d20 Future
d20 Future Accessory
Designer(s)	Christopher Perkins, Rodney Thompson, J.D. Wiker
Publisher(s)	Wizards of the Coast
Publication date	2004
Genre(s)	Generic futuristic
System	d20 System, d20 Modern variant

d20 Future is an accessory for the d20 Modern role-playing game written by Christopher Perkins, Rodney Thompson, and JD Wiker. It allows the playing of campaigns in the far future, using elements such as cybernetics, mecha, mutations, robotics, space travel, starships, and xenobiology. d20 Future is the most extensive of science-fiction d20 games, and has its own SRD, being in fact a source for all sci-fi d20 games. Cover of the D20 Future Book This work is copyrighted. ... Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ... d20 redirects here. ... d20 Modern is a roleplaying game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ... d20 Modern is a roleplaying game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. ... In role-playing games, a campaign is a continuing storyline or set of adventures, typically involving the same characters. ... Look up Future in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cybernetics is the study of communication and control, typically involving regulatory feedback, in living organisms, in machines and organisations and their combinations, for example, in sociotechnical systems, computer controlled machines such as automata and robots. ... MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán), is an organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history by education and political action. ... This article is about mutation in biology, for other meanings see: mutation (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with robot. ... Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors. ... This article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. ... Astrobiology (in Greek astron = star, bios = life and logos = word/science), also known as exobiology (Greek: exo = out) or xenobiology (Greek: xenos = foreign) is the term for a speculative field within biology which considers the possible variety of extraterrestrial life. ... The System Reference Document, or SRD, is the collection of open gaming works licensed under the Open Gaming License by Wizards of the Coast (or WotC) and based upon their Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. ...

Campaigns

The book presented a number of campaign models, which provided a framework for building a full campaign setting but did not include a full-scale setting. Campaign models introduced include: A campaign setting is a fictional fantasy world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame. ...

• Bughunters, an action-adventure and bug hunt setting inspired by Aliens, Starship Troopers, and its predecessor in Amazing Engine.

• Dimension X, an action-adventure setting based on the concept of parallel universes, which are mistakenly referred to as dimensions.

• From the Dark Heart of Space, a Star Wars style setting inspired by the eternal struggle between good and evil, with a touch of the Cthulhu Mythos.

• Genetech, apparently an uncredited adaptation of the background of the Moreau Series of books by S. Andrew Swann. It originally appeared as a mini-game in Polyhedron #155.

• Mecha Crusade, an anime-inspired (primarily Gundam-inspired) setting taking place in the 2050's that focuses on the war between Earth and the Colonists, with giant fighting robots (mecha) being used on both sides. It originally appeared as a mini-game in Polyhedron #154. Mecha Crusade uses a different system than the Guardians of Order-published d20 Mecha.

• Star*Drive, a political space opera taking placed in the 26th century. It is a remake of Alternity campaign setting of the same name.

• Star Law, a remake of the popular 1980s Star Frontiers space opera-based role-playing game. The mini-setting is cited to use material from Star Frontiers Alpha Dawn and Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space.

• The Wasteland, a western-style setting inspired by its predecessors in Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World.

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Expansions

d20 Cyberscape

d20 Cyberscape is an expansion for the d20 Future supplement of d20 Modern. It adds more Cybernetics to accompany those found in d20 Future, as well as alternate forms of cybernetics, such as cybernetics in fantasy. It also includes a a cyberpunk campaign model called CyberRave, in which the world has become a corporation owned and run country. Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ... d20 redirects here. ... d20 Modern is a roleplaying game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ... d20 Modern is a roleplaying game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ...

d20 Future Tech

d20 Future Tech is the third supplement for the d20 Modern role-playing game and the d20 Future supplement. This supplement contains rules which expand on various weaponry and gadgets from d20 Future. Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ... d20 redirects here. ... d20 Modern is a roleplaying game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ... d20 Modern is a roleplaying game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. ...

The book contains additional material expands of the following topics already established in d20 Future: Weapons/Personal Gear, Starships, Mecha, and Robotics. Also, there is a chapter on how future technology affects life and one on integrating different types of combat (Mecha vs Vehicle, Starship vs. Mecha, Etc.).

See also

• Dawning Star
• Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)
• Traveller (role-playing game)
• D20 Apocalypse
• D20 Future Tech

Dawning Star (abbreviated DS) is a science-fiction tabletop role-playing game by Blue Devil Games built on d20 Modern and powered by d20 Future by Wizards of the Coast. ... The Star Wars Roleplaying Game is a d20 System-based role-playing game set in the Star Wars universe. ... Traveller is a series of related table-top roleplaying games. ... d20 Apocalypse is a supplement to the d20 Modern role-playing game, providing a rule framework for campaigns set in a post-apocalyptic setting. ... d20 Future is an accessory for the d20 Modern role-playing game written by Christopher Perkins, Rodney Thompson, and JD Wiker. ...

External links

• Wizards of the Coast's official d20 Future product page