In trying to explain Traveller to the OSR discord I spent way too much time on this chart.
Short answer: support indie creators there’s awesome stuff in the Cepheus space. And this is the tip of the iceberg.
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That’s not true! You can improve a skill after a year of game experience!
I actually think it’s an interesting feature rather than a bug. Advancement comes through improving your ship and gear.
@deinol
I had a friend who used to abuse the hell out of the Traveller character generation system.
He would try for IBIS (the Imperial Bureau of Internal Security) every time. The odds of getting it were miniscule, so if he failed he became a Belter. That generally meant guaranteed death before character generation was complete. So he'd just start over and try for IBIS again.
He ended up with an IBIS character every time! Eventually. 🤣
If I did that I’d need Twilight 2k too!
I mean, they share a common groundwork of 3e/5e DnD. No idea how it’ll turn out, I don’t plan to purchase it.
On the other hand Clement Sector 3e is getting reorganized into three volumes with errata included, I’ll be all over that when it comes out.
@deinol @BryanRombough If I wasn't playing classic or T5, I would probably be most interested in Cepheus Universal.
The is despite having a lot of MgT2 books.
Cepheus Universal is pretty great, there’s plenty to borrow for CT or T5 in it.
When Mongoose released the Traveller SRD, it was designed to encourage supplements but not games, so it wasn’t a complete game.
So eventually the Cepheus Engine SRD was created to be a complete game skeleton so games could be created from it. It’s functional on its own, but barebones.
So a lot of the Cepheus games (particularly if they have Cepheus in the name) are Traveller clones. But some are very different but built out of the same engine.
Sword of Cepheus for example, is what if you wanted to use Traveller rules to play a fantasy RPG.
Another way to look at it: Cepheus is to Traveller as the DIY OSR scene is to D&D. It’s where the indie creators who like Traveller are playing around making new stuff.
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