New Life and New Civilizations
By Jim Johnson, Project Manager
Art by Nicola Silvani
Perhaps you’ve been assigned to a new Starfleet vessel and are meeting your crewmates for the first time. Maybe you’re stepping aboard Starbase One or strolling through Narendra Station’s Galleria. Whatever the case, you are presented with an incredible diversity of life-forms different from your own, hailing from countless planetary systems and worlds throughout the known Galaxy.
Modiphius Entertainment is proud to announce the next print + digital supplement for the Star Trek™ Adventures second edition roleplaying game: the Species Sourcebook!
For 60 years, Star Trek has celebrated Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC) as a key theme, presenting an incredible variety of sapient beings as main characters and supporting characters alike. The Species Sourcebook is essential reading for any Star Trek Adventures crew interested in creating new main characters, supporting characters, and non-player characters from a wide variety of species not present in the core rulebook, from Androids to Zakdorn!
- Sixty (60) new alien species templates, each including a summary, sample values, attribute modifiers, traits, unique abilities, and many other details relevant to each species.
- Guidance and mechanics for creating your own original Star Trek species for use in your campaigns.
- More than 120 new species talents to be used with the species contained in this book or adapted for use with any other Star Trek Adventures species or your own original creations.
- Additional rules and insights on how to play a wide range of alien species, as well as advice on using emotional states as traits.
The contents of this sourcebook can be used with any edition of Star Trek Adventures as well as Captain’s Log, with slight modifications to the species information to fit whichever version of the game you are playing. Enhance the stories you tell by yourself or with your friends with the wealth of information and random tables contained in this sourcebook.
In the coming weeks, you can look forward to new blog posts previewing more of the species and new optional rules contained in the Species Sourcebook. What species are you hoping to see covered in the new book? Which species are you and your fellow players eager to play in your adventures and campaigns? What kinds of all-original aliens are you hoping to build? Share your ideas and insights with your fellow Star Trek fans at the official Modiphius Discord!
Preorder the print edition of the Species Sourcebook now and receive the final digital edition right away.
Thanks for reading this article, and thank you for your interest and support of Star Trek Adventures! Keep frequencies open for news about other upcoming Star Trek Adventures product releases. Live long and prosper!
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