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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Gazebo Party, Part 1 The holographic display wraps around both Caspian and Tabitha. They're now in a long, verdant garden, bordered by tall white marble walls. Three pale moons hang in a lavender sky, while the silver span of an orbital elevator arcs from the unseen horizon. Caspian's eye is...
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    World building idea: Jupiter-sized Earth

    The Warbirds RPG setting, by Steve and Cait Bergeron of Outrider Studios, has a Jupiter-sized world, but rather than solid, it has different gas layers, as well as floating islands which in the Warbirds timeline were mysteriously displaced from the Carribbean region of 1800AD Earth to this new...
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    The COWBOY BEBOP RPG Is Coming Next Year

    Agreed; the Scum & Villainy RPG (Forged in the Dark engine) already has a bounty hunter crew playbook to cover campaigns in the vein of Cowboy Bebop, Killjoys or The Mandalorian.
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Detectives and Sellswords Three days later. For the Union battlegroups at Lighthouse Station, it is a busy time. With the recent arrival of the UNS-CV Maliau Basin came replacement crews and fighters for the Shamokin Rising. Lieutenant Vau has taken charge of assessment and integration of the...
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    Why Not Magic?

    In the specific case of Call of Cthulhu, magic just makes you a bigger target for eldritch horrors, and corrupts you too. In my Delta Green campaign, I specifically remember offering every player the option to start with psychic powers, yet nobody took me up on it! Seems like being able to see...
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Chartreuse Star, Part 2 In this conversation, Caspian's player is able to use his Measure of a Man ability to gain additional information about Captain Loong's motivations. No roll needed, it's an automatic benefit. "Captain Loong," Tabitha says in greeting as she and Caspian draw up to rest...
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Chartreuse Star, Part 1 "So the Chartreuse Star? That's an interesting coincidence" Caspian raises his eyebrow at Tabitha's message. "Our good Captain Cortez has pointed us in that direction as well. Seems to be a magnet for trouble." "Hopefully its nothing more than that, but I don't like...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    (Blades in the Dark) Military occupies Nightmarket. Ankhayat flees.
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Advancement Unlike traditional RPGs, there are no experience points or levels awarded in Lancer: Battlegroup. Instead, each group can decide how to award advancement - once every couple of missions is a good guideline. Players can earn accolades and legacies, which provide benefits to their...
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Thanks, it's a great sci-fi setting, and we're having a blast. Tell your friends!
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Warring States Ike and a select team spread out to cut off the Karrakin spacers. Vera silently beams a visual update showing dots moving in on the stationside area to take control of the violent situations in progress: hardsuited IPS-N security teams, and mid-sized Nelson and Vlad mechanized...
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    True Believer "None of that quite explains why he deliberately murdered unarmed civilians on a disabled ship." Caspian looks up from his notes, "Unless you're implying that such behavior is par of the course for this individual. Do continue. I would like to learn more about your own encounter...
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    What GOOD things are industry icons doing?

    Never mind about icons, but the small ttrpg creators on itch.io have banded together repeatedly to contribute to massive charity bundles, like the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality, and the more recent fundraising bundle for aid to Palestine. Look not to the heights, but to the trenches...
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Fracas Tabitha looks from Loving to Vera and back with some amusement. "Again, I apologize for the complication, Inspector Loving. You may place a hold on the subaltern while we complete the loading of all other compliant materials. You may accompany my security officer to oversee the process...
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Son of Glass Caspian arcs an eyebrow at the loquacious Baronial. "So you are familiar with Captain of the Meritorious Rex?", he asks as he deftly puts his foot in the entrance of the pod. "May we come in? Or would you like to come out? We would like to learn more about your encounter with the...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    (Blades in the Dark) Heist vs. Heist? Lesbian team-up! (Lancer: Battlegroup) Cease fire, pick up survivors.
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    LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King

    Gunship An hour later, Caspian and his detachment stand below the neon sign of the Leaky Gunship, a semi-reputable drinking-hole for long-haul freight crews, mercenaries and other travellers from the Long Rim. Captain Cal Cortez of the Spinnerbait, one of two ships that reported hostile...
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