>From Mark 'Geo' Gelinas:
RE: Jump Drives
The variant posted for Jump drives looks very workable and it appears
as though a lot of work went into the project. However, I think that one
of the objectives of TNE is to simplify some of the systems rather than
go the opposite direction. (If your variant was not a suggestion for
TNE, forgive me for speaking out of place.) In fact I could well do without
a vehicle design system (at least initailly) as long as GDW published a
supplement (ALA NATO VEHICLE GUIDE) that had a variety of vehicles for
each TL (5+) (While 101 vehicles is a useful supplement, it did contain
several designs which were not that useful or practical). I do believe
that a simple starship design system is a must.
RE: Character "Templates"
I have a suggestion that I would like some feedback on:
In keeping with making TNE more new gamer friendly, I suggest having
a number of character templates which could be filled out with minimal
trouble. What I propose is take the 6 - 12 most popular character types,
and give them the average stats needed for that type and the basic skills.
Then the player would get a number (pre-determined or random, I like random)
of points with which to improve the stats, and a number of points to divide
up between a list of skills appropriate for that career. Since 3 terms is
about optimum for characters, I would make the template characters for that
point. You could even list some basic equipment on the sheet. Thus, a
new player would have minimum decisions about creating his character, and
could get into play relatively quick. The system would be a bit more
complicated than that used in the STAR WARS RPG (at least a little bit),
but would have the same basic effect - a simple character generation system
for the new player. While it would be optimum to have each character on
its own sheet (easy to photocopy and further simplifying the process),
space considerations and all might dictate reduing the size. I think
the 1-2 pages that it would need (short form) would be worth the investment.
Opinions? Comments? Suggestions?