Dark Heart of Space in d20 Future?

haiiro

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I heard mention of a setting called Dark Heart of Space that's discussed in d20 Future, and this sounds intriguing. Can anyone give me a quick rundown on the high points of this setting?

Part of me has been itching to run something like in the vein of Alien, Aliens and Event Horizon, and DHoS has a promising ring to it. Thanks in advance. :)
 
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First up, the campaign models in D20Future are pretty short. They consist of a few paras of background stuff, and a AdC or monster.

But it's basically cthulu influenced, rather than other stuff. The idea is that there's a force from beyond the stars called The Void, which infects people (humans or whatever) and takes over their mind, in an effort to rule the universe. In opposition is a group called the Church of the Stars, who fight them. There's a template for the void touched, and a AdC for the purifiers of the Church of the Stars.

And that's about it. The idea is that most people can't tell the void is there, but the heroes , for whatever reason, can.

It's kinda cool, but like all of the campaign models (and in fact the book itself), it needs a fair wack of work before it's actually playable.

I'm intending for my campaign to be loosely based on this model, but the players won't be aware of it from the get go. Rather a purifier will tell them later. I imagine that the Void is something that infects people when they travel through jump gates - the spaces between the stars. There are some cool menace manual monsters (not to mention CoC ones) that might get dropped in later on, peraps as the Void begins to try to take over...
 

This actually sounds a lot like Event Horizon, if you've seen it. Your tweak about the Void infecting people who use jumpgates is right in there as well.

Thanks for the info -- I expected it to be short, and that's given me a good idea of what it's all about. Much appreciated, Olive. :)
 

haiiro said:
This actually sounds a lot like Event Horizon, if you've seen it. Your tweak about the Void infecting people who use jumpgates is right in there as well.

Hmmm. I have seen it, but I migth just not remember it at all. Maybe I'll rent it soon again and watch it.
 

part of the campaign model is that many world leaders and corporate leaders have already been infected by the heart of darkness.

Even animals can be touched by the void, so at any moment that pet cat might start savaging you.

It would be a great setting for inducing paranoia.

(There is another setting called "Bughunters" which is much more like the Alien/Aliens setting)
 

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