Star Trek RPG Character Building

- For Star Trek Adventures Alpha v1.3. Updated 2017-01-24

* Species: Select one as a trait
* Traits: Select additional with GM approval
* Values: Select four values
* Attributes: Distribute 55 points (range 7-12)
* Disciplines: Distribute 16 points (range 1-4)
* Focuses: Select six focuses
* Talents: Select four talents
* Stress: Fitness + Security
* Unarmed Damage: (Security+1)[CD]
* Weapon Damage: Add security [CD]
Note: Not all species related talents, traits, etc
will be on every member of that species, and
other species may have access to species
specific elements. A Betazoid might not be a
telepath, and a Vulcan might not know how to
Mind Meld. Conversely a human *might* be
schooled in Vulcan Philosophy and a particularly
tough alien may have the equivalent of Klingon
Resilience.

Species
* Andorian * Denobulan * Tellarite
* Bajoran * Human * Trill
* Betazoid * Klingon * Vulcan
* Cardassian * Romulan

Traits
* (Betazoid) Telepath * Exacting * Precise
* Advisor * Explorer * Protective
* Aggressive * Fiercely Protective * Renowned Expert
* Antisocial * Gambler * Ruthless
* Argumentative * Gregarious * Self-Important
* Artistic * Hard-Working * Skilled Cook
* Athletic * Historian * Socially Awkward
* Bold * Honorable * Spiritual
* Bookworm * Hot-Shot Pilot * Sportsman
* Careful * Inquisitive * Struggles with Emotions
* Commanding * Likeable * Suspicious
* Competitive * Observant * Technician
* Confidence from Expertise * Obsessive * Unaccustomed to Violence
* Counselor * Old-Fashioned * Undisciplined
* Creative * Outdoorsperson * Wary
* Decisive * Patient
* Deeply Spiritual * Peaceful
* Disciplined * Persuasive
* Dispassionate Clarity * Philosophical
* Enjoys Games of Strategy * Polymath
* Enthusiastic * Practical
Values
* (Andorian) Proud Son of Andoria
* (Cardassian) Cardassians did not choose to be
superior, fate made us this way.
* (Klingon) Today is a Good Day to Die!
* (Romulan) I will not fail in my Duty to the
Empire
* (Trill) Four Lifetimes of Adventure
* (Trill) Wisdom of Many Lives
* (Vulcan) Headstrong Young Vulcan
* (Vulcan) Infinite Diversity in Infinite
Combinations
* (Vulcan) Student of Vulcan Philosophy
* (Vulcan) The Needs of the Many Outweigh the
Needs of the Few or the One
* A Responsibility to the Truth
* A Starship is a Home, it's Crew a Family
* A Theory For Every Situation
* Aggressive and Proud
* Always Prepared, Always Vigilant
* Always Seeking Adventure
* Always Something to Learn
* Always There For the Crew
* Always Watching
* Artist, Philosopher, and Scientist
* Bluntly Honest and Keenly Insightful
* Body and Mind Alike Must Be Healthy
* Brash and Outspoken
* Calm under Pressure
* Careful and Circumspect
* Compassionate Student of Other Cultures
* Confident and In Control
* Curious About Humanity
* Decisive but never Hasty
* Deeds Matter More Than Intent
* Defence and Protection
* Difficult to Work With
* Drawn to the Unknown
* Driven and Ambitious
* Driven to Ease Suffering
* Duellist
* Eager and Ambitious
* Eager Athlete and Martial Artist
* Emotion in a Crisis only Makes Things Worse
* Engineer at Heart
* Enthusiastic and Eccentric
* Exploring to Test New Theories
* Fast Ships and Strange New Worlds
* Fearless to a Fault
* Finding Order in the Chaos of the Unknown
* Firm Believer in the Federation
* First Into Danger
* First, Do No Harm
* Focussed When It Matters
* Former Engineer at the Daystrom Institute
* Fortune Favours the Bold
* Frontier Medicine
* Grew Up On the Frontier
* Gruff, Critical, and Acerbic
* Head-first into the Unknown
* Hesitation is as Bad as Inaction
* Holds Everyone to the Highest Standards
* Hope For The Best, Prepare For The Worst
