Trying to blend genres. Is there any possible way?

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November 22nd, 2022, 22:37
Tenraix

Trying to blend genres. Is there any possible way?

This is my first post so it'll probably be ignored but I am definitely looking for any guidance I can find.

So I want to do a 5e sci-fi, high fantasy campaign where space faring folk stumble across a planet that has not developed into a Civ 1 planet but have made first contact and now sci-fi and fantasy can blend. I know that there's a lot of sci-fi themed games like starfinder and traveller but I want to also incorporate the classes of high fantasy too.

Is there any way to integrate sci-fi and high fantasy systems into one system like 5e? I doubt there is an extension that works for FGU but since I already have SF, 5e, and PF and PF2E, is it even possible to import and marry some of these aspects without spending hundreds of hours on copying and pasting information over to another system?

Any and all help is appreciated in advance.

Happy gaming!
November 22nd, 2022, 23:16
Jiminimonka

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Originally Posted by Tenraix

This is my first post so it'll probably be ignored but I am definitely looking for any guidance I can find.

So I want to do a 5e sci-fi, high fantasy campaign where space faring folk stumble across a planet that has not developed into a Civ 1 planet but have made first contact and now sci-fi and fantasy can blend. I know that there's a lot of sci-fi themed games like starfinder and traveller but I want to also incorporate the classes of high fantasy too.

Is there any way to integrate sci-fi and high fantasy systems into one system like 5e? I doubt there is an extension that works for FGU but since I already have SF, 5e, and PF and PF2E, is it even possible to import and marry some of these aspects without spending hundreds of hours on copying and pasting information over to another system?

Any and all help is appreciated in advance.

Happy gaming!

Welcome to the forum.

There is an extension on the forge - https://forge.fantasygrounds.com/shop/items/266/view

Will let you load a lot of stuff cross system - but some things will not work, like NPCs etc.
November 22nd, 2022, 23:28
Zacchaeus

Welcome to the forums.

For 5e there is Spelljammer.
November 24th, 2022, 17:17
LordEntrails

So yes... But that comes with a lot of conditions because you really don't describe the details that would make or break how easy this would be to do.

For instance, if you want to use the 5E mechanics completely as-is, then all you would need is the above extension to load info from other ruleset sources. BU"T, if you want to change the mechanics of a ruleset, say by adding a Sanity Score to PCs and automate "Albedo Screen HPs" or change saving throw mechanics from ability saves to a new field (say "Willpower" "Health" and "Ego" then you are going to need a custom extension.
November 25th, 2022, 04:30
Tenraix

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I appreciate it!
December 7th, 2022, 15:15
Niles

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Originally Posted by Tenraix

This is my first post so it'll probably be ignored but I am definitely looking for any guidance I can find.

So I want to do a 5e sci-fi, high fantasy campaign where space faring folk stumble across a planet that has not developed into a Civ 1 planet but have made first contact and now sci-fi and fantasy can blend. I know that there's a lot of sci-fi themed games like starfinder and traveller but I want to also incorporate the classes of high fantasy too.

Is there any way to integrate sci-fi and high fantasy systems into one system like 5e? I doubt there is an extension that works for FGU but since I already have SF, 5e, and PF and PF2E, is it even possible to import and marry some of these aspects without spending hundreds of hours on copying and pasting information over to another system?

Any and all help is appreciated in advance.

Happy gaming!

I know you're asking about 5e but if you want to blend genres and want to stick to one system of mechanics, Savage Worlds is much better suited to do that. But Spelljammer combines Sci-Fi and High Fantasy as well.
December 8th, 2022, 04:11
Tenraix

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Originally Posted by Niles

I know you're asking about 5e but if you want to blend genres and want to stick to one system of mechanics, Savage Worlds is much better suited to do that. But Spelljammer combines Sci-Fi and High Fantasy as well.

I actually just picked up SWADE and it seems like a great way to go but convincing my players to try a new system may be tough. I'm currently working on a way to pitch this idea to them.

Thanks for that vote of confidence in SWADE, though!