I just wanted to get this out of the way and set some interest up for those who are currently on the invite list.
As you all are aware, I'm looking at running a pen and paper campaign (graciously via REDACTED on Roll20) for battletech.
This is a Sci-Fi themed RPG with which some of you are familiar with in varying degrees.
In a nutshell:
It is the year 3025; there are
thousands of human occupied planets. There are no alien species we know
of and humans have been at near constant war for over 500 years. Most
fighting is done via specialized robots known as 'mechs' which range
from 5-20 meters in height. They are often extremely old and prized,
worth many millions of 'C-bills' - a common form of currency.
In our game, I plan on being
extremely flexible with Character classes and types. Really anything
short of actual magic (which isn't in BT) and timeline excluded
technologies (clans, word of blake, advanced stuff like gauss rifles or
cybernetics) will be available.
Classes aren't rigidly
defined. If you want to be a Mech pilot who does his own repairs? You
can. A former pirate looking with a score to settle? Go for it. Close
combat expert specializing in bows and arrows? No problem. Beast
master looking to tame your own pet dragon (in BT, known as 'Branth'),
no problem. You just need to get there. There's tanks, ships, planes,
cars, jets, power armor, robots... whatever you like.
We'll be starting in a large
'periphery' area called the Taurian Concordat. More on that later.
It's basically space Texans who give everyone (and I mean everyone) the
middle finger.
I have about another few weeks
of work to put into this before I'm really ready to go but when I am
we'll do a 'Session zero' - where we all sit down on discord and I help
walk you through building your characters. A warning - the Battletech
RPG system can be kind of a bitch. So I will be taking some liberties
with it. On top of that, I haven't DM'd in like... 20 years? So it's
been a while. Be gentle (at least for a little bit).
See the attachments for your official communications - and yes, there will be more of these.
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