Mass Effect: My Favourite Game On the Citadel
During the attack on the Citadel, this game follows the crew of a ship as they get trapped on the station and have to fight their way out.
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$20.00
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Bi-weekly / Thursday - 8:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
Campaign Length / 4–6 Sessions
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
3/5
About the adventure
This was supposed to be a routine shore leave for you and the crew of your ship, a chance to indulge in all of the delights the Citadel has to offer. Now it is being attacked by Geth and....holy crap what is that monstrous ship??? The party are the crew of a scavenger/scrapper vessel that traverse around the Milky Way finding hidden and long forgotten treasures to fix up and sell on to interested parties. Whilst not criminals themselves...occasionally their work is crime-adjacent. This game will see the crew of 'Regular Joes' suddenly encountering the attack on the Citadel from the first Mass Effect game.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(9)
1 year on StartPlaying
10 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling
About me
Greetings, salutations and andaran atishan everyone! I am Emma, or Hummalou on the internet. I have been running games for 8 years, and for a large portion of that I have been running games that are streamed on Twitch. By day I am a high school teacher and I like to take the patience, humour and inclusive practice I use in my day job to the tables that I run. I am passionate about collaborative storytelling and I am at my best when running games where we laugh, cry and punch oppressive forces in the face! I will always encourage the rule of cool, feeling epic, doing it for the bit and having fun being the highest priority. I take game systems and deconstruct them a little to remove some of the crunch to instead focus on the stories we are weaving together in a more cinematic way. I have always prided myself in creating safe spaces for my players, your comfort and happiness is key. I run inclusive and welcoming spaces, for any and all marginalized people.
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Creating your character
Character creation can be discussed during session zero, but the source material will be provided early on so that players who wish to can get a head start. Mass Effect 5e is a reskin of D&D5e and so it can feel very instinctual for character creation. Players will start at level 6 and you can roll for stats, but if the numbers are terrible you can take standard array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, and 8)
What to expect
Preparing for the session
We will use zoom for the call, and as such having a decent microphone is preferable and a zoom account. Cameras are not necessary but I am comfortable having people on camera as it can help with roleplay cues. As we are using Roll20, an account there is also needed. You will not need to make your characters or read the rules ahead of time, but the source material will be provided to you when we first start setting up the game so that you can do so if you like.
What Hummalou brings to the table
Game source material provided for characters, and there will be a roll20 for the character sheets and displaying of mood setting images/maps. I like to have music playing during my sessions also, to help set the scene, but this can be turned down to zero on the players end should you not want music playing during the session. My GM style tends towards roleplay forward game sessions, with plenty room to get to know each other and the setting. When combat arises it is to enhance the story we are telling and I tend towards rule of cool and more cinematic combat rather than lots of crunchy rules. In my mind it helps keep the flow going and helps us tell an epic story together.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
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Safety
How Hummalou creates a safe table
I always have a session zero ahead of playing, that will include vibe checking each other and discussion the lines and veils (which get send as a document ahead of session zero). Comfort breaks appear half way through and at the end of a session I like to spend about 30 minutes decompressing and doing some stars and wishes so that we can celebrate each others wins and set intentions for future sessions. X, N and O used in zoom/discord call to check for comfort during a session.
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