Generating the Megastructure

You can pre-generate your structure as part of your prep or you can generate it on the go as you explore it node by node. Both methods are valid but some fit better certain campaign modes

Game mastered settlement campaign 

You want to pre-generate the starting settlement and its sector, maybe the adjacent sectors too and its cluster. This will help your prep as you can determine the former settlements of some characters, set up some trade routes, rumors and menaces. 

Game mastered nomadic campaign

You may want to generate the first sector and generate new sectors as the group enters them. Generating the starting cluster can also be a good idea but is less important.

GMless settlement campaign

Collectively generates the starting settlement and its sector during a session zero as the characters will have themselves access to their settlement’s sector map. But once you leave your home sector, generate things on the go to add to the feeling of leaving home to venture into uncharted territories.

GMless nomadic campaign

Generating on the go works well with the combination of these two play modes. It let you start with zero preparation and puts the focus on exploration and cycle to cycle survival. Only generate a sector or cluster map if you access it in-game through a sphere device.

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News from my Orbital Megastructure project.

If I don't post here often is because I am working hard on Orbital Megastructure, my sci-fi game "powered" by Macchiato Monsters. 

Here is the list of content, I have written a big paragraph or a random table for each entry. 

And I am plastesting two times a week! 

LIST OF CONTENT

MEGASTRUCTURE SECTORS 

• Generating a sector
• Sector settlements (d6)
• Sector exits (d6)
• Sector conditions list
• Sector conditions table (d20)
• Generating nodes 
• Nodes Conditions (d12)
• Nodes Functions (d12)
• Example of sector creation 

TRAVEL

• Travelling in the megastructure
• Sector Travel Table (sector Δ) 
• Navigation test (INT or WIS) 
• Getting lost (d6) 
• Alternative paths (d6) 
• System devices (d8)
• Camping
• Hunting and Foraging (d12)
• Setting camp (d12)
• Camp encounter (d12) 
• Why is this NPC wandering the Megastructure? (d12)
• Fast Travel (condition Δ) 

NODE DELVING 

• Delving
• Personal goals 
• Node Delving Table (sector Δ) 
• Discoveries (d12)
• Devices (d10) 
• Device condition (d10) 
• Scavenging opportunity
• Group Scavenging (d12)
• Solo Scavenging (d12)
• Artefacts from the past (d12)
• Investigation opportunity 
• Clues (d6)

CHARACTERS CREATION

• New option: Hacking training
• New opstion: Psionic training
• Character Traits (d12)
• Sexes & Genders   
• Random sex & gender table (d12) 
• Equipment tables
• Food and Gear table (20 entries) 
• Energy and valuable data table (20 entries) 
• Melee Weapons and industrial tools (40 items) 
• Ranged Weapons (40 items) 
• Armor and other protective gear (40 items) 
• More bugs! (40 items) 
• More bots! (40 items) 
• Psionic foci (40 items) 
• Contact and Followers (40 items) 
• Contact motivation (d12)
• Followers motivation (d12)
• Vehicles 
• Function  (40 functions) 
• Frame  (20 frames) 
• Vehicles attributes
• Vehicular combat 
• Vehicular weapons (40 items) 

SETTLEMENTS

• Generating a settlement 
• Settlement positive features  (d12) 
• Settlement negative features  (d12) 
• Settlement tolerance 
• When the settlement stability reach 0  (d12) 
• Settlement Phase
• Test settlement stability
• Relationships 
• Offering missions
• Missions givers (d12)
• Settlement roles (d12)
• Goal distance
• Getting ready
• Trading 

OTHER RULES

• Psionic rules
• Psionic feedbacks table (d12) 
• Hacking rules
• Scouting missaps table (d12)
• Body printing table (d12) 
• Downtime rules (optional) 
•  Vehicles rules  

ENCOUNTERS MANUAL

• Traits
• Encounters activities 
• Special status for encounters
• Random Encounters (d100) 
• Nano plagues (d10)
• Infection rules
• System constructs rules
• System constructs (d10)

WORK IN PROGRESS

• The Data Sphere 
• The Ghost Sphere
• The System Sphere

Presentation of my work in progress document for Orbital Megastructure

This is my main work in progress doc for Orbital Megastructure. 

I also have one for updating my equipment tables, one for my monsters manual and one for my downtime rules.

 

Generating Megastructure Sectors

How I generate megastructure sectors for my Macchiato Monsters playset 

Example of Sector Creation 

Step 1: rolling the condition and Step 2: rolling the number of nodes and drawing them.

Step 3: drawing a number of links equal to the number of nodes

 

Step 4: rolling the number of settlements and drawing them

Step 5: rolling the number of exits and drawing them

Step 6: roll a condition and a function for each nodes

(note: I added a “S” on the link to node H because I rolled that it was a forgotten node, this is to represent that the link is a secret path)  

• Sector condition: imply a sector infected by a nanoplague full of infectees drones. 

• A: imply that a clan or maybe a group of bandit live in the spacedock.

• B: imply a holographic center that is prone to malfunctions and project weird images.

• C: maybe the mourning commemorates the first victims of the plague.

• D: the administration center have endured several structural damages.

• E: the education center have been stripped down of it learning modules. 

• F: maybe the lab is the origin of the nanoplague that run through the sector

• G: imply a settlement build near a inhabited energy core. Who are these people and what are their relation with the settlement? 

• H: imply a secret settlement built in a forgotten databank. A other interpretation could be that the settlers are unaware that their settlement is built on a databank. 

Post Humans Orbital Structures

Hey I published a set of sci-fi equipment for the RPG Machhiato Monsters: https://evlyn.itch.io/posthumansorbitalstructures
I am super happy of it because I was able to use my patreon money to hire a other trans woman to do the layout. Also a big thanks to Brian who helped for the proofreading.