D20 Klingons?

[Psion]

I heard of Prime Directive d20 but didn't know it was out.

What's it like? A fair take on d20? Or is it overly plagued by over specific classes the way too many d20 products by companies whose specialty isn't d20 tend to be?

 

[Psion]

Yeah, but how many of you new-school roleplayers would be willing to play a Not-Exactly Star Trek game?

I don't know if I qualify as a new school roleplayer, but AFAIAC, they progressively screwed up the franchise worse with each successive series, so a TOS based game has a certain appeal to me.

 

[JPL]

I think my problem with Prime Directive would be that this is not simply TOS Trek --- it is a strange evolutionary offshoot of TOS, raised somewhere among the Galapagos Islands, where it has cross-bred with fanfic, old-school wargames, aliens from some other IP license, and various strains of non-canon continuity.

And these Klingons, for instance, are just going to be swarthy guys with rosy cheeks and a vaguely Soviet vibe. Not only will there be no Worf...there will be nothing of the culture and backstory we've seen developed since TOS. In its place...fanfic and extrapolation.

[Which may be brilliant, for all I know, but that sort of thing usually isn't.]

 

[qstor]

I heard of Prime Directive d20 but didn't know it was out.

What's it like? A fair take on d20? Or is it overly plagued by over specific classes the way too many d20 products by companies whose specialty isn't d20 tend to be?

I heard it was based on the Star Fleet Battles wargaming universe. I know there's a GURPS version of the game. I believe the Klingons are all the non-ridged versions from TOS. There are also some of the races from the Animated series.

Mike

 

[2WS-Steve]

Here's a thread on RPGnet that includes a review of the Prime Directive d20 book at least:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=217616

Sounds generally favorable.

 

[tsadkiel]

And there was a recent thread here as well, in which I complained about the class BABs.

 

[KaosDevice]

Ah the good old days of Trek TOS, when all you needed to be evil was a goatee or a Van Dyke.

 

[Ranger REG]

If I wanted to run a Star Trek campaign and those games have good ame mechanics, frankly I don't care that the names Star Trek, Kirk, spock, etc. are mentioned or not.

As a d20 gamer, I'd probably be more interested in what new game mechanics they used and tinker with the rest of OGC to make my kind of a Trek game.

 

[KaosDevice]

As a d20 gamer, I'd probably be more interested in what new game mechanics they used and tinker with the rest of OGC to make my kind of a Trek game.

As a gamer I'd just enjoy playing a fun sci fi game with other gamers regardles of the genre or canon.

 

[Ranger REG]

As a gamer I'd just enjoy playing a fun sci fi game

Prepackaged or DIY?