Voidrunner Introducing the Voidrunner’s Codex!

The Voidrunner’s Codex is coming this year. It’s a set of three sci-fi rulebooks for Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition: the Voidrunner’s Codex itself, the Star Captain’s Manual, and an adventure called Escape from Death Planet. Over the coming weeks we’ll be talking a lot about these books, but in the meantime, here’s a glimpse at an early draft of the introduction chapter of the Voidrunner’s Codex.

 

[Corinnguard]

I guess this reduces Nature down to Biology?

More like Life Science. Biology is just one branch of Life Science.

 

[Reynard]

Science: According to my readings the weird space slug is emitting subspace noise, blocking our communications with Starfleet!

Engineering: I'll build a dampener!

Science: Good idea. Wait -- these readings are very regular. Can you mo--

Engineering --odulate the frequency and find out what it's saying! (high five)

Communications: i am going to have to talk to the space slug, aren't I....

 

[lichmaster]

Science: According to my readings the weird space slug is emitting subspace noise, blocking our communications with Starfleet!

Engineering: I'll build a dampener!

Science: Good idea. Wait -- these readings are very regular. Can you mo--

Engineering --odulate the frequency and find out what it's saying! (high five)

Communications: i am going to have to talk to the space slug, aren't I....

Communications: ...The space slug name is Abbot, and has a friend named Costello. They find it easiear to communicate with us with these strange smoky symbols... Now I have a deja-vu

 

[DiamondB]

I've been ready for Voidrunner since it was mentioned, but as a devoted West End Games Shatterzone fan, my heart leaped at the mention of The Fleet - IYKYK.

 

[Xethreau]

More like Life Science. Biology is just one branch of Life Science.

Nature, according to the AG, also includes specialties we would consider Earth Science and astronomy.

 

[Aelryinth]

Space Opera, and no mention of The LEnsman series, which basically invented true Space Opera? Say it isn't so!...

 

[Corinnguard]

Space Opera, and no mention of The LEnsman series, which basically invented true Space Opera? Say it isn't so!...

I think Purple Martin Games' Wielder class could be used to create a Lensman. The Lens could be treated as a bonded artifact (Font of Power).

 

[Timespike]

That would probably work nicely.