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Machines of Varis
Role:
Dungeon Master
Campaign Duration:
April 2024 to Present
Project Type:
Pathfinder 2e Table Top Campaign
Machines of Varis is a Homebrew table top game that I am currently writing and running as the Dungeon Master. We are using the Pathfinder 2e Remaster rule set with slight tweaks and house rules.
Machines of Varis is a re-skin campaign over the Pathfinder 2e setting with inspirations from a variety of Mecha media. Each player takes command of both a pilot and a mech. These two characters share stats with combat always taking place within the Mechs to keep everything on the same scale.
This campaign focuses on the planet Varis. A planet discovered to have rare natural resources that is overrun by machine beasts. These beasts are the need for large mechs to help protect the development of the planet. The players have leaned into this setting with a wide variety of mechs and pilots including more traditional machines, bio-mechanical monstrosities, and smaller exo-suits.
Mechanically Machines of Varis takes several inspirations from the Dark Souls Series as well as Final Fantasy 14. This manifests in a variety of telegraphed or sequenced attacks that the players can see coming and need to avoid as well as more traditional attacks. These bosses still fit within Pathfinder's three action structure, allowing the players to fairly interact with the bosses even with their complexity.
Below I have included a variety of boss designs, battle maps, and dungeons that the players have faced thus far.