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STORYTELLER - a horror rpg designed to be played around a campfire!

A topic by Pandion Games created Jun 05, 2021 Views: 422
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STORYTELLER is a narrative rpg where you craft a story to play using a story prompt and many provided options (or use your own!).

It features several mechanics all designed assuming the players are in the wilderness with little to no access to things like dice, paper or pens. Rules are meant to be easily memorized and adaptable to what's available.

Hard Decisions can be made by either a chance (dice) or skill (flipping a bottle, pushups) based task as long as there are three potential outcomes defined. Characters are created quickly using a Core or Full Member Profile depending on how quickly the group wants to get going.

Other mechanics include The Picker, who fills out the story prompt and then helps The Storyteller (the GM) decide what the Monster is doing. Ghost Pickers are dead player characters who move away from the campfire and make mood appropriate noises and ask disparaging questions and comments towards the remaining players and can also help The Picker. And optional Story Twists (only known by the Storyteller!) can help weave in that sudden twist to trip everyone up.

It features rules for both a collaborative story (standard RPG game) or a "Storyteller Mode" where you may be just telling a story to an interactive audience rather than active players. Includes both Full Color and Print Friendly pdf versions!