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Roys had just managed to close the voices out of his head when the arena’s lights dimmed. A spotlight pierced the darkness as a pounding rock beat shook the arena. The light focused on a slender woman with waist-length raven hair carrying herself with almost superhuman grace. Grasping a loop of cord, she ascended to a waiting platform high above the arena floor. Once aloft, she stepped onto the... [click here for more] |
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing…the heroes discover the truth behind this old maxim for themselves when a simple run of cargo to a xenoarchaeological team on the planet Alkhost goes awry. The expedition seems to have unearthed secrets long-buried that should’ve stayed that way. But what secrets? And why is a tribe of barbarians willing to commit murder to protect them?
The Pierian Dagger... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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The young woman stared glassy-eyed into the light, oblivious to her surroundings. The figures watching from the other side of a two-way mirror knew exactly what was going through her mind.
“Baronet Dania Selaar, sole heir to the Selaar conglomerate,” Suresh reported dryly from an open file. “Reported by her parents to have a…” he adjusted his glasses “…bit of a... [click here for more] |
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The mostly-unspoiled South Pacific island of Roritura is a place of breathtaking tropical beauty. But the heroes, finding themselves castaways there, quickly learn that it’s also a place of deadly danger. As they try to find a way off the island and back to civilization, they encounter several ways they might meet their end; and a secret that, if left unchallenged, could mean Roritura’s end as... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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During the lowest point in an interstellar war, the interstellar government became desperate to try anything to secure victory. To that end, the order was given to create a cadre of super-soldiers that could be sent on critical missions. The gambit was successful, and the interstellar government won the conflict. But the supermen who has helped make the victory possible were then seen as threats. Hunted... [click here for more] |
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I looked up in alarm as a particularly loud thunderclap went off overhead. Vajra mouthed a silent prayer as she eyed the boiling blackness overhead.
“The gods are angry today,” she said, almost in awe.
The sky was certainly angry. The black rainclouds took on a greenish cast off to the west. The rain itself was coming down in sheets. The wind was gusting... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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Burst Transmission is a series of small suggested modifications (“house rules”) and quick-and-dirty mechanics for 2D6 science fiction RPGs such as Cepheus Engine and the Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG.)
This volume has rules and mechanics for:
Quick Adventure Setting Creation
Alternate acquision of the Jack-of-All-Trades skill
Another look at Attractiveness
Another look... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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REFEREE: “The alien soldiers are coming to arrest you. There looks to be a dozen of them.”
PLAYER 1: “What are they armed with?”
REFEREE: “Well…um…they have polearms. They look kind of like…er, halberds.”
PLAYER 2 (snarkily): “Are they dressed like the Swiss Guard?”
PLAYER 3: How did these guys... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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Heroes possessing supernatural or superhuman abilities have been a staple of literature and entertainment for millennia. From such ancient figures as Samson, Hercules, Hanuman, and Robin Hood to the modern-day exploits of John Henry, The Shadow, Superman and Wonder Woman, superheroes have been part of a rich mythos that continues to this day. Superheroes and their amazing powers have been featured... [click here for more] |
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Meet the Musician…
“Love slides along my body, beneath my clothes and down to the floor…”
Xan began his power ballad, waiting for the response he knew singing this song would generate.
“It's warm, somehow it feels kind of nice…”
Sure enough, the audience began to trigger their glowbes. Floating just above each concertgoer’s head and filling the space... [click here for more] |
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Midgard was that rarest of treasures: a garden world very much like Earth. It even had a distinctive feature: a supercontinent that wrapped around the planet’s mid-latitudes, reminding the earliest explorers of the Norse legend of the Midgard Serpent, and lending inspiration to the world’s name. Settlers found that the environment was favorable to their colonization efforts, but it was also favorable... [click here for more] |
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Rock Dread was considered so minor that in its initial survey, it wasn’t even given a name, but an alphanumeric designation. By the time the designator had been bastardized into the world’s name, it was on the front lines of an interstellar war, transformed into a strategic flashpoint bristling with weapons emplacements. After the war, the interstellar government reformed the installations as prisons... [click here for more] |
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Iris is a world of breathtaking beauty, thanks to its rainbow ring that was formed from a long-ago collision with an impactor and which gives the planet its name. but it’s also a world of desolation, vacuum, and cold. An industrial and technological powerhouse, Iris presents an image of efficient technical expertise. But underneath, the age-old problems of corruption, revolt, and intrigue continue... [click here for more] |
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The art of medicine has been practiced by humans for thousands of years. Since prehistoric times, when the healing power of certain plants and other natural materials was first discovered, medicine has undertaken a slow but inexorable advance, each new discovery building or improving upon those before it. At the forefront of this advance were those who took up the art of healing, at first blending... [click here for more] |
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If the witches fail, chaos reigns forever.
