Vulcans get a large Charisma penalty which amuses me every time I think about it. There are some balance issues here but they manly appear to be because D20 Modern baseline assumes that everyone is a human so they don't get nice things.

Their downside is needing to make a very high Will save to lie for any reason.

As a comparison, Rigellians get two stat boosts, two bonus feats, and D$ vs ultraviolet radiation. Honestly, humans kind of suck with a flat baseline of nothing special (as is standard for D20 Modern). We start with a list of all of the species (some of which I don't immediately recognize) with homeworld information, ability modifiers, base speed, free languages, and other information (both rules and fluff). These differences are mainly because each game maps the information to their rule-systems and so interpretation is necessary.Įmpires and Species of the Star Fleet Universe Here is the basic information we've come to expect in an intro with 'What is d20 Modern' and 'What is Prime Directive' and information about the Star Fleet Universe such as species and eras and other information that you probably already know if you care about Star Trek (and is similar to but different from the Star Trek Adventures information). It's a list of other products, a basic glossary of d20 terms, and a story that takes place in the prime directive modern universe. If you couldn't tell from the name, Prime Directive is a Star Trek role-playing game and is published by Amarillo Design Bureau Inc.Īmusingly enough, the prologue starts before the table of contents. D20 Modern is the most current version (and theoretically the most fine-tuned) and I haven't reviewed anything from D20 Modern so that's the one I selected to review. This one has three current versions: GURPS, D20, and D20 Modern. Is Prime Directive what I am looking for? I know that it is TOS, rather than my beloved DS9 era, but that probably isn't that big a deal - nothing huge seemed to change in the feel of the Federation, at least from what I saw.Another request from nijineko for a game I've never heard of. I'm one of those GMs who couldn't really care what damage the player's vehicle does, nor am I inclined to worry overmuch about the exact stats for phasers or transporters. I'm really looking for something that will give me templates and career packages for the players to use, rather than ship stats.

Now, I was looking at that GURPS Prime Directive book, but there is precious little in the way of indepth reviews on it. Granted, I've never managed to overcome player dislike of the setting before, but we can all dream. So I've gotten a sudden hankering to run something sci fi, and was thinking of Star Trek.

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