A random Vaarn Settlement



Size Large Town
Water Source Atmospheric Condensation Machines, but Slow, require repairs; spare parts rare
Majority Population Synths
Minority population Neoblooms
Location Foot of a Lone Mountain
Houses Made from Trash
Local Landmark Automated Clock Tower
Government Cheerful Patriarchy
Patriarchy: The settlement is ruled by men, with particular authority given to the eldest and most experienced. If the population is made up of ancestries that do not have a gender binary, then they assign authority based on some other set of perceived traits.
Industry Breeding Packbeasts
Dominant Faith Church of the Promised Sun
Ancient Spacecraft
Asset

The settlement is built around an ancient spacecraft, which either forms part of the infrastructure or is merely a whimsical decorative feature, a reminder of an age when humanity’s ambitions ranged much further than a day’s ride on zorseback. The craft can no longer fly, although the citizens may wish that it could.

Unicorn Infestation
Problem

The settlement is infested with Vaarnish Unicorns (p.xx). They breed quickly, eat everything that they can find, and leave piles of glittering dung everywhere. As fast as they can be exterminated they reappear. Everyone is thoroughly sick of them.

Buildings

Residential Building
NPC: Takami, Synth Watermonger
  • Irritable manner
  • Voice: Spits
  • Drive: Create Great Art
  • Bond: Tame Monster
  • Faith: Church of the Everbleeding Wound
  • Reputation: College of Indigo Tigers (Loved)
  • Items: Water Purification Tablets (x5), Water Wealth (3d20 rations)
Industrial Building or Workshop
NPC: Vespassia, Cacogen Necromancer
  • Charismatic manner
  • Voice: Sonorous
  • Drive: Forbidden Love (Different Ancestry)
  • Bond: Childhood Friend
  • Faith: Brotherhood of the Black Sun
  • Reputation: Hegemony (Outlaw, Wanted By)
  • Items: Skull-helmed Garb (AV 14, 4 slots), Sable Sword (d8, 2 slots), GIFT: Brief Resurrection
Disreputable or Abandoned building
NPC: Vitus, Newbeast Cook
  • Stern manner
  • Voice: Weird Laugh
  • Drive: Forbidden Love (Different Ancestry)
  • Bond: Father
  • Faith: Worships Only Themselves
  • Reputation: Faa Nomads (Outlaw, Wanted By)
  • Items: Kitchen Knife (d6), Cast Iron Skillet, Rare Spices (3)
Residential Building
NPC: Lachiel, Cacogen Inquisitor
  • Quiet manner
  • Voice: Smooth
  • Drive: Hunting Escaped Prisoner
  • Bond: Uncle
  • Faith: Fungus Cult
  • Reputation: Cacklemaw (Hated)
  • Items: Querulous Blade (d6), Truth Serum (3 doses), Hegemony Law Books
Residential Building
NPC: Anthur, Synth Charioteer
  • Extravagant manner
  • Voice: Breathy
  • Drive: Addicted to Drug (p.xx)
  • Bond: Inanimate Object Which They Talk To
  • Faith: Seekers of Eyeless Wisdom
  • Reputation: Faa Nomads (Traitor)
  • Items: Racing Cape (+1 EGO), Whip (d6), Gilded Trophy
Industrial Building or Workshop
NPC: Chah, Neobloom Blacksmith
  • Charismatic manner
  • Voice: Can’t Speak
  • Drive: Hunting Escaped Prisoner
  • Bond: Mentor Figure
  • Faith: Worships Only Themselves
  • Reputation: Hegemony (Outlaw, Wanted By)
  • Items: Great Hammer (d8, 2 slots), Sky-Iron Helm (+1 AV), Tongs