A random Vaarn Settlement



Size Village
Water Source Atmospheric Condensation Machines, but Slow, require repairs; spare parts rare
Majority Population Mycomorphs
Minority population Cacogen
Location Amongst Rolling Dunes
Houses Atop a Huge Tree
Local Landmark Shunned Shrine
Government Bloodthirsty Oligarchy
Oligarchy: The settlement is ruled by its wealthiest residents. Authority and social standing are directly correlated with material possessions. The politics and social life of the settlement are obsessed with accumulating the resource that makes one appear wealthy (this is probably not money, roll on the Trade Goods table (p.xx) for inspiration)
Industry Glassmaking
Dominant Faith Church of the Promised Sun
Verdant Orchards
Asset

The settlement boasts proudly maintained orchards, a prize beyond measure in the arid climate of Vaarn. The water consumption per day is astronomical, but the trees and the fruit they bear is considered worth any price.

Nanomachine Infection
Problem

A nanomachine infection (select one from p.xx) runs rampant through the settlement, thwarting all attempts to cure it. Those believed to be infected are shunned from fear.

Buildings

Residential Building
NPC: Salka, Faa Nomad Monk
  • Decadent manner
  • Voice: Can’t Speak
  • Drive: Forbidden Love (Different Ancestry)
  • Bond: Middle Child
  • Faith: Vaa, Blue Goddess of Empty Spaces
  • Reputation: Hegemony (Hero)
  • Items: Monastic Robes (AV 11), Icon of Random Petty God, Illuminated Manuscript
Minor Government Building
NPC: Agupta, Newbeast Travelling Scholar
  • Impulsive manner
  • Voice: Mumbles
  • Drive: Addicted to Drug (p.xx)
  • Bond: Mentor Figure
  • Faith: Church of Promised Sun
  • Reputation: Faa Nomads (Hero)
  • Items: Random Book, Random Book, Outdated Field Guide to Vaarn (2nd Edition)
Religious Site
NPC: Basai, Lithling Spy
  • Decadent manner
  • Voice: Weird Laugh
  • Drive: Hunting Escaped Prisoner
  • Bond: Brother
  • Faith: Church of the Everbleeding Wound
  • Reputation: Court of the Jigsaw Autarch (Loved)
  • Items: Stylus-Gun (d6, resembles pen), Suicide Pill (d12 TOX), Cryptography Machine
Religious Site
NPC: Wing, Cacklemaw Exile Bastard Farmer
  • Hedonistic manner
  • Voice: Sinister
  • Drive: Fleeing the Law
  • Bond: Grandfather
  • Faith: Vaa, Blue Goddess of Empty Spaces
  • Reputation: Lithic Lyceum (Loved)
  • Items: Cryo-Flask (Human Embryo), Cryo-Flask (Empty), Pistol (d6)
Minor Government Building
NPC: Sloe, Synth Ape Catcher
  • Arrogant manner
  • Voice: Can’t Speak
  • Drive: Seeking Revenge
  • Bond: Grandmother
  • Faith: Vaa, Blue Goddess of Empty Spaces
  • Reputation: Court of the Jigsaw Autarch (Hated)
  • Items: Weighted Net (Target DEX saves vs Entangled), Bludgeon (d6), Ape Snares (3)
Religious Site
NPC: Masatorald, Faa Nomad Priest of Sevenscore
  • Irritable manner
  • Voice: Drawls
  • Drive: Seeks Heroic Death
  • Bond: Sister
  • Faith: Binary Devotion
  • Reputation: Seekers of Eyeless Wisdom (Beloved)
  • Items: MoonsMoondark Mask (AV +1), Waning Blade (d6), Draught of Merciful Tranquility (CON Save vs Death)