Session 0 Notes

Meta Questions

• Rank the "3 pillars of D&D"
  • What do you want to experience in a space sci-fi setting?

Rules Talk

• Summarize the Crash Course Intro
• No humans
• No magic
  • No: Wizard, Cleric, Sorceror, Paladin, Druid
  • Maybe: Bard, Some magic-adjacent subclasses (Have to flavor them properly!)
• Gambits: Use the WorldAnvil
  • Player PDA --> Character Options --> Gambits
  • ESPECIALLY for Vehicles, Engineering school gambits
• Species > Culture + Physiology
  • Create a species by combining Culture + Physiology...
  • AND THEN giving it a name, appearance, maybe planet of origin
  • Multiple species can exist with the same Culture + Physiology combination
  • Can mix and match racial features if you feel it's appropriate (please work with me)

World Talk

• On Eigenvector convoy Rimtreader for about 2 months now
  • Have to think about why they're there
  • Inhabitant? Crew? Temporary passenger or worker?
• Give more background info for Eigenvector
  • Loosely tied; no leader or organizational structure, just convoys in contact with each other
  • Your convoy has ~4,000 inhabitants, definitely on the smaller side
  • Median population would be just under 100,000
  • Largest convoys have tens of millions

Starships of the Galaxy

• Have their own size scale
• Tiny: unmanned (drones)
• Small: 1 to 2 aboard
• Medium: Minimum crew of 4 at base
• Large: Minimum crew of 400 at base
• Huge: Minimum crew of 7,000 at base
• (Gargantuan: 80,000 lol)
• **Tiny ships are huge on the ground scale! (Small are gargantuan...)
• Ships have "roles" (like classes) and can be upgraded to higher tiers (costly)
• Have hull dice, all 6 ability scores (standard array or point buy), and many have shield dice
• Have power dice
• Resource similar to bardic inspiration: use it to improve specific rolls
• Characters have "Deployments"
• Linked to character
• humans
• humans