Characteristics, Skills, and Tasks
<Characteristics>
Social Standing (SOC) - The DMs from SOC are highly fungible In My Traveller Universe (IMTU). Generally, a Baron is not going to be able to comport himself appropriately in a local dive bar - politely, yes; in a manner that generates camaraderie with the locals, no. Occasionally, I may rule that a normally positive SOC DM will yield a negative DM to a check, in some situations. The opposite is also true - a low SOC score can be an asset for some endeavors - especially illicit endeavors. As outlined below, this is always the case when the Streetwise skill is being used in conjunction with SOC.
<Skills>
Streetwise - Any Social Standing (SOC) modifiers that might apply to Streetwise checks are inverted so that PCs with high SOC scores receive a negative DM to Streetwise checks (i.e. SOC 9, which normally generates a +1 DM, gives a -1 DM to Streetwise checks) and vice versa (i.e. SOC 5, which normally generates a -1 DM, gives a +1 DM to Streetwise checks).
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:43, Sun 01 Dec 2019.