a dream in the woods Rolling the Dice

When you do something that might not succeed, roll

1d6 to find out how it goes. Roll +1d if you’re prepared
GM: Create the Adventure
Roll or choose on the tables below.

by Jennifer Adcock, A HACK OF John Harper's Lasers & Feelings and +1d if you’re an expert. (The GM will tell you how Titania is mad because…
TITANIA, QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES, is upset yet again. This is perhaps many dice to roll, based on your character and 1 - Humans 4 – A Witch
nothing new, but tonight it falls to you to find out why she’s upset situation.) Roll your dice and compare each die result 2 – The King 5 - You
and fix it. If you don’t, there may be dire consequences in store… to your number. 3 – The King of Thieves 6 - Oberon

Players: Make Your Characters ↓ If you’re using WINTER (cold, darkness) you want to Wants to…
Choose your character’s Style: Beguiling, Eldritch, Elegant, Piteous, roll under your number. 1 - Steal 4 - Destroy
Puckish, Sweet, Tempestuous. ↑ If you’re using SUMMER (warmth, light) you want to 2 - Create 5 - Win
roll over your number. 3 - Find 6 – Give Away
Choose your character’s Focus: Fire, Food, Forest, Humans, Magic,
Monsters, Wildlife. 0 – If none of your dice succeed, it goes wrong. The The Enchanted…
GM says how things get worse somehow. 1 - Crown 4 - Tree
Choose your character’s Gift: a fabulous gown, a tamed wolf, a pair of 1 – If one die succeeds, you barely manage it. The GM 2 - Stag 5 – Fae Circle
golden shoes, a signed oath, a cursed ring, oil of hemlock, a superb inflicts a complication, harm, or cost. 3 - Ring 6 - Child
pomegranate. 2 – If two dice succeed, you do it well. 
3 – If three dice succeed, you get a critical success. Which Would…
Choose your character’s number, from 2 to 5. A high number means The GM tells you some extra effect you get. 1 – Grant Wisdom 4 – Free the Humans
you’re a member of the Unseelie Court, the fairies of WINTER 2 – Ensnare the Fae 5 – Control Magic
(darkness, cold, malevolence, practicality). A low number means ! – If you roll your number exactly, you can choose 3 – Create Wealth 6 – Kill Titania
you’re a member of the Seelie Court, the fairies of SUMMER (light, between SPRING and AUTUMN. If you choose
warmth, benevolence, excess). SPRING, you get a special insight from the GM as to And There Are Humans! They Are... (Pick 2)
what’s going on. Ask the GM a question and they’ll 1 - Young 4 - Beautiful
Give your character a name, something wild and beautiful, not a answer you honestly. If you choose AUTUMN, you 2 - Rich 5 - Foolish
name for mortals. may make a declaration yourself, making something 3 - Drunk 6 - In Love
true or untrue within the game.
Player goal: live out the wild excess and careless passion of the fae GM: Run the Game
folk, all while trying to escape the wrath of the Fairy Queen. HELPING: If you want to help someone else who’s Play to find out how they appease Titania.
rolling, say how you try to help and make a roll. If you Make them feel the Queen’s anger by
Character goal: Choose one or create your own: Cause Chaos, Claim succeed, you give them +1d. showing evidence of her mood in the
Nobility, Ensnare a Human, Prove Your Superiority, Spy for Oberon, environment. Threats are unpredictable, but
Survive the Night, Win a Contest. not entirely illogical. Show them, then ask
them what they do.
Players: Make The Forest
As a group, pick two strengths for the Forest: Abundant Growth, Call for a roll when the situation is uncertain.
Expansive Territory, Flowering, Picturesque, Quiet, Temperate, Don’t pre-plan outcomes – let the chips fall
Untamed. where they may. Use failures to push the
action forward. The situation always changes
Also, pick one weakness: Poison Plants (illness is frequent), Muddy All This game is licensed under a CC BY- after a roll, for good or for ill.
the Time (impossible to look one’s best), Nowhere to Hide (every inch is
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