Adventures of Xaalbara!!

[overbringer]

A mysterious asteroid tumbles through the depths of space on a highly elliptical orbit that brings it close to planet Earth every 150,000 years. On this asteroid lies a gateway to a distant realm. A land of strange alien monsters, ancient powerful kingdoms, mighty heroes, amazing technology, and sorcery beyond your wildest imagination. A land known as Xaalbara!

But as the gateway to adventure approaches, an ancient evil from the depths of times stirs in its slumber. By the time it reaches Earth it will be too late to stop this sinister power from breaching our world and making its will manifest. Our only hope lies in hands of a crew of intrepid earthlings, piloting an experimental rocket that will reach Xaalbara a few months earlier than expected. Can they rally the chaotic realm beyond against the forces of evil in time!?

Well, that’s up to you, isn’t it?

Adventures of Xaalbara is a tabletop RPG that will be run through Roll20 using the Atomic Robo RPG, which is a highly modified version of FATE Core. It will follow the adventures of 1-5 humans from modern day Earth in another dimension, focusing on the planet Xaalbara and its 5 moons. You can expect monsters, aliens (some looking more humanoid than others), princesses, treacherous viziers, sword fights, deadly peril, etc etc etc.

I say “1-5 humans” because at least one of you must be from Earth, but I am open to some of the party being native Xaalbarans who join up with the Earthlings early on. While the planet Xaalbara itself is a forbidden zone, I have ideas for what’s on each of Xaalbara’s moons. This early in the planning process I can still axe or edit them all to fit player concepts. The goal would be to keep any detailed knowledge about the Xaalbaran planetary system a secret from any Earthling players so they can discover the world in the game, so if you want to commit to being not an earthling I can get you secret intel on this exotic world.

IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A RAD TIME then reply here

1. NAME: who are you?
   
2. CHARACTERS: throw some pitches at me for what you’d like to play. Feel free to make up entire societies on the moons of Xaalbara, or request to join the secret Xaalbaran lore zone. OR you can join the shadowy cabal that rules the world know only as “the plotting clique”.
   
3. REQUESTS: if you have any concepts or themes you’re especially interested in exploring, fun ideas, or themes you DONT want to deal with, share them here.
   
4. MONSTER: show me a picture of a really gnarly looking monster.