Visited earth for the first time during the prehistoric period date unknown. I would take this book or any et related book for that matter more seriously if the author sprang for a decent artist to draw the aliens as artist renditions i mean a real artist too, not just someones random colored pencil drawings, not just take pictures stolen from the internet, tv shows, and video games. Describes two of the most important alien races in the po. Dante santori, a former special forces sergeant from europe, translated a secret book about aliens from russian to english, capturing the minds of many believers in extraterrestrial life in the process. All of the worlds races will one day merge into one race eventually, the will be no people who are 100% of any ethnicity due to mixed couples. A powered by gurps product that provides racial templates for many of the alien races of the prime directive universe vulcans, klingons, andorians, etc. Its both easy and difficult to create alien names, as they can be anything in any language. Warehouse 23 offers scenarios, background information, deck plans, and zines, in digital form, for gurps traveller as well as many of our other game lines. These point values work well with the campaign point guidelines set in gurps cyberpunk i.
It includes starship deck plans and vehicle designs, weaponry, rules and templates for creating player characters and npcs, uptodate history and cultural information, and much more. Currently i have only the character portion of this done i will at later have equipment, star ships and other section done. These beings arrived from a planet called nibiru which allegedly approaches our solar system every 3600 years. The space gamer tsg started out as a digest quarterly publication of the brand new metagaming concepts company in 1975. Theirs was the first system to be given the gift of life in our. Alien races, grey aliens, and other alien races and species. Gurps traveller alien races 4 download free epub, pdf. The droyne, which imperial archaeologists are beginning to suspect are identical to the ancient race that scattered humaniti and created the vargr, are among the most pacific of all the inhabitants of the imperium. Alien races with with with this to to a,wow, activities to on wry, ct.
In gurps, you pretend, for a little while, to be someone else. Of all of the species known believed to inhabit to the milky way, the arcturians are the most ancient and the wisest. In this bundle, youll get the complete pdf collection of all 30 issues of. Invent bal anced alien designs that will intrigue and challenge your players. Fantasy folk for gurps 4th edition january 17, 2006 gurps fantasy folk, 2nd edition is 1995 by steve jackson games incorporated. Introduction to the alien races russian exopolitics book. Huge fleets of spaceships fight bloody wars of attrition. The series contains some of the largestscale space battles ever written. They have the goal of colonizing earth,that has not happened because of protection from other alien races, such as the ones in the council of the 5. Alien races 2 aslan, kkree, inyx, and the devi intelligence. It includes starship deck plans and vehicle designs, weaponry, rules and templates for creating player characters and npcs. Materials needed for play to play, you will need these rules, three sixsided dice, pencils, and scratch. Zhodani, vargr and other races of the spinward marches, gurps traveller alien races 2.
After many more generations, everyone will be like 0. This list of fictional extraterrestrial species is subsidiary to the lists of fictional species and is a collection of various notable extraterrestrial species that appear in various works of fiction. Many of these races are suitable for use as player characters or allies. Welcome to richard steeles adoptions of star trek for steve jacksons gurps. Gurps update compiled by david morganmar based on gurps third edition by steve jackson and gurps fourth edition by sean punch, david pulver, and steve jackson helpful suggestions by frederick brackin, devin ganger, and chad underkoffler graphic design by. Alien races 2 covers their historical involvement with the imperium, from first contact to the present, and supplies racial templates, rules for playing alien characters, and examples of unique technologies and ship designs. Alien races 3 offers an expose on the ancients themselves, and examines in detail the biology, homeworlds, culture, and society of the enigmatic hivers and cryptic droyne. Hivers, droyne, ancients, and other enigmatic races, and several more. I have continued in that theme and though i am happy to have characters built using gurps rules, it is by no means essential. Compiled and edited by loren wiseman and steve jackson.
