Saganarium Land Beast Generator

I am several hundred years into my Silmarillion inspired play by post game where the players take on the role of creator spirits/mortal and immortal races/heroes from those races. Early in the game I asked the creator spirits for a bunch of ideas for the animals that inhabit the world, and I have taken these and turned them into the following Land Beast Generator! 

Note: 

• The text in the square brackets on the first two lines represents the stars that the creature was created under. This gives the coloration of the creature and a suggested of words to use in the creation of that creatures name. 

The Tactile and Generic TTRPG - Boardgamey tablefeel using bits and bobs.

 Introduction: 

• This system is designed to play a character focused TTRPG with some of the tactile “tablefeel” of board games. It uses generic game components that will on hand/easy to acquire (d6, tokens/poker chips, card chits, playing cards). 
• The referee presents an imaginary game world to the players, who take on the role of characters within that world (pursuing goals self determined, set by the referee or collaboratively determined). 
• Shout out to Trent B @ https://newfeierland.blogspot.com/ ! The game he has been tinkering around with for the last few years (that I've had the pleasure of playing in a couple of times) uses a d6 system that I've taken heavy inspiration from for this system. 

Player Character Creation: 

• A player picks something to represent their character (miniature, picture, description, etc). 
• The referee will determine the number of tokens and life chits that character gets at the start of a session. 
• The referee will determine how hard/complicated specific actions/defence are for that character, and how many d6s a character gets roll for specific actions/defence, during play. 

Action/Defence Rolls: 

• When a player attempts an action in which failure has consequence and is not automatically successful, an action roll happens. 
• Non player characters (or the environment) are automatically successful in actions that attempt to hinder/harm player characters. Player characters may roll to defend against such actions. If the player characters fails their defence roll (or doesn’t/cant defend) they lose a life chit. 
• The referee determines how many d6 each player rolls for their character and how hard/complicated the action/defence is. How hard/complicated the action/defence is will determine what roll is required for success/to defend. 

Determining Action/Defence Roll targets: 

Difficulty: (Roll on a d6) 

• Easy, 3+  
• Medium, 4+
• Hard, 5+ 
• Very hard, 6+ 

A complicated action/defence will require a number of dice to be rolled at a certain number or higher. 

• Easy and complicated, 2 x 3+ 
• Medium and complicated, 2 x 4+ 
• Hard and complicated, 2 x 5+ 
• Very hard and complicated, 2 x 6+ 

Particularly hard/complicated actions/defence may require more than 2 dice to be rolled at a certain number or higher. 

• If a player rolls at least the required number or higher, on the required number of dice, their character’s action/defence is successful! The referee will need to determine the consequence for failing an action roll if it is failed. This should be something that makes it more difficult or complicated to achieve their current goals. 

Tokens: 

• Players may give the referee a token instead of rolling a d6. This token represents a roll of 6. 
• Players regain their tokens at the start of each session. 
• Hard Mode: The referee may use any tokens they receive once to turn any d6 result into a 1. 
• Narrative mode: As hard mode, but any tokens used by the referee go back to the player they are used against. They may use them again in the session.  

Life chits: 

• If a player loses all their life chits they die. 
• If approved by the referee one player may give up one of their life chits in place of another player. This represents their character somewhat sacrificing themselves for the other character.  
• How player characters regain life chits is determined by the referee. 

Non Player Characters: 

• Can be expressed as a number of life chits and a description that gives the referee an understanding of how hard/complicated their actions will be to defend against.   

Order of Actions: 

• The referee determines the order in which player characters , non player characters and the environment take action within the game world. 

What happens next/random encounters: 

• The referee may ask a player to pull a number of random cards from a deck of playing cards. The number pulled will be determined by the referee in relation to how in control the player character is in within the current situation of the gameworld. 
• The player decides which one of the cards they pulled is applied to the game: 
• Red cards = Something good for the players 
• Black cards = Something bad for the players 
• Number cards = A event takes place, the number determining how great or insignificant the event is. 
• Face cards = An object or entity appears, the face determine how great or insignificant the object or entity is. 

Player Character inventory: 

• Each character will have appropriate possessions/equipment (confirmed by referee). 
• More possessions/ equipment can be acquired through play. The referee will determine how much possessions/ equipment a character may have/carry, and the impact of any new possessions/ equipment on how hard/complicated specific actions/defence are. 
• Buy and selling possessions/ equipment can be handled through action/defence rolls, with the cost of failure being determined by the referee (loss of inventory/reputation/etc) rather than a life chit. 

Player Character Advancement: 

• If a player character survives a session, the referee will make a note of something/s that character is better at for future sessions. 

Recent PDF releases!

Hello! Here are some PDF's that I have put out recently but haven't mentioned on the blog. 

