Hi, I just discovered your channel and really love it. In the first video I have listen to, the one on skills challenge, not only was I totally agreeing with you with the use of it, but then you finished with a quote from Jean-Luc Picard. Nice! I subscribed instantly. Then I listen to this one. You have no idea how many D&D game sessions ideas/npcs I stole from Star Trek TNG, DS9 or Voyager. DS9 is my prefered show. So big thumbs up for this video! Looking forward to listen to other video from your library.
DS9 sticks in the memory for all the right reasons, it seemed to have more versatility than the other ST shows it ran alongside. There are so many great PC archetypes in the characters you listed. Quark would make a great retired adventurer, heading back into the field for more "acquisition." What gives the setting another layer is that so many of the main cast had family nearby, which can be largely absent in D&D...
Great points! The inclusion of family is a great element to the game. I think it’s an overlooked element of player character backstory sometimes. Thanks for the input!
I’m a fan of both shows actually. That said, I think Straczynski’s actual storytelling on Babylon 5 was a departure from what they did on DS9. They both needed up being unique despite their common origin (in my opinion). Thanks for sharing!
So what you do is base your entire campaign on DS9, adapting each episode in order, and see how long it takes for your players to figure it out. Can't make it too obvious though, you'll have to change the names a lot more than just "Knight Commander Benjamin Frisco" for your outpost leader.
DS9 is the best written of all the StarTrek shows. Totally agree! The ending was a little rushed in the last half of the last season, but I still loved it! WOW, you went hard on the graphics for this one Bro!
@GeekPhilosophy My thought was a town (DS9) that a local lord had sent several players to facilitate the running of a watch/peacekeeping force (federation) after Yuan Ti (Cardassians) had ravaged the land of Halflings (Banjorans) for years. Early on, they sought out a small band of Yuan-Ti hiding in sewers after Halflings went missing. However, as they seek them out, it turns out that they are beneath it they have been constructing a temple on top of the even older ruins to try and seem to be corrupting the power coming through. They get stuck and have to seek help from a reluctant liaison (GulDukat) to bypass a locked section. They are willing to help but at a price. Once through they find Halfling slaves dead and alive and old legends that point in a specific direction to nearby mountains - the shoulder of the Gods- and inside a Gateway to the Gods - an old legend never found (Wormhole). If they succeed, the portal opens to a whole new world run by a shadowy collective - The Foundation. Everyone believes that they are the Gods who create their world and the players' world. As a shorter campaign, they could all be given a destiny (emissary, par wraith, etc) by a third party of figures that talk through the dreams (prophets). Depending on what roles the character chooses they would be given specific DS9 crew roles in this Watch and the rest would be NPCs.
@@GeekPhilosophy I also like both. But I think everything in B5 is better developed: religion, wars, historical arc, characters, politics, plots, characters.
@@GeekPhilosophy Londo/Garak: both have the same type of niche, but Londo grows and is better developed as a character than Garak... And this is repeated in all the characters!
