User manual GAMES PC STARFLIGHT

[. . . ] In this chapter are systems allowing the gamemaster to design encounters in "space. . . the final frontier. " The gamemaster will be able to design "strange new worlds" for the players to explore and "new life and new civilizations" for them to seek out. Included is a section giving new gamemasters hints to help them with their own designs. There is a chapter giving hints on presenting scenarios, on the art, if you will, of being a gamemaster. [. . . ] Most often, this choice will be made together with the players, though the choices of Captain and First Officer should be made by the gamemaster. The Captain should be a player character for all shipboard adventures. In planetside adventures, he may be an NPC if the gamemaster (as most often is the case) decides to divorce the landing party from the enormous resources that the ship provides. A character's position may be anything from a lowly Security Ensign to the Captain of the vessel itself. Department head positions available include Chief Engineer, Chief Communications Officer, Chief Navigator, Chief Helmsman, Chief Medical Officer, Science Officer, and Security Chief. The gamemaster must take care in this decision. Obviously, it would be no fun to play a junior research chemist stuck in the lab while everyone else gets landing party duty!In planetside adventures, the more important officers seem to be, in order of importance, the Captain, the Science Officer, the Medical Officer, the Security Chief, and then the Engineer. In shipboard adventures, the more important officers seem to be the Captain, the Chief Engineer, the Helmsman, the Science Officer, the Navigator, and the Communications Officer. The gamemaster should encourage the players to be somewhat more realistic about landing party composition than the TV episodes were. Gamemasters should definitely nor allow the Captain and all bridge personnel to beam down for every landing party, armed to the teeth and ready for anything. In no case should LUC or PSI scores be rerolled. Racial Modifiers For each race, apply the modifiers to the character's attributes after the die rolls but before the player uses the bonus points. If a character wants to be of mixed race, such as the Human/Vulcan Mr. Spock, use all the modifiers for the dominant side. In all cases, any score that finishes as less than zero is raised to 01, but any score going above 99 should be allowed to do so. Endurance (END) Endurance itself is rarely used in the game; MAX OP END and CURR OP END are used instead. Although a character's MAX OP END and CURR OP END scores may go down and then up again several times in the course of a game because of temporary and wound damage and subsequent healing, they may never go above the original END score. Permanent damage may reduce the END score permanently, but this will not happen often. RACIAL MODIFIERS TO ATTRIBUTES INT STR END PLAYER CHARACTER RACES Human Andorian + 10 +5 Caitian^ -5 Edoan -5 Tellarite +5 +5 Vulcan + 20 + 10 + 10 NON-PLAYER CHARACTER RACES Klingon + 10 +5 Romulan +5 + 10 Orion . -30 Gorn; + 30 + 25 Tholian -10 + 10 N/A DEX CHA . LUC - PSI -30 -20 -30 -35 -40 - + 20 + 15 +5 + 30 -20 N/A +5 - -10 -20 - -20 -10 -15 -20 -40 -40 -10 -25 -10 -20 -20 Intellect (INT) Characters with high INT scores will be able to gain more skills and create higher Skill Ratings than characters with lower INT scores. Characters with high INT scores also will find training at the Star Fleet Academy easier. -50 -20 -30 -10 -40 N/A Dexterity (DEX) Characters with high DEX scores move faster, have more actions, and are more accurate than others. -10 + 30 -20 -20 Charisma (CHA) CHA scores are averaged with Skill Ratings in Negotiation/ Diplomacy and Leadership to influence NPCs. Charisma is NOT necessarily physical attractiveness. The exact interpretation of any character's CHA attribute score should be discussed between the player and the gamemaster. Bonus Points Luck (LUC) Characters with a high LUC score may be able to succeed even when they might normally have failed, simply because of their LUC. To find the number of bonus points, roll D100, divide by 2, and round up. These points may be divided between any attribute but PSI. [. . . ] It was my aim to plug most of the holes and revise most of the glitches that came to light in my rewrite of the first edition. I have added to the fine work done by Guy, Greg, and Dave, hoping to make this edition easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to use by the younger gamer, who enjoys games like this with an intensity not often matched by we older folk. Wm. John Wheeler Although my hand is felt in almost every system of ST:RPG to some extent, my major contribution is conceptual. What causes STARFLIGHT to stand apart from not only other games but also other science fiction universes is its depth of detail. [. . . ]