The Campaign Builder's Guild

Quote from: Nomadichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Z0aaOTaLk

There is some really good stuff in there but it isn't as easy to hear as in ME1. There's a lot more ambient noise.

If you decide to go with Saga Edition, I believe there is a fan supplement out there somewhere that details some of the races and whatnot for the Mass Effect universe in the system. However, I wouldn't use this for more than inspiration, as the supplement seems just a bit too harsh for alien base stats (Salarians get +2 to Int and -2 to Str and Con in return for underwater breathing and the ability to only sleep one hour a day but they still need to rest eight to recover injuries and whatnot... Turians just get -2 to Cha and then a bunch of decent leadership abilities). The supplement seems kind of poorly written, and although it might be balanced it doesn't look like any of the major species would be as fun to play under those particular stats.

Quote from: Nomadic

Quote from: Ninja D!

Quote from: NomadicCan I play Blasto?

Blasto?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Z0aaOTaLk

http://youtu.be/jGldy-ABbsw

Let's take an informal poll:

Which system would you prefer - d20 modern/future or Star Wars Saga?

I'm mostly indifferent. Star Wars Saga Edition would probably mean a little less work since we could just rename some Force powers for biotics but if that would keep even a single interested person from playing, I'd rather go with the open game system.

Quote from: Ninja D!I'm mostly indifferent. Star Wars Saga Edition would probably mean a little less work since we could just rename some Force powers for biotics but if that would keep even a single interested person from playing, I'd rather go with the open game system.

That's pretty much the way I feel.

Is anyone else actually interested in playing? A play by post game doesn't require a large commitment of time outside of character generation. Anyone that has time to browse this forum every day or two would be able to play if they wanted.

So it looks like we have:

NinjaD
Elemental_Elf
Nomadic (maybe)
Steerpike (needs convincing)
OmegaLimit maybe)

Alright Ninja you've convinced me.  So long as I can play as opposed to GM, I'd give it a shot.  I'm not fussed about the system at all.

YAY! :) :) :) :)

So, do we want a game about saving the galaxy, or are we going to play as space pirates or something?  Who's going to GM?

Though I have never really tried it before, I'd be willing to give GMing a shot.

I was thinking we could set the campaign after ME1 but before ME2, say in 2184.

I hope one (or more) of you could be a Specter, that way story telling could be fairly easy but I don't have a problem with a Merc campaign either. Which ever your guys prefer.

We need to pick a system, so we can begin to stat out the races.

Sometimes posting from my phone does not work correctly.

Phone posting is sometimes troublesome.

It would probably be most efficient to figure out what we want our characters to be and just stat the races we'll need.

We can do a Specter story. I would be willing to play as a Specter, part of the Specter's crew, or maybe someone being considered for Specter (possibly being sent on a mission with a real one as a test). Those seem like the options, anyway. For a merc campaign, that's easy and obvious.

Since you've never run a game before, let me know if you need anything. Though all but one have been fairly short-lived (no more than a couple of months) I do have quite a bit of experience with play-by-post games.

Is there anyone that doesn't have or could / would not quickly get Saga Edition Star Wars?

Still active questions : Who is going to play and what system should we use?