Alternity Gamemaster Guide - Hardcover

Richard Baker; Bill Slavicsek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786907290 ISBN 13: 9780786907298

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast, Inc./Random House, 1998

Synopsis

As the scene opens... hostile alien vessels converge on a starship in the distant reaches of space... scientists and doctors examine the dying victims of a mutant strain of bacteria... heavily armored space marines discover an ancient artifact on a desolate world...

IMAGINE THE FUTURE - ONE EPIC AT A TIME!

This roleplaying game provides a framework for all kinds of contemporary to far-future science fiction adventures. The Gamemaster Guide, the companion volume to the ALTERNITY Player's Handbook, contains everything needed to moderate the ALTERNITY game,

Rules for creating memorable supporting characters, adventures, and campaigns for any SF setting.
A "Fast-Play" chapter that teaches the basics of moderating the game and provides a starting adventure.
Starship construction rules and a tactical space combat system.
Comprehensive star system design rules, including stellar classes and planetary environments.
More than 30 aliens, creatures, and dangerous animals to use as opponents.
Templates that quickly bring supporting characters to life.
Guidelines for designing new alien species and alien artifacts.
Adventure triggers to spur your imagination and ignite the action.
A complete index for both the Player's Handbook and the Gamemaster Guide.

About this title

Review

TSR--the company that virtually invented role-playing with their ground-breaking Dungeons and Dragons--now brings you the brave new world of Alternity, where players act out the adventures of heroes, citizens and scoundrels against a science-fiction backdrop populated with intriguing personalities and exotic aliens. While not "generic," Alternity is much more flexible than D&D or many other role-playing games on the market. The system promotes character creation (instead of random generation) and complete worldbuilding, and the rules allow the game to be set anytime between next week to the dawn of the fourth millennium.

The Gamemaster Guide contains all the information you need to run Alternity sessions and create your own scenarios. The book contains a sample adventure to get you started, offers a wealth of details to facilitate refereeing, and provides tools to help you build your own little corner of the universe. (Also available: The Alternity Player's Handbook.) --Matthew Baldwin

Edition details

• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast, Inc./Random House
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786907290
• ISBN 13: 9780786907298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256