Re: T:2000 Comparison

Following Rob Dean's lead, I present a chart showing skill levels for
MegaTraveller.  Note that many, if not most, skills in MT allow an additional
DM based off some attribute.

Skill          Success     Rough Equivalency of T:2000 Skill
  0             58.3%        6
  1             72.2%        7
  2             83.3%        8
  3             91.6%        9
  4+            97.2%       10

This is all based off a Routine Task (7+), to compre with the Twilight 2000
Routine Tasks (base skill roll) that Rob Dean posted.

> Since a typical very skilled Traveller has a three or a four in his main
> skill, it can be seen that a Traveller skill level must be worth more than
> a T:2000 skill level (otherwise most ship's engineers would damage their
> drives on a routine repair attempt 28% of the time.)

It appears that a typical Traveller character has a skill in T:2000 about
6 higher than her Traveller skill level.  A level 1 skill in Traveller is
worth about a level 7 skill in T:2000.
This was one of the things I liked so much about Traveller; skill-1 meant
something.  You didn't have to have a level 5 skill just to have an even
chance at succeeding!  This is my big gripe with most d20, d10, or d100
based game systems.  (I also prefer bell curves.)

	Chris Bertani			[email removed]