Long ago, order was forged from chaos. And chaos didn’t like it. Ever since, the Darkshayde, the personification of disorder, has been trying to return the world to what it believes is its natural state. For a time, it was successful, but then the earth developed an immune system: magic, and chief among the practitioners of that art are the... [click here for more] |
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Wealthy socialite Woodrow England has gone missing and his wife hires the PCs to find out where he’s gotten off to this time. The trail leads to a taxi ride in the middle of the night, a small-time punk always on the lookout for that big score, and a shadowy three-way battle between greed, patriotism, and domination. As the pals dig deeper into the mess, the realization comes that this time they... [click here for more] |
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Young Tommy Martin’s desire for the PCs to teach him how to fight is more than his childish plan to protect his father from hooligans; it’s the catalyst for a dark journey through the depths of human greed and suffering. The young punks Tommy is targeting aren’t so tough after all, but their strings are being pulled by shadowy figures far more dangerous and numerous than any mere street gang.... [click here for more] |
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The end of the world has held a morbid fascination since time immemorial. Stories of The End can be found in the myths and oral traditions of many ancient cultures. In many of these stories, the world is destroyed (often as a byproduct of a war between deities or other supernatural entities) but remade anew or is returned to a chaotic or primordial state. Such stories are ubiquitous and use many commonly... [click here for more] |
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I kept one eye peeled over my shoulder. Across the table from me, The Colonel sipped his tea. Berlin busied himself more with tucking into his…what did the server call it? I forget…with great relish, not even looking about from time to time to see if danger was afoot.
Out of force of habit, I glanced around the small café. It seemed to attract quite the... [click here for more] |
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The Percheron-Class Heavy Trader is a versatile, older-model cargo vessel intended for independent bulk mercantile operations. Originally designed for use by Belters as an ore carrier and processor, it came into its own as a vehicle for autonomous trading operations. Some ship owners have taken advantage of the ship’s versatility to convert their Percherons to passenger liners,... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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Burst Transmission is a series of small suggested modifications (“house rules”) and quick-and-dirty mechanics for 2D6 science fiction RPGs such as Cepheus Engine and the Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG.)
This volume has rules and mechanics for:
Attractiveness
Crowded Spaces
Drinking
Fright
Natural Disasters
Nurses
Purchasing Power
"Respectable" Places
Shock... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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“That’ll be fifteen credits.”
Fifteen creds? For a coffin berth? I shook my head as I handed over my credcard. While the desk clerk ran it, I took a quick look around. This place wasn’t worth fifteen credits a night. With no time to find another place, I picked the first one that didn’t look infested.
After stowing my bag in a locker just barely... [click here for more] |
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While traveling, the heroes are forced to take shelter from powerful thunderstorms, but they quickly find there’s no shelter from the worse storms of greed, desperation, and violence. Asked by a young shooting victim to save his wife from the clutches of a murderous drifter, the pals endure pouring rain, lashing winds, and the threat of being shot to prevent the young woman’s untimely demise. Meanwhile,... [click here for more] |
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“What’s keeping you, Bel? C’mon, let’s go!”
Berlin was halfway into the door of my cabin. I could almost smell the excitement on him, like a strong cologne.
“Ease, ch’haal. There’ll be plenty of guys left for you to pick up when we get there.”
