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VKILLER
This game uses assets from Lone Archivist’s Graphic Archive and
NeonWave by Houston Hanna. It also uses icons made by Caro
Asercion, DarkZaitzev, Delapouite, Lorc, and PriorBlue, available
on https://game-icons.net. Fonts listed at the end.
All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real
persons, living, dead, or undead, is purely coincidental. All other
artistic materials in this book were paid for and used with
permission. You have permission to copy this for personal use.
 VibeCon 20XX is a huge annual convention
for streamers and gamers, hosted by the
streaming platform ViBer. You and your
friends are streamers, here to network, try
new things, and have some fun.

One of VibeCon’s special guests is the

famous VTuber Heartful Hadaly.You’re in
luck: you get to meet her!

VKILLER is a short horror/thriller TTRPG. The

players are streamers at VibeCon, who discover
that the convention is covering up a serious
crime; they must work together to find out what
happened and stop it from happening again.

To play, you’ll need: Content Warning

• 3-5 people. VKILLER contains death, murder, gore,
blood, abuse, and some NPCs who are
• Some six-sided dice. pretty bigoted.

• Tokens (three per person max). Before play, your group should talk to
establish boundaries and preferences.
Players should only read the How To Play,
VibeCon and Example Characters sections. To
make it easier, this game has a Player Reference
version with only those sections.

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 How to Play
Characters Actions
Your character is a streamer. Write down three When you do something risky, roll to find out
things that describe them: how it goes:

• Roll 1d just for trying.

• +1d if your Mask or Face can be useful.

ers perceive
Your character’s Mask is how oth
utation, or
them: their on-screen persona, a rep • +1d if the GM thinks you’re prepared.
d at. What
things everyone knows they’re goo
arily what
others think they’re like isn’t necess Then look at your highest result:
they’re actually like.
If it’s 5-6, you succeed at what you’re
Popular Pro
Examples: Loudmouthed Brat, trying to do.
rd, Violent
Gamer, Tactical Military Sim Ne
y
Thug, Workaholic Business Lad If it’s 3-4, you succeed, but there’s an
added complication you won’t like.

If it’s 1-2, you fail, and you still get a

complication.
Your character’s Face is their true self
: the You can’t use your Mask and your Face on the
way they act when nobody’s looking, skill
s they same roll. If you use your Face, people nearby
mostly use behind the scenes, and things
they get to see at least a glimmer of your true self.
just don’t share with their viewers. Idea
lly, this
should create conflict with your Mask.

Examples: Former Delinquent, Manipula

tive
Piece Of Shit, Raising Two Brothers,
Rich
Heir, Running From A Toxic Past

Bond
ip with another
Finally, establish a relationsh
e (when in doubt,
character. Pick someone els
ur left or next in
just go with whoever’s to yo
e how they’re
the voice chat) and describ
must agree to it.
connected. The other player

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 Bytes
As you have a silly goofy time at VibeCon, you’ll
earn Bytes. These are tokens that can be spent
to improve rolls, help friends, or change the story.
Earning Bytes
Get +1 Byte when you...
• Succumb to your vices
• Investigate a major problem
• Express the conflict between your Mask
and your Face in a major way
• Offer meaningful support to someone
• Be a huge piece of shit to someone
• Suffer thanks to VibeCon’s bullshit
You can have up to 3 Bytes.
Character Questions
Use these to figure out your character. You
don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.
1. How does their “on-screen” persona differ
from their real-life one?
2. What part of their life do they hide from
their fans? How about their peers?
3. Who knows their name and face? Is it a
secret, an open secret, or not a secret?
4. What meme keeps following them around?
5. Any friends at VibeCon? Rivals?
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Spending Bytes
Spend 1 Byte to...
• Get +1d once per game.
• Shrug off a mild injury.
Spend 2 Bytes to...
• Give someone else +1d once per game.
• Turn a serious injury into a mild one.
• Save a life at the cost of a serious injury.
• Reveal an escape route or a clue.
• Sacrifice an NPC to save another NPC.
Spend 3 Bytes to...
• Change 1 or 2 into 6 once per game.
• Sacrifice an NPC to save a PC.
6. Were they ever involved in a controversy?
Do others know what really happened?
7. Last thing they lost a close friend over?
8. What are they recovering from, and why
did they come here anyway?
9. When everything goes to hell, what keeps
them going?
10. What bad habit do they struggle to break?
11. Any weaknesses? Asking for a friend.

