March of the Holly King
A downloadable rite
March of the Holly King is a solo, gmless ttrpg about a pagan god walking through the forest on the night of his rival's birth. You play as the holly king, a jolly fat elf with a sack, bringing judgement on the mortals on midwinter night. When the morning comes, your power will begin to wane — but tonight these are your woods to walk.
It is played with a deck of tarot cards and four, six, and eight-sided dice.
This is a prototype for the Rackham Jam in March 2022. If you have feedback or like it, please let me know. I'll probably return at some point, (as, incidentally, will the Holly King) but not quite yet. As it currently is, I'm not entirely satisfied with either the layout or the text of the oracle prompts, so the are both likely to change.
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I've opened it up and I'm just enjoying reading the rules. I do wonder, if we roll a d10 to determine how much a success costs what do all the notes after each card description that say (d4 elf), (d6 sacks), etc mean?
Hi there! That would be the "damage" associated with choosing that path — so, if you've allocated yourself six points in "Sacks" and attempt to take the second option on the Ace of Pentacles (Go another way) but roll higher than a six, you'd need to roll the listed die (in this case a d6) and add that to your total Sacks "damage."
The first d10 you roll is used just to determine if you take harm, not how much harm you take.
Thank you! The reading it again and the example made everything click for me. I will start my March!