Looking at Ultimate Wilderness feats through the SF design lens. This is mainly an evaluation of the feats in the book. Ambush Awareness, Animal Call, Animal Disguise, Animal Ferocity, Aquatic Combatant, Aquatic Spell, Arctic Adaptation, Beast Hunter, Beastmaster Ire, Beastmaster … Continue reading →
Pathfinder Feats through Starfinder Lens Acrobatic, would be superseded by Skill Synergy becoming class skills or insight bonuses and since Fly is part of Acrobatics now someone wanting to be really good at both might even take Skill Focus instead … Continue reading →
Starfinder has made a lot of changes from Pathfinder and its 3.x roots. I want to walk through these section by section for my own purposes when designing supplements for Starfinder. I hope that others find it useful as well. … Continue reading →
In the summer of 2016 I announced an Open Call for Writers to bring new ideas into my Galaxy Pirates sci-fi setting. The theme was tools of enlightenment, from simple lights to high tech vision helmets. The Open Call was … Continue reading →
With the Open Call announced, let’s talk about Power and Vision. In Galaxy Pirates I have things that derive their power from Chemical, Mechanical and Electrical sources, this mainly matters if someone is trying to deprive you of that power … Continue reading →
This week I am putting out an Open Call, there was another OC from another 3PP and he said something about the right time to do something is always now. So, I’m taking the opportunity to do something similar, but … Continue reading →
This week I am laying down the design goals for Galaxy Pirates. Start with the Pathfinder SRD, basically the Core rules and; Substitute; Assimar/Elves, Katar/Dwarves, Eldred/Elves, Kopek/Half-Elves, Terrans/Humans, Kaldir/Half-Elves, Slavern/Dwarves, Trogon/Half-Orcs, Voltura Substitute; Bounty Hunter/Ranger, Engineer/?, Field Medic/Cleric, Hacker/Rogue, Marine/Fighter,Smuggler/Rogue, Marauder/Pathfinder Unchained Barbarian, Mercenary/?, Guardian/Pathfinder Unchained Monk, Some … Continue reading →
This week I want to explore Spaceships, in what may be the furthest divergence from Fantasy settings with thick stone walls and heavy Oak doors, Spaceships and Aircraft put a premium on the weight of materials used in their construction. … Continue reading →
Last week I took a long hard look at Computer Use the skill from the D20 Modern SRD, like Drones it was written in 2004 and a lot has changed since then. I think the first thing to mention here … Continue reading →
This article is going to focus on the game design part of the RPG business. I have a science fiction game I am working on, I have Guns in my game and since I am using Open Game License content … Continue reading →
