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1d4chan>Kirbanzo: /* Supplements */

2021-10-25T06:36:04Z

Supplements

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	* ''Don't Lose Your Mind'' by Benjamin Baugh. 26 Madness powers, and 26 tanks of Nightmare Fuel.		* ''Don't Lose Your Mind'' by Benjamin Baugh. 26 Madness powers, and 26 tanks of Nightmare Fuel.
	* [[Don't Rest Your Hooves]] by /tg/. My Little Pony has to infect everything.		* [[Don't Rest Your Hooves]] by /tg/. My Little Pony has to infect everything.
	* [[Don't Zap to the Extreme]], an Adaptation for [[Chris-Chan]]'s ''Sonichu'' Universe.		* [[Don't Zap to the Extreme]], an Adaptation for Chris-Chan's ''Sonichu'' Universe.
	* [[Terror in the Stars]], for living the sci-fi terror of Dark Horizon or Solaris, from an unpublished book of official adaptations		* [[Terror in the Stars]], for living the sci-fi terror of Dark Horizon or Solaris, from an unpublished book of official adaptations

	==Examples==		==Examples==
	* [[Guilted Citadel]]		* [[Guilted Citadel]]

1d4chan>MaXenzie: changed some wording for ease of reading.

2021-03-26T16:23:28Z

changed some wording for ease of reading.

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	Player characters are created with a past, a reason why they've stayed awake longer than ever before, and a goal. Characters have three abilities:		Player characters are created with a past, a reason why they've stayed awake longer than ever before, and a goal. Characters have three abilities:
	* an '''Exhaustion talent''', something that anyone can do but the character discovers they have a best-in-the-world level of ability, like running, brawling, driving a car, salesmanship, adding up numbers in their head. Exhaustion dice are black, and starts at 0.		* an '''Exhaustion talent''', something that anyone can do but the character discovers they have a best-in-the-world level of ability, like running, brawling, driving a car, salesmanship, adding up numbers in their head. Exhaustion dice are black, and starts at 0.
	* a '''Madness talent''', something supernatural they can do because they've been awake too damn long. This can be something fantastic like cutting things by looking at them, summoning dead army buddies to do battle, causing blood to rain, the more bizarre the better. Madness dice are red), and they are related to your response points, which you have a total of ~~two between~~:		* a '''Madness talent''', something supernatural they can do because they've been awake too damn long. This can be something fantastic like cutting things by looking at them, summoning dead army buddies to do battle, causing blood to rain, the more bizarre the better. Madness dice are red), and they are related to your response points, which you have a total of three, that can be filled with either:
	** '''Fight Response''' you will go berserk when you lose one of these.		** '''Fight Response''' you will go berserk when you lose one of these.
	** '''Flight Response''' you will run away in blind panic when you lose one of these.		** '''Flight Response''' you will run away in blind panic when you lose one of these.

1d4chan>MaXenzie: Fight or Flight are the only two responses, not three

2021-03-23T15:55:42Z

Fight or Flight are the only two responses, not three

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	Player characters are created with a past, a reason why they've stayed awake longer than ever before, and a goal. Characters have three abilities:		Player characters are created with a past, a reason why they've stayed awake longer than ever before, and a goal. Characters have three abilities:
	* an '''Exhaustion talent''', something that anyone can do but the character discovers they have a best-in-the-world level of ability, like running, brawling, driving a car, salesmanship, adding up numbers in their head. Exhaustion dice are black, and starts at 0.		* an '''Exhaustion talent''', something that anyone can do but the character discovers they have a best-in-the-world level of ability, like running, brawling, driving a car, salesmanship, adding up numbers in their head. Exhaustion dice are black, and starts at 0.
	* a '''Madness talent''', something supernatural they can do because they've been awake too damn long. This can be something fantastic like cutting things by looking at them, summoning dead army buddies to do battle, causing blood to rain, the more bizarre the better. Madness dice are red), and they are related to your response points, which you have a total of ~~three~~ between:		* a '''Madness talent''', something supernatural they can do because they've been awake too damn long. This can be something fantastic like cutting things by looking at them, summoning dead army buddies to do battle, causing blood to rain, the more bizarre the better. Madness dice are red), and they are related to your response points, which you have a total of two between:
	** '''Fight Response''' you will go berserk when you lose one of these.		** '''Fight Response''' you will go berserk when you lose one of these.
	** '''Flight Response''' you will run away in blind panic when you lose one of these.		** '''Flight Response''' you will run away in blind panic when you lose one of these.

