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Nice. So the outside of the book is taken care off. Now we are jsut down to the inside. ;)
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Nice. So the outside of the book is taken care off. Now we are jsut down to the inside. ;)
Yeah I like it! :)
wow... thereīs actually more debating about the cover than about the content :D
but anyhow, you did a great job. at first i liked the blue version better, but now that youīve changed the contrast of the red one (or whatever you did, iīm not really into photoshop and this kinda stuff) it looks cool and matches the TNG-theme.
now, could you do the same with the blue one, just for the comparison ??
naa, just joking :p
anyhow, canīt wait to see the whole thing when itīs done !!
greetz
lincoln
We haven't seen enough of the content to debate it : PQuote:
Originally Posted by Lincoln_LM
Well, here's a little preview of the content to be debated... a listing of the species profiles from the book:
Acamarian
Aldean
Allasomorph
Angelite
Angosian
Antedean
Ba'ku
Bandi
Boraalan
Chalnoth
Crystalline Entity
Delosian
Dreman
Edo
Exocomp
Farpoint Entity
Haliian
Iyaaran
J'naii
Kaelon
Kostolain
Kriosian
Mintakan
Mizarian
"Parasitic Lifeform"
Peliarian
Reman
Rutian
Satarran
Sheliak
So'na
Soong-Type Android
Talarian
Tamarian
Tanugan
Tarellian
Ullian
Velaran
Zalkonian
What's the format of the book? How many words are each species profile?
Here's a brief rundown of the book so far:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tatterdemalion King
Chapter 1: Enterprise Crew
Profiles and game stats of the main characters with "progression charts" that depict how their characters have evolved between "Encounter at Farpoint" and Star Trek: Nemesis, plus standard profiles and game stats for recurring and featured Enterprise crewmembers in addition to the senior officers.
Chapters 2-9: Mission Logs
Brief breakdowns of each episode of the series, with related plot hooks, with each season getting its own chapter, plus a chapter to cover the four TNG movies.
Chapter 10: Aliens
Species profiles for any quantifiable races that debuted on TNG that haven't been already covered elsewhere in Decipher's publications. The species profiles will be done in the exact same format as those in the Player's Guide, Narrator's Guide, and Starfleet Operations Manual, so that should be an indicator as to their length.
Chapter 11: Supporting Cast
Game stats and bios for recurring or featured secondary characters from the series.
Chapter 12: Equipment
Stats for any weaponry, tools, and what-not that appeared in TNG that haven't already been shown in Decipher's publications.
Chapter 13: Starships
Stats for any ship classes that debuted in TNG that haven't been covered in Decipher's publications. plus a listing of all the ships that appeared or were mentioned in TNG.
Chapter 14: A Tour of the Enterprise-D
A breakdown of the layout of the Enterprise-D, told in a travelogue style that basically will show players where things are on a Galaxy-class ship, rather than just a dry deck-by-deck directory (which I'll probably include anyway :) ).
Ah, okay. The reason I ask is that I'm about halfway through a set of Aliens/Worlds-length profiles for the Peliar Zel, Haliians and Algolians ('Species of Starfleet Part One: TNG'). Maybe for BtFF, maybe just for individual release. I don't know whether you care about mindshare competition or not : PQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac417
I figure one or more people have done writeups for a number of these races already somewhere, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tatterdemalion King
I figure if I made an omission for every other iteration of game material covered elsewhere on the net, regardless of comparative quality, the book itself would either be pretty sparse or be full of "for the stats on this, go to http://www, etc., etc." references.
Yeh. If you like someone else's writeup, though, you might as well ask to see if you can use it (with credits and stuff).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac417
I agree, collecting some of the stuff that's accumulated here and there and incorporating it into the book would be a good idea. Most of the stuff around here is of high quality , too, I suspect that the average member here has a bit more experience and skill than the typical gamer. That way we could have all work from the same page when dealing with species and ships that lack official write ups. t also lets you go over the things that have several different interpretations and pick the best.
I would think that most people here would be happy to see something that they posted make it into the book, providing that they are asked, and get credit for their work.
Well, I was thinking he could include them if he thought they were cool, like, aesthetically. A 'TrekRPG.net digest' pdf would be interesting, though.
A collection of TrekRPG posters' contributions to the game would be cool. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tatterdemalion King
Yeah, especially since the rest of TrekrRPG (other than the forums) is in limbo. THere was/is a lot of good stuff floating around on this site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac417
But, that would be (yet) another project.
Yeah, but it'd be easy. Cut and paste, check spelling and layout : PQuote:
Originally Posted by tonyg
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Originally Posted by The Tatterdemalion King
Not quite. First would be the comprehensive search, then organizing it so that you got all the various interpretations of ships, species, etc. Then organzing by system (FASA/ICON/CODA). Some sort of cross ferenced index would be required (especially if you sort by ships design rather than author. Most authorrs write ups are internally consistent and tend to work better with that authors other write ups, plus it would help with matching up some of the fan art too.
