Deathwish

DEATHWISH

Deathwish is a one-session, high-stakes horror TTRPG designed for three to five players, centered around a small group of protagonists investigating and dealing with paranormal threats by their innate skills, alongside whatever luck or advantages they make along the way. 

Deathwish uses Powered by the Apocalypse, and clock systems inspired by Blades of the Dark to emulate the high tension aspects of horror, with emphasis on an everticking clock that moves at the pace of your investigators for good or for ill. In addition to the rules document, Deathwish also comes with virtual tabletop assets to assist in keeping track of these clocks. 

PROTAGONISTS 

Players take the roles of Protagonists, individuals who are (intentionally or otherwise) involved in surviving, investigating, and potentially solving the unknowns that crawl within the dark.

PURSUERS

The Narrator takes on the role of a Pursuer, A creature, being or entity that is slowly on the hunt. Each progression of the clock bringing them closer to killing. 

TOUCHSTONES

Games like -  Haunting Ground, Clocktower

Slasher Movies Like  - Friday the 13th, Scream

Horror Movies like - The Thing, Alien

LOOKING FORWARD

Currently Deathwish is a lite set of rules that is functional as is. If there is interest, the first step is cleaning and formatting the books to be more presentable and accessible. After that additional Pursuer and Scenario Playbooks have been in the playtest notes. These would add more in-depth rules with mechanics for different styles of Pursuer.

If there is any Feedback, Concerns or Criticism feel free to contact me at my email kagiatheartist@gmail.com

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NO AI POLICY

No AI was used in the creation of this  and no consent is given to use any of these materials in AI or AI Training.