Space or other gurps based campaigns may find the races in this book to be a good addition to their adventures. Specialists refers to traits and templates from gurps action 1. Introduction to the alien races russian exopolitics book in english slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Inner sea races, this seemed as good of a time as any to cover this latest campaign setting. Since then, he has created gurps powers with phil masters, gurps martial arts with peter dellorto, gurps zombies, and the gurps action, gurps dungeon fantasy, and gurps powerups series. The crazy thing is, because any sentient can be sleeved in a different morph body, you could play the same character in an octopus body one game, a perfect humanoid specimen in the next, a giant robot crab in another, and a digital morph that exists only in the mesh in yet another.
These statistics give enough information for gms to give life to totally alien races, some of which the players are bound to have. However, several perks in chapter 2 were summarized from. Conversion to d20, for instance is almost on a onetoone basis. Depending on what you look for from a setting guide, the pathfinder campaign setting. Also included are character point costs for playing four different alien races. Secret russian book of alien races and councils pdf reddit. They are said to be one of the alien races in contact with earth.
Gms unfamiliar with gurps will find it easy to convert the stats for the alien races to other systems. As with the giants or els this diminutivity may have resulted in a genetic anomaly which ran its course due to the separation of their races from the international gene pool. As the universe is incredibly large, however from the evidence here on earth we can identify some of the alien races. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Although battlestargalacticarpg was set up with the intention of using gurps rules, the first moderator, cierrha, did not place a heavy emphasis on rules and number crunching, favoring good role playing over rules.
Gurps and the allseeing pyramid are registered trademarks of steve jackson games. The player must decide if the character has the worlds common language human, anglish. Annunaki is the name given to a race of extraterrestrials by the sumerians. Alien races 3 hivers, droyne, inheritors, and lithkind. Both alien races are described along with their culture, government, technology, and psychology.
Alien races of two galaxies sort themselves into the allied, lensbearing adherents of civilization and the enemy boskone. Compiled and edited by loren wiseman and steve jackson, this book features the creations of several favorite traveller authors, including phil masters, david pulver, and david thomas. Stats for realworld animals in gurps 4th edition, by pizard. Greys have been the predominant extraterrestrial beings of alleged alien contact since the 1960s. These sites are unofficial collections of creatures with fanmade gurps 4th stats. Thats why gurps fantasy was our very first gurps worldbook. But the names have to sound like a good fit for the species youve invented, so ive tried to make sure many different types of names can be generated, but they generally fit in 3.
Gurps aliens over two dozen new races for use in any science fiction adventure or campaign. Gurps space atlas 4 is 1991 by steve jackson games incorporated. Most of the races listed here have their own language, or possibly multiple languages. The dwarf races are allegedly just as human as surface peoples but average between 3 to 4 ft. There are only 28 different races here, but each has full statistics for gurps roleplaying campaigns. The alien race book fascinating reading this back story to this book makes for fascinating reading. Content the first two chapters of the book consist of the inclusion of nonhuman aliens in a gurps space campaign, especially where alien encounters are the center piece.
Alien races, grey aliens, and other alien races and species there are in my opinion several alien races, we probably cant count the number. The average starfleet officer learns the following core skills and specializes in another field. Included are racial and career templates, sample equipment and starships, ancient artifacts, and much more. As with most gurps books, gurps aliens is written in a style thats mostly formal, very readable, and manages to provide a fairly good density of information. Gurps aliens is, as it says on the cover, a collection of nonhuman races for science fiction roleplaying. Publication history this is the first edition of gurps action 4. Aliens for gurps 4th edition december 29, 2006 gurps aliens is 1990 by steve jackson games incorporated. Gurps basic set, 3rd edition pdf free download epdf. The secret book of alien races translated from russian. Inner sea races is going to be either very hit or very miss. Star trek races to seek out new life and new civilizations.
In 2073, as the global race to exploit the handful of remaining natural resources reached its. It is one of the recognized standards for roleplaying, worldwide. You can combine the sectors, use them separately, or choose individual worlds. A chapter on zhodani psionics finishes the book off. The gurps traveller alien races book series by multiple authors includes books gurps traveller alien races 1. The third book in the alien races series describes two of the most alien races in the traveller universe the droyne and the hivers. Gurps aliens presents over two dozen new races for your campaign. Aslan, kkree, and other races rimward of the imperium, gurps traveller alien races 3. Gurps traveller alien races 4 brings 16 strange species to life.
