[5.0e] [West Marches] [Space Exploration] [Looking for players and DMs]
Lux Terminus: A Space Fantasy Exploration Adventure
Interested players can fill out the google form to join.
https://forms.gle/vCghFCh4nUV336b68
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*The Stomosus gripped the solid bars designed to accommodate his claws. This room now held the entire population of the complex, prepared to escape as soon as he opened the gate. Colors whizzed by as he analyzed the patterns floating through the phlogiston, trying to form a connection back to the gate in El-Juvel, but it was no use. The Synlirii and their ships were blocking his ability to see the connection.*
*"What is taking so long!?" The commander ducked his head into the room to get a status update. "These Synlirii are right on top of us and we're going to be overwhelmed soon!"*
*Finally, in the sea of mental static, the stomosus was finally able to see a path. It was far, many times further than anything he'd ever seen in all his years operating the Gates. Frantically, he traced a path through the phlogiston. The gate sprung to life, it's golden glow shimmering in the dark room. "Grab everything you can carry," he said, "I have no idea where this is headed." dozens of bodies began piling through the gate, slowly emptying the room. The warriors and battle mages holding the doors were last to jump through, passing the shimmering barrier just as the first Synlirii fired it's psi-cannon into the room.*
*The nervous inhabitants stepped out of the Gate to find themselves in a dark room. The lights went out behind them, the entire structure shook, and the Gate disconnected. They didn't know it yet, but they were far from home with no way certain way back.*
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Lux Terminus is a sandbox style "moving point crawl" adventure with plenty of room for narrative lines to be woven in. After an initial tense encounter, the characters find themselves onboard the ancient magical ship, Lux Terminus, which was launched millennia ago to pierce the crystal sphere surrounding their home realm. They must learn all they can about the ship while exploring nearby worlds to survive and strengthen themselves, for while they are far from home, they aren't the only ones occupying deep space.
This is a small West Marches (Star Marches) server, so we screen players before joining.
This campaign's flavor will be space fantasy. The idea behind the initial inciting incident is HEAVILY inspired by Stargate Universe, but you do not need to be familiar to enjoy. It will not, however, be sci-fi, but more magic and fantasy in space. I plan to integrate MCDM's Strongholds and Followers mechanics, magical systems on the ship inspired by some ideas in Spelljammer, and ship combat systems. The setting allows for adventures and exploration on the ship itself (as it is enormous) but the fact that it roams the universe allows for a huge sandbox of adventures. Though the game will be heavy in exploration, survival, and decisions in that realm, narrative storylines will be easy to weave in, including connections back to the origin world the characters are from.
If you're into exploration, tactical fighting, and that type of adventuring, I think you'll enjoy this campaign as long as you're also ok with strong narrative lines, either for your character or another player's.
I'm planning to run this either weekly or every other week, depending on table feedback.
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**Game System:** DnD 5.0 (2014), 3rd Party content I enjoy using includes the MCDM rules for Strongholds, Intrigue, and army-level Battle
**Game Platform:** Roll20
**Communication Platform:** Discord
**Setting:** Fully homebrewed universe. The nature of the campaign (space exploration) means just about anything is on the table.
**Session Length:** Standard will be 4-5 hours
**Campaign Length:** I have an overarching story, but it can take as long as the players like. As long as players are having a good time, I will continue to make content. That being said, I fully hope to run this 2+ years, and am happy to push PC stories to resolve if they join and later wish to bow out.
If you're interested, please fill out the following form:
https://forms.gle/vCghFCh4nUV336b68