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Our Flagship Game:

Beyond the Gravity Well

Art Cover for Beyond the Gravity Well Table Top Game - Disconnected Astronaut

BTGW uses a d12 dice pool system that puts an emphasis on quick but nuanced skill checks, high momentum game play, and player creativity.

Character Creation

Species:

How the world perceives you, your body, and the abilities and restrictions it entails.

Heritage:

The circumstance of your upbringing, and the skills it bestowed.

Origin:

The most impactful events unique to your life’s journey, including the source of your speciality, an entirely open-ended stat tailor-made by you

Class:

The primary role you fulfill as part of the crew.

Archetype:

Your character’s basic personality traits, and how those traits affect your character’s growth as they level up and gain proficiency in their abilities.

 

Classes

Players have access to 16 classes, each with its own suite of perks to choose from. As players level, they can take more perks from their class along with a few from other classes;  This means players aren’t limited by their class, but are instead guided by it. Ergo, instead of playing an engineer named Paul, players get to play Paul, who just so happens to be an engineer. Some others include

View the Sixteen Customizable and Flexible Classes
ScholarThe know-it-all smarty pants that obsessively studies science, culture or medicine. Your go-to problem solver when violence fails, they plumb their extensive knowledge to find creative solutions to vexing problems.
GunslingerThe rootin-tootin shooter whose fast hands fan the hammer furiously.
EngineerMechanists of all types that use drones, gadgets and improvised explosives to keep their enemies far away. With their trusty spanner, they fix up tech and keep a ship hull space-worthy.
MedicThe doctors that have operated on every body (type), under every G, and clean up every explosive decompression. Their ability to keep a crew healthy and fighting makes them a vital member of any crew.
CaptainThe front-facing leadership of a crew, they inspire their compatriots, while wheeling, dealing, and doing everything in their power to keep their subordinates safe.
PriestThe pious and compassionate men, women and enbies of the cloth. They dedicate themselves to faith in the face of the infinite and silent horrors of the great expanse, working to better the lot of the destitute left adrift on those tumultuous worlds drifting within the void’s inky maw.
RenegadeThe rabble rousing rioters whose rambunctious romps inspire the masses to take up shared causes.
InfluencerThe bombastic personalities that stream their lives for a handful of credits and the brief respite of virtual connection. Often report the latest breaking news, be it politics, drama, or the latest full dive RPG.
DiplomatThe institutionally entrenched politicians, lobbyists, and lawyers, who have forsaken the familiar piles of paperwork and insipid glad handing to pursue a higher calling, make a quick buck, or rescue a wealthy client.
Veteran of ArmageddonThe war-scarred, beaten and battered super soldiers whose enhancements and power armor make them more comfortable on the battlefield than in pleasant company. Don’t ask them to take off the helmet, it would be extremely painful.
MiscreantThe pranksters and street kids that skulk in the shadows. Your back pocket is not a good place for your wallet, bub.
MuscleThe big lugs with a heart of platinum that keep their people safe. They might not be the sharpest tools in the shed, but even a hunk of raw ore can get the job done.
WayfarerThe listless drifters deep in the grips of wanderlust. They live to perform, either for their esoteric cult, or just for tips; All the void’s a stage, after all.
Knight of the Old WayThose who have mastered martial arts in spite of the newest tech upending traditional combat. They have dedicated themselves to something ancient, adhering to a code and way of life so far gone as to be entirely inscrutable to the modern spacer.
HolotequeTricky illusionists whose holographic hijinks harkens back to the trickster gods of yore
Detective The gumshoe who cannot cease their hunt for the truth. Not even their ex wife can stop them.

Settings

After centuries of conflict and strife, humanity has finally overcome its worst impulses. Only to find that it is not alone. Welcomed into a vibrant and interconnected galactic society, much of humanity now exists as a diaspora across the galaxy seeking to unravel its mysteries.