Last yr, Renegade Game Studios launched the first Sourcebook for the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game: Across the Stars. This 242-page e book brings fairly a bit to the desk and we’ll dive into it in simply a second. Renegade was sort sufficient to produce me with a bodily copy of the e book, however all ideas under are my very own. You should buy your personal copy out of your native recreation retailer, Renegade’s retailer, and even DriveThruRPG (affiliate hyperlink).
Across the Stars provides your Power Rangers Roleplaying Game tales all gamers and GMs want for house journey and to face-off towards foes from the Machine Empire, Troobian Empire, Pirate Queen Divatox’s marauders, and the forces of the United Alliance of Evil! With a entire universe to guard, Rangers can count on to foil the schemes of traditional villains like Astronema, General Automon, Scorpius, and even Dark Specter himself. Enemies gained’t wait, both, with new bounty hunters like Darkonda and Dayne, and the fearsome Psycho Rangers in search of to cease the forces of fine!
There’s fairly a bit for Game Masters and gamers alike in Across the Stars. There are new weapons, Zords, autos, gear, perks, and even Roles. GMs will discover tons of useful data not just for mechanics but additionally relating to varied interstellar places similar to KO-35 and Aquitar. In addition, there’s a number of enemies additionally included with Minions and Threats alike. All that mentioned, the most important cause to buy and use Across the Stars is if you wish to take your Power Rangers marketing campaign to house. Numerous the new toys give attention to spacefaring in some capability and it appears like a lot of enjoyable. There are guidelines for preventing in house as Rangers in addition to with ships.
Basically, you get entry to new arsenal items from the following Ranger groups: Lightspeed Rescue, Lost Galaxy, S.P.D., and Omega (BOOM! Comics). It also needs to be famous that there look like errata variations of some In Space, Turbo, and Zeo. It seems to be like most of the modifications are designed to be clarifications (the data in Across the Galaxy seems to be a lot cleaner for my part), however some objects seem a bit extra useful. For occasion, Turbo Wind Fire is now categorised as ‘Targeting medium energy’ as a substitute of ‘Targeting energy’ and has the sniper trait as a substitute of silent.
The three new roles are Gold, Silver, and Phantom Rangers. Gold Rangers are designed to be a bit extra of a tank with talents to take injury to your allies. Silver Rangers are supposed to be jack-of-all-trades and might do varied issues like increase injury, teleport to enemies, and many others. Finally, Phantom Rangers are sneaky and have a lot of data to assist in varied methods. Overall, I like them though they do appear a little overpowered since they technically get entry to their Zords at stage 1 like the White Ranger though the different six Roles do have to attend till stage 3. I don’t understand how a lot of a downside this truly presents in-game and in speaking with some in the group it’s actually not a huge deal. Therefore, this doesn’t influence the closing assessment rating an excessive amount of.
Another side that I actually like about Across the Stars has to do with the completely different sorts of aliens. In the Core Rulebook for Power Rangers RPG, there’s the Not From Around Here Influence, nevertheless it’s very imprecise. Meanwhile, in Across the Stars, there are little blurbs at the finish of a lot of the planets that describe the right way to make a character from the planet. For instance, there is data for Aquitians that allows you to breathe each air and water as a substitute of the regular Perk however your Hang-Up requires you to ensure you are rehydrating.
One factor that bothers me a bit about Across the Stars is that a few of the Minions are repeated in Finster’s Monster-Matic Cookbook, nevertheless it is a minor factor. There are additionally spelling and grammar errors all through the e book, nevertheless it’s simple to make sense of all of it. I did additionally discover at the very least one occasion the place I do query the precise occasions described. I can’t bear in mind precisely what it was, however as I learn via the historical past they current in the first chapter or two there was at the very least one time after I went, “that’s not right.”
Overall, I feel Across the Stars is a good Power Rangers RPG Sourcebook. I don’t assume it is a must-have because it is very a lot geared in the direction of intergalactic adventures and campaigns, nevertheless it does have loads of instruments for non-intergalactic adventures too. As at all times, the artwork is incredible. It’s very nice to have higher steerage for creating an alien character and the elements I’m not a fan of are fairly minor actually.
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