General Event Outcomes

[Spinward Scout]

If you need to quickly determine the outcome of any Event, you can roll on this Table to see if it's good or bad. It's slightly skewed in favor of something good or average. Nice for Solo gaming, too.

Outcomes:

2 Windfall!
3 Happening
4 Setback
5 Mishap
6 Bonus
7 Happening
8 Setback
9 Mishap
10 Bonus
11 Happening
12 Disaster!

Windfall!
- 1 in 36 chance

Bonus
- 8 in 36 chance

Happening
- 10 in 36 chance

Setback
- 8 in 36 chance

Mishap
- 8 in 36 chance

Disaster!
- 1 in 36 chance

 

[mike wightman]

Great minds and all that - from 6 years ago:

Using the reaction table...

for more than just NPC reactions. Something I started doing years ago for Daredevils was to use the NPC reactions table in that game to add fluff to other skill rolls and character actions. It works for CT too. Whenever a player has their character do something of note - interacting with an...

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[coliver988]

I use that reaction table for a LOT of things however - isn't 2 (low end) bad and 12(high end) good? Your version is inverted from the NPC reaction table.

 

[mike wightman]

I am of the opinion that 2 should be bad and 12 should be good if using the standard roll high model, which is why my version is the way it is.

 

[Spinward Scout]

Yeah, I should switch those. Can't edit it, tho.

Great minds and all that - from 6 years ago:

Using the reaction table...

for more than just NPC reactions. Something I started doing years ago for Daredevils was to use the NPC reactions table in that game to add fluff to other skill rolls and character actions. It works for CT too. Whenever a player has their character do something of note - interacting with an...

www.travellerrpg.com

Great minds think alike!

And so do ours!