Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Volt875 · Novice Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 78

Hi all, I was just wondering if there was a Deluxe verison of the capital ship rules or if the ones from SWEX should still work fine.
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ValhallaGH · Legendary Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 4475

Volt875 · Novice Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 78

ValhallaGH · Legendary Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 4475

They can work fine for any kind of big ship. However, they have certain assumptions written into them, assumptions that don't always fit the flavor of the setting. Which is why I said they have a lot of "setting" built into them.
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Maine · Seasoned Joined: 01 Jan 2009 Posts: 123

If you are interested in ideas...

Generally the rules for capital ships should only matter in a three cases:

- Travel
This is setting specific, and you can probably just make a GM call that fits your setting

- Non-combat, pre-combat, or post-combat encounters
Outside of roleplaying situations, the chase rules can probably suffice

- Combat
I'd run combat as a Mass Combat. PCs can participate to influence the combat just as in a regular Mass Combat. If this is a sci-fi setting, someone with engineering skills might attempt to boost or re-route energy to be more efficient, a fighter pilot might lead a squadron of small craft in a sortie, etc.