1d4chan>MaXenzie: changed the order of the dominates to fit the tie priority

2021-03-23T15:54:21Z

changed the order of the dominates to fit the tie priority

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	Now check the dice to see what color has the highest number showing (in case of ties, priority is: Discipline, Madness, Exhaustion, Pain). This is what dominates the conflict, and it taints the success or failure as follows:		Now check the dice to see what color has the highest number showing (in case of ties, priority is: Discipline, Madness, Exhaustion, Pain). This is what dominates the conflict, and it taints the success or failure as follows:
	* Discipline dominates: The PC kept their cool, looked confident. They can decrease Exhaustion by one or get back one of their Response points (can't exceed what they started with in Fight nor Flight).		* Discipline dominates: The PC kept their cool, looked confident. They can decrease Exhaustion by one or get back one of their Response points (can't exceed what they started with in Fight nor Flight).
			* Madness dominates: The PC lost their shit, and chaos prevails. The PC checks off a Fight or Flight response point and narrates an appropriate flip-out scene (which may include reality doing a spit-take, or you could ignore your Madness talent altogether)
	* Exhaustion dominates: The PC is wiped out by the effort. Increase Exhaustion by +1 even if you already did that before you rolled.		* Exhaustion dominates: The PC is wiped out by the effort. Increase Exhaustion by +1 even if you already did that before you rolled.
	* Madness dominates: The PC lost their shit, and chaos prevails. The PC checks off a Fight or Flight response point and narrates an appropriate flip-out scene (which may include reality doing a spit-take, or you could ignore your Madness talent altogether)
	* Pain dominates: Ow, shit, fuck. The player lost something in the exchange, and the GM gains a Despair coin.		* Pain dominates: Ow, shit, fuck. The player lost something in the exchange, and the GM gains a Despair coin.

2A02:C7F:1C76:7200:29BA:3016:C590:767: Correction of a rule. DMEP is the order, not DEMP.

2019-11-26T03:05:49Z

Correction of a rule. DMEP is the order, not DEMP.

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	* If the GM wins, the player fails. Ow, shit, fuck. Furthermore, the GM can knock off a Response point or bump up the PC's Exhaustion by 1.		* If the GM wins, the player fails. Ow, shit, fuck. Furthermore, the GM can knock off a Response point or bump up the PC's Exhaustion by 1.
	* If the Player wins, yay!		* If the Player wins, yay!
	Now check the dice to see what color has the highest number showing (in case of ties, priority is: Discipline, Exhaustion~~, Madness~~, Pain). This is what dominates the conflict, and it taints the success or failure as follows:		Now check the dice to see what color has the highest number showing (in case of ties, priority is: Discipline, Madness, Exhaustion, Pain). This is what dominates the conflict, and it taints the success or failure as follows:
	* Discipline dominates: The PC kept their cool, looked confident. They can decrease Exhaustion by one or get back one of their Response points (can't exceed what they started with in Fight nor Flight).		* Discipline dominates: The PC kept their cool, looked confident. They can decrease Exhaustion by one or get back one of their Response points (can't exceed what they started with in Fight nor Flight).
	* Exhaustion dominates: The PC is wiped out by the effort. Increase Exhaustion by +1 even if you already did that before you rolled.		* Exhaustion dominates: The PC is wiped out by the effort. Increase Exhaustion by +1 even if you already did that before you rolled.

2A02:C7F:1C76:7200:2115:6ED4:D176:7012: Correction of a rule.

2019-11-22T23:56:26Z

Correction of a rule.

