Living Gods: Stargate System Lords

by Brannon Boren, Robert J. Defendi, Alexander Flagg

Kneel before your god...

Parasitic tyrants. Aliens masquerading as deities. Scum-sucking boombox-voiced snakes in the head. Whatever you call them, they are the gravest threat Earth has ever seen: the Goa'uld System Lords. Now uncover their deepest secrets, their evil minions, and the ways the SGC combats their villainy. The Goa'uld are waiting; do you dare challenge them?

Genres: Role Playing Games, Gaming

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another of the books that goes along with the Stargate SG-1 roleplaying game, but it is really worth getting just for the non-game informational aspects. The writers make up a lot of material as background information, and that is quite fascinating.

What is some of the most interesting material is where the writers establish a timeline of history, relating to evolution of humans to the evolution of Goa'uld, and how the Goa'uld eventually got mastery over the Earth and then lost it.

The book even goes into how the Jaffa came about, and also how the Tok'ra split off from the Goa'uld. In one section they even work in the legend of King Arthur, relating it to the Goa'uld.

The book also has a lot of game-related material in it, but the origins and background material of the Goa'uld and other players makes this book worth getting.

[Pam Edwards · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good read if you want a more in-depth look at the Goa'uld System Lords. Lots of rules info and additional classes, feats etc to use, especially if you want to play a particular gods' Jaffa (though I didn't look at this in depth as we aren't using the D20 Stargate rules for our game).

There's also an interesting little section on the psychology of the System Lords, helpful if you want to play one. Overall, it's an excellent book if you're interested in the various System Lords' backgrounds, and their main assets and holdings.