Whoops, All Bards!
The Game:
You put out a quest call, put a poster on the jobs board, and got ready to attack the dungeon. Only problem, the only people who answered were bards. And you’re a bard! But the quest has a time limit, so you’re going into the dungeon and you’ll just have to figure it out as you go!
What I Like About This One:
There aren’t enough games that make violence a non-answer. I mean, the number of times violence solves my problems in a normal day? Zero per day. The number of times seduction solves my problems? Very closely approaching zero… But my whole job is diplomacy! Diplomacy is how I handle all of my problems! So the idea of a game where beating monsters up is verboten appeals to me.
This is probably the worst version of the roll xd20, take the middle, that I’ve put together so far but I still kinda love it in its ridiculousness.
What I’d Do Differently Next Time:
I’d probably make the failures not equal death early on. I had to come up with stuff to get around it for some of the mechanics that came later, but it was funny in the moment.