* Indefatigable Confidence
* Inexperienced and Idealistic
* Insatiable Curiosity
* Keep Believing and You'll Get Through
Anything
* Keeping the Peace
* Knows the Ship Inside and Out
* Lead by Example
* Let's See What's Out There
* Likes to Tinker
* Lost a Previous Ship and Crew
* Maybe If I Do This
* Meticulous Scrutiny and Pride in His Work
* Most Comfortable in a Crowd
* Never Give Up On Your Crew
* Never More Force Than Necessary
* Never Off-Duty
* No Love of Violence
* No Stranger to Violence
* Nothing Better Than Practical Experience
* Obsession is Just a Deeper Level of
Concentration
* Outspoken and Argumentative
* Over-Eager
* Precise to a Fault
* Precision and Rationality
* Protective of the Crew
* Proud and Honest
* Push the Limits
* Rash and Reckless
* Reckless Thrill-Seeker
* Rough and Tumble Frontier Doctor
* Scientific Curiosity
* Seek Out New Life
* Serving Starfleet is a Family Tradition
* Slow to Trust, Slow to Forgive
* Speak Carefully and With Purpose
* Student of the Art of War
* Student of Warfare
* Take Good Care of My Ship
* Teacher and Advisor
* Test Everything to their Limits
* The Captain's Second Opinion
* The Only Acceptable Losses are None
* The Patient's Choice is Paramount
* The Price of Peace is Vigilance
* The Right Words at the Right Time Can Avert
Disaster
* The Thrill of Discovery
* There's Nothing Like Practical Experience
* Thorough and Analytical
* Threw Out The Handbook and Wrote My Own
* To Explore Strange New Worlds
* To Fly the Ship, Know the Ship
* To Seek Out New Life
* Understands Machines Better Than People
* Understands Technology Better Than People
* Unflappable
* Vigorous, Aggressive, and Passionate
* Voice of the Crew
* Young Prodigy
Focuses
* (Vulcan) Vulcan Martial Arts - Suus Mahna * Internal Medicine
* (Vulcan) Vulcan Neuropressure * Interrogation
* (Vulcan) Vulcan Philosophy * Intimidation
* Analysis * Investigation
* Anatomy * Leading by Example
* Anthropology * Linguistics
* Astronavigation * Martial Arts
* Astrophysics * Melee Attacks
* Athletics * Mental Discipline
* Biology * Navigation
* Botany * Observation
* Boxing * Paranoia
* Chemistry * Persuasion
* Combat Tactics * Phasers
* Communications Systems * Physics
* Composure * Politics
* Computer Systems * Power Systems
* Computers * Propulsion Systems
* Coordination * Psychiatry
* Courageousness * Psychology
* Cryptography * Quantum Mechanics
* Cultural Anthropology * Sensor Systems
* Diplomacy * Shuttlecraft
* Disciplined * Stellar Cartography
* Duelling * Stubbornness
* Emergency Medicine * Subspace Fields
* Epidemiology * Surgery
* Evasive Maneuvers * Survival
* Experimental Equipment * Theoretical Physics
* Fearlessness * Toxicology
* Field Medic * Transporters and Replicators
* Field Repairs * Trauma Counselling
* Fine Manoeuvring * Vigilance
* First Aid * Warp Drive
* Flight Control * Warp Engines
* Force Fields * Warp Propulsion
* Guerilla Tactics * Xenobiology
* Hand-to-Hand
* Hand-to-Hand Combat
* Hardiness
* Helm Operations
* History
* Impulse Engines
* Infectious Diseases
* Instruction
Talents
* ​(Andorian) The Ushaan​​: When you make a
melee attack, or are targeted by a melee attack,
and you buy one or more d20s by adding to
Threat, you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​(Betazoid) Betazoid Telepathy​​: You’re able
to sense the surface thoughts and emotions of
living creatures – barring a few species immune
to telepathy, though this may still require a Task
during a stressful situation. With concentration,
you can read deeper thoughts, and project your
thoughts to others. The Difficulty of Tasks to
read or project thoughts is reduced if the subject
is family, another telepath, or someone
extremely familiar.
