On 14Oct2020 0633, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:

> One of my axes to grind (beyond the possible abuses of BPs) is that  > I've yet to meet a basic MT generator that will let me start an
spend > a term or two in a second career before play.
That's in houserule territory, so I'm not surprised. Taking a second
career before play begins is a perk of being a Vargr.

> Another minor gripe is Rifleman/Combat Rifleman. If you are a good  > shot with a rifle, it won't take you long to function with an AR. I
 > think Rifleman -> Combat Rifleman when you get at least 1 level of >
CRM.
Note that Combat Rifleman does not include Autorifle, for some reason.
Another silliness with that was that Army guys started with Combat
Rifleman-1, but were quite likely to be getting advances in 'Gun
Combat', which doesn't allow combat Rifleman as a choice. Thus if they
don't want to end up with two skills that mostly overlap (Rifleman and
Combat Rifleman) they'll probably do something like stack SMG (seeing as
they get a level in it when commissioned). It could end up all a bit
strange.

One thing we always used to do was allow you to roll your d6 for a
skill, and *then* choose which table it came from. Thus if you were
rolling from someone in the Army, and you rolled a '2' you could then
choose from +1 Dex, Grav Vehicle, Mechanical, or (if Edu 8+) Tactics
(assuming MegaTraveller).

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>