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StarCraft RPG... any ideas?

Started by SunBoy, February 24, 2009, 05:40:34 AM

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slayride35

#45
February 19, 2014, 02:17:45 PM
Yeah I grabbed the SciFi Companion for SW, I'll post my thoughts about the vehicle rules after I read it over. Its second on the queue though, currently reading Shaintar: Legends Unleashed for game on Sunday.

slayride35

#46
February 19, 2014, 02:21:21 PM
Yeah Starcraft does have a lot of mercenary companies (Wings of Liberty for example has a bunch of them to use), and also a lot of criminal and merchant syndicates who could end up being the sources for their missions rather than a major Terran groups (Depending on timeline of game) like the Confederacy, Dominion, United Earth Directorate, etc.

Spinachcat

#47
February 21, 2014, 01:27:36 AM
The StarCraft universe has lots of cool stuff to do...as long as its mostly Team A shooting Team B, but there is room for intrigue and betrayals.

One thing to consider is the building of bases by players. Are they going to be "building" barracks, supply depots and starports? How fast does that occur in a RPG?

Is a Battlecruiser something that you can shoot down with enough Hydralisks?

Do Mutalisks really dogfight with Valkyries?

What is the relation of the vitality of a PC Hero vs. the vitality of a mook? AKA, can the PC take more damage than a siege tank?

slayride35

#48
February 22, 2014, 03:07:23 PM
One of the cool things about Sw is heroes are wild cards, with more wound levels which makes them have more HP versus a mook with only 1 wound level.

But in general, most SW vehicles have much higher base toughness than people and can only be hurt by Heavy Weapons. A Siege Tank simply ignores most small arms fire, so a marine is going to have to employ tactics like getting behind the siege tank and use rocket launchers, etc.

That isn't particularly consistent with the StarCraft universe where 12 zerglings surrounding a Siege Tank is its doom, though. So the Heavy Weapon Rules for vehicles might be tossed out if you want less realistic but more consistent with the video game rules.

RPGPundit

#49
February 24, 2014, 06:29:34 PM
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He has a real job now, so that's taken away his time for posting I think.
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