Mother-LOD

Mother-LOD is Mothership at a lower Level of Detail.

Run Sci-Fi survival-horror/adventure with simple rules inspired by OSR gaming.

These are my house rules to play Mothership modules and scenarios using a hack of Into the Odd. As in the spirit of DIY gaming, please feel free to edit, add, or modify the rules to fit your table.

I give credit to d66 Classless Kobolds' Ultralite Star Wars rules as the inspiration for me hacking together this system as well as the tables in character creation and scenario generation. I'm pretty sure the Quality table is just a re-population of the table with the same name in their game Any Planet Is Earth, a great ultra-lite sci-fi rpg/toolkit.

There are several great videos, blog posts, and interviews for guidance on running the game, particularly from the creators of both rule sets I'm working with (Mothership by Sean McCoy, Into the Odd by Chris McDowall). 

In general (from Chris McDowall's posts): 

> Give information or where to get it when they ask or look

> When they plan, offer a dilemma or just let them do it (unless it's impossible)

> Go big with your threats: make damage just happen and keep Saves for strange effects