Stage Up (A5E) – ENterplanetary DimENsions: Deadly LX-13 | EN World | Dungeons & Dragons

Within the overwhelming majority of cosmic archives if the planet LX-13 is designated in any respect it’s marked as too hostile for contact or surveying, labeled with the identical warnings as corrosive fuel giants or locations of fixed tectonic upheaval. But its floor teems with crops and creatures—all completely deadly. From the soil to the air and even the bones of the lifeless every little thing on this graveyard of crashed ships, doomed survivors, and impressive fools is akin to an invite from loss of life itself.

No civilization has been in a position to develop on this homicide planet however native fauna and flora are among the many deadliest creatures wherever within the universe. From gestation till after loss of life the lifeforms pure to LX-13 possess a litany of defenses—serrated eggs and spiked birthmounds, poisonous blood, projecting venom sacks, explosive vascular methods, bark or bones that flip into shrapnel underfoot when dried out. What these creatures lack in mind they greater than make up for in brutality, ferocity, and savagery, and regardless of the scale of the forces or the heights of know-how arrayed in opposition to them they at all times prevail when repelling guests to their world. A number of interstellar civilizations expressly forbid visiting this planet, and when a spacecraft is discovered to have been there it’s subjected to quarantine till it’s conclusively confirmed to be secure for contact.

Planar Traits. LX-13 has the next planar traits and the Narrator ought to make use of the acid, dense smoke, excessive chilly, excessive warmth, frigid water, heavy precipitation, excessive gravity, low gravity, reminiscence crystals, miring floor, toxic crops, speeding liquid, and robust winds encounter components. When it’s potential to take action, noticing considered one of these encounter components earlier than it’s too near keep away from requires a DC 20 Notion verify.

Notice. This planet will not be acceptable for tier 0 and tier 1 events.

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Aggressive Air​

The environment of this world is hostile and unforgiving, crammed with particulates that choke something that breathes it and react wildly when uncovered to the sanguine aftermath of violence.

Cloying Spores​

Merely consuming the air of LX-13 is a harmful proposition, the acute pollination by native flora progressively filling airways with accumulating spores that slowly choke victims to loss of life. After a variety of hours equal to its hit cube a creature respiratory the air of LX-13 suffers a stage of fatigue. Solely creatures that would not have to breathe or have corrosive biology (such because the Caustic Blood of a xenid) are resistant to this impact. In any other case avoiding the suffocating properties of the environment requires a strain go well with (see Guncalta) and nice or masterwork air secure (see Aquestio).

Reactive Ambiance​

Even creatures that don’t draw breath usually are not secure from being savaged by this world’s air. At any time when a bloodied residing creature takes vitality injury on LX-13, if it isn’t in an intact strain go well with it suffers a further impact decided by the kind of vitality (see Desk: Reactive Ambiance). So long as the vitality injury will not be a part of a crucial hit, a creature with a minimum of one free hand can use its response to right away clamp down on its damage and stop the consequences of Reactive Ambiance.

Desk: Reactive Ambiance

Deadly Lifeforms​

Solely probably the most hardy and savage creatures are in a position to endure the fixed threats consuming LX-13 and they’re simply as deadly as their homeworld. Any space discovered on the planet is at minimal a tier 3 area, and there aren’t any pure havens wherever on the planet. As well as, at any time when the celebration takes a protracted relaxation with a bloodied creature they’re attacked after 2d4 hours.

Exploding Bones​

Skeletons which have dried of their marrow are additional decayed by plant spores in LX-13’s environment in a peculiar manner, corroding the inside of mobile partitions till what stays is so brittle {that a} sudden impression can flip a long-since perished femur right into a landmine. When 5 kilos of strain or extra is utilized to a sitting skeleton that has been left uncovered to the planet’s environment for 1 month or longer it explodes right into a 10-foot cloud of bone shrapnel. Every creature within the space makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 piercing injury on a failed save, or half as a lot injury on a profitable one.

Excessive Excrement​

Completely every little thing about fauna native to this hostile world is menacing from shortly after conception to properly after loss of life. When collected in too nice a focus the excrement from sure creatures on LX-13 can create gravitic distortion fields (see Darakoa).

Unforgiving Flora​

Humanoids that perish are overtaken by nature because the hyper pollinating crops infect their corpses, forcing them to rise anew and group along with different animated victims of LX-13. The Undead Fortitude trait of zombies ensuing from considered one of these dispersed zombie hordes is unaffected by radiant injury.

