Boldly Going: A Changed Frontier

Click here to sign up at startplaying.games: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmtpakjob00lojz04ep2uo36x You are a Starfleet officer at the dawn of a new era. The year is 2300. The Federation is expanding into the Archanis Frontier and beyond—a volatile region where diplomacy, exploration, and political tension collide. You serve aboard the newly commissioned U.S.S. Meridian, representing the best of Starfleet in a sector where not everyone welcomes the Federation’s presence. Out here, the frontier is fragile. Colonies struggle to survive. Strange subspace phenomena appear where charts say space should be empty. Romulan observers watch carefully for Federation overreach. Out here, your decisions matter.

AVATAR: THE SEVERED AGE "They told us the elements were sacred. Then they put a price on them, a chip in your skull, and a payment plan on your soul." The Premise Korra has been dead for three years. In the decades before her death, the Spirit Portal in Republic City stopped being a miracle and became an energy source. Spirit vines spread through the city's foundations, rail lines, power grid... and eventually into people. Engineers learned to route chi through circuitry. Ripperdocs learned to graft it into flesh. What should have taken a century took thirty years. The world woke up neon. Today, anyone with enough money or enough debt can buy bending. A non-bender walks into a corporate storefront, signs a financing contract for a Chi Emulator, and walks out throwing fire like a Fire Nation soldier. The Equalist dream came true. Not through revolution. Through retail. Every implant comes with a hidden cost. The more chrome you install, the quieter your own chi becomes. Benders slowly lose their connection to the elements until, eventually, they become Severed. No spirits. No bending. No way back... at least, that's what everyone believes. Meanwhile, somewhere in the world is an Earth Kingdom child who should have become the next Avatar. They are three years old. No one has found them. The White Lotus has searched for years without success. Some believe the child was born spirit-deaf. Others whisper a corporation found them first and is quietly discovering what an Avatar's soul is worth. Some fear the Avatar Cycle itself is breaking. Everyone is searching for the same missing child. You'll either find them first... ...or discover why no one else ever could. What You Can Play: A traditional bender trying to preserve a dying art. A Severed ex-bender willing to burn the world to reclaim their element. A Ghost, projecting their spirit into the digital Weave where something ancient may already be waiting. A ripperdoc, fixer, mercenary, or corporate Emulator runner drowning in debt. An Air Nomad who has rejected cybernetics entirely, remaining one of the few souls still fully connected to the spirits and uniquely capable of healing what technology has stolen. Themes: Cyberpunk noir Corporate corruption Spiritual horror Identity and humanity The price of progress Hope in a broken world This is a campaign about difficult choices with permanent consequences. Expect street-level jobs, corporate conspiracies, spirits hiding in fiber-optic cables, desperate people trying to reclaim what they've lost, and quiet moments between the action that remind everyone what's worth fighting for. The central question is simple: What are you willing to trade away... and can you ever get it back? System: Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (custom Avatar conversion) No prior Savage Worlds experience required. No Avatar knowledge required. All rules and setting information will be provided. The game is fast, cinematic, beginner-friendly, and focused on character-driven storytelling. "Chrome is easy to buy. Getting your soul back takes a lot longer." This game costs $20 per session

$20 per session The mists roll in, enveloping you in their cold embrace. When they recede, you find yourself in a land of perpetual twilight, where ancient evil lurks behind crumbling castle walls... Journey to Barovia, a domain of dread cut off from the outside world by walls of deadly fog. In this land of gothic horror, the shadows grow long and hope withers like autumn leaves. The people live in fear, their eyes downcast, their spirits broken. Towering above all is Castle Ravenloft, home to the land's master—the vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich. For centuries, she has ruled with an iron fist, her immortality a curse that has left hrt calculating, patient, and utterly without mercy. You are not here by accident. Drawn into Barovia by forces beyond your control, you quickly discover a terrible truth: the mists will not allow you to leave. Your only hope for escape lies in confronting the master of Castle Ravenloft himself. But Strahd is no ordinary foe. Ancient, cunning, and possessing powers beyond mortal comprehension, she watches your every move from the shadows. To her, you are either pawns in her eternal game or potential heirs to her cursed domain. Will you find the courage to face the darkness? Can you uncover the secrets that might lead to Strahd's downfall? Or will you become just another tragic tale whispered by the terrified citizens of Barovia? The master of Castle Ravenloft is having guests for dinner. And you are invited.