What is your TRAVELLER stat build?

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REAL-WORLD TRAVELLER STATISTICS

The method shown below will yield characters' statistics that more closely match their player's real-world capabilities.  Each player participates in a live-action testing procedure and records the results.  These results closely match the player's real-world abilities.  As always, adjustment can be made under the referee's discretion.

STRENGTH

Subject holds an 8-pound barbell in one hand with the arm extended fully, straight away from the body and parallel to the floor.

Time: Score:
<1 second 2
1 to 5 seconds 3
15 seconds 4
30 seconds 5
45 seconds 6
60 seconds 7
75 seconds 8
90 seconds 9
2 minutes 10
3 minutes 11
4 minutes 12
5 minutes 13
6 minutes 14
7 minutes 15

DEXTERITY

Tester holds a 12" ruler a few inches above subject's hand, with the 12" mark toward the ceiling.

Drop the ruler three times in between the subject's fingers for the subject to catch.

Record the number between the subject's fingers each time (round fractions), then ignore the highest and lowest number for the subject's Dexterity.

Subtract this number from 15. The result is the subjects DEX.

ENDURANCE

Subject holds his or her breath.

Time: Score:
<1 second 2
1 to 5 seconds 3
15 seconds 4
30 seconds 5
45 seconds 6
60 seconds 7
75 seconds 8
90 seconds 9
2 minutes 10
3 minutes 11
4 minutes 12
5 minutes 13
6 minutes 14
7 minutes 15

INTELLIGENCE

How sharp and perceptive you are; not necessarily knowing a lot of stuff (which actually comes closer to Education); mental quickness and adaptability; using your mind to maximize the current situation.

The subject's INT score starts at 3. Total point value for each correct answer to the following questions for final score:

1. "What is 2+2?"
2. "Without looking, what is the booth behind the subject selling?"
3. "What is the biggest number you can make with three digits?"
4. "What is the next letter in this order: O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E?"
5. "What is your favorite game?"
6. "Who is your favorite Imperium Games employee?"

EDUCATION

Highest Education Completed Score
No Schooling Whatsoever! 0
Preschool 1
Elementary School 2
Junior High 3
GED/GRE certification 4
High School Graduate 5
College 6
College Graduate 7
Master Degree 8
Ph.D. 9
Graduated Cum Laude +1
Graduated Magna Cum Laude +2
Average pages read in a month (fiction, non-fiction, classic literature, magazine, etc.):
500 to 1,000 +1
>1,000 +2
Just (or mostly) comic books -1
Just (or mostly) The National Inquirer -1
Do you / Have you read...Newspaper everyday, or Encyclopediaor Dictionary, beginning to end +1
Traveller, any edition, start to end +1

SOCIAL STATUS

Annual Household Income Score
Below $1,000 (700 pounds) 1
$1,000 to $5,000 (700 to 3,000 pounds) 2
$5,000 to $10,00 (3,000 to 7,000 pounds) 3
$10,00 to $15,000 (7,000 to 10,000 pounds) 4
$15,000 to $20,000 (10,000 to 15,000 pounds) 5
$20,000 to $30,000 (15,000 to 20,000 pounds) 6
$30,000 to $50,000 (20,000 to 35,000 pounds) 7
$50,000 to $75,000 (35,000 to 50,000 pounds) 8
$75,000 to $100,000 (50,000 to 75,000 pounds) 9
$100,000 to $500,000 (75,000 to 350,000 pounds) 10 (A)
$500,000+ (350,000 pounds+) 11 (B)
Do you have any currently famous relative? (politics, TV/movies, etc.) Yes = +1
Have you ever been on television or in a movie? Yes = +1
Have you ever been honored nationally? Yes = +1
Do you play Traveller? Yes = +1

PSIONICS

Have a tester flip a coin 15 times. Guess heads or tales (front or back), whatever. The subject's PSI score is equal to the number of right answers.

UNIVERSAL PERSONALITY PROFILE

The values are arranged in the order of: STR, DEX, END, INT, EDU, SOC, and PSI. Example: 777777-7 is an average Traveller character with a moderately strong Psionic Strength.

DICE MODIFIERS

Each ability score includes a Dice Modifier, which is added to a skill roll when determining the success or failure of using an associated skill.

2D: DM:
0 (-3)
1-2 (-2)
3-5 (-1)
6-8 (+0)
9-11 (+1)
12-14 (+2)
15+ (+3)

INTELLIGENCE ANSWERS

1. "4": +1
2. Appropriate answer: +2
3. "9 to 9th power to the 9th power ((9^9)^9)": +3
3. "999": +1
4. "N" (for Nine; "O" is One, "T" is Two, "T" is Three, and so on.): +4
5. "Traveller" or "Marc Miller's Traveller": +1
6. "Whoever is giving this test": +1