From Earth, a one page rpg
Aug 11, 2024
I had this idea game idea while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer about immortal people who meet in various moments in history. There's potential for more fleshed out version, but what follows is the first sketch for One Page RPG jam.
What's it about?
A roleplaying game about group of people who have lived since ancient times.
Each session is one glimpse to their lives, in one particular place and time when the characters came together.
The game can be played the traditional way, with one constant GM and one or more players, or with revolving seat with changing GM. When player is GMing, their character is absent for that part of their story.
Mechanics
When a character tries to do something where the outcome is uncertain, and both failure and success have dramatic and/or entertaining results, the player throws one six-sided dice (d6). A result of 5 or 6 is a success of some kind, and 1-4 is a failure. These successes and failures can be enhanced and mitigated if the character has done a Heroic Deed in the past.
Heroic Deeds
Every character has done at least one Heroic Deed. It is what they are remembered for, after a century or more gone.
These deeds are written down in the character sheet in the form they are shared amongst the people. What actually happened is not of great importance, what matters is the legend born from that event.
Tables
| d6 | Place of origin |
|---|---|
| 1 | On the banks of Euphrates, when Sargon of Akkad rules as King of the Universe. |
| 2 | In Thebes, on the year when Queen Hatshepsut draws her last breaths. |
| 3 | In Kashmir Valley, when Alexander faces the river Ganges. |
| 4 | In a ship bound to Tyre, where Hiram I prospers. |
| 5 | In Bretagne, you watch as the the Carnac stones are raised from the ground. |
| 6 | In Saba, you flee as the first Himyarites arrive. |