* ​(Klingon) Klingon Resilience​​: Your Soak is
increased by +1 against Attacks to Stun.
* ​(Klingon) Warrior’s Spirit​​: When you attempt
a Melee Attack, and purchase one or more
additional dice with Momentum, you may re-roll
any number of d20s.
* ​(Trill) Joined Trill​​: May spend one
Determination to gain an additional Focus for the
duration of a scene these represent memories
and experiences from past lives.
* ​(Vulcan) Kolinahr​​: The character has
undergone the ritual journey to purge all
emotion. The character reduces the Difficulty of
all Tasks to resist coercion, mental intrusion,
pain, and other mental problems by two.
* ​(Vulcan) Mind Meld​​: The character has
undergone training in telepathic techniques that
allow the melding of minds through physical
contact. This is a Control + Science Task with a
Difficulty of 1, which can be opposed by an
unwilling participant (who would use Control +
Command, also with a Difficulty of 1). If
successful, the character links minds with the
participant, sharing thoughts and memories.
This link goes both ways, and it is a tiring
process for the character. Complications can
result in pain, disorientation, or lingering
emotional or behavioral difficulties.
* ​(Vulcan) Vulcan Nerve Pinch​​: You have has
learned numerous anatomical techniques that
can be used to swiftly and nonlethally
incapacitate assailants. The nerve pinch counts
as a melee weapon with the profile below. It
uses the Science skill instead of Security when
making an Attack, and for determining bonus
damage.
* ​A Little More Power​​: Whenever you perform
an Engineering Task aboard your ship, you may
spend one Momentum to regain one spent
Power.
* ​Acceptable Risk​​: Whenever you add one or
more points to Threat to pay for an Immediate
Momentum Spend, you may roll one [CD] for
each point of Threat you are adding; each Effect
rolled prevents a point being added to Threat.
* ​Advisor​​: Whenever you assist another
character using the Command skill, the
character being assisted gains one point of
bonus Momentum if the Task is successful.
* ​Ambushes and Traps​​: Whenever you use the
Ready action to ready a Ranged Attack, that
Ranged Attack gains one bonus d20.
* ​Among Friends​​: Whenever you are engaged
in social conflict, and you do not use intimidation
or deception, you may re-roll your dice pool if
you buy one or more bonus d20s with
Momentum.
* ​Analytical​​: Whenever you attempt a Science
Task, and you purchase one or more d20s using
Momentum, you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Boldly Go​​: Whenever studying an unknown
phenomenon, charting an unknown world, or
otherwise exploring the unknown, and you buy
one or more bonus d20s by adding to Threat,
you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Calm Under Pressure​​: When trying to
persuade someone not to resort to violence, add
a bonus d20.
* ​Careful Words​​: When engaged in social
conflict, and buying additional d20s with
Momentum, you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Clear Up the Signal​​: Whenever attempting to
establish communications in a difficult situation,
or if the signal is encrypted, you may reduce the
Difficulty by one, to a minimum of zero.
* ​Close Protection​​: After making a successful
attack, you may spend one Momentum to
protect a single ally within Close range. The next
attack against that ally before the start of your
next turn increases in Difficulty by one.
* ​Cold Reading​​: When attempting to determine
if someone is lying, or attempting to glean
information from someone unwilling, add one
bonus d20.
* ​Collaboration​​: Whenever an ally attempts a
Science Task, you may spend one Momentum
(Immediate) to allow them to use your Science
skill and an appropriate Science Focus.
* ​Computer Expertise​​: Whenever attempting a
Task that involves the programming or study of
a computer system, you may add a bonus d20
to your pool.
* ​Constantly Watching​​: When attempting a
Task to detect danger or hidden enemies,
reduce the Difficulty by one.
* ​Cryptanalysis​​: Whenever attempting to
decipher information which is encoded,
encrypted, distorted, or which contains hidden
content, and you buy one or more d20s by
adding to Threat, you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Cultural Studies​​: When dealing with an
unfamiliar culture, reduce the Difficulty of the
Task by one.
