Space Monkeys Doing Stuff

If you do something risky and uncertain,

roll the dice!
On Danger Station Is it space stuff or monkey stuff? If it's
space stuff, take 1d for each point you
By Graph Paper Robot, c.2021 have in Space. If it's monkey stuff, take
You are a monkey on a space station that 1d for each point in Monkey. Take another
sits on the border of the Terran Hegemony 1d if your species helps you with this
and the Forbidden Sector. You are trained stuff, and 1D if it's part of your job to
to do space stuff, and you are much smarter do this kind of stuff.
than your ancestors, but you are still a You should have between 1D and 4d. The GM
monkey who does monkey stuff. Something has can add or subtract dice if the stuff you
gone wrong on the station, and you and your are doing is really easy or really hard.
fellow monkeys are the only ones who can Roll the dice and take the highest die
fix it. To find out what happens, you'll result. If you have zero or fewer dice,
need 1 GM, 1 or more players, some six roll 2D and take the lowest.
sided dice (D), something to write on and Did you succeed? Look up your result below.
something to write with.
1 No, and somehow 4 Yes, but
Making a Monkey it gets even
worse!
there's a
problem.
You have 2 stats: Space and Monkey. Make 1 2 No. 5 Yes.
of them a 2 and the other a 1. 3 No, but it's not 6 Yes, and it
Space is for stuff that monkeys only do as bad as it went better
when they are space monkeys, like fixing a could be. than expected!
plasma relay, dealing blackjack, talking to
a human, shooting a ray-gun, making an
omelet, or performing surgery.
Monkey is for stuff monkeys normally do,
Harm
like jumping around, throwing things, When you get hurt, take 1 harm, or more if
biting somebody, spotting danger, and it's really bad. If you have more than 3
generally being a wild primate. harm, you are in mortal danger.
What species of monkey are you? Roll 1D. How bad is it? Roll 1D each time you take
1 Capuchin: smart 4 Mandrill: strong harm that puts you above above 3 harm.
2 Rhesus: alert 5 Spider: nimble 1 Kaput!: You are 4 Injured: -1D on
no more! Make a all rolls until
3 Howler: bossy 6 Patas: fast new monkey! you recover.
2 Dying: Recover 5 Okay: You are
What's your job on the station? Roll 1D. or die in 1D somehow still
1 Custodial 4 Medical minutes. okay, for now.
2 Engineering 5 Science 3 Out: Recover or 6 Second Wind: You
blacked out for shrug it off and
3 Hospitality 6 Security 1D hours. remove 1 harm!

What do you have on you? Pick 1 item below, Recovering usually means using a medkit, or
then roll 2D and take the cross indexed going to sickbay. You or whoever is helping
result. If you get a duplicate, you have 2 you might need to make a roll in order to
of that item. aid your recovery. You can also do this to
remove 1 harm.
1,2,3 4,5,6
1 Datascanner
2 Extra Banana
Net Rifle
Pocket Computer
Bananas
Bananas are a rare treat for space monkeys!
3 Extinguisher Respirator You begin each session with 1 emergency
4 Hardhat Safety Goggles banana, and you can look for more on your
adventure. If you eat a banana, remove all
5 Mace (medieval) Taser your harm or go BANANAS!!! When you go
6 Mace (spray) Toolkit bananas, you act like a wild monkey and can
re-roll whatever you just did and take the
better result.
Due to a shipping error, both kinds of mace
are currently available on the station.
The A.I. Other Amazing Tables
An A.I. program runs the station, handling The cargo is... and the robot is a...(1d)
administrative and executive functions and
assigning tasks, equipment, rewards, and 1 Hazardous waste Kill bot
reprimands as needed. It's also incredibly 2 Worthless junk Worker bot
old and buggy, so interacting with it is
both necessary and unpredictable. When you 3 Raw materials Party bot
interact with the A.I., the GM secretly 4 Vital supplies Service bot
rolls 1D on the Doing Stuff table as many
times as needed to find out if it replies, 5 Consumer goods Spy bot
if it gives accurate information, and if it 6 Alien artifacts Renegade A.I. bot
agrees to requests. They can add or
subtract dice to the roll as needed to
reflect your species, job, or whatever The person is a... and a...
else.
1 Human Criminal

The Danger 2 Cyborg

3 Monkey
Diplomat
Merchant
To find out what problem needs solving on 4 Alien Scientist
the station, you can roll on the following
tables. 5 Hologram Soldier
There is a... in the... 6 Ghost Worker
1 Malfunction Science labs
The alien looks like a... with...
2 Emergency Hangar decks
1 Insect Extra limbs
3 Anomaly Common spaces
2 Sea creature Two heads
4 Creature Engineering areas
3 Plant Strange skin
5 Robot Sickbay
4 Humanoid Lots of eyes
6 Person Hotel and casino
5 Geometry entity Tentacles
There will be... if you don't... something. 6 Blob More than one form
1 Property damage Evaluate
They feel... and...(1d)
2 Casualties Contain
1 Confused Disgusted
3 Revenue loss Help
2 Happy Suspicious
4 Angry customers Find
3 Sad Friendly
5 Public shame Destroy
4 Angry Quiet
6 Legal liability Improve
5 Bored Talkative
You need... which are/is... 6 Interested Hostile
1 Information Hidden
The omelet has... and...
2 Assistance Costly
1 Cheddar Peppers
3 Tool Tasking
2 Jack Sausage
4 Materials Not what it seems
3 Gouda Spinach
5 Goods Unknown
4 Mozzarella Mushrooms
6 Cooperation Forbidden
5 Feta Onions
The... system is... 6 Havarti Bananas
1 Communications Behaving erratically
2 Computers Offline
Enjoy your time on Danger Station,
3 Defenses Overcharged
you crazy space monkeys!
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