If you are interested you can always message me for a review copy or just a free copy if you don't feel like paying. Enjoy! 

The Galactic Realm of The Hyperspace Sea

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/464744/The-Galactic-Realm-of-The-Hyperspace-Sea

https://mraston.itch.io/the-galactic-realm-of-the-hyperspace-sea

Based on the elegantly simple GD20 system The Galactic Realm of The Hyperspace Sea is a truly epic space opera RPG. Twelve powerful civilizations sprawl across the countless planets of the Hyperspace Sea - filling the universe with intrigue, drama and conflict on an interstellar scale! Players may take on a wide range of roles, from clerical, bureaucratic, military or trade -  serving their civilization or forging their own path! 

A single, simply resolved, roll for all actions which is dramatic and story driving. Each roll endangers the Player Characters Health, Finances or Reputation  - there is no reward without risk on the Hyperspace Sea! 

• 24 strange and unique skills; use philosophy to counter magic, use void magic to cloak your ship in anti matter, use space navigation to cross the Hyperspace sea, warp your own form with bioengineering, or corrupt your enemy's hardware with electronic intrusion! 
• Epic, single roll mass combat! The  system moves seamlessly and cinematically from hand to hand duels to battles between fleets of thousands of craft in space! 
• Details and backgrounds for 12 interstellar civilizations! 
• Tables for generating history, and current events! 
• Tables for generating planets ,space stations and craft! 
• Tables for generating cities! 
• Tables for generating rooms and places! 
• Automated HTML versions of the tables included for extreme ease of use! 

Do you long for adventure,  action and romance across the stars? Dive in to the Hyperspace Sea today!  

Infinigrad: The Weird City Toolkit (PDF Edition) 

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365147/Infinigrad-The-Weird-City-Toolkit

A 118 page PDF is now included with the Infinigrad  Toolkit (that used to just consist of automated html generators). 

Includes Tables AND fully automated HTML generators for:

• Suburb overviews, including appearance, purpose, dangers and weirdness.
• Building stocking.
• Building appearance.
• NPC professions, desires, and weaponry.
• Merchants.
• Items small and large for stores and workshops.
• Magical items.
• Ornamentation.
• Mental pursuits.
• Entertainment venues.
• Gangs, including leaders, appearances, cultures, and desires.
• Order Keepers, including leaders, appearances, cultures, and desires.
• Temples and Gods.
• Monsters.
• Dungeons.
• Guilds, including areas of expertise, operating procedure, and appearance.
• Augmentations.  
• Jobs and missions.
• Room stocking, atmosphere and ornamentation.
• Inhabitant reaction.
• Devices.
• Traps.
• Visual tables for generating Suburb and Building Maps. 

City, Station, Place and Craft Generator for The Galactic Realm of the Hyperspace Sea

For generating Cities, Stations, Places and Crafts for: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-galactic-realm-of-hyperspace-sea.html  

Find an automated version at the bottom of the page! 

City Generator:

Description, d10: 

1. Sacred 
2. Picturesque 
3. Majestic 
4. Charming 
5. Immaculate 
6. Industrial 
7. Vibrant 
8. Chaotic 
9. Towering 
10. Malignant

Key features, d30, roll twice and combine: 

1. Gardens 
2. Hills
3. Neon lights 
4. Anti gravity tunnels 
5. Environment domes 
6. Smog 
7. Rain 
8. Wind 
9. Trees 
10. Lakes 
11. Underground
12. Street entertainment 
13. Pits
14. Dirt 
15. Refuse 
16. Crystal 
17. Towers 
18. Canals 
19. Well defended 
20. Heavily patrolled 
21. Industrial waste 
22. Intersected by huge roads 
23. Flames 
24. Ice 
25. Animals 
26. Enclosed 
27. Hive 
28. Semi ruined 
29. Toxic 
30. Infested 

Political importance, d4: 

1. Planetary capital 
2. Regional capital 
3. No influence beyond city borders 
4. Ruled by a political body located elsewhere on the planet 

Trade importance, d6: 

1. Responsible for virtually 100% of planetary trade 
2. Responsible for about 75% of planetary trade 
3. Responsible for about 50% of planetary trade 
4. Responsible for about 25% of planetary trade 
5. Responsible for about 10% of planetary trade 
6. Responsible for virtually 0% of planetary trade

Population, d6: 

1. Virtually 100% of the planet’s population 
2. About 75% of the planet’s population 
3. About 50% of the planet’s population 
4. About 25% of the planet’s population 
5. About 10% of the planet’s population 
6. Under 1% of the planet’s population 

Population density, d4: 

