The players have, understandably, been somewhat reluctant to go take a visit.
I'm not sure who came up with the idea. Perhaps it was Merwyn. Perhaps it was me. But whoever had the idea - it was awesome. Simply turn the adventure into a Stars Without Number/DCCRPG Funnel Mashup.
Ca-Ching! Done!
Welcome to the universe of zero level Stars Without Number characters. They have no class. They have d4 for hit points. They only have 4 skills and three pieces of equipment. And you can't decide on any of it!
I'll be running this next week. I don't think that all nine of our players will show up for this, but if they did, that would be 9x4=36 ponential corpses to be ripped to shreds in a horrific feeding frenzy of character death.
So, here are the character creation steps:
- Create up to 4 characters.
- Roll 3d6 straight for: STR, INT, WIS, DEX, CON and CHA. Note Ability mods as normal.
- No Class, prime attributes, attack bonus, or special class ability.
- Roll Hit points - 1d4 plus CON bonus.
- All saves are at 17.
- Roll 2d10 once to determine Occupation, Skills, and Equipment. See tables below. Skills provide a ZERO level and equipment is AS-IS, no trades. Additional ammo available from corpses of fallen comrades. Stop whining. You are here to die. Quickly.
- Write it all down on the handy dandy sheet (provided below.)
- Poof! You are done.
- If a character survives, she/he may be upgraded to 1st level and enter the regular campaign.
Occupation Table
| Roll | Occupation |
| 2 | Priest |
| 3 | Journalist |
| 4 | Mechanic |
| 5 | Corporate Suit |
| 6 | Astrophysicist |
| 7 | Field Researcher |
| 8 | Planetary Scientist |
| 9 | Xenobiologist |
| 10 | Xenoarchaeologist |
| 11 | Infantry |
| 12 | Scout |
| 13 | Security Analyst |
| 14 | Medic |
| 15 | Pilot |
| 16 | Officer |
| 17 | Gunner |
| 18 | Combat Engineer |
| 19 | Sniper |
| 20 | Space Marine |
Skills Table
| Occupation | Skills |
| Astrophysicist | Profession/Astrophysicist, Science, Tech/Astronautic, Vehicle/Space |
| Combat Engineer | Combat/Projectile, Exosuit, Security, Stealth |
| Corporate Suit | Bureaucracy, Business, Leadership, Persuade |
| Field Researcher | Science, Tech/Maltech, Tech/Postech, Tech/Pretech |
| Gunner | Athletics, Combat/Gunnery, Exosuit, Vehicle/Land |
| Infantry | Combat/Projectile, Combat/Unarmed, Exosuit, Gambling |
| Journalist | Bureaucracy, Culture/Criminal, Exosuit, Persuade |
| Mechanic | Exosuit, Gambling, Tech/Astronautic, Tech/Postech |
| Medic | Athletics, Exosuit, Perception, Tech/Medical |
| Officer | Combat/Projectile, Exosuit, Leadership, Tactics |
| Pilot | Combat/Projectile, Culture/Spacer, Vehicle/Grav, Vehicle/Space |
| Planetary Scientist | Profession/Geology, Science, Tech/Postech, Vehicle/Land |
| Priest | Culture/World, Perception, Persuade, Religion |
| Scout | Culture/Traveller, Exosuit, Navigation, Survival |
| Security Analyst | Combat/Unarmed, Perception, Security, Tech/Postech |
| Sniper | Combat/Projectile, Exosuit, Perception, Stealth |
| Space Marine | Combat/Energy, Combat/Primitive, Combat/Unarmed, Exosuit |
| Xenoarchaeologist | Artist/Plastics, Culture/Alien, History, Science |
| Xenobiologist | Bureaucracy, Profession/Xenobiology, Science, Tech/Medical |
Equipment Table
Character Sheet
| Occupation | Equipment |
| Astrophysicist | Dataslab, Survey Scanner, Vacc Suit |
| Combat Engineer | Instapanel, Spike Thrower, Vacc Suit |
| Corporate Suit | Dataslab, Portabox, Vacc Suit |
| Field Researcher | Toolkit/Postech, Toolkit/Pretech, Vacc Suit |
| Gunner | Heavy Machine Gun, Metatool, Vacc Suit |
| Infantry | Mag Rifle, Telescoping Pole, Vacc Suit |
| Journalist | Argus Web, Dataslab, Vacc Suit |
| Mechanic | Toolkit/Astronautic, Toolkit/Postech, Vacc Suit |
| Medic | Lazarus Patch, Medkit, Vacc Suit |
| Officer | Binoculars, Mag Pistol, Vacc Suit |
| Pilot | Metatool, Void Carbine, Vacc Suit |
| Planetary Scientist | Dataslab, Survey Scanner, Vacc Suit |
| Priest | Survival Kit, Translator Torc, Vacc Suit |
| Scout | Navcomp, Survival Kit, Vacc Suit |
| Security Analyst | Dataslab, Survey Scanner, Vacc Suit |
| Sniper | Climbing Harness, Sniper Rifle, Vacc Suit |
| Space Marine | Assault Suit, Grenade (x2), Laser Rifle |
| Xenoarchaeologist | Dataslab, Survey Scanner, Vacc Suit |
| Xenobiologist | Dataslab, Bioscanner, Vacc Suit |
Character Sheet
This should be fun. And horrific. And sad.
Please feel free to use any of this for your own games.
- Ark
Please feel free to use any of this for your own games.
- Ark




































