AETHERPUNK!! Edgerunning in a Fantasy's Post Apocalypse
Ride the streets of New Aienna in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Charge your Aether, load your guns, and get ironed the fuck up.
$18.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Tuesday - 6:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 4–4.5 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
IMPORTANT: This game is Text-Based! We will play entirely using text rather than voice in structured weekly sessions! In ancient times, there was magic, monsters, and myth. But with the coming of the Maelstrom, all that changed. The dark future of Reikatan is here now, and it comes with a desert of black storms between towering walls protecting small pocket cities now ruled over by corporations. What was once magic is now merely tapped leylines pumping out hexachromatic AETHER, the lifeblood of New Aienna. And you're about to get dropped right the fuck in. In your attempt to join the upper echelons of Merc life, you'll need to flatline any number of gonk gangsters, break the Aethernet, and maybe even go nova and die yourself. But hey, that's just life in the big city, right? Would you rather be out with the mutants in the maelstrom? Didn't think so. Are you ready? Dive into a fresh fantasy world inspired by Cyberpunk 2077 and Shadowrun, with its own twisted history, crazy city, and powerful corporations! Create an Edgerunner using refreshed Role Features with a new Progression System built off of the Cyberpunk Red Engine with refitted mechanics from Cyberpunk 2020! Experience a campaign tailored to your gang, run and gun in New Aienna nights and become one of the city's legends. Sensational Sounds and Effects in Foundry VTT will keep you coming back for more...
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(7)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
20 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hii! I'm Vivian. When I was a kid, I used to draw comics and make up characters, and with my friends, build worlds. Since my youth, I've always been a creative, a storyteller, and a bit of a rat. I suppose that I've been running games for well over a decade, though my first experience with real meaty gameplay was just seven years ago, when I ran my first session of D&D for my online group. I could say it was perfect, but it wasn't. That first campaign lasted two or so years, and while clunky and imperfect, it was mine. It was my first true campaign, and with that group, I continued GMing. I became a terminal forever-DM, and have spent far more than a reasonable amount of time studying, practicing, and honing my craft. My shelf of books is overflowing, my collection of wisdom and practiced techniques an armory unending, and my amount of insane nonsensical homebrew and game design documents unsettling. I'm a storyteller first, an artist second, a writer third, and an enjoyer of Little Caesar's Lunch Special (Half a deep deep dish with a 20 oz soda! for just 8 dollars) fourth, but coming in a few places behind that, I consider myself an adequate, if not exceptional, Gamemaster... I mean, my players say I'm the best GM ever, and I won't call them liars to their faces!
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Creating your character
Character creation will be a one on one affair. There are still roles, just now there are lineages too! You'll be able to pick both, and I'll walk you through. If you're already familiar with Cyberpunk 2020 and Red, you shouldn't have any issue adding on a few extra features. During this, I'll give any lore to you that is necessary to know, infodumps are entirely optional.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You'll just need a forgevtt account and hop onto my Discord Server after signing up! The most important thing is being willing to learn a twisted hack of Cyberpunk Red.
What Roxanne brings to the table
I'll be doing custom tokens for your edgerunners (and any new edgerunners when yours flatlines), as well as full combat maps and visual effects, music, and so on and so forth!
Homebrew rules
Aetherpunk is a customized version of Cyberpunk Red, built heavily off of Cyberpunk 2020 as well, but using Red's more approachable features. It comes with an entirely refreshed Netdiving system meant to make it more engaging and active for every party member, and a Progression system where you earn Features and improve them as you complete jobs!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Platforms used
Safety
How Roxanne creates a safe table
A full session zero, where things will be laid out in terms of what you as a party want to experience, will feature a heavy section on what content should and should not be featured at the table. This will usually come with the usual consent form, though possibly more tailored to the system. There'll be an X Card as well, always available!
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