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Ruins
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Quick Space Fantasy Ruins ......................................................... 3
Creating Your Own ....................................................................... 3
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Using Space Fantasy Ruins
Space fantasy and science fantasy are mixes of genres, so
many things open up. But the details will vary on the
particular game and setting. A little bit of re-skinning can
turn "sentient penguin merchants" into goblin traders or
robotic smugglers.
The 10 ruins of the Quick Space Fantasy Ruins provide
enough information to get going with a ruin. Each one a
description and inhabitants to interact with and a mystery
or other reason to go there.
The Creating Your Own section has four tables to use in
creating space fantasy ruins. Or use them to adapt
existing ideas (including from the first table).
Many of the entries have a default and an alternate entry.
If the descriptor of "ghostly" doesn't fit your Shipyard ruin,
maybe "luminous" does.
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Space Fantasy Ruins
Quick Space Fantasy Ruins Materials and Treasure
d10 d10 Primary Material Reward or Treasure
An iron statue is a monument to a forgotten war. Reading the right 1 steel or marble a potent potion or a vital clue
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sequence of names inscribed here opens a portal to a faraway moon. 2 bone or precious metal star charts or a makeover
Sunshadow Asylum. A psychic river carries streams of glowing fish to 3 stone or organic matter a book collection or a rare herb
2 an asteroid, gathering around a former palace. Many odd creatures
4 wood or ivory clues to a mystery or a model ship
have been left here and a character has dreamed of this place.
5 bronze or amber a chest of gold or a deity's gratitude
A derelict space port is home to sentient penguin merchants. An array
3 6 crystal or carapace something edible a ship upgrade
of potent unreliable devices can be bought or traded. Buyer beware!
7 silver or chains gemstones or a treasure map
A long rope ladder leads up to an ice fortress guarded by ghosts and
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psionic traps. Inside is a frozen titan from another time and place. 8 clay or ectoplasm a challenge to be solved or a lost relic
Beacon of Reflections. A metal citadel split in two floats among 9 glass or fungi an offer of help or rare trade goods
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wrecked ships. Visiting pilgrims seek visions in its mesmerising walls. 10 ice or a mix of materials an artifact or a marriage proposal
On an invisible platform grows a lovely garden around an old tomb.
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There is a self-contained ecosystem, looked after by a grumpy hermit.
Feature of Note
An overgrown labyrinth is said to be older than any nearby planet and d10 The ruin...
7 protected by an elemental spirit. Heroes have emerged from its trials,
1 has a complex (or alien) device for controlling a weapon (or world).
remade with potent magic powers but cursed by tragic destinies.
is inhabited by...
An abandoned arcane ship made of wood holds an extensive archive.
2 d10 (1. scientists 2. ghosts 3. smugglers 4. sentient slimes 5. mutants
8 Most curious is a room of sigils, each holding a different voice that
6. constructs 7. crystal lifeforms 8. outcasts 9. pirates 10. cultists)
speaks part of a story. Several sages have died studying them.
3 has a famed fugitive (or pirate) hiding here, driving off visitors.
Grimcross Watch. A bronze outpost observes a pulsating anomaly. It
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is looked after by an immortal sentient slime, who waits for a visitor. was once home to...
4 d10 (1. dwarves 2. druids 3. elves 4. a cult 5. scientists
Large rusted metal structures hold a zoo of creatures from many
6. giants 7. pirates 8. an archmage 9. aliens 10. a zoo )
10 worlds. They have been turned to stone, crystal and other materials. A
plaque by a statue near the entrance marks the last caretaker. 5 a spectacular view of a famed space anomoly (or alien mystery).
is located...
Creating Your Own 6
d10 (1. on a moon 2. orbiting a planet 3. in a star 4. on an asteroid
5. on a giant space monster 6. in a moon 7. in deep space
8. on several dimensions 9. in a time loop 10. on a deserted planet)
Roll or choose from the following tables to make a ruin.
Use each one once, not at all or as many times as needed. 7 has a portal (or warp hole) to another system (or dimension).
has something very out of place,...
Ruins Descriptor and Form 8 d10 (1. trees 2. toys 3. alien symbols 4. a friendly guide 5. cute animals
6. a tidy garden 7. a statue 8. an egg 9. a mimic 10. an advertisement)
d10 Descriptor Structure
9 is bing investigated by a rival faction (or an npc the group knows)
1 renowned or alien temple or museum
is surrounded by...
2 phantasmal or ancient spaceport or beacon
10 d10 (1. psychic fish 2. debris 3. a force field 4. arcane runes 5. glitter
3 elemental or ornate outpost or hulk of many ships
6. asteroids 7. space wrecks 8. curious spirits 9. spores 10. lights)
4 sacred or ruined city or viewing platform
5 arcane or psychic vault or wreck Wards and Dangers
6 shapeshifting or hulking shipyard or orbital station d10 It is protected by...
7 ghostly or luminous zoo or statue 1 an illusion that disguises its true nature (or acts as a decoy)
8 abandoned or overgrown ship or generator guardian... d10 (1. ghosts 2. aliens 3. slimes 4. undead 5. constructs
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9 fortified or shimmering tavern or library 6. fiends 7. mercenaries 8. clockwork horrors 9. wraiths 10. gnomes)
10 derelict or mechanical laboratory or citadel 3 a curious (or sinister) intelligence possessing the structure
4 a distortion field that makes gravity (or magic) fluctuate.
a hidden danger,...
d10 (1. a mutant virus 2. shapeshifting aliens 3. psychic illusions
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4. an ancient entity 5. fiery traps 6. a psychic breeze 7. a friendly fiend
8. teleporter traps 9. a treacherous npc 10. a shifting labyrinth)
6 a flashing (or mental) beacon that warns others away
7 a barrier of glowing force powered from elsewhere
8 a watching time-travelling alien in a strange ship
rumours of an imprisoned...
9 d10 (1. demon 2. god 3. intelligence 4. artifact 5. ruler 6. virus
7. spaceship 8. undead bard 9. elemental spirit 10. magic weapon )
10 a tentacled being from another dimension
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