1. Sparse 
2. Medium density 
3. High density 
4. Severely overpopulated, extremely high density 

Building/Space Station/Large Space Vehicle Interior Generator: 

Description, d10: 

1. Ornate 
2. Elegant 
3. Sleek 
4. Pristine
5. Bulky 
6. Industrial 
7. Minimalist 
8. Ancient 
9. Dilapidated
10. Neglected

Purpose, d30: 

1. Associated with sacrifice magic 
2. Associated with insight magic 
3. Associated with ancestor magic 
4. Associated with terra or void magic 
5. Associated with bioengineering 
6. Associated with knowledge collection/storage 
7. Storage 
8. Associated with terra vehicles 
9. Associated with space vehicles 
10. Armoury 
11. Barracks 
12. Associated with military leadership
13. Associated with philosophy 
14. Market
15. Mall 
16. Associated with civics 
17. Associated with engineering 
18. Associated with civic leadership 
19. Associated with artistic creation 
20. Associated with navigation 
21. Spaceport 
22. Land/sea port 
23. Associated with the datagrid 
24. Low end housing 
25. High end housing 
26. Entertainment 
27. Food and farming 
28. Associated with socialization 
29. Inebriation 
30. Dining

Key features, d30, roll twice and combine: 

1. Gardens 
2. Stairs
3. Private dock
4. Anti gravity tubes 
5. Environmental chambers 
6. Pools 
7. Flags 
8. Vines/heavy vegetation  
9. Mood altering Gas 
10. Bunkers/underground chambers 
11. Performers
12. Water/mineral falls
13. Performance space 
14. Filth 
15. Statues
16. Hoarding 
17. Walkways  
18. Data screens 
19. Climate control 
20. Gravity control 
21. Animals 
22. Chemicals 
23. Automated security 
24. Security personnel 
25. Ruin 
26. Pests 
27. Spires/viewing areas 
28. Pleasure chambers 
29. Shrines/altars 
30. Production facilities 

 Occupancy level, d4: 

1. Near empty 
2. Half full 
3. Nearly full 
4. Near overflowing 

Place Generator: 

Universal base interior room purpose table (combine with an appropriate room stocking table), d12:

1. Place of rest/recreation
2. Place of physical work/storage
3. Place of sleep
4. Place of ornamentation
5. Place of ritual and worship
6. Place of waste disposal
7. Place of eating
8. Place of lavatory/bathing
9. Place of mental work and research
10. Place of mental storage/secrets
11. Place of machinery
12. Place of growing

Universal base external area table (combine with an appropriate room stocking table), d12:

1. Wide open field 
2. Hills/valleys 
3. Cave 
4. Mountain/volcano 
5. River 
6. Lake 
7. Ocean/shoreline 
8. Swamp 
9. Dunes 
10. Heavy vegetation 
11. Island 
12. Roll twice and combine 

Place description, roll twice and combine, d40: 

1. Peaceful 
2. Holy
3. Illuminated 
4. Floating 
5. Empty 
6. Ghostly 
7. Windy
8. Stormy
9. Tiny 
10. Translucent 
11. Dark 
12. Rejuvenated 
13. Gilded 
14. Awe inspiring 
15. Bloody 
16. Shining 
17. Flowing 
18. Symmetrical 
19. Clean 
20. Caged 
21. Overgrown 
22. Wild 
23. Verdant 
24. Chaotic 
25. Burnt
26. Destroyed 
27. Abundance 
28. Flocked 
29. Monstrous
30. Oversized 
31. Enclosed 
32. Cracked 
33. Pale 
34. Stoney 
35. Corpulent 
36. Emaciated 
37. Rotted 
38. Ancient 
39. Pained 
40. Desecrated 

Safe location room stocking table, d12:

1. Empty
2. Neutral npc
3. Aggressive npc
4. Group of neutral npc’s
5. Group of aggressive npc’s
6. Unexpected beast
7. Small supply of a resource
8. Abundance of a resource
9. Device
10. Very valuable resource 
11. Strangeness
12. Roll twice and combine

Dangerous location room stocking table, d12:

1. Empty
2. Neutral npc/beast
3. Aggressive npc/beast
4. Group of neutral npc’s/beasts
5. Group of aggressive npc’s/beasts
6. Aggressive great beast
7. Small supply of a resource
8. Abundance of a resource
9. Device
10. Very valuable resource 
11. Strangeness
12. Roll twice and combine

Random Vehicle Generator: 

Vehicle size, d8: 

1. Tiny, 2 passengers, 0.5 x Hulll 
2. Small, 6 passengers,  0.75 x Hulll 
3. Medium, 20 passengers,  1 x Hull 
4. Big, 100 passengers,  1.5 x Hull 
5. Very big, 500 passengers,  4 x Hull 
6. Huge, 5000 passengers,  8 x Hull 
7. Space vehicle only: Colossal, 10 000 passengers,  10 x Hull 
8. Space vehicle only: Leviathan/Space station, 100 000 passengers,  30 x Hull 

