The Keyhole Nebula
A downloadable game
What if each star in the sky was a keyhole?
What is the light beyond it? Which key opens it?
If a key can lock and unlock stars, what else can it do?
This minizine is a micro-setting for Troika. It contains:
- Tables for creating cosmic keys, star worlds and constellations
- Tables for creating missions, travelling, problem and opposition
- 6 new backgrounds: Astrologystic, Celestial nomad, Cosmic Lockpicker, Key Collector, Orrery Head, Starsmith
- 6 new enemies: Gang of Cometriders, Icy Star Foxes, Moonlight Moonks, Sunmetal Fighter, Sat the ring dancer, Mavryos the black hole avatar
The Keyhole Nebula is an independent production by Diego Barreto and is not affiliated with the Melsonian Arts Council.
The zine format was created using Starwest template https://starwest.itch.io/one-page-zine-template
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The setting in interesting and very unusual. What did you envision a typical adventure to be? Is it more of an endless travelogue or a journey of correcting or repair 'flaws' of the locations journeyed to? Also would to PCs be very powerful compared to the average persons they meet or is this the common level of power in general?
You can use it as a tool box, using just the classes in regular settings, or use the key system as an alternative to space travel, mixing the adventure tables and foes.
You could just be delivery services, mercenaries, adventurers, explorers...jumping from issue to issue.
Class wise, the options here are comparable to the original Troika game, and since Troika can be very bonkers, suit yourself regarding power level.
I get you. Might try to get my group to play a short three arc story with this but have to see. They are a tough sell on anything other the 5th ed dnd.. sigh
Sometimes it's just because that's what they're used to.
One of the good things about trying new systems is that someone might find a part of play they like but were never really exposed to it before.