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Mass Effect Tabletop: Dawn of Shadows and Spectres


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Hey guys, I know I'm new to the forums but I assure you I have been a looong time Mass Effect Fan.

A small group of us have been slaving over creating a fun and fully functional Dungeons and Dragons style game set in the Mass Effect universe.

We have set it about 11 years before the first Mass Effect, allowing players to forge their own stories, but it is also possible to role play the entire game story if you so choose.

We started this project about a month ago, we are based out of Maryland and there are only 3 of us, but we love this game so much we wanted to create something fun and new to help not only us but our fellow fans to survive until the next game and beyond.

 

We have titled it Dawn of Shadows and Spectres or DSS for short. 

There are other Mass Effect tabletop games, (I think there is one complete version out there) However, we have played them, and found a great many holes in them. Our game strives to be as complete and thorough as possible, but we will need your feedback to keep improving it. If this takes off, we will happily make expansions based on your recommendations.

While this will be our rough draft it is intended to be a living document, we included out contact email in there (dawnofshadowsandspectres@gmail.com) so you can give us feedback and share your stories. 

 

This is extensive, we wanted to include as much content as we could think of, all the guns, armor, upgrades, and a large number of ships are included with all the information you need to pick up and play as well as a custom created character sheet to help guide you through this process. 

 

We are going to finish compiling everything today and play test on Monday, after we fix some glaring errors I know we are going to find, we will release it to the community and I will post the link here FIRST _hopefully_ on Thursday of this week.

 

Thank you so much for checking this out, if there is anything you specifically would like in the game please feel free to email us before we release it and we will work to add it, although I can assure you most everything we can think of is there.

 

I will leave you with our introduction, we can't wait to hear about your many adventures and we really hope you love this as much as we have loved working on it.

 

Love, 

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team

 

2172 CE, 11 years before the events of Mass Effect, the galaxy is open to the pioneers and adventures seeking to make their mark on the uncharted universe. Humanity has been granted an embassy on the Citadel, the capital of the Galactic Council which is currently represented by the Turians, Asari, and Salarians. Batarians and Vorcha have been excluded from Citadel space and the Geth are hidden safety behind the Veil. The players in this universe have an entire open galaxy at their disposal. Will you become a feared mercenary basing yourself in the slums of Omega? Will you aid Cerberus in their illicit bid for control of the Systems Alliance? Will you work with the Council, striving to become a Spectre? The choice is entirely yours---



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While there are sadly no replies here, I said I would post an update on Thursday--

 

We play tested early game on Monday and it went well, we found the glaring issues and have been fixing them this week.

This Monday we are going to play test mid game with a DM who has never played our version before to see if a new DM can pick up on what we've written.

 

GLARING BUGS WE HAVE FIXED

 

The chance to hit system has been implemented

Fortitude, Reflex, and Will have been explained

 

Skills are now balanced

Armor has been improved

More Items have been added to the list

 

We are currently in the process of alphabetizing the entire document so it will be much easier to read.

 

I hope that once we release this more interest will be formed!

 

Love,

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team



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Hello again, I know some of you are at least looking at this!

We play tested again on Monday and it went very well, actually, much better than we ever intended.

To give a short summary, we were on an Alliance scouting vessel that had to search an uninhabited planet for a distress signal. It felt like a real Mass Effect mission and it was done by a DM with no investment in this game's creation.

Next on our list is late game content, time to see if we can take down 3 Spectres!

 

GLARING ISSUES WE FIXED THIS WEEK

Fortitude, Reflex, and Will now have proper charts

Powers have been buffed

Significant grammar fixes

Weapon and armor balance

 

Once again, we thank you for your interest and we will continue to update you as things carry on.

 

Love,

 

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team



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Reporting here again, the game is nearing completion, I know we have been saying this a lot but we at this point only need to test space combat. The party did not fair well against 3 Spectres, mostly because late game combat needed to be entirely revised. We are still optimistic, and we are looking forward to giving you a final editing date next Thursday!

 

GLARING ISSUES WE FIXED THIS WEEK

Chance to hit now has a proper table

Adept has experienced significant revisions

A fully detailed bestiary is almost fully completed

Saves have been fully edited

Volus have been buffed

Vorcha are no longer useless

 

Semifinal editing should begin this weekend, again thank you so much for your interest and we plan to have this released to you all very soon!

 

Love,

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team



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Sorry to be a day late on this update, we wanted the team together so we could run the last play test.

 

We are very near completion, next Saturday is our set date of initial final editing. Ship combat went well, but it still needs a few updates.

 

GLARING ISSUES FIXED

Full bestiary is now complete

Attack statuses have been added

Ships have been buffed

Even more grammar edits! 

 

Thank you so much for your patience, we are as eager as we are sure you are as well.

 

Love,

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team



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Hello again,

 

We are in the process of final editing and compiling as we speak. We are all some how taking a break from Fallout 4 to finish the game this weekend and we have high hopes for our success. 

 

I will bring another update Sunday which will entail hopefully a release date and time.

 

Thank you again for taking the time to look at this, we will have our project released for free for everyone very soon.

 

Love,

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team



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Dearest friends,

 

The game is finally done, proofread and completed in one document.

 

We have currently sent it off to Bioware first and will be posting it here and on other forums starting tomorrow. 

We cannot wait to share what we have for you.

 

Love,

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team



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Sadly I cannot find a way to attach files in the forum, if you would like your free copy please email us at dawnofshadowsandspectres@gmail.com, we will get it to immediately.

 

Love,

The Dawn of Shadows and Spectres Team