The Last Seed | Last Human Colony Ship | Tutorial Included
There was no negotiations or warnings with the Devourers. The Milky Way is gone. Andromeda and your colony ship are the last hopes for mankind.
$17.00
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Weekly / Sunday - 8:30 PM UTC
Session Duration / 4 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
When the Human Minarchy's pioneers found remnants of old civilizations among the stars they were alarmed. The Fermi Paradox could have only a few answers, and many were crossed off save for the answer that required a brutal sterilization of the whole galaxy in cycles. As thousands of worlds were colonized in the Milky Way, humanity silently prepared for the upcoming threat, but they had no idea what they were even preparing for. They did their best, and their best was not enough. The enigmatic and brutal hive mind of the Devourers sought no peace or compromise, only carbon and energy. AI nanoswarms and star-killing weapons could not stop them as they killed and ate and bred and expanded across the Milky Way, crushing humanity like ants with technology beyond physics and reality. In the final hours, as the last Human worlds were falling, a single breakthrough by a human scientist was enough to crack the code of Rosenstein Warp-Drive, expanding the range of Warp Travel to nearby galaxies. In a last ditch effort, humanity sent out hundreds of seed ships to Andromeda, carrying the future of the species with them. Board the ship as its crew, reproduce, repopulate, expand, and discover the secrets of Andromeda. Secrets that, perhaps one day, can allow mankind to reclaim its birthright. Crashlanded on a hostile planet that was very much not your destination, you must find valuable resources, grow food, feed the young, find other human survivors, and fight off enemies sentient or otherwise. Will you be the Geneticist that splices and creates new alien lifeforms to serve and feed mankind? He spends his time surrounded by growth vats and hydroponics? Or will you be the Engineer that ensures the life-support systems stay on and the security turrets keep the flesh-eating giant bugs at bay? Or will you be the Security grunt in power armor ready to unleash hell upon the enemies of mankind and call in explosive drone swarms? Or perhaps the captain of the ship, conducting talks and diplomacy with humans, aliens and disgruntled crew members alike? Who will you embody today? If I run several of these, I will run them as a westmarch, where you are all crews of this same ship. There will be an RP PBP channel which I will support as well.
Game style
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Sandbox / Open World
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Realm Building
West Marches
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.8
(11)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
46 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Storytelling
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Greetings Adventurers! My name is Ash and I've been a dreamer since I was a child. I started writing my own books and creating my own worlds since I learned how to write. I love fantasy and Sci-Fi settings and the moment I understood the possibility of being a Game Master -Creating a world then allowing my friends to play around in it-, was a new awakening for me. I have been running since 2016, usually with my own homebrew systems for my own novels, but I am happy to run whatever my players gain enjoyment from, since that is what drives me, to share an amazing experience and have fun! I take a very Libertarian approach to my games, with my strong points (as described by my players) Fantastic Worldbuilding, Immense freedom of movement, "Sandbox Feeling" (Whatever that is), Complete Chaos (Is that a good thing?), and realistic consequences. Anything is allowed, no holds barred, no railroad, no illogically imposed events and rules by me. Have fun and be good!
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Creating your character
There will be a free session 0 in which players create their characters and meet the crew.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Think on your character and then hop on Discord at https://discord.gg/Sf57xx5eVa. Have a free foundry account.
What Ash the Mad brings to the table
Challenge, Atmosphere, and Reward. That's what I'm about. Immerse yourselves in my worlds and be daring to try out everything outside the box. There is no railroad here, only a vast world to go in all directions. My games are very open-ended and Rule of Cool, so my players can pretty much do anything if they try hard enough. Players are free to explore and survive and thrive as they wish, keeping in mind the gravity of the situation. I will provide Voice Acting, Foundry VTT with battle maps, Ambient music, Music.
Homebrew rules
I got a bunch of extra sci-fi skills for the GURPS system!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Ash the Mad creates a safe table
I run a session 0 and discuss what everyone is comfortable with or isn't, and I get feedback and ensure everyone knows what they want and are in for, and what they don't want to see or do. I will tailor the experience to my players without compromising the game's difficulty or realism or integrity.
Content warnings
Safety tools used