4E Sci-fi?

[ProtoClone]

I was curious if anyone has heard if there is a 4e sci-fi setting in the works?

 

[ThirdWizard]

insert comment about Star Wars Saga Edition

insert comment about Star Wars not being sci-fi

insert 10 page debate off topic on the genre of Star Wars


But seriously, there has been a very brief mention of a d20 Modern game that was made off hand by a developer (The Rouse?) months before 4e was released in a comment about the 4e GSL that probably has no bearing on current plans whatsoever. That's about the closest you'll get, I think. I would say nothing is in the works at the moment for anything sci-fi related, and we have no idea if anything is even in the works for non-D&D based 4e-like products at all.

 

[ProtoClone]

insert comment about Star Wars Saga Edition

insert comment about Star Wars not being sci-fi

insert 10 page debate off topic on the genre of Star Wars


But seriously, there has been a very brief mention of a d20 Modern game that was made off hand by a developer (The Rouse?) months before 4e was released in a comment about the 4e GSL that probably has no bearing on current plans whatsoever. That's about the closest you'll get, I think. I would say nothing is in the works at the moment for anything sci-fi related, and we have no idea if anything is even in the works for non-D&D based 4e-like products at all.

yeah, forgot about Star Wars...but I was more hoping for something generic.

thinking about it I can take elements from SWSE to try and make my own. But I was really hoping for a generic setting without specific powers.

 

[Simon Atavax]

insert comment about Star Wars Saga Edition

insert comment about Star Wars not being sci-fi

insert 10 page debate off topic on the genre of Star Wars

Insert 10 page debate on the definition of "Science fiction"

 

[ProtoClone]

Insert 10 page debate on the definition of "Science fiction"

insert sigh, followed by shoulder shrug.

 

[Simon Atavax]

I was curious if anyone has heard if there is a 4e sci-fi setting in the works?

BTW, when you say "4e", do you mean "D&D 4e"? As in Spelljammer or something? Or do you mean a sci-fi *game* using a new/modified version of 4e?

I'm thinking d20 Modern "4e" here, but I don't know if such a product is forthcoming.

 

[Angellis_ater]

Dreamscarred Press is working on a "Smart Setting"* called Dark Earth which is Science-Fantasy, with a slant towards Sci-Fi on that scale.

Goodman Games is publishing DEM's "Amethyst" setting which is also part Fantasy, part Sci-Fi.

*= Smart Settings will be a series of short (20 pages) settings that gives a GM a basic world in which to game, without restricting them. If a specific setting proves successful, DSP will continue to support it with additional material.

 

[TheNovaLord]

would be interested into how to work sci-fi combat powers.

For the most part these are longer ranges, using mostly weapons rather than psionics et al

wrote big 3.5 sci-fi rpg, not sure how id start to convert to 4e style.

would it need at will, encounter powers etc for space combat??

 

[Dias Ex Machina]

Then Amethyst is close to what you may want. The 4 new classes are entirely Science Fiction-based with variety of weapons and armour to fit and match. They are also designed in a certain way to allow their removal from the setting if you want to create your own homebrew setting with a science fiction flare. Hope that helps...

I hope that doesn't sound like I'm bragging.