The Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction 3: 25 Randoms Tables for Sci-Fi Tabletop Role-Playing Games (The Books of Random Tables)

Davids, Matt

ISBN 10: 1952089255 / ISBN 13: 9781952089251

Published by dicegeeks, 2023

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The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction 3: 25 Randoms Tables for Sci-Fi Tabletop Role-Playing Games (The Books of Random Tables)
• Publisher: dicegeeks
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1952089255
• ISBN 13: 9781952089251
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

Do you play science fiction tabletop role-playing games? Like Star Wars, Star Trek, Stars Without Number, Traveller, or Starfinder?

These random tables are geared toward far-future role-playing games. The game master can roll percentile dice for a result or have players roll. No matter how you choose to use the tables, they will cut down GM prep time.

The first section is Cargo Runs. This massive table has one hundred different cargo runs including origin to destination planet, employer name, and complications. Always have a run handy when your players decide to make extra credits by hauling cargo.

Encountering a ship in space or at the port can be exciting. The Ship Transponder Info section provides one hundred different ships complete with story hooks.

Places is the next section. This section includes casinos and hotels, two hundred unexplored planets, and a ravaged research facility. These tables give the game masters fascinating places to present to their players.

The future is a cacophony of clashing media. News and information pour in from tons of sources. The News Chatter section and table provide headlines and news updates. Give your players the sense of a large galaxy with current events happening all around their characters.

The Items and Things section contains several tables: from items in a crashed cargo ship to items in a cockpit to items in a captain’s quarters. Players wish to search every room they enter, so be ready with these random tables.

Planets full of people will always have something going on. The Events section and table give game masters ways to make the universe feel alive. What event is happening on the planet the player characters just landed on? Roll in the table and find out. Maybe it's a festival, maybe it's a conference. But no matter what it is, it will make the setting come to life.

The Names section is quite simple: three hundred human female names, three hundred human male names, and three hundred human surnames. GMs always need names. Players always ask for names.

Science fiction characters got to have skills. The Fields of Study section has two tables of engineering fields. These can be used as occupations for non-player characters, skills for player characters, or to add flavor to the setting.

The final section is Space. This section contains three tables including spacefaring complications, spatial anomalies, and star system discoveries. Never have a boring trip through hyperspace or a star system where the players find nothing out of the ordinary.

These twenty-five random tables are meant to be a game master’s friend. Shake up your campaigns with new ideas and let your players loose. The galaxy awaits and adventure is around every asteroid.