Player Openings for an Ongoing Play By Post Game
Eris Reddoch
(03 Mar 2021 20:16 UTC)
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Re: Player Openings for an Ongoing Play By Post Game Eris Reddoch (04 Mar 2021 00:14 UTC)
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Re: Player Openings for an Ongoing Play By Post Game Eris Reddoch 04 Mar 2021 00:14 UTC
On 3/3/2021 2:16 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: EDIT: OOPS! I posted the wrong forum. The game is on the Ruins of Murkhill forum, the link is correct. However, I also have a game on the Unseen Servant and I'd take a player or two, as well if anyone is interested. :) > Hi, I'm running a Traveller game on /The Unseen Servant Forums > that could use one or two new players. If you're even vaguely > interested read on... > > Here is the link to the game: > https://ruinsofmurkhill.proboards.com/board/127/traveller-exploring-mantan > > > Here is the appeal I posted on the Forum where the game is > taking place: > > ---------- > March 1, 2021 > > Appeal: If anyone wants to join the game, drop me a private > message and I'll get you into the game ASAP. We are down to 5 > active PC's and could certainly take on one or two more > players in this game. Joining isn't really time-sensitive, but > getting in on the current action is. The current scenario is > likely to play out in the next few weeks (PBP games a really > slow) and joining later would bring you into a different > situation...just saying. > > ----- > Synopsis: The PC's are the crew of The Clear Sails, a 400 dton > Armed Merchant currently chartered to transport a team of > Delgado Trading personnel to a number of systems in the, > mostly, unexplored Mantan Subsector. Once they get the Delgado > charter to their destination the ship will be free to continue > to Explore Mantan, or anything else they'd like to do. > > This is a homebrewed Subsector using (mostly) CT rules. The > Imperium may exist, but is very, very, far away if it does. > Aslans and Vargr are vitually unknown here and no one has ever > heard of the Zhodani, Earth, or most any other Trope > introduced after the 3 Little Black Books. > > Current Situation: The ship's owner-aboard is retiring and > leaving with the head of the Delgado Trading group. He is > giving the ship to the crew (ship shares all around!), but > they still have to complete their mission of carrying the > remaining Delgado Factors to the Mantan systems. The current > ship Captain is also leaving, so her position will go to one > of the remaining PC's. At the moment, all the PC's have left > the star port for a little R&R, and small package trade > delivery (wink, wink), and then trouble rears it ugly > head...naturally! > > The Problem: A Vargr was found in The Clear Sails cargo > hole...trying to stowaway. He had just escaped from another > ship in port where he was being held as a prisoner. The PC's > think the other ship are slavers from the way they demanded > their "property" back. IAC, the Vargr was passed out from loss > of blood, gunshot wounds, and the Clear Sails crew that > remained behind refused to turn him over. > > The Complication: All the PC's, most of the crew, is off the > star port attempting to have a little R&R and things back on > The Clear Sails are getting hot! Really hot! They have no idea > just how hot!!! > > The pirates are holding the Captain and the Chief Factor of > the charter party out on the tarmac threatening to shoot them. > The local Starport security are not doing anything. The PC's > are rushing back, but they might not make it in time. > > Will the PC's still have a ship by the time they get back to > the star port? Will they have to take it back from a band of > slavers, pirates? Even if they do get it back, just how > damaged will their ship be? Will it be a steaming pile of > debris? Well, there's always that rumor about a wreaked ship > waiting to be salvaged in the outback...but let's hope that's > another game! > > ------ > > Rules: I'm using a mixture of Classic Traveller, Cepheus > Engine+2D6 Retro Rules, and bits and pieces from most other > editions of Traveller to run the game. You can use any of the > Traveller Character Creation Systems to create a PC (but I > prefer CT, Mongoose Trav v1/v2, or Cepheus Engine), or just > tell me what sort of character you want to play and I'll make > one up for you. > > I prefer you create human characters, however, there is a > Vargr NPC that is just crying to become a PC if anyone is > interested in taking him over. > ---------- > > The game, like all PBP/PBEM games goes slowly. Expect two or > three posts a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. It's a > good way from those that don't have a lot of time, or a local > group, but still enjoy playing. > > New PC's would be "stranded" on the planet SiraLea and looking > for a ship. > > If you join now, you'd see what's going on out on the tarmac > and find yourself trying to "save the day!" fighting "the > slavers/pirates", and thus earning yourself a job aboard Clear > Sails. > > Eris, > the Traveller Heretic