Narrator's Guide Release Date [Merged Threads]

[Silverthorne]

I would actually like to see a book of races, Each race may get two three pages that generally describes the race. Kind of like the Alien Antology from D20 Star Wars...

[CorpBoy]

Originally posted by Silverthorne
I would actually like to see a book of races, Each race may get two three pages that generally describes the race. Kind of like the Alien Antology from D20 Star Wars...

Ask and ye shall receive?

Aliens - October 2002

At 192 pages, this hardcover offers the same basic encyclopedic treatment as Starships, but for thirty to fifty alien species, with longer entries for the most important species.

See http://www.decipher.com/startrek/rpg...eschedule.html

CorpBoy

[jedimuldoon]

Aliens already seems better than Worlds of the Federation, Planets of the UFP...and....GAG....Strange New Worlds New Civilizations

I woulld really like to see stuff on narratoring in klingon, romulan, bajoran, vulcan, cardassian, merchant, security, pirates, section 31, starfleet intelligience, tal shiar, obsidian order, time ops, planets, nebulae, etc.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

pssst... so how's the NG doing?

[METH]

Originally posted by Ineti
I doubt the Borg (or any species for that matter) is really worth a sourcebook all its own. Perhaps the Borg will be covered in one of the upcoming releases listed on Decipher's release schedule.

I thought there were plans in the works for a Klingon Sourcebook which was going to be the only one of its kind in CODA Trek? Has this been pigeon-holed? The Klingons would certainly need more than 3 or 4 pages.

[METH]

Originally posted by Capt Daniel Hunter
Welcome to the board Horacio.

To answer your question, yes you could easily run a game with just the PG.

The PG seems pretty thorough in this regard, BUT one of the advancements criteria mention is 1000xp per advancement. How do we judge how many sessions it takes to gain 1000 xp? Is is based on hours played? Critters slain or "talked to death" for Starfleet based sessions? Missions accomplished? I have not been able to find this criterion developed in the PG. Could someone forward the page number so I can start to build / analyze adventures?

[Ineti]

Originally posted by METH
The Klingons would certainly need more than 3 or 4 pages.

I agree, but I doubt Decipher is going to create a 96 page sourcebook (or whatever number of pages) on JUST the Klingons. That would limit their potentail sales base. I mean, does *everyone* want a sourcebook on *just* Klingons?

Much better to cram as many aliens into one book as possible and stick with the PG trend and cover all 4 series at once.

[Ineti]

Originally posted by METH
The PG seems pretty thorough in this regard, BUT one of the advancements criteria mention is 1000xp per advancement. How do we judge how many sessions it takes to gain 1000 xp? Is is based on hours played? Critters slain or "talked to death" for Starfleet based sessions? Missions accomplished? I have not been able to find this criterion developed in the PG. Could someone forward the page number so I can start to build / analyze adventures?

I haven't read the PG cover to cover yet, but I don't think the info you want is in there. I think when one says "you can run the game with just the PG" I don't think that means all you need is the PG to play the complete game. Meaning, you can run episodes and sessions, but wait till the NG comes out for advancement.

My guess is that the NG will be out before you've run enough sessions to warrant an advancement.

[C5]

I think it has been said somewhere that the rules for awarding XP are on the NG (I thought it was on the PG, but I can't seem to find the page).

The PG in iself is enough to play... if you're a player (as the title says). Everything specific to Narrator is on the NG, and XP is one of the priviledge of the Narrator

I know... it's tantalizing

[Lee T]

A big part of what I liked in LUGtrek was the idea of the "Threat Races" boxed sets, the only one that got out, the Romulan, was pure bliss to read.
Maybe a full book for each alien specie is not necessary but I think that the Romulans and the Klingons both deserve a full book because they both had a big impact on all shows except Voyager (and they may even be important players in Ent). And they may be the biggest possible alternate setting in ST (who would want to play a borg?).
Details on the Cardassians and Ferengi could be a part of a Bajor sector book, the Borg could be part of a delta quadrant book, the dominion part of a gamma quadrant book.

But right now we don't know how many pages will be devoted to them in the aliens, starship, and worlds book.
Before complaining I'll wait for these to come out .

I hope the NG will be out soon because there will be a long time before something really interesting comes out (I don't think the Starfleet Operations manual was more important than, say the Aliens book wich will only see in October, if the release schedule is still true at the time).

[Trotsky]

I agree, but I doubt Decipher is going to create a 96 page sourcebook (or whatever number of pages) on JUST the Klingons. That would limit their potentail sales base. I mean, does *everyone* want a sourcebook on *just* Klingons?

Probably not, but I suspect a very high proportion do, and there probably aren't any books besides the core that *everyone* will want. Books on, say, Romulans, Andorians or Cardassians would be less succesful, I suspect, but Klingons are very popular amongst Trek fans. And there probably is enough information available on Klingons to put in a 96 page book without having to make too much up (and run the risk of later contradiction), too. So, yeah, I'd think there's a sufficient market for it.

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by METH
How do we judge how many sessions it takes to gain 1000 xp? Is is based on hours played? Critters slain or "talked to death" for Starfleet based sessions? Missions accomplished? I have not been able to find this criterion developed in the PG.

That's because the Rewards guidelines are in the Narrator's Guide.

As just a basic idea of how it works, I'd say it's rather similar to D20 Star Wars. It's a measure of success in your endeavors, not necessarily how many kills you get or how many puzzles you solve or even how much time passes. It's a measure of overall success. At least, that's how it seems to me...

[Flamestrike]

Originally posted by Trotsky


Probably not, but I suspect a very high proportion do, and there probably aren't any books besides the core that *everyone* will want. Books on, say, Romulans, Andorians or Cardassians would be less succesful, I suspect, but Klingons are very popular amongst Trek fans. And there probably is enough information available on Klingons to put in a 96 page book without having to make too much up (and run the risk of later contradiction), too. So, yeah, I'd think there's a sufficient market for it.

Welllllllllllllll... there's TONS and TONS of information available on Klingons, both canon and non. The best that I've found is called The Klingon Way. It's a book of Klingon proverbs and explanations for said proverbs, complete with 'historical' background info.

With all the info packed into the episodes themselves, novels, and various other books, language lesson tapes, computer games, etcetera, there's enough information out there to avoid making anything up period. I just wish that my beloved Romulans had had as much screen time devoted to them.

That reminds me I've got to get Reunification on DVD to go with my copy of Balance of Terror...

[The Tatterdemalion King]

Yes, yes, klingon book, all well-and-good. But what's the word on the NG, man? Any info we can know?

[qerlin]

On the experience points thing: I've actually been considering ignoring the 'advancements' idea and simply giving out a pick per adventure. If you need more than one pick to do what you need, you just have to wait.