The Adventures of Roth and Grz

I'm starting a new series of sci-fi adventures with new characters.

Inspirations

I previously mentioned that I was intrigued by the new version of Five Parsecs from Home.

I have the first edition so I pulled that out and perused it. I also discovered that I have Starport Scum by the same author. Both games seem to cover the same ground. I did a little research a found a post where the author explains that SS "is much more RPG oriented." Therefore, I focused my efforts on SS.

My Rules

Instead of using SS, however, I plan to use my own rules. Specifically, I am revising my MicroQuest fantasy adventure rules to create dungeon crawls IN SPACE! Nevertheless, I plan to crib some of the tables from SS.

Character Creation

I used the SS rules to create a 4-character party. I ended up with 2 aces and 2 goons. The aces are a security guard and an alien. I also use SS to generate backgrounds.

My sci-fi rules have different classes, however. Based on various inspirations, they feature these classes:

• Soldiers
• Spacers (e.g. pilots)
• Scientists
• Psychics

I decided that the security guard would be a soldier and the alien would be a psychic. I decided to drop the goons and go with a 2-character party. If I need reinforcements, I'll add some temporary goons.

I found some name generators online to come up with their names.

The Characters

Here is the end result. My characters are:

• Roth Tian - a human soldier
• Grzlu - an alien psychic

Both start as level 1 characters.

According to their background, they both fought for a cause. I assume that they were freedom fighters against a tyrannical government. Afterwards, Roth founded his own company while Grzlu advanced in reputation with the new government.

However, they became embroiled in a scandal, and were caught committing fraud.

I want my heroes to be heroes. so I decided they would be government agents. In their story, the Galactic Federation gave them a second chance. In lieu of a prison sentence, Roth and Grzlu are now secret agents, fighting against the evil Imperium that threatens the Federation.

The Story Begins

I used the jobs tables from SS to generate a mission. Stay tuned for their first mission!