Strange Planets I: Hossana IX
A few weeks ago, my dear friend Saoirse — creator of Trout — came to me with an idea for a project to get us both practicing our game design and writing more. The idea was to build a zine of alien planets with strange, surrealist twists for mothership. This is the horrors I created for the first one, you can find Saoirses planetary report over here!
Horrors of Hossana IX
Icarian Automata
The Automata are theorised to be ancient wardens of the sanctum, they appear to be six foot tall humanoids with waxed wings that span twenty feet when fully extended. Their bodies are clad in hammered brass panels, with various levels of corrosion and damage exposing the delicate clockwork machinery beneath. Many automata have precursor text "branded" onto their panels, with tests showing the brass underneath the text to coated in a thick layer of gold not found anywhere else on the "body". Automata are found traversing across the city on foot or by wing, with increasing density towards the sanctum.
Icarian Automata [C:60 Brass Talons 6d10 DMG I:50 W:3(10) Air Superiority: Players are always suprised]
The Prisoner
Concentrated celestial void, golden sparks swirling in black ink formed into a vaguely humanoid shape. Feels like staring at both the heart of a galaxy and the edge of the universe at once. No recorded expeditions have survived encounters with the prisoner without those who saw it being driven mad.
The Prisoner [C:95 I:90]