overgeeked
B/X Known World
I really hope the latest D&D UA isn't a stealth Star Frontiers 5E reboot. I really hope it's Spelljammer. I love me some Star Frontiers...but come on.
Christopher Perkins wrote three StarFrontiers screen plays!
aramis erak
Legend
Why not both? The Frontier might be one whopping big Crystal Sphere...
I didn't see Vrusk, Sathar, Humma, Ifsnits, Mechanon...
Mechanon can be approximated with Autognomes or Warforged.
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Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I have to respect Star Frontiers fans. Back in the 80s, when you had the granddad of sci-fi RPGs Traveller at the one end and WEG's Star Wars at the other, they said, no, I want the one with the winged monkey aliens and the amoebas.
aramis erak
Legend
I wanted both. I just didn't have players wanting both.
overgeeked
B/X Known World
We played Star Wars and Star Frontiers, thank you.
aramis erak
Legend
The nifty things about Star Frontiers that set it apart...
No FTL Drives; FTL is a natural effect of speed and distance.
The core races: Vrusk, Yazirans, Dralasites.
The core badguys: the Sathar - worms with arms! Alien enough to be alien. Understandable enough to be run.
The tech is understandable, but low enough not to instantly solve things.
Clear role protections, but not exclusions.
Plenty of adventures.
The big drawback? No starting ship-characters.
If I had to place Star Frontiers in the Traveller TL scale, I'd put it largely about TL 9-10, with Trek being TL 17-22 depending upon series, and Star Wars firmly over 20....
No FTL Drives; FTL is a natural effect of speed and distance.
The core races: Vrusk, Yazirans, Dralasites.
The core badguys: the Sathar - worms with arms! Alien enough to be alien. Understandable enough to be run.
The tech is understandable, but low enough not to instantly solve things.
Clear role protections, but not exclusions.
Plenty of adventures.
The big drawback? No starting ship-characters.
If I had to place Star Frontiers in the Traveller TL scale, I'd put it largely about TL 9-10, with Trek being TL 17-22 depending upon series, and Star Wars firmly over 20....
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I suppose I was mostly just being flip. Heck, I played Traveller (and Megatraveller, for that matter), Star Wars, and Star Frontiers back then. I certainly gravitated more towards Star Wars, though.
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