Paul Drye · @pauldrye
108 followers · 181 posts · Server spacey.space

Continuing on with the planetary map project I wrote up on the weekend, the second half of that before gears shift and it's time to start laying down some text.

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#worldbuilding #cartography #traveller #ttrpg #cepheusengine

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
98 followers · 155 posts · Server spacey.space

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A little essay on how I go about doing the thing I do best, making planets for Traveller/Cepheus Engine, via a discussion of the main world in my Three Clusters setting.

pauldrye.wordpress.com/2023/08

#cepheusengine #traveller #ttrpg #sciencefiction

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
99 followers · 150 posts · Server spacey.space

Little bit more for the fantasy Cepheus Engine setting: a floor plan for the palace of Cish's princely ruler. Suitable for meeting said personage or, considering the genre, a stealthy heist in the wee hours.

pauldrye.wordpress.com/2023/08

#cepheusengine #ttrpg #fantasy #worldbuilding

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
66 followers · 132 posts · Server spacey.space

A short entry on the blog today, featuring a monster block and write-up for the sword-and-sandal Cepheus Engine setting.

pauldrye.wordpress.com/2023/08

#cepheusengine #ttrpg #monster #fantasy

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
62 followers · 117 posts · Server spacey.space

Switching over to a bit of fantasy RPG development while other projects percolate a bit. Today on the blog is a building map, a hostel and infirmary for mariners visiting the city of Cish.

Being a fantasy game resource, of course there is a dark secret within its walls.

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#rpg #cepheusengine #fantasy

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
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A little something to go into my "Pail of Air"-style Cepheus Engine setting book. I started working on the book not long before COVID hit and got derailed because *waves hands around*. It feels nice to get back to it.

pauldrye.wordpress.com/2023/07

#cepheusengine #atompunk #rpg

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
42 followers · 80 posts · Server spacey.space

Prose is where my talent lies, but to self-publish projects I need to work on art too. Life drawing is not my forte AT ALL.

So I've concentrated on maps & diagrams because what's better than a good world map? I think this is my best so far (printed in the free Wallwichen world book I've got on DriveThruRPG for curious potential customers).

Still not entirely happy how the text & the cartographic features clash with each other, but I continue to study real maps for ideas.

#cepheusengine #rpg

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
40 followers · 78 posts · Server spacey.space

@LeviKornelsen Primarily for me, have done for but my co-authors did the heavy rules crunch for that.

When doing something for myself it's either settings or . from back in the day and never felt much need to move up any edition numbers there due to sunk costs....

#worldbuilding #gurps #traveller #systemless #cepheusengine #adandd

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
38 followers · 70 posts · Server spacey.space

I've been playing around with mapping Cepheus Engine star systems graphically. This is my most recent attempt, long as it is top-to-bottom so that it slots into a sidebar but otherwise the full length of the page in a book.

I was trying to come up with something that was obviously a schematic but also packed a lot of information about orbital distances and a basic breakdown of planetary characteristics (e.g., gas giant, rocky planet with atmosphere, rocky without).

#cepheusengine #scifiart

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Paul Drye · @pauldrye
12 followers · 20 posts · Server spacey.space

A couple of new entries up on the world-building blog, including one covering my re-skin of the Project Adam diagram posted the other day and this one for the fantasy Cepheus Engine setting.

pauldrye.wordpress.com/2023/07

#cepheusengine #rpg #alternatehistory #worldbuilding

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Calico Jesse · @deinol
988 followers · 934 posts · Server dice.camp

Book fairy came yesterday. I picked up a variety of books that caught my eye.

While Manhunt was initially part one of three, I don’t think we’ll ever see the rest of it.

Terra Arisen looks like a fun early earth space exploration setting.

Sword of Cepheus is of course a fantasy adaptation of the Traveller rules.

Neo-Tokyo 2100 is a cyberpunk (genre) adventure for Savage Worlds.

#ttrpg #travellerrpg #megatraveller #cepheusengine #terraarisen #swordofcepheus #cyberpunk #savageworlds

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· @bayang
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· @bayang
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Je commence une nouvelle série de dans le monde d' cette fois : c'est toujours ici bayang.stls.name
Hostile est un mode développé par Zozer/Paul Elliott (paulelliottbooks.com)

#JdrSolo #hostile #soloRPG #solottrpg #Cepheus #cepheusengine #traveller #travellerrpg #zozer

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Calico Jesse · @deinol
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Found a Kickstarter for a fantasy Cepheus game. I hadn’t heard of Westlands before, but it’s compatible with Sword of Cepheus. These days I prefer NSR games for fantasy, but I am always curious how people use the Traveller system in different ways.

I also always like a KS that has the PDF ready to go and already has their print proof ordered. So I’m taking a chance.

kickstarter.com/projects/48273

#ttrpg #cepheusengine #ks #swordofcepheus #travellerrpg

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Calico Jesse · @deinol
874 followers · 847 posts · Server dice.camp

Decided to try some Solo Traveller. So making four characters and will see how big of a ship they can afford. I figure they can have up to 50% of their ship a loan.

Of course, they are likely to need to hire a few more for the crew, depending on ship size. One ship share (50 tons) so far.

#ttrpg #soloRPG #ClassicTraveller #traveller5 #travellerrpg #foreven #solo #solotraveller #cepheusengine #zozer

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Calico Jesse · @deinol
873 followers · 851 posts · Server dice.camp

I do think Zozer’s Solo [Traveller] is a great guide, even if you planning on GMing a trad game. It gives the general cycle for four styles of campaign and lots of idea and encounter tables. I think it serves as an excellent primer for what to do with Cepheus/Traveller.

drivethrurpg.com/product/20716

#ttrpg #traveller #travellerrpg #cepheusengine #ClassicTraveller #GMAdvice #soloRPG #zozer

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Augury Ignored · @auguryignored
116 followers · 464 posts · Server dice.camp

The year is 1977. D&D is making nerds all over the world go bonkers. Science fiction is huge. The publication of Traveller is just around the corner BUT it's not the OTU as we know it. Instead, YOUR TU is the published OTU. What does it look it when made to find in the slim lil' booklets of old?

#travellerrpg #ttrpg #ClassicTraveller #cepheusengine

Last updated 2 years ago

Calico Jesse · @deinol
832 followers · 857 posts · Server dice.camp

This is Free Trader Beowulf,
calling anyone…
Mayday, Mayday…
we are under attack…
main drive is gone…
turret number one not responding…
Mayday…
losing cabin pressure fast…
calling anyone…
please help…
This is Free Trader Beowulf…
Mayday…

#ttrpg #travellerrpg #ClassicTraveller #cepheusengine #traveller5 #mayday #freetrader #Beowulf

Last updated 2 years ago

Calico Jesse · @deinol
813 followers · 857 posts · Server dice.camp