Stoke the flames of rebelion~ | LANCER learn to play~
Break out of a despot's mining operation and save your fellow workers! Break your chains and Pierce the Heavens!
About the adventure
It has been one year since the crash. Your ship's sensors failed to detect an asteroid, which caused catastrophic damage to the hull. As part of a far-field team your job was to reintroduce the farthest flung colonies of humanity into the galaxy wide utopia. But when you crash landed on the back water planet, you discovered just how removed your authority was.. It has been one year of forced labor under the local despots reign. You have seen her, in passing, but she never even granted you an audience before sentencing you to labor in the mines. The people here suffer under her tyrannical rule, and you along side them, forced to toil away lives to pad the coffers of a band of thugs. However, no tyrant is met without opposition, and in the smoldering embers of the populous burns the flame of revolt. When the local doctor requests your assistance in a plan to commandeer supplies and finally give the people a chance, how could you say no? It was your job to bring utopia to the far reaches of the galaxy, and this time, it's a bit personal. Lancer is a mech combat game set in a far future where humanity has spread across the stars. Often described as a "Mud & Lasers" game, Lancer evokes the style of media such as the Front Mission and Armored Core series of games, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ by Issac Asimov, as well as animes like Gundamn, Gurren Lagann, and Macross.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Friday โ 3:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2โ2.5 hours
Campaign Length / 4โ6 Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
GAME MASTER
Travis D.
any/all
5.0
(40)
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(40)
2 years on StartPlaying
585 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Teacher
Average response time: 9 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
As a lifelong hobbyist, my enthusiasm for roleplaying games was born from unforgettable shenanigans shared with close friends around a table in some basement. That same love has spawned countless friendships and encouraged me to join and contribute to a number of great communities, including store-driven Adventurer's Leagues and Cons. I have even been fortunate enough to make a living producing accessories for tabletop games, so it's no exaggeration to say that my life revolves around roleplaying games. I cut my teeth on D&D 3.x and had the rewarding experience of my first group of players being ready to explore countless other systems. Looking at the subtle beauty in new mechanics and the nuances that tie them into their settings and stories is a personal passion of mine, one that I love to share. Facilitating a new player learning a system, whether it's their first go at Dungeons & Dragons or their latest foray beyond, is one of my favorite opportunities. I own a myriad of unique RPGs and have read most of them, but I am always eager to hear about new potential experiences and unique stories to be told. Sharing our stories and love of games is what makes tabletop roleplaying games so special. I hope you'll allow me to share some of the things I love with you.
View Profile โReviews (40)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Knows the Rules
Teacher
William
Played 90 sessions
Travis is a great GM! He knows the rules and is willing to spend time figuring out the complex and confusing ones. And Travis gives the players a lot of freedom on their characters; I had a lot of fun in the sessions with him!
Rin
Played 82 sessions
Iโve joined the Masks campaign and am having a lot of fun playing. Travis is an excellent DM with great storytelling skills. He inspires creativity and ensures the smooth involvement of every player. He knows the rules well and even introduced some adjustments to make the game even more fun. I anticipate each session and look forward to experiencing where the story will take our characters.
Kingsley
Played 66 sessions
Want a GM that makes TTRPG easy to understand and not overwhelming, and willing to give prompts/action just in case you can't think about it in the moment. Someone patient to hear what you are trying to say (because english is hard sometimes) lol I been playing a Masks game it is very fun, we are allowed to be as serious or silly in a given situation (within means of the game!! obviously). Sometimes gives your character prompts/actions that you can build on! The GM is very good at including everyone and can handle a group splitting up in game and there's never a lull in the game. Describes the scenery and people very well, and can tell what type of person they are. GM also knows the rules well and worldbuilding in game is very communitive with the players without getting off topic and out of the immersion. There to help build up your character concepts and the npc they associate with.
Joey
Played 64 sessions
Travis does an incredible job setting up the story and characters in ways that give everyone a chance to shine. I feel like our group does a great job of working together and I feel at least part of that is thanks to Travis's great GMing and storytelling skills. I look forward to every session we play, partly because of the incredible amount of creativity he fosters in the group.
Mike Hutton
Played 59 sessions
Travis is a sharp and clever GM for the Masks game I am in. He runs the game very well, treating it like a comic book, and making sure everyone gets a turn in the spotlight. He never gets flustered, roleplays well, and lets the characters shine even when they go of the rails entirely. The game is RP focused and I think that is his real specialty. I've never been bored in his game, and that is the highest praise I think a player can offer a GM!