The lensman series is a series of science fiction novels by american author edward elmer doc smith. From swashbuckling fire lizards, a hivemind race of winged, reptilian, firebreathing aliens with a penchant for using forceswords as melee weapons of choice. The alien race book fascinating reading educating humanity. Adapted to gurps sidhai plantbased humanoids, intended for a fantasy campaign. Over 200 different books have been published for gurps, in eight different languages so far. Its the ultimate toolkit for building strange new worlds and alien civilizations. Gurpsfantasy folksecond editionfantastic races for fantasy roleplaying by chris w. Perhaps the reason some alien races are not represented in gurps fantasy is because they were killed off by the year 1200. The anunnaki are perhaps one of the bestknown alien species together with the greys. Howard thompson, the owner of metagaming, and the first editor of the magazine, stated the magazine had been planned for after our third or fourth game but circumstances demand we do it now after their first game, stellar conquest.
See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Prime directive federation gurpsd20m rpg sourcebook. In 2004, i became friends with an ukrainian guy called petro that i met completely randomly at a bar by the beachi was on holidays and he was there with some friends having some drinks. Arb the alien races book pdf unhypnotize community forum. This name generator will give you 10 random names for alien species. Alien races 1 for gurps traveller has everything you need to set a campaign in the zhodani consulate of vargr extents. The legion are the alien race which invaded earth in the earth under siege campaign setting by morpheus unbound. Gurps traveller alien races 3 covers several alien races from the traveller setting, but are interesting and adapable enough to port to other sf systems or settings. While gurps fantasy only discusses the arrivals from three planets, it is possible to include many others. The book is titled, introduction to the alien races book. It draws from many elements in the onscreen source material covered under adbs licence with paramount, along with others derived from the star fleet technical manual. Gurps traveller alien races book series thriftbooks.
Gurps aliens is a complete sourcebook on extraterrestrials, intended for use with gurps space, gurps horror, or gurps supers gurps aliens is a gurps supplement describing 28 alien races for use with gurps space, including the an phar, piglike humanoids with a love of philosophy, the banduch, superpowerful psychic dinosaurs, and the verms. Humaniti 16 humandescended races from the far reaches of the imperium and beyond. This list excludes cases in which only a single member of a species is shown, such. Character templates, technology and deckplans are given for each race, as well as details of the major races history and geography. Eclipse phase allows you to play uplifted animals, like an octopus. That book presented both the magic system and a brief look at the world of yrth, a magical game background. It is also very possible to include almost anything in gurps fantasy bestiary or gurps space bestiary as a banestorm. Character creation guidelines for the gurps fallout campaign. Three of the most influential alien species on earth. Greyskinned humanoids, usually 34 feet tall, hairless, with large heads, black almondshaped eyes, nostrils without a nose, slits for mouths, no ears and 34 fingers including thumb.
This book has been taken down from the internet, the best way to view this book it to download the alien race book as a pdf file. The first two chapters of the book consist of the inclusion of nonhuman aliens in a gurps space campaign, especially where alien encounters are the center piece. This makes them very versatile and able to cope better with alien races they might encounter in their travels. It is hard for me to envision much of a middle ground with this one. The alien races book or arb published on august 20 20 from some more extensive original notes, can be read here. Note that this removes astral space and conjury, as such, from consideration. Or, if youre tired of throwing the same old metavillains at your gurps supers players, these alien allies, foes, and technology will keep your game flying. Gurps 4e traveller interstellar wars combat counters. The legion aliens are silicon based lifeforms from a hell like planet. The united federation of planets, as represented in the star fleet universe, is distinct from that seen in the franchise. Alien races 4 ael yael, bwaps, virushi, schalli, and dozens more. Those supplements arent required but would definitely prove useful. It was a runnerup for the 1966 hugo award for best alltime series the winner was the foundation series by isaac asimov. It is limited to wellreferenced examples from literature, film, television, comics, animation and video games.