Medal of Radness

So, Postmordem Studios, aka +James Desborough  , is granting medals for Machinations of the Space Princess. With MotSP being one of my new favorites, I'll definitely be creating a page for MotSP.

Sean is creating a Halo game which will utilize the MotSP ruleset

I will be creating more new races. Including additional categories where I figure one out.

Machinations of the Space Princess (Race Traits)

This is OSR done amazing. I'm really really really looking forward to running MotSP at Gam3rCon. 

A little bit about character creation. RACE TRAITS

Machinations of the Space Princess $11.99 at DTRPG

How do you represent millions of variations between billions of planets? Pretty easily it seems, you create a couple dozen categories of trope like alien species, such as a Humanoid Hunter Feline:

Hunter (Cultural)Hunter cultures value the hunting skill above
all others and consider it an important
cultural artefact. Even advanced species
can glorify the hunt as a rite of passage or a
connection to their more primitive forebears.
Warrior: +1 Close and Ranged Attack.
Weapon: +2 Skill levels with a particular type
of weapon.
Survival: +1 level to Survival skill.
Stalker: +1 level to Stealth skill.

Feline (Species)Feline species resemble Terran cats. They
are often individualistic and aloof and can
also seem cruel to other species.
Acute Hearing: You can hear noises higher
and lower than most and at greater distances
with greater clarity.
Graceful: +1 Dexterity.
Natural Weapons: You may take this
multiple times. Each time you take it the
damage you can do with your natural
weapons increases by one dice-type. EG: D4
(the starting amount) rising to D6, then D8.
You may not raise it above D12.
Night Vision: You can see in reduced
lighting as normal, but not in total darkness.
Rapid Reaction: Your Reflexes save is
increased by +2.
Wary: Your Reflex and Logic saves are
raised by +1 each.
Vibration Sense: You can sense movement
that disturbs that atmosphere ten metres in
all directions if your whiskers are exposed to
the air. 

Humanoid (Species)
The majority of successful species in the
galaxy are humanoids and thanks to science
and suspicious similarities in genetics many
of these species can interbreed. Humanoid
species benefit from being adaptable and
gregarious.
Adaptable: +1 Skill Point that can be spent
anywhere.

Now that seems pretty straight forward eh? And it is, except you only get to choose 3 of these options for free.

You can take up to three race traits before
you start taking penalties - the more alien
you are the less easy it is to relate with and
cope with interstellar society. If you take a
fourth - or more - your Attributes start to take
a hit. You lose four points of Charisma for
your fourth trait and after that another -4 to
another Attribute for every additional trait.
You can’t take more than -8 away from any
single Ability though.

So lets make a few of these humanoid feline hunters:

Felis Sapiens domesticus
Able to survive in nearly any environment, the domestic house cat...evolved.
Hunter: Survival: +1 level to Survival skill.
Feline: Graceful: +1 Dexterity.
Adaptable: +1 Skill Point that can be spent
anywhere.

"I'm gonna get you little fishy..." Cat makes his survival skill check.

Felis Sapiens bastet
Graceful
Hunter: Weapon: +2 Skill levels with a particular type
of weapon.Feline: Graceful: +1 Dexterity.
Adaptable: +1 Skill Point that can be spent
anywhere.
Vibration Sense: You can sense movement
that disturbs that atmosphere ten metres in
all directions if your whiskers are exposed to
the air.
-4 charisma

-4 charisma, not -4 comeliness!!!! 

Felis Sapiens tigris 
The tigris is scary, they are very predatory, and definitely eat meat, even human meat, sometimes they kill without thinking of the ramifications.
Hunter: Warrior: +1 Close and Ranged Attack.
Feline: Natural Weapons: d8 (3 traits)
Humanoid: Adaptable: +1 Skill Point that can be spent anywhere.
-4 Charisma, -4 Wisdom

Big ugly claws and teeth.

