Mana Cloud Geek Boutique

Month of Horror - Halloween One-Shot RPGs
2024-10-01 14:00 - 2024-10-31 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mana Cloud, 293 W 3rd St, Lafayette, OR, 97127, United States
This October, immerse yourself in an evening of gloom, terror, and death; place your fate in the narrative and your dice, and join us at Mana Cloud for:
October Halloween Horror RPG One-Shot Month

Costumes, creativity, creepies, and candy; we’re chest-bursting with excitement to celebrate the most horriful time of the year! We’ve been keeping our DMs sleepless and on edge with encouraging knife-point pep-talks in preparation, and we’ve got a splay of different tones and styles lined up for the month leading up to Halloween.
*NOTE: We’ve added new games to the 13th and 23rd! Check out our full event schedule and details.

Halloween RPG Horror Month - Hollows: Sins of Grisham Priory
2024-10-23 18:00 - 21:00
Plunge into the nightmare realms of Hollows and kick in the back door of someone else’s personal hell to rid them of their demons.

HOLLOWS: The Sins of Grisham Priory
Halloween One-Shot RPG ran by Dungeon Master Travis
CAN YOU FEEL IT?
A wretched knot of rust and ruin. A creeping cancer beneath the skin of the real. A wound in the world. A HOLLOW.
The Isles – your home, the haggard heart of a lost empire – is beset by them. Sickness, murder, madness and poverty wash across the land in their wake. The populace are powerless and those in charge are too cosseted to care. BUT YOU’RE NOT.
With your grim tools in hand, you can kill things ten times your size. You can sleep off death and wake up with nothing more than a headache. You are a conduit for something great and terrible. YOU ARE A HUNTER.

The world of Hollows is rotten and more putrid by the day, infested with awful realities that swell like boils around the worst people in the Isles – Hollows. If there’s to be any hope at all, Hollows need lancing. Armed with your Weapons – manifestations of humanity’s worst instincts poured into forms of shot and steel – you and others like you are the only things powerful enough to do it and human enough to still care.
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Rules-light and roleplay-heavy, Hollows is a tactical powerhouse of a TTRPG that’s both easy to learn and satisfying to master. It’s based around a simple D20 mechanic where actions can fail, succeed, or succeed brilliantly. Failure is always interesting – it exposes the Hunter to greater risk, creating moments for other players to step in, support, and help hold the line.
The Weapons a Hunter chooses to wield and the abilities they select for them open up hundreds of possible character builds. Players select new abilities with every kill and choose which ones to make permanent when they baptise themselves in the blood of a Hollow’s Lord.
Designed to echo video games like Dark Souls, death is expected and intended. Dying slows a character down and gives the Hollow more opportunities to work against them, but it also gives a Hunter a chance to come back stronger.

This game will be a one-shot ran as part of our October RPG Horror Month. Anticipate 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Admission:
$10, with $5 back as store credit*
October only: $2 off admission when you show up in a costume!**
*$5 of entry price is put onto the customer’s account as store credit, which may be used at any time to purchase snacks, merchandise, or future event admission.
Costume/cosplay does not have to be related to the game you are playing. Anyone considered profane or offensive will be asked to change and/or leave.

Additional Info:
Admission paid at the register the day of the game.
Space is limited. To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. Spots will be filled first-come-first-serve. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form. There is no fee to register. Please let us know asap if you need to cancel so that we may free up the slot for another player.
New to the game or role-playing? Not a problem! Players of all skill levels are always welcome to the table. We encourage players to let us know if they need any help or info; that’s what we’re here for!
For any player who’d like more information or a guiding hand, want to make a custom/modified character, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with their game’s Dungeon Master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting the DM. You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).
Want to play but are afraid of/have scheduling conflicts? Let us know! Often games are flexible with time or date changes, or new games can be made with enough interest. We can even video-call/Discord players into the game if they are running late until they are able to make it. The more feedback for scheduling we get, the better our current and future games can get at meeting those times.

A brief overview of the game by publisher Rowan, Rook & Decard can be found below:

Halloween RPG Horror Month - 5E: Play of Monsters
2024-10-24 17:30 - 20:30
5E: Play of Monsters
Halloween One-Shot RPG ran by guest Dungeon Master Jilone
It’s the season for monsters like you to live their best life! Unfortunately, you’ll never convince those biased witch hunters to give you a break. Learning they’ve abducted your peers is the last straw – time to crack a few knuckles, track down your friends, and remind these hunters what the face of fear looks like.

