What is Cogent Cogent is an RPG designed by Shad of Shadiversity and Jazza! Shad is known for his HEMA videos and for making GIANT SWORDS (https://youtu.be/ok2bflJaaJ4?si=QotlfybCNAYkYhQj) Where Can I learn About Cogent? The 1.0 Edition of the rules (which you can learn about here) Cogent Roleplay are very close to the 1.5 rules we will be using, designed by the Cogent Community Project. The Cogent Community project, being organized on the Cogent RPG Discord Server ( https://discord.gg/GppB6KPuj6 ) seeks to improve upon and streamline the rules. We will make characters at table, as part of the playtest. You can see the current draft of the Cogent Community project character sheet below. You can see the current GitHub here ( CogentRoleplayCommunity/CogentRoleplay-Core: A rulebook for core Cogent Roleplay. (github.com) ) How Can I get started on character creation? Think of these questions, adapted from Shad's core rules. Character disposition - From the COGENT rules "Are they happy, sad, moody, funny, cautious, untrusting, stupid, smart, tactical, shy, or boisterous? The list can go on and on . . . " Character History - In particular, for our session, Why did they get employed as an agent of the Crown? Beliefs / Morality - In particular, when on a mission what Code do they live by? Are they obedient to the directives of the Crown? Are they merciful towards potential enemies? Are they ruthless? Goals / Aspiration - What is their goal as an agent? Are they here just for money? Is their work for the Crown a means to an end? Attributes In the Community Project build of Cogent, there are four attributes Strength (STR), Reflex (RFL), Intelligence (INT) and Charisma (CHA). You will have two points to distributes among these (yes its normal to have a base of zero in an Attribute). Even one point in an attribute represents that your character has lots of training. Think about what you what your stats to be.

What is Cogent Cogent is an RPG designed by Shad of Shadiversity and Jazza! Shad is known for his HEMA videos and for making GIANT SWORDS (https://youtu.be/ok2bflJaaJ4?si=QotlfybCNAYkYhQj) Where Can I learn About Cogent? The 1.0 Edition of the rules (which you can learn about here) Cogent Roleplay are very close to the 1.5 rules we will be using, designed by the Cogent Community Project. The Cogent Community project, being organized on the Cogent RPG Discord Server ( https://discord.gg/GppB6KPuj6 ) seeks to improve upon and streamline the rules. We will make characters at table, as part of the playtest. You can see the current draft of the Cogent Community project character sheet below. You can see the current GitHub here ( CogentRoleplayCommunity/CogentRoleplay-Core: A rulebook for core Cogent Roleplay. (github.com) ) How Can I get started on character creation? Think of these questions, adapted from Shad's core rules. Character disposition - From the COGENT rules "Are they happy, sad, moody, funny, cautious, untrusting, stupid, smart, tactical, shy, or boisterous? The list can go on and on . . . " Character History - In particular, for our session, Why did they decided to become a space explorer? Beliefs / Morality - In particular, how do they view extraplanetary monsters? Threats to be destroyed? If they are tamed, how does your character view tamed creatures? Allies? Livestock? A scientific curiosity? Goals / Aspiration - What is their goal as a space explorer? What do they hope to find, do or accomplish among the stars? Attributes In the Community Project build of Cogent, there are four attributes Strength (STR), Reflex (RFL), Intelligence (INT) and Charisma (CHA). You will have two points to distributes among these (yes its normal to have a base of zero in an Attribute). Even one point in an attribute represents that your character has lots of training. Think about what you what your stats to be.

Under a Hostile Sun - Molten Chaos (GenCon) Hello Explorers!   I am so honored that you chose to try out Under a Hostile Sun at this years GenCon! How Do I Prepare? I will be teaching everyone to play at the event, BUT if you want to get ahead, you can read the CoreRulebook here: Under a Hostile Sun - Molten Chaos (GenCon) by Martian Muckraker (itch.io) Do I Need to Make a Character? I will be bringing 8 pre-gens but if you want to make your own character, go ahead and do so using the rules in the Core Rulebook ( Under a Hostile Sun - Molten Chaos (GenCon) by Martian Muckraker (itch.io) )and link it in the comments below (upload to Google Drive, make public link, share below).  I will review it.   What Is the Premise of the Adventure? "Explorers, I am going to need you to resolve a situation that is developing on an obscure mining colony known as Demeter VI.  It appears that several miners have recently been harmed in mining accidents.  Even worse, there are rumors of Moon Mason Bees starting to terraform the planet.  You need to visit the mine, and determine the cause of the recent accidents and resolve the growing suspicion and unrest amongst the population there.  Do note that this is a Volcanic world and temperatures are regularly hot enough to melt metal.  If adventuring out of protected life support bubbles you will need to use extreme caution.   ALERT:  A recent mining accident has trapped several miners, jump to warp immediately as we have no other rescue personnel in the area!"   What is the System at High Level? In terms of stats, it is a d20 roll under system.  Each stat however is paired to a planetary resource which we will be tracking using glass beads (if you played pokemon in the 90s its the type of glass beads that were often used as damage counters).  These resources, Molten Minerals, Arcane Algae, Strange Sap, Odd Ore and Helpful Herbs will be the key to making potions (which your characters will discover during play), bribing NPCs and solving problems.   there is an Opportunity Die being rolled each round while the characters are in a Hostile Environment.  Once a "1" is rolled, your spacesuits begin to fail! Sound confusing? No worries, the scenario we are playing is designed to teach you as we play.   What PreGens are there? I will have all the Pre-Gens posted here by July 14.   I have another Question Feel free to ask it below.   Are Seats Still available? We are almost sold out of our first game, but our second game, Saturday at 4pm, still has seats!