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genshou wrote: Please do. I like the richness of the Alternity damage system, but I wouldn't mind having the simplicity of the hit point system. In so many other parts of the system, according to my analysis, the d20 version seems to have been derived from the Warships version. But damage...

I have done some work on this problem. Here are some notes on conversion and compatibility I have generated: http://www.ashmead.net/~angel/Star*Forge/d20WarshipsNotes.htm Hull points and armor stats converted between the two systems fairly straightforwardly, but I couldn't find a way to...

Here is a good web-based one: http://www.pathguy.com/d20modern.htm This is also a good web-based one, with more features. However, they do require payment for access to all the bells and whistles. Some on this board who have paid the money have spoken highly of it...

Here's the summary of the differences I handed out to my players for my d20 Star*Drive campaign: http://www.ashmead.net/~angel/Star*Drive/d20%20Modern%20vs%20D&D.pdf

The Black Kestrel wrote: The first is my own tinkering with Peter Fuesz' Warships sheet in an attempt to generate d20 Future ships by picking Warships options. It was functional, and my group did a couple of space combats with ships created under it, but it was never wholly satisfactory. I...

Shadowdancer wrote: I've got a spec sheet, though I don't know where it came from, and I haven't been able to find it again. But according to the sheet, the Firefly class ship has a "5 laminate hull with three layers of void fluid reseal embed." Laminate can mean all kinds of things, and you...

d20 Future sensor arrays are packages of sensor systems used in Alternity Warships. Warships defines the ranges of these sensor types individually, with some systems being available in more powerful versions. I have broken up the sensor subsystems below by d20 Future Sensor Array class, and...

Von Ether wrote: It isn't exactly guilt either. One of the unique things about the show is that women in it are allowed to enjoy sex without it being treated as dirty, or like some kind of pathology. Kaylee is sensual. As for an RPG, Margaret Weiss Productions is apparently going to...

Tongues wrote: The unfortunate thing about pawn shops is that they're scrutinized more closely than the corner Second Hand store.

A fence isn't necessarily a guy in a silk suit with glittering rings on his fat fingers, though there is that class of fence. Often fences work some legitimate cover -- junk shops not rarely -- and handle both the 'walk-in trade' and will deal with higher ticket items, including setting up jobs...

Travel technology, as Byrons_Ghost has mentioned, is an important defining factor. It affects not just how much planet-hopping you can do, but also the whole feel of what humanity's horizons are. Note how in some settings, like the Aliens universe, space travel takes decades, during which the...

It looks like what you've got in mind is for the permutations to always look like English sentences, which will probably not work out by the way you describe it. The same rules by which: Bob likes fish. turns into: Breakfast probably is when we're going to kill Ricardo. will turn: Nobody...

If you're looking for a historically accurate model for Egyptian magic, the problem is that there really is no such thing. Most of what is believed about the ancient Egyptian practice of magic in New Age mysticism actually originated in a cannon of writings purportedly by a Hermes Trismagestis...

C. Blaize: Well, considering how it has already veered from the vision in Robert Heinlien's book, I suspect some purists are already concerned about the state of the franchise. But for me it's enough to note that the Starship Troopers game comes with miniatures perfect for the Klicks in my...

Aside from anything else you might like or dislike about the setting, it seems to me worth encouraging the development of a fully supported science-fiction campaign setting. I think it's wonderful that you can download supplemental rules for a couple of bucks, and that people can make money...

philreed wrote: Adventure hooks aren't bad. No matter how inventive you are, somebody else can always give you and idea that you wouldn't have thought of, but you can make a lot of when it is presented to you. But that comes far short of a module, a prepared adventure. Really, it's no less...

My own problem is that I'm looking to do conversions of the old Star*Drive modules (and possibly later some old Star Wars and Buck Rogers modules), and I'm concerned that the conversions themselves can quickly end up needing re-conversion. Especially for science fiction, I'm seeing a lot more...

Azgulor wrote: I have dumped an Excel sheet of some notes into a web page: http://www.ashmead.net/~angel/Star*Forge/d20WarshipsNotes.htm Basically, it looks like you can easily convert from Warships to d20 Future at least for hull and armor. Weapons are a bit of an issue, because they don't...

I'm not seeing where you'd get the Excel sheet, though I did manage to find Ironcleaver's .pdf datasheet, which is very interesting. I do think he's probably missing a bet if he is trying to reverse engineer d20 Future starships without reference to Warships, but the results are impressive...

In their Starship Construction Manual, RPG Objects sort of gives the raspberry to the idea that you might need a spreadsheet to design a starship, but even with their straightforward and robust system, there is still a fair bit of calculation and record keeping, not to mention numerous easily...