Starship Troopers: the RPG

Well, it looks like Mongoose is gonna make a Starship Troopers RPG.

At this point, of course, I can't say if I'd be interested. The character sheet seems to indicate it'll be d20, with classes (so no d20 Modern).

Of course, going by just the character sheet, it appears characters will be unable to learn English. A shame, that.

The preview indicates they're using the same "d20 with minimal HPs" formula as the B5 game did; you get Con at level one, and +2 at every level after that. I can't help but wonder what the Toughness feat does; if it's the same as in regular d20, I can see why they think players will take it a lot.

It unfortunately looks interesting, so I might break down and pick it up. Of course, I said that about Paranoia XP too, so we'll see.

edited to prevent confusion.

It's music! It's Video Games! It's... crazy.

Just go here and listen.

It's hilarious. It's videogame themes performed by a choir group. Is that Ghosts n' Goblins near the end?

Other things learned at today's d20 game

kinra, being a former One of Those L5R players, is also familiar with That Which Must Not Be Named.

Small world.

Cat notes

Two birds are hopping around in the backyard. Khem is sitting by the window so still you'd think she was a statue. Ozzy is sitting a foot away, his face pressed against the glass, and his tail snapping from side to side, thumping when it hits the paper shredder.

Ozzy is making a noise that sounds something like chirping, fogging up the glass in front of his face with excitement.

An interesting contrast.