A New MT Class: the Hitch-Hiker

By [unnamed sender] ·

TML message #6397From bundle 520

Here is a new character class for MegaTraveller.  I apologize for being out of
date, but I haven't had time to update this class to TNE yet.

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Character_Type:__Hitch-Hiker__|  Rank and Service Skills:  Hitch-1     |
    Prior Service Table   |___|________________________________________|
                          |__Enlistment_Restrictions:__Pre-Stellar+____|
      Enlist:  9+         |           Acquired Skills Table            |
    DM +1 if:  StrPrt B+  |                                            |
    DM +2 if:  TL 5-      |    Personal Skills     Service Skills      |
                          |    1.  Physical        1.  Space           |
       Draft:  --         |    2.  +1 Dex          2.  Zero-G Env      |
                          |    3.  +1 End          3.  Vacc Suit       |
    Survival:  7+         |    4.  Vice            4.  Hitch           |
    DM +2 if:  Int 9+     |    5.  Hand Cbt        5.  Streetwise      |
                          |    6.  Carousing       6.  Liaison         |
    Position:  --         |                                            |
    DM +1 if:  --         |    Adv. Education      Adv. Education      |
                          |    1.  Vehicle         1.  Medical         |
   Promotion:  --         |    2.  Steward         2.  Inborn          |
    DM +1 if:  --         |    3.  Survival        3.  Persuasion      |
                          |    4.  Vice            4.  Technical       |
Special Duty:  6+         |    5.  Gun Cbt         5.  Admin           |
                          |    6.  Forgery         6.  Hitch           |
____Reenlist:__5+_________|________________________Only for Edu 8+_____|
                          |           Mustering Out Tables             |
      Table of Ranks      |                                            |
                          |    Cash Table          Benefits Table      |
  1.         --           |    1.      --          1.  Towel           |
  2.         --           |    2.  Cr   1,000      2.  Low Psg         |
  3.         --           |    3.  Cr  10,000      3.  Weapon          |
  4.         --           |    4.  Cr  50,000      4.  Guide           |
  5.         --           |    5.  Cr  50,000      5.  Thumb           |
__6._________--___________|____6.__Cr_100,000______6.__Travellers'_____|
Skill Descriptions & Restrictions:                                     |
Hitch - the individual is skilled in finding a ship with an available  |
space, and persuading people to give them such a space.                |
Towel - any Hitch-Hiker receiving Hand Cbt has the option of taking    |
the skill Towel, which has the following              Pen  Block  Dmg  |
stats, when used by a skilled person.     Towel(Dry)   1     1     2   |
                                          Towel(Wet)   2     1     3   |
Note:  Hitch-Hikers' cannot gain more than level 3 in any skill.       |
Re-roll_on_the_tables_as_is_necessary_to_prevent_this._________________|
Benefit Descriptions:                                                  |
Towel - a terry-cloth beach towel, about 0.75m X 1.5m.                 |
Guide - a copy of the Hitch-Hikers' Guide to the Imperium.             |
Thumb_-_Hitch-Hiker_lingo_for_a_Far Orbit_range_radio._________________|