Berlin gave an annoyed grunt.... [click here for more] |
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The adventurers are hurriedly called upon when a planetary ruler passes away suddenly, leaving his only child as heir to the throne — but the girl is currently off planet attending a gigantic music festival with a group of her friends. The clock is ticking as the PCs scramble to fulfill the planet’s law that states that an heir must ascend to the throne within a specified time or lose all... [click here for more] |
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During a night of drunken revelry, businessman John Victor went to the wrong place and spilled his darkest secret to the wrong set of ears. Now, shadowy forces are using that information to cash in under threat of letting the cat out of the bag. But things aren’t what they seem, and even though Victor’s offering a lot of dough to help him out of a jam, is he the kind of guy the heroes want to help?... [click here for more] |
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Hendrix Zane and Atticus Sulvan were the best of friends, but fell out of touch when Sulvan moved to the neighboring world of Skorane to take a career in academia. Now Zane has learned of his friend’s passing and he wants to honor him by interring him in a special crypt on his estate. He hires the PCs to retrieve Sulvan’s remains and return them home; a simple enough job, except for events that... [click here for more] |
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Vajra suddenly tensed up; her keen hearing had picked up something in the corridor behind us. With a curse, she spun, submachine gun raising in one fluid motion. Her initial burst caught an arachnobot full on. Berlin followed suit, targeting his auto pistol at the gloom behind the now-smoldering junkpile, where a dozen points of red and a staccato metallic clicking drew close enough for the rest... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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The Harryhausen-class Free Trader is a small cargo vessel intended for independent mercantile operations, designed as a “starter” ship; a crew’s first starship purchase. Harryhausens have since proven to be popular also with experienced crews and small merchant companies; especially within sector mains, where the ship’s cargo-to-income ratio makes plying a regular... [click here for more] |
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The large man stood stoically behind Dur Corso as he and the Colonel haggled the price of our next job; a heavily-muscled figure, standing ramrod-straight, arms crossed. Natural furs and leathers struggled to cover a frame that looked like it was adapted to hard labor and fighting. A mane of uncombed hair and a full beard framed a craggy face, softened only slightly by hazel eyes. A large sword... [click here for more] |
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Since prehistoric times, humanity has banded together in groups for raw survival in an unforgiving world. Even after the dawn of civilization, diverse groups of like-minded people have come together to advance agendas both grand and mundane, or to promote causes both large and small. In the interstellar era, such organizations still pursue agendas and promote causes; sometimes to the detriment of hero... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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Burst Transmission is a series of small suggested modifications (“house rules”) and quick-and-dirty mechanics for 2D6 science fiction RPGs such as Cepheus Engine and the Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG.)
This volume has rules and mechanics for:
Aging
Imposing bad weather
Handling chases
Locating someone specific
Running and fighting fires
Going berserk
Improvised... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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The Asmodeus Society is an ancient organization dedicated to providing pleasures and diversions — often decadent, if not outright illegal — to its members, which consists of the crème de la crème of elite society. The Society exists as an “escape valve” for those who must constantly display an air of sobriety and responsibility. The masses believe that the... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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In the mid-21st century, the dream of faster-than-light travel was finally achieved. Suddenly the doorway to the stars was flung wide open. But the new frontier was colonized not as an organized, united effort -- it became a massive “land rush.” The Anisoi, debased descendants of a once-mighty empire laid low by a mysterious calamity, could only watch as the newcomers laid claim to stars they once... [click here for more] |
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An asteroid strikes the planet Hanalda with the force of millions of nuclear weapons, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The adventurers, as part of the interstellar government’s efforts to help the survivors, are on hand to help the relief agency with several missions to render aid. But their efforts are complicated not only by the aftermath of the impact and the fires, but bureaucracy,... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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“Evenin’, Anse,” Shaughnessy boomed as she entered the saloon. She chose not to see the bartender hastily relocate something beneath the bar.
“Evenin’, Marshal,” he replied, glancing briefly to a group of scruffy men at a nearby table. Shaughnessy made her way over to them. Three of the men saw her as she approached and shifted uneasily in... [click here for more] |
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The Cepheus Engine and Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG) systems are sublime examples of gaming minimalism that sets up enough of a game world or a situation to allow the Referee to hang his or her own ideas on its framework while providing satisfying and memorable RPG experiences.
