Typical races IN SPACE - Page 3

Perssek · 05-30-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Refplace

One of the oddest aiens I recall was from a book I read as a kid. There was this kind of derelict starship/space station humans discovered and there were wheel aliens there.
I do not really recall anything about the book but those aliens stood out. They rolled rather then walked or floated.

I may be wrong, but I think it was in the first book of the Cluster Saga, by Piers Anthony. He described several very unusual aliens - there was one that looked like a water drop and moved over a bone "ball", using its downside muscles and skin lubricants.

Another was a living jet plane, and others even more weird.

Oh, and don't forget the alien creation rules from GURPS Uplift (for GURPS 3rd Ed.), I always liked that.

Refplace · 05-30-2012, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Perssek

I may be wrong, but I think it was in the first book of the Cluster Saga, by Piers Anthony. He described several very unusual aliens - there was one that looked like a water drop and moved over a bone "ball", using its downside muscles and skin lubricants.

Another was a living jet plane, and others even more weird.

Oh, and don't forget the alien creation rules from GURPS Uplift (for GURPS 3rd Ed.), I always liked that.

Piers Anthony sounds about right. I read the article but no mention of the races and I know I read at least one of those books based on the synopis.

ericbsmith · 05-30-2012, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Apache

GURPS Aliens pretty much hits all the space opera alien tropes.

IIRC its cheap on e23.

Yeah, its 3e, but easily converted.

Requires more of a re-write than a conversion, because GURPS Aliens wasn't really 3e (I don't recall if it was 2e or extremely early 3e, but pretty much every single template has significant errata for 3e; and 4e does psionics very differently, requiring even further changes to make them 4e compatiable).

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Originally Posted by Pomphis

Eric B Smith has done a conversion into 4e:

http://gurpsland.no-ip.org/#Aliens

Yup, though I would probably do some of the psionic races a bit differently if I were to redo the conversion today. Still, it's a good place to start if you're looking to use GURPS Aliens in 4e.

Rowan · 05-31-2012, 02:48 AM

Top notch work, mate. I've already put together 3 or 4 races, and they feel unique and interesting.

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Originally Posted by Faolyn

The Random Space Opera Alien Generator
The default Space Opera alien looks like a human: mammalian, normal human range of skin, eye, and hair coloring, ages like a human, reproduces like a human, eats like a human, etc. For some random alien features, roll on one or both of the following tables, as many times as you like.

Input is appreciated.

SNIPPAGE! :D

Gold & Appel Inc · 05-31-2012, 04:09 AM

It is pretty nice, but what could possibly have motivated you to quote that whole thing?

Sunrunners_Fire · 05-31-2012, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

It is pretty nice, but what could possibly have motivated you to quote that whole thing?

Langy asked Faolyn to in response to Faolyn's offer to do so.

Rowan · 05-31-2012, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

It is pretty nice, but what could possibly have motivated you to quote that whole thing?

I didn't? The whole thing is 3 posts in total length. All I did was quote the first part of their post. In retrospect, you are probably correct. it was nearly 4 am, and I'd just come off a creation bender using the tables, so I was a bit wonky headed and tired. The tables actually spurred me to break out my copy of space and generate a few extra things on their alien tables.

Gold & Appel Inc · 05-31-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sunrunners_Fire

Langy asked Faolyn to in response to Faolyn's offer to do so.

No, no, this guy:

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Originally Posted by Rowan

I was a bit wonky headed and tired.

Yeah, me too, sorry.

Rowan · 05-31-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

Yeah, me too, sorry.

No worries, mate. :) I'm really digging the generator. I went crazy and cranked out like 13 aliens, and rolled up two trait blocks from Space before I finally fell asleep in front of the laptop. XD

Faolyn · 05-31-2012, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rowan

No worries, mate. :) I'm really digging the generator. I went crazy and cranked out like 13 aliens, and rolled up two trait blocks from Space before I finally fell asleep in front of the laptop. XD

Hey, thanks! Glad you like it.

05-31-2012, 04:09 AM	#25
Gold & Appel Inc Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: One Mile Up	Re: Typical races IN SPACE It is pretty nice, but what could possibly have motivated you to quote that whole thing?