House Rules

Although I have on occasion used rules "straight" with no modifications, I usually make some slight changes when I'm running a campaign. Often these rules evolve over the course of the game; these pages present the latest (or final) version of each set.

Forms

Main Rule Set	Form(s)
MegaTraveller	Blank Character Sheet
	Blank Character Sheet with Generation additions
	Ship Registration and Use

Rules

Main Rule Set	Area(s) of change
MegaTraveller	Space Combat
T4: Marc Miller's Traveller	Task System
	Space Combat
	Character Generation

HTML Templates

Area of Use	Template
Character Sheet	Character Sheet with Generation additions
Library Data	Library Data Index
	Library Data Item
	Subsector Library Data
	News Service Item
	Referee Library Data Item
	World Summary Item
Astrographic Data	System
	Subsector
	Text Map
	System Referee Notes
	Local World Information
	Xboat transit times (sector)
Campaign Information	Campaign Session Log
Campaign Information	Campaign Log Addendum
Ship Designs	MegaTraveller Design
Ship Designs	T4: Marc Miller's Traveller Design

GALACTIC

For the time I'm just putting these tables here for my own use. The color codes are those used by GALACTIC. Eventually I'll get around to putting in full information for use with the GALACTIC program.

Jim Vassila's Galactic program, supporting software, and files for my galaxy are available as a Zip format file here: GALACTIC.ZIP . This is only updated on a sporadic basis. It's a full screen DOS program, so there's no "install" or anything, just unzip it and execute GALACTIC.EXE.

Reference Table

Code	Allegiance	World			Jump Route
Ac	Arabellan Constituencies	Light Blue	I	9	(none)
As	Aslan	Light Yellow	N	14
Cs	Client State	Red	D	4
Cw	Cold Worlds	Light Magenta	M	13	(none)
Da	Darrian	Blue	A	1	Light Green	J	10
Dr	Droyne	Light Green	J	10	(none)
Fa	Federation of Arden	Magenta	E	5
Fe	Federation	Green	B	2	(none)
Hp	Hinay Protectorate	Brown	F	6	Light Yellow	N	14
Im	Imperial	Light Red	L	12	Green	B	2
Lc	Lirian Conglomerate	Magenta	E	5	Light Green	J	10
Na	Non-aligned	White	G	7	Brown	F	6
Sw	Sword Worlds	Cyan	C	3	Light Yellow	N	14
Tf	TradeMain Foundation	Light Green	J	10	Red	D	4
Tn	Tail Nations	Cyan	C	3	(none)
Va	Vargr	Light Magenta	M	13
Zh	Zhodani	Light Cyan	K	11	Light Magenta	M	13
?	unknown	Dark Grey	H	8

Lookup Table by Color

Color			Imperial		Foreven
Color			Alleg	J.R.	Alleg	J.R.
Blue	A	1	Da		Da
Green	B	2		Im	Fe
Cyan	C	3	Sw		Tn
Red	D	4	Cs		Cs	Tf
Magenta	E	5	Fa		Lc
Brown	F	6			Hp	Na
White	G	7	Na		Na
Dark Grey	H	8	?		?
Light Blue	I	9			Ac
Light Green	J	10	Dr	Da	Tf	Lc
Light Cyan	K	11	Zh	(default)	Zh
Light Red	L	12	Im		Im
Light Magenta	M	13	Va	Zh	Va Cw
Light Yellow	N	14	As	Sw	As	Hp
Bright White	O	15

MegaTraveller

Space Combat

I can't stand a space combat system without vector and thrust movement. This extension to the MegaTraveller rules incorporates these features. Also, this adds character (and optional NPC) skills to the rolls, and includes rules on breaking lock-on through pilot skill.

T4: Marc Miller's Traveller

Character Generation

Personally I liked the detailed year by year generation of MegaTraveller. I find it gives a solid base of detail on which to build a character. On the other hand, T4 has brought together the best of the CT and MT approaches, and it too is a good system.
br>Since both MT and T4 seem to generate similar characters, I will be allowing my players to use either system as they choose. Personally I prefer MT for those of a military career.

I will be using the "best dice" method of T4 for rolling stats, where the player rolls a handful or two :-) of dice and allocates them to stats as desired.

I will also be allowing this system for Decorations in Marc Miller's Traveller.

Space Combat

T4:MMT goes back to the Classic Traveller range band and High Guard Line / Reserve concepts. While I applaud this in principle, I liked my vector system for MT much better, and so will probably be adapting those rules to work with T4.

Task System

I feel strongly that the T4:MMT system puts too much emphasis on characteristics. I don't like the assertion that a character with a stat of 13 and skill-1 is better than a stat of 8 (well above average) and skill-5 (a brilliant expert).

I will be using Ken Bearden's Alternative Task System for Traveller. I will not be using aptitudes; I feel, like Ken, that these are adequately covered by the skill levels themselves.

A simple summary of the system is that the target number consists of (stat + 3 * skill), with (stat + skill) used for Jack of Trades. See the character sheet for the number of dice to roll, and spectacular success and failure.