Gaming in a Modern Setting...How would you go about it?

[cybernetic]

With the release of many games and sourbooks for d20 relating to modern settings....and the upcoming d20 Modern from WoTC later this year.....I'm wondering what eveyone's ideas are for running modern games now without waiting for d20 modern......


myself....Spycraft is magnificent book I'll no doubt be using...many of it rules and material will be used in my gaming...

and while I do like the ShadowChasers mini game from Polyhedron....I don't like the way they are doing core classes at all...(not that its a bad idea....just not my preference..)

My idea for doing modern stuff is to take the system from Call of Cthulhu...the "classless system" and use that as the "core" class......then everything else needed could be made with prestige classes much like what was done in ShadowChasers..then throw some ideas from spycraft into the mix...like departments for races (if you want to use a group or agency of some sort....like military or power group...) and slap on the VP/WP system as well...and use the defense option from the CoC book....

 

[Dieter]

I don't see the problem in creating a campaign for a modern setting. With as much real political and social turmoil in this world along with the fictionalized "James Bond world", it's as simple as going on to the BBC website and the world is your oyster.

Today's headlines:

Bethlehem church under siege:

Israeli tanks surround the Church of the Nativity, where armed Palestinians have taken refuge, as the Pope condemns the Israeli offensive.

Epic car chase ends in Ukraine:

Police in Ukraine arrest three armed men who were pursued in a two-day chase after a bank robbery in Germany.

Argentine economic architect arrested:

Former Argentine economy minister Domingo Cavallo is detained in connection with alleged arms smuggling.

And that's just what is happening IRL!