Difference between revisions of "ADVENTURE!: Tales from Planet Zero"
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*** [[Zero's Private Journals]]: The personal journal of each explorer, filled with private musings on their fellow travellers, the villains they face and the discoveries they make. | *** [[Zero's Private Journals]]: The personal journal of each explorer, filled with private musings on their fellow travellers, the villains they face and the discoveries they make. | ||
| − | ===DASTARDLY VILLAINS=== | + | ===DASTARDLY VILLAINS, MANIACAL RULERS, DESPOTS & OTHER SCUM=== |
* '''[[The Usual Suspects (zero)]]''': They say you learn the measure of a man by looking at his enemies. Collected here are some of the vilest rogues ever to walk the earth, and some of the noblest too - but all have crossed swords with our daring heroes. | * '''[[The Usual Suspects (zero)]]''': They say you learn the measure of a man by looking at his enemies. Collected here are some of the vilest rogues ever to walk the earth, and some of the noblest too - but all have crossed swords with our daring heroes. | ||
| − | ===DOLLS, FELLAS, | + | ===DOLLS, FELLAS, ALIENS, PALOOKAS, & OTHER SPACEFARERS=== |
| + | * '''[[Bit Players (zero)]]''': The characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways. | ||
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| + | ===CREATURES, MONSTERS, FLORA, FAUNA, & OTHER ENCOUNTERS=== | ||
* '''[[Bit Players (zero)]]''': The characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways. | * '''[[Bit Players (zero)]]''': The characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways. | ||
| − | ==AGENTS OF CHANGE== | + | ==AGENTS OF CHANGE, EMPIRES, TRIBES & OTHER GATHERED== |
Here we look at the various organizations of note in our dramatic presentations. | Here we look at the various organizations of note in our dramatic presentations. | ||
* '''[[The Lazarus Trust (zero)]]''': An old explorer's society, the Trust employs our heroes and is the common glue that binds them together. | * '''[[The Lazarus Trust (zero)]]''': An old explorer's society, the Trust employs our heroes and is the common glue that binds them together. | ||
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===ARTIFACTS=== | ===ARTIFACTS=== | ||
* ??? | * ??? | ||
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* [[Rocketship General Equipment]] | * [[Rocketship General Equipment]] | ||
| − | ===FUTURISTIC CREATIONS=== | + | ===WONDEROUS INVENTIONS & FUTURISTIC CREATIONS=== |
* [[Auto-Thinker]]: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship. | * [[Auto-Thinker]]: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship. | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 29 August 2006
...... calling planet zero ......
...... calling planet zero ......
..... come in planet zero ....
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When the very existance of the human race is at peril,
When planets cry out for heroes, you stalwart few step forward to blast into oblivion!
THRILL at the daring-do of adventure!
AWE in the face of the great galactic spanse!
SHRILL with terror from evil abundant!
For one world is not enough for ROCKETMEN and RULERS!
Yet one world will change everything.
The zero quotient ... a planet called Uuuurthhh...
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STAND STAIGHT
ROCKET JOCKEIES
IT'S ZERO HOUR!
"PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE" cover image -- LARGE
"THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION" cover image -- LARGE
Welcome to the wiki for "TALES FROM PLANET ZERO", a pulp-action, tabletop role playing campaign featuring the Atomic Pulp of Sci-Fi Action thrillers, played with White Wolf Game Studios' Adventure! game. This wiki is designed to serve as a "series bible" and resource for the players and GM, to help keep better track of everything that appears in game. Anyone is free to edit the wiki and add to our game.
CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS
- YAHOO DISCUSSION BOARD: Tales From Planet Zero Yahoo Group: For planning game gatherings and general group chit chat.
- 1956: A timeline of major events for the year the campaign begins
- EPISODE GUIDE: This is the spot for game session recaps. Tales from Planet Zero is in the traditional style of comic book classics science fiction comic strip. You might imagine our tales were originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on August 31, 1934. Created to compete with Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Tales from Planet Zero Serial Campaign is broken into Story Arcs set in the mold of the classic comic strips that ran in syndication across thousands of newspapers every week.
- Episode Guide - Arc 0: Herein we see what brought our daring heroes and heroine together... A strange messege for each of the stalwarts left in the past... Each uncovered within a year of one another. Each just preceding our hero's emergence into the public spotlight of their careers!!
- Episode Guide - Arc 1: Season One - "THE ROCKET TO OBLIVION"
- Episode Guide - Arc 0: Herein we see what brought our daring heroes and heroine together... A strange messege for each of the stalwarts left in the past... Each uncovered within a year of one another. Each just preceding our hero's emergence into the public spotlight of their careers!!
Contents
CASTING CALL
Herein lies the various characters of our tales, from the main cast to the mooks and minions of mention.
TWO-FISTED HEROES
- Intrepid Explorers: The main cast of The Tales from Planet Zero; the player characters
- Maxwell Marshall: The hard nosed actor known for the role of a lifetime - the Masked Marshall TV Hour, the last line of defence for the common man! (as amazingly acted by Sammy)
- Bubblegum Robinson: The American Icon of sports, from gridiron to baseball diamond his - [insert Bubblegum Squad name]! (as magnificiently manned by Cat)
- Lucy Lester: The spirit of the air, making news and history at the same time she's a barnstormer in her - [insert plane model here]! (as perilously played by Dede)
- Doctor Kessler: The square-jawed professor, with a laundry list of Theories and Inventions. Some men know everything - he knows more! (as poignantly portrayed by Jason)
- Zero's Private Journals: The personal journal of each explorer, filled with private musings on their fellow travellers, the villains they face and the discoveries they make.
DASTARDLY VILLAINS, MANIACAL RULERS, DESPOTS & OTHER SCUM
- The Usual Suspects (zero): They say you learn the measure of a man by looking at his enemies. Collected here are some of the vilest rogues ever to walk the earth, and some of the noblest too - but all have crossed swords with our daring heroes.
DOLLS, FELLAS, ALIENS, PALOOKAS, & OTHER SPACEFARERS
- Bit Players (zero): The characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways.
CREATURES, MONSTERS, FLORA, FAUNA, & OTHER ENCOUNTERS
- Bit Players (zero): The characters who've touched our heroes' lives. This page describes their family and friends, as well as the dozens of people who've walked into and out of their sight in countless smaller ways.
AGENTS OF CHANGE, EMPIRES, TRIBES & OTHER GATHERED
Here we look at the various organizations of note in our dramatic presentations.
- The Lazarus Trust (zero): An old explorer's society, the Trust employs our heroes and is the common glue that binds them together.
EXOTIC PLACES
Where have our heroes been? Where do the villains lurk? This is your guide to the locals of our stories.
EARTH AND THE SOL SYSTEM
- Wallops Flight Facility: Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia is the research and launch facility for all modern US space ventures.
THE "CHIKE" SYSTEM
CHIKE: the large star of the system.
!! IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE !!
ARTIFACTS
- ???
ITEMS EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES
WONDEROUS INVENTIONS & FUTURISTIC CREATIONS
- Auto-Thinker: a machine cable of creative thought processing and action for large mechanical units such as a rocketship.
RESOURCES
- What else can I Wiki? Wikipedia
- What is a RPG? RPG Wiki
- What is a GM? Game Master
SPOILERS
- TFPZero Spoilers: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!
