The Tale of the Troublesome Talisman

RPG system: Coriolis - The Third Horizon variant
Participants: 1 GM, 5 players

By

Conpulsion (2023), Teviot Row House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Aaron Billingham

UK GamesExpo (2023), NEC and Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Aaron Billingham

Description

Short Description: Space opera in an Arabian-inspired background. Stop the conflict between two previously-peaceful settlements.

Long Description: The First-come and Zenithian peoples have never seen eye to eye. Despite their differences though, on Awadhi B-3, a village of First-come salvagers and a Zenithian archaeology colony had managed to work together peacefully for years… until someone stumbled across a blessed talisman in the rubble of an abandoned city. You have been hired to investigate their conflict. Perhaps you want a cut of the Zenithians’ profits or perhaps you want to stop the First-come villagers being taken advantage of. Either way, your mission is to re-establish peace between the two peoples.
Coriolis is a space-opera game set in an Arabian-inspired background. I’m running a variant that is recognisably Coriolis but has altered skills and new character elements that lean into the setting’s cultures and an importance of story in everyday life.

Trigger Warnings: Religion, social classes, culture clash

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