The V.A.L.U.E. of Risk & Reward

Arrange a Game
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:house: location: WOW/Keepers. Holochergasse 53 , 1150, Vienna, Austria

Post below if you are coming - all tables are open. Players of any level of experience are welcome.

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  • T1 : levels 1-4
  • T2 : levels 5-10
  • T3 : levels 11-16
  • T4 : levels 17-20

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will be there to run:

:new_moon: SHADOWDARK

  • we will create characters together
    • … this will take ~ 2min (5min if you never have played D&D before)
  • the game has a strong old school early edition D&D vibe
  • the adventure itself is a dungeoncrawl

if you know D&D 5E you know Shadowdark

  • the system is fast & simple
    • roll d20+bonus to meet/beat a DC (or Armor Class of an enemy)
    • advantage/disadvantage = same as in D&D 5E (roll 2d20, take the highest/lowest)
  • torches are important
    • no PC has Darkvision
    • the game uses a real-time mechanic (1h) when torches burn out
  • treasure also grants XP

edit:

TL;DR - modern rules to play oldschool D&D with Darkest Dungeon vibes

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This RPG won Four ENNIE Awards. Why?

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I’ll see if I can prep it until then but right now it seems doable (will update with a definitive yes/no on Wednesday at the latest).

If everything goes according to plan (and there is enough interest) I’d like to run a Oneshot in the ALIEN RPG system. The scenario is called Chariot of the gods and I’d have space for 3-5 players to experience the horrors of space. (should take 4-5 hours and we’d play with pre-generated Characters)

Teaser from the Oneshot:
You are space truckers on the starfreighter USCSS Montero, running “the Gauntlet” - the trade route between Anchorpoint Station and the Frontier. Your ship’s cargo hold is packed with dozens of tanks of dangerous Tritium gas that is in the process of decaying into extremely profitable Helium-3.

Usually cargoes such as these are towed in massive tanker modules that transport much higher concentrations of the gas a safe distance from the freight hauler. The Montero isn’t rated as a commercial towing vehicle, however, and this small run is a special order for a Weyland-Yutani corporate account on Sutter’s World - a newly established Frontier colony.

While the trip so far has been fairly routine, the Montero’s sensors developed a glitch vefore you left Anchorpoint and sporadically pinged contact with a sensor reflection before you activated the displacement drive and went FTL.

Your cargo run so far has been without incident. Now, you are just awakening from hypersleep, ready to deliver your goods to the colony of Sutter’s World.

PS: If this doesn’t happen this week, I can always run something T1/T2. → Else I’ll be there with T1-T4 characters.

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if Shadowdark does not get enough players, would love to join @ThatGuyTed :alien: game

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Would love to join and die, while space trucking

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I would like to join @ThatGuyTed table if it happens, if not i would like to have a few more characters killed in shadowdark

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Would love to finally get to try shadow dark before I go on holiday :slight_smile:

If there is a need I would also DM a oneshot system called one last job. Will edit my reply should I get that in time ^^

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I am a simple man: I see a table running a sci-fi system, I am in. (I will join @ThatGuyTed 's table).

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:space_invader:

DM (1):

  • ThatGuyTed :alien: ALIEN

Players (6):

  • Aviron :alien:
  • BufoBufo :alien:
  • cat4laugh :alien:
  • Dathbinks :alien:
  • Kenta :alien:
  • snnTV T1-T2
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@Aviron @BufoBufo @Darthbinks @Kenta
Alright. As it looks like this is going to happen, I’ll give you guys some additional information.

First and foremost:

Content Warning

capitalistic dystopias, isolation, being hunted, gore, serious injury, illnesses, medical procedures, grime, infection, wild “animals” and the horrors of space in general

(for all of you who have seen any of the alien movies… you get the idea)

Because of this we will have a little discussion at the start of the session to set the “gore/horror meter” to something everyone is comfortable with. (I will provide some examples)

In additon to that - as I already stated above - we will use pre-gen characters (plus some backups in case tragedy strikes). At the start of the adventure you are all part of the crew of the USCSS Montero, so you get to pick one of the following characters:

Miller, Officer (Captain of the USCSS Montero)

Miller Details

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Davis, Pilot (Pilot of the USCSS Montero)

Davis Details

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Rye, Roughneck (Technician on the USCSS Montero)

Rye Details

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Cham, Roughneck (Handler on the USCSS Montero)

Cham Details

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Wilson, Company Agent (Corporate Liaison on the USCSS Montero)

Wilson Details

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If you see a character you like make sure to claim/reserve them by replying to this post (first come first serve).

Each of the characters will have a private objective which will influence your actions during play - we’ll discuss that informations before play in little one to one sessions (shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes)

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hi, could I also jump in last moment? Alien Movies are the love of my life :sweat_smile:

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Hmmm… well the scenario is set up for 5 PCs and as Darthbinks joining the table would mean that Shadowdark wouldn’t be happening I’d give @cat4laugh the opportunity to snatch up the last seat. (we did also chat about it yesterday)

I may be able to write in a 6th PC… but no promises. (pre-written Scenario and all that)

But if it doesn’t work out this time → no worries. That fact that there is still interest means that I will likely re-run this in the future :ok_hand:

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sure, if ca4laugh is in, then I’ll wait for the next opportunity :slight_smile:

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Yeah im down!

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Nice! I would like to play Cham and should we also arrive a little bit earlier because of the objectives and gore discussion?

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Ill be there for Pref. T1/T2, would also be open to join any other adventure.

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Wouldn’t hurt. But if someone can’t make an earlier time that would be fine too.

I’ll probably try to be there by 18:30. (Might be a bit earlier, might be a bit later - depending on öffi delays)

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the Company Agent looks nice
the Tech too

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Hey, I’d love to join for Shadowdark if it’s still running. (Is it potentially being run? I’m a little confused :sob:)