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Any news on a 5e scifi game?

Started by danbuter, August 10, 2014, 11:11:38 PM

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jeff37923

#15
August 11, 2014, 02:15:09 AM
Quote from: Marleycat;778281You gave me Traveller remember? I want to run Serenity with it someday.:)

That's right, I did. :o

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Silverlion

#16
August 11, 2014, 04:23:26 AM
I rather like Traveller (Mongoose's version is very crisp and tight.)

On the other hand SNW is awesome for doing D&D in space very well, and so is Hulks & Horrors.
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#17
August 11, 2014, 01:46:56 PM
I would really like a Buck Rogers XXVC Second Edition based on the D&D 5E ruleset, but the chances of that happening are just slightly better than my chances of snagging a copy of Action Comics #1 in near mint condition.

AaronBrown99

#18
August 11, 2014, 02:18:10 PM
I would buy Star Frontiers (5e) in a heartbeat.
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LibraryLass

#19
August 11, 2014, 02:33:03 PM
Quote from: Will;778247... You really think there's going to be anything like OGL??

(IANAL)

Strictly speaking it doesn't matter. It's possible to use the terminology in the SRD (along with other terminology that's sufficiently common) to reconstruct 5e under the OGL the same way retroclones used it to reconstruct AD&D, B/X, etc. Rules cannot be copyrighted, only their presentation. So a sufficiently careful person probably could do-- of course if WOTC decided to react to such a blatant loophole abuse, it's entirely possible that it could drag down a large chunk of the OSR with it.
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Will

#20
August 11, 2014, 02:34:54 PM
Oh sure. It's always been possible to do that. The question is to do it safely and, if you try to publish on RPGnow or whatnot, getting THEM to deal with you.

And then being absolutely sure not to copy/paste anything or reference IP.
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#21
August 11, 2014, 03:22:12 PM
Quote from: AaronBrown99;778466I would buy Star Frontiers (5e) in a heartbeat.

Hell yeah! And I don't even like 5e.

I just love the Star Frontiers races. They're my absolute fav RPG aliens and that's saying something considering my affection for Aslan and Vargr.

O fuck, I just outted myself as a Furry.

Will

#22
August 11, 2014, 03:31:03 PM
Tell me, why is a Dralasite big, wrinkled, and gray?

Because if it were small, smooth, and white, you might mistake it for an aspirin.
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Endless Flight

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August 11, 2014, 04:47:50 PM Last Edit: August 11, 2014, 05:23:06 PM by Endless Flight
I don't think there's going to be an official 5e offshoot of anything.

I was working on a heavily Saga-ized (with some 5e sprinkled in) version of d20 Modern/Apocalypse and have the basics already down on paper. I just need to iron out a few rules.

Sacrosanct

#24
August 11, 2014, 05:20:03 PM
On a related note, I was working on my own sci-fi game when the playtest came out.  I had so much fun playing it, that if the OGL allows next year, I will make it 5e compatible rather than my own rules.  Going to take a "campaign setting" approach to it, rather than a stand alone game.

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Endless Flight

#25
August 11, 2014, 05:24:27 PM
I always prefer seeing new systems, but I understand why they would use d20.

crkrueger

#26
August 12, 2014, 03:34:31 AM
Quote from: AaronBrown99;778466I would buy Star Frontiers (5e) in a heartbeat.

Quote from: Sacrosanct;778559On a related note, I was working on my own sci-fi game when the playtest came out.  I had so much fun playing it, that if the OGL allows next year, I will make it 5e compatible rather than my own rules.  Going to take a "campaign setting" approach to it, rather than a stand alone game.


Looks like that's a Power Armor game, the modular nature of 5e would be well suited to that, especially if (as the name implies) there is some tie between suit and owner to allow classes or even if the characters are robots or something.
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Silverlion

#27
August 12, 2014, 05:01:13 AM
I love Dralasites, but you know I always see them as the same color as Gleep from the Herculoids.

Even if they're "officially" gray.
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#28
August 12, 2014, 08:05:12 AM
I would like to see Gamma world and Star Frontiers.

Sacrosanct

#29
August 12, 2014, 10:33:10 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;778755Looks like that's a Power Armor game, the modular nature of 5e would be well suited to that, especially if (as the name implies) there is some tie between suit and owner to allow classes or even if the characters are robots or something.

Funny enough, it was designed to be robots, and not organic players originally.  However, if I go the 5e setting route, it will be easy enough to mix and match both.  And you're dead on with classes.  There were originally races (alien, steampunk, African tribal, Asian, Native anthropomorphic, and Euro middle ages) and several classes.

This montage sort of gives illustrations for the various race/class combinations.  So going 5e setting would be pretty easy

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