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Star Frontiers

2019-03-12T05:26:33Z

2607:FEA8:8400:CDA:10FE:B8F:5352:2355: /* Characters */ spelling corrections

[[Category:Roleplaying]]
{{Oldschool}}
[[Image:StarFrontiers_AlphaDawn.png|300px|right]]
[[Star Frontiers]] was TSR's science-fiction space opera RPG. It was shoved in a closet and ignored during the reign of [[Lorraine Williams]] because she wanted to push her Buck Rogers licensed-material and soak up the royalties. It had three releases: "Alpha Dawn" for player characters, "Knight Hawks" for ship-to-ship action including boarding parties and trade, and "Zebulon's Guide" for campaign setting fluff and politics.
It had a more than respectable combat system with easy percentile rolls and modifiers, which included vehicle and aerial combat during the same six-second turns, using archaic weapons, melee weapons and futuristic melee and ranged weapons.
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== Characters ==
Unlike other TSR products of the time, they don't have a career "class" that dictates their aptitudes. Characters are skill-based instead, although the character picks a Primary Skill Area (PSA) that allows the character to pay half-price for advancing skills in that area.

Attributes are percentile, and are allocated as pairs. The pairs are:
* Strength / Stamina
* Dexterity / Reaction Speed
* Intuition / Logic
* Personality / Leadership
Attributes are usually identical in pairs, though racial bonuses or spending experience points can change that.

Race plays a very important role in Star Frontiers. Most Star Frontiers NPCs use race as a shorthand for the personality to expect (except Humans, of course, because Humans are always the jack-of-all-trades/unpredictable race). There are five major races in the campaign setting, four of them are playable:
* the amorphous thoughtful Dralasites (+5 Str/Sta, -5 Int/Log, multiple limbs, Lie Detection),
* the gangly curious Humans (+5 to any single ability but not both in a pair),
* the insectoid dedicated Vrusk (-5 Str/Sta, +5 Int/Log, Ambidextrous, Sense Motive)
* the simian fierce Yazirians (-10 Str/Sta, +5 Dex/RS, +5 Int/Log, Night Vision, Gliding)
These four races are allied for setting and exploiting the frontier sector that is the default campaign setting.
[[Image:StarFrontiers_Races.png|center|800px]]

The fifth major race is saved for the BBEG:
* the maniacally violent vermiform Sathar (-5 Dex/RS, -5 Int/Log, +0/+20 Per/Ldr, Hypnotism)
They are written intentionally as an enigmatic BBEG race for the GM to use for spooking the players or setting up a conspiracy.

== Images ==
<gallery>
Image:StarFrontiers_Races.png|Dralasite, Human, Vrusk and Yazirian anatomy
Image:StarFrontiers_map.png|map of the systems in the default setting
</gallery>

== Links ==
* [http://starfrontiers.com/OfficialTSRResources.aspx Official Rulebooks] <strike>TSR gave these fanboys permission to republish all the original material electronically. For free.</strike>
* [http://www.starfrontiersman.com/remastered.php Remastered Rulebooks]<strike> these fanboys have "digitally remastered" and patched up the rules. Also free to download. Also modules, maps and links to Star Frontiersman fanzines. Kick-ass!</strike> Gone, WOTC asked people to stop distributing things they own the rights of... or something
* [http://www.myrpgame.com/tag/star-frontier/ Star Frontiers as a 4E game] laugh at the heretic. Point and laugh.

Star Frontiers

2019-03-12T05:24:53Z

2607:FEA8:8400:CDA:10FE:B8F:5352:2355: /* Images */ spelling

[[Category:Roleplaying]]
{{Oldschool}}
[[Image:StarFrontiers_AlphaDawn.png|300px|right]]
[[Star Frontiers]] was TSR's science-fiction space opera RPG. It was shoved in a closet and ignored during the reign of [[Lorraine Williams]] because she wanted to push her Buck Rogers licensed-material and soak up the royalties. It had three releases: "Alpha Dawn" for player characters, "Knight Hawks" for ship-to-ship action including boarding parties and trade, and "Zebulon's Guide" for campaign setting fluff and politics.
It had a more than respectable combat system with easy percentile rolls and modifiers, which included vehicle and aerial combat during the same six-second turns, using archaic weapons, melee weapons and futuristic melee and ranged weapons.
__TOC__
 

== Characters ==
Unlike other TSR products of the time, they don't have a career "class" that dictates their aptitudes. Characters are skill-based instead, although the character picks a Primary Skill Area (PSA) that allows the character to pay half-price for advancing skills in that area.

Attributes are percentile, and are allocated as pairs. The pairs are:
* Strength / Stamina
* Dexterity / Reaction Speed
* Intuition / Logic
* Personality / Leadership
Attributes are usually identical in pairs, though racial bonuses or spending experience points can change that.