And now for the complete list of Aliens categories: (of 10)
Ammonia Based (Exotic)
Amoeboid (Species)
Amphibian (Species)
Aquatic (Species)
Austere (Cultura)
Avian (Species)
Boron-based (Exotic)
Canine (Species)
Caste (Species) - Like from a hive culture
Cephalopod (Species)

Cetacean (Species)
Chemosynthetic (Exotic)
Chiropteran (Species)
Cnidarian (Species)
Criminal (Cultural)
Cyborg (exotic)
Dead (Exotic) - Like the dea guy from Lexx.
Decadent (Culture)
Defensive Adaptation (Species)
Detached (Culture)

Duplicitous (Cultural)
Elemental (exotic)
Energy (Cultural)
Engineer (Cultural)
Exotic Attack (exotic)
Feline (Species)
Fungal (Species) - Humanoid Hunter Fungus...Ork?
Giant (Species) - Giant space Hamsters!!!!!
Herbivore (Species)
High Gravity (Species)

Humanoid (Species)
Hunter (Cultural)
Insectoid  (Species)
Intellectual (Cultural)
Libertine (Cultural)
Low Gravity (Species)
Metal-Oxide Based (Exotic)
Methane Based (Exotic)
Molluscan (Species)
Nocturnal (Species)

Ophidian (Species)
Pacifistic (Cultural)
Parasitic  (Species)
Photosynthetic (Species)
Piscean (Species)
Plant  (Species)
Poisonous (Species)
Predator (Species)
Primate (Species)
Psychic (Exotic)

Reptilian (Species)
Robotic (Species)
Rodentine (Species) - Giant space Hamsters!!!!!
Scavenger (Species)
Sessile (Species)
Shapeshifter (Exotic)
Silicon-Based (exotic)
Software (Species)
Spiritual (Species)
Swarm (Exotic)

Thermosynthetic (Exotic)
Tiny (Species)
Vacuum (Exotic) - Giant space Hamsters!!!!!
Venomous (Species)
Warrior (Culture)
Zero Gravity (Exotic)

YES!!! That is sixty-six different racial trait categories!!! Each with 3-7 traits...

And of course humans...

This one thing makes Machinations of the Space Princess worth the $11.99 price of PDF admission!!!!

Gam3rCon Events (OSR & Judge Dredd Minis)

Just a heads-up San Diegans who aren't heading to San Diego Comic Con, Gam3rCon is coming up.

I will be running multiple sessions of Judge Dredd miniature games, i have a lot more new models now as well, so I will be running a bit of a different scenario. I still have to design it, but it should be interesting. I think it will be Judge Giant running a cadet through their Full Eagle Day. This will give the players a chance to see an actual hero in play; and make them have to attempt to make arrests. This will be Giant and a cadet versus a group of punks (played by me or by another player.)

As far as Roleplaying sessions; I didn't end up with DCCRPG slots, since another GM filled up all the slots for DCCRPG, but I hope I'll get a chance to play then.

Anyway, that leaves me open to running some new stuff; As part of my review cycle for Monsters & Magic, I'm going to run it at SDGC! I will be running the adventure contained with the book, since it's a new game it shouldn't be like running into Mr. Bubbles for the 10th time in Paranoia.


Secondly, Machinations of the Space Princess was released!!! FLICK YEAH!!! So I will definitely be running that!! Even if we JUST go through character creation and run the introductory adventure.

Machinations of the Space Princess is a Science-Fantasy role-playing game. That means it’s very much about style over substance, mixing science-fiction, magic and
psionics in a game world that owes much more to Metal Hurlant and Star Wars than it does to 2001 or Bova’s Grand Tour. This is a game of strangeness and fun, of space
pirates and beautiful alien princesses, of living planets and robot hordes, of blasters at noon.
This is…

Sexy, sleazy, swords and sci-fi!

A full game combining old and new school thinking, packed with GM and player advice and with simple tools for creating your own monsters, adversaries, weapons, armour, ships and alien races.

Machinations of the Space Princess

If you haven't checked this out yet, you have to. Based upon the Lamentations of the Space Princess, but HEAVILY modified. This is amongst the OSR based systems, but HEAVILY modified.

Go to Post-Mordem Studios download the Rough playtest (version 2).

Warning, Mature Language included. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!