Laurens | Wandererbill 🌍 @wandererbill@tabletop.social

Time for another #introduction :

So hi everyone, I've been posting #rpg related stuff over on dice.camp and on reddit for quite a while now, decided to move here with a brandnew handle, yay.

I'm GMing a face to face campaign of original #dnd in #hamburg (germany) for almost three years now, interested in all things #osr , but there's also quite a bit of #fate and #gurps on my bookshelf 😉

husband, father, family physician and boats enthusiast when not gaming.

Stumbled over this thread about #traveller5 over on reddit ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/traveller/comments/lsac7d/thoughts_on_traveller5/

I largely agree with the OP, though I guess Classic Traveller is still my favourite edition.

#travellerrpg

Our next session of #traveller5 will start in less than two hours. I realize the players now do have a jump-3 star ship and could reach eight different planets from their current location. The vastness of space ... so intimidating :o)

"When a starship enters a system, there is a chance that it will encounter any one number of different ships going about their business." --- Traveller, Book 2, Starships, 1981

Since any jump to a system lasts one week by definition, with 1:1 campaign time, this rule again gives the referee one week to prepare an interesting encounter. The players may trigger the encounter whenever they end a session by declaring to jump to another system.

#travellerrpg

"In a single week, a band of adventurers may elect to devote their time to encountering a patron [...]" --- Traveller, Book 3, Worlds and Adventures, 1981

In a campaign with 1:1 time this rule starts to make so much sense. It's essentially the players saying: "let's go look for a new adventure", giving the referee a weeks time to whip something up.

#travellerrpg #gming

Did a test naval combat by OD&D rules. The forces of chaos prevail, the lawful leader ship (L1) has been grappled, boarded and captured, by the chaotic war ships C1 and C3. A second lawful ship (L2) is sinking, Some lawful sailors may yet escape ...

#odnd

I overheard rumours of a level 12 Patriarch, Str 12, Int 11, Wis 18, Dex 9, Con 13, Cha 18, HD 7+4, AC 6 [13] due to his red +3 cloak of generosity, wielding a staff of righteous punishment (save vs. level drain). He's supposed to travel as fast as the roc flies in his sled of flying drawn by magical reindeers, carrying immeasurable amounts of treasure 🤶 🎄 🌟

#dnd #osr

More inspiration for expanding the Traveller campaign: Wandering DMs: Multi-Party Campaigns | Greater Gaming | Wandering DMs S03 E41 https://wanderingdms.com/podcast/multi-party-campaigns-greater-gaming-wandering-dms-s03-e41/

#osr #travellerrpg #traveller5

Re-reading this post about long campaign play by James Maliszewski has me pondering a second player group for our ongoing #traveller5 campaign ...
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2020/10/not-casual-parlour-pastime.html

@kensanata @phf look, more #travellerrpg goodness on bundle of holding 😁
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ImperiumTour

"You can almost think of it as a quantum superposition, where the character’s specific location and action only becomes certain when it is “measured” by description."
--- The Alexandrian

https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/46805/roleplaying-games/random-gm-tip-visualizing-combat

First Session of the "Octagon Campaign" went well:

https://betola.de/wandererbill/english/octagon-campaign-session-1/

#traveller5 #travellerrpg

Getting ready for the game. Real table, real dice, real people! Hell yeah! #ttrpg #travellerrpg #traveller5 😬

delta about six siders 🎲​ in #odnd

https://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2021/09/d6-usage-in-od.html