Editing The Traveller's Handbook

{{InfoboxBook2
|name      = The Traveller's Handbook
|alsosee   = 
|author    = Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon
|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/160094/D2001-Traveller20-Core-Rules-Set?affiliate_id=875229
|canon     = Yes
|caption   = Traveller's Handbook
|contents  = 
|edition   = 1st
|footnote  = ISBN 1-55878-217-6
|format    = Book (Hardcover)
|image     = T20_sm.jpg
|language  = English
|pages     = 448
|publisher = QuikLink Interactive
|version   = Traveller D20
|year      = 2002
}}
[[The Traveller's Handbook]] is a [[QuikLink Interactive]] product.
* It is the core source book designed for [[Traveller D20]].

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Be who you want to be: T20 presents [[Vocation|16 character classes]], from brash Ace [[Pilot]]s to studious [[Academic]]s; from tough [[Mercenaries]] to streetwise [[Merchant]]s. 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 [[Psion|psionic adept]]! 

Go where you like: Design [[world]]s and whole [[star system]]s with the system generation rules; populate them with human and alien [[societies]], [[Creature|animal life]] and natural hazards. The rules cover [[technology level]]s, 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]], [[Hiver]]s, [[Wanderer]]s and [[K'Kree]], while the many [[human]] [[culture]]s include the [[Solomani]], [[Vilani]], [[Zhodani]] and [[Luriani]] people. 

Fight deadly foes: The T20 combat system scales between [[starship]]s, [[vehicle]]s and personnel. Blast ships or ground targets with [[laser]]s and [[meson gun]]s; battle it out with guns, [[grenade]]s and [[hand weapon]]s. Don [[Battle Dress|powered armor]] or activate a [[nuclear damper]] for defense. T20 covers weapons ranging from crude [[club]]s to [[gauss rifle]]s and [[laser carbine]]s, and even vehicle-mounted [[fusion gun]]s. 

Travel in style: Design, buy and operate a range of [[vehicle]]s from [[steam locomotive]]s to [[attack speeder]]s. Trade among the [[star]]s 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 tavern]]s… 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 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="2"| ''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
|-
| [[Naval architecture|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|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[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|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment]] ===
# [[TBD]]

=== [[Ship|Selected Ships]] ===
# [[Free Trader]]
# [[Lab Ship]]
# [[Mercenary Cruiser]]
# [[Seeker]]
# [[Yacht]]

=== [[Sophont|Selected Sophonts]] ===
''Major Races:''
# [[Aslan]]
# [[Droyne]]
# [[Hiver]]s
# [[Human]] 
# [[K'Kree]] 
# [[Solomani]]
# [[Vargr]]
# [[Vilani]]
# [[Zhodani]]

''Minor Races:''
# [[Luriani]]
# [[Sydite]]s
# [[Ursa]]
# [[Virushi]]
# [[Wanderer]]s

=== [[Vocation|Selected Vocations]] ===
''Core Vocations:''
# [[Academic]]
# [[Barbarian]]
# [[Belter]]
# [[Mercenary]]
# [[Merchant]]
# [[Noble]]
# [[Professional]]
# [[Rogue]]
# [[Traveller Gene|Traveller]]

''Other Vocations:''
# [[Pilot|Ace Pilot]]
# [[Hunter|Big Game Hunter]]
# [[Marine]]
# [[Sailor]]
# [[Scout]]
# [[Soldier]]
# [[Journalist|TAS Field Reporter]]

=== [[Weapon|Selected Weapons]] ===
# [[Club]]
# [[Fusion Gun]]
# [[Gauss Rifle]]
# [[Grenade]]
# [[Gun]]
# [[Hand Weapon]]
# [[Laser]]
# [[Laser Carbine]]
# [[Meson Gun]]

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources)
|-
! Credit
! Authors & Contributors
|-
| Authors
| [[Martin Dougherty|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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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Sources
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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