Whats your favorite SCi-Fi Game

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

For example, D&D Paladins. HARD CORE required rule. I can see it applied in certain ways. If a Cleric violates alignment he loses powers.  But you could establish an ethos or code of behavior for him.

Same with Paladins. With paladins you could do the same: in fact, you could make the game more diverse by creating a code of behavior for each order of Paladins, giving you a range of options. The key with that though would be making it a code hard to stick to. Shouldn't make it applicable just by makinga code of behavior that happens to match a new character's personality exactly. Give him something to work at.

[Spriggan]

One of my old GM's would allmost allwayse assign a palladin, monk or a class like that a coupple of rules of conduct they had to follow.  He did that in several different systems.

[Slant]

In our game, we have done away with the LG-CE alignment system.  It just doesn't make any real sense.  We now incorporate a 1-20 system for alignment with a 2 being a saint on earth and a 19 being a ruthless, mean-spirited sociopath (it is nearly impossible for a mortal to be at either 1 or 20).  This way, we know pretty much where the character's morality lays (thus certain chreatures would be attracted to players only with, say, a 5 or better alignment) while leaving the player pretty open in regard to how he wants to portray his character.  A Paladin might need to keep an alignment of five or better or risk his status, while a perfect assassin would be somewhere around a 12-13 or so: low on morals enough to be chillingly ruthless, but far from being a bloody-handed thug who revels in terror.

As for my favorite Sci-Fi game?  Well, RIGHT NOW it is Farscape because... well, because its FARSCAPE!

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

How does farscape play? Is it a D20 product?

[Slant]

Yes, it is d20.  So you could have Moya against Takhisis.  Just a thought  


Farscape gives details on all of the races, worlds, organizations, etc. of the Farscape universe.  It has it's own character classes and has a few subtle changes from d20 proper that make it fit into the Farscape mold of storytelling.  I like it a lot.  You should see our female Luxan we rescused from a harsh life as a pit fighter.  She finds fighting the Peacekeepers much less dangerous.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I might have to check it out

[42]

I have the Farscape d20 RPG but I have unfortunately, as of yet, been unable to play it. Perhaps when I have a chance to play it, it will become my favorite sci-fi rpg.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I just rememberd a few other favorite Sci-fi games of mine.

Robotech (obviously despite the tediousness of the palladium system)

Trinity
Blade runner like future with psychics

Spell Jammer- Giant Mutant Space Hampsters PEOPLE!!!!!!!

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I'm gonna add Paranoia to the list.
Not a great game. But a fun as heck game. And more interesting to me than most any aother SF genre.

[Slant]

Serve the Computer; the Computer is your friend.

If you do not serve the Computer, you may be used as reactor shielding.

The Computer is happy; the Computer is crazy.

The Computer wants you to be happy; this will drive you crazy.




Man, I loved Paranoia!

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I always liked the loyalty test err placement test at the beginning