Roleplaying

Players

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Vault

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The Aetherverse

The Reach

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GM Screen⁠

Summary

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The Crew⁠

Campaign Codex

Crew

Bobby

Ikram

Christ

Dev

Goliath

Impawssible

Honman

Karma

Lavinia

Nemesis

Cham

Scavenger

Karleen

Violent

Chelsea

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Supporting Characters

Mother Niari

Priestess of the Silence

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Marion Morrison

Determined Ex-Con

Etienne du Bujac

Disreputable Businessman

Sherif Isaac ‘Izzy’ Demsky

Corrupt Sheriff

Teng Sisters

Identical Triplet Assassins

Koysta

Unassuming Enforcer

Jackev

Drug Dealer (Christ)

Juda

Imperial Doctor (Christ)

Arryn

Noble (Nemesis)

Manda

Guild Member (Nemesis)

Slice

Junkyard Owner (Scavenger)

Stev

Gambler (Scavenger)

Triv

Ship Mechanic (Bobby)

Mav

Former Mentor (Bobby)

Rhin

Smuggler (Violent)

Batto

Bounty Hunter (Violent)

Connery Shod

Weapons Dealer (Impawssible)

Aya

Assassin (Impawssible)

Hicks

Mystic Goods Supplier (Karma)

Blish

Fellow Mystic (Karma)

Yazu

Crooked Cop (Goliath)

Chon’Zek

Bounty Hunter (Goliath)

Sally

Bartender (Scavenger)

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Rules Reference

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The Setting

Imperial Dominion, and the Reach was settled by people that fled the cataclysm

30% human, 70% aliens

Solar Plague

FTL

Wormholes

Warp drives

Mysterious alien gates provided instantaneous one-way passage to the Forge.

Dangers abound, but there is safety in numbers. Many ships and settlements are united under the banner of one of the Founder Clans.

One is nomadic

Laws and governance vary across settled domains, but bounty hunters are given wide latitude to pursue their contracts. Their authority is almost universally recognized, and supersedes local laws.

Our faith is as diverse as our people.

Unnatural energies flow through the Forge. Magic and science are two sides of the same coin.

In settled domains, a network of data hubs called the Weave allow near-instantaneous communication and data-sharing between ships and outposts.

Orders of sworn healers preserve our medical knowledge and train new generations of caregivers.

Cybernetics exist

Artificial consciousness emerged in the time before the Exodus, and sentient machines live with us here in the Forge.

Professional soldiers defend or expand the holdings of those who are able to pay. The rest of us are on our own.

Life in the Forge was seeded and engineered by the Essentia, ancient entities who enact their inscrutable will in this galaxy.

The biomechanical lifeforms we call the Remnants, engineered by civilizations as weapons in a cataclysmic war, survived the death of their creators.

The Ascendancy, an advanced spacefaring empire, once ruled the entirety of the Forge. Vaults of inscrutable purpose are all that remain to mark the Ascendancy’s legacy, but those places are untethered from our own reality.

The strange energies of the Forge give unnatural life to the dead. The Soulbinders are an organization sworn to confront these horrifying entities.

Default Assumptions

This is a perilous future. Two centuries ago, your people fled a cataclysm and settled a distant galaxy they call the Forge. This is a chaotic place full of dangers and mysteries.

This is a lonely future. With some possible exceptions (that you’ll identify as part of your own truths), humans are the only known intelligent life in this galaxy. Others once lived here, but only mysterious and perilous vaults remain to mark their legacy.

This is a diverse future. There is a vibrant mix of people and cultures among the humans of the Forge.

This is a far-flung future. Settlements lie scattered and often isolated from one another. Your starship can travel at faster-than-light speeds, but it’s ponderously slow at a cosmic scale.

This is an unexplored future. Discoveries await. Even in settled regions, much of the Forge is unknown and uncharted.

This is a wondrous future. The Forge is a galaxy of ancient mysteries, spacefaring creatures, startling phenomenon, and other marvels.

This is a retro-future. Envision the technology you wield as only slightly advanced over today’s real-world technologies—or even a step back in many ways. Resources are scarce, and the people of the Forge must cobble together what they can.

This is an unjust future. Those in power hoard resources, control technologies, and impose their will on others through force or cunning. Others must stand against these forces of imperialism and oppression.

This is a hopeful future. Despite these challenges, hope remains. Fulfilling your sworn vows is a realisation of that hope.

Questions

What is the name of the Reach?

Our story begins on the world of XXXX, once capital of the Empire of XXXX, now nothing more than a floating palace. Long ago the Empire was all but snuffed out by an attack from XXXX.

Who is the current ruler? What is their title? What are they publicly known to be like? How would someone close to them describe them?

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