Artist Alley
A hall packed with artist booths. It’s pretty nice
compared to the rest of VibeCon, partly because
the folks here have learned to rely on each other
instead of the staff.
Awesome Theatre
The main theatre. Anything that happens here will
probably be one of the highlights of the con.
The Backrooms
Not those ones. This is a perfectly normal set of
staff-only corridors and storage rooms that
surrounds VibeCon. You can travel all over the
con if you know what you’re doing, but you’ll be
in trouble if you’re caught.
Expo Hall
The meat of this con sandwich: booths, product
showcases, all that kind of thing. The ViBer booth
stands proudly in the center, while the VScape
booth sits near the Awesome Theater.
Food Court
Con food: regular food, but twice the price! If you
want a safe place to talk that’s slightly quieter
than the rest of VibeCon, this is your best bet.
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Con.
Areas of Vibeid s
The GM dec tse
which par
connect.
Vibe Hotel
This classy hotel sits across from VibeCon.
Special guests and streamers with booths get
free rooms; the rest are taken by streamers and
other internet people who were lucky enough to
get one before they sold out.
The Hotel has security to protect the residents
from stalkers and other weirdos, though there
have still been Incidents in the past.
THE RIPLINE
A zipline crosses the expo hall ceiling. Sign a
waiver and you can climb a platform, slap on a
safety harness, zoom through the air, and land
safely on some mats at the far end.
That’s the idea, anyway. They fucked it up, and
you hit the mats way too fast. Nobody’s taken
lasting damage yet, but you’ll still suffer.
Vscape Booth
Home to one of the VibeCon’s biggest sponsors,
a VTuber talent agency. Head down to their end
of the expo hall to watch videos, buy merch, sign
up for auditions, try to enter the mysterious room
at the back of the booth and get turned away by
security, or just watch as people ride the RIPline
and Princess Diana into the safety mats.
 to you by…
Brought
Example PCs
Akira Iwata
Akira’s a laid-back pro gamer who tries to live his life by “the code
of the true rocker”. He used to be a violent delinquent who got
expelled for attacking a teacher, and rock music basically saved
him. He’s afraid of losing his reputation if his past comes out.

Mask: Respected Pro Gamer

Face: Former Delinquent

Elias Korhonen
Elias was a respected FPS streamer, until last VibeCon. A popular
streamer abused a friend of his off-camera, and Elias beat him so
bad it got in the news. He’s a nice guy beneath the rough exterior,
but everyone else thinks he’s a thug now. No regrets.

Mask: Violent Thug

Face: Do What’s Right, No Matter What

Haze Lee
A loudmouthed Aussie “fallen angel” VTuber with a bratty attitude
(what connoisseurs call kusogaki). In real life she’s an activist who
regularly attends protests, but her agency has her hide her politics
to avoid “controversy”. She uses events like this to blow off steam.

Mask: Loudmouthed Bratty VTuber

Face: Street Medic Riot Girl

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 Daphnia Tripp
Daphnia streams mystery and puzzle games, and there are few
problems she can’t solve. She’s a cutie with a talent for social
media—but she used to be a toxic jerk who posted on some bad
websites. She’s not proud, but she can do the mean voice.

Mask: Mystery-Solving Influencer

Face: Running From A Toxic Past

Ivan West
As his Lovecraftian-cultist character Kuro, Ivan acts extroverted
and unhinged (in a self-aware way). When he’s not “in character”,
Ivan’s a nervous boy getting his Masters in Engineering. The Kuro
character began as an attempt to work on his shyness.

Mask: Lovable Goofball VTuber

Face: Soft-Spoken Engineer

Kaiko Yabe
KaiYa’s famous for her fun, weird songs—fans are split on whether
her best track is Coelacanth Dad, Sumimachine, or finalFINAL_v3_
(final)(3)_FINAL(killme).mp3. She’s talented and loves to flaunt it,
though she can usually tell when she’s being insufferable.

Mask: Oddball Internet Musician

Face: Arrogant Girlboss

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 Bond Ideas
Some suggested bonds for the example PCs, or
for inspiration for your own characters. (When in
doubt, pick the first one that connects to another
PC in the group.)
Akira Iwata
• Akira and Kaiko went to the same school.
Only she knows his past, though she doesn’t
really seem to give a shit.
• Akira is a Kuro Chorazos fan, but has avoided
knowing who Ivan is. Once he does, Akira
tries hard to not come off as weird.
Elias Korhonen
• Elias and Daphnia are close friends, though
they bicker so much it’s hard to tell.
• A friend who knows Akira told Elias that he’d
probably be a good connection to make, but
Elias doesn’t want to come off as someone
who only befriends people useful to him.
Haze Lee
• Haze’s been dating Ivan since they hit it off
during a collab, though they’ve kept it secret
so her fans don’t flip out.
• Haze has the wrong idea about Elias, and it’s
like 90% based on vibes. In her defense, his
vibe reminds her of someone who hurt her in
the past.
Daphnia Tripp
• Daphnia and Akira are friends, but they’ve
grown distant—she gets “bad past” vibes from
him and worries he gets it from her, too.
• Daphnia is pretty sure she was mean to Haze
in the past, under her old identity. She doesn’t
want to admit it, so instead she does her best
to be nice to Haze now and hope she doesn’t
figure it out.
Ivan West
• Ivan secretly holds footage that would prove
Elias is innocent, but the streamer Elias beat
up threatened Haze to keep him quiet.
• Ivan recognises Daphnia from her toxic days.
He won’t say anything, but he won’t like her
much until he thinks she’s made amends.
Kaiko Yabe
• Kaiko and Haze have collab’d on music, but
they clashed so much on the last track that
they’ve been avoiding each other since.
• Kaiko has been avoiding Elias, even though
they have mutual friends who would have
vouched for him, because she’s worried about
her image being hurt if she’s wrong. This is a
great way to piss Elias off.