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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Default Name Player" data-source="post: 270207" data-attributes="member: 2667">An excellent idea - I'm a big fan of the show, but I never connected the dots about adapting the show into the d20 system. You both have a point though: both d20 Modern and Spycraft would probably be a good base for the setting, and each would be probably play differently.My Spycraft books are on the way, so I'm just going on things I heard in reviews, and my knowledge of what d20 Modern will be like is pretty basic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In the below, I'll just stick with Spycraft for now until d20 Modern comes out (all of the Spycraft specific information listed below was swiped off reviews from RPG.net)"Races":Player Races:  human (default), Jaffa template*, various othersNon-Player Races: Goa'uld template*, Tok'ra template*, Asgard***templates could either be balanced with advantages and disadvantages, or certain templates can be ECL (I have no idea if ECL exist in Spycraft).**Since Jaffa, Goau'ld and Tok'ra are all based on "Humans", I'm not sure if Asgard and other non-human related races need to be more "above and beyond"."departments": not sure which classes are totally inappropriate, and if any new ones need to be created specifically for Stargate. Perhaps just a rename and a few tweaks.- Home Office: not appropriate?- Power Brokerage: command/politician- Military Operations: standard background- Computer Espionage: make more technical related, in general?- Urban assault: Special Ops?- Black Ops: ???- Wetworks: ???- "The Basement": shoehorned for "Academic" or does that need to be separate?"Class": not sure which classes are totally inappropriate, and if any new ones need to be created specifically for Stargate. Perhaps just a rename or a few tweaks.- Faceman: modified diplomat/command functions?, Undercover?- Fixer: ???- Pointman: ???- Snoops: modified to be technical in nature (beyind just computers?)- Soldiers: as is?- Wheelman: modified to incorporate piloting (aircraft) skills?Again, an academic related class is missing and I'm not sure if any of the above can be showhorned into this role.Skills: Stargate specific skills? (probably modified Knowledge, Craft, etc. skills)tbdFeats: Stargate specific feats?tbdItems to take into account aka will need rules for them(taken from <a href="http://www.stargate-sg1.com" target="_blank">www.stargate-sg1.com</a>):- the Stargate: uses 6 of 38 symbols, representing star constellations, to locate another Stargate and then uses a final 7th symbol, unique to each Stargate, as its point of origin. However, the Stargate contains nine chevrons.- The Iris- Naquada: a quartzite metal not found on earth which the stargate is composed of- G.D.O. (Garage Door Opener): a small transmitter capable of sending a coded signal through the gate- F.R.E.D. (Field Remote Expeditionary Device): carries supplies for field units on the other side of the Stargate. With six wheels, FRED can navigate almost any terrain.- M.A.L.P. (Mobile Analytic Laboratory Probe): travels through the Stargate to unexplored offworld locations, determining whether or not it is safe for human teams to proceed through the Stargate.- D.H.D. (Dial Home Device): activates the Stargate.- T.E.R. (Transphase Eradication Rod): detects objects operating in the light spectrum 180 degrees out of phase of human vision, like the alien race the Reetouh. I'm not exactly sure what this item is <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> - various Goa'uld weapons (staff weapon, "zat" (sp?), etc.), equipment (the hand healing device, etc), vehicles (motherships, deathgliders, etc.)Other (taken from <a href="http://www.stargate-sg1.com" target="_blank">www.stargate-sg1.com</a>):Special SG team designations:SG-3 - Marine combat unit, lead by Colonel Makepeace. SG-5 - Marine combat unit. SG-7 - Scientific Corp. SG-8 - Medical team.SG-9 - Diplomatic Corp., led by attorney Major Stan Kovachek. SG-11 - Engineering Corp. Creatures:- Replicators (various sizes)Just threw the above up for now: no time to watch every episode and read every episode synopsis just yet <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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