Plutonian Shards: Touch the Void


You’re a hardscrabble crew skirting the law in the frigid fragments of a shattered dwarf planet. Somehow, the Last Hope of the Solar System is aboard your ship.

Can you keep your ship and crew together long enough to get out of debt—and, maybe, save the Solar System?

Plutonian Shards (previous working title Plutonian Shore) is an in-development roleplaying game of swashbuckling sci-fi adventure at the icebound edge of the solar system. It is Powered by the Apocalypse, and draws inspiration from media like The Mandalorian and Firefly.

In this playtest, we’ll explore the game’s default setting of the shards of Pluto and over the course of four sessions see how our crew make a name for themselves among factions like the Tetrachy of Merchant Princes, the Starbreaker Cult, the Styx Syndicate, and the Driftsteel Coalition.

DURATION: 3 hours

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players total. One slot is reserved for Danielle B.

SAFETY TOOLS IN USE: We will use CATS, the X-Card, Lines & Veils, and the Open Door Policy. This event abides by the Gauntlet Community Code of Conduct.

SET UP INFO: We will play over Streamyard. Expect a set-up email from me about a week before the first session, with a link to a Google sheet character keeper.

BREAKS: two ten-minute breaks (and more as requested)

RECORDED: Provided all players give permission, sessions will be recorded and posted to the Cloven Pine Games Youtube channel.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: No, rules will be taught in play.

2021-12-08T01:00:00Z2021-12-08T04:00:00ZSession One
2021-12-15T01:00:00Z2021-12-15T04:00:00ZSession Two
2021-12-22T01:00:00Z2021-12-22T04:00:00ZSession Three
2021-12-29T01:00:00Z2021-12-29T04:00:00ZSession Four

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Plutonian Shards: Touch the Void (Session 1/4)
Starring: @JimLikesGames @Bryan_Lotz, Danielle B, Brandon B
The crew of the Pinion Wisp assembles! There’s Kadence the Armageddonist Fallen, Eris the Prodigal daughter of a terraforming dynasty, Hoyt the Neophyte cook from a space truckstop, and Rose the Prototype artificial being meant to interface with the Void. In their first mission of the series, they shut down a malfunctioning bot on a mining colony but uncover a strange artifact along the way, just in time for Tetrachy ships to show up and threaten to wipe the whole place out.

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Plutonian Shards: Touch the Void (Session 2/4)
Starring: @JimLikesGames @Bryan_Lotz, Danielle B, Brandon B
Our scoundrel crew save a town’s worth of asteroid miners but lose the mine to a singularity bomb. Touching the Void turns out to be simple compared to getting paid for their job. Eris takes the pilot’s seat, Kadence makes the ship bigger on the inside, Hoyt has his hands full patching people up, and Rose starts to realize what it means to be the Last Hope of the Solar System.

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Plutonian Shards: Touch the Void (Session 3/4)
Starring: @JimLikesGames, @Bryan_Lotz, Danielle B, Brandon B
The Pinion Wisp crew weather an ambush, negotiate with the Pirate Queen, and crash a high society gala to steal a legendary prize. Eris has to call on old contacts and reappear as her old self, Hoyt hopes to blend in as an aristocrat, and Kadence and Rose have a deep conversation about free will and the Void.

Plutonian Shards: Touch the Void (Session 4/4)
Starring: @JimLikesGames, @Bryan_Lotz, Danielle B, Brandon B
In our series finale, the crew bring down the house at the Orpheus Gala. Eris gets engaged (sort of), Rose and Kadence dance with a dangerous partner, and Hoyt finds a lifeline in an unexpected connection from back home. Plus, when the Starbreaker Cult attacks, the Pinion Wisp braves the untold reaches of the Void…

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