Ronin Arts Thrilling Tales Retro Rockets Number One英文电子书.pdf

Introduction Welcome to the first installment of Retro Rockets , One of the first jobs that a Game Master running a a series detailing pulp-SF rocket ships for your d20 pulp SF campaign will have to do is to communicate campaigns. these sorts of expectations to the players. 21st century Science fiction pulps were heavy on the “fiction” players will have to willingly suspend their disbelief, and light on the “science.” Man’s first ventures into and go with the feel of things. Sure, we now know that orbit and beyond were still decades away, and many of there is no use for aerodynamics in outer space but the things that we now know about space travel were you know what? It doesn’t matter. Wings and fins on a merely theories at the time. The writers of the pulps starship look cool and maneuvers like banking, concentrated on bringing readers fast-paced adventure power dives and barrel rolls are exciting. tales, liberally seasoned with things that sounded These rocket ships are written up as vehicles, vaguely scientific, to give the stories a futuristic sheen. using the standard Modern D20 vehicle format. Game To today’s audience, phrases like “atomic ray pistol” masters wishing to use the Future SRD can adapt the “electro suits” and “radio rangers” sound absurd, but vessel with that system’s starship rules – although, as to the pulp reader of the time, they were full of won- presented in the pulps, these ships are universally der and possibility. treated more like traditional aircraft than starships . Written by Gareth-Michael Skarka Illustrations and layout by Philip Reed The