Category: Uncharted Worlds: Discussion

I’ve been creating Factions and Threats for my upcoming convention game, but mostly for my own amusement (which doesn’t take much). Here’s a Threat that I think will be kinda fun:

XERADA

An ‘economy’ starport in the Cuernavaca system. Security is lax, corruption is rampant, vandalism is likely, and the whole operation is skeevy. It’s not a total dump — you can still get basic goods and services at a fair price. It’s just a sub-par place, is all.

AGENDA: Make money, skim here and there, keep patrons from getting killed

MOVES:

– When you attempt to bribe starport personnel, roll + Influence. On a 10+, hold 2. On a 7-9, hold 1. Hold can be spent as a modifier on any moves involving starport services, security, or interaction with personnel.

– When you leave your ship docked at Xerada for more than 2 hours, roll 2D6 when you return. On a 10+, pick 3. On a 7-9, pick 1:

– No one has tried to break into your ship

– There’s no graffitti on the hull

– No small, surface modules or decorations have been removed (i.e., you still have hubcaps)

– No one tries to mug you on your way back to the ship

Hey, gang! I want to have a big alien monster, a beast of sorts, you know. So I created this threat. Feel free to critique!

THREEK

A threek is a 4-meter-long, crocodilian creature that lives in swamps on some god-forsaken planet somewhere. It has nasty fangs, big claws, a thick hide, and an unpleasant temper. It has an unpleasant smell, too, which is bad news for anyone who gets close to it. Oh, and it’s hostile. Verrrrrry hostile.

In a fight, it counts as three threats: the fangs, the claws, and the smell. Anyone close enough to Launch an Assault is susceptible to all three.

AGENDA: Defend its territory, eat (mate)

MOVES:

– Swipe at them with claws

– Bite!

– Hurtle forward and knock them down

– Stink like a trash fire, a hamper, and a bucket of yeast

– Swing a heavy tail around

NOTES:

– These suckers cannot climb. Like, at all.

– They do, however, have a thick hide, which makes injuring one kinda difficult.

Thoughts?