Fading Suns

Fading Suns is a science-fiction role-playing game by Holistic Design. The ajar to space opera background also was used for a computer game ( Emperor of the Fading Suns ), a live role-playing game ( Passion Play), and a space combat miniatures game (Noble Armada ). RedBrick Limited, a New Zealand company, acquired in February 2007, license, Fading Suns develop.

Background

Fading Suns against the backdrop of a futuristic kingdom with medieval features, built on the remains of an advanced civilization. This ancient civilization encompassed the entire galaxy and was joined by enigmatic "gates" that are themselves the relics of a still older, not necessarily human civilization. The atmosphere reminiscent of Frank Herbert's Dune - Dune and Dan Simmons ' Hyperion / Endymion cycle. The power is in the hands of the aristocracy, guilds, and of the Holy Church. Psionic abilities exist, but psykers are often hunted by the church and killed (or converted and incorporated into the church - where they are regarded as ' miracle of faith '). The church also has effective miracles and theurgic rites. Although most conflicts arise from the strict rules that everyday life is subject in the kingdom, nevertheless have many opportunities for adventure: After the fall of the old order and the following dark centuries, many worlds have fallen back to a primitive state and in the darkness of space lurk many extraterrestrial threats.

Players take the role of nobles, guild members or clergy, and there is also the opportunity to play aliens. A comprehensive series of background books describes places (planets, space stations, and entire sectors in space ), alien cultures, minor noble houses, guilds, sects, monsters and secret conspiracies and so expand the thematic possibilities of the background.

Editions and System

Fading Suns appeared between 1996 and 1999 in the First Edition. This includes the Publications First Edition Rulebook, Game Masters Screen First Edition, Forbidden Lore: Technology, Byzantium Secundus, Players Compendium, Lords of the Known Worlds, The Dark Between The Stars, Merchants of the Jumpweb, Weird Places, Priests of the Celestial Sun Children of the Gods and Sinners & Saints. The First Edition used the so-called Victory Point System ( VPS).

With the Second Edition, published in 1999, the Victory Points system has been slightly modified. Both versions of the system, however, are compatible with each other. With the boom of the d20 system to Holistic Design decided, in parallel with the system 's own books with the d20 system to bring out. It appeared the main rulebook Fading Suns: d20 and d20 Character Codex Player's Handbook. After publication of the d20 - line the background volumes were published as "dual stat", that is, as a rule part of both the rules for Victory Point system as well as for the d20 are given.

Developer

The developers of the Fading Suns are Andrew Greenberg and Bill Bridges, known by the development of role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse for White Wolf. Since RedBrick Limited has obtained the license, Alex Wichert, the company responsible for the development of the role play.

German publications & other languages

The German Mario Truant Verlag held the license for a German edition and brought with Full Moon Publishing some rules of the first edition published in the German:

After the license expires, there are no German edition, although RedBrick announced the game in the future to bring out in German, although only with the third edition. Fading Suns was also translated into Poland, France and Italy and published.