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When a brutal gang war breaks out on a docking bay in Absalom Station, the player characters are recruited by the Starfinder Society to investigate the unexpected bloodshed. Delving into the station’s seedy Spike neighborhoods, the heroes confront the gangs and discover that the real reasons behind the bloodshed are far more complex than they could have initially anticipated and concern a new arrival in orbit around the station: a mysteriously deserted ship and the strange asteroid it recovered from the Drift.


Oct 2, 2023 1:40 pm
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When a brutal gang war breaks out on a docking bay in Absalom Station, the player characters are recruited by the Starfinder Society to investigate the unexpected bloodshed. Delving into the station’s seedy Spike neighborhoods, the heroes confront the gangs and discover that the real reasons behind the bloodshed are far more complex than they could have initially anticipated and concern a new arrival in orbit around the station: a mysteriously deserted ship and the strange asteroid it recovered from the Drift.

Hey there!

I have recently discovered that I enjoy the Starfinder setting and adventures quite a lot. I do find the very D&D-esque system a bit burdensome at times, however, so I wanted to give an alternative a shot. This game will play through the Starfinder adventure "Incident at Absalom Station", but using the Savage Worlds system, which I think should be a pretty good fit to hit the same kind of style as Starfinder does but in a somewhat lighter system. Incident at Absalom Station is the opening adventure to the Dead Suns Adventure Path, but I am not currently planning on actually running through the whole path, just this first adventure. (I'm actually planning to run a different adventure path after this and I'm hoping to get some insight on how well SW works for this before deciding on a system for that.)
➢ I'm looking for about 4 players for this game, with a daily posting rate. I will create a Discord server for this that I expect all players to join. I think especially for character creation that will be useful, as we're attempting to figure out how to best convert Starfinder races and classes to Savage Worlds.

➣ Speaking of that, I would appreciate some familiarity with Savage Worlds, but it is not necessarily required as long as you have access to the book and can look things up. No familiarity with Starfinder beyond a basic idea of the setting is necessary as this module is meant as an introductory adventure for the setting. All information on races and classes is available for free online so you can find your character inspiration there rather easily. I'd be happy to help with mechanically creating your character. I've used the race-building system in Savage Worlds before and found it pretty neat, so I'm sure we could figure out how to recreate some of the iconic alien species. Though I'm also happy with just reflavoring races in the book. Basically, we can figure it out together.

➣ If you're interested, just let me know here in the thread or in a private message. This game is not first come, first serve, so feel free to apply even if there already seems to be enough interest. You're welcome to already suggest character concepts but it's not a requirement. The characters would be the equivalent of Lvl 1 characters who are traveling to Absalom Station to apply to join the Starfinder Society.

➣ This game will contain violence as well as a small amount of body horror. I don't really foresee anything else questionable coming up but I will be asking about lines and veils in the game to make sure everyone is comfortable.

➢ This game is of course explicitly open and welcoming to members of any minority groups.


Thanks for reading and I hope you're having a good day!
Oct 2, 2023 2:12 pm
bowlofspinach says:
➢ I'm looking for about 4 players for this game
me!
bowlofspinach says:
➣ Speaking of that, I would appreciate some familiarity with Savage Worlds, but it is not necessarily required as long as you have access to the book and can look things up.
not me :(
Oct 2, 2023 3:23 pm
Definitely interested. Love your games and learning to enjoy Savage words. Have been intrigued with Savage worlds pathfinder, though not played any so hopefully SW works for starfinder adventures as well.

(I very technically know the first book I should say as ran when Starfinder came out however the only memory I have is my players deciding it was a good idea to let goblins man the guns)
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Oct 2, 2023 4:20 pm
I would be interested. Played Pathfinder for a while in RL, but it was some time ago. Have played SW over years in RL and on GP.

Not played a sci-Fi SW game as yet though. Also, have not played Starfinder, but love the idea of merging fantasy with sci-fi
Oct 2, 2023 5:59 pm
I would love to play in this! It's the perfect peanut butter and chocolate combo of starfinder lore/world, with SW rules.

Played tons of SW, but not much Starfinder, have the books for both.

Hoping that savage starfinder is a real thing one day and curious to see how this prototype would work!
Last edited October 2, 2023 6:07 pm
Oct 2, 2023 7:28 pm
I have the Savage Worlds - Core Rulebook, is that enough or is there another Savage Worlds book that tends to the sci-fy?
Last edited October 2, 2023 7:30 pm
Oct 2, 2023 8:09 pm
This sounds great. I love Starfinder but agree that the system seems too bulky for pbp, so a Savage Worlds version sounds interesting!
Oct 2, 2023 10:46 pm
I may be too late, but this is a brilliant idea and I'm very much interested.
Oct 3, 2023 5:34 am
I'm considering something about a hacker kid who's knowledge of life comes from TV shows. On his first ever space trip something happed, they had to evacuate and he spent days in a lifepod.
In the dark, alone in space, some creature offered him a deal. Be an agent of this nebula creature and it would see him safe. He agreed and soon after he was rescued
Oct 3, 2023 11:59 am
Lots of interest already. I'll keep this open for a bit longer as I begin setting up the forum.
Feel free to still apply if you're interested and haven't yet. I'm planning to go with a mix of some people I've played with before and some I haven't.
Oct 3, 2023 3:39 pm
I'd also love to try this if possible.
Oct 5, 2023 2:34 pm
Okay, I have sent out invites to @LightOfMidnight, @ctme2000, @Honor_Over_All and @dgkeeper.

You can accept the invites here and join the game.

Everyone else, I'll keep you in mind in case someone drops. There will be ways to introduce new characters later on, if necessary.

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