Showing posts with label Light-Hearted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Light-Hearted. Show all posts

Friday, March 5, 2021

A Lover's Comfort

 A Lover's Comfort

Description: A character who spends time in companionship (not necessarily sex) in a safe place with a lover or spouse gains non-cumulative bonus of+1 to Constitution or a similar measure of health and vitality for one week.

Find it in: The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence (NSFW)

Keywords: Light-Hearted, Pulpy, Romantic

Genres: Any Genre

Death is Not the End

Death is Not the End

Description: When a PC or important NPC dies, there is a chance that they can be resurrected.This entails rolls to check on which magic or technology was used to bring them back. Each method has drawbacks and a chance or rejection, which leads to permanent pentirs.

Find it in: Alpha Blue (NSFW)

Keywords: Fantastical, Light-Hearted, Pulpy, Weird

Genres: Cyberpunk, High Fantasy, Pulp, Science Fiction, Superhero

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Failing Forward

Failing Forward

Description: Task resolution rolls that do not indicate success do not mean simply failure that halts forward momentum; instead it means the PCs suffer loss of equipment, injury, or discover another way to progress that creates even more obstacles. A failed roll leads to a narrative complication, not a halt to the action. 
Find it in: the Black HackPARANOIA 2017, 
Keywords: Heroic, Light-Hearted, Pulpy
Genres: High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Pulp, Superhero

Carousing

Carousing

Description: Characters may spend a randomized amount of treasure to go on a bender, earning XP or other rewards. Causes a roll on a random table to describe events and the Fallout of the character's wild debauch. 
Find it in:  Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black CityDCC HUBRISGLOG
Keywords: Exploration, Light-Hearted
Genres: Sword and Sorcery, Western, Post-apocalyptic