![]() ![]() That you can't be a tentacle-studded monster or anthropomorphic whatsit is mentioned politely under "Race." Somewhat inconveniently the point totals mentioned don't include how many Skill Points you get, although it's easy to remember (your basic stat points +20) and mentioned in the Crew Creation sidebar. There's three levels of power: Greenhorn, Veteran, and Big Damn Hero, each stronger than the last. "Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly comin' to a middle."Ĭhapter 1: Find a Crew gets to the point quick. A set of "let's take the kid gloves off and get to face smashing" stats'd be nice. How odd.)Īdmittedly, the author notes that River's just not as hard-core in the game as the movie so that she can keep up with the others. (A sidebar reccomends dividing a d6's roll to get a d2, or numbering a blank d6 with only 1s and 2s, but never bring up that a coin is the traditional two-sided die. Thus, River, who is described as being leagues ahead of her bro Simon, is a mere +d2 higher than him. River Tam is the only hiccup in the stats, because River's stats are limited to the Big Damn Hero point total (more on that later). ![]() The characters are arranged by rank, not alphabetical order, so we get Mal, then Zoe, Wash, Jayne, Kaylee, Inara, Book, Simon, and the everlovin' River Tam. ![]() The character descriptions are cool and thurough, and most of them seem accurate. It's not a new thing, but it's still a fun thing, as it makes for some weird cool die pools. Skills and stats are rate not in numbers but in dice size. There's six stats, Agility, Strength, Vitality, Alertness, Intelligence, and Willpower, and if you've played RPGs at all you have what they do encoded into your very soul. Here we get a nice and firm look at the system, a servicable package deal ala B/A and World of Darkness. Good for Serenity fans just discovering roleplaying games, a little stock for the rest of us.Īfter a stately photo of the cast of Serenity comes the crewe of this crazy craft. The book opens with the chapter "Here's How It Is," and "Here's How It Is" kicks off with straight-from-the-presses summary of "Roleplay Whatis!". Welcome to the 'Verse, Here's Your Four Page Intro. This is due to a cluster-bang of liscencing issues I'd really hate to reiterate. Many soon notice there aren't any shots from Firefly, or any quotes from Firefly, and, in fact, that all references to Firefly are smuggled in the text like contraband lacquered frogs from Mexico. It's full color, with screenshots from Serenity forming the majority of the illustrations, and some decent art where a screenshot wouldn't apply. The actual page layout is nice, easy on the eyes, with earth tones and some fairly cool fonts. While such a glaring omission would turn off some readers entirely, the book's size means a lack of index doesn't cripple the whole work. (Should comparisons to the Buffy and Angel games come up later, they'll be abbreviated B/A.)įlipping through one can see it's a smallish page count, and more to the point, one can see there is neither an index or a character sheet, but rather an ad for a Dragonlance novel that makes me want neither a Dragonlance book nor that weird totally blank last sheet of paper. The book is about as big as its older sister and brother, and is laid out in a similar manner: big flashy title, lots of cast photos, upfront attitude and what have you. Buy Me Peanuts and Cracker Pax, Tell 'em All That I Ain't Comin' Back.Īnd we're back. Take me Out to the Bla'ack, Take Me Out to the Crowd. And Serenity's system is similar to CiniUni, so comparisons are likely inevitable.Ĭan a scrappy underdog system hope to compete with its siblings from another company? Will a game with conspicuous omissions still manage to make the grade? Will my knuckles crack unnervingly loudly again? We'll find out after the line break. ![]() But Cinematic Unisystem just seems the system to beat when it comes to dramatic human-to-low-superhuman level dramatic action, and, well, I like it. Well, I'll admit I was rather hesitant/horrified at first, but really, it'd be unfair to lump in everything a director's done with one game company. When I heard that Serenity was getting a role-playing game, my first reaction was "Yes! Hot damn! Eden Studios got the rights to another Joss Whedon rockout!" But then it turns out that Eden's plate is a mit full and Serenity was git by someone else. ![]()
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