A random Vaarn Settlement



Size Hamlet
Water Source Water Recycling Machines, but Require repairs; spare parts rare
Majority Population Newbeasts
Minority population Neoblooms
Location Shores of a Toxic Lake
Houses Clay Brick Huts
Local Landmark Automated Clock Tower
Government Feud-riven Noocracy
Noocracy: The settlement is ruled by a council of the wisest residents. It is up to you exactly how the population quantifies ‘wisdom’ and who is judged to possess it.
Industry Mining (Plastics)
Dominant Faith Worship Local Monster (p.xx)
Orbital Defence Cannon
Asset

The Autarchs in their wisdom erected a vast system of orbital defence cannons that once girdled the entire Urth, sentinels which guarded against incursions by the Lunan empire that lurked in the black gulf overhead. The Autarchs are long dead but a handful of their celestial sentries remain active, ceaselessly scanning the bejewelled firmament for invaders. The settlement is built around one of these cannons, which resembles a vast crowned Autarch head cast from tarnished gold. The cannon’s eyes track the movement of the stars overhead, and it occasionally belches forth clouds of micro-missiles which streak up into the sky in search of perceived invaders. The settlement is generally not approached by air.

Looming Drought
Problem

The settlement’s water source is under threat or has already dried up, and reserves of fresh water are running perilously low. This may be public knowledge, or it may be concealed by the settlement’s rulers.

Buildings

Disreputable or Abandoned building
NPC: Comabella, Cacogen Sailor (Wind-Barge)
  • Romantic manner
  • Voice: Whispers
  • Drive: Hunting Escaped Prisoner
  • Bond: Spouse
  • Faith: Grim-Grin Worshipper
  • Reputation: Lithic Lyceum (Loved)
  • Items: Compass, Coil of Rope, Flask of Whiskey (flammable)
Minor Government Building
NPC: Takami, True-kin Clown
  • Volatile manner
  • Voice: Sing-song
  • Drive: Create Great Art
  • Bond: Childhood Friend
  • Faith: Church of the Everbleeding Wound
  • Reputation: Lithic Lyceum (Loved)
  • Items: Jolly Bludgeon (d6), Foolish Attire, Mock Gun (fires confetti)
Minor Government Building
NPC: Brown, Planeyfolk Mystic
  • Impulsive manner
  • Voice: Sonorous
  • Drive: Addicted to Drug (p.xx)
  • Bond: Grandfather
  • Faith: Church of Promised Sun
  • Reputation: Hegemony (Hero)
  • Items: Begging Bowl, Random GIFT, Random GIFT
Commercial Building
NPC: Prays-For-Rain, Synth Sailor (Wind-Barge)
  • Assertive manner
  • Voice: Spits
  • Drive: Create Great Art
  • Bond: Father
  • Faith: Brotherhood of the Black Sun
  • Reputation: Faa Nomads (Traitor)
  • Items: Compass, Coil of Rope, Flask of Whiskey (flammable)
Residential Building
NPC: Verdagu, Synth Duellist
  • Romantic manner
  • Voice: Mumbles
  • Drive: Compose Great Poem
  • Bond: Own Clone
  • Faith: Vaa, Blue Goddess of Empty Spaces
  • Reputation: Court of the Jigsaw Autarch (Hated)
  • Items: Duelling Gloves (white), Rapier (d6), Two Duelling Pistols (d8, one shot each)
Religious Site
NPC: Bhutaro, Planeyfolk Actor
  • Abrasive manner
  • Voice: Smooth
  • Drive: Create Great Art
  • Bond: Mentor Figure
  • Faith: Brotherhood of the Black Sun
  • Reputation: Titan Cults (Hated)
  • Items: Wig, False Nose, Book of Playscripts