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Our first series on the @subgrubs-and-snazzards official development blog will be covering the EXTRA CULLRICULARS, which are kind of like after school clubs for fascist alien empires. While we'll get into the specifics of what extra cullriculars are available to the trolls of Alternia later on, here we're going to cover the basics of what they are and how they work in Subgrubs and Snazzards, 7th Edition. If you're wondering on what any of this means, this post here gives an overview of what Subgrubs and Snazzards is and how it's used for both homestuck roleplay and as an independent TTRPG.
Without further ado, let's get into it!
WHAT IS AN EXTRA CULLRICULAR
To keep it simple, Extra Cullriculars are the social backbone of Alternian Society. Of course, there's big shadowy government agencies and shadier government agents to carry out the specifics of The Empire's will, but those are so detached from the Day-To-Day of Alternian Life (or, at least, so trolls think). Sure, everyone knows the Heresy Eradication Taskforce controls the media, and everyone obviously knows the Commissary of Interplanetary Security monitors everybody's online activity, and everyone of course knows the Trolls In Teal erase things from polite memory that the average citizen can't (or isn't allowed to) handle- but those are big, lofty jobs with hard-earned positions and extensive workloads. Extra Cullriculars are more volunteer based, community-oriented approaches to comically evil governments. Join in at your local cullmunity center, build relationships with other trolls across the hemospectrum, and do your part to keep your little slice of the empire safe and secure.
Within the context of Subgrubs and Snazzards, 7th edition, Extra Cullriculars are all templates, meaning they're optional add-on archetypes/playbooks available to your character to expand what moves and roleplay potential you have available. All Extra Curriculars are open to all castes (that are legal! No limes or earthlings in here) unlike their Imperial Colourguard governmental counterparts. There are currently slated to be three Extra Cullricular options available in 7e: the Bustin' Brigade, the Cullscouts of Alternia, and the Commusnitch Society. Each of these groups specialize in identifying and addressing the various Cullbait types of Alternia, but we'll get more into that at a later date. For now, let's talk about the foundation that they all have in common.
KEY FEATURE: EXTRA CULLRICULAR BADGE
While the Extra Cullriculars possess uniforms and regalia for all sorts of important events and official activities, there's one thing they should carry around on the day-to-day: the official Extra Cullricular Badge they keep as a proof of membership. This simple item takes up no inventory space and can be warn in combination with any other equipment items, though doing so immediately outs you as a member of the imperial community forces. Using your Extra Cullricular Badge might allow you access to unique locations, give you access to information pathways blocked off to other characters, or even impress other characters (or piss them off!)
Of course, it's your Extra Cullricular Badge that also gives you access to the [Imperial] tag mechanics as seen below.
KEY MECHANIC: THE [IMPERIAL] TAG
In SnS, the narrative and worldbuilding of Alternia is directly reflected in the mechanics- game rules like special abilities, unique interactions, and new character option pathways opening up, and Extra Cullriculars are no different. All move options that fall under the umbrella of Extra Cullricular have [Imperial] as a tag, which defines the nature of how those moves work and what they say about your character as follows:
[Imperial]
Glory to the empire! If you have a move with this tag, that means you actively support, aid, and uphold the empire and its interests. Maybe you serve as part of the prestigious Imperial Colourguard, or maybe it's because your Condilicious stan account is trending on chittr. Regardless, you are now an Imperial Troll. Non-DRONE monsters that are Imperial are not hostile to you unless given reason, though other monsters may immediately become hostile if you make your pro-imerial sentiment known. If you use a [Cullbait] move as an Imperial Troll, you immediately gain 1 [Drag].
Now, [Imperial] as a tag wouldn't only be showing up on moves from the Extra Cullricular templates. The same tag you gain as a community thought-spy or mutant-hunter is the one also gained by Federal Agents, government-created robots, and even the occasional recreational class traitor who takes a generic move without committing to a whole template. Other abilities, options, and features in turn might use your [Imperial] status to cause certain outcomes, especially when it comes to monster abilities or environmental effects. Whether this is better or worse for you is entirely up to debate, but it certainly makes things more interesting!
AND THAT'S ALL... FOR NOW...
Keep posted in the coming weeks as we dive more into the world of extra cullriculars, going through each one and highlighting the parts that we think makes those templates shine. Make sure that you follow this blog and keep an eye out for those posts as they come out.
What is 'Subgrubs and Snazzards' and why are there 6 of them?
