Cloud Empress | Songs of the Cicadas
Mothership, Cloud Empress | One-Shot
$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
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
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). π»βΎοΈπ³οΈβπ 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! β π΄ 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; π‘ 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