Future Player's Companion
A modern d20 System sourcebook by Gary Astleford, Neil Spicer, Rodney Thompson, and JD Wiker
If there is only one adage that can be applied to science fiction roleplaying, it is this: The future is a place of limitless possibilities. While the d20 System core rulebooks give the GM and players everything they need to get started, there is always room for more.
Like its spiritual predecessor (Modern Player's Companion), the Future Player's Companion focuses on the material used in character creation and game play designed for use by players but also valuable for Gamemasters. After all, the same material that applies to a player character can just as easily apply to an NPC.
Within the Future Player's Companion you will find new character options and all manner of new feats, skill uses, and races for your perusal. More than that, though, you will find inspiration and imagination. A character's stat block doesn't make it interesting or exciting, but the way you play him or her does. It is with this concept in mind that this book is being designed, allowing you to match mechanics to your abstract concepts in a way that makes logical sense. Each page is filled with ideas, just waiting to jumpstart your imagination.
Future Player's Companion is a series of three science fiction d20 System sourcebooks from The Game Mechanics. After being released in PDF format, the material will be updated to incorporate player feedback and then released in a single printed volume.
Future Player's Companion: Tomorrows' Foundation
Tomorrows' Foundation provides more character fundamentals for your sci-fi d20 System game. From basics such as talent trees to innovative new options like Environment Packages for characters from alien worlds, we give you the tools necessary to define your hero of tomorrow. Inside, you will find:
- Character Story Arcs, helping you work with your GM to develop character-driven story arcs and guide your character toward the hero you envision.
- New alien races, such as the secretive Liandrens and the technologically advanced Okulans.
- New feats, such as the Cyberjunkie and Nanoimmunity.
- Environment Packages, including the Desert Crawler, Eclipse Chaser, and Greenhouse Dweller.
Future Player's Companion: Tomorrows' Hero
Tomorrows' Hero brings theory to practice. Building on the material from Tomorrows' Foundation, we work through methods for building your starting sci-fi hero. Inside, you will find:
- Step-by-step systems for creating your sci-fi hero with options like mutations and cybernetics.
- Bioware, biotech, and genetic engineering: science improving on nature's gifts
- Guidelines for creating your own player races, from the near-human to the truly alien
- Genetically-engineered, robotic, and alien companions for your heroes
Future Player's Companion: Tomorrows' Evolution
Tomorrows' Evolution focuses on options for advancing your sci-fi hero in experience and equipment. Inside, you'll find:
- New advanced and prestige classes for sci-fi campaigns
- Cybernetic upgrades for flesh-and-blood heroes
- New equipment, plus gadgets to modify existing equipment
- Designer drugs and sci-fi medicine, both the good and the bad
Links and Downloads
Related Pages
Cover Images
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Tomorrows' Foundation Front Cover (177KB JPG)
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Tomorrows' Hero Front Cover (183KB JPG)
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Tomorrows' Evolution Front Cover (181KB JPG)
Free Samples
- Complete Feats
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Robot PC Creation from Tomorrows' Hero (459KB ZIP)
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Future Pharma, selections of drug-related material from Tomorrows' Evolution (756KB ZIP)
Online Discussion
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Discussion Boards (through ezBoard) and IRC Chatroom
Rodney's Design Diary
The Specs
Future Player's Companion: Tomorrows' Foundation (PDF #1)
A 43-page PDF for players and GMs, available for download through RPGNow.com. Written by Gary Astleford and Rodney Thompson. Art by Jacob Elijah Walker and Khairul Hisham. Edited by JD Wiker. Layout and design by Marc Schmalz.
Future Player's Companion: Tomorrows' Hero (PDF #2)
A 52-page PDF for players and GMs, available for download through RPGNow.com. Written by Gary Astleford, Neil Spicer, and Rodney Thompson. Art by Jacob Elijah Walker and Khairul Hisham. Edited by JD Wiker. Layout and design by Marc Schmalz.
Future Player's Companion: Tomorrows' Evolution (PDF #3)
A 55-page PDF for players and GMs, available for download through RPGNow.com. Written by Gary Astleford, Neil Spicer, and Rodney Thompson. Art by Jacob Elijah Walker and Khairul Hisham. Edited by JD Wiker. Layout and design by Marc Schmalz.
All volumes require the use of the d20 ModernTM Roleplaying Game and d20 Future published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. .
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