Art by Ambrosia, Volunteer SnS Artist
The Short Version: Subgrubs and Snazzards (SnS) 6th edition is an independent Tabletop Roleplaying Game (TTRPG) set in the universe of the webcomic Homestuck and videogame Hiveswap. Specifically, SnS is designed to focus on Hiveswap's main setting: the planet Alternia and the Alternian Empire. In Subgrubs and Snazzards you play as a Troll, a grey skinned alien with candy corn horns living in a Sci-Fi fascist empire with a biological caste structure based on their different blood colours. SnS was made for @serverstuck, an Alternian Slice-Of-Life roleplay server that also serves as the home base for SnS development and its uses both for the server's west marches-style play and campaigns at home.
Want to check it out just based off that description already? By all means! >>Click Here<< for the 6th edition game manual in the form of a live document.
The Long Version: You're... going to want to sit down for this.
A PROJECT 8+ YEARS IN THE MAKING
Serverstuck was made in 2018, and the desire for a TTRPG followed close behind. The earliest "editions" of this TTRPG were rough drafts of basic systems and hacks of popular existing games, but it was snowballing rapidly into a thing entirely its own. In 2020, the combined hacks and innovations of Serverstuck were coalesced into Subgrubs and Snazzards, 4th Edition, a game that set itself apart from others by focusing exclusively on Alternia with a no-sburb aproach more similar to Hiveswap. SnS has only continued to grow since then, with two complete editions released and countless overhauls and updates between them.
Currently, overhauls on SnS6e are on pause for a very special reason: the development team is worrking on Subgrubs and Snazzards, 7th Edition, which will act as the culmination of several years' work. Some details are available on Serverstuck, and others will be released her over time (but more on that another day).
A CUSTOM TTRPG SYSTEM
Taking inspiration from everything on a scale of Pathfinder to Monster of The Week, Subgrubs and Snazzards has developed a unique TTRPG system. Use 8 stats and a set of 8-Sided dice (thanks, Vriska!) to engage with the world, use your moves, and explore all the canon, fanon, and SnS-original options that the game has to offer. Try out the VALUE POINTS inventory system to fill your SYLLADEX with junk that might be useful. Use UNIVERSAL MOVES to do things like SWASHBUCKLE in your foes' faces, get creative with a bit of PROBLEM SLEUTHING, and channel your destiny in a cosmic FRAYMOTIF. Battle against monsters while using ABSTRATA UPGRADES that let you trade raw damage for using abilities like EMOTIONS or STATUS EFFECTS. Build out your character with COUNTLESS MOVES custom fitted to you!
But wait, what moves can you even take?
DOZENS OF CHARACTER OPTIONS
Over a THOUSAND moves spread out across all sorts of options that let you build a completely unique alien experience, including:
CHARACTER ARCHETYPES designed to reflect the lives and experiences of the planet Alternia, coming from a mix of Homestuck/Hiveswap canon and unique SnS worldbuilding, including mandatory caste-focused playbooks called TREES (with canon classics like LEGISLACERATOR teals and MASTERMIND ceruleans as well as homemade favorites like NETWORK golds and PALADIN indigos, alongside a playable setting-specific lime and fankid castes) and optional add-ons called TEMPLATES that cover everything from seafaring RAPSCALLIONEERS and unlicensed DOCTERRORS to shambling-corpse SHADOWDROPPERS and star-channeling ASTROSORCERERS.
A massive selection of moves representing the key components of your CLASSPECT, with mechanics to represent what your Class, Aspect, and Lunar Sway say about you and how your destiny shapes the way you interact with the world.
Countless extra options options to represent special cases, such as common MUTATIONS in the troll species like wings or mutant eyes, the vast selection of ADULT JOBS that graduation has to offer from corpse-shoveling rusts to planet-ruling violets, and even mechanical boons you get from being with your QUADRANT mates and growing your relationship over time.
A ever-growing list of PERFECTLY GENERIC MOVES to cover edge cases from being an empire stan to having a secret identity.
COUNTLESS OPTIONS TO FLESH OUT ALTERNIA
While the character options are robust and extremely fleshed out, they'd be nothing without something to use them against. In Subgrubs and Snazzards you can fight against the countless MONSTERS that Alternia has to offer, from LUSII like the lvl 2 PARASOCIAPUS that steals your custodian to the mighty lvl 4 SNAZZARD that enacts divine justice as it sees fit. If the fauna of Alternia isn't your cup of tea, try boiling a few leaves off its native PLANTS like the lvl 1 SPEARSLAUGHTER PLANT that snare unsuspecting adventurers in their vines, or struggle against your own mind as the lvl 3 MEMORIVORA PETALS slowly saps away all your experiences and abilities. Struggle against the united Imperial forces as NPCS like the lvl 2 BUSTIN' LAUGHSASSIN and ORPHANER LUSUS-RUNNER team up with ROBOTS from the prowling lvl 1 H3M0H0UND to the titanic lvl 4 IMPERIAL SHOCKDRONE. When the natural and unnatural isnt enough, ENTITIES together make up the supernatural- like the lvl 2 AMBIENT GRIMDARKS that wander the world after making a bad deal with the horrorterrors, or like the lvl 4 CELESTIAL GRUB that are insectoid angels summonable to those of cloistered jade faith.