But sometimes, the Player Characters can use a little something…more. Especially when their... [click here for more] |
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Film noir (“black film”; plural films noir) is a type of stylized crime movie made from the early 1940s to the late 1950s and known for dark and cynical worldviews, usually illustrated by innovative — and often disturbing — directing and lighting techniques. Films noir highlighted social post-war angst and insecurity and featured such tropes as corrupt authority, deeply flawed protagonists,... [click here for more] |
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An intended holiday gift of love turns into a harrowing adventure as the heroes assist a doctor in braving New Magdala’s dangerous environment to perform an operation that could restore an orphan’s sight. The planet’s harsh winter conditions are bad enough, but additional danger lurks in the form of a supposedly-mythical creature that not only exists, but is more than willing to make... [click here for more] |
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The inhabitants of the planet Aoru are deemed unready to join interstellar society, so their world has been declared off-limits, monitored by a network of satellites and a scientific research team. But fate seemingly has other ideas when one of the satellites crashes onto the slopes of the planet's highest mountain, threatening the locals with death and the offworlders with exposure. The PCs are on... [click here for more] |
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I couldn’t help but mentally compare our visitor with Vajra. Chandri and Vajra both had flowing dark hair and flashing eyes, and both favored silken scarves and sashes. Both also had no problem ending opponents, but that’s where they differed. Vajra preferred the messy, warning-to-others type of kill. Chandri was a quiet knife in the shadows followed by an equally quiet disappearance... [click here for more] |
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All the heroes wanted was to enjoy the latest fruits of their labors: two weeks off in a secluded mountain cabin with all the fishing, hiking, and picturesque scenery they could handle. But the presence of a recently-dead body disrupts those plans...and places the PCs squarely in the middle of a gangland mutiny. If the heroes aren't careful, those relaxing days off might become permanent.
With... [click here for more] |
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A mysterious voice is heard throughout a town on the devout planet Exonel. The inhabitants believe it to be of divine origin. But a local police captain isn’t so sure, and enlists the PCs to get to the bottom of the mystery. But they find themselves up against a time limit in the form of a government official who is ready to simply declare the Voice a divine manifestation; and the radical street... [click here for more] |
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Order Comes From Above…
Despite what the history books say, World War II didn’t end in 1945. To the contrary, it dragged on well into the 1960s until the devastation and the deployment of a biological weapon finally brought it — and civilization — to an end. Fortunately, Wings Over the World, an organization dedicated to restoring a dying world, has taken flight. Utilizing... [click here for more] |
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I found the Colonel lying near the door. Whoever had taken him down was a pro. I hoped they weren’t still…
“And who might ye be?” A long-limbed, sinewy man with a thick shock of red hair leaned almost casually against the doorframe. I hadn’t heard him approach. “If ye’re with that fellow there,’’ he indicated the prone... [click here for more] |
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An outbreak of a deadly disease in a remote section of the planet Ekor means an opportunity for the heroes to serve a greater good while making a few credits on the side. Hired to provide aid and protection to a medical mission, they find themselves at the mercy of the elements, skittish natives, and a threat even worse than the disease: a group of militants that has decided that outsiders aren't welcome... [click here for more] |
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Viria stayed out of sight while her father spoke with the four travelers. Father had made it clear that when it was time to talk business, she was to stay well out of the way.
“Thank you for coming. Blessed travels,” she heard Father say, concluding the meeting. He spied her peeking around the door frame as he settled back behind the ornate desk. “I knew you... [click here for more] |
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It’s said that life takes many forms. A character in a late 20th-century video entertainment put it as “life finds a way.” As humanity has ventured out into the galaxy, this axiom has proven true again and again. Of most interest — and wonder — is that life finds a way to bring sapient life into existence.
When early explorers landed on a world not too far from... [click here for more] |
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One of the heroes is offered the chance at connubial bliss, in the form of the purchase of a marriage contract. The new spouse is attractive, smart, and totally devoted to the hero...but also comes with baggage of a sort that might mean not only the end of the marriage, but also of the travelers' lives!
The Marrying Kind is a short adventure for 2D6 science fiction RPGs such as Cepheus Engine... [click here for more] |
Michael Brown |
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A mission to help natives of an arctic planet drill down to life-giving liquid water turns into a fight for survival as the operation unleashes a deadly danger from the icy depths. The PCs find their weapons useless as the citizens are cut down, and they must turn to other means to prevent the massacre. But the enemy has an unexpected advantage that might render the heroes’ actions moot and make... [click here for more] |
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