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Characters and Combat
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Book 1
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
TBD
Table of Contents
TBD

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

Description (Specifications)

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]

Table of Contents

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)

Selected Equipment (Personal)

Armor & Protective Gear [6]

  1. 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]
  2. Protective Gear [15]
    1. Vacc Suit [16]

Archaic Firearms [17]

  1. Flintlock Musket [18]
  2. Hand Cannon [19]
  3. Muzzle-loading Pistol [20]
  4. Percussion Revolver [21]
  5. Percussion Rifle [22]

Firearms & Accessories

  1. 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]
  2. 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

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

Selected Form/s & Terms

Selected Ships

  1. Type A class Free Trader [66]
  2. Type S class Scout/Courier [67]

Selected Vocations

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.

Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Author Marc Miller

External Link/s

COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

REVIEWS

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
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