Questions tagged [science-fiction]
Science fiction is a literary genre which revolves around the consequences about new technologies and/or scientific possibilities.
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How can I make weapons of the same playstyle (reliable/risky) in my dice pool system (Feedback Loop) feel distinct mechanically?
I am currently making a sci-fi biopunk TTRPG system. In the system, attack rolls are made by rolling 4d6, then adding together either the 3 highest or the 2 highest rolls, depending on the weapon. If ...
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Best Traveller version for Star Trek
There are some similar questions, however there are not specific enough for me.
I want to run a game (as game master) in a Star Trek based setting. I did some research and decided that Traveller is ...
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How to do Spaceship Combat in D&D 5e
I am in the midst of creating a sci-fi space pirate campaign in D&D 5e, and spaceship/spacecraft combat will be inevitable.
I found this MSRD for spaceship combat but it's extremely complicated, ...
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West Marches campaign for settings other than medieval fantasy [closed]
The concept of a West Marches campaign is geared mainly toward fantasy/medieval campaigns, mostly, I think, due to the ease of creating wilderness areas and regions that are suitable to that style of ...
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GURPS supplement for Poul Anderson's "High Crusade"?
Recently I've been re-reading the amusing novel "The High Crusade" by Poul Anderson and enjoyed it as much as I did back then.
As I was reading, a thought came to my mind: I seemed to ...
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Odd Jobs for a scifi themed dnd thingy [closed]
I'm looking for different odd jobs that my players will able to. I want them to be a little more fun and random that differs from the serious tone of the main quest. They can be as random as you ...
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Is there a concise description of what 'special' damage is?
This may be somewhat a worthless question as I've looked diligently without success. I don't believe the information is physically present but I thought I'd give it a shot.
In my games things have ...
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What was this role playing game from the 70s or 80s?
Does anyone know the name of the role playing game from around the 80s (or possibly 70s) that was sort of a Star Wars ripoff?
There was combat, experience points you could earn.
There were tall Jawa ...
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How do fighter ships in the Dark Matter supplement communicate with each other?
I was looking through the Dark Matter supplement for 5th Edition D&D by Mage Hand Press (Kickstarter with sample PDF; store page) to find out what the fewest-in-common Ship Systems were, when I ...
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What effects would nuclear weapons have in Traveller space combat?
How would a nuclear explosions operate in the cold, hard vacuum that is Traveller space combat?
Battlestar: Galactica and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED both portrayed nuclear weapons (or fusion/fission ...
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What Cannot be Nanofabricated From CHON?
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My campaign's party is situated on an habitable oceanic world (specifically Droplet), but away from civilisation. They have a Nautiloid variant, with the usual internal nanofabricator and an ...
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Which Article Helped Get Rid of Technobabble in RPGs?
Some time ago I saw an article on the Internet about technobabble in RPGs, specifically about why and how to get rid of it and replace it with something better. While I'm inclined to believe that I ...
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How to Reduce Anthropomorphism When Roleplaying Uplifts?
A handful of science fiction and even some fantasy settings include animal uplifts. However, there's often a problem with roleplaying members of such species: excessive1 anthropomorphism.
This is a ...
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How to Roleplay a Sapient But Only Borderline Self-Aware Character? [closed]
I'm interested in portraying a character who is both sentient and sapient, and even reasonably intelligent and capable of initiative, but is relatively low on the scale of self-awareness. (Some may ...
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How can I avoid railroading in a sci-fi campaign?
I run a fantasy campaign and a sci-fi campaign. I always find it much easier to create interesting content in the fantasy world than the sci-fi world. In fantasy, for instance, a dungeon can be many ...
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