Moonhop Race Table: Gonzo Space Fantasy

So, as I mentioned in my post about Halloween in the Deep Carbon Observatory, I’m working on a hack combining Into the Odd and the Goblin Laws of Gaming. For the past few days I’ve been working on a GLOG-style table of races, and since it’s done, I guess I’ll post it here.

d8	d6	Name	Perk	Drawback
1	1	Human	Two Failed Careers	Disadv vs Mutation
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2	1	Human (Color = 1d6 ROYGBV)	Two Failed Careers	Disadv vs Mutation
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3	1	Dwarf, Booze	Blood is Alcohol	Disadv when Sober
	2	Dwarf, Candle	Burn HP for Light, 1 HP:10 min	Slowly Melt at High Temps
	3	Dwarf, Jumping	30' Standing Jump	Save vs Heights
	4	Dwarf, Mole	Smell Metal within 15'	Allergic to Copper
	5	Dwarf, Sea Floor	Hold Breath 8 Hours	Sink
	6	Dwarf, Spinner	Secrete 30’ Rope/Day	20' Color Vision
4	1	Elf, Amnesiac Space	STR +4, DEX +4, CHA +4	3 HP, not d6 HP
	2	Elf, Blood	Your Blood heals HP 1:1	d4 HP, not d6 HP
	3	Elf, Chitin	Armor 1	Save vs Molting when Stressed
	4	Elf, Hair	Animate Own Hair	Save vs Bad Fashion
	5	Elf, Sea	Speak to Fish	You Irritate Fish
	6	Elf, Silence	1’ Radius Silence near Hands	Deaf
5	1	Copper Knight	Armor 1	Disadv on Stealth
	2	Cyborg	2d8 Beam 1/day	Eat Coins to Recharge Beam
	3	Devilspawn	Ignite Eyes, Arrowhead Tail 1d6	Terrify Small Animals
	4	Dragonflyling	1d6 Firesneeze 20’	2x Fire Damage
	5	Dryad	Dead Plants Bloom at Touch	Disadv vs Electronics
	6	Facetaker	Eat heart to appear as person for 1 day	Reflection is True Appearance
6	1	Frederick	Telepathy with Fredericks	Identity Crisis
	2	Galatean	Punch for d8, 24 HP, not d6 HP	Cannot Heal
	3	Giant	Eat Strong Heart to Grow 1d12 inches	Save vs Challenges
	4	Gray	Move handful-of-coins-sized objects at 20'	Disadv vs Insanity
	5	Half Orc	Extra Attack after First Blood	No Legs (Start with Wheelchair)
	6	Jackalling	Speak with Recently Dead 1/day	Disadv on Death and Dismemberment
7	1	Many Rats	Pile of Rats, Trenchcoat	Scatter at 0 HP, become One Rat
	2	Rookling	Perfect Mimicry	No Voice
	3	Sepiidaling	Adv on Sneak when Naked	Skin shows emotions under stress
	4	Sharkling	Smell Blood 200’	Save vs Frenzy
	5	Skeleton, Bee	Beehive in Ribcage	Disadv on Stealth
	6	Skeleton, Clockwork	Don't Eat	Must be Wound 4 Hours/Day
8	1	Skeleton, Vine	1 hour Sunlight = 1 Ration	2x Fire Damage
	2	Snakehair	Petrify 1d4 rounds Gaze 1/day	Hair is Argumentative
	3	Trollkin	Regrow Limbs, Extremities	Gain Mutation on Regeneration
	4	Twitch	50' Teleport 1/day	Touching Iron Deals Damage
	5	Weaselling	Fit through any hole 8” wide	Save vs Pocket Valuables
	6	Roll Twice	Get Both Perks	Get Both Drawbacks

This table is intended for the tentative implied setting of Into the GLOG--gonzo space fantasy set in a system of moons around a gas giant. It’s called Moonhop, and it takes inspiration from FTL, Rimworld, and Kerbal Space Program. I’ll go into more detail later if I keep posting about it, but basically I like FTL’s soft sci-fi, Rimworld’s intentionally anachronistic technology, and Kerbal Space Program’s realistic orbital physics.

I spend a lot of time hanging out on the OSR Discord, and the people there were a huge help both in suggesting races and cutting the list down. If you want to see us hack out a system in real time, just head over there and hang around the GLOG text channel.

"Skeleton, Bees" (I haven't listened to this album but here's the link anyway)