At the second �law, the storyteller

gains the narrative power of the CONCEPT AND TEXT BY

action and the character is at the mer-
cy of the narrative, and may be consi- Raphael Lima
dered dead, unconscious, captured or
any result that the storyteller �inds EDITING AND LAYOUT BY
appropriate. Petras Furtado

SURVIVORS
The Storyteller IMAGES

by Raphael Lima

a post-apocalyptic minimalist survival RPG

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The Objective
To get to the sanctuary.
Whether it really exists, or
if it is really is a sanctuary...
RAPHAEL LIMA
Well, that remains to be MINIJOGOS
seen.

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Adam Bragg (order #12447897)

Yes, this is another
game about the
zombie apocalipse.
The difference is its proposal
for short, casual games,
where the player is a survi-
vor, trying to reach a kind of
sanctuary whose existence
she discovered along her
journey, through the accounts
of other survivors.
But its location is unknown.
Nothing is certain.
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Adam Bragg (order #12447897)
The Character
To build a character, you must answer the
following questions:
Name: What is the name of your character?
Concept: What is the concept of your cha-
racter? It can be a profession or a hobby,
such as a teacher, waiter, doctor, salesman,
computer technician or RPG player.
Attributes: How are your character's attri-
bute values distributed? The attributes are
three: Physical, Mental and Social, each with
a value that goes from one to �ive. During
character creation, the player can distribu-
te nine points as desired among them.
Advantage: What is your character really
good at? Or which of your possessions is
most relevant? Like I was in the high school
athletic team or This is my favorite crowbar.
When you need to do a test where your ad-
vantage is relevant, roll two dice and choo-
se the one with the lowest value. In case of
failure, roll the two dice again — this can
only be done once for each individual fault.
Disadvantage: What is it that gets in the
way of your character at the worst mo-
ments? Like I don’t like to share food or I'm
limping from my right leg. When you do a
test where your Disadvantage is relevant,
the storyteller can add up to two more dice
to your roll and you will have to keep the
highest value dice.
What do I Need to Play?
A copy of this booklet, pencil, a few pieces of
paper for the notes of the character sheet, and
three six-sided dice, at least.
Rolling Dice
Whenever you do a dice roll, the �irst thing to
note is whether the action type being perfor-
med is Regular or Knowledge.
Regular actions are those that most people can
do (get prone, walk without calling attention
or push someone) and do not need any prere-
quisites.
Knowledge actions, on the other hand (giving
�irst aid, making a direct connection to a car or
breaking a lock) requires an appropriate cha-
racter concept (nurse, electrician, thief ).
If it is a regular action or if the character has
the appropriate concept to make a knowledge
action, you can roll the dice to test the action.
To do this, check which attribute is best suited
to the action and roll a six-sided dice. If the
result of the dice is equal to or less than the
value of the attribute, the character was suc-
cessful.
Health and Wounds
Character wounds are determined in two
situations: at the the �irst �law in a health test
— using the attribute linked to the action —
the character assumes a cost or consequence
for the failure.
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