A Life Full of Adventure

Capt ___ Human Outlaw Luck 13 Age 35 HP 10 AC +3 Strength 14 Dexterity 13 Constitution 16 Intelligence 13 Wisdom 17 Charisma 16 Class Abilities Improvised Medic Improvised Pilot Improvised Repair Break in Streetwise Light Armor Class Skills Deceit Disable Stealth Weapons Training Knives Rifles Pistols Grenades Batons Unarmored Languages English Lirapto (Guess what other race they will meet first...) Morality Adherence 1 Consensus 2 Efficiency 4 Ambitions Minor: Get ship into space Major: Stable stellar independence Worn and Carried Equipment Pistol Laser Pistol Ballistic Vest Combat Helmet Baton Knife Assault Rifle 2 extra pistol clips 2 extra energy cells Adrenaline stick Binoculars Crowbar Flashlight Rope (25m) The captain also has a ship...but it is not currently in his/her possession. For this reason, he/she has gathered a hand-picked group of individuals that can help him/her take back the ship, fix it up, and get ...

Here's my first pre-gen PC for my Cascade Failure game. I don't name the characters or give them a gender; I let the players do those things. I intentionally made the stats for this character high, because a captain in charge of others should have some higher than average abilities or at least a fair level all around (instead of being good at just one thing). That's all for now. I just wanted to get this posted before I had to head out to work today.

As I’ve noted before, I figure to use Cascade Failure as a kind of Serenity RPG replacement. It’s rather interesting to imagine Firefly produced that way; Malcolm Reynolds doesn’t deal with the dregs of society because he’s avoiding the Alliance, he deals with them because they are the only ones left surviving after an interstellar war.   Add some more races in, and add some Reavers to Cascade Failure, and you have a perfect mash-up. Therefore, my Cascade Failure game will surely have a ship. My first adventure will just be about the ship. I figure one character can be the captain. He recruited the other characters to help him retake his ship, which has been grounded and taken over by some kind of bandits (maybe one of the Factions listed in the rules). The first adventure involves the characters getting to know each other and their mission (first hour), make their way through obstacles to get back to the ship (second hour), liberate   the ship from the bandits (third hour...

I know in the rulebook it states that beginning characters should be given a Mark with a Font and sent on their merry way to adventure. However, not having had the opportunity to actually play the game yet and get an idea of what kind of things make for good adventure, I figure the best way for me to start out a brand new group playing this game would be to tell them they have been given a Mark and let them go claim the Font. The first challenge will be to find the actual Font inside the Mark. The Fonts can often be disguised, or under illusion, due to the magic seeping out into the surrounding area. The second challenge will be liberating the Font from whatever creature currently thinks it possesses it (the rulebook indicates some kind of devil might be claiming it). The final part of the introductory adventure would be cleansing the Font area. This would include taking care of any seeping, twisting eminences that might be coming from the Font. The party may then set up shop, so t...

Link is an in-between man whose sole passion in life is to connect you with someone who needs your abilities. Link’s job is to know you and know what you do for a living, what kind of things you’re good at. If you have been in town any decent length of time, Link will find a way to get to know you (he can do it himself, or he has others who work for him). Sometimes Link will wait a few days to get to know you; sometimes he’ll wait a week or more. It depends on the vibe he gets as he’s scoping you out those first few days. Sometimes a party enters town looking for someone with specific talents and abilities. Link can be sought out instead of seeking you out, but you have to ask right (the right people in the right manner). Also, Link’s services aren’t free. He has a business to maintain and a family to feed….

Setup: In an uninhabited locale, far from the protection of a city or keep, sits an unassuming temple to [insert an adventure appropriate deity from your setting]. The inhabitants of the temple are kind and inviting. They offer to feed the party and allow them to rest as long as they like. It doesn’t take long to realize that all the clergy are unarmed women. There’s neither a man nor a weapon in sight. GM: The priestesses are all weretigers. They are curious about people and events outside the temple. They are not worried about attack. Don’t hesitate to have something/someone attack the temple while the PCs are there if you wish. However, every local creature knows better than to invade the temple. If you would like this to be more of a mystery for the party to figure out, here are some examples of clues they might find: Easy: The priestesses all have either black hair or are bright orange redheads. Easy: All the priestesses have gold or amber eyes. Easy: The priestesses move almo...

Orc Wereboars are a specialized type of lycanthrope that the goblinoids have long been developing. Usually grouped in a troop of no less than 6, the shock troops are a self-contained fighting unit. When arriving at a battle site, 1/2 of the troops will transform into an orc/boar hybrid form while the other 1/2 of the troop attacks with missile weapons. When the hybrid creatures are in melee range, the remaining members of the unit will change into hybrid form and join the attack. Orc Wearboars follow all the other rules for Lycanthropes listed in the Basic DMG. Depending on surrounding fauna, they may ride large war-boars into battle, but they inevitably dismount once changing to their hybrid form due to the berserker rage that overtakes them. Orc Wearboars have been bred to possess the best characteristics from either form when in hybrid form. D&D Basic Stats: AC: 4 HD: 4+1 (THAC0: 15*) Move: 150’ Attacks: 1 tusk/bite Damage: 2d6 No. Appearing: 6+ Save As: F:4 ...