Resources

Sunday, July 4, 2004

Science Fiction Adventure
in the Far Future

So what is G.R.i.P.?
The Generic Role-playing for Internet Players system is a set of personal gaming apps which bring you all of the basic tools required to conduct a typical face-to-face role-playing session, and combines them with the power of the internet to let you play any RPG with anyone with internet access, anywhere in the world. The GM's portion of the suite, iGM, is shareware from QuikLink Interactive, while iPC, the Player's module, is freeware.

For the purposes of this trial run I suggest we all use Capt. Ron's excellent character sheet from his Hefry Starport campaign. His detailed Classic Traveller character sheet can be downloaded directly from his main page, as can some very useful griplets (weapons and equipment) designed to work with that CharSheet. This, together with GameKnight's G.R.i.P. Blog have long been my two favourite G.R.i.P. sites (aside from our beloved GRIPlist itself, of course).

None of these tools, other than iPC and our Aslan icon pack are absolutely required for the playtest since I can provide character sheets and will be reviewing ones you produce yourselves. If you wish to see other folks' character icons, I suggest downloading the icon pack.

Who are the Aslan?
For those in need of a bit of a refresher on the Aslan, here are some online aids:

A bit about the Aslan, with another entry here.
A short dictionary of Trokh, the Aslan language
An Aslan word generator for folks wanting to generate names.
For Aslan character generation I suggest Hugh Foster's TravGen 6 which produces highly detailed MegaTraveller characters. Many, many races and careers are catered for. For campaign characters, use the Options tab to set all options other than Automatic generation off. The 2nd last step of CharGen is a name generator, making the previous link somewhat redundant. If you ask me to generate your character for you, this is the program I will be using.
For more on GDW's Traveller universe check the online versions of GDW's extensive library data at Hyperlink's Traveller Library Data and Pocket Empires' Gateway University, the sources for the Aslan entries at the first bullet above.

Where the Heck Are We?
Aofahr is currently at Odin (E/0811) in Trojan Reach sector. The Players OTOH are at Hadara (A/0809).
Map can be dragged (x/y coordinates) and mousewheeled (controls scale). Double click to recenter the map.
Map courtesy of Joshua Bell's outstanding TravellerMap.com

Odds and Ends:
Being bits and pieces used in the campaign which didn't fit anywhere else. Here's where you can pick up

My minor revision of Capt. Ron's Classic Traveller Character Sheet (added a Notes tab for those little memos most Players accumulate). 30KB, freeware
My WeaponSkills template griplet 5KB, freeware
The corresponding Non-WeaponSkills griplet 3KB, freeware
The Aslan icon pack mentioned above, 34KB
Here is iPC (5 MB freeware) and iGM (7.5 MB shareware) for those having difficulty finding them at QLI. iGM, needed only by GMs, is the complete suite while iPC is the freeware Player's modules only. Only the GM's modules timeout after 30 days.
Randy Tyler's deckplans for Aba-adakkur, a 1000-ton Tukera long-liner, done up as an adventure file. Used with permission - 346KB, see copyright notice for restrictions.
And finally, the Beyond the Rift GRiP adventure file for aspiring GMs. Please note that this isn't finished yet, so watch for updates. 195KB, freeware

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