This game will be a one-shot ran as part of our October RPG Horror Month. Anticipate 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Admission:
$10, with $5 back as store credit*
October only: $2 off admission when you show up in a costume!**
*$5 of entry price is put onto the customer’s account as store credit, which may be used at any time to purchase snacks, merchandise, or future event admission.
Costume/cosplay does not have to be related to the game you are playing. Anyone considered profane or offensive will be asked to change and/or leave.

Additional Info:
Space is limited. To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. Spots will be filled first-come-first-serve. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form. Please let us know asap if you need to cancel so that we may free up the slot for another player.
You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).

Halloween RPG Horror Month - The Carceri Incident
2024-10-25 16:00 - 19:00
Starfinder: The Carceri Incident
Halloween One-Shot RPG ran by Dungeon Master Isaiah
You have brought quite a few inmates to the prison moon Carceri. None of them, however, have required this much security. The prisoner you’re transporting must be scarier than he looks.
From the publisher:
Step into your powered armor and grab your magic-infused laser rifle as you investigate the mysteries of a weird universe with your bold starship crew. Will you delve for lost artifacts in the ruins of alien temples? Strap on rune-enhanced armor and a laser rifle to battle undead empires in fleets of bone ships, or defend colonists from a swarm of ravenous monsters? Maybe you’ll hack into the mainframe of a god-run corporation, or search the stars for clues to the secret history of the universe or brand new planets to explore. Whether you’re making first contact with new cultures on uncharted worlds or fighting to survive in the neon-lit back alleys of Absalom Station, you and your team will need all your wits, combat skill, and magic to make it through. But most of all, you’ll need each other.
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The Carceri Incident is a homebrewed one-shot sci-fi RPG campaign designed to work on the Path/Starfinder system by DM Isaiah.

This game will be a one-shot ran as part of our October RPG Horror Month. Anticipate 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Admission:
$10, with $5 back as store credit*
October only: $2 off admission when you show up in a costume!**
*$5 of entry price is put onto the customer’s account as store credit, which may be used at any time to purchase snacks, merchandise, or future event admission.
Costume/cosplay does not have to be related to the game you are playing. Anyone considered profane or offensive will be asked to change and/or leave.

Additional Info:
Admission paid at the register the day of the game.
Space is limited. To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. Spots will be filled first-come-first-serve. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form. There is no fee to register. Please let us know asap if you need to cancel so that we may free up the slot for another player.
New to the game or role-playing? Not a problem! Players of all skill levels are always welcome to the table. We encourage players to let us know if they need any help or info; that’s what we’re here for!
For any player who’d like more information or a guiding hand, want to make a custom/modified character, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with their game’s Dungeon Master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting the DM. You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).
Want to play but are afraid of/have scheduling conflicts? Let us know! Often games are flexible with time or date changes, or new games can be made with enough interest. We can even video-call/Discord players into the game if they are running late until they are able to make it. The more feedback for scheduling we get, the better our current and future games can get at meeting those times.

Starfinder RPG
2024-10-26 14:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-02 14:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-09 14:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-16 14:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-23 14:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-30 14:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-07 14:00 - 19:00
Starfinder RPG
with GM Isaiah
In the depths of space, unimaginable terrors both ancient and new dwell unchallenged…
Conquer your fears and take on the galaxy with your party! Starfinder is a space horror fantasy from the Pathfinder system ran as an ongoing campaign with a regular core group at the store every Saturday. New players are always welcome to the table; pre-made characters are available, or show up early to make a custom. Free to play with an open suggested buy-in price of $5 (and DM tip jar available) for players who want to help support their hosts.

From the publisher:
Step into your powered armor and grab your magic-infused laser rifle as you investigate the mysteries of a weird universe with your bold starship crew. Will you delve for lost artifacts in the ruins of alien temples? Strap on rune-enhanced armor and a laser rifle to battle undead empires in fleets of bone ships, or defend colonists from a swarm of ravenous monsters? Maybe you’ll hack into the mainframe of a god-run corporation, or search the stars for clues to the secret history of the universe or brand new planets to explore. Whether you’re making first contact with new cultures on uncharted worlds or fighting to survive in the neon-lit back alleys of Absalom Station, you and your team will need all your wits, combat skill, and magic to make it through. But most of all, you’ll need each other.

