Powered by the cortex plus system, which emphasizes character interaction and story development, this core rulebook features everything you need to venture into the black, including. Firefly roleplaying game corebook pdf now available. Each player, or the gm, can fill in the necessary values. This free download gives you a set of two character sheets to print and use with our savage worlds adventure edition rpg. Williams bay, wi, february 22, 20 margaret weis productions is thrilled to announce a partnership with twentieth century fox consumer products to publish tabletop roleplaying products based on joss whedons fanfavorite television series, firefly. We currently host various large scale collections amounting to hundreds of thousands of files. Weve finally had a chance to finish our ab test of firefly and serenity. Firefly rpg core rulebook margaret weis productions, various, margaret weis productions on. The floating world class cruise liner was a luxury starship designed to transport passengers through the verse in relative comfort and with ample entertainment. Pathfinder rpg character sheet domainsspecialty school light load cp item wt.
That said, ive been toying with using the system in a different context. For example, for a muscled character you would have a combination of d10 physical, d6 mental and d8 social. We felt that this didnt allow the characters to be unique enough in some ways. The firefly rpg is a great game with a strikingly different design philosophy from many other. Firefly rpg rules summary and characters software wetware sgryphon. As the game uses the cortex plus system there isnt too much that needs to be captured onto the character sheet.
Aug 10, 2015 one of the bits i particularly liked about mindjammer, the rpg, as well as atomic robo was the way they built organizations up factions in the latter. I modeled the layout on the character sheet in firefly, which i really liked. Roll20 system for the firefly rpg by margaret weis productions. Character sheet for use with the firefly rpg from mwp. I wasnt aware at the time that there was already an official serenity rpg, so we went with gurps as the system. Firefly is better, the rules are more simple and things like combat and talents have been streamlined a lot. Apr 12, 2017 whether or not running an rpg is anything like producing a television show, the firefly books really want you to believe it is. Character sheet final version by kizyr fireflyfans.
I advise you to not worry about a character sheet for a while, and. This includes the character sheet with a portrait style form fillable pdf. I like that it includes character sheets for the crew of the serenity in case you dont want to make. I just picked up the margaret weis productions rpg.
You and your crew will trade bullets with fearsome bounty hunters, folk who want what you have, or varmints that try to put out the light of hope you represent. Firefly rpg actually specifies the default attribute is rated as d8s and you step up or down to adjust the attributes. Since the adventures of the mutineers the verse had come together to deal with the genetic pandemic. Review of serenity role playing game rpgnet rpg game index. One negative bit is the manual itself, the rules are spread and mixed into the examples so it is easy to miss some of them, the best thing to do is to look for the manual thrillin heroics which included a well done basic rules chapter or download a cheat sheet. This game is played in the verse, based on joss whedons firefly tv series and serenity movie.
Firefly rpg rules summary and characters software wetware. Pages in category character sheet documentation the following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. I had also found a d20 conversion of the serenity rpg, but that was an rtf document. The layout was a little confusing at times but it wasnt a big deal. Interactive character sheet, point n click dice pool building, complication and assets. Also posted is my take on an rpg able map of the verse in pdf format. The cortex system is based on the sovereign stone system.
By creating a good concept you show that, while new, you are really interested in role playing and are willing to put in the time and effort required to play a good character on this site. Serenity rpg official character sheet rpgnet forums. Serenity role playing game the firefly and serenity. Skills generate you need to finish selecting skills. Firefly tabletop rpg now has an available pdf on rpgnow. Rpg s and its also worth mentioning that the game mechanic used in the firefly rpg is superficially similar to, yet significantly different from, the system used in the serenity role playing game a few years ago also published by margaret weis productions. Leverage rpg suggested dice pools to create your character such as 2d10, 2d8 and 2d6. Mwp to develop allnew series of pickupandplay games set in the verse. After several years and numerous games, ive garnered quite a substantial collection. The firefly rpg puts you right in the middle of the action of the wildly popular television series. Firefly tabletop rpg now has an available pdf on rpgnow the firefly rpg puts you right in the middle of the action of the wildly popular television series. The serenity rpg now as an official character sheet in addition an index. The firefly roleplaying game is based on the hit television series by joss. I immediately realized that this would make a great setting for a role playing game.
I prepared a firefly rpg rules summary, with a summary of how to. Conditional modifiers sp gp pp lift over head medium load lift off ground heavy load drag or push spells known spells per day spell save dc level 0 0 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 5th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 8th 9th 9th bonus spells ac items totals gear feats. Sep 04, 2017 download serenity rpg spreadsheet tool for free. This project began as a way to incorporate all the math involved into one ship generation sheet and has now. Firefly character sheet using the firefly character sheet is fairly straightforward. Consisting of five decks, vessels of the floating world class employed a quartet of engines to drive them through space. Props to drow for the random generator enginedrow for the random generator engine. Lookin for some jing chai ideas to use in your next bout of firefly or serenitythemed rpg match. I suppose i could locate some generic sheets, or modify something from some other rpg, but im both unskilled at graphic design and fundamentally lazy. I finished up a design im pretty satisfied with for a character sheet. Fireflyd20 new member introductions rpg crossing home. Gi joe is the codename for americans daring, highly trained special mission force.
