Backstories

Backstories unique to the world of Obsidia Expansion define a colonist’s past before arriving on the rim, shaping their skills, passions, traits, and overall role within a colony. Each backstory represents a formative period of a pawn’s life and can influence starting stats, work capabilities, and certain restrictions or advantages. Obsidia Expansion introduces its own thematic backstories, grounded in its setting and factions, expanding the narrative and mechanical diversity of colonists beyond the vanilla experience. These backstories are divided into childhood and adulthood categories, reflecting different stages of a pawn’s life and providing distinct gameplay effects.

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Childhood
Obsidia Empire • Drifter Clans • Crimson Arachna Cult • Obsidia Empire Sins

Adulthood
Obsidia Empire • Drifter Clans • Crimson Arachna Cult • Obsidia Empire Sins

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Important

• Some backstories in Obsidia Expansion include special tags that grant pawns access to specific Meditation Focus types.
• These tags determine which meditation style a pawn can use, regardless of ideology or background, and are applied automatically through the backstory.
• OEMeditationNatural > grants access to Natural meditation
• OEMeditationArtistic > grants access to Artistic meditation
• OEMeditationMorbid > grants access to Morbid meditation
• OEMeditationMinimal > grants access to Minimal meditation
• OEMeditationFlame > grants access to Flame meditation
• OEMeditationVoid > grants access to Void meditation