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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2594808" data-attributes="member: 14159">The d20 Babylon 5 RPG is pretty good.&nbsp; It does a good job of capturing the feel of Babylon 5.It goes out of the way to get the gritty atmosphere of B5 really down pat.&nbsp; Characters get few HP (ever play Weird Wars?&nbsp; Similar HP system to that), so that even a high level character has a chance of being brought down by one PPG hit (like Garibaldi at the end of the first season).&nbsp; There are a lot of PrC's created specifically to reflect things from episodes (like a True Seeker PrC from the episode &quot;Grail&quot;), and it's clearly written by people who know B5 well and know d20 well.Avoid the trap that some people play when playing a d20 Sci-Fi RPG of making it &quot;D&amp;D In Space&quot; (which is a trap I've seen some Star Wars games fall into), B5 characters aren't superheroic, and weapons kill.&nbsp; Remember, on the series, the characters duck and take cover when shots fly.Avoid at all costs &quot;The Babylon Project&quot;, the failed original B5 RPG.&nbsp; I could go off on a rant on how poor it is, but suffice it to say it wasn't even a good reference work on the show, much less a decent RPG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2594808, member: 14159"] The d20 Babylon 5 RPG is pretty good. It does a good job of capturing the feel of Babylon 5. It goes out of the way to get the gritty atmosphere of B5 really down pat. Characters get few HP (ever play Weird Wars? Similar HP system to that), so that even a high level character has a chance of being brought down by one PPG hit (like Garibaldi at the end of the first season). There are a lot of PrC's created specifically to reflect things from episodes (like a True Seeker PrC from the episode "Grail"), and it's clearly written by people who know B5 well and know d20 well. Avoid the trap that some people play when playing a d20 Sci-Fi RPG of making it "D&D In Space" (which is a trap I've seen some Star Wars games fall into), B5 characters aren't superheroic, and weapons kill. Remember, on the series, the characters duck and take cover when shots fly. Avoid at all costs "The Babylon Project", the failed original B5 RPG. I could go off on a rant on how poor it is, but suffice it to say it wasn't even a good reference work on the show, much less a decent RPG. [/QUOTE]

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