Additional Info:
To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. You may still play if you do not register, but should there be too many players at a time, registrations sign-ups will be given priority. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form.
New to the game or role-playing? Not a problem! Players of all skill levels are always welcome to the table. We encourage players to let us know if they need any help or info; that’s what we’re here for!
For any player who’d like more game info or a guiding hand, want to make a custom/modified character, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with the Dungeon Master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting the DM. You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).

ROOT: the RPG
2024-10-27 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-03 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-10 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-24 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-01 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-08 12:00 - 15:00
Welcome to Furwood Forest, a bountiful woodland locked in conflict. Powerful factions vie for control of the populated clearings and their citizens as adventurous vagabonds work to undermine (or assist) these factions.

The clever and ever-scheming animal factions are pressing their political influence! How will you and your fellow vagabonds react to the evolving plots unfolding (openly and secretly) before you? Tread wisely: your decisions may have dire future consequences for all…
Root is a rules-light RPG where player decisions lead to persistently shifting power-struggles within the woodland war, resulting in permanent progression changes to the game each week. Commitment is light, allowing players to walk away from the game week to week and enjoy Oregon’s own woodland empire. We will be continuing this ongoing campaign every Sunday, and are always looking to welcome new folk to the forest!
A brief overview of the game by publisher Magpie Games can be found below:

Additional Info:
To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. You may still play if you do not register, but should there be too many players at a time, registrations sign-ups will be given priority. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form.
New to the game or role-playing? Not a problem! Players of all skill levels are always welcome to the table. We encourage players to let us know if they need any help or info; that’s what we’re here for! All required materials can be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own favorite D6 dice, pencil, and/or Root character sheet if you desire.
For any player who’d like more game info or a guiding hand, want to make a custom/modified character, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with the Dungeon Master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting the DM. You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).

Halloween RPG Horror Month - Monster of the Week
2024-10-27 17:30 - 20:30
A monster lurks in the shadows…

Halloween RPG Month – Powered by the Apocalypse: Monster of the Week
Halloween One-Shot RPG ran by guest Dungeon Master Chris
Most people don’t believe in monsters, but you know the truth. They’re real, and it’s your task to bring them down. Grab the fireplace poker and get your spell book. That monster’s going down!
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Monster of the Week is a standalone action-horror RPG by Evil Hat Productions for 3-5 people ran on the simplified Powered by the Apocalypse system. Hunt high school beasties a la Buffy the Vampire Slayer, travel the country to bring down unnatural creatures like the Supernatural Winchester brothers, or head up the government investigation like Mulder and Scully.
From the DM:
Do you like campy TV shows like Buffy, Supernatural, X-Files, Scooby Doo? Perfect, then you already know how to play this game. You are part of a team that hunts down monsters, ghosts, aliens and other weird stuff. Very easy to play and the players help create the story alongside the Keeper (GM). I will walk everyone through creating your own character and have everything you might need to play. Hope to see you at the table.

This game will be a one-shot ran as part of our October Halloween RPG Horror Month. Anticipate 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Admission:
$10, with $5 back as store credit*
October only: $2 off admission when you show up in a costume!**
*$5 of entry price is put onto the customer’s account as store credit, which may be used at any time to purchase snacks, merchandise, or future event admission.
Costume/cosplay does not have to be related to the game you are playing. Anyone considered profane or offensive will be asked to change and/or leave.

Additional Info:
Space is limited. To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. Spots will be filled first-come-first-serve. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form. Please let us know asap if you need to cancel so that we may free up the slot for another player.
You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).

Youth RPG Club
2024-10-28 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-11-04 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-11-11 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-11-18 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-11-25 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-12-02 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-12-09 15:30 - 17:30
Youth RPG Club with game master Travis
Teaching the next generation of gamers the basics of how to play tabletop roleplaying games while adventuring through harrowing quests with their brave guild of peers.
Got a youngling looking to learn how to get into tabletop role playing games? Come join our RPG club! We provide an educational walkthrough of how to play tabletop roleplaying games, such as Dungeons & Dragons, while running through adventures tailored on the group. Our core group has room for a couple more to join the fray!
Monthly fee for this group starts at $40 currently with our intro-year discount during 2024! Gametime runs around 3:30pm-6ish on Mondays.

