LANCER:Crucible of Eternity | Gothic War Against Hellish Legions

Creating your character

I will provide assistance for players to create their LL0 characters using COMP/CON before the first session. COMP/CON is a comprehensive free LANCER character creator which can export the necessary files to import the character into Foundry VTT.

Preparing for the session

Players should read the preparatory material on the discord server, which covers basics about the campaign setting and any house rules in use as well as which LCPs are allowed. No prior knowledge of LANCER is required as I am more than happy to teach new players the ropes, and Foundry provides automations that make playing the game (remembering how many actions you have and which ones you can do) quite easy.

What Roy brings to the table

First and foremost, I provide a living, breathing world that reacts and adapts to the players' decisions. There are no rails to follow; this is a sandbox where your actions matter and can change the fate of the universe. There are no throwaway or "silly" characters who exist just to serve a humorous bit; every character is brought up in the fiction of the game universe. Players that join my games can expect the rules as written to be followed, setting a clear baseline for how everyone's player characters can interact with their world. Over and above that baseline, they can expect me to try my best to fairly interpret the mechanics or consequences of any imaginative action they can think to attempt--just because there's no rules for swinging on a chandelier doesn't mean you can't try! I'll do my best to ensure my players have the best experience possible. I provide voices for all my characters and draw on my long gaming history to sample appropriate immersive background music for my games (in this case, the Doom 2016 & Doom Eternal soundtracks are particularly apt).

Homebrew rules

This is a total homebrew reimagining of the core LANCER experience. Four new manufacturers, 20+ new mechs, an armoury full of custom weapons built by angels to fight back against the daemon hordes

How Roy creates a safe table

My players will receive links to safety tools, in particular a consent checklist. I will review these checklists before a session 0, and then discuss how the content in the game might relate to or be altered by the consent of the players. Furthermore, session 0 will begin with a general consent check for players to indicate anything they forgot to mention or wanted to ask other players. In the case of safety tools, I will encourage my players to message me privately (using a whisper in chat or a discord message) in order to indicate when they are uncomfortable. When this occurs, I will alert the group that I need to take a quick break to handle a consent check, then private message with the uncomfortable player (I will do this without asking anyone to leave the group call, so as not to single out anyone).