The firefly rpg core rulebook is compatible with the echoes of war adventures and all other releases in the firefly roleplaying game line, which are all sold separately. Log in my library wishlists new account or log in hide my password. But lo, this marriage setting and system hath birthed a garish an unsettling flaw. The original idea was to run the exact same adventure and characters one after the other and do a comparison for those who might be interested, as well as to assess which rules set might be preferred by the group. The firefly rpg uses a freewheelin version of the awardwinning cortex plus system to bring. Each vessel was crewed by over eighty personnel, including officers, space hands, passenger care. Fillable character sheets for the firefly cortext plus rpg system. Havent run it yet, so i cant comment on playability, but i did notice one itsybitsy design deficiency. As firefly is a cortexified version of fate, or a fatified version of cortex take your pick i thought it might be fun to introduce this in the big damn game. I want to use the same system, pretty much directly, but in the context of a drowbased or really any fantasybased game. Its an alliancestyle sheet made to look like a cortex page. The serenity role playing game think of this book as a set of toolspapery, wordified tools that arent so good for hammering in nails, but will help you recreate all of the adventure.
Serenity is an out of print game develped in 2004 and since has very few players. The trove is a nonprofit website dedicated towards content archival and longterm preservation of rpgs. In a truly bizarre move, the core book introduces the games rules by going through the series episode by episode for over a hundred. Character creation is pretty quick in firefly a you pick three. I wish it had more craft and knowledge spots in alphabet order, but after tumble isnt that bad. Firefly rpg sheets cortex system d47er3qw27n2 idocpub. The firefly roleplaying game is based on the hit television series by joss whedon. Serenity has to be one of the most anticipated movies aside from star wars, and to top it off it was no where near as disappointing. Firefly rpg tabletop pdf core rulebook available on. Whedon took what made his short lived show firefly such a hit and converted it masterfully to the big screen, and as with any big film there has to be merchandise, from comics to toys to cd soundtrack and for those of us gamers out there the eventual rpg. From 15 mb serenity rpg game master s screen pdf document sharing. Has all the basic rules, character sheets for the crew, and overall a really sound adventure. Also included is a sheet for their ship, thunderbird one, a road. Editing attributes, skills, distinctions, etc is straightforward, simply fill out the text fields and hover the mouse over the dice image to change its value.
Its purpose, to defend human freedom against cobra. It was produced by margaret weis productions, ltd, and its mechanics were the first iteration of the cortex system. Firefly rpg tabletop pdf core rulebook available on pdf. Excerpt from firefly rpg corebook pgs 162, 173, 182, 183, 193. Whether or not running an rpg is anything like producing a television show, the firefly books really want you to believe it is. And since the games set in the 1930s, the check boxes are for an oldtimey touch. The order of the information just kinda feels natural to mevery traditional. The characters are all collected in one file, firefly rpg crew, with some funky pdf editing to complete the. This is for folks whove either already played a bit of the mwp serenity rpg, or are considering it for the future.
The serenity role playing game was released in 2005 and set in the universe of the movie serenity and television series firefly. General board advertising and affiliates getting started. Nov 02, 2016 i modeled the layout on the character sheet in firefly, which i really liked. Serenity role playing game is a science fiction roleplaying game released in 2005 and set in the universe of the movie serenity. However, i noticed that 90% of all work on the internet for existing ship descriptions for the game are completely wrong. Not scientific, and definitely not canon, but it works for the game. Once upon a time, i created some customized character sheets for a game i was playing. Serenity role playing game official character sheet this is a printerfriendly pdf file that has everything you need to record your crews. Original character creation choose from dozens of distinctions to finetune your concept. There are versions with print friendly layers and options to print traits as blanks or dice you can color in to show your heros ability. I followed the basic design of the official sheets, tweaking organization to be both clearer and avoid the centre of the sheet. In fact, i advise you to not worry about a character sheet for a while, and instead, get ready to apply to some games with some good character ideas.
It won an origins award for best rpg in 2005 and margaret weis license came to an end on january 31, 2011 in february 20, margaret weis productions. For the convention game, i also took several of the character. The character sheet is almost perfect its worth it just for the chinese on the back. Maybe youre one of them folks that just needs a little inspiration to get your brain amovin on a spacecowboy adventure of a mighty grand scale. The dice used in the cortex system are d2, d4, d6, d8, d10, and d12.
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