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	'''Despair coins''' can be used by the GM to fuck with players, by either adding a '6' to any pool that was rolled in a conflict, or removing a '6' from one of the pools. "I failed, but at least I rolled a 6 in my Discipline pool." "clink No you didn't." "Shit." GMs can spend as many Despair coins as required to be a dick, but every Despair coin spent turns into a '''Hope coin''' that the players share for spending for their advantage. Hope coins can be used to undo a point of Exhaustion, get a Response point back, add a '1' to their discipline pool for more successes, or even to undo permanent Madness.		'''Despair coins''' can be used by the GM to fuck with players, by either adding a '6' to any pool that was rolled in a conflict, or removing a '6' from one of the pools. "I failed, but at least I rolled a 6 in my Discipline pool." "clink No you didn't." "Shit." GMs can spend as many Despair coins as required to be a dick, but every Despair coin spent turns into a '''Hope coin''' that the players share for spending for their advantage. Hope coins can be used to undo a point of Exhaustion, get a Response point back, add a '1' to their discipline pool for more successes, or even to undo permanent Madness.

	If you gain 6 Exhaustion, you fall asleep. You don't know how long, and while you're asleep, the Nightmares know exactly who and where you are. Death is probably one of the nicer things that can happen to your character at this point.		If you gain more than 6 Exhaustion, you fall asleep. You don't know how long, and while you're asleep, the Nightmares know exactly who and where you are. Death is probably one of the nicer things that can happen to your character at this point.

	If you lose all of your Reaction points, you go psycho for the rest of the scene. When you recover you have all your Reaction points back, but one of your Discipline dice is replaced by a permanent Madness die.		If you lose all of your Reaction points, you go psycho for the rest of the scene. When you recover you have all your Reaction points back, but one of your Discipline dice is replaced by a permanent Madness die.

98.240.212.40: /* Mechanics */

2019-04-17T09:35:07Z

Mechanics

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	** '''Fight Response''' you will go berserk when you lose one of these.		** '''Fight Response''' you will go berserk when you lose one of these.
	** '''Flight Response''' you will run away in blind panic when you lose one of these.		** '''Flight Response''' you will run away in blind panic when you lose one of these.
	* a '''Discipline rating''' which starts at 3. Discipline dice are white. These dice are your friends, and they will eventually abandon you.		* a '''Discipline rating''' which starts at 3. Discipline dice are white. These dice are your only true friends, and they will eventually abandon you.
	The GM uses only one ability for the difficulty in conflicts:		The GM uses only one ability for the difficulty in conflicts:
	* '''Pain''' dice are blue (or green, or marbled), and they are not nice to you. The nightmares and terrors of the awakened city only use Pain dice.		* '''Pain''' dice are blue (or green, or marbled), and they are not nice to you. The nightmares and terrors of the awakened city only use Pain dice.

141.101.171.71: changed 'you' to 'your'

2018-07-28T18:51:46Z

changed 'you' to 'your'

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	If you lose all of your Reaction points, you go psycho for the rest of the scene. When you recover you have all your Reaction points back, but one of your Discipline dice is replaced by a permanent Madness die.		If you lose all of your Reaction points, you go psycho for the rest of the scene. When you recover you have all your Reaction points back, but one of your Discipline dice is replaced by a permanent Madness die.

	If you lose all your Discipline dice, you've gone full-blown psycho -- you ARE one of the Nightmares now, and you know exactly where ~~you~~ "friends" are.		If you lose all your Discipline dice, you've gone full-blown psycho -- you ARE one of the Nightmares now, and you know exactly where your "friends" are.

	You'll notice that it's easy to add Madness dice to win, but you're probably gonna flip out if you do. And you actually WANT to be a little bit Exhausted to get those extra dice, and it's if you just spent one more Exhaustion you could probably beat the GM's 10 Pain dice... So the players are really screwing themselves over just as much or more so than the GM.		You'll notice that it's easy to add Madness dice to win, but you're probably gonna flip out if you do. And you actually WANT to be a little bit Exhausted to get those extra dice, and it's if you just spent one more Exhaustion you could probably beat the GM's 10 Pain dice... So the players are really screwing themselves over just as much or more so than the GM.