TravCalc Tutorial¶
The GUI¶
After the program starts, there should be a screen that looks like:
The screen contains various outlined areas that are labeled as:
Task:Choose the difficulty and die-modifiers for a task.Roll:Choose the roll type to perform.Damage:Calculate a damage roll.Outcome:Displays a plotted graph of the roll chances, and of the roll result if a difficulty is chosen.
Note
Plotted graphs are generated only when difficulties are selected. D66 rolls will never generate graphs.
Making a Task Roll¶
Typically, task rolls will have a difficulty chosen by the game’s referee. The player simply clicks the Task Difficulty button and clicks on the difficulty level. This will unlock the rest of the Task area that the player can fill in as well. It’s pretty much self-explanatory how the rest is filled in. It is assumed that the player has a characteristic and a skill in mind when changing these values.
Note
The default Characteristic value is 7. Be sure to input your character’s own value in its place before rolling any dice. The same goes for the Skill Level, which has a default of 0. Give it the value of your character’s skill level for the task being done.
Don’t worry about the characteristic Mod amount. Its value is calculated automatically, as well as the DM Total.
Once the DM is calculated, a roll is then made (determined by the referee). The dice will be shown. The roll Result and Effect will be calculated. And the Task Time will be calculated if a Timeframe was chosen.
A graph of the Outcome will then be displayed.
Making a Damage Roll¶
The D and DD rolls calculate the “soaking” of damage against armor. Armor amount is entered, along with hidden Cover amount (which is new in v3.0.6b) and AP amount. The number of dice is selected. And a DM can be added before clicking either the D or DD roll buttons. The effect will be added to D rolls.
The Clear button will reset the damage area. The Clear All button will reset all the areas.