Mercenary (1978)

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RPG	Traveller (Classic)
Genre	Science Fiction (Hard Sci Fi)
Setting	The Third Imperium Traveller (Classic) Traveller (Mongoose) Mongoose Traveller System Traveller T20 d20 System Traveller T4: Marc Miller's Traveller
Series	Traveller Books Traveller (Classic)
Series Code	Book 4
Category	Sourcebook (rules/options to enhance play)
Mechanic	Dice (Primarily d6) Lifepath Character Generation (Character starts at birth) Skill Based (buy or gain skills)
Designer	Frank Chadwick
Artist	Richard Hentz
Production Staff	Rich Banner
Publisher	Diseños Orbitales Games Workshop Ltd. GDW Games
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Year Published	1978
Primary Name	Mercenary
Alternate Names	Mercenario

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Libro 4: Mercenario

Year: 1990

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Product Code: 2202

ISBN-10: 8487423043

83 pages

Size: A4

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Year: 1978

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Year: 1978

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Product Code: 304

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In depth, a treatment of all aspects of military adventures in the universe of Traveller. Detailed character generation for mercenary characters, including 11 new skills and 12 advanced weapon types. Plus, rules for recruiting, tickets, and the resolution of battles. Mercenary, aimed at the military oriented Traveller adventurer.

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Pg. 18	Air and Orbital Force Skill Charts for Traveller The Dungeoneer (Issue 12, Jul - Aug 1979) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic)	Mercenary-style skill tables for character training in Airspace Command.	Edit
Pg. 33	Air Strike Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society (Issue 17) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic)	A close air support rules module for Mercenary.	Edit
Pg. 19	Expanded Combat for Traveller Book 1: Characters and Combat Traveller (Classic) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic) The Space Gamer (Issue 43 - Sep 1981)	Variant rules for critical success and failure, and a large number of new combat die modifiers to improve combat	Edit
Pg. 34	Four Mercenary Tickets Gryphon (Issue 4 - Winter 1981) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic)	Scenarios for Traveller mercenary teams.	Edit
Pg. 24	Mercenary Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic) The Space Gamer (Issue 22 - Mar 1979)	Review of GDW's Traveller supplement.	Edit
Pg. 28	Military Academy: An Option for Mercenary Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society (Issue 10) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic)	Optional rules for character generation.	Edit
Pg. 30	Module: Mercenary Character Generation Outline Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society (Issue 3) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic)	A guide to character generation in Traveller Book 4, Mercenary.	Edit
Pg. 51	Nautical Force Command Book 5: High Guard (Second Edition) Traveller (Classic) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic) Book 6: Scouts Traveller (Classic) StarDrive (Volume 1, Issue 1 - Jan 1988) Traveller Boxed Set Traveller (Classic) Show More »	'Wet' navy characters - A Traveller Character Genneration Variant	Edit
Pg. 14	Open Box Supplement 01: 1001 Characters Traveller (Classic) Balastor's Barracks RuneQuest (1st & 2nd Editions) Basic Role-Playing (BRP) The Dragon Crown Basic D&D Compatible Product Original D&D Compatible Products Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic) Of Skulls and Scrapfaggot Green Basic D&D Compatible Product Original D&D Compatible Products White Dwarf (Issue 14 - Aug 1979) Show More »	Examining SF and Fantasy games and rulebooks currently in stores. -Mercenary and 1001 Characters for Traveller by	Edit
Pg. 15	Sky Rig Book 5: High Guard (Second Edition) Traveller (Classic) Book 4: Mercenary Traveller (Classic) Traveller: Starter Edition Traveller (Classic) White Dwarf (Issue 57 - Sep 1984)	A Traveller Scenario for 3-6 Player Characters. The Referee will need Books 1-5 (or Starter Edition plus Books 4	Edit

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