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Finally decided to make a thread here on the forums for my homebrew material. I'll be posting update posts every time I add something new to it. But for now I present to you the Promethean Shipyards as it currently stands with a short breakdown of what is contained within.
15 Races (Not counting subraces)
8 Gear Boosts for the Soldier
36 new weapons & 8 new suits of armor for characters
4 new construction options for starships
83 Starship designs
21 Dossiers for NPCs
59 Dossiers for PCs
7 new monsters & template grafts
Looking over it, thanks for posting.
Just noticed, you only have male/female as available genders in your random generator. There are species with other options (and I'm not even sure male/female are valid options for some, like, Maraquoi). Not to mention all of the other gender options for generally binary races. Honestly, I'd just remove it from the generator, but if you leave it, you may want it to be Male/Female/Other, or something.
Are you wanting feedback on the races or are you set with them as is? I don't want to be critiquing if that's not what you're looking for.
Well, overall I like them. There was just a few things that seem out of line with other races in SF.
Like, the Firstborn getting energy immunity (even with the corresponding vulnerabilities) seems pretty OP compared to other races.
The Canidae and Golan seem a little weak compared to other races (though I can't honestly pinpoint why for the Golan, maybe it's because all the features are crammed into that one paragraph?). I think the Canidae need something oomphy.
I think the Research and Development class feature of the Kynet should be changed to a +2 racial bonus in the two skills (maybe with an addendum that they're always class skills rather than skill synergy. Since Skill Synergy is insight, it wouldn't stack with the Operative/Mechanic/Technomancer bonuses from class.
That's all I've gotten through so far. This is a lot of information. It's obvious you put a lot of time and effort into it.
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Thanks for the comments so far.
The Firstborn were a little hard to bring across from Pathfinder but I didn't think it was because of that aspect. If it will help reign them in some I'll strike it completely from them.
The Canidae are one of my oldest races in terms of how long they've been around in my gaming experience. I'm not sure what I could add to them to prop them up somewhat.
I can see your concern about the Golan. I should probably break that racial apart in to pieces (at least two, maybe more). Also, might see my way to giving them something else as well.
As to Research & Development for the Kynet, I might take your suggestion on that front as it seems reasonable to me.
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Bacchikoi "Bring It": CG Human Male, Outlaw/Scholar Mechanic 15
This character was built using the following thirdy party materials:
Two feats from Rogue Genius Games' Starfarer's Companion written by Alex Augunas and Matt Morris.
How is a patrol craft a freighter?
Have you turned the cargo bay into a temporary lockup?
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I was trying to avoid using third party material for this design. However, if it is that much of a concern for people I can grab an expansion bay from Louis Porter Jr. Design's Infinite Space - Warp Speed! Expanded Starship Creation and turn one or more of the remaining cargo hold slots in to a brig. Though that would necessitate adjusting something else to allow for the BP expenditure.
Beyond that I based the size & hull of the craft on the image that I used or I tried to at least.
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For a little bit of fluff in this installment I've gone and reorganized the Introduction and Locations files in to a Corporate Background & Information section. In addition to the aforementioned sections I've started to add in material concerning the military aspects of the Promethean Shipyards.
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Cyrano, Intra-System Patrol Craft: Tier 7 - Large Heavy Freighter
This ship was built with the following third party material:
One expansion bay from Louis Porter Jr. Design’s Warp Speed! Expanded Starship Creation that was written by Chris A. Field.
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Removed/Changed:
Lowered Shields to Medium 140
Removed 1 cargo hold
Added:
Brig (1 unit)
Maybe the Firstborn start out like normal humanoids, but by the time they reach epic levels they are somewhat immortal. Maybe that's what Marvel comic's immortals of the universe are like. They survived the death of the previous universe, and any kids they have have a chance to become immortals.
I was trying to avoid using third party material for this design. However, if it is that much of a concern for people I can grab an expansion bay from Louis Porter Jr. Design's Infinite Space - Warp Speed! Expanded Starship Creation and turn one or more of the remaining cargo hold slots in to a brig. Though that would necessitate adjusting something else to allow for the BP expenditure.
Beyond that I based the size & hull of the craft on the image that I used or I tried to at least.
Pact Worlds now has a Brig expansion. It's 1 PCU/1BP Cost.
I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for. I hope it helps.
There's a couple others, just for reference...
EXPANSION BAY PCU COST (IN BP)
Brig 1 1
Drift shadow projector 5 15
Hive bay 5 10
Hydroponic garden 0 5
Launch tubes 10 5
Drift Shadow Projector, is that a drift engine or does it create an illusion in the drift?
It's an interdictor generator from Starwars. It lowers drift ratings in a given number of hexes and if it drops your drift rating to 0 you can't enter the drift.
A drift shadow projector and a drift beacon, is a trap world starter kit. :)
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Starships - I just added 28 new builds to the Jyn'Ric Shipyards section which brings me up to a total of 112 starship builds so far.
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Harold Nichols: NG Human Male, Mercenary Soldier 9.
This is a redo of the "me" character that I made shortly after I originally got the rules right after they were released back in August.
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F-802 Copperhead: Tier 6 - Tiny Fighter
Note: The F-802 Copperhead is a Tier 6 upgrade to the F-801 Diamondback which is Tier 5.
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Sirius: LG Canidae Male, Corporate Agent Soldier 17 (Primary Fighting Style: Blitz; Secondary Fighting Style: Gunslinger)
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Kendal Sparklegem: CG Gnome Female, Genetically Gifted Technomancer (Dragon Disciple) 18.
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David Andrew Walker-Gentry: CG Human Male, Spacefarer Soldier 8.
Primary Fighting Style: Guard
Build Quality: Player Character
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Amanda Watkins: LG Human Female, Outlaw Mechanic 12.
Artificial Intelligence: Exocortex
Build Quality: Player Character