Race plays a very important role in Star Frontiers. Most StarFrontiers NPCs use race as a shorthand for the personality to expect (except Humans, of course, because Humans are always the jack of all trades/unpredictable race). There are five major races in the campaign setting, four of them are playable:
* the amorphous thoughtful Dralesites (+5 Str/Sta, -5 Int/Log, multiple limbs, lie detection),
* the gangly curious Humans (+5 to any single ability but not both in a pair),
* the insectoid dedicated Vrusk (-5 Str/Sta, +5 Int/Log, Ambidextrous, Sense Motive)
* the simian fierce Yazarians (-10 Str/Sta, +5 Dex/RS, +5 Int/Log, Night Vision, Gliding)
These four races are allied for setting and exploiting the frontier sector that is the default campaign setting.
[[Image:StarFrontiers_Races.png|center|800px]]

The fifth major race is saved for the BBEG:
* the maniacally violent vermiform Sathar (-5 Dex/RS, -5 Int/Log, +0/+20 Per/Ldr, Hypnotism)
They are written intentionally as an enigmatic BBEG race for the GM to use for spooking the players or setting up a conspiracy.

== Images ==
<gallery>
Image:StarFrontiers_Races.png|Dralasite, Human, Vrusk and Yazirian anatomy
Image:StarFrontiers_map.png|map of the systems in the default setting
</gallery>

== Links ==
* [http://starfrontiers.com/OfficialTSRResources.aspx Official Rulebooks] <strike>TSR gave these fanboys permission to republish all the original material electronically. For free.</strike>
* [http://www.starfrontiersman.com/remastered.php Remastered Rulebooks]<strike> these fanboys have "digitally remastered" and patched up the rules. Also free to download. Also modules, maps and links to Star Frontiersman fanzines. Kick-ass!</strike> Gone, WOTC asked people to stop distributing things they own the rights of... or something
* [http://www.myrpgame.com/tag/star-frontier/ Star Frontiers as a 4E game] laugh at the heretic. Point and laugh.

Star Frontiers

2019-03-12T05:24:24Z

2607:FEA8:8400:CDA:10FE:B8F:5352:2355: /* Images */ spelling corrections

[[Category:Roleplaying]]
{{Oldschool}}
[[Image:StarFrontiers_AlphaDawn.png|300px|right]]
[[Star Frontiers]] was TSR's science-fiction space opera RPG. It was shoved in a closet and ignored during the reign of [[Lorraine Williams]] because she wanted to push her Buck Rogers licensed-material and soak up the royalties. It had three releases: "Alpha Dawn" for player characters, "Knight Hawks" for ship-to-ship action including boarding parties and trade, and "Zebulon's Guide" for campaign setting fluff and politics.
It had a more than respectable combat system with easy percentile rolls and modifiers, which included vehicle and aerial combat during the same six-second turns, using archaic weapons, melee weapons and futuristic melee and ranged weapons.
__TOC__
 

== Characters ==
Unlike other TSR products of the time, they don't have a career "class" that dictates their aptitudes. Characters are skill-based instead, although the character picks a Primary Skill Area (PSA) that allows the character to pay half-price for advancing skills in that area.

Attributes are percentile, and are allocated as pairs. The pairs are:
* Strength / Stamina
* Dexterity / Reaction Speed
* Intuition / Logic
* Personality / Leadership
Attributes are usually identical in pairs, though racial bonuses or spending experience points can change that.

Race plays a very important role in Star Frontiers. Most StarFrontiers NPCs use race as a shorthand for the personality to expect (except Humans, of course, because Humans are always the jack of all trades/unpredictable race). There are five major races in the campaign setting, four of them are playable:
* the amorphous thoughtful Dralesites (+5 Str/Sta, -5 Int/Log, multiple limbs, lie detection),
* the gangly curious Humans (+5 to any single ability but not both in a pair),
* the insectoid dedicated Vrusk (-5 Str/Sta, +5 Int/Log, Ambidextrous, Sense Motive)
* the simian fierce Yazarians (-10 Str/Sta, +5 Dex/RS, +5 Int/Log, Night Vision, Gliding)
These four races are allied for setting and exploiting the frontier sector that is the default campaign setting.
[[Image:StarFrontiers_Races.png|center|800px]]

The fifth major race is saved for the BBEG:
* the maniacally violent vermiform Sathar (-5 Dex/RS, -5 Int/Log, +0/+20 Per/Ldr, Hypnotism)
They are written intentionally as an enigmatic BBEG race for the GM to use for spooking the players or setting up a conspiracy.

== Images ==
<gallery>
Image:StarFrontiers_Races.png|Dralasites, Humans, Vrusk and Yazirian anatomy
Image:StarFrontiers_map.png|map of the systems in the default setting
</gallery>

== Links ==
* [http://starfrontiers.com/OfficialTSRResources.aspx Official Rulebooks] <strike>TSR gave these fanboys permission to republish all the original material electronically. For free.</strike>
* [http://www.starfrontiersman.com/remastered.php Remastered Rulebooks]<strike> these fanboys have "digitally remastered" and patched up the rules. Also free to download. Also modules, maps and links to Star Frontiersman fanzines. Kick-ass!</strike> Gone, WOTC asked people to stop distributing things they own the rights of... or something
* [http://www.myrpgame.com/tag/star-frontier/ Star Frontiers as a 4E game] laugh at the heretic. Point and laugh.