An experimental Military-grade pharmaceutical known as PK49 has leaked onto the black market. It is rumored to unlock powerful psychokinetic abilities fueling a race against the clock as street gangs and military factions fight to control the supply.
While this is designed to be a lower Stress adventure than most Mothership adventures, it is still a horror roleplaying game. As such, please be aware it may contain elements of the following:
Body Horror, Child Endangerment, Narcotics, Violence
Set against the backdrop of a single corner of the Orbital Banlieue Space Station, PK49 is an action-adventure supplement for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror Roleplaying Game. In it, your players will encounter an experimental Military-grade pharmaceutical known as PK49, rumored to unlock powerful psychokinetic abilities. Once leaked onto the black market it fuels a war between street gangs and military factions, fighting to control the supply.
Cover Mockup - Artwork Not Final
Designed to be played as an extended one-shot or micro campaign, PK49 is a tower crawl through a space station ghetto. As your players explore two, interconnected towers they can experience:
Bizarre alien animals
Deteriorating and hazardous infrastructure
A zero-gravity rave
And more!
The Digital tier comes with:
16-24 page (approx.) setting and adventure module
Monotone art with spot coloration
Art heavy, 'control-panel' spreads
6+ new NPCsÂ
10+ new items including the eponymous PK49
10 Psychokinetic abilities and…
All included Digital Stretch Goals!
Early-concept sketches from Mykell Pledger
The Physical tier comes with all of the above plus:
Professionally printed, staple-bound digest (5.5” x 8.5”) zine
And if you back at this tier within the first 48-hours you’ll also get a free, in-universe patch!
NPC Art from Mykell Pledger
The Physical+ tier comes with everything listed so far as well as:
All included Physical Stretch Goals!
Interior Mockup - Art and Layout Not Final - Architecture by Nikolai Fletcher
Lone Archivist Game and Graphic Design Lone Archivist is a game and graphic designer based out of Southern California. His work includes writing and design for a handful of third-party Mothership modules such Primeval, What We Give To Alien Gods, and In Other Waters: Tidebreak. When not working on games he can be found crate-digging for a new Jazz record or adding yet another book to the TBR list.
Jarrett Crader Dev and Copyediting Jarrett Crader has helped edit and develop and write and design and help bring into the world over 600 rpg books/modules/systems/pamphlets/pdfs/what-have-yous and keeps working on more all the time! He loves playing games and talking about games and thinking about games and making games and GAMES GAMES GAMES!!! When not GAMES!!! he can be found chilling with his partner and their cats and running Space Penguin Ink.
Nikolai Fletcher Illustration Nikolai Fletcher is a visual artist and designer from Vancouver Island, Canada, known for his hyper-detailed environments using both 2D and 3D techniques. Machinery, dystopian architecture, and leftfield electronic music are the central sources of inspiration in his work.
Mykell Pledger Illustration Mykell Pledger is an American illustrator and comic book artist. You can see examples of his work in Autopsy, a dreamlike dystopian sci-fi horror comic published in Koguchi Magazine & the recently released science fantasy RPG Ruthless Heavens, Boundless Fate developed by Blackoath Entertainment
Digital Fulfillment will be completed through Backerkit.
Physical Fulfillment will be completed with regional distributors. Due to changes with shipping platforms, rates, and legal requirements over the last few months, shipping will not be included in the backing pledges. Shipping fees will be added on during the pledge management and may vary depending on your location.
This in mind, we’re trying to keep all physical rewards something that can fit into an envelope along with the zine to keep shipping costs down. Between this and digital-only stretch goals or achievements, we’re aiming to keep shipping available worldwide. Please note that, due to the addition of non-book rewards, shipping will not make use of the USPS Media Mail as it would no longer qualify.
We are very aware of delays caused by shipping and fulfillment as well as the potential barriers caused by the manufacturing process and supply issues. This in mind, we’ll be using Backerkit to finalize shipping details to ensure costs match market rates at the time of fulfillment. You’ll be able to use this to update your shipping address as well as upgrade your pledge level, should you wish to do so.
Again, shipping will be collected post-campaign in the Pledge Manager.
Below are estimated costs of Domestic and International shipping.
Estimated Shipping Rates - Subject to Change
Excluded Countries Our fulfillment partners are unfortunately not able to ship to the following countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Central African Republic, Chad, Cuba, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Iran, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Mayotte, Miquelon, Mongolia, Niue, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Reunion (Bourbon), Russia, Saint Pierre, Samoa, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
The primary risks associated with this project stem from the small team behind it. As each of our collaborators contribute a significant part to the project they are integral to the ultimate completion of PK49.
Should personal or familial emergencies arise it is likely that it will lead to minor delays. Part of the reason for our generous timeline is to factor in and account for unforeseen occurrences outside of our control.
That said, each member of the team behind PK49 has a successful crowdfunding record and history of fulfilling the promises laid out in our campaign.
🚀 Back 5+ projects at the physical level and gain access to the SUPPLY PODS. All Supply Pods are now unlocked, so backing just 5 projects will get you all of the below:
🌟 Supply Pod 1 (Unlocked!): 1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS. Each pack contains 13 pre-made character cards ready for use as pre-gen characters or NPCs. Each pack comes with at least one FOIL card.
🌟 Supply Pod 2 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS, 5 foil campaign project stickers.
🌟 Supply Pod 3 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS, +5 foil campaign project stickers, and an exclusive Mothership Month 24 pin!
🌟 Supply Pod 4 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS,+11 foil campaign project stickers, and Shadow of a Doubt a brand new "reverse murder mystery" pamphlet adventure by Ian Yusem (Hull Breach, The Drain).
All in: if you back 5+ projects you're getting 4 Character Card packs (an entire deck of cards), 21 foil project stickers, an exclusive Mothership Month 24 pin, and a brand new adventure pamphlet.
Are there more Supply Pods to come? We're looking into it now!
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