D&D 5E Stargate D&D 5e details from gencon

[gyor]

Gen Con 2019: Stargate RPG Q&A with Brad Ellis and Wes Walker of Wyvern Gaming - The Photo Pit

Gen Con 2019 seminar about the upcoming Stargate RPG by Wyvern Gaming. Brad Ellis and Wes Welker held the seminar.

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I have to say I love the idea of the Phoenix sight, it has a ton of advtanges, such as being able to have a very diverse set of characters, including alien races in a way that makes sense for the show. It's kind of like the Alpha Site for rebel races.


A lot of details. For example the Nox looking character on the cover isn't a Nox, but rather some kind of space elf race that the Nox are mentoring, so they wouldn't blow up their own country planet. Unas are in. They have the RPG rights to SG1, the Original Movie, and Atlantis. Not sure what they will use from the original movie that SG1 didn't, perhaps the Ra's Hosts race.

 

[kolya]

As a lifelong Stargate fan, I will say that I possess excitement.

 

[Zardnaar]

Mildly curious big Atlantis and SG1 fan.

 

[gyor]

I'm really looking forward to this

 

[Greenstone.Walker]

You know, if someone asked me, 'What game system to run Stargate in?" I don't think D&D would have been my first pick.

 

[gyor]

You know, if someone asked me, 'What game system to run Stargate in?" I don't think D&D would have been my first pick.

Why not, 5e is great? What system would you have chosen?

Personally I wish Star Trek Adventurers had been smart enough to go 5e, I'd have bought it.

 

[Morrus]

Why not, 5e is great? What system would you have chosen?

5E is great, but it's not universal.

Personally I wish Star Trek Adventurers had been smart enough to go 5e, I'd have bought it.

And I wouldn't have. D&D (any edition) is just not a good fit for that game. D&D does D&D really, really well. But it's it's own genre with its own inbult mechanical assumptions which don't necesarily fit other genres.

The d20 system boom and bust was partly due to saturation but also partly due to a thousand squares being forced into a round hole.

 

[kolya]

5E is great, but it's not universal.
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But it's it's own genre with its own inbult mechanical assumptions which don't necesarily fit other genres.
The d20 system boom and bust was partly due to saturation but also partly due to a thousand squares being forced into a round hole.

Fair enough.
We'll just have to wait and see how they tackle the necessary changes in the game system.

 

[Tony Vargas]

You know, if someone asked me, 'What game system to run Stargate in?" I don't think D&D would have been my first pick.

Delta Green, maybe?

Not at all seriously, though, ever since D&D introduced teleport circles with sigil sequences, I've been getting Stargate references at the table.

Heck, you could do it from the D&D side - that is, at some point in the campaign "Tau'ri" come through your permanent teleport circle and try to tell you that Pelor is a "Goa'uld..." ("Just look at the glowing eyes, it's a dead giveaway!")

 

[gyor]

Ever since D&D introduced teleport circles with sigil sequences, I've been getting Stargate references at the table.

Heck, you could do it from the D&D side - that is, at some point in the campaign "Tau'ri" come through your permanent teleport circle and try to tell you that Pelor is a "Goa'uld..." ("Just look at the glowing eyes, it's a dead giveaway!")

I have a pet theory that the Forgotten Realms inspired Stargate.