* ​Daring​​: When attempting a Task during
combat, and you buy one or more d20s by
adding to Threat, you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Dauntless​​: When trying to resist being
intimidated or threatened, you may add a bonus
d20 to your pool.
* ​Delegate​​: When you assist another character
using your Command skill during an Extended
Task, that character gains +1 Progress for each
Effect rolled.
* ​Diagnosis​​: When attempting a Medicine or
Science Task to determine the nature of an
illness or other biological problem, and you buy
one or more dice with Momentum, you may
re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Disciplined Piloting​​: When attempting any
Task from the Helm role, and you have bought
one or more d20s with Momentum, you may
re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Doctor’s Orders​​: When attempting to
coordinate others, or coerce someone into
taking (or not taking) a course of action, you
may use Medicine instead of Command.
* ​Emergency Medicine​​: Whenever attempting
to perform First Aid when lacking the appropriate
tools, reduce the Difficulty by one, to a minimum
of zero.
* ​Emergency Transport​​: When attempting to
operate a Transporter in difficult circumstances,
reduce the Difficulty by one.
* ​Epidemiology​​: When attempting to diagnose,
or study a disease, add one bonus d20.
* ​Field Medicine​​: When attempting a Medicine
Task, ignore any increase in Difficulty for
working without the proper tools and equipment.
* ​First Aid​​: When attempting the Treatment
Task during a combat scene, you gain a bonus
d20, and you may always Succeed at a Cost,
with each Complication adding +1 to the
Difficulty of healing the Injury subsequently.
* ​Fly-By Attack​​: After a successful Conn Task
in combat, you may spend two Momentum to
assist a character on your ship making an
Attack.
* ​Follow My Lead​​: Once per scene, when you
succeed at a Task during combat or another
perilous situation, you may also spend two
Momentum. If you do, choose a single ally. The
next Task that ally attempts counts as having
assistance from you, using your Presence +
Command.
* ​Full of Potential​​: When you spend
Determination, you may add three bonus d20s
to a Task, instead of adding a single d20 that
has already rolled a ‘1’. Note that you cannot
buy more than three bonus d20s for any Task.
* ​Further and Faster​​: Whenever you attempt a
Task involving your Conn skill, and you buy one
or more bonus d20s by adding to Threat, you
may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Hypothesis​​: When you succeed at a Science
Task to identify or determine the nature of
something, you gain two bonus Momentum,
which cannot be saved and which must be spent
on the Obtain Information Momentum Spend.
* ​I Know My Ship​​: When trying to determine the
source of a technical problem with your ship,
add one bonus d20.
* ​I Know the Limits​​: Whenever you use the
Direct Task and assist a Helm Task with it, the
assisted character may re-roll one d20.
* ​Improvised Solutions​​: Whenever you attempt
a Task involving untested or purely theoretical
engineering or scientific solutions, and you add
one or more points to Threat to buy bonus d20s,
you may re-roll any number of d20s.
* ​Improvised Techniques​​: You ignore any
difficulty increase to Medicine Tasks caused by
not having the correct tools.
* ​In the Nick of Time​​: When you attempt an
Engineering or Science Task as part of an
Extended Task, you gain +1 Progress for each
Effect rolled.
*​ Intense Scrutiny​​: Whenever you succeed at a
Task using Reason or Control as part of an
Extended Task, you may ignore up to two
Resistance Soak for each Effect rolled.
* ​Interrogation​​: When in a social conflict,
attempting to uncover information from an
unwilling person, and you buy one or more
bonus d20s by adding to Threat, you may re-roll
your dice pool.
* ​Jury-Rig​​: Whenever you attempt an
Engineering Task to perform repairs, you may
reduce the Difficulty by two. If you do this,
however, then the repairs are only temporary,
and will last a single scene, plus one additional
scene per Momentum spent (Repeatable) before
they fail again. Jury-rigged repairs can only be
applied once.
* ​Lead by Example​​: When you make a
successful Attack, you may spend two
Momentum to assist another character's next
Attack with your Daring + Command.