Vehicle style (Random Attributes - Best, middling, worst), d6: 

1. Comms, Engines, Arsenal
2. Comms, Arsenal, Engines
3. Engines, Comms, Arsenal
4. Engines, Arsenal, Comms
5. Arsenal, Comms, Engines
6. Arsenal, Engines, Comms

Automated version (click the buttons): 

Planet Generator for The Galactic Realm of the Hyperspace Sea

For generating planets for: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-galactic-realm-of-hyperspace-sea.html  

Combine results to generate planets! Find an automated version at the bottom of the page! 

Planet Generator: 

Civilization (if needed), d10: 

1. Pantheonic Planetary States 
2. Emperor’s Peace 
3. Empire of The Solar Dynasty 
4. Clans of the Outer Spheres  
5. Long Hall Clans 
6. Kingdom of The Empty Throne 
7. Clans of The Hidden Grove 
8. Kingdom of Samsara 
9. Merchant City States 
10. City States of The Hungry Gods

Planet type, d3: 

1. Gas 
2. Terrestrial 
3. Aquatic 

Description, d10: 

1. Holy 
2. Idyllic 
3. Sublime 
4. Pleasant 
5. Pristine 
6. Rugged 
7. Wild 
8. Chaotic 
9. Monstrous 
10. Demonic 

Key features, d30, roll twice and combine: 

1. Grasslands 
2. Deserts 
3. Never ending daylight 
4. Low gravity 
5. No atmosphere 
6. Fog drenched 
7. Windswept 
8. Never ending storms 
9. Low/thin atmosphere 
10. Forests 
11. Oceans 
12. Caves 
13. Dust 
14. Blood soaked ultra-fertile soil 
15. Crystals
16. Mineral mountains 
17. Rivers 
18. High gravity 
19. Acid 
20. Mineral/ice rings 
21. Burning 
22. Freezing 
23. Fauna rich 
24. Never ending night time 
25. Structure/City covered 
26. Riven with cracks 
27. Poisoned 
28. Woodlands
29. Craters 
30. Subterranean 

Flip a coin to determine if the planet is on the hyperspace sea or not, if not roll a d100 for travel time in years from the hyperspace sea. If a 100 is rolled, roll a d100 again and add 100 to it (adding together multiple rolls of 100) 

Number of continents, d4: 

1. None, singular land mass 
2. None, small islands only 
3. D6  
4. D10 

Number of major cities, d4: 

1. 1 
2. D6 
3. D10 
4. D20 

Planetary population, d4: 

1. Sparse (d10 million) 
2. Medium (d20 billion) 
3. Heavy (10 + d20 billion 
4. Over populated d100 billion 

Economic performance, d6: 

1. Dismal 
2. Challenged
3. Stable
4. Growing
5. Prosperous 
6. Flourishing

Standing army size (in units of 100 fighters) - consider limiting if low population/economic performance, d6: 

1. Tiny, d10
2. Small, 20 + d20
3. Medium, 50 + d100
4. Big, 100 + d100
5. Very big, 300 + d100
6. Huge, 500 + d1000

Standing terra vehicle fleet - consider limiting if low population/economic performance, d6: 

1. Tiny, d10
2. Small, 20 + d20
3. Medium, 50 + d100
4. Big, 100 + d100
5. Very big, 300 + d100
6. Huge, 500 + d1000

Standing space vehicle fleet- consider limiting if low population/economic performance, d6: 

1. Tiny, d10
2. Small, 20 + d20
3. Medium, 50 + d100
4. Big, 100 + d100
5. Very big, 300 + d100
6. Huge, 500 + d1000

Automated version (click the buttons): 

History Generator for The Galactic Realm of the Hyperspace Sea

 For generating history/current events for: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-galactic-realm-of-hyperspace-sea.html  

Combine results to generate ideas for intergalactic history! Find an automated version at the bottom of the page! 

