idea: rutan and voord adventures

[missyfan45]

in this thread your goal is to suggest ideas for adventures using the rutan and voord species 2 highly underused monsters, if you use the rutans you can include the sontarans as well but there has to be some rutans in it

[Catsmate]

Feb 16, 2020 23:17:53 GMT missyfan45 said:

in this thread your goal is to suggest ideas for adventures using the rutan and voord species 2 highly underused monsters, if you use the rutans you can include the sontarans as well but there has to be some rutans in it

The Rutan have lots of potential, especially for a Who Goes There? type infiltration scenario. The Voord are (canonically) rather enigmatic and seem like generic enemies-of-the-week to me.

[grinch]

I agree with Catsmate when it comes to the Voord. They probably do work best as generic enemies than some overall grand threat. Although, I will admit Andrew Smith did some excellent work when it came to developing them further. Particularly like the approach of treating them as a cult than a race in their own right. That and 'The Four Doctors' Titan Comic event where it was revealed that during the Time War they had evolved significantly and even joined the side of the Time Lords surprisingly.

Got me thinking though on how you could use them. Perhaps there is a race out there in the universe. Possessing great knowledge and technology (think a more benevolent version of the Time Lords if you will) who sadly lack the necessary wisdom to use these gifts effectively. Out of kindness and the desire to make the universe a better place, they choose lesser species and elevate them to their own status. Before you know it, such races who had previously not yet mastered fire are now touching the very heavens.

Unfortunately, whether it be through manipulation from an outside force (Opportunity to insert a third party here) or their own ignorance they have not had the best choices in the past when it comes to races. The Voord as an example who have now established an interstellar empire taking Marinus by sheer force and many other planets as well.

To prevent chaos from raging across the universe what with these lesser species not yet possessing the wisdom needed, the PCs must go back in time and prevent these societies from developing further. Basically throwing them back into the Stone Age. (Can use the Inhibitors from the Sixth Doctor EU Sourcebook if you want) But who are they to play God? And more importantly do they have the right?

[starkllr]

I've got a full adventure featuring the Rutans and the Sontarans at the height of their war:

Death of the Astral Queen

The premise is that an interstellar cruise ship is caught in the war zone between Rutan and Sontaran battlefleets, unable to escape the area and guaranteed to be blown up in the crossfire unless the players can do something to help.

It's a sequel to another adventure (although it can easily be modified to work as a standalone, but the other adventure is here: Games of Chance)

[missyfan45]

well maybe the Voord can be used as pawns by a ally or enemy!

[Catsmate]

Jul 4, 2020 23:59:12 GMT missyfan45 said:

well maybe the Voord can be used as pawns by a ally or enemy!

Oh yes, they do have the 'generic mook' look to them. Even more if they are in fact a cult/organisation of some type rather than a race/species. Yartek might have been using them for his own ends.


The "Voord masks" referenced in Domain (which I haven't listened to FYI) suggest a rather more advanced biotechnology that the Voord display; perhaps they're a surviving offshoot of some greater organisation?
Personally I rather like the idea of linking them to Morbius; spear-carriers for the Cult of Morbius perhaps?
Or the operation on Morbius might have been to capture the mind controlling "Conscience" for their own ends. Perhaps to create more Voord by improving their brain-washing techniques?

[missyfan45]

yeah morbius and the voord a good season finale!