Solo Rambling Roleplay

Lets Make a Deep Diver In Across a Thousand Dead Worlds (ATDW), your character is called a deep diver. Character creation is a pretty straightforward process, though there are a lot pieces to put together before the end. This is different than other systems that I have played, because the majority of the character is built using point buy, a system where you allocate points into attributes and skills as you see fit for the character that you want to make. This takes the randomness out of the character and lets you really fine tune the character to what you want to play. The best way to start off this process is a general sense of who the character you want to play is. From there you can build the character to fit that idea. Character concept This doesn't need to be a backstory or any granular details just yet, just a sense of identity that you can use as the foundation for your character. I'll be playing this as a solo character, so I want ...

Finding himself in a bit of an internal power struggle in the mystic order, Gurrak has to finish off this contract before he gets stuck in the details of the factions feud! Gurrak speeds off, leaving the Scrapcrawler in the dust. Thoughts racing through his head. "Still no idea where Ishaa is. And now the fact that there's some kind of internal struggle in the mystic order. This could get messy. Best to get this job done and dusted before there's a full on civil war in the order's midsts." Gurrak continues his ride, hoping that just over the next dune some answer will appear to him. Exploration Phase Exploration Roll -> 1; Roll an exploration event Exploration Event -> Table 4/Event 6; An abandoned starfighter is buried in the desert. Gurrak slows his hoverbike, catching sight of the abandoned starfighter. "Looks like its been here for a long time. Buried almost completely in the sand as ...

After her brief captivity and lucky break that got her out of a sticky situation, Jaiyana starts off again in search of the Ruins mentioned in Sariq's Journal. With not much to go off of, she'll need some luck to point her in the right direction. Exploration Phase 3 Exploration Score: 3 The Draw: A ♣ Evidence of attempted raids; 5 ♦ Something's off... ; 4 ♠ Somewhat intact ruins Jaiyana wakes from a deep slumber. The sun is high in the sky already, she's spent much of the day resting from her midnight escape from the slavers. She shakes her head, thinking back to the other prisoners that fled before she could organize their escape. "They only would've slowed me down... I can't dwell on them now. I need to get my bearings and press forward..." She takes a few moments recalling the events of the last day. How quickly she was caught off guard and taken, only for the providence of the massive rook att...

Gurrak leaves the Mystic Order enclave feeling more and more angry at the course of his investigation thus far. "First those Old Empire bastards won't stop hounding me. Now spies holed up in my contacts own little enclave. This contract is getting messy. Why do they always have to be so damned complicated!" Huffing as he boards his hoverbike, Gurrak rides off into the desert partly searching for somewhere to get an answer and partly lost in thoughts trying to sort out his next move. Exploration Phase Exploration Roll -> 3; Roll an exploration event Exploration Event -> Table 1/Event 5; Encounter a hoverbike gang. They encircle you; roll -> 1; The leader is hostile and challenges you to hand to hand combat. As Gurrak continues to ride, he hears the revving of hoverbike engines. Somebody approaching fast and headed right for him. Feeling like this might give him an opportunity to get some of his anger out...

Gurrak makes quick time getting to Talus. Even from the space approach, he grumbles under his breath. "Ugh, desert. Nothing on this bone dry planet except for sand and holes for bugs to scurry in and hide. I'll make quick work of this contract and get out of here ASAP" He brings his ship into approach, hoping for a settlement he might land at and start his search. GM Note: Starting off, Gurrak has no Favor, Notoriety, or Motivation. He'll be accumulating those throughout gameplay, which will lead us towards more conflict and our final showdown with the contact! Exploration Phase Exploration roll -> 5; Notoriety < 3, Roll on Exploration Events Table Exploration Event -> Table 3/Event 4; A Hostile from the Minor Faction (Mystic Order) has intercepted you As Gurrak begins his descent towards the planet surface, a cruiser comes up along Gurrak's wing. ...