History/Current Event Generator: 

Key Civilization, d10: 

1. Pantheonic Planetary States 
2. Emperor’s Peace 
3. Empire of The Solar Dynasty 
4. Clans of the Outer Spheres  
5. Long Hall Clans 
6. Kingdom of The Empty Throne 
7. Clans of The Hidden Grove 
8. Kingdom of Samsara 
9. Merchant City States 
10. City States of The Hungry Gods

Recency, d6: 

1. In the very distant past (beyond the last century) 
2. In the distant past (within the last century) 
3. In the past (within the last few decades) 
4. In the recent past (within the decade) 
5. In the present - occurring over the course of the last year 
6. In the present - began occurring over the last few weeks/months 

Galactic importance, d6: 

1. Across the Hyperspace sea 
2. Across a whole solar system 
3. Across a planet 
4. Across a continent 
5. Across a city 
6. Across a space station

Description, d30, roll twice and combine: 

1. Peaceful 
2. Respectful 
3. Erudite 
4. Bloody 
5. Clean 
6. Holy
7. Restrained 
8. Wanton 
9. Destructive 
10. Savage 
11. Chaotic 
12. Monstrous 
13. Opulent
14. Slow
15. Swift 
16. Unholy   
17. Invisible
18. Splendid 
19. Fertile 
20. Aquatic 
21. Just 
22. Cleansing 
23. Rigid 
24. Burning 
25. Subterranean 
26. Terrifying 
27. Hateful 
28. Secretive 
29. Ordered 
30. Deathly 

Event, d20, consider rolling twice and combining for a more interesting event: 

1. Spread of a religious cult 
2. Spread of a cult of personality 
3. Haunting by the spirits of ancestors 
4. Magical warping of planetary surface 
5. Magical warping of space nearby a planet 
6. Bioengineering of people/plants/animals 
7. Cataloging of society/people/plants/animals  
8. Causing a calamity that makes planetary/space survival difficult 
9. War with land vehicles 
10. War with space vehicles 
11. War with an army of soldiers 
12. Spread of a radical philosophy 
13. Heated economic competition 
14. Conflicting legal claims to a planet/region/resource 
15. Industrial sabotage 
16. Electronic sabotage 
17. Invasive spread of foreign culture 
18. Spread of an artistic movement 
19. Aggressive colonization 
20. An alliance 

Automated version (click the buttons): 

The Galactic Realm of the Hyperspace Sea - Rules

For: https://itch.io/jam/gd20-jam 

See also: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/09/four-civilizations-of-galactic-realm.html 

Core Rules: 

Action Roll: 

• When an action’s success is uncertain, a player rolls a d20 and adds appropriate Proficiency. If the total is equal or greater than the action’s Difficulty Score (DS) it is successful.
• Proficiency is the total bonus values of any Attribute Score, Skill or Possession that can be applied to the action being performed. Players may apply one of each of the above sources to an action test. The referee can add or subtract from the score of an action roll if they deem the in game situation/context appropriate to do so.  
• All Action Rolls carry some element of risk. On a failed roll the difference between the Action Roll and DS is the amount of Health, Reputation or Finances depleted. 
• Rolls of 1 (regardless of Proficiency) on the die always fail; rolls of 20 will always succeed. The referee will need to consider what events transpire when these particularly unlucky/lucky events occur. 

Difficulty Scores Guidelines: 

Easy: 12 Average: 16 Tough: 20

Economy: Buying and selling is handled through an Action Roll with an appropriate difficulty score. Forgo any roll if the purchase is trivial - the good or service is simply acquired. Player characters may be awarded/acquire credit chits that can restore any lost Finances (up to that characters’ maximum). 

Player Character (PC) Creation

Allocate the scores of 3, 2 and 1 to each of the following Attributes: 

• Strength. Gives Proficiency in actions of Fighting, fortitude, and toughness.
• Dexterity. Gives Proficiency in actions of Stealth, athletics, and reflexes.
• Willpower. Gives Proficiency in actions of Confidence, discipline, and charisma.

• Choose a Background for your character.
• Assign your character three skills based on your background. They can be Broad (+1) or Narrow (+2, as they are more specialized). Skills are here: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/10/24-skills-of-galactic-realm.html

Player characters also have a score for Health, Reputation and Finances

• Health starts at 10 plus Strength score. PCs may sleep once per day in a safe spot, regaining all lost Health. If it is possible that this rest will be interrupted by aggressive interlopers it will be! 
• Reputation starts at 10 plus Dexterity score. Lost reputation is restored by a successful action roll risking reputation. The difference between the Action Roll and DS is the amount of reputation restored (up to maximum reputation). Low reputation characters will find themselves ostracized, characters with no reputation will be exiled or forbidden entry to most self respecting establishments. 
• Finances start at 10 plus Willpower score. Lost finances are restored by a successful action roll risking finances. The difference between the Action Roll and DS is the amount of finance restored (up to the maximum finance). The finance attribute may go infinitely negative. While a character has negative finances they will be hounded appropriately by debt collectors. 

Advancement:

• When deemed appropriate by the referee a PC gains a level. 
• Each level: raise an Attribute or Skill score by 1 (Narrow Skill by +2) (MAX +8) and raise either Health, Reputation or Finances by 1. Every 3rd level a PC may learn a new Broad Skill (at +1) or Narrow Skill (at +2) instead of increasing scores.