Additional Info:
Fees to be paid by parent or legal guardian in advance to gaming session. View our FAQ and other details by visiting the RPG Youth Club events info page here.
For anyone who’d like more direct info or a guiding hand in how to get started, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with the game master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting us. You may also reach out to the store and Travis through our Discord channel, where players can keep in contact with the game master and updates more directly as they happen.

Halloween RPG Horror Month - Break!!: Dead & Lost in the Buried Kingdom
2024-10-30 17:30 - 20:30
Break!!: Dead & Lost in the Buried Kingdom
A Halloween One-Shot RPG ran by Dungeon Master Travis
Set in a world inspired by classic anime and SNES era videogames. Below the crust of the earth, an endless war rages in the burrows and caverns of the underland.
More details from the DM coming soon.
From the publisher:

Outer World is broken. Most struggle to survive, huddling together in the ruins of the past.
Will you protect or abandon them?
Some pockets of civilization remain. Their leaders seek to shape the future.
Will you help or hinder them?
Forgotten knowledge and lost treasures are rumored to have the power to change the status quo.
Will you wield them wisely?
Influential heroes and villains roam the land, leaving a wake of irrevocable change behind them.
Will you survive long enough to become one of them?
Break!! is inspired by anime, manga, classic role playing games and NES era video games. The game’s skeleton will be familiar to anyone who’s slung a d20 before, but the game’s eclectic mix of inspirations will provide you with a very different fantasy experience.

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Dead & Lost in the Buried Kingdom is a homebrewed one-shot RPG campaign designed to work on the Break!! system by DM Travis.

This game will be a one-shot ran as part of our October RPG Horror Month. Anticipate 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Admission:
$10, with $5 back as store credit*
October only: $2 off admission when you show up in a costume!**
*$5 of entry price is put onto the customer’s account as store credit, which may be used at any time to purchase snacks, merchandise, or future event admission.
Costume/cosplay does not have to be related to the game you are playing. Anyone considered profane or offensive will be asked to change and/or leave.

Additional Info:
Admission paid at the register the day of the game.
Space is limited. To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. Spots will be filled first-come-first-serve. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form. There is no fee to register. Please let us know asap if you need to cancel so that we may free up the slot for another player.
New to the game or role-playing? Not a problem! Players of all skill levels are always welcome to the table. We encourage players to let us know if they need any help or info; that’s what we’re here for!
For any player who’d like more information or a guiding hand, want to make a custom/modified character, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with their game’s Dungeon Master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting the DM. You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).
Want to play but are afraid of/have scheduling conflicts? Let us know! Often games are flexible with time or date changes, or new games can be made with enough interest. We can even video-call/Discord players into the game if they are running late until they are able to make it. The more feedback for scheduling we get, the better our current and future games can get at meeting those times.

Halloween RPG Horror Month - In Too Deep
2024-10-31 16:00 - 19:00
Starfinder: In Too Deep
Halloween One-Shot RPG ran by Dungeon Master Isaiah
The Captain is dead. The ship is in pieces and at the bottom of a massive ocean about to collapse under the immense pressure. The reinforced dive suits aboard can barely withstand it but they will have to do.
From the publisher:
Step into your powered armor and grab your magic-infused laser rifle as you investigate the mysteries of a weird universe with your bold starship crew. Will you delve for lost artifacts in the ruins of alien temples? Strap on rune-enhanced armor and a laser rifle to battle undead empires in fleets of bone ships, or defend colonists from a swarm of ravenous monsters? Maybe you’ll hack into the mainframe of a god-run corporation, or search the stars for clues to the secret history of the universe or brand new planets to explore. Whether you’re making first contact with new cultures on uncharted worlds or fighting to survive in the neon-lit back alleys of Absalom Station, you and your team will need all your wits, combat skill, and magic to make it through. But most of all, you’ll need each other.
—
In Too Deep is a homebrewed one-shot sci-fi RPG campaign designed to work on the Path/Starfinder system by DM Isaiah.

This game will be a one-shot ran as part of our October RPG Horror Month. Anticipate 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Admission:
$10, with $5 back as store credit*
October only: $2 off admission when you show up in a costume!**
*$5 of entry price is put onto the customer’s account as store credit, which may be used at any time to purchase snacks, merchandise, or future event admission.
Costume/cosplay does not have to be related to the game you are playing. Anyone considered profane or offensive will be asked to change and/or leave.

