Stargate Campaign: Spycraft or D20 Modern?

[Femerus the Gnecro]

I'm going to be running a d20 Stargate campaign (more along the lines of the TV show as opposed to the movie).

I'm trying to figure out whether I should use the Spycraft ruleset or the D20 Modern ruleset. Pros and Cons would be greatly appreciated.



-F

 

[RodneyThompson]

1) Stargate SG-1 is a military based series which Spycraft already has built-in support for
2) Stargate is mission-oriented, making it perfect for using the Budget Points/Gadget points system
3) Spycraft's chase and combat system are more suited to cinematic action (this one's an opinion, though, so YMMV)
4) Spycraft has more support -- Spycraft Core Book, Modern Arms Guide, Soldier/Wheelman Guide are great supplements to this kind of campaign.

 

[Apok]

Spycraft. It's perfectly built to handle what you need (as pointed out by Moridin). Also, it's alot more exciting than d20 Modern. The classes, while not as generic, are extremely well put-together and the feats just ooze style and coolness. There are also alot of little things about Spycraft that I prefer over d20 modern (Action Dice & their role in the game, critical success/failure on skills, their psionics system, the way combat is handled, etc).

 

[Ranger REG]

Personally, I go with Spycraft but I prefer the gritty hit point system of d20 Modern.

 

[Femerus the Gnecro]

We're evenly split at the moment, with three of the 'some other system' options.

It goes without saying that if I haven't considered a system, it's probably because I don't know about it

If you choose option 3, please elaborate.

Thanks,

F

 

[Apok]

Personally, I go with Spycraft but I prefer the gritty hit point system of d20 Modern.

But you can run Spycraft just as gritty with one minor modification; allow Mooks to crit. It still puts the grittiness level in the GM's hands (since you need to spend an action die), but I fail to see this as a bad thing.

Of course, you can just as easily make d20 Modern more cinematic by eliminating the Massive Damage rule.

I still prefer Spycraft.

 

[Kenpo Wolf]

Of Modern and Spycraft, I voted for Spycraft. In my SG campaign, I'm using Spycraft, Traveller D2O, Star Wars and elements out of Alternity and Modern

 

[Ranger REG]

But you can run Spycraft just as gritty with one minor modification; allow Mooks to crit. It still puts the grittiness level in the GM's hands (since you need to spend an action die), but I fail to see this as a bad thing.

Oh, I've already houserule that in my Spycraft game. Makes no sense I have to spend an action die to confirm a crit. When I can take a chance and roll a successful Threat roll. Of course, I still allow players a chance to spend an action die after a failed Threat.

Of course, you can just as easily make d20 Modern more cinematic by eliminating the Massive Damage rule.

When it comes to SG-1, cinematic does not automatically comes to mind, IMHO. I prefer less cinematic and more gritty.

I even experimented the use of Threshold rules on Spycraft. If damage is equal to or greater than the PC's Threshold, he must roll a successful Fort Save or his Vitality immediately reduced to 0.

 

[Bagpuss]

Fuzion might be worth considering it depends how much you love class/level mechanics and D20 really.

Bonus is its downloadable for free and covers every genre you can think of.

 

[Rifter]

I voted Spycraft. But, in all honesty, I think you can pull some stuff out of D20 Modern, as well... but I really like the Spycraft combat system.