Xenid Playground​

The one creatures recognized to have the ability to survive (and even thrive) on LX-13 are xenids, hideously terrifying bioweapons engineered for slaughter—whether or not or not their origins are associated to the planet’s denizens is unknown, it could not shock the few explorers which have managed to flee this world with their lives. These monstrosities are apex predators that ferociously seek out survivors from crashed spacecraft and ruthlessly dominate their territories, stopped solely by the biting tundra, stressed waves, or rivals as harmful as they’re. At any time when a colonization ship crashes a brand new grand xenid queen arises from the inventory of hosts instantly dropped at LX-13, its huge spiked delivery hives stretching up into the malevolent sky as a problem to any of its variety that will stand in opposition to it. Extra data on xenids might be present in Stage Up: Voidrunner’s Codex.

Resplendent Assets​

Solely the supremely determined or silly dare to tread on the floor of this planet, and though nearly none of them ever depart LX-13 loads of others observe pondering that themselves luckier (discovering out in any other case in a often horrifying trend). Usually anybody duped into going right here does so on the behest of grasping firms or unethical scientific amenities, whether or not to seize xenid specimens, mine the abundance of uncommon metals, or purchase another distinctive little bit of life from the hostile world—the hardiness and defensive qualities of fauna and flora native to LX-13 are almost peerless throughout the galaxy, and when concentrated or remoted can simply result in large scientific discoveries or document annual income.

Captured Xenids​

Regardless of the apparent stupidity of trying to seize them, the excessive worth on the galactic marketplace for xenids make them the first useful resource explorers attempt to take from LX-13 (see Desk: Captured Xenids). Trafficking in these bioweapons is very unlawful and criminals discovered with a xenid of their possession obtain the swiftest, most extreme punishments potential.

Desk: Captured Xenids

Mining Operations
Each large-scale effort to extract metals from LX-13 has resulted in catastrophic failure however there are nonetheless miners on the market prepared to attempt to drop in for a fast little bit of revenue. Veins of steel and salvage from people who have already died right here might be found by taking the Survey journey exercise (see Darakoa), besides that any failures end in an assault by 1d4 xenids (on a crucial failure) or lone xenid (failure) and the rewards from successful or crucial success are doubled.

Spacer Salvage​

Spacecraft from each period might be discovered on this hostile planet, and when correctly salvaged are in a position to fetch an excellent worth—or yield some essential items of know-how to get one other vessel aloft. If it has not been picked over but, at finest a wrecked starship might be salvaged for half its worth or the supplies required to revive 1/tenth of one other starship’s hit factors (although the Narrator has discretion on what can or can’t be successfully eliminated and reinstalled). Notably previous starships (of which LX-13 has many) fetch a excessive worth from collectors and museums offered in fact that they’re delivered with none accessible information of the place they got here from.

Sharp Stone​

The very rock of LX-13 is claimed to thirst for blood, so jagged upon each floor that regardless of how clean it could appear it shreds aside flesh with ease. When a residing creature touches its naked pores and skin in opposition to any pure stone on this planet or makes a Dexterity saving throw on rocky terrain whereas sporting mild armor or no armor, it takes 2 (1d4) slashing injury. As well as, barefoot creatures deal with rocky terrain on LX-13 as troublesome terrain. Creatures with pure armor (together with traits like Draconic Armor: Scales or options resembling a berserker’s Rugged Protection) are immune to those results.
Blood Slicks. When a 5-foot sq. space of pure stone has dealt 10 factors of slashing injury it stops dealing slashing injury till the blood on it has dried (often after 1d4 hours).

Shrieking Soil​

Between the voracious results of airborne spores and the plentiful sharpness of its pure rock formations, the hostile world’s soil has been thinned and winnowed on a mobile stage making it extraordinarily aware of vibrations. When a hunt is afoot the wilderness of LX-13 appears to wail as prey is taken by predator which turns into prey taken by predator in a complicated symphony of synthetic and guttural cries—till the vicious and cacophonous cycle is floor to an abrupt cease by one thing that can not be challenged.

Animal or Mineral?​

Capacity checks made to establish a creature by a name or roar have drawback as it’s troublesome to discern what may need come from a throat or the eager of the soil.

Screaming Dashes​

Creatures have drawback on Stealth checks when transferring 30 ft or extra in a spherical throughout filth. Ought to a creature transfer 60 ft or extra, an audible shriek that may be heard so far as 500 ft away emits from its path and it can not cover from creatures in a position to hear.