Xenolith
Scattered across the worlds¸ ancient relics known as Xenoliths taught countless species how to travel the stars¸ unlock psychic potential¸ and join the galactic community. But now¸ they hum with a strange signal from darkspace¸ awakening untold dangers. Even as some still struggle for power¸ the Council of Worlds has charged your crew to unify and protect us all....
Xenolith is a super-slim¸ self-contained¸ lo-fi sci-fi RPG about a multi-species crew saving the interstellar community from the ancient relics they've long relied upon. It's inspired by Mass Effect¸ Star Trek¸ and A Fire Upon the Deep. It's 3 pages and a cover¸ fitting on two sides of a letter-sized page. It includes....
- Basic rules for play based on the FREE 24XX SRD and Emergency Rules
- Rules for building alien PCs¸ including 20 useful traits¸ 20 appearance descriptors¸ 6 sample species¸ and 20 reasons why you were picked for this mission
- GMing prompts including 20 succinctly described crewmates¸ contacts¸ or rivals¸ 20 crises¸ 10 worlds¸ and 20 twists
What is 2400? 2400 is lo-fi sci-fi. It's centuries in the future¸ and it's a decades-old modem that screams like a dying robot when it connects to the net. It's a space ship with an FTL drive¸ artificial gravity¸ and a flickering display you gotta tap a few times to see the jump coordinates. It's hacking something together with whatever cheap materials you have on hand¸ ignoring the rules until you need them¸ banging out something that might not sound finished¸ but definitely sounds fun. It's a series of micro RPGs that might all be in the same setting¸ unless they aren't.