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little di cult to read, but for the most

It s a highly compressed format and a old Knotwood?
the dice are odd, so there s an event. Who made the contraption that killed
or the result would be No! However, all What is behind the strange events?
of 12. The pair wasn t doubles (e.g. 113),
total is only 5, which is less than the TN Threads way.
https://rayotus.itch.io in the midwest and things worked this
dice, o f-colored die listed last. The Oracle and more free games at Unearthly Contraptions
“131” indicates the values of individual *This might be sexist. Sorry. I grew up
“GM emulator” by Ray Otus. Find The
The Oracle is a storytelling engine and The Old Marsh ——
happens to Farley.]
likely, 131 vs 12. No. Event 9, a bad thing Motifs drops to 5 for sure.]
[Can Farley get there in time? Not very Mrs. Knotwood [Wrap up. Update the notes. Stability
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For example: Tuck Knotwood (farmer, deceased) won t be the last one he sees.
text] such a thing. He gets the feeling it
mentor in the practice. Sylvia Bogbottom (wife) come from and who might have built
TN. Result. Event 2d6 results, event
[Question? Possibility, 3d6 results vs. bit of wisdom from Doc Sandyman, his Farley Bogbottom Farley wonders where it could have
Flashback to Farley s apprenticeship, a 342 vs 16. No.]
follows: Characters
minutes. Rolls are formatted as noises around her cabin at night. strange contraption before? No way,
Mrs. Knotwood complains of thudding hobbits. [Has Farley ever seen anything like the
solo session I played out in about 30 in a community of Lord of the Rings style
This is a much truncated version of a head wound and memory loss. Creatures Great and Small and X- les, set bring some food.*
SAMPLE SESSION Someone shows up in town with a bad “cow whisperer.” It s a mash up of All wife to check in on her later. Perhaps
This idea came to me with the phrase her grieving in private. He will ask his
of curiosities and/or the library.
v1e The Oracle Next: Farley visits the town s museum The World
being rude. Farley knows she will do
door as quickly as possible without
Scene Ideas NOTES She takes it stoically, but shuts the
part all that matters is the question He goes into the barn where a calf is to He glimpses a strange object half Upon cutting the snake-like object it
and Yes or No answer. be delivered. submerged about 30 yards into the lashes out viciously, knocking Farley
[Is the farmer there? Likely, 466 vs 9. muck. Farley tries to pick his way over and striking the farmer.
THE COW WHISPERER Yes.][Does the delivery go well? through to it. [Is he badly harmed? Very likely, 554 vs
Farley Bogbottom (a hal ling) is “the Somewhat likely, 435 vs 11. Yes.] [Does he get stuck? Somewhat likely, 5. Yes!]
cow whisperer.” He has a thriving 155 vs 11. No. Event 7, another character
practice as an animal doctor, but lately The farmer smiles and passes Farley a … slicing the farmer in half!! The
bit of coin. Invites him in for a pint. takes action.] featureless serpent is still lailing
during his round he has been hearing
about some very strange incidents. [Does Farley still feel the strange However, the farmer blunders a ter around.
Being naturally curious, Farley wants sensation, even in the barn? Somewhat Farley! Farley kicks out from his prone
to know the what and why of it. likely, 663 vs 11. Yes!] [Does the farmer get stuck? Likely, 312 position, afraid to stand up.
[Thread: what s behind the strange The strange feeling is coming from the vs 9. No.][Is the evil for sure coming [Does he kick the contraption over into
events?]. south, where the land slopes from this object? Very likely, 622 vs 7. deeper water? Somewhat likely, 653 vs
dramatically down to fetid water and Yes.][Can Farley see a way to ‘break’ it? 11. Yes. Does he avoid the lailing snake
Walking across the eld of his second Somewhat likely, 666 vs 11. Yes!]
appointment, Farley gets an odd treacherously shi ting mud. The Old while doing so? Unlikely, 411 vs 14. No.]
feeling. Marsh! There is an almost serpentine thing, Farley tips it over into the water with a
[Motif: the swamp – dangerous, old, but with no head or tail, sliding in and sploosh, but as it sinks, the lash cuts
[Scene roll, 3 vs. Stability 6. No twist.] around the wheels of a barrel sized
and mysterious.] Farley s up lung hand badly!
He turns his head this way and that, contraption. Farley quickly tries to cut
looking for anything that might Farley stops by his cart to get his hoof the “snake" with his knife. Picking his way back through the edge
explain why he is spooked. knife and then goes to the edge of the of the marsh, Farley is dreading his
marsh. [Motif: unfamiliar contraptions.] [Does talk with the farmer s wife.
[Can he pinpoint the source? Not very it work? Likely 515 vs 9. Yes. Event 9, a
likely, 432 vs 12. No.] [Can he see anything? Not very likely, bad thing happens to another [Does she fall apart when Farley tells
535 vs 12. Yes. Event 6, advance a character.] her? Likely, 123 vs 7. No.]
thread.]
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