Babylon 5 D20 campaign idea, need input.

[KenM]

Ok, the setting is 1.5- 2 years after the final B5 season, but before the final episode, and Crusade. I want the player characters to work for Garabaldi at Edger's(SP?) company. Helping him track down all those black projects. I think a telepath would help the party, but I don't know if Garabaldi (i'll run him as an NPC from time to time) would trust telepaths to work for him at that point in timeline. What do you people think? Should I not allow telepaths?

 

[MongooseMatt]

After what the Psi Corps did to him, I don't think any telepaths should reveal themselves as such. . .

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Garibaldi hates telepaths, except for two hot-looking telepaths he ran into. (Seems to me all but maybe one female telepath was hot-looking, and that one exception might have been a guy.)

He wouldn't trust a telepath, although he might work with one he never has to meet face-to-face (so they can't read his mind).

Maybe the players could just ... not ... tell him about the blip working for them.

PS Edgar was his name-o.

 

[KenM]

The thing is though, Garabaldi would test them, and its obvious from the show that Edgar's indstries had the means to detect telepath's. I'll figure something out. I still need to pick up B5 D20 stuff anyway. People that played it, how is it?

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

The thing is though, Garabaldi would test them, and its obvious from the show that Edgar's indstries had the means to detect telepath's. I'll figure something out. I still need to pick up B5 D20 stuff anyway. People that played it, how is it?

He does have a test, but if the group telepath never goes near him, he won't test them or even know about them.

I suppose I mistakenly suggested tha the telepath (pretending not to be one) would walk up to him and ask for a job. Sorry.

 

[Stormborn]

I think Garabaldi would have a hard time trusting a TP, but if it was someone who had opposed Psi Core in the past he might be willing to cut them a break while watching them carefully. If he trusted someone who vouched for the TP then he might be even more inclined to let them have a job. But, how about nonhuman telepaths? How far afield will the game be set, if it is outer rim then nonhumans might fit the group.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I think Garabaldi would have a hard time trusting a TP, but if it was someone who had opposed Psi Core in the past he might be willing to cut them a break while watching them carefully. If he trusted someone who vouched for the TP then he might be even more inclined to let them have a job. But, how about nonhuman telepaths? How far afield will the game be set, if it is outer rim then nonhumans might fit the group.

They're not members of the PsiCorps, of course, but Garibaldi probably won't like anyone near him who could look into his head.

For that matter, hasn't he worked with the Rangers before? Most Minbari rangers were members of the Religious caste. All Minbari teeps are members of the Religious caste. Maybe he became comfortable around them, though I doubt it.

 

[Staffan]

For that matter, hasn't he worked with the Rangers before? Most Minbari rangers were members of the Religious caste.

They are? I was under the impression that the Rangers were typically a concern for the Warrior caste - this was one of Neroon's objections to Delenn becoming Ranger One.

 

[Storyteller01]

I remember finding a Technomancer PrC someone created and posted. I thought it was a bit over powered, but it might make a good NPC for your campaign.

Nevermind. I tried to find it, but it looks like everyone has a technomancer on-line now.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

They are? I was under the impression that the Rangers were typically a concern for the Warrior caste - this was one of Neroon's objections to Delenn becoming Ranger One.

The Religious Caste was the one that belived in the prophecy (and therefore, the Shadows and so forth). The Warrior Caste believed that stuff was a waste of time. There's a reason why Lennier was a Ranger (or at least went on their missions). Plus, the warrior caste disdains the humans for being weak, and humans were in the Rangers since early in the series.

I got the info from my Babylon Guide, although I don't recall the episode where they clarified this.

I'll need to go find out about Neroon though. I know what you said (typed) sounds very familiar.

Looking at websites didn't help me much. The first Ranger leader was Valen, then many years later it was Lennan (who died during the Earth Minbar war). Some decade later Sinclair became Ranger One. The warrior caste tolerated this because at the time the Rangers were weak.

Later on, the White Star Fleet, built by Workers, Religious Minbari, and Vorlons appeared. The Warrior Caste was angered.

Later, Delenn found that note from Valen naming her Ranger One. Nerroon was infuriated because fighting is for the warriors (and probably because of Delenn's transformation).

-shok (meaning "the application of force") have a thousand year history. Shortly after Valen appeared to the Minbari, some within the warrior caste were organized into an elite corps to combat the Shadows. Since that time, the Rangers (as they are called in Standard English) dwindled in number until 2258 C.E. when the Shadows were discovered to be on the move again. The group was revitalized by Ambassador Jeffrey Sinclair shortly after he opened the first Earth embassy on Minbar. Aiding the Rangers are the Vorlons and certain sympathizer states.

Seems they started out as warriors after all. Lennon, their leader during the Minbar war, may have been a member of the Religious caste, however. The group was small at the time, having less than a hundred members.