Meridian in 4e

dataweaver · 10-15-2009, 02:45 PM

I just acquired a copy of All-Star Jam 2004, and was quite pleased with the purchase. In particular, I liked David Pulver's Meridian setting. (For the uninitiated, Meridian is a possible future of the Transhuman Space setting, where the creation of Negative Matter has allowed for sublight warp drives and an interstellar railway system based on beanstalks connecting to wormhole-based stargates.)

What I'm wondering is this: how would you do this in 4e? Changing Times would be a must, obviously (to handle the Transhuman Space derived aspects); but how would you handle the interstellar railroad?

PK · 10-15-2009, 04:11 PM

Nearly the entire article is setting detail and description, none of which needs to be converted.

The racial templates would need to be adjusted to 4e, which is pretty simple with a copy of Update in one hand and Changing Times in the other.

As for the trains themselves, ignore everything except for the Statistics and Performance stats. Those have everything you need to know for 4e vehicle performance except Hnd/SR -- for a train, I'd say use -3/5 for mag-lev trains (I use -4/6 for normal trains, for comparison).

The spacecraft can be converted to vehicle stats as for the trains, or you could rebuild them using Spaceships rules. Or just buy Spaceships 5, which is packed full of premade colony ships and scout ships.

Stripe · 10-16-2009, 02:54 AM

Did David Pulver do G3e: Robots? If so, he's my favorite SJG author. I'd like o check out that setting sometime...

nerdvana · 10-16-2009, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Stripe

Did David Pulver do G3e: Robots? If so, he's my favorite SJG author. I'd like o check out that setting sometime...

Yes. And his Wikipedia article is fairly accurate (if not completely, I'm not certain on that level).

10-15-2009, 02:45 PM	#1
dataweaver Join Date: Aug 2004	Meridian in 4e I just acquired a copy of All-Star Jam 2004, and was quite pleased with the purchase. In particular, I liked David Pulver's Meridian setting. (For the uninitiated, Meridian is a possible future of the Transhuman Space setting, where the creation of Negative Matter has allowed for sublight warp drives and an interstellar railway system based on beanstalks connecting to wormhole-based stargates.) What I'm wondering is this: how would you do this in 4e? Changing Times would be a must, obviously (to handle the Transhuman Space derived aspects); but how would you handle the interstellar railroad?

10-15-2009, 04:11 PM	#2
PK Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dobbstown Sane Asylum	Re: Meridian in 4e Nearly the entire article is setting detail and description, none of which needs to be converted. The racial templates would need to be adjusted to 4e, which is pretty simple with a copy of Update in one hand and Changing Times in the other. As for the trains themselves, ignore everything except for the Statistics and Performance stats. Those have everything you need to know for 4e vehicle performance except Hnd/SR -- for a train, I'd say use -3/5 for mag-lev trains (I use -4/6 for normal trains, for comparison). The spacecraft can be converted to vehicle stats as for the trains, or you could rebuild them using Spaceships rules. Or just buy Spaceships 5, which is packed full of premade colony ships and scout ships. __________________ Reverend Pee Kitty of the Order Malkavian-Dobbsian (Twitter) (LJ) MyGURPS: My house rules and *GURPS* resources. #SJGamesLive: I answered questions about *GURPS After the End* and more! {Watch Video} - {Read Transcript}

10-16-2009, 02:54 AM	#3
Stripe Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Midwest, USA	Re: Meridian in 4e Did David Pulver do G3e: Robots? If so, he's my favorite SJG author. I'd like o check out that setting sometime... __________________ . "How the heck am I supposed to justify that whatever I feel like doing at any particular moment is 'in character' if I can't say 'I'm chaotic evil!'"? —Jeff Freeman

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