Chapter 14: Travelling | 340 |
| Chapter 15: Starship Encounters | 362 |
| Chapter 16: Universe/Worlds Development | 370 |
| Chapter 17: Campaigns | 404 |
| Chapter 18: Traveller Adventures | 412 |
| Appendix I: Friends and Enemies | 421 |
| Appendix II: Glossary | 426 |
| Appendix III: Index | 432 |
| Character Sheet | 436 |
| Subsection Map | 439 |
| Star System Worksheet | 440 |
| World Worksheet | 441 |
| Open Game License | 442 |
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
- Academic
- Animal
- Attack Speeder
- Culture
- Dreadnaught
- Equipment
- Foundation Fellowship
- Mercenary
- Merchant
- Nuclear Damper
- Official Traveller Universe (OTU)
- Pilot
- Power Armor
- Psion
- Psionics
- Science Academy
- Ship
- Society
- Starport Tavern
- Starship
- Star System
- Steam Locomotive
- Subsidized Merchant
- Technology
- Technology Level
- Vehicle
- Weapon
- World
- Zhunastu Prize
Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]
Selected Equipment[edit]
Selected Ships[edit]
Selected Sophonts[edit]
Major Races:
Minor Races:
Selected Vocations[edit]
Core Vocations:
Other Vocations:
Selected Weapons[edit]
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The The Traveller's Handbook is a core book for Traveller D20.
- The The Traveller's Handbook is the original and definitive science-fiction roleplaying game TRAVELLER is back for the d20 System! This huge 464-page rulebook contains everything you need to enhance your current d20 System based science-fiction campaign or design your own. Traveller20 (T20) combines the popular d20 game mechanics with the most fully-realized science-fiction game setting ever - Marc Miller's award-winning Traveller! Presented in a three volumes (pus the abridged Guidebook, so 4 files), these rules allow you to go anywhere, do anything…
Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]
| Credits (Primary Sources) | |
|---|---|
| Credit | Authors & Contributors |
| Authors | Martin J. Dougherty and Hunter Gordon |
| Adaptation and Rules for d20 system | Hunter Gordon |
| Assistance | Bruce Runnels, John Hemmert, Mike Jeff, Andy Lilly, and Marc Miller |
| Cover Art | David Mattingly |
| Interior Art | Steve Bryant, Paul Daly, Chad Fidler, Bryan Gibson, Jason Millet, and Allen Nunis |
| Character Sheet Design | Patrick Murphy |
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