Setup Ideas
Where
Where are you?
| d10 | Magic | Tech | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Magic | No Tech | Lord of the Rings, The Witcher |
| 2 | High Magic | Low Tech | Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dragon Age |
| 3 | High Magic | High Tech | Warhammer 40K, Shadowrun |
| 4 | Low Magic | No Tech | Conan the Barbarian, Game of Thrones |
| 5 | Low Magic | Low Tech | The Last Kingdom, Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| 6 | Low Magic | High Tech | Mad Max, Cyberpunk 2077 |
| 7 | No Magic | No Tech | The Clan of the Cave Bear, Prehistoric Planet |
| 8 | No Magic | Low Tech | Gladiator, Deadwood |
| 9 | No Magic | High Tech | The Matrix, Halo |
| 10 | Roll again |
| Magic | Tech | Example Genres |
|---|---|---|
| High Magic | No Tech | High Fantasy, Mythic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Fairy Tale, Folk Horror |
| High Magic | Low Tech | Heroic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Wuxia, Arthurian Legend |
| High Magic | High Tech | Magitech, Science Fantasy, Arcane Punk, Steampunk, Space Fantasy, Urban Fantasy |
| Low Magic | No Tech | Low Fantasy, Gritty Fantasy, Survival Fantasy, Grimdark, Prehistoric Fiction |
| Low Magic | Low Tech | Medieval Fiction, Historical Drama, Western Fantasy, Sword & Sandal, Swashbuckling Adventure |
| Low Magic | High Tech | Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk with Occult Elements, Dystopian Fantasy, Biopunk |
| No Magic | No Tech | Prehistoric Fiction, Historical Fiction, Survival Horror, Hard Drama, Naturalistic Adventure |
| d20 | Descriptor | Location | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchanted | Forest | Shattered |
| 2 | Ruined | City | Dying |
| 3 | Desolate | Wasteland | Post-Apocalyptic |
| 4 | Floating | Island | Mirror |
| 5 | Ancient | Ruins | Flooded |
| 6 | War-Torn | Realm | Hollow |
| 7 | Isolated | Mountain | Overgrown |
| 8 | Hidden | Village | Volcanic |
| 9 | Overgrown | Jungle | Sentient |
| 10 | Frozen | Tundra | Hive-Invested |
| 11 | Sunken | Temple | Mechanical |
| 12 | Crumbling | Fortress | Dreamlike |
| 13 | Forbidden | Swamp | Cursed |
| 14 | Dystopian | Metropolis | Digital |
| 15 | Haunted | Catacombs | Abandoned |
| 16 | Barren | Plains | Celestial |
| 17 | Shifting | Desert | Time-locked |
| 18 | Underground | Cavern | Darkened |
| 19 | Remote | Station | Artificially Constructed |
| 20 | Lost | Planet | Paradoxical |
What and Why
What are you doing and why are you doing it?
- Quest
- Type: Find, Collect, Hunt, Investigate, Deliver, Defeat, Explore
- Start: Where the Quest Starts
- End: Location of the Quest Objective
- Reward: What you receive for completing the Quest
- Boons
- Successful Hunt
- Found Supplies
- Find a Map
- Unexpected Help
- Favorable Weather
- Shortcut Discovered
- Setbacks
- The Path is Blocked
- Extreme Weather
- Hostile Terrain
- Traps
- Rivals
- Ambushed
- False Copy
- Running Low on Supplies
- Equipment Breaks
- Injury/Illness
- Lost
Find
- An Object
- A Person
- A Place
- Information
Collect [Things]
- Objects
- Resources
- Information
- Contacts
Hunt
- A Person(s)
- A Creature
Investigate
- A Mystery
- A Place
- A Crime
- A Phenomenon
Deliver [Something]
- A Person
- An Object
- A Message
- A Creature
Defeat
- A Person
- A Creature
Explore
- The Region
- A Place
How
How do you do it?
You can play without continued guidance in Story Mode or choose to continue in Guided Play.