Playing with Dice Rolling and such...

Okie Dokie. I've started this thread just to play around with the dice rolling feature here.Classic Traveller dice rolls are almost always 2d6. Appropriate skills are added as a bonus. High attributes may provide a bonus where applicable. The standard unskilled penalty is a negative three (-3), but that might vary a bit depending on mitigating circumstances. I'll include sample skilled and unskilled rolls below.

The skill "Jack of All Trades" is a special case. It allows re-rolling of unskilled tasks. So, for instance, if I'm trying to do emergency repairs on the ship's artificial gravity generator and lack either "gravitics" or "engineering", I do so as unskilled. If I have J-o-T 2, I potentially get two re-rolls.

Dice mechanics are simplified from what we got used to on Tavern_Keeper, but should work well. As follows:

Dice should be in the format
(number of dice)d(die type)(modifier)

Separate rolls should be separated by commas or on new lines.

Example: 2d4, 3d6+4


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Attribute modifiers as follows:

In a situation where a character's attributes (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Education, Social-Standing) are role-played, DMs to the dice roll will be applied.

ATTRIBUTE modifiers, used where appropriate.

Attribute-Value/Modifier

1-2 -2

3-5 -1

6-8 +0

9-11 +1

12-14 +2

15 +3

Note that these modifiers are not automatic, but are only applied when role-play and description of actions warrants it.

okay
here is my poor attempt at the dice rolls for the game

LC
LC squints at the navigation console like it just insulted their mother, tapping in the coordinates for the next star system with the confidence of someone who definitely didn't just guess. Space may be vast and unforgiving, but LC’s got snacks, sarcasm, and a mostly functional nav computer—what could possibly go wrong?

Navigation-2 and Education bonus of 2 gives him a +4 for this task roll

2d6+4

Here is an image of my dice roll, am I doing this right?????

Well it looks like I did this right?? Right? Let me know.

Yes, that is correct. Just enter in a description of what you are doing and the roll. As soon as you post it is seen at the bottom. You can then either edit your post (which doesn't change the roll) with any reaction to it or add a new entry. GM choice if he prefers one or the other.

Thanks!!!

Looks good to me!

Now if I can remember this ;-)

Bang bang shoot em up destiny…

What did she ever do to you? I liked Destiny!

🤣🤣

(The next morning)

With the next destination selected and agreed upon (assuming this will actually occur) Mama starts punching in searches and requests for cargo, speculative options, high passage , and low births.

Anyone my add their +'s to her rolls if they wish
Mama has +2 for computers

wouldn't Said Ma's EDU stat of B give her an additional +1 on all rolls above????

That is a question for Dave, since I do not know if she gets an extra +1 or not. I thought it was just for the highest bonus

As far as waiting for Dave to post for the next day, I guess I could wait until then. However, my weekend will be very hectic... So this just lets him know what I'm doing in the event I am unable to respond quickly. It also lets others know what I'm doing so they can plan accordingly.

So, I guess it's up to David...

This thread is for fun and practice.

Attribute bonuses are supposed to be applied IF there is relevant roleplaying involved. If Said Ma (above) was referencing her prior training or experience in some way then the attribute bonus would apply.

OK, OK, I know. We've been pretty fast and loose with this. And I'm not going to strictly enforce it. But it really could be a fun prompt to enhance your roleplaying.

Ah, didn't realize this thread was the die roll test thread...
So, disregard these rolls and I can re do it in the proper thread
And your two cents worth is always appreciated Mum's...

Thanks for that clarification on the extra points Dave, I didn't know that. So, If I roll play her education factor into the figures, I can add an extra +1 to the roll, in addition to her +2 for computers?

Would this be for any rolls she made (referencing her past history or education) or only specific rolls?

OK, let me change my mind on this. Attribute modifiers should be used where appropriate. Both positive and negative. I encourage you to use that as a roleplay 'prompt', but there is no requirement. After thinking about it a bit, I believe that twisting someone's arm to get a bit of extra color into a roleplay-thread is inappropriate. Thanks.

Perhaps, but it could add a bit more color. I will likely use it for that purpose as well.

That was the biggest problem with tavern keeper…. Editing the post rerolled the dice