Non Player Characters (NPCs)

NPCS have three attributes: Strength, Dexterity, Willpower and a Health score. The guidelines for values for these attributes are: Weak: 12 (or below) Average: 14-16 Tough: 20+). Health is 10, but maybe higher or lower for particular weak/strong NPCs. 

A situation in which a PC is in opposition with another PC/NPC is a Confrontation.

The DS of the opposition is equal to the appropriate attribute of the NPC being confronted. When a PC rolls to act in a Confrontation the difference between the Action Roll and DS is the amount of Health depleted from the loser of the confrontation

Vehicles

Vehicle have three attributes: Comms, Engines, Arsenal and a Hull score. The guidelines for values for these attributes are: Weak: 12 (or below) Average: 14-16 Tough: 20+). Hull is 10,  but maybe higher or lower for particularly weak/strong vehicles. 

• When a PC is piloting a vehicle they roll a d20 and add the appropriate vehicle attribute minus 10 divided by 3 to the roll plus any appropriate Proficiency. 
• Confrontations are resolved normally between vehicles but they lose Hull when losing a confrontation. When a vehicle's Hull is reduced to 0 it, and all aboard, are destroyed. 
• All space vehicle rolls/scores are doubled against terra vehicles and tripled against on foot targets. 
• All terra vehicle rolls/scores are doubled against on foot targets and halved against space vehicles. 
• All on foot rolls/scores are halved against terra vehicles and quartered against space vehicles. 

Combat Confrontations

• All combat is MASS COMBAT resolved in a single round. The appropriate score for each NPC combatant are added together for each side, then a d6 is rolled for each NPC combatant. For each PC on a side in a conflict, they roll a d20 and add appropriate Proficiency as normal. Before resolving each side must designate the target/s of any HP/HULL damage, this can be as specific or broad as needed but must be assigned before the round has been resolved. Any additional HP/HULL damage left over after any identified targets are killed/destroyed when the round is resolved is wasted (it does not cascade onto untargeted combatants). Once targets are identified, and scores and rolls are summed the confrontation can be resolved as normal. 
• If appropriate to the conflict, different types of confrontations may take place in the single round mass combat. For example, some combatants may be engaged in ranged combat, others in melee, others in electronic or magical conflicts. The GM will need to determine scores for each side for each type of confrontation and resolve HP/HULL damage as they deem appropriate. 
• Regardless of whether all combatants on the losing side of the confrontation are killed or not, they are defeated, and the GM will need to extrapolate from the result of the round of combat what took place in the battle and what the aftermath is. 

Note: If a PC rolls a natural 20, but otherwise is on the losing side of a conflict, they either miraculously survive or achieve something of note in the battle. If a PC rolls a natural 1, but otherwise is on the winning side of a conflict, they take some grievous injury or suffer some misadventure during the battle. 

Death

When a PC or NPC Health reaches zero, they die.

24 Skills of The Galactic Realm

Following on from this post: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/09/four-civilizations-of-galactic-realm.html here are 24 sci fi skills  that will be important within the galactic realm of the hyperspace sea! 

Insight Magician (Roger Dean) 

Broad: (+ 1 to a variety of things) 

• Sacrifice magic (Bend the rules of reality and avoid catastrophes by burning flesh offerings to the gods). Proficiency possessions: Altar, sanctified meat.  
• Insight magic (Know things you shouldn't be able to and be aware of looming dangers by entering a trance state). Proficiency possessions: Sensory deprivation helmet, meditation stool. 
• Ancestor magic (Empower your body's mental/physical capacity and cleanse it of ill and injury by venerating the ghosts of your ancestors through prayer). Proficiency possessions: Relics, shrines. 
• Terra magic (Warp and work the physical elements and systems within the atmosphere of planetary bodies by manipulating null matter quantum possibility particles). Proficiency possessions: Null matter rod/wand, quantcloud collector. 
• Void magic (Warp and work the physical elements and systems outside of the atmosphere of planetary bodies by manipulating null matter quantum possibility particles). Proficiency possessions: Null matter rod/wand, quantcloud collector. 
• Biogenering (Modify form and biology of yourself and others by fusing genetic sequencers from disparate biological organisms). Proficiency possessions: Mobile sample sequencer, sample collector drone, Sequencing accelerator pod.   
• Encyclopedia (Know obscure, pertinent and helpful information about things you have not encountered before by hardlining information via datajack while you sleep). Proficiency possessions: Datacube (subject specific), Brain datajack. 
• Survival (Keep yourself and others alive in harsh conditions by securing shelter and resources). Proficiency possessions: Bubble tent, Nutrient replicator, Slow-drip chemical converter.  
• Terra vehicle combat (Destroy other vehicles and avoid being destroyed in vehicular combat within the atmosphere of planetary bodies). Proficiency possessions: Reflex datajack, adrenaline regulator, stimulant injector. 
• Space vehicle combat  (Destroy other vehicles and avoid being destroyed in vehicular combat outside of the atmosphere of planetary bodies). Proficiency possessions: Reflex datajack, adrenaline regulator, stimulant injector.
• Melee fighting (Kill/subdue others in close combat and avoid being killed/subdued yourself).  Proficiency possessions: Melee weapons, armour, adrenaline regulator, stimulant injector.
• Ranged fighting (Kill/subdue others in ranged combat and avoid being killed/subdued yourself).  Proficiency possessions: Ranged weapons, armour, adrenaline regulator, stimulant injector.

