I have been thinking of skills in Star Frontiers again thanks to recent discussions. I think the whole skill list and their varying ways of computing the chance is a bit too unwieldy in the Expanded rules.

So, I propose stick to base skill equals attribute as done in the Basic rules. A characters attribute is going to be between 30 to 70 (with possibly some species attribute bonus).

And to level up, what if a player can just spend 1 experience point to level up their skill 1 point? A typical encounter will only yield 1 or 2 experience points so it will still take a long time to get a skill up to 100.

Note, I would take away any system to increase attributes and just keep improvement to skills.

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Looking to refresh the #art in my living room, I found this poster. Doesn't fit my living room's vibe, but it does make me want to play old #scifi #ttrpg like #StarFrontiers. Maybe I'll buy it for my home office.

https://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/next-stop-mars,2968981/

« Aren't You Glad It's Earth ? », 1983

by Jeff Easley (American artist, born 1954)
Illustration for "Star Frontiers" advert, appears in Dragon Magazine #73, TSR Hobbies, May 1983

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🚀 Don't miss out! @zalasur is live on PeerTube: https://peertube.zalasur.media/videos/watch/3

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SOME OLD BLOG POST:
Alien weapons #artwork for a #StarFrontiersman zine article from 2013.

https://hishgraphics.com/balneum-blue-gnatha-weapons/

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