Pirates of Drinax (M2e Traveller) **FREE SESSION ZERO**
The Pirates of Drinax is an epic and award winning campaign from Mongoose! Build your own interstellar empire across the stars of the Trojan Reach!
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Weekly / Sunday - 10:00 PM UTC
Apr 19 / Session 94
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In the Pirates of Drinax, the Travellers play a band of adventurers entrusted by the King of Planet Drinax with a letter of marque, permitting them to prey on ‘illegal’ trade within the borders of the vanished kingdom. The King hopes this piracy will give him the leverage he needs to restore Drinax to its former glory, and intends for the Travellers to win back all the planets lost over the last two centuries – but the King’s plans are just the starting point for this campaign. Once the Travellers have their letter of marque and ship, it’s up to you what to do next. Will you stay loyal to their patron and help restore Drinax? Will you turn rogue and create your own kingdom? Will you be heroes or monsters, pirates or privateers? Will you make your fortune amid the pitiless stars, or will the cold depths of the Trojan Reach be their grave? ----- The Pirates of Drinax is an amazing sandbox campaign that starts with brand new Travellers and lets the party work towards becoming the masters of your own destiny in whatever way you define that. The campaign is full of politics, warfare, intrigue, even romance and (most especially) high adventure in space.
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Meet the Game Master
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5 years on StartPlaying
228 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi everyone! My name is Josh, and I've been running games for decades, thinking about games for decades, talking about games for decades, and writing about games for decades. I love just about any science fiction and fantasy setting, and especially love players who get deeply invested in their role play. Here's a short list of what we can do when we play together: ✔️ Big, plot driven stories ✔️ Small, character driven slices of life ✔️ Mix and match game mechanics to provide unique experiences during a campaign ✔️ Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fantasy ✔️ Curated music, art, and original story lines ✔️ Ridiculous voice acting Above all, I will make sure that YOU have the most fun and rewarding experience possible. Currently, I'm a friend on the podcast Gaming with Gage and Friends, former host of the Sandbox Between Stoplights podcast. I've helped develop multiple RPGs, settings, and campaigns. I have helped organize and put on gaming conventions, and I've been professional GMing for about 6 years. I also wrote a setting book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/462282
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Creating your character
We will create characters together during session zero, including connections between Player Character's so they have a good reason to be adventuring together before the game begins. ***Note: Psionics (Traveller's equivalent of magic users) are extremely rare individuals. You wont be able to create a Psionic during character creation, but you may become psionic during the course of the campaign.***
This is a weekly 3-3.5 hour session for the expansive Pirates of Drinax campaign. Because there is violence, alcohol, gambling, and other grown up stuff in this, 18+ only please! Once you sign up through Start Playing Games, I will send you a link to the Discord server we'll be playing on. Keep an eye out for an email with that link!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a mic good enough that everyone can understand you. We will be using Foundry VTT and Discord. Foundry is a web-based VTT, so all you need is a web browser. It handles characters sheets, dice rolling, and all of the other tools we will need to play. Discord is an application we use to talk to each other and post funny gifs during the game.
What Josh the GM brings to the table
Foundry VTT License, Mongoose 2e Traveller and the Pirates of Drinax Campaign, maps and artwork based around your characters, and story lines and plot hooks tailored to your party and characters
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Microphone
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Safety
How Josh the GM creates a safe table
Before the game begins, I'll reach out to all players individually over Discord to discuss content that they might not want in the game privately. We will be starting with a session zero where we make characters together, discuss content, touch on some table manners, and find out where we want to focus of this campaign to be. Once we start the campaign proper, we'll be using a stoplight system to help us moderate anything going on during a session. ***Note: Psionics (Traveller's equivalent of magic users) are extremely rare individuals. You wont be able to create a Psionic during character creation, but you may become psionic during the course of the campaign.***
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