Cloud Empress | Songs of the Cicadas
Cloud Empress | Songs of the Cicadas

Mothership, Cloud Empress | One-Shot

4 NEEDED TO START
$13.00

/ Session

Details

Once / Tuesday - 5:00 PM (UTC)

Nov 19

2-4 Hour duration

0 / 6 Seats filled

Requirements

Experience required: Open to all

Age: All Ages

This game will begin once 4 players have joined
About the adventure

In Summer, the Imago (giant cicadas) rise in great numbers to feed on the bones of the dead. Monks and villagers dry corpses in huge burial mounds to satisfy their hunger. A few hundred Imago are spotted each summer, but once in a hundred years, the Century Brood appears. Tens of thousands of Imago climb from deep soil and reduce the land to rubble. Now the Century Brood has been unearthed and the Cloud Empress has gone missing. About the Systema Cloud Empress runs on the Mothership engine, a d100-under OSR-style system. Be ingenious, find lateral solutions, cast magic at your own peril, and avoid panicking. Get the free rulebook here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/454022/cloud-empress-rulebook

LGBTQ+
Queer
BIMPOC
Hispanic/Latinx
Neurodivergent
Published Writer
Game Designer
Multi-lingual

3 years on StartPlaying

290 games hosted

Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling

Average response time: 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

Additional details

How to prepare

We are going to need: - a stable internet connection; - a quiet location; - an ok microphone so that everyone hears you nicely; - access to a computer (while you could play on the phone, it may slow down the pace quite a bit. Recommendable, but not essential: - a webcam; - writing implements for your own notes (digital or physical, whatever you prefer).

What I provide

Me, the books, and guidance to play the game! - years of experience facilitating games; - a deep pool of resources in creating and facilitating games; - access to game books, core and supplemental; - a nice VTT game room, play aids, and occasional fun little tidbits; - a living world with intriguiguing plots; - NPCs that matter, embracing PC backstories.

Gameplay details

As a Queer, Neurodivergent Game Facilitator from the Global South I strive to make my tables welcoming to players of all backgrounds, especially from marginalized groups which includes making accommodations for individual player needs and kicking out bigots and fascists from my table (then reporting them). πŸŒ»β™ΎοΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ All players are required to join Session 0, where we will discuss mutual interests, goals, and play styles, as well as establishing our lines and veils and other safety tools. We begin our first gameplay scene at the end of Session 0. Our biggest ally is the Check In: use it liberally! βœ… πŸ”΄ Default lines: - Ableism; - Child abuse - Fatphobia; - Racism, fantasy racism; - Sexual violence/harassment; - Player-on-Player gaslighting and bullying; - Player-on-Player TRASH (transphobia, racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia) behavior; 🟑 Default veils: - Child endangerment; - Gaslighting; - Eating disorders; - Police violence; - Sexual interaction/descriptions;

Content warnings

Safety tools used

β€’ Bleed

β€’ Breaks

β€’ Lines and Veils

β€’ Luxton Technique

β€’ Luxton Technique Discussion

β€’ Open Door

β€’ Session 0

β€’ Stars and Wishes

How will character creation work

Character creation is quick and based on random tables. Feel free to go over the basic play materials and bring a character draft to the table.

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

High

Experience level

Open to all

Platforms used

β€’ Discord

β€’ Foundry VTT