t r a p p e d CABIN IN A

WITH
LORD BYRON A one page RPG by Oliver Darkshire

You are on vacation with Lord Byron Byronic Event... (roll a d6)
in his holiday home, but the weather has 1 or 2 Byron’s Recreations
trapped you and your friends inside the house. 3 or 4 Byron’s Drama
Only the strong will survive. 5 or 6 A Brief Redoubt...

RULES Byron’s Recreations

Is he aware the walls are
You have three scores: 1 exceptionally thin? +1 stress
Scandal, Masterpiece & Stress He’s made a mess of your
2 desk in the process - 1 masterpiece
SCANDAL May he borrow your - 1 Stress
3 husband? Of course. +1 Scandal
Masterpiece His half-sister is here, and
4 they are far too intimate +2 Scandal
STRESS
You weary of listening to
5 tales of his exploits +1 Stress

A NEW DAY WITH BYRON... He makes an excellent muse

6 on occasion
- 1 Stress
+2 Masterpiece
To start your holiday, generate a new Byronic Event
Byron’s Drama
by rolling a six-sided die (d6). Adjust your scores as
directed by the event, then roll a new event. Keep He needs help reading his
1 fan mail +1 Stress
rolling new events until your Scandal, Masterpiece
He’s brought his pet bear. It
or Stress reaches 10. 2 is not trained. +2 Stress
He wants to read you his
• If your Scandal reaches 10, you are no longer 3 poetry +3 Stress
fit to enter society and must flee to nurse your He’s in the papers. Again.
4 Which means you are too. +1 scandal
reputation.
He broke up with his latest
• If your Masterpiece reaches 10, you create a new 5 girlfriend/boyfriend +2 Scandal
genre of supernatural horror fiction based on He’s found a new skull to use
your time with Byron. 6 as a goblet +3 scandal

• If your Stress reaches 10, you lose your patience

A Brief Redoubt...
with the man and either kill him in a fit of rage or
otherwise descend into uncontrollable weeping 1 Time alone. Blissful time. +1 Masterpiece
from which you never emerge. 2 He’s busy with a paramour. - 1 stress
A walk around the house!
3 Underwear on our heads! +1 Scandal
Special rule: Disaster Muse
He has an excellent supply +1 Scandal
4 of contraband substances.
If you roll three 6s in a row, Byron destroys your +1 Masterpiece
manuscript either by accident or on purpose during 5 Wine! A chest of wine! - 1 masterpiece
one of his episodes - reduce that score to 0.
6 He passed out in his study +1 Masterpiece