Has any of you come out with beter rules for Zero gravity? The ones in the book suck.

Cheers,

Yepes

Yepesnopes said:

Specifically, what are your problems with the ones in the book?

-WJL

It does not modify actions by adding boost or set back dice. -> Working in Zero-G is extremly difficult, astronauts train for years, and every single skill you know how to perform in presence of "normal" gravity has to be re-learned for Zero-G

Encumbrance threshold does not change -> Really? That is pure laziness.

On the other hand, Zero-G enviroments may not come that often as to be bothered by rules.

Yepesnopes said:

I think, more to the point, the rules are designed to be quick, simple, and cinematic, not realistic.

If there's a zero-G brawl in a Star Wars role-playing session, I want it to be awesome, not something resembling an ISS spacewalk (YMMV).

Working on a sattilite, in a spacesuit, in zero-G is hard.

Playing "Space oddity" on a guitar and singing at the same time in zero-G, cannot be THAT hard.

Also keep in mind that space travel is an everyday occurence for most of these people. They may not encounter zero-G on a regular basis, but I'm sure most of the characters people would be playing would have at least some experience with the phenomenon. Honestly, I can't think of any time in the movies where zero-G came into play. And I can count the number of times I ran into it in the EU on one finger (and that's if I'm actually recalling some zero-G stuff in Centerpoint Station. It's been a while since I read that book).

I guess if it were me running the game, and I had a character that had no real experience in zero-G, I'd probably upgrade their difficulties once. As mentioned above, having a real simulation of difficulties in zero-G seems to go against the cinematic tone of the game.