 January 29, 2015 - 3:47pm |  Hello explorers! Issue 11 of the Frontier Explorer is now available for download either from our website or from DriveThruRPG. One of the big events in the past few months has been the release of the D&D 5th Edition rules. The Frontier Explorer is proud to present a conversion for the Star Frontiers races and weapons to the 5th Edition system. Written by Michael Long, he and friends have play-tested this conversion to work out the kinks so it should flow smoothly into your game. For those of you who play D&D and want to try a little Star Frontiers, this is for you. We also have the usual smattering of other articles as well including several creatures, equipment and optional rules related to medical devices and healing, and our ongoing comics. We have plans for a new exploration scoutship as well as data and background information on several notorious pirates and privateer vessels and their captains. Finally, we have the results of our poll on your favorite Star Frontiers module, a conversion article adapting Top Secret’s Contact Table for use with the Star Frontiers system, and a new character sheet and handy reference tables. The article list for this issue is:
Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
 January 29, 2015 - 5:47pm | I just realized that I should have given special thanks to the Frontiersmen (and woman) who gave imput on the new medical devices: http://www.starfrontiers.us/node/8381 Thank you all for the collaboration. and to Shadow Shack for help on the pirates and privateer's article though I believe he got a writing credit for that still thanks again for the collaboration. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 January 29, 2015 - 8:06pm | Thanks for this, I've just skimmed it. I am yoinking the ships for a big pirate battle in another game that I am quickly converting to Knight Hawks (lest we go mad from the die-rolling). I am pleased to have my own writing credit now. The 5th Ed. D&D conversion was a very pleasant surprise, I look forward to messing around with that! Not making the PSAs into classes seems unusual. |
January 29, 2015 - 8:13pm | I am pleased to have my own writing credit now. Congrats, now write some more!!!  I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
January 29, 2015 - 8:36pm | Yeah, that D&D 5e article may just push this one into the most downloaded issue ever. We're definitely on track for it having gotten 450 downloads in less than 24 hours. It's been mentioned several times on Twitter and on the Reddit RPG forum, as well as RPG.net, all by people other than myself. As a follow-up I've asked Michael if he'd be interesting in doing an article on how to convert creature and NPC stats over as well to allow people to also use the modules if they want to. I'll have to see what he says. I'd do it myself but considering my entire D&D experience was a few months with the Red Box in 1984 and a few sessions of 2e in grad school, I don't really think I'm qualified. I'd have to sit down and really read the free PHB and DMG pdfs and figure out all the conversions from first principles and I just don't have the time. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
