The Grip of the Kraken (game)
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The Grip of the Kraken was an adventure for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, included in the sourcebook Gamemaster's Companion.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
‘Below the thunders of the upper deep; Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth.’ – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The characters encounter a monster threading itself through the space-lanes, capturing star ships and dragging them towards their doom. Having landed aboard the Earth Colony Ship Yatsoshiro, trapped in the grip of this interstellar Kraken, the characters must save an entire space-borne civilisation from a grisly fate.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Player characters
- Crew of the Yatsoshiro
- Pirates
- Judoon
- Kraken Slime
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Kraken Slime has destroyed many ships over the past millennium, including the Draconian cargo ship Limerssic, the Bandril voyager Naron, and the experimental Earth ship Spirit of San Francisco.
- Fliss and Watson might join the adventurers' party at the end of the adventure.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Yatsoshiro is compared to Starship UK from TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"].