Coriolis:The Great Dark – Flowers of Algorab [Beginner Friendly]

About the adventure

[ 50% off your 1st session! ] Multi-session long campaign. Estimated 15–30 sessions, depending on player choices and pacing. No prior Coriolis experience required—just curiosity, courage, and a willingness to choose sides. 💥 “I press back against the bulkhead, eyes watering from the smoke. My boot heel crunches another of those bloody blight spiders. Somewhere ahead, a Coriolite assassin lines up another shot—and I can’t help thinking how a quiet funeral for a fellow Guild Explorer we barely knew led us to this moment.” 🌺 FLOWERS OF ALGORAB Welcome to the Hammurabi Arm, a dangerous frontier of the Lost Horizon (a connected expanse of star systems) where beauty, profit, and death intertwine. In the Gahand system, vast crimson gas clouds hide rare biological phenomena known as the Flowers of Algorab—exotic lifeforms whose properties could change the future of humanity in the Great Dark. Your latest slipstream jump places your ship and crew amid escalating tensions. The Mining Combine and the Sharzad Collective battle for control of the cloud lanes. Wreckers prey on shipping routes. A growing rebel movement, Free Gahand, calls for independence from Ship City (an asteroid megastructure). Meanwhile, the Gardeners Guild pursues its own quiet agenda, risking everything to study—and protect—the living wonders hidden in the clouds. As members of the Explorers Guild—or as smugglers, scientists, or hired troubleshooters—you will: - Navigate lethal ether storms and unstable gas lanes - Deal with rival factions, secret patrons, and shifting loyalties - Explore remote outposts, drifting stations, and forbidden depths - Decide whether Algorab’s wonders are meant to be harvested, hidden, or destroyed Every choice leaves a mark. In Gahand, even survival is political. 🪐 The Great Dark Humanity fled the collapse of the Third Horizon aboard colossal Great Ships, following an ancient signal into the unknown. In this Lost Horizon, survival depends on what can be reclaimed from strange worlds and their ancient alien “Builder” ruins. Ship City—an asteroid megastructure built from fused Great Ships—endures only through the efforts of explorers like you. Resources are scarce. Hope is fragile. And the Great Dark watches patiently as humanity tests its limits once again. ⚙️ System Overview You play a crew of space explorers, much like a 19th-century expedition, pushing into dangerous unknowns, uncovering ancient ruins, and trying to survive the journey home. "Coriolis: The Great Dark" uses a fast, narrative D6 dice-pool system. Roll Attribute + Skill dice; every 6 is a success. You may push your roll, but doing so risks Despair, draining your Hope and inviting consequences. - Injuries reduce Health - Exposure to Blight (think alien radiation) corrupts body and mind - Supplies, air, and trust are never guaranteed The game blends exploration, survival, faction politics, and creeping existential horror—where progress always has a cost.