A pub RPG micro-system
A Binary Trinity Scenario CC-BY-SA 4.0 By Roberto Bisceglie
You are a group of normal people called to deal with a sudden and unexpected investigative case that will lead you to face the otherwordly.
Toss or choose one of the following characters or make your own. 0 - Badass Normal-3, Amateur Sleuth-2, Bad Habits-1 1 - Absent-Minded Professor-3, Nice Guy-2, Born Detective-1 2 - Hardboiled Detective-3, Jerkass-2, Practical-1 3 - Magician Detective-3, Reliable-2, Farm Boy-1
Toss three coins (head = 1, tail = 0). Sum up the results. Check the tables below to generate an investigation.
0 - An Eccentric Painter 1 - AScientific Expedition 2 - An University Professor 3 - A Solitary Antiquarian
0 - Has disappeared 1 - Ended up in an asylum 2 - Was brutally murdered 3 - Asks for your help
0 - An Apocalypse Cult 1 - A Town with a Dark Secret 2 - An Unknown Island 3 - A Lost City
0 - Alien Scientist are involved 1 - They are half-human hybrids 2 - Outer Gods are arriving 3 - The end is inevitable
Every character starts game with a Insanity-3 cliché. When you face an event beyond human grasp, toss a coin: head is success. If you fail you lose one Insanity Level. At zero you are mad and leave the game.