On Thu, 7 May 2026 10:04:51 -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton - chris at
vindaloo.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote to Freelance
Traveller:

>According to CT Book 5, a character that successfully completes college gets an EDU increase
>of `1D-2 / DM +1 when INT >= 9`. The rules mention that the minimum increase is 1. Would you
>take that minimum increase before or after the DM?

Generally, this phrasing means that after you do the die roll indicated, if
it's less than the supplied minimum, change it to the minimum. Thus,

>
>Scenerio:
>
>Character with INT A (10) successfully finished college. He rolls a 2 on one die to increase
>his education. There are two ways to to apply this:
>
>    2 - 2 => 0 ; 0 + 1 => 1 => EDU boost is 1

this is the correct interpretation.

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