But, there is a lot of material just sitting there in cyberspace just waiting to be brought together.
There are a lot of neat projects like that we could do. How about a book of sectors where each person works of a sector or two in detail with some adventures and background to use as a campaign setting?
Or a book of one of adventures (of TOS/TNG variety)? How about a book with one page adventure ideas? Sort of olike the Plot hooks from the ICON/CODA stuff, but expanded to ouline form. In theory a Trek GM could print off a page, flesh it out with notes in the margins (or better yet put the significant NPC stand in the adventure, along with some standardized NPCs stats in a separate supplement. speific NPCS from an appendix at the back of the book), and run.
With the number of people we have here, collections of small articles like species writues and such could really allow us to make some useful GM stuff. I love to see a book of starfleet NPCs to help crew out a ship. If 10 or 20 of us would each write up one science, offficer, command officer, etc. in a half page format with stats and paragrapth or two of background....
Totally. Or maybe a round-robin kind of deal where people choose an era, one person creates a location, another some npcs and then the next guy puts it all together into a plot.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonyg
Yeah. It would be nice to tap the talent base around here for a project like that. Since it is a bunch of little bits, it would be easier to divide up, as opposed to other types of sourcebooks that would require a bit more coodination and continuity.
I've got some thoughts on the layout of the NPCs book. Sort of a mix between generic NPCs in the Pendrawgon/R3 mold, and the old RuneLords book (okay, so I'm a Chaosium groupie).
THe bulk of he book would be comprised of genrric NPCs broken up by type with the basic pacakge and about 80-90% of thier skill points spent, along with a few package otipns to help customize them. Then break them up by poor (just out of the academy), average (say 3\5 tours), good (8 tours), etc.
It would be nice to do up each of the basic career pacakges this way. So a GM could just grap a generic Flight Control Officer or MIssion OPerations officer on the fly.
I'd love to use/adat those rules for enlisted character from BTFF in with it. My goal would be to allow someone to generate a NPC quicjkly by just choosing (or rolling) a couple fo skills or pacakages. IDeally, I'd like to be able to crew a ship or base just by rolling something like 4 or 5 dice to generate a stat block for each crewman. Something like rollings 13426 would break down as:
1=Command
3=Flight Ops
4=Average Experience (3 tourns)
2,6= Customization package #26
Each career section could have notes for more detailed NPCs, to be used for more singinficant characters.Somethinng like a few paragraphs decribing the NPC, folloed by a test blcok with the skill/stat addtions added to the "core" stats to make the NPC.
Just a crazy idea. :)
Still here, working on aliens. :)
:) please tell us if thereīs any news on the book, iīm looking forward to seeing the whole thing when itīs finished
greetz
If someone gets around to doing a "Planets/Worlds/Creatures" book/s, I still have the old stuff (Hylund, if anyone remembers) that I created when someone was working on an edition that never panned out. I'd be happy to take a shot at adapting it. (Even though I am poo at statting, I think I'm pretty fair at descriptions.)
I used to have other people's stuff too, but I appear to have wiped it from my drive when the project collapsed... though I haven't checked out all my old floppys since I moved...
Was very eager to see if this was done and to offer my WOW to this...any more updates?
Any updates
Hey, everyone, profuse apologies for the lack of updates and hugs appreciation for everyone's interest.
I'm sorry to report however that the TNG sourcebook's met with something of a standstill these past few months. My wife lost her job this past July, and trying to help her find a new one and get her unemployment and everything handled pretty much took precedence over everything else. And then another major bombshell dropped, though this one a lot more joyous.
This past September, my wife had learned that she was pregnant with our first child. :)
So rather than job-seeking, we've been dealing with doctor bills, getting the house ready for the new arrival, so on and so forth. While the sourcebook isn't far from my mind, actually getting the opportunity to work on it has met with some difficulty. I hope to get back on it in due course, but as you can tell, my blotter's gotten rather full. :)
Thanks again for your interest. It's not my intention to get everyone's hopes up about the book, and I hope to continue work on it in the immediate future.
Take your time, Chris.
Star Trek RPG gamers have to b e a patient folk ;) and right now you have something so much more important going on in your life. A good friend of ours are having their first child in a matter of weeks and so I firsthand expirience all that comes up. The many doctor appointments, the bills, baby proofing the appartment and so on. Don't trick yourself into believing that you'll have any more time after the new arrival. But in my expirience getting a parent is one of the few things that really really is worth dropping the pace on anything Star Trek ;)
Hope all is going well with the kid and the mother. Take good care of them.
May you have a wonderful 2009 :D
BTW could you re-post your Titan Character Artwork I have seen over at BBS Boards maybe here someday?
Congratz on the baby. Good job, :)
If you need any help with this e-book let me know. I would like to see this book finished, and would be interested in helping with it, if you still plan on completeing it.