I really liked the FASA tactical game and especially the command and control rules that gave each of the bridge crew had some task or tasks to do doing...
From: Champions Guru [mailto:champions_guru_y2k@...] ... A good place to start is with Star Wars Core Rulebook. There is a two-page guideline on running...
According the show the Federation is a moneyless culture. I wonder how this would work. How do people get compensated for their work? A good example is artists...
I have always wondered about that. And on DS9, it was established that money does exist, in the form of Gold-pressed latinum, contradictory. In TOS, money did...
Ok think of this... On TNG, money as a commodity has been eliminated because of repicators and such. anything you wanted could be provided. However, to...
In a message dated 8/26/2004 8:45:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, champions_guru_y2k@... writes: According the show the Federation is a moneyless culture. I...
I like this intepretation. This idea, the credit you receive is compensation for your work, is shown all over the shows, it's just only important during...
... how this would work. How do people get compensated for their work? A good example is artists who's work is totally subjective, how do they evaluate the...
... Two thoughts on this one moneyless as in theres no physical currency used in the Federation all transactions are provided by electronic means. Two...
... More like heavily socialist, I would think. the government doesn't control /everything/ in the Federation, or there wouldn't be any independent traders AT...
... A ... I'd like to thank you all for your input on this subject and after careful thought I can't see how a civilization can survive without a monetary...
... careful thought I can't see how a civilization can survive without a monetary system. Well, like I said, faith in strength of government can actually be a ...
Hi there, I strongly disagree to a precious-metal-based monetary system. Even nowadays most monetary systems are based on the productivity and economic power...
Since Decipher seems to no longer be putting out any Trek products I believe, IMHO, that the need for D20 Trek is more needed than now than ever. What do you...
It might be a way to boost sales of d20 Modern or d20 Future, I wonder which publisher would be willing and able to get the rights for it...? C.J. ... From:...
... To be brutally honest, I wanted it since Wizards of the Coast acquired Last Unicorn Games, July 2000. About one month before Paramount granted Decipher the...
... I ... To be honest, since my early love affair with D20 I have become somewhat disllusioned with it I am not certain that D20 is the best possible system...
... Well, I'm not saying that d20 is the superior system for Trek role-playing, as a statement of fact that is. I'm saying it as a statement of preference. I...
I like and prefer d20. However, I did notice some interesting short-comings in the skill set, as it is presented. SPOT is used avoid surprise through visual...
... Which is why d20 is an ever-evolving rules system, thanks to WotC and third-party publishers. We can try to make up for their shortcomings by using the...
Replies inline ... Well, who says that LISTEN can't be used to detect the absence of noise? Also, the Shaolin thing, I know I can't do that in my wildest...
... How about in the case of frisking someone? Hide check doesn't apply, but rather to remaining hidden from others. Some games introduced the idea of...
Hi all. first time poster, long time lurker... do you think that it is time now to start collectivly doing stats? Yes the Decipher is Very close to D20 and the...
... This is covered in the MSRD under SLIGHT OF HAND. vs. a SPOT/SEARCH (don't remember) check. ... That'd deffinently be a hide check. ... ===== -- Joseph...
Although I don't have the articles infront of me, these issues have all been covered in one form or another in various D&D3E and StarWars formats, either in...
... check doesn't apply, but rather to remaining hidden from others. Officially, you're supposed to use 'Bluff' or 'Sleight of Hand' somehow, but I don't think...
