2e core rules update

Star Trek Adventures
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Today, I received an email telling me there was a new version of the 2e core rules available. Yet, it seems to be an identical PDF (so sayeth the Blake3 Hash).
What was changed? :face_with_monocle: :thinking:

Moreover, I had ordered a collector’s edition physical book (these are amazing btw!), yet received a standard cover as PDF. Not that it’s anywhere near important, but the Captain’s Log PDF’s cover corresponded to the printed version. Any plans to implement this with the 2e core rules?

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2e character sheets were updated to replace Resistance with Protection.

No plans to create new digital files for the 2e core rulebook with different covers. Everyone gets the standard PDF. Collector’s edition covers are print only.

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No gonna lie: that had been a source of confusion for me.

BC

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The free downloads page has 2E errata now, right?

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Yep. Wait for the page to load.

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Was the core rules PDF itself updated? I’ve just redownloaded and it’s still 1.0 with Resistance on the character sheet.

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Not yet. Work in progress as the internal graphic design team has bandwidth to add errata to the core book file. Probably will release a revision in January.

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Thanks for the update!

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Question about Combat:

  • Usually the difficulty to shoot you with a phaser is 2.
  • If you actively defend, you make that an Opposed roll.
  • By defending as per RAW the difficulty to hit you could be even easier that 2 if your roll when defending is bad.

Should we add a lower limit to difficulty of 2 when you defend against a ranged attack?

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For shooting, I don’t think there’s an “active defence” as such, but it does become Opposed if the defender is in Cover.

Wrt your question, you are correct, but I do think it would be reasonable for the attacker’s target to be the higher of either the original difficulty or the defender’s roll (2 in this case).

It’s either that, or a defender rolling 1 has succeeded in hiding amongst the rocks, but their backside is still clearly visible


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@Modiphius-Jim are you considering new translation partners for Germany? What is the current status?

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@Danbu Why should Modiphius? Uhrwerk, the current translator, delivers and, as far as I know, the quality is good and the community support in Germany solid. Why change a winning team? :thinking:

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No, Uhrwerk does not have the licence for the second edition!

And they do not force growing the game in Germany. They simply translate. There is no promotion page for STA for example - it is simply listed. Ask yourself the following question: Large StarTrek Fan-Base in Germany but about 100 core STA players.

Seams not to be successful by driving the market I think.

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No, I never claimed Uhrwerk to have the license for the second edition!
(It’s so sad people don’t even read the texts they reply to
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I simply asked why Modiphius would want to split license when (as it appeared to me until your recent post, that is) the German community is fine with Uhrwerk’s work?

Where do you take your numbers from? Provided you’re not just making them up, that is.
I, personally, play STA with no less than twelve distinct persons in two different gaming groups. Are you really saying my own two gaming groups make up more than 10% of all German STA players?
Ridiculous.

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Oh, and, actually, Uhrwerk obtained the 2e license. The blog post dates to 26th February, btw.

Current status is that translation will begin soon and 2e is coming to Germany. :heart_eyes: :wink:

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To be fair it is important to say, that STA is the only constant releasing and nearly in time Line of Uhrwerk. Maybe the reason is the crew around Jörg without the blocking Patric, but this is only my opinion. So, let us wait how long the 2nd Edition will take. In the moment the long waiting for releases is the killer for STA. The PDF is out and the printing takes month
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