Serenity RPG Core Rules
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"The Earth got used up¸ and we found a new solar system and used terraforming technology to create hundreds of new Earths. The central planets formed the Alliance and decided that all worlds should unite under their rule. There was some disagreement on that point. After the Unification War¸ many of the Independents who had fought and lost drifted to the edges of the system¸ far from Alliance control. Out here¸ people struggled to get by with the most basic technologies. A ship would bring you work¸ a gun would help you keep it. A captain's goal was simple: find a crew¸ find a job¸ keep flying.
A space opera RPG¸ adapted from the Firefly TV series and Serenity feature film by Joss Whedon. It uses a system adapted from the Sovereign Stone fantasy game. Attributes and skills are rated in a a step die system with twelve ranks: d2¸ d4¸ d6¸ d8¸ d10¸ d12¸ d12+d2¸ d12+d4¸ d12+d6¸ d12+d8¸ d12+d10¸ d12+d12. Action resolution is by rolling attribute die plus skill die. Characters have six attributes (Agility¸ Strength¸ Vitality¸ Alertness¸ Intelligence¸ Willpower)¸ along with skills and advantages. It also includes a plot point mechanic. Plot Points can be spent before a roll for an extra die (costing 1 per rank)¸ after the roll to raise the total (costing 1 per +1)¸ or to manipulate the story (scaled from 1-3 for convenient coincidence to 11+ for ""saving your bacon""). - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim"
Five hundred years in the future¸ humanity has built a new home in a faraway star system. Earth-That-Was is now only a distant memory... Serenity is a small transport ship owned and captained by Malcolm Reynolds¸ a former Independent soldier¸ and crewed by a squabbling group of misfits who are loyal to each other and the ship they call home...
The Serenity Roleplaying Game re-creates the action¸ drama¸ and humor of the science-fiction universe from the upcoming film by Academy and Emmy Award-nominated writer/director Joss Whedon. Leave your d20s behind and play the crew of Serenity or all-new characters. The full-color¸ hardcover book features a brand-new game system from a design team that includes industry veterans: Jamie Chambers¸ Margaret Weis¸ Tracy Hickman¸ James M. Ward¸ Lester Smith¸ Tony Lee¸ and Andrew Peregrine.