Additional Info:
Admission paid at the register the day of the game.
Space is limited. To reserve your seat, please use the form near the top of the page. Spots will be filled first-come-first-serve. If you would like to have you or extended parts of your party placed on a wait-list for a filled game, please use the contact us form. There is no fee to register. Please let us know asap if you need to cancel so that we may free up the slot for another player.
New to the game or role-playing? Not a problem! Players of all skill levels are always welcome to the table. We encourage players to let us know if they need any help or info; that’s what we’re here for!
For any player who’d like more information or a guiding hand, want to make a custom/modified character, or want to avoid potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter and desire going over community gaming safety tools with their game’s Dungeon Master prior to playing, we recommend either arriving early to the game, or reaching out and contacting the DM. You may contact us and we can facilitate connecting you with the DM, or all DMs may be reached directly on our Discord channel (let us know who/what game you’re looking for, and we’ll help you from there if they don’t contact you first).
Want to play but are afraid of/have scheduling conflicts? Let us know! Often games are flexible with time or date changes, or new games can be made with enough interest. We can even video-call/Discord players into the game if they are running late until they are able to make it. The more feedback for scheduling we get, the better our current and future games can get at meeting those times.

Tabletop Craft Paint Night
2024-11-13 14:00 - 2024-11-14 19:00
Tabletop Craft Paint Night at Mana Cloud
Want a safe space to bust out some paint? Looking for a friendly social atmosphere to craft around? Surrounded by unpainted mini figures and need an excuse to get started? Hoping to use a few cheap paints to practice with without the financial commitment?
Starting in August, we will be holding two back-to-back casual tabletop craft paint nights the second Wednesday & Thursday every month at Mana Cloud! Intended for hobbyists of all skill levels, we are opening the doors to the community to unwind and use our tables as a creative space. Enjoy the event for free and bring any of your own materials to work with, or pay a $5 cover charge to use any of the store’s available craft painting materials.

2-7pm Every second Wed & Thurs of the month
Free, or $5 cover charge (per person per night) to access the store’s community craft paint

Villains of the Void - Starfinder RPG Campaign
2024-11-26 16:00 - 20:00
Are you a tyrant against the current tyranny? Tired of being on the wrong end of oppression? Have you had it up to here with your illicit profits being taxed away by a greedy empire? We’ve seen it all before. Your boot is on life’s proverbial neck, but there’s no joy in the crunch. The truth is that power just doesn’t really feel like power when you have to share it.
The real question is: what are you gonna do about it?
That universe ain’t gonna squeeze itself back into shape.
Join-up with the only force in the galaxy with the moxie to stand a chance; dominate your dreams today!
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NOW RECRUITING!
Set on the Starfinder/Pathfinder system – play as a powerful, seasoned, morally-questionable entity ruled entirely by their own motivations, well established within a harsh net of star systems kept under the oppressive thumb of a God-Emperor. Life is what you make of it – and wouldn’t it all just be a whole lot better without it’s current ruler? If only you had a few powerful peers to share your opinion, you might just be able to get this galactic gasfire lit…
This will be OUR LAST PRE-CAMPAIGN SESSION. The party is now formed, and has enough room to add two last players.
Join us for the prelude of a new ongoing monthly roleplaying campaign ran by DM Isaiah! This will be an evening session held once a month at Mana Cloud after 4pm once a month. General QA, character creation, lore establishment, and other enriching pre-game content will be covered in this last pre-session before the campaign begins. Once the game has started, sessions will be $15 per person.

If you would like to join this session but aren’t able to make it that night, please let us know! Scheduling is subject to change depending on group’s best availability.

Questions? Comments? Want to stay in the loop with the community? We invite you to join us on the Mana Cloud discord, where you can directly reach out to DM Isaiah, store staff, or the community at any time!

From the DM:
You are one of a disparate group of villains. Perhaps you wish to rule the galaxy because you believe you’re the only one who can, or you seek power beyond conquering a few measly planets. Maybe you just want to watch it all burn. Your goals are your own and your alliance is tentative at best, but you all share one significant hurtle: The God-Emperor.
The galaxy is a cold and unforgiving place, and its would-be conqueror is no different. God-Emperor Neerok is as ruthless as he is cunning. But no empire can expand indefinitely, and the cracks have begun to show. Neerok has taken control of a third of the galaxy, but between infighting, betrayals and bloated bureaucracy, he has overextended himself. In nature, the best time for a predator to strike is when its prey has been weakened and you smell blood. This is not the time for mercy. It can be neither afforded nor tolerated.
