worthlessbums

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

oh also the mechanic didn't take anagathics so his physical stats are 100% tired old perma-injured old man

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

plotting out the social, economic, and political shocks of a massive price hike in anagathics due to various reasons

normal traveller shit

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

one of the more complicated things is syncing what systems/ship positions and movements are when you play multiple sides

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

the logistics for stockpiling fuel at remote depots is a mess

we need tech level 30 just to move stars around

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

know what's extra fucked about stewawrd

skilling up in traveller (mongoose 1e at least) is done by taking weeks of downtime

usually this would be the weeks you rack up while jumping from place to place

but stewards are working during jumps. and the crew is probably getting into shenanigans while not on jumps

full time stewards don't actually have downtime to do jack shit

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

i bet two paper pushers, a brainwashed cultist, and a lucky mechanic ravaged by age are gonna do real well against a checks notes band of space slavers

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

only two of them have guns. that's the level of prepared they are

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

i did the math and even with steward + high passage my statistical average monthly profit, INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN'S PENSION, is...

-3,262 credits

lol lmao

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

in fairness it's because i don't have the scratch to do speculative cargo in large amounts

also in fairness if i roll average i never will

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

in case you were wondering, two lifelong white collar accountants bumbling about in the seedy underbelly of a massive city asking where to find certain criminal organizations is not going well

worthlessbums, 19 days ago

trying not to get them all immediately murdered by hooking them up with a rando merc character i rolled a million years ago lol

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

recap: accountants got captured

rando merc heard them asking All The Wrong Questions and followed them to rob them, but basically rescued them and extorted them for money + work

ship captain went to his patron to ask for help. patron gets a crew together as a favor (wink wink plot hook) and they storm where the slavers were holed up

the pcs got the easy job of hiding out back and shooting at anyone running out

all four missed every shot and let the rest run as they hid until it was over

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

now i wanna be clear about something

technically

technically one of the four pcs does have gun combat, because she was a space pirate before joining a cosmic horror entity cult

but apparently the overall group incompetence affected her performance

that's my thinking

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

so basically they didn't get the pc's partner back, a bunch of the armed slavers got away and saw some of them, and they owe the ship's captain's patron a fairly large favor

and they have no money and owe the merc a buncha money

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

the merc is arguing with the accountant over what the definition of profit is

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

if you were wondering the captain's name is hugo farooq and he named his ship the huge hugo

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

all roads lead to [smuggling illegal goods]

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

taking bets on how many get arrested and sent to some asteroid prison

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

me: seeing a problem with my travellers' complicated heist plan

me: not saying anything to myself

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

the bean counter hitting a 14 admin check to lie his ass off to get out of low quality false papers is 100% in this group's wheelhouse

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

the cosmic entity cultist thinks the drug dealing hiver is a prophet

the dice have spoken

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

just realized traveller could run an scp campaign

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

not getting into a fight because traveller is deadly: ❌

not touching, looking at, smelling, going near, or thinking about anything because it all could be an scp: ✅

worthlessbums, 18 days ago

let's be honest i already put in predators, ass blasters (tremors), xemomorph-ish things, and now cosmic horror entities

a room that won't let you leave Because Reasons isn't exactly out of the realm of possibility