Post by bobsomething on Aug 22, 2019 20:37:30 GMT
Okay this is silly and the end result of me messing around with the Patron-exclusive homebrew stuff, my own love of homebrewing material and even settings. I was looking at the GF: Firefight and trying to imagine a setting (and thus imaginary game franchise) for it and my bored brain invented Battle-Bred Warriors. Basically? Post-human are bored and want a funny way to wage their war/entertain themselves so they recreate the extinct ancient humans and breed them as warriors to fight in their stupid proxy wars. Each soldier is utterly replaceable, its only value assigned based on a mixture of its skill and what equipment its master gives it. Yes, its 'grimderp' pushed to its logical conclusion: the characters are basically themselves piece in a meaningless war game! Its supposed to be stupid.
I intend to write more fluff and eventually post the homebrew rules (and maybe even missions or more, we'll see!) here. I also want to use said setting and maybe eventual mini (paper or otherwise) for tabletop RPG, possibly even using Battle-Bred's universe as the backdrop for a one shot.
- Lunar Arbiters: This ancient order of lore-keepers are among those factions who 'police' the great games the most, ensuring the rules are obeyed (if not they engage their enemy in combat, of course!). Their warriors are trained with a mixture of military discipline and deep mysticism, speaking gibberish about 'the great cosmic order' and 'the antediluvian laws of conflict'. They honestly believe they are enforcing order and teaching others a lesson in the process. Particularly fond of pain-inducing weapons.
- Martian Oldbloods: Mars was the first colony beyond's Earth orbit and thus colonized fairly early into its history, back when human still waged wars the old fashioned way. This love of their military history has led them to breed their toys as actual soldiers. Their Battle-Bred are born in crops, raised in communal barracks by veteran and retired Battle-bred and instilled with military fanaticism. Since the % of soldiers who remain actually loyal after a few years is low they tend to clone and make copies of particularly blindly obedient, yet charismatic individuals who become the overseer of their entire home complex.
- The Neo-Barbarians: The end result of some posthuman intelligences studying a mixture of the deep past and pop culture and concluding that giant, bulging muscles, pink mohawks, copious amount of hallucinogenic drugs and heavy metal bred superior warriors. Neo-Barbarians are bred in a gigantic enclaves simulating a harsh world filled with a mixture of prehistoric monsters and deliberately-left-behind ancient technology, creating a world filled with barbarian tribes on motorcycles. The most savage of them are used for battle.
I intend to write more fluff and eventually post the homebrew rules (and maybe even missions or more, we'll see!) here. I also want to use said setting and maybe eventual mini (paper or otherwise) for tabletop RPG, possibly even using Battle-Bred's universe as the backdrop for a one shot.