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Learn MoreStart your journey into an expansive, Nausicaa-inspired fantasy campaign setting ruled by giant Magic Cicadas, for the Mothership® Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1E. Unleash imaginative magic spells and harness ancient relics to survive the summer of the Century Brood.
This purchase comes bundled with the 10 page Cloud Empress introductory adventure, Last Voyage of the Bean Barge.
"Cloud Empress is a startling vision bursting with imagination and wonder. watt has pulled off something truly unique - both familiar and unsettling." - Sean McCoy, creator of Mothership
"Cloud Empress is unafraid to be subtle and quiet. Filled with fresh ideas and rooted in play, it is a deeply human work." - Luke Gearing, author of Gradient Descent and Pound of Flesh
Cloud Empress is an expansive, Nausicaa-inspired fantasy campaign setting for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG. Cloud Empress places you in a world ruled by the patterns of giant magical cicadas. Cloud Empress creates a new Earth, thousands of years in the future inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist.
What's Inside:
- 4 evocative jobs: Sellsword, Lordling, Magician, and Courier
- 30 unique science fantasy skills 30 magical spells each with amazing effects and dangerous consequences
- 30 chalk crests capable of unleashing ancient powers
- 20 new science fantasy tools of violence
- 10 strange utility spores
- 7 animals, friends, and foes
- 26 illustrations
- And much more!
Compatible with Mothership® Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1st Edition.
This is a stand-alone rulebook and does not require Mothership® Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1E to play.
Made by humans.
Credits
Game, graphic design and layout by watt
Illustrations by pbbeta, Garin, imogen, and Juan Gee
Editing and development by Roz Leahy
Additional game development by Christian Sorrell
Sensitivity editing by Monroe Soto
Playtesting by Mary Helen Inskeep, Erica Young, Patrick Frazier, Noel Miller, Kat Miller-Frazier, Dan Frazier, Ashley Nolan, Anna Frazier, Zobot257, Zoe R., Other Jim, ChrisAir, Terry Herc, and Jet McFin.
Special thanks to A & D, Sean McCoy and Luke Gearing
Format 5.5x8.5" 58 page saddle-stitch zine, color throughout. Includes PDF.
Also available the Everything Empress bundle which includes the core rule book, the Year One Adventure Bundle and Land of Cicadas. Save $10 compared to buying them seperatey!
