01-16-2012, 11:16 PM | #1 |
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Spaceships in GURPS 4th
Hi there!
Can anyone give me examples on building Starships using GURPS 4th? We are having problems getting our ships down. We need examples of different ship hull types. If anyone has managed to translate the ships from the Star Wars SAGA RPG, that would be a great help (off site link please). But if anyone can give us guidelines on converting a 3rd Edition Spaceship to 4th -- that would also be great. So thats three things: 1. A list of starships generated using 4th Edition rules. 2. Star Wars SAGA ship conversions. 3. Guidelines on converting ships to 4th. and last but not least: 4. Sci-Fi campaigns set up with GURPS 4th Edition: SPACE. Got one, and we hit a snag. We can't figure out how to make starships, so we really need help. |
01-17-2012, 12:13 AM | #2 |
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Re: Spaceships in GURPS 4th
Go to e23 and buy GURPS Spaceships 1. That's what you need.
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01-17-2012, 12:15 AM | #3 |
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Re: Spaceships in GURPS 4th
Have you looked at the Spaceships series of PDFs yet? It's a new system for building ships. Pretty simple, much more so than 3e Vehicles. Stats aren't really comparable enough to bother converting, as opposed to re-building in the same spirit. Those PDFs include example ships (some of which you'll recognize).
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01-17-2012, 08:50 AM | #4 |
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Re: Spaceships in GURPS 4th
Did you say, Spaceships I?
I must have skipped over that when looking at the catalogue. |
01-17-2012, 09:09 AM | #5 | |
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If you're on a tight budget you can get by with just the first book, of course, but I've not regretted any of the additional SS purchases. |
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01-17-2012, 09:25 AM | #6 | |
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01-17-2012, 09:28 AM | #7 | |
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SS4 is overall good to have if you want a bit more flexibility, especially in designing odd system/ship sizes. SS2/SS6 is only useful for trade-/industry-heavy campaigns; even so, there exist a number of strong criticisms regarding the economics of SS2 and SS6. SS5 is mostly useful for campaigns matching the PDF title. SS7 is just cool to have, even for some Fantasy games (trust me). It's that fun. |
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01-17-2012, 02:20 PM | #8 |
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Re: Spaceships in GURPS 4th
Vicky- Does SS2 or SS6 add much to SS1 in regards to just designing those publications' respective ship types? New equipment, new ship parts, etc.
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01-17-2012, 03:39 PM | #9 |
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Some new stuff or clarifications for old stuff, but it's pretty specialized.
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01-17-2012, 03:45 PM | #10 |
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