Grave
Played 57 sessions
Travis gave a wonderful introduction to Lancer, giving time to get used to the rules and the world - patient with the players, while keeping things moving at a good place.
Character creation
Creating your character
This game of Lancer will be mini-campaign set up to continue into further story lines if the players are interested. Characters will be created at LL0, and can be made independently or with my help. Pre-made pilots will also be available for those new to the game. Characters in this mini-campaign will start as captives in a mining town, and will not need a mech built or standard pilot gear. This will be gone over as part of the session 0 before the game starts. Mecha in Lancer are a huge part of the customization for players, especially in regards to combat styles. For anyone new, pre-made options will be available to experience the game without need to dive into the wealth of options available. For more inspired players, I will be open to review any mech options and discussion of builds once you join my discord.
Introductory campaign of Mud-n-Lasers tactical Mecha combat. Great for beginners! Campaign will last 3-5 sessions with room to expand into campaign play! Pilots will start at LL0 with no pilot gear.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
To participate in the chat on Discord, you'll need a mic. Webcams aren't necessary, but they can help improve communication. Discord accounts are free and you should install the software before the game. I'll provide a link to my personal Discord server for the game. Foundry will be hosted by me, and once you've joined the game we can set up a pre-session to iron out any potential technical set up such as connecting to Foundry. You don't need to know the rules beforehand. Lancer includes a complex system of statuses during combats and a narrative side that is easy to play with out any difficulty. I'll teach you the rules as we play, and I'll help you translate your intentions into the rules where necessary. Your only concern should be enjoying the game and bringing your character to life. You can use physical dice if you have a favorite set, and Foundry character sheets will include steps to help automated dice rolling.
What Travis D. brings to the table
I'll provide the voice server via Discord and the Foundry VTT campaign link. Foundry has full pilot and mech character sheets, tokens, and maps to set the stage for the game. While most of the game between combats will be Theater of the Mind, we'll use Foundry to set the ambiance and for interactive and complex battles. I have a great command of the system and love helping players get into a new game. I also enjoy helping people find their voice or style or roleplaying, and creating a comfortable environment we can explore together. Open-ended games like this require adaptability and on-the-fly adjustments, and together with the players I look forward to exploring the collaborative world we create. Expect cinematic styling, off screen reveals and an immersive story built around the PCs.
Equipment needed to play
Microphone
Internet
Headphones
Computer
Platforms used
Safety
How Travis D. creates a safe table
From the Lancer website: ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. O๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ [is]: ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ด โ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ; ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐น๐บ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. This game will deal with issues of classism, slavery and oppression to begin with. If the game continues past the initial story it will likely turn to the topic of warfare and the disparaging issues brought with it. But throughout the game, the PCs, as Lancers, stand for a future which is brighter and rejects such evils. Lines & Veils will help us handle sensitive content and agree upon which subjects are off limits. The comfort of the table is a key priority in any game, and while this game will likely deal with topics not noted in the content warning section, every effort will be made to ensure player safety. This game will feature a heavy amount of Roleplay; That doesn't mean you must do character voices, or even speak in character if you find that difficult, but it does mean being invested in your character and their experience. Who are they? What would they do in this situation, might it be a bad choice, but the choice they'd make? How does whats unfolding around them shape their life, and where will they end up by trying to react to these happenings? It doesn't mean we need to know in advance these answers, rather much we'll be Playing to Find Out, and along the way guiding the story of these young heroes. Sharing the Spotlight and juggling the action, as well as the beats of the story, primarily fall in my responsibilities, but feel free to suggest alterations to scenes or exciting ideas. As long as we share the table respectfully and don't talk other each other, we're all taking on all the roles of director, actor and audience collectively in this game. And who knows what is fun to watch better than an audience themselves? Game will be held on Discord (Mic required, webcam optional but encouraged), with player aids, handouts and characters sheets on Foundry. The game will feature a mix of Theater of the Mind and Battle map scenarios. Lines & Veils handled with handout on Discord & Foundry, and Breaks will be 5-10 minutes at the top of the hour unless everyone is too caught up in the game (or we prefer a single break in the middle). Stepping away for any reason is also completely fine, but if able please check in if it's a slight pause the table can wait for or if you prefer not to interrupt the flow of the game. Post game debrief will occur wrapping up the session, but feel free to use StartPlaying to message any additional thoughts that occur later before the next game. Stars and Wishes can be discussed before stepping away as well, but will also have a Discord channel for the game so there is no stress to think of all the cool things you'd like to see immediately.
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