Apollo 11 : Return of the Founders [Into the Odd] [Play-By-Post]

Creating your character

1. Roll 3d6 for each Ability Score in order. - Strength : *If this value reaches 0, you are dead. - Dexterity : *If this value reaches 0, you become Paralysed - Willpower : *If this value reaches 0, you are Mentally Broken 2. Roll 1d6 for your HP : *When your HP is reduced to 0, you are Wounded. Any remaining damage lowers your Strength score. 3. Find Your Starter Package Match your highest Ability Scores with your HP to find your Starter Package in the table the GM gives you. It contains your starting equipment, and if you are lucky, special perks. 4. Backstory During the last year, you have been chosen by your country to begin training as an Astronaut. Every motel from Titusville to Cape Kennedy has a '' NO VACANCY'' sign that's been lit for a week straight. People drove from all over the country, holding their breath in anticipation of the most hyped up event of their generation. It is July 16, 1969 in the US, and you are scheduled to launch aboard the Apollo 11 The atmosphere of trepidation is almost enough to forget the unpopular ongoing war in Vietnam and the Cold War that has been brewing for the two past decades. If this mission is successful, you should be back home in time to celebrate the end of the war with the hippies in Woodstock happening in three weeks. A- What led you to become an Astronaut? Either by profession or after being recently recruted by NASA, you are now an astronaut. You can choose why you were chosen specifically. Maybe they told you something about your ''unique genetic''. Or they told you it would clear your prison sentence, or that they would pay to heal a sick family member, etc... B- Who were you before becoming an Astronaut? You can write your own story. Here are some questions to inspire you: How old/tall are you ? Do you have a family? a profession ? unique talents ? Excited for Woodstock ? Position on the war ? Military background ? What ethnicity are you? etc... 4. Choose two unique Experience from your Backstory to give you advantage on related rolls. It can be a profession, a personality trait, a special skill or a catchphrase. In situations where a roll is needed and you think your Experience grants you advantage, you may obtain a better result. 5. Choose a Flaw Necessary for a good story! Everyone has a weakness or a fear. Maybe a birth defect, a nasty personality trait, an addiction or something else that could cause their downfall. All rolls involving this flaw are either at a disadvantage or automatic failures. It may have additional effects. Lucky you're not alone ! If you need inspiration, you may roll 1d100 from the Mutations Table. 6. Session-0, Past links Before launch, the crew meets inside the Apollo 11 Spacecraft and establishes how they know one another. Everything said is canon — decide together that you're old war buddies, business partners, still hold an old-time grudge... You can roll 1d100 from the '' Past Links'' table for inspiration. You are now ready !

Preparing for the session

The game will happen on a Discord server on a Play-By-Post format. It is a text-based RPG played asynchronously, whenever the players have time to respond. All other materials needed like custom-made character sheets and visual aids will be shared through the discord.

What Maximush brings to the table

I provide a text-based gritty survival adventure, and a deep lore to explore. I build the story around your character's decisions, letting them have a real impact on the world. It is heavily inspired by many different franchises of games, movies, and real conspiracy theories, but it is entirely written by a human. However, I also provide visual aids to make the experience more enjoyable, and that part is mostly AI-generated. If some players want to involve themselves in the process and create their own art for it, I will always priorize and advertise them, but I know where my own talents lie. This is a Homebrew ''Into the odd'' rulebook that priorizes good roleplay over high rolls of the dice, even though they really help. Rule of cool is a given, and the asynchronous nature of the game makes it so there will be a lot of freedom in what can be done in a single post, the goal being to avoid having to wait after someone else to play the game. Conflict between characters is something that can happen, but respect between players is always a given.

Homebrew rules

Into the Odd rulebook with slight adaptations. All rolls are made through a bot inside the discord channel, and have a DC that reflect the plausibility of your success, adding one of your three main stats if needed. ( Strength, Dexterity, Willpower) Adding an ''Experience'' and ''Flaw'' system that allows you to pick certain things in which you are very proficient or inversely. Tasks that involve your experience/flaws might be automatic success/failures, or have better/worse results. In this system, when your HP is reduced to 0, you are merely wounded and make a roll to see if you can stay conscious. All following damage goes straight to your Strength score, and if this score reaches 0, then you die. There will be a guide with the rules to know in the channel discord, but it isn't much more complicated than that.

How Maximush creates a safe table

There will be a X/N/O system in place in the emotes, allowing you to signal to players if some content makes you uncomfortable or is to be changed immediately. We will also have a discussion beforehand about the topics to avoid. But be aware that this is a gritty, horror campaign. There will be heartbreaks, gore, evil things going on. But I draw the line at sexual content. We will start from that and make sure everyone is comfortable.