Mothership: Life on the Rim | Sci-fi horror Campaign
You’ll excavate dangerous derelict spacecraft, explore strange unknown worlds, encounter hostile alien life and examine the horrors of space.
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Bi-weekly / Monday - 2:30 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
1 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Life in the rim is hard. It's mostly the void of space: Vast, empty, inhabitable, dangerous, and weird. Dangerously weird. Where there are people, there's little law other than corporate security, bounty hunters, or the person most willing to use a gun. While life is hard, getting this far out was even harder. You were promised freedom and ready employment. There's freedom if you want to claim an uninhabitable rock, and there's ready employment if you sell your soul to a corporation. Maybe your crew hauls cargo or is a salvage team working to pay off your debts. Maybe you were explorers who seek to understand the unknowable mysteries of space. Maybe you're bounty hunters or mercenaries hiring out your services. Or maybe you're the corporate fixers, solving the problems that stop commerce flowing. Welcome to Mothership, the sci-fi horror RPG where you and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space! Excavate dangerous derelict spacecraft, explore strange unknown worlds, encounter hostile alien life, and escape the horrors encroaching upon your every move.
Game style
Theater of the Mind
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Sandbox / Open World
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(12)
2 years on StartPlaying
51 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Teacher, Creativity
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Welcome! I'm Gunnhrafn (he/him), and I'm a long-time GM (27 years of experience) who loves to run a wide variety of games for a wide variety of people, including introducing new players to role-playing games and introducing players to new games. I first started GMing in 1986 and I first began playing TTRPGs back in 1982. As a GM, I enjoy shared story-telling and collaborative world building. I run one-shots (which can run 1 to 3 sessions), campaigns, and can be hired to run a game for a group, a one-to-one single-player game, teach a game system, or help with character creation. If I'm not currently offering a game you're interested in or at a time that works for you, drop me a line and we'll see what we work out. For custom bookings please contact me with an inquiry. I'm available to run one-shots, short-run games, and campaigns for groups and individuals (for one-to-one gaming). I'm also available to teach game systems. Rates will vary depending upon the request. I use Discord for communication, and a mix of theater of the mind, Foundry VTT, Roll20, Quest Portal, and Google Sheets depending upon the game.
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Creating your character
We'll discus character creation during Session Zero. Premade characters are available on request.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
To play, you will need: 🚀 A reliable internet connection and ability to access our Discord server, the Mothership Companion app (web browser, Apple App, Google Play), our Google Drive, and LegendKeeper ( if we choose to use it). 🚀 A reliable microphone for voice chat via Discord. Web cameras are optional. 🚀A free Discord and Mothership Companion app account, and a free LegendKeeper account if we use it. To prepare for our Session Zero, you should: 🚀 Join our Discord server. 🚀 Access the Mothership Companion App 🚀 Fill out our modified Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist so we may establish our game's expectations for lines, veils, ask first topics, and issues and themes of interest.
What Gunnhrafn brings to the table
I'll provide: 🚀 A set of dedicated Discord channels for voice and text chat to be used before, during, and after play, and, if we wish, a LegendKeeper site to support our game. 🚀 A guide to character creation and quick-reference sheets of the game's mechanics. 🚀 Mechanics for players to establish and achieve short and long-term goals for their characters and to build those interests into our campaign. 🚀 Premade characters on request. 🚀 My 26-years experience as a GM, and my ability to run games that are both beginner-friendly and enjoyable for long-time players.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Internet
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Safety
How Gunnhrafn creates a safe table
Mothership is a science fiction survival horror RPG designed to invoke Alien and Event Horizon. To help ensure everyone enjoys our game, I will send out a modified version of the Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist prior to our Session Zero. Other safety tools we'll use during play include the X-card, Script Changes, and an Open Door policy. While I don't engage in graphic descriptions of violence, abuse, or gore, each of us have different tolerance thresholds so I strongly encourage you to make use of our safety tools, and we can revise our lines and veils as needed. During game play, we'll use Discord for voice and text chat, along with Foundry VTT to manage skill checks, combat, and the like. While we will use some maps and images, much of our game will be run using theater of the mind. During each session, we will have at least one 10 minute break, roughly halfway through the session. I strongly encourage player feedback, both in what you like about current play, what you would like to see happen in future play, and what isn't working for you. My job as trying to create the best experience I'm able to for each player, and that requires good feedback from you.
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