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Babylon 5 RPG and Fact Book: Signs and Portents | 
 enlarge | Author: Matthew Sprange
Creator: J. Michael Straczynski
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
Buy New: $9.16
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1280213
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1904577113
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9781904577119
ASIN: 1904577113
Publication Date: August 6, 2006
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Product Description
The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game & Fact Book is a brand new d20-based roleplaying game based on the award-winning science fiction series created by J. Micheal Straczynski. Featuring full color pictures and film stills throughout, the Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game & Fact Book is the most detailed exploration into the world of Babylon 5. Newly developed combat systems including both deep space skirmishes and personal combat serve to heighten the dangers of life in and around the infamous diplomatic station. This game allows players to take the role of characters on board Babylon 5 and travel to the many stars and planets seen in the television series. The possibilities available to players are limitless, taking such characters as lowly lurkers and smugglers or brave Earthforce Officers and members of the Minbari warrior caste. Featuring exclusive never-before-seen official background material, the Babylon 5 roleplaying game is the most comprehensive information resource available for the award-winning television series! This 304-page d20 sourcebook details the entire Babylon 5 space station, along with the characters and personalities to be found onboard.
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D&D Third Age January 21, 2006
Preston Halcomb (Lexington, KY United States)
This product was my first introduction into the universe of Babylon 5. Since playing my first game, it has caused me to immerse myself in the series, watching all 5 seasons on DVD. I find that the Babylon 5 RPG is a very interesting environment in which to play. It's rules, including a limited number of hit points and defense based on reflex saves instead of dex bonuses, as well as a very skill-heavy character cross-section, allow games to move beyond the run-of-the-mill Space Hack scenario that seems to inhabit other D20 space type games. Overall, this book is highly recommended if you are a fan of the series and have ever wanted to adventure in the universe of Babylon 5.
 Useful, but disappointing May 5, 2004
Campbell (Ohio)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was very excited when I saw that there was a d20 B5 RPG coming out, and I snatched this book up right away. I also have the Minbari and Earth Alliance books, and although I find them useful I've been disappointed overall. I'm used to anything associated with Babylon 5 being extremely high quality, but these books are very sloppy on multiple levels. They are full of typos and formatting errors, I've seen at least one math error in the rules, and the Earth Alliance and Minbari books have no index, which I find infuriating. The character sheet is terribly designed and in some places inconsistent with the rules, and some of the pictures are dark, grainy, or extremely pixellated. There are inconsistencies between the books--for instance, the Minbari languages are listed in various places as Lennau and Lennan, Fik and Vik, etc. The rules provided are problematic, as well. The classes and prestige classes are poorly balanced and the space combat rules, while basically sound, need some fine tuning with regards to modifiers and such. There also seems to have been a hasty attempt to convert from D&D 3.0 to 3.5 skills and feats, but it was not entirely successful, leading to more inconsistencies. So, as a foundation for B5 d20 roleplaying, I've found these books helpful, but I've had to revise the rules and make my own character sheet and such. I find the books overpriced, especially considering their poor quality, but I will continue to buy them because any Babylon 5 RPG is better than none.
 All alone in the night January 30, 2004
Aaron Newlands
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After the first woeful attempt at doing B5 in a Rpg format I was very concerned about how Mongoose was going to do it. I have to say I am very impressed. The book is possiblly the best Rpg book I have ever seen. The layout is excellent, the information interesting and the rules easy to understand. There are rules for making up several of the races from the show and good basic information on each one.A complete overview of season 1 is included and at the end of each episode entry there is additional information on things from within. From Midnight on the firing line as an example there is info on Centauri mines, Raider command and control ships and trader routes. If you want to play in the Babylon universe then this book is awsome. Worth every cent.
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