Fading Suns Fading Suns: Revised Second Edition

Spellsinger schrieb:

Die neue Edition hat komplett neue Regeln in Anlehnung an D20 bzw D&D. Die alten Regeln wurden über Bord geworfen.

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Infernal Teddy schrieb:

Ich glaube du meinst die d20-edition von FS, oder? Hier ist eine liste der änderungen.

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Infernal Teddy schrieb:

Weiß jemand mittlerweile worin GENAU die unterschiede bestehen?

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Layout
We had to redo the layout, as the conversion between the software Holistic Design was using and ours didn’t work as well as intended. Of course, we kept the general Second Edition look and feel. There are small changes (rounded edges to the images and boxes and re-defined headers and spacing for the most part), but nothing major. Naturally, the images had to be re-arranged and those from the start of each chapter have been integrated into the main text (mainly because we can’t do full bleed at the moment and because we could use the extra space for the additional material). We also added two or three images from First Edition to fill the gaps.

Errata
We removed known errata. There weren’t as many as we initially thought (kudos to the team at Holistic!), mainly the remains of the Human/Alien traits in the Occult chapter. We fixed some typos as well (again, nothing major).

Traits and Powers
We restructured the text descriptions of all Learned Skills, Occult Powers and Combat Actions; moving the associated tables to the new Appendices chapter. This adds some redundancy but increases the usability of the book, because the reader doesn’t have to flip back and forth between the text descriptions and the tables that contain the summarized statistics. Same for the Weapons Charts (which we also integrated into the Technology chapter for easy reference).

New Adventure
We added the scenario Pandemonium Unchained to the Pandemonium chapter (which has been renamed, the new Appendices chapter contains tables now). The adventure was originally published in Shadis #28 and on Holistic Design’s old website (ages ago).

Character Sheet
We created and added a new character sheet (including a starship sheet), following the new Appendices. We’ll endeavor to make this available online in the near future.

Jumpweb Map
The Jumpweb Map has been added to the Planets chapter. It’s sad, but we can’t do prints on the inside covers with PoD. Of course, everyone can download the map for free at this site, so we guess that’s okay.

Index, References, and Hyperlinking
We created a new and extensive Index, as well as a number of additional internal references with page numbers. The eBook comes with internal hyperlinking for easy navigation.

Last, but not least: the ultimate question:

Is it worth buying?
That’s a question you’ll have to answer for yourself. If you want a new rulebook because your old one is falling apart, then check this out. If you are new to the Fading Suns game, this is (seriously) a good start--the Third Edition is some time away. If you want to keep us alive, just send us your money directly (okay, kidding...). You don’t need the book if you have the old Second Edition--rules-wise, these are the same.

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Ecowarmachine schrieb:

Die dt. Version wird auf der 3rd Edition basieren, was leider wohl noch etwas dauern wird...

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