(Mongoose) Babylon 5 RPG - Full Details!

[Randolpho]

The legion of Top Secret Mongoose Playtesters, plus a few names I think B5 fans will respect, say we have not screwed the rules

I'm sure you believe it, but not everyone agrees on what is a "good" rule.

Which is why I said the rules are meaningless to me; I'm picking it up for source material at the least. Any cool rules I like I'll use. Anything I don't goes out the window.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Yet one more reason to buy Mongoose products. You may soon exceed my WotC outlays.

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[Psion]

The questions are already being asked:

d20 logo or not? Based on d20 modern or not?

 

[Darke]

Alongside the main rulebook will be released thew first story arc, Fiery Trial (more on this at a later date), written by Bruce Graw.

Hehe, just a quick add-on question - story arc = adventure?

das Darke

 

[Mongoose_Matt]

What time setting is this based in? After the TV show? During? Are there going to be rules stating you can pick a time frame? Can we see rules about mars and the colonies? Stats and settings? How many books out at once? What's the cycle of support? 3 books a year? 2?

A lot of questions - I'll do a full update on what is coming out after the rulebook at a later date but for now. . .

Any time and setting is possible with the main rulebook (full guidelines provided!), though we are zeroing in on the first season and the space station itself to begin with. However, we are going to be detailing absolutely _everything_ so yes, Mars and the other colonies will be fully mapped and detailed as living, breathing places to visit and explore. We'll initially be doing one release per month after the main rulebook. What happens after that is rather up to you guys

However, we are not skimping on anything. I am a self-confessed B5 geek and I have made sure that we are producing the kind of game that I myself would want to buy and play. That is really the best recommendation I can give it.

 

[Mongoose_Matt]

Any cool rules I like I'll use. Anything I don't goes out the window.

I would expect nothing less from a good roleplayer

 

[Darke]

@ Psion: It's in the first posting:

"I hate D20. Please don’t do it.
Well, it will have the d20 logo on the cover! ..."

Seems to be d20.

das Darke

 

[Mongoose_Matt]

The questions are already being asked:

d20 logo or not? Based on d20 modern or not?

d20 logo yes, d20 Modern, no - for some very good reasons that will become clear over time

 

[Mongoose_Matt]

Hehe, just a quick add-on question - story arc = adventure?

Not quite

Mere scenarios were never going to be good enough for Babylon 5. And a full blown campaign just is not possible in 128 pages. Story arcs are the basic building block of campaigns in B5 - I'll see if I can do a preview for this in the near future to give you a suitable explanation. . .

 

[Psion]

d20 logo yes, d20 Modern, no - for some very good reasons that will become clear over time

I can think of some very good reasons, but that perhaps has to do with the fact that I like d20 modern less than some folks around here.

Reasons that will become clear, eh? Did you, perhaps, get a license with WotC to publish this as a stand-alone book? After all, you did say that it bears the d20 logo, but didn't say it uses the OGL.... hmmm.