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On our small planet, at this moment, here we face a critical branch point in history. What we do with our planet, right now, will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully affect the destiny of our descendants.

It is well within our power to destroy our civilisation and, perhaps, our species as well. If we capitulate to superstition, greed or stupidity, we can plunge our world into a darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilisation and the Italian renaissance.

But we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to create an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet. To enhance enormously our understanding of the universe, and to carry us to the stars. . .

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Contents

Contents

Copyright © 2003 Warner Bros.

BABYLON 5, characters, names and all related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros.

WB SHIELD: TM and © Warner Bros.

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Introduction 5

Preface 9

Welcome to Babylon 5 11 Characters on Babylon 5 14

Combat 59

Equipment and Vehicles 81

Telepaths 101

All Alone in the Night 108

And the Sky Full of Stars 148 Signs and Portents 173 Campaigns on Babylon 5 261

Glossary 292

Designer’s Notes 294

Index 296

Licenses 301

Character Sheet 302

This printing of Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game and Factbook is done under version 1.0 of the Open Game Licence and the draft versions of the D20 System Trademark Licence, D20 System Trademark Logo Guide and System Reference Document by permission from Wizards of the Coast ®. Dungeons & Dragons

® and Wizards of the Coast ® are Registered Trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, and are used with permission. ‘d20 System’ and the ‘d20 System’ logo are Trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast and are used according to the terms of the d20 System Licence version 1.0. A copy of the Licence can be found at www.wizards.com. The mention of or reference to any company or product in these pages is not a challenge to the trademark or copyright concerned. Portions of Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game and Factbook are Open Game Content licensed with version 1.0a of the Open Gaming Licence (see below).

Designation of Product Identity: The following items are hereby designated as Product Identity in accordance with dection 1(e) of the Open Game License. Version 1.0: Any and all Babylon 5 logos and identifying marks and trade dress, including all Babylon 5 product and product line names; any elements of the Babylon 5 setting including but not limited to capitalised names, planet names, alien species names, ship names, organisation names, characters, equipment, setting and historic events, episode descriptions, any and all stories, storylines, locations, plots, thematic elements, documents within the Babylon 5 world, quotes from character or episodes, all artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, illustrations, maps and cartography, likenesses, poses, logos, sumbols or graphic designs; any other

unspecified incarnations of Babylon 5 creative property, including elements either derived or inferred from the Babylon 5 setting;

and website support materials and all future incarnations, online community donations, and all free game support items, except such items that already appear in the d20 System Reference Document and are already OGC by virtue of appearing there. The above Product Identity is not Open Game Content

Designation of Open Game Content: Subject to the Product Identity designation above, the following portions of the Babylon 5 RPG and factbook are designated as Open Game Content: all character statistics and creation rules, all new character classes and abilities, all new feeats, powers and skills, all rules systems and mechanics, all statistic blocks and paragraphs specifically explaining rules mechanics or special qualities. The use of Product Identity in these circumstances is limited solely to mechanical effects and systems, not to the items previously stipulated as falling under the PI.

First printed in Canada 2003.

Second prinnted in China 2004.

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Credits

Production Credits

Writer and Director Matthew Sprange

Additional scripts

August Hahn

Editor

Paul Tucker

Internal Special Effects

Chris Quilliams, Colin Stobbe, Danilo Moretti, Wil Hammock, Scott Clark

Producer

Alex Fennell

Key Grip

Ian Barstow

Extras

Mark Howe, Mark Sizer, Daniel Scothorne, Daniel Haslam, Mark Billanie, Alan Moore, Jamie Godfrey, Michael Young, Richard Burlew, August Hahn, Synthia Hahn,

Barbara Chandler, Scott Parks, Jason White, Robbie Ball, Jim Sharkey, Royce Groff, B. D. Flory, Sara Tucker, Stuart Keane, Tris Crenshaw, Darren Dale, Bill Schwartz,

Tim Elkins and William Adley

Special Thanks

J. Michael Straczynski, Fiona Avery, Isabelle Richard, Skye Herzog, Rich Burlew and Ben Rubery

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Introduction

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Introduction Introduction

W elcome to the Babylon 5 roleplaying game.

Featuring the space station that changed the destiny of an entire galaxy, this game allows players to take the role of characters onboard Babylon 5 and travel to the many stars and planets seen in the television series. The possibilities available to players are limitless, taking on such characters as lowly lurkers and smugglers or brave EarthForce Officers and members of the Minbari warrior caste.

By playing the Babylon 5 roleplaying game, you can create a character who lives both on the Babylon 5 space station as well as in your own imagination and that of your friends. One player will take the role of the Games Master, controlling the people who dwell within Babylon 5 and the planets beyond, while the other players will play through a series of epic scenarios that may shake the galaxy as much as the actions of Sinclair, Delenn, Ivanova and all the other famous characters from the television series. The Games Master sets Babylon 5 before the other players, allowing them to explore its 5 mile length, as well as interact with all the humans and aliens who visit it.

Introduction

What You Need To Play To begin playing the Babylon 5 roleplaying game, all you need is the following;

G One or more friends to begin playing with and exploring Babylon 5.

G A character sheet, photocopied from p302 or downloaded freely from our web site.

G A pencil, eraser and spare paper.

G A full set of dice, including four-sided dice (d4), six- sided dice (d6), eight-sided dice (d8), ten-sided dice (d10), twelve-sided dice (d12) and twenty-sided dice (d20).

G A copy of The Player’s Handbook, Third Edition, available from Wizards of the Coast.

The Babylon 5 Rulebook

This book will give you everything you need to create and play characters within Babylon 5, as well as grant the Games Master enough information to accurately portray the space station and planets of the television series. The following chapters can be found within this book;

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