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Ross Brandt

Ross Brandt // Co-Creator, Writer, Graphic Design, Video

Death Aboard the Conundrum

Ross Brandt Creature Curation
Concept: What is known - The chatter on the Netwürk has been frantically cryptic, but one thing is certain: an Augment Destabilizer, a piece that is though to be needed for the Gate of Infinite Stars , is believed to on The Conundrum.  Luckily, you were in near space to the small scientific exploration ship and have connected to its docking bay.  Locate the relic before anyone else and you could fetch a king's ransom in cred sticks, or maybe even secure you and your Legion a way out of this 'verse.
Content: An introductory adventure for Vast Grimm
Writing: Brian Colin & Ross Brandt
Art/design: Brian Colin, Ross Brandt & Allen Panakal
Source: Vast Grimm Core Book
Core Adventures

I Want Your Skull

Ross Brandt Creature Curation
Concept: What is known - A colonist group on the outskirts of the Belt of Despair flashed a distress signal across the comm screen. Local Mayor Barnes sobs and begs for help finding two young children who have gone missing.  They are the most recent in a rash of disappearances over the past nine months.
Content: I Want Your Skulls is an introductory hex crawl adventure to Vast Grimm.
This mini adventure includes:
  • Vast Grimm Quick Rules
  • Adventure
  • Maps
  • Random Tables
  • 3 NEW Creatures
  • Major NPC  
Writing: Brian Colin and Ross Brandt
Art/design: Brian Colin, David LaRocca, and Ross Brandt
Usability:  
Core Adventures
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Into The Wurmhole

Ross Brandt Creature Curation
Concept: What is known- A hailing beacon has lit up your sensors sending out an urgent distress call from a lone asteroid.  It seems ton be emanating from inside a cave of this pock-riddles rock.
 Content: Into the Würmhole was the first Vast Grimm 2021 Free RPG adventure event.
This mini adventure includes:
  • Vast Grimm Quick Rules
  • 4 pre-generated characters
  • Adventure
  • Map
  • Random Tables
  • 2 NEW Creatures
Writing: Brian Colin & Ross Brandt
Art/design: Brian Colin, David LaRocca, & Allen Panakal
 Usability:  
Core Adventures
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Space Cruisers

Ross Brandt Creature Curation
Concept: Buckle up! Fast and brutal starship combat rules are here! Once you’re done blasting your way through some Space Raiders, go on over to their starship to salvage some mods like a Ram Saw or a Slam Shocker to really beef up your boat. Whether you steal your mods or want to pay for them on the up & up, there are tons of ways to make your starship your own. Hell, we’ll even tell you a few places you might go when you need a repair, or to score what you’re Legion is looking for.
  • Starship Creation
  • Modding the Ship
  • Locations
  • Tables, tables, tables 
Content: NPCs, Locations, 
Writing: Brian Colin & Ross Brandt
Art/design: Brian Colin
Usability: Core Book
Expansion Book
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Vast Grimm Core Book

Ross Brandt Creature Curation Latt Vines
Concept: On the Pages
  • A brief history – How The Six set out on a pilgrimage to the Primordial Mausoleum of THEY, in the year zer0. These truly devout disciples unleashed a plague of parasitic würms when they unsealed the ancient tomb. It has been 663 years since that day, those who the würms infected have become known as The Grimm. 
  • Locations across the ‘verse – A look at some of the places your Legion might explore while playing.
  • The Endings – Fatuma’s prophecies of how the universe will demise with rules on how these Torments will occur in gameplay.
  • 8 Fast & Easy Steps to Character Creation – Rolling dice to determine everything about your character sure makes it feel like they will not live long. This includes 8 character classes like the MAnchiNe, Emo|Bot, and The Harvester. It also has charts for Irritating Idiosyncrasies, Misspent Youth, and Battle Scars to really give your character that extra level of filth. 
  • Tributes – 20 pieces of technomagic that when used improperly can implode causing Cataclysmic Condemnations. 
  • Pharmaceuticals – Because those who can’t physically escape often find other means.
  • Würms – 6 different würms to get infected by, wreaking havoc on your body and mind. Each includes a Parasitic Pain and Parasitic Pleasure chart to roll randomly on each day until you either die or the würm tires of your meat suit.
  • Optional Rules – For your Legion’s background, random starting ships, and devastating Cataclysmic Condemnations. 
  • Monstrous Abominations – Nasty things to challenge your Legion’s fortitude.
  • Quick Rules – All you need to dive in and start playing. 
  • GM Charts – Tables for Adventure Sparks, Random Encounters, Abandoned Ships, Cosmic Treasures, Stealing from the Dead, and more.
  • An Introductory Adventure – Death Aboard the Conundrum, a broken-down science ship is believed to have a piece needed to build The Gate of Infinite Stars. This relic could fetch a king’s ransom in cred sticks, or maybe even secure you and your Legion a way out of this ‘verse. It includes random charts so the adventure can be replayed numerous times.
 
Content: Classes, NPCs, Tributes, Creatures, Locations, Organizations
Writing: Brian Colin & Ross Brandt
Art/design: Ross Brandt, Brian Colin, David LaRocca, Allen Panakal, Carey Drake, Latt Vines, & Russ Williams.
Usability: Core book

Categories: Vast Grimm Core Classes, Vast Grimm Core NPCs, Vast Grimm Core Tributes, Vast Grimm Core Creatures, Vast Grimm Core Locations, Vast Grimm Core Organizations
Core Books
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Volatile Verse #1

6 contributors
Ross Brandt Creature Curation Theo Thourson Nerdarchy Bill Barnett Grady Wang
Concept: This 32 page + cover Zine is packed full of adventures all across the Volatile 'Verse! This issue contains:
  • Deep Within the Gibbering Dark
  • Judgement of the Six
  • Judas 
  • With new Tributes and a d12 Steal from the Dead charts 
Content: NPCs, Tributes, Creatures, Locations
Writing: Bill Barnett, Nerdarchy, Grady Wang, Theo Thourson, Brian Colin, and Ross Brandt
Art/design: Brain Colin
Usability:  
Vast Grimm Guest Content
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Volatile Verse #2

6 contributors
Ross Brandt Creature Curation Janet Forbes & Dimitris Romeo Dayv Cole David Gallaher Vic Prano
Concept: This 32 page + cover Zine is packed full of adventures all across the Volatile 'Verse! This issue contains:
  • The Remains of Colony Delta by Vic Prano
  • The Omega Protocol by Janet Forbes & Dimitris Romeo
  • Hostility Engram by Dayv Cole & David Gallaher
  • With new Random Encounter & Scavenging for food charts, as well as a Traveling Filling Station 
Content:
Writing: Vic Prano, Janet Forbes & Dimitris Romeo, Dayv Cole & David Gallaher, Brian Colin, and Ross Brandt
 Art/design: Brian Colin and David LaRocca
 Usability:  
Vast Grimm Guest Content
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