Would you sign this contract?

Hey!

This is a super rad mechanic which is a fun read, but maybe only viable for 10% of tables. Maybe you’re playing with one of the few groups who could squeeze the juice out of the blank dice. It’s a simple mechanic, but kind of volatile and socially hostile, which is why it won’t work with every player.

• The player (not the character, the player) is handed a blank d6 by the GM.
• They can use this blank dice in place of a normal d6 once per roll.
• When they roll the blank dice, if the roll comes up blank, the GM asks them some variation of, “Oh, I can’t quite read that. What number did you roll?”
• That number is then written on the dice. The GM should make a show of just now seeing what was “already” written on the dice face.
• Non-numerical answers are recorded as a zero.
• This continues until all sides are filled, at which point the GM collects the dice and the reprisal begins.

That’s the loose shape of this thing, but depending on how you frame the dice fictionally, it takes on some fun personality, and that personality bleeds back into the mechanics. There are three frames in this document: 1) the Demon of Fate (with a contract handout), 2) the Mutagen, 3) the Time Revolver. The Time Revolver! That’s not underlined because it’s a link. I just got excited because it’s such a cool name.

Anyway! Check it out.