* ​Loyalty and Discipline​​: Whenever you
receive assistance from a leader, you may re-roll
any number d20s on that Task.
* ​Mean Right Hook​​: Your Unarmed Strike
Attack has the Vicious 1 Damage Effect.
* ​Methodical and Efficient​​: When attempting to
repair damaged technology, and you buy one or
more d20s with Momentum, you may re-roll your
dice pool.
* ​Negotiator​​: When attempting a Task during a
social conflict to persuade without the use of
deception or intimidation, and you buy one or
more d20s by spending Momentum, you may
re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Pack Tactics​​: Whenever you assist another
character during combat, that character gains
one bonus Momentum if they succeed.
* ​People Skills​​: Whenever engaged in Social
Conflict, and adding one or more d20s to your
pool by spending Momentum, you may re-roll
your dice pool.
* ​Precise and Efficient​​: After rolling a test, but
before determining success or generating
Momentum, you may spend one point of
Momentum (Immediate) to re-roll any number of
dice in the pool.
* ​Precise Evasion​​: After succeeding at the
Evasive Action Task, you may spend two
Momentum; if you do, the ship does not suffer
the increase to the Difficulty of Attacks caused
by Evasive Action.
* ​Psychoanalysis​​: When you spend one or
more Momentum on the Obtain Information
spend to learn more about a person, gain one
additional Momentum which must be spent on
Obtain Information.
* ​Push the Limits​​: When a Conn Task is
increased by environmental conditions or
damage to the engines, reduce the Difficulty by
one, to a minimum of one.
* ​Quick Study​​: When attempting to make use of
an unfamiliar medical procedure, or treat an
unfamiliar species, reduce the Difficulty by one,
to a minimum of zero.
* ​Quick Thesis​​: On any successful Science
Task, you gain one bonus Momentum which
may only be used to reduce the time the Task
takes.
* ​Quick to Action​​: During the first round of any
combat, your allies may ignore the normal cost
to retain the initiative.
* ​Roughing It​​: Whenever attempting a Security
Task that uses your Survival Focus, add a
bonus d20.
* ​Stealth and Guile​​: When attempting to remain
hidden or unnoticed, you can spend one
Momentum to increase the Difficulty of enemy
Tasks to detect you by one.
* ​Studious​​: Whenever you are performing
Research and spend one or more Momentum to
Obtain Information, you may ask one additional
question.
* ​Survivor​​: The cost to avoid an Injury is
reduced by one, to a minimum of one.
* ​Technical Advice​​: Whenever you assist
another character by providing technical
information, the character you’ve assisted may
re-roll one d20.
* ​Technical Expertise​​: When attempting a Task
assisted by the ship’s Computers or Sensors,
you may re-roll one d20.
* ​Technical Ingenuity​​: When you attempt an
Engineering Task, you are improvising or
working on untested theories, and you buy one
or more d20s by adding to Threat, you may
re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Testing a Theory​​: When you attempt a Task
using Engineering or Science, you may roll one
additional d20, so long as you have completed a
previous Task covering the same scientific or
technological discipline earlier in the same game
session.
* ​Triage​​: When attempting a Task to identify
specific injuries or illnesses, or to determine the
severity of a patient’s condition, you may spend
one Momentum (Repeatable) to diagnose one
additional patient.
* ​Uncertainty Principle​​: Whenever attempting
to operate a Transporter in difficult
circumstances, and you have added one or
more bonus d20s by adding to Threat, you may
reroll your dice pool.
* ​Veteran Officer​​: After you spend a point of
Determination, roll 1[CD]; if an Effect is rolled,
that point of Determination is immediately
regained.
* ​Wary​​: Whenever you attempt a Task to notice
or detect an enemy or hazard, you may re-roll
one d20.
* ​White-knuckle Ride​​: When piloting a vessel,
and you buy one or more dice by adding to
Threat, you may re-roll your dice pool.
* ​Working Theory​​: Whenever you assist
another character by providing a scientific
theory, the character you have assisted may
re-roll one d20.