Roleplaying Firefly Help

POSTED BY: Thalos
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 23:48
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THALOS

Monday, January 19, 2004 3:33 PM

My friends and I are looking to roleplay a face to face version of Firefly. And if the system works, we plan on running a few campaigns during GenCon in August.

In order to make the best game possible I am looking for as much technical information and detail as possible. Things like the statistics on "Vera" and the such.

Call me lazy but I think it would be faster to get input from everyone as opposed to spending hours and hours looking through all the old threads.

Thanks in advance for any/all the help.

PS- My ulterior motive is to help spread Firefly amongst many uninformed others and if this game goes well at GenCon, the word of mouth publicity at the Con should follow nicely and grow our fan base.

"Whoa, good Bible."

WERZBOWSKI

Monday, January 19, 2004 4:01 PM

I just sent you a message through the link in your profile...check it when you get a chance and get back to me through my email.

I might have something useful for you if you want it.

"We will rise again!"

SAINT JAYNE

Monday, January 19, 2004 4:13 PM

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Originally posted by Thalos:
My friends and I are looking to roleplay a face to face version of Firefly.

You're not talking about a pencil-and-paper RPG, are you? I've seen one based on ERP. I will unearth the URL if you are interested.

THALOS

Monday, January 19, 2004 5:05 PM

@ Saint Jayne: Yes, I am looking to construct a "paper and pencil" RPG of Firefly. I have a system I think will work well for the game, just need statistics and the like. I would not mind checking out the site4 though if it's not too much trouble finding the URL.

@ Werzbowski: I sent you an email, I think the message you sent from my link is lost in cyberspace, as it has not appeared anywhere yet.

I think the toughest characters to quantify are Book and River. Since we were not told their whole stories it will be hard to assign a numerical value to some of their skills and attributes.

For example, on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the best does River have an 11 intellegence? After what was done to her brain and being pyscic and all who can be sure.

"Whoa, good Bible."

SAINT JAYNE

Monday, January 19, 2004 5:41 PM

Well, Thalos, here is the link. I don't know if it'll help much, but at least it'll give you another perspective.

http://members.ispwest.com/radiojoe/game/

SAINT JAYNE

Monday, January 19, 2004 5:46 PM

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Originally posted by Thalos:
For example, on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the best does River have an 11 intellegence?

Since the typical range is for human scores, I don't think it would be unreasonable to give scores of 11 or 12 for impossibly high stats. River is a good example because of surgical enhancements. Jayne, however, no matter how crude he is, will not have a negative charisma. Unless maybe his abnoxiousness is alcohol-enhanced?

BARNEYT

Monday, January 19, 2004 5:47 PM

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Originally posted by Thalos:
[BFor example, on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the best does River have an 11 intellegence? After what was done to her brain and being pyscic and all who can be sure.

Going by Simon's comments in Serenity about him being the top 3% and River being so much smarter than he was, I reckon 11 might be understating it a little...

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

SHADOWKATE

Monday, January 19, 2004 6:09 PM

Have you thought about just adapting a universal roleplaying system? Something like dX (made by the same people who did Tri-Stat) which you can get for free at http://www.guardiansorder.com/ or even d20 which could be adapted from either the Farscape setting or d20 Modern (or something similar). I'd even suggest GURPS except that the system is highly broken.

Anyway, I suggest at least looking for a system that is well develeped and fairly flexable.

Also have you thought about making River (or even Book) an NPC? That way its less of an issue about whats known and what isn't...plus River always makes a good plot device.

THALOS

Monday, January 19, 2004 7:34 PM

I will be using an existing RP system. It is a d10 system from Cyberpunk 2020, and now Fuzion I believe. I like this system best. D20 I think borrowed this idea for their 3.0 rules.

Basic idea is to take skills and attributes and a die roll to determine accomplishments. To me the details of the system are less important then the actual role-playing.

"Whoa, good Bible."

THALOS

Monday, January 19, 2004 8:07 PM

Thanks Saint Jayne, some good information on that site. In, fact they are even using a form of Fuzion in one of their roleplaying examples.

"Whoa, good Bible."

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