Narrow: (+ 2 to specific things)

• Philosophy (Dissolve impossible magical forces and make yourself immune against illogical ills such as curses and spells by rational and systematic considerations of reality). Proficiency possessions: Brain datajack repeating uncorrupted maxims, truth tattoos. 
• Economics (Maximize your resources through trade and avoid being taken advantage of when trading by knowing the value of things). Proficiency possessions: Weightmass scanner, brain datajack with relevant market streams. 
• Civics (Navigate bureaucracy successfully and avoid legal pitfalls by hardlining up to date legalese via datajack). Proficiency possessions: Datacube (Law records), brain datajack. 
• Engineering ( Effectively modify/create mechanical constructs and ensure their optimal operation by knowing well their workings). Proficiency possessions: Powered exo arm, analyser drone, chemical fabricator.   
• Battle tactics (Provide effective directives in battle and avoid falling prey to the battle plans of opposing forces by a comprehensive understanding of all battlefields). Proficiency possessions: Retina drone feeds, brain datajack with relevant environmental data streams. 
• Leadership  (Provide effective and inspiring directives and avoid being undermined by a comprehensive understanding of others motivations). Proficiency possessions: Retina drone feeds, brain datajack with relevant data streams. 
• Intimidation (Threaten others into complying with your wishes and know when others are bluffing you by an intuitive grasp of psychology). Proficiency possessions: Resonator, Biofeedback scanner.  
• Artistic creation (Construct inspiring experiences and correctly interpret the meaning of other’s works by being highly emotionally receptive). Proficiency possessions: Sensory acceleration helmet, shrine (to appropriate muse), materials and tools appropriate to medium worked. 
• Terra navigation (Plot effective routes and avid getting lost within the atmosphere of planetary bodies). Proficiency possessions: Datacube (planetary maps), retina drone feeds, . 
• Space navigation (Plot effective routes and avid getting lost outside of the atmosphere of planetary bodies). Proficiency possessions: Datacube (astrological maps), brain datajack with relevant navigation data streams. 
• Data search (Find out obscure, pertinent and helpful information by hardlining information via datajack while you are awake). Proficiency possessions: Datacube (subject specific), Brain datajack. 
• Electronic intrusion (Make electronic devices/equipment do things they shouldn’t and stop your electronics from being hijacked by interfacing with the datagrid directly with a brain datajack). Proficiency possessions: Brain datajack, datagrid bio-throne, datagrid bio-capsule. 

Four Civilizations of The Galactic Realm (And a Micro Review of GD20)

 I am currently working on a little sci fi thing called "The Galactic Realm of the Hyperspace Sea" for the GD20 Jam (run by the fine folks over at CSS). 

It's a galaxy where hyperspace travel is near instantaneous, but requires the presence of hyperspace seas - which works likes areas of ocean in our world, travel by boat is much quicker than travel by foot.  Space travel outside of hyperspace will be sublight speed, much slower, thus areas on "the coast" will be much more cosmopolitan/built up but prone to being attacked. Areas not on the coast are more disconnected from much of the events of the realm, enjoying the safety and isolation this brings but miss out on newer developments closer to the hyperspace seas. 

The plan is to have 10 space faring civilizations outlined, semi inspired by ancient earth civilizations, alongside 24 skills. I'll then map out the realm and this will represent the galactic realm in a peaceful/stable moment in history - from there I hope to run a domain game with each player in control of a civilization and we play through a few centuries of history to get a more chaotic/conflict riven setting (unless my players prove me wrong and somehow end up with universal peace).