If monster battles by themselves aren't your thing, a whole host of systems describe the nature of the world around you, like HABITATS that describe anything from mountains and oceans to jungles and wastelands. HAZARDS describe what happen when the world around you fights back, and those can be something as small as a RAINSTORM or TOXIC GAS leak to as major as DIMMING STARS in the wake of the supernatural to DAYLIGHT breaking out and burning indiscriminately. Rounding out the mechanics of Alternia are AFFLICTIONS that can cause issues for your characters over time, be it less intense like with DROWNING and THE SNIFFLES, or more severe like with a case of HAUNTING or CARCINIZATION.
INTEGRATED SERVER MECHANICS AND FEATURES
While Subgrubs and Snazzards is developed as a TTRPG that can be used stand-alone with little modification (which has been done before, including on podcast Dice Will Roll), it has been uniquely integrated into Serverstuck and vis versa. Because of this, there's dozens of Serverstuck-Exclusive TTRPG features, including:
A thriving Player-Vs-Player economy
Server support for single encounters against monsters as well as one-shot length Adventures In Alternia (or AiAs) that equate to server levels
Semi-Regular server events with unique event mechanics ranging from minigames and prize items to raidbosses.
Dedicated channels for planning, developing, and creating new builds and ideas for both players and game masters.
On-Site access to the development team for SnS support, both on server and off.
An ever-growing list of mechanics that are introduced first to the server before making their way to the game proper.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Subgrubs and Snazzards is a unique ttrpg experience set in the planet of Alternia that blends longstanding canon, community fanon, and dev team original concepts together to a unique and in-depth roleplay experience. There are countless options for both players and game-masters to use, all designed with love of the original canon and the new stories being told every day. Whether its in Serverstuck's westmarches style play or a campaign all of your own, SnS hopes to provide an enjoyable and replayable game that lets YOU tell the stories you want to about a relatively small part of an old webcomic.
Want to play Subgrubs and Snazzards, 6th Edition? Click >>HERE<< to access the live document game manual.
Also make sure to check out @serverstuck, an Alternian Slice-Of-Life roleplay server that serves as the game's main hub and an ever-changing open world campaign!
On this very holy day of 4/13, Homestucks across the planet come together to celebrate our beloathed webcomic! And Serverstuck reminds people that it exists!
What's Serverstuck you ask? Well, it's only our Canon-Slightly-Divergent Alternian Empire focused Fantroll RP server! We're at over 850 members, many of whom are active everyday! We've been active since 2018 with no signs of stopping!
What makes us special? Well, one thing I'd say that makes us pretty special is our HOMEMADE TTRPG, Subgrubs & Snazzards! We're currently in 6e, and working on our next edition. We even announced some new things that will be in that edition in our announcements channel!
We allow people to play mutants, limebloods, eerie trolls like rainbow drinkers or moonbarks, adult molted trolls who live in space, or even fankids, who live on the Green Moon! It's a long story.
If you're interested, we're open for new members at any time! Join us in Serverstuck, make that fantroll you've been daydreaming about, and play with us!
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Hey everyone— it's Derry, the host of Dice Will Roll, half of Team+, a … Derry Luttrell needs your support for Rescue Derry and Kyo from a f
Hey guys— I'm Derry! I'm a Pathfinder and Starfinder author, and my fiance, Kyo, is a knight lover and a Commander Shepherd enthusiast.
I'm sort of embarrassed to ask for help, but we do need help. Our accountant last year made some grievous mistakes (including counting all of my rent as a deductible!), and we just found out we owe thousands of pounds before the end of the month.
We covered it— but it decimated our savings. Savings we needed for this year, when we renew my fiance's visa. We're asking for anything you guys can afford— even donating 10 bucks is huge, and we can't thank you enough for it.
Are YOU a fan of fantrolls? Do you love the weird and wacky? Do you want a much COOLER way to love SPORTBALL?!
This year's Serverstuck plotline is all about the KAIJUBALL WORLD CUP, where we will travel across the planet, seeing new and wonderful sights, exploring the vast cultures that span Alternia, and engage in GIGANTIC MONSTER BATTLE SPORTS!!!
Choose your teams, cheer them on, and help bring your favorite Kaijus to VICTORY!
We'll be posting art of our Kaijus as we announce them, so stay tuned!
If YOU are interested in this, or even just a regular-degular slice-of-life Alternia roleplay server where you, yes, YOU, can roleplay as any caste across the hemospectrum, including Limebloods, and even fankids, join Serverstuck today!
