ALIEN: ROCKSTAR
A group of musicians and roadies tours the universe in their beaten up starship, but quickly realize that their newest gig is anything but ordinary.
$35.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Sunday - 2:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Your band has seen better days. You used to play to sold out stadiums on Earth, but after The Incident, you've been blacklisted from humanity's cradle and forced to tour the outer systems for gigs. It hasn't been easy. You've barely earned enough to keep the ship operational, and you hate playing covers. But your manager says that he's found you the gig of a lifetime, a show that will "change everything for us." He isn't wrong. This is an ALIEN Roleplaying Game Campaign where you'll play as a member of a metal band and their crew. If the USCSS Nostromo was a big-rig in space, then your ship is a tour van with just enough room for you and your equipment. Together you'll need to work together to keep your ship operational, find new gigs across the solar system, and survive them. There's only one guarantee about the touring life: it won't be boring.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.8
(6)
1 year on StartPlaying
35 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, World Builder
Average response time: 3 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi! My name is Zara Bamford and I live in Chicago, IL, with my partner and our adorable little monster of a cat. I’m passionate about history, comic books, medieval fantasy, science-fiction, and cooking. I’ve been DM’ing professionally for over three years on the convention circuit and have run D&D 5th Edition, Arkham Horror, and Star Wars: Edge of the Empire at major conventions like Gencon, Gamehole Con, and Pax Unplugged on behalf of Asmodee. I got my start in tabletop gaming with Warhammer 40,000, and spent countless hours hunched over kitchen tables and patios in my youth waging epic battles with plastic and metal figurines, but I always craved something more than just tactical combat - I wanted narrative, an epic adventure to accompany awesome battles. I wouldn't start truly DM'ing till college however, where I started a Rogue Trader campaign for my friends which continues to this day!
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Creating your character
We will create characters together during our free session zero. PC's can choose between standard character creation rules or lifepath generation.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
To play in this campaign you will need a Discord account to join my game server. I also recommend downloading the guest version of TaleSpire from Steam.
What Zara brings to the table
My campaigns balance tactically demanding combat with impactful roleplaying and tense exploration sequences. I have an immersive narrative style I’ve honed over a decade of theater experience, so you can expect dramatic third person narrations of place and scene and a range of voices for the people your characters encounter. I’ll also make use of atmospheric and moody soundtracks and soundboards in every session to help immerse us in the tense, dangerous world of ALIEN, and I'll work with you to create a custom 3D model of your character in Heroforge.
Homebrew rules
I allow PC's to spend Story Points collectively. Androids can suffer unpreventable damage (starting at 1) to push a roll. This damage increases by 1 each time the PC pushes a roll, and can only be repaired with a shift of work and a successful Heavy Machinery or Comtech roll.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Zara creates a safe table
The world of ALIEN is frightening, dangerous, and at times totally hostile to human life and wellbeing. I, however, am not!! While I want your character to become terrified and stressed out, I want you as the player to enjoy yourself and have an amazing time in our game. To that effect, I will be going over the campaign themes and content in Session 0, where we will collectively establish Lines and Veils for our playgroup. When we play, you can message the chat or say RED CARD out loud to indicate you want the current scene to end, or YELLOW CARD to indicate that you want the subject curtailed. In either case I will pause the game and check in with you to see what is happening, and adjust the scene as needed either through a redo or retcon. After every session, I will check in with the players as a group to see how the session went and if there was anything that could be improved or adjusted.
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