[Infornific]

A little while back I came up with half a dozen Wild Card skills to simulate the primary skill sets of Star Trek characters. It occurred to me that could be used to create a quick system like Pointless Dungeon Fantasy so on an extended whim I wrote one up.

Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers or Pointless Space Opera

This is inspired by pointless Dungeon Fantasy from Pyramid #72.

To create a character,

Pick an Archetype.
Pick four Major Abilities.
Pick ten skill levels.
Pick five flaws.

For modifiers to Attributes, I will use the common forum terminology of DX!, ST!, IQ! & HT! to show modifiers that affect Attributes but not underlying Characteristics. Traits are defined as follows:

DX! [15] +1 DX [20], -0.25 Speed [-5]
ST! [8] +1 ST [10], -1 HP [-2]
IQ! [10] +1 IQ [20], -1 Per [-5], -1 Will [-5]
HT! [2] +1 HT [10], -1 FP [-3], -0.25 Speed [-5]
Speed! [15] +1 Speed [20], -1 Move [-5]

Archetypes

As IQ is more important in the Space Opera genre, all archetypes start with a minimum DX, IQ and HT of 11 plus Speed 6.0.

Agile Hero

ST 11 DX 13 IQ 11 HT 11
HP 11 Speed 6.0 Per 11 Will 11 FP 11

Smart Hero

ST 10 DX 11 IQ 13 HT 11
HP 10 Speed 6.0 Per 13 Will 13 FP 11

Strong Hero

ST 14 DX 11 IQ 11 HT 11
HP 14 Speed 6.0 Per 11 Will 11 FP 11

Talented Hero

ST 10 DX 12 IQ 12 HT 11
HP 10 Speed 6.0 Per 13 Will 12 FP 11