SWN Faction Rpg
Hey guys, I am thinking of gming a game of Stars Without Number. It's gonna be a bit different than typical Stars without Number however. First, all the interested people, as a group, will help create the factions and setting that we will be playing in. Second, I intend for this to be a large game so as many people who want to join can join, but characters will have defined roles. We will have a "protagonist" faction that will host the majority of players and a secondary group of antagonist factions that are the opposition to the player faction(or maybe cooperate with them sometimes). Players within the "Protagonist Faction" will be subdivided into various groups such as political, research and development , espionage, traders, military, and many other sub groups. The key mechanic will be what I call the"Balance of Power" Mechanic. While each group is competing with one another, certain actions will tilt the balance of power in favor of one faction or the other. If the balance shifts too far towards a certain faction, actions will be taken to correct the balance of power whether those be NPC factions ganging up on you, aliens choosing to invade you specifically or in general bad events happening to your nation. Due to the somewhat high powered nature of this campaign, characters will be allowed to start above level 1 depending upon what their role in the Faction is. However, a faction choosing to allow higher level characters will tip the balance towards you so a careful medium of levels will have to be established. Is anyone interested in such a game?
