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Message: <blockquote data-quote="synistar" data-source="post: 4364414" data-attributes="member: 72740">There are a couple of approaches you can take. And which one you choose really depends on how you want to build your campaign. If you want to build everything from scratch (equipment, character archetypes, setting). I would go witha superhero game system. This will allow you to build anything you want. Mutants and Masterminds would work well here or if you want a bit more detail and crunch then Hero would be a better fit.If you would rather put together things from a list of options then I think that GURPS is your best choice. That iswhy the books are so numerous. They basically are filled to the brim with lists of options. For a space campaign I would grab 3 books (GURPS:Characters, GURPS:Space, and GURPS:Ultratech).Characters gives all the rules you will need for creating any kind of character. It is a point based system that is designed in a similar fashion to the way feats work in d20. You pick from a (large) list of advantages to add abilities to your character (but you're limited by their point costs). You can also add disadvantages to make you character more interesting and to get more points to use.Space is a world and alien building book. It is for creating the setting and will cover any option you can think of using a science based approach to constructing the planet(s). It includes two world building toolkits (basic and advanced), an alien design toolkit, advice on creating civilizations and governments, advice on how travel and technology affects your campaign, and 15 character templates that cover the most common sci-fi archetypes (from astronaught to a jedi-like space knight).Ultratech is a 256 page catalog of sci-fi gear. Everything you can think of from plain laser rifles to dissassembler nano. It also includes all kinds of vehicles, defensive gear, cyborg and robot templates for characters, and even some huge tech like dyson spheres and world ships.The difference between the two is whether you can make due with putting stuff together from catalogs of stuff (GURPS) or want to design the stuff from scratch so that it is exactly how you envision it (Hero,M&M). (Although GURPS also has design rules for customizing powers like Hero does, that is just not its central focus like Hero).</blockquote>

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