I like GD20  because it seems to be the system that gets the absolute most bang out of each d20 dice rolls. The game is: Roll a d20 (adding an bonuses) and equal or beat a number. That's it! If its a dangerous action you are attempting you lose the amount of HP that you fail the roll by. Enemies "stats" are simply a target number you can either beat or lose to in a roll - either combatant losing the amount of HP they lost the contested roll by.  I love this for a play by post game, because you can extrapolate a lot of in game fiction from a single dice roll. My experience with play by post is that combat becomes INTERMINABLE very quickly, with GD20 this doesnt need to be the case - with a lot of importance sitting on a single dice roll things can move quicker. Even as I am writing this I am considering changing the combat system so all combats are resolved by a single roll. 

So with this kind of system I can just make up a bunch of weirdo sci fi skills, present them to the player, and we are good to go - which is what I plan to do! Maybe get involved in the GD20 to try out something different yourself: https://itch.io/jam/gd20-jam

Now, to the civilizations...

(They are presented in the following format if you want to make your own:

• Name
• Government. Culture. Religion. Entertainment. 
• Architecture. Costume. Misc. Vehicle Design.
• Background name (skill bonus) x 4 )    

Pantheonic Planetary States 

An alliance of self governed planets who all value the political agency of individual citizens. A culture of free thought, public debate and dramatic performances. The planetary states see themselves as subjects of and protected by a common pantheon of gods - an array of deities each with their own realm of control. These gods require ongoing sacrifices to remain content and appeased. Dramatic performances exploring metaphysics are the endemic form of entertainment. 

Aesthetics: White stone, columns, arches and domes, immense statues of gods in human form. Robes of flowing cloth. Vehicles are curved and plumed metals of orange and gold. 

Backgrounds: 

• Priest (Advantage to sacrifice magic) 
• Sage (Advantage to philosophy) 
• Academic (Advantage to encyclopedia)  
• Councilor (Advantage to civics) 

Emperor's Peace 

An interstellar empire ruled by an emperor/empress elected by a council of military officers. A strict and rigid culture, devoted to both the edicts of the emperor and seeking glory through service to the empire. While a staggeringly wide range of deities are sacrificed to and worshiped within the empire, the deified emperors of the past are widely considered the most potent and powerful. Brutal gladiatorial matches, often to the death, are the endemic form of entertainment. 

Aesthetics: Black stone, columns, arches and domes - often spiked, immense statues of gods in human form. Robes of flowing cloth, hardened by pieces of spiked metal armour. Vehicles are curved and spiked metal of silver and red.

Backgrounds: 

• Centurion (Advantage to melee or ranged fighting) 
• Officer (Advantage to civics) 
• Fabricator (Advantage to engineering)
• Priest (Advantage to sacrifice magic)

Empire of The Solar Dynasty 

An interstellar empire ruled by a semi deified family. While positions of symbolic power are only ever granted to those of the line of the Solar Dynasty an immense meritocratic bureaucracy ensures the empire is impeccably well managed. Shrines devoted to the solar family are ever-present, as is a steadfast devotion to one's own family - living and dead. Intimate and private poetry readings and musical performance are the endemic form of entertainment.     

Aesthetics: Green stone pagodas, ornate golden eaves, solar iconography and enshrined portraits. Silken suits with long skirts for pants. Vehicles of red, gold and green metals given the visage of flying lizards and birds.  

Backgrounds: 

• Solar servant (Advantage to civics) 
• Solar ethicist (Advantage to philosophy) 
• Industrial artisan (Advantage to engineering) 
• Trade captain (Advantage to economics) 

Clans of the Outer Spheres

A loose confederacy of self governed planets, linked in a shared belief that the planetary body itself is ruler and owner of the peoples that inhabit it. In reverence to their planet, Outer Sphere clan worlds are sparsely populated. From each major group within this population a representative is sent to a low orbit space station. Here the Council of World Speakers interprets communications from the planet and canonizes them into edicts to be followed by those living below. Tranquil appreciation of the god planet's beauty and highly ritualized dance are the endemic forms of entertainment. 

Aesthetics: Structures that appear to be part of the natural landscape, sculpted tree and stone. Near nudity in warmer climates, wrapped in barely tailored skins and furs in colder ones. Vehicles of unfinished metal in hues of natural ore, shaped as simple ovals or spheres. 

Backgrounds: 

• Warden (Advantage to terra magic) 
• Gatherer (Advantage biogenering)  
• Wanderer (Advantage to survival or terra navigation)
• Hunter (Advantage to melee or ranged fighting) 

The Infinigrad Weird City Toolkit in PDF - Coming soon!

I have been working on is  PDF version of the Infinigrad Weird City Toolkit (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365147/Infinigrad-The-Weird-City-Toolkit), which currently only exists as a set of automated html file generators. 

The PDF version will probably end up at about 100 pages of pure weird city tables for your gaming pleasure. 

The PDF will be added at to the existing Infinigrad tool kit at no extra cost! 

Should be out soon! 

Enjoy some images from the pdf: