#star trek rpg

[hishgraphics]

[avaruusporo]

Finished my portrait of my Star Trek TTRPG character Sotek! He is a vulcan Starfleet engineer, a lieutenant to be precise.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

I've always loved this excerpt from Modiphius' Star Trek RPG. The idea that an AI would chose to save humans instead of kill them is ... very Trek. And yes, Perimeter, or Система «Периметр», also known (rather melodramatically imo) as "Dead Hand", is real - though it's evidently semi-automatic in reality, not an AI-powered fully-automatic system as described here. Ofc given WW3 happened in the 2050s in Trek history, and our own IRL tech advances, saying it got an AI system upgrade is plausible. We don't know how many missiles each of the belligerents in WW3 had, but, if we assume it's a similar number to today, it would be around 9,600 warheads. At the stated 2-3% hit rate here, that's still around 290 nuclear detonations. Considering the shots we saw in SNW of major cities being hit, a 600 million death toll seems plausible, even with only ~290 warheads hitting their targets. Point is, this is super cool worldbuilding, and an example of how Star Trek can take a dystopian sci-fi cliche and turn it into something hopeful.

[idol--hands]

Star Trek Adventures RPG

🗣️ Source: https://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-adventures-set-for-launch?amp

[usslovelace]

The year is 2464. You have been commissioned to join the Neo-Dauntless class USS Lovelace. Your mission? To explore strange new worlds, to aid your fellow Federation members, and to survive with the rest of your crew out in the unrelenting darkness of deep space.

USS Lovelace is a Discord based Star Trek roleplay group, following the crew of the eponymous Lovelace on its deep space mission. We accept canon, original, and crossover characters! Our group is currently running and always accepting new members.

Read our rules and guidelines here.

Read our available crew roster here.

Join our Discord server here.

[hiddenwashington]

@softsliders19 said : Was that [CHRIS PINE]? Oh no no, that was just [JAMES T. KIRK], a/an [CANON CHARACTER] from [STAR TREK]. They are [THIRTY SIX] years old, use [HE/HIM], and [ARE NOT] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.{ooc: Katherine! And can I possibly maybe reserve John Wick? }

accepted! welcome to washington d.c. james t. kirk [chris pine]! please send in your account within 24 hours! please be sure to take a look at the checklist now that you've arrived! we look forward to seeing you around the city! 

**john wick is now reserved for katherine until 4/23 at 3:59 pm est!

[illegibledeed]

Star Trek RPG characters from a while ago.

[realunderlake]

I wish more TTRPGs gave good advice for making encounters

I feel like a lot of ttrpgs don't give very good advice for making encounters, and the fanbases for these TTRPGs are not much better. DnD for example has the CR system that straight up doesn't work, with people in the fandom saying "Oh, don't worry about balanced encounters."

Same with Star Trek 2d20, Call of Cthulhu, and the Fantasy Flight Star Wars RPGs. Only really PF2e has an encounter design system that seems to actually work, that the game often points to and tells you about.

I get that for less combat focused games, like Call of Cthulhu, there's less emphasis on making a balanced combat, but even for more narrative focused games that have a combat system, I feel like there should be some advice for making a balanced combat, if only so when the players inevitably fail to prevent the cultist's plans, and have to raid the base, you can give them at least a fighting chance. With Star Wars ffg this is especially egregious, as I followed the instructions in the book to make Sith Inquisitors for the players to fight, and near universally, they got stomped.

Maybe I'm an idiot, I don't know. But I feel like if combat is a part of your game, and has fully fleshed out mechanics, there should be some balance to it.

What are some TTRPGs aside from PF2e that have good system for making balanced combats?

[drnosfercatu]

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[hishgraphics]

Last week, in a one-shot Star Trek Adventures tabletop RPG session, my niece Anya plays Commander Jewel Mochizuki, XO of the Walker-class USS Bangkok. It is July 2260. Captain Adilia Morales is sent by Starfleet to investigate the SOS from the Saladin-class USS Neptune in the Anansi Aleph system.

Captain Morales assigns Cmdr Mochizuki to the rescue ops. Upon dropping out of warp, Science Officer Lt Amanda Heisenberg scans nearby gas giant Anansi Aleph III detecting a ship in its upper atmosphere. Helmsman Lt. Cmdr. Simone Tsang plots a course there.

An electrical storm under the Neptune disables scanning, comms and prevents beaming. Cmdr Mochizuki orders Tsang to launch a probe. Despite the atmo disturbance, Mochizuki succeeds [using Control+Conn] in remote flying the drone. The Neptune seems fine, and there is no sign of activity.

Then, Mochizuki leads a landing party with Tsang & Heisenberg in a Type-7 shuttle. They pass the probe on its way back. The winds and ionisation disruption buffet the shuttle, but Tsang skillfully lands them in the Neptune's hangar bay, beside another Type-7 shuttle.

They disembark and are jumped by a creature out in the corridor. Mochizuki stuns the creature with her phaser. The creature is a dog-sized leathery ball of muscle with a huge maw and sharp teeth.

Heisenberg reports that there are multiple lifesigns on the Engineering Deck - but no reply on comms. Tsang informs the XO that the ship is sinking into the storm clouds below which would destroy the ship.

With 15 minutes left, they split up. Heisenberg proceeds to the Science Department to learn more about the creatures. Mochizuki orders Tsang to find and destroy the creatures while she heads for the Engineering Deck. The XO fails to break the lock on the Engineering Room, where the Neptune survivors are trapped. Another creature jumps her but is disintegrated by her phaser.

Then Heisenberg calls. She is under attack by more creature before her signal cuts off.

The Neptune rocks violently as it descends into the topmost storm clouds. Tsang reports that an organic, egg-like object smashed through the hull & hatched some time ago. The hull breach is contained by emergency forcefields for now.

Mochizuki heads toward Tsang but en route a group of four creatures rush for her. They are pursued by a large 3-m long tentacled creature! Mochizuki and the small aliens flee together. But [by spending 2 Momentum] a lightning hit activates the corridor security forcefield and traps the creature. The smaller aliens are also happy at this development.

Then Heisenberg shows up with more of the smaller creatures in her arms. She discovered that the smaller gir-ligud are not hostile. The USS Neptune picked a group of them in space as they were being hunted by the larger sarab-bok. The predator travelled in an egg-like vessel that had smashed into the starship in search of its food.

Lt Cmdr Tsang reaches the bridge but helm power is off. The XO finds a power junction and [with Reason+Engineering] successfully diverts power to the bridge, allowing the helmsman to pilot the ship up and away from the electrical storm.

The Neptune out of danger, Mochizuki beams the trapped sarab-bok out to space and rescue the near-frozen crew in the Engineering Room – some of which had been devoured by the huge alien creature.

With the survivors safe and sound, the USS Bangkok and the USS Neptune then warp away from Anansi Aleph III.

THE END

[jvlianbashir]

why does "move along home" consistently get placed in those "worst star trek episodes of all time" lists when every actual person i've spoken to about it is either neutral towards it or likes it and thinks it's good corny fun

[2minutetabletop]

Wonderdraft Space Symbols

We've just released my new space map assets pack, featuring a whole range of stars, ships, and planets! Do you need a space map? Hope you'll try them out. :D

→ You can download them here

[rpgsandbox]

Aboard the USS Theseus, Data runs a D&D game for Shaxs, Sisko and Dr Crusher, with an appearance from Spot. (Star Trek Annual 2023, IDW Publishing)

[whirligig-girl]

Commission for Jenny's Star Trek Adventures game of the USS Curiosity (Intrepid-Class) facing off a low-tech alien stealth ship in a Badlands-like nebula.

[usslovelace]

Hello tags! We're the USS Lovelace — a Discord based roleplay group set in the Star Trek universe. We follow the crew of the eponymous Lovelace on its deep space mission.

Things to know about us!

We are always accepting new members!

No skeletons are used here — you decide what sort of character best fits the starship role you're interested in.

We accept canon characters from any era of Trek, original characters (including homebrew alien races), and crossover characters from other fandoms. Honestly, the sky's the limit! There are several options available for reworking characters to fit this setting.

Multiple senior staff positions are currently available! Check out our roster below.

We're a low pressure group with light activity requirements.

Extensive Star Trek knowledge is not needed! A basic familiarity with the setting is more than enough.

Interested?

Read our rules and guidelines here.

Read our available crew roster here.

Join our Discord server here. You're welcome to join just to poke around and ask questions, as well!

[hiddenwashington]

@rcquicm said : Can I possibly reserve Spock (Star Trek) plz?

spock (star trek) is now reserved for mario until 6/6 at 1:26 pm est!