Question about Traveller's Shriekers

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by nerdvana

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?

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.