Pyramid Review
Traveller's Aide #1: Personal Weapons of Charted Space
Published by Quiklink Interactive/RPG Realms
Written by Martin J. Dougherty with Fred Mars, Shane Mclean, Megan Robertson and Mark Urbin plus Frank G. Pitt
Art by Bryan Gibson, Chad Fidler and Steve Bryant
48-page b&w softcover; $10.95
The first supplement to be released for RPG Realms' d20 System adaptation of the Traveller setting is Personal Weapons of Charted Space. Also the first in the Traveller's Aide series, it looks specifically at the type of melee weapons and firearms carried by "Travellers" (or adventurers) during a game, but not guns or other hardware of a military nature. Thus weapons such as the Advanced Combat Rifle, the Gauss Rifle, and all Fusion and Plasma Guns will be detailed in another supplement, as will armor and other defensive systems. Further, it provides statistics for not only Traveller T20, but also Classic Traveller, drawing specifically from Book 1, Book 4, and Supplement 4 of the Classic Traveller line, as well as MegaTraveller and later incarnations.
The layout of this slim supplement is clean and tidy, with just the occasional line drawing of a melee weapon or more frequently a firearm to break up the text. It could use more of these illustrations and the lack of them -- especially for some of Traveller's more esoteric weapons -- is perhaps the only real letdown to Personal Weapons of Charted Space. Two types of voice are employed throughout, one objective for the rules and associated . . .
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Article publication date: August 22, 2003
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