Originally Posted by Alien Races 4, p109

while speaking, a Shrieker cannot hear.

Originally Posted by nerdvana (Post 1164203)

I'm re-reading the aliens of Traveller (Alien Races #4) and I'm curious about a trait that their description says they should have but that isn't listed in their writeup in that book. In the text on p109 it say...



That said, this is not in their write up on p114. (I would expect Deafness with some level of accessability limitation, perhaps at -75% to make it a -5 point disadvantage.) What do the rest of you think of this?

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer (Post 1164212)

It could also be a valid Quirk if they could easily switch back and forth, and thus wouldn't cost a full -5 points.

Originally Posted by nerdvana (Post 1164216)

As I understand it, they can always shut up. However, if they are in the middle of a speach and someone yells "Duck!" they won't hear it. IMO that is more than a quirk.

Originally Posted by nerdvana (Post 1164203)

That said, this is not in their write up on p114. (I would expect Deafness with some level of accessability limitation, perhaps at -75% to make it a -5 point disadvantage.) What do the rest of you think of this?

Originally Posted by sir_pudding (Post 1164663)

It is a 3e book.

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Well Cannot Speak (Mute) is -25 points, Can Speak would be 25 points; toss a temporary disadvantage on it "Temporary Disadvantage, Deafness, -20%" and that equates to a -5 point disadvantage. Seems about right to me, though I could be wrong...

Ghostdancer

Edit: It could also be a valid Quirk if they could easily switch back and forth, and thus wouldn't cost a full -5 points.

Originally Posted by nerdvana (Post 1164729)

That's true... did they not have such things as accessability in 3e? (I don't know 3e as well as I know 4e)