Egregores: The Creepypasta Storytelling Game
First Die (Importance): Value/clarity of the information
World Rules
There Are Forgotten Slumbering Gods. There are gods in
the Void Beyond who sleep unremembered. They stir in
their strange undeath, reaching out to the world.
Egregores Are The Gateway. Egregores are thought-
forms or perceptions of spirits and deities. The undead
god-things use them as vessels to enter the world.
Memories Define The Past. The awakening of the gods-
before-time and their use of egregores has altered reality.
Whatever people remember is what the past is now. It
becomes the real history of a person and the world.
How to Play
To play Egregores, you will need some players, these
rules, some six-sided dice, something to keep notes. You
are a group of friends talking about memories and
experiencing horror through their consequences.
One person starts with, “Do you all remember…” Then
they fill in a weird or unnerving vague memory. Common
examples are shadowy figures, disturbing TV or radio
shows, and toys with dark overtones.
The next person adds more detail or an episode of their
experience with the established details. They roll dice
with the Oracles. Another person goes until everyone has
a turn. Then continue around. Each character has a Touch
counter. The whole group shares a Doom counter.
The Oracles
“The Oracles” are dice rolls that shape and inform the
story. They are based on a heavily hacked and simplified
version of the Motif Story Engine, a GM-less play toolkit.
Count the dice from left to right or closest to farthest. Fill
in details or complete your story entry by the results.
Storyteller Oracle
When adding details, provide a brief intro for what you
are going to share. Then roll two dice for the storytelling
oracle and finish according to the results.
• 1: Confusing and inaccurate. +1 Doom, +1 Touch.
• 2: Interesting, but misleading. +1 Doom.
• 3-4: Average, neither valuable nor useless.
• 5: Rare, valuable information that can help. -1 Doom.
• 6: A secret piece of lore or lucky accident that reveals
a serious weakness or other crucial info. -2 Doom.
Second Die (Costs): The price for dictating details rather
than risking a direct experience
• 1: The creepy thing reveals a truly terrifying power or
scope of knowledge. +2 Doom, +1 Touch.
• 2: The horror creeps. +1 Doom, +1 Touch.
• 3-4: The unnerving truths being revealed push the
group of friends to their awful ends. +1 Doom.
• 5-6: While still disturbing, the revelations only serve
to fill in more detail about the lurking darkness.
Encounter Oracle
When sharing an encounter or personal experience with
the established details, start with a short summary of the
nature of the encounter. Then roll two dice for this oracle.
First Die (Danger): The level of danger and loss faced
during the encounter.
• 1: Extreme loss and an ominous prophecy or threat.
+2 Touch, +1 Doom.
• 2: Extremely traumatic. +2 Touch.
• 3-4: A horrifying, scarring episode. +1 Touch.
• 5: Perhaps terrifying, but little lasting harm.
• 6: Whether found lore or a happy accident, you learn
how to deal a blow or a trick that distracts or delays
the horror temporarily. -1 Touch, -1 Doom.
Second Die (Luck): How lucky you were during the
harrowing experience.
• 1: Fate hates you. Take -1 on all dice your next 3 rolls.
• 2: Bad luck haunts you. -1 on all dice your next roll.
• 3-4: Scars linger. +1 touch.
• 5: Luck smiles on you. -1 Touch as you confront the
terror successfully and regain some of your will.
• 6: A miracle or impossible twist of fate. -1 Touch and
+1 on all dice your next roll.
Touch
As the story fills in, individual characters become
Touched. When Touch hits 10, roll its oracle.
Touch Oracle
When a character hits 10 Touch, they die or vanish in the
past. Narrate their final end. Then roll two dice for the
oracle. The player continues playing, adding details and
relating experiences that happened before their final end.
Gain or lose Doom, apply it per normal. Gain or lose
Touch, add or subtract it from each remaining character.
First Die (Grief): The reaction to the grief of loss.
• 1-2: Everyone is overwhelmed with sorrow and fear.
+1 Touch to all remaining characters.
• 3-4: The horror uses the shared shock to torment the
group further. +2 Doom.
5: The group uses the tragedy to strengthen their
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resolve and drive forward. -2 Doom.
• 6: The pain and distraction luckily push the
characters away from the madness. All take -2 Touch.
Second Die (Prey): Emboldened, the horror hunts.
• 1: The horror strikes, killing or driving away a loved
one of each character. +2 Doom, all get +2 Touch.
• 2: The creepy thing attacks all of the characters,
granting +2 Touch to them all.
• 3-4: Though the monstrosity stalks them, it never gets
a good opportunity to harm the characters.
• 5-6: The terror acts too hastily and boldly, making
errors in its assault. -1 Doom, -1 Touch to all.
Doom
When Doom reaches 20, each remaining character has
their final end revealed and narrated. After all characters
meet their end, go around the group two more rounds.
The first round, each player partially describes the
awakened forgotten god and how it uses the created
creepypasta egregore and rewritten past to emerge into
the world. The second closing round, each player briefly
adds a snippet about what happens to the world when the
god is fully birthed into its power.