RPGA Story Settings
Navigating the Worlds: Core Settings vs. Quick Play Adventures
RPG Anywhere is built on a foundation of boundless creativity, designed to transport you to any genre or world imaginable. To help you choose your next adventure, our settings are categorized into two distinct types: the expansive Core Settings and the versatile Quick Play Adventures. While all settings utilize the fundamental "RPG Anywhere" rules, they offer different levels of depth and specific gameplay experiences.
Ultimately, both types of settings provide rich environments for storytelling and adventure. Your choice depends on the depth of immersion, narrative complexity, and preparation time you desire for your next RPG Anywhere journey.
Core Settings: Deep Dives into Unique Realms
Our Core Settings are designed for Storytellers and players looking for a rich, deeply integrated world experience, often ideal for extended campaigns and ongoing narratives. These settings include:
Aetheria: A realm steeped in ancient magic, forgotten kingdoms, and epic fantasy narratives.
Delta Nexus: A unique dystopian future governed by an omnipresent, benevolent AI, where loyalty and efficiency are paramount.
Occultis Mechanica: A world where the arcane meets the mechanical, exploring the hidden mystical forces behind industrial progress.
What sets these apart?
Integrated Lore & Specialized Mechanics: Core Settings feature extensive background lore that directly intertwines with unique, specialized mechanics or expanded rules. These elements are crafted to enhance the core themes of the world, offering distinct challenges and opportunities. For instance, Delta Nexus introduces specific rules and guidelines to create uneasiness/paranoia when dealing with anything and everyone, while Occultis Mechanica will deal with eldritch and steampunk technologies.
Complex Narratives: They are built to support intricate plots, long-form character development, and the exploration of multifaceted factions and long-standing conflicts, encouraging deep immersion over many sessions.
Customized Experiences: While using the base rules, these settings introduce subsystems that are integral to their identity, providing a truly bespoke adventure environment.
Delta Nexus
Delta Nexus represents a dystopian world housed within a biodome. In this setting, the air is thick with paranoia and secrets, as citizens navigate a complex web of alliances and hidden agendas. Players take on the roles of ordinary citizens who are thrust into perilous missions, facing the constant threat of danger, betrayal, and their own mortality
Occultis Mechanica
Occultis Mechanica immerses players in a realm where steampunk aesthetics, gothic horror, and the mysteries of the unknown converge. In this world, Investigators embark on thrilling adventures set against the backdrop of an era reminiscent of the Industrial revolution, where the boundaries between science and the supernatural blur.
Quick Play Adventures: Jump Right Into the Action
The Quick Play Adventures settings are perfect for when you want to get straight into the action with minimal setup, or for one-shot sessions and shorter campaigns. They emphasize adaptability and leverage the "RPG Anywhere" core rules to their fullest, allowing for rapid deployment into diverse genres. These include:
Infected Earth: Survive a desolate, zombie-infested post-apocalyptic wasteland, where resources are scarce and every day is a fight for survival.
Minions: Step into the jumpsuits of bumbling, loyal henchmen, tackling absurd, often hilarious missions for an eccentric boss.
Neuronexia: A high-tech cyberpunk dystopia of neon-soaked streets, powerful corporations, and the fight for freedom in a digital age.
Star Voyager: Explore the vast cosmos, encounter alien civilizations, and navigate the wonders and perils of deep space.1
Whispers of the Frontier: A Wild West setting where the rugged plains hide strange, supernatural occurrences.
What makes them Quick Play?
Streamlined Focus: These settings highlight core genre tropes and allow you to quickly define characters based on archetypes, get equipment, and embark on adventures. The emphasis is on immediate playability.
High Adaptability: They are designed to be easily modified and re-skinned for any specific story you want to tell within their genre, without requiring extensive new rules or deep dives into complex lore.
Immediate Immersion: With a focus on the core mechanics, these settings allow players and Storytellers to dive into exciting scenarios with little prep, making them ideal for spontaneous play, introducing new groups to RPG Anywhere, or trying out different genres.
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