Dead Planet [Mothership] (CLOSED)

[WlfSamurai]

Dead Planet
Alarm klaxons. Flashing red lights. Readouts on the bridge indicate damage to the hyperdrive. Most of the ship, the Science Vessel Pioneer, is intact. The stench of blood is overpowering. One, two, three bodies. Crew who weren't so lucky. Switching to external view on the main screen, a graveyard of wrecked ships and parts orbit a dark planet with a single red moon.

This is unmarked territory in space. Will you survive?


Mothership
Mothership is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game where you and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space! You'll excavate dangerous derelict spacecraft, explore strange unknown worlds, exterminate hostile alien life, and examine the horrors that encroach upon your every move.

Mothership is an OSR-style game. That means:

• It's deadly. A wrong roll can kill your PC.
• Rules-light. The character sheet walks you through making a character. Rolls and combat are simple.
• Modular. We can make rulings to cover anything you want to try doing with your PC.
• Difficult. Similar to above, it may take cunning to keep safe.

There is no nice way to say it: your character will probably die. But, maybe they won't. Maybe the dice will be on your side and you can ferry them to safety. Just don't be surprised if your character is killed or worse. This game does not pull punches. That said, in true OSR-style, it's more about what you come up with as a player in-game than what's on your sheet. Perhaps you're clever enough to keep you PC alive.

Players who's PC dies will roll up a new character and we will insert them into the game.


Game Information

• Looking for 3-6 players.
• Posting every couple days.
• The rules are free and can be grabbed on DriveThruRPG.

 

[Major_Goofball]

Exiting, and I'm interested

 

[WlfSamurai]

Exiting, and I'm interested

Awesome! Maybe we'll have some further interest soon.

 

[WlfSamurai]

Major_Goofball I think we’re going to have to close up shop on this idea. Thanks for the interest.

 

[Major_Goofball]

Aww, very sad that noone got interested

 

[TheRevenant]

Major_Goofball I think we’re going to have to close up shop on this idea. Thanks for the interest.

That sucks. I'd be interested. Would it work with 3 of us?

 

[WlfSamurai]

That sucks. I'd be interested. Would it work with 3 of us?

That's a really good question. Let look at the module. My gut tells me "no" as it's pretty serious in terms of putting the PCs through hell. And I THINK they designed it with a certain number of PCs in mind.

I might be able to adapt it. I'll get right back to you guys...

 

[Humble1]

Alright, how about 4.

 

[WlfSamurai]

4 sounds great. Congrats! We have a game. I hope you guys are up for some hardcore sci-fi action. Give me a day or so to get everything organized and the threads created.

Major_Goofball TheRevenant Humble1

 

[WlfSamurai]

Here's the OOC and Character Sheet threads:
Dead Planet (OOC)
Dead Planet (CS)

Major_Goofball TheRevenant Humble1

 

[WlfSamurai]

Looking for some new players to get this game off the ground. Post if you’re interested!

 

[DipDapTheSlap]

Interested!

 

[WlfSamurai]

Interested!

Really glad to hear. The two players I had slotted to play didn't respond. So, right now it's just you. We'll see if some more interest fills in here a bit.

 

[DipDapTheSlap]

Really glad to hear. The two players I had slotted to play didn't respond. So, right now it's just you. We'll see if some more interest fills in here a bit.

Sounds good. I'll wait.

 

[WlfSamurai]

Pretty much, I'm willing to give it a shot with one other player. So, if we get a bite for someone who is committed, we can get this thing started.

 

[Walnutt]

So I'm super interested but I'm not even gonna lie; I've never played a dice type rp before. I've been listening to dnd podcasts for a while, but that's about the extent of it.

If you wanna work with a complete beginner, I'm down to learn and try to add something. If not, especially since it looks like I'd be only one of two players, I totally get it

 

[WlfSamurai]

So I'm super interested but I'm not even gonna lie; I've never played a dice type rp before. I've been listening to dnd podcasts for a while, but that's about the extent of it.

If you wanna work with a complete beginner, I'm down to learn and try to add something. If not, especially since it looks like I'd be only one of two players, I totally get it

Absolutely open to teaching you or working with you. My ONLY concern is making sure to set the expectations (and this is for you, too, DipDapTheSlap ):

In no uncertain terms: Mothership is OSR-adjacent. All that really means is that Mothership is brutal to the characters and pulls no punches. So, there's a high chance the characters will die. In which case—again very old-school—we roll up new characters for you.

But, it's meant to evoke sci-fi horror. So, it's not usually going to be a happy ending. For me, I love the genre, so I'm into it. If you're good with that, then I think we can make this thing happen.

 

[DipDapTheSlap]

I am ready for the pain WlfSamurai

 

[Walnutt]

Horror is my favorite genre in every medium so I'm down to deal with some character death

 

[WlfSamurai]

Okay then! Let's fire this thing up, then! Below are the threads. The game is PWYW here on DriveThruRPG.

Making a character is pretty easy as you just follow the flow-chart in the character sheet itself. But, if you have any questions or need help, I'm happy do so.

See you in there! Excited!

Dead Planet (OOC)
Dead Planet (CS)

DipDapTheSlap Walnutt