A GMless rpg inspired by Blade Runner, Nier: Automata, Darker than Black, & Land of the Lustrous
Inhuman Condition
A One Page Tragedy by Karin Malady
Here, you inhabit the role of Agents created by the Organization for absolute loyalty and expendability.
You all have just been assigned a critical mission in our conflict against The Enemy.
You will not make it out of this alive.
Create The Organization: Elaborate as desired
You are: Androids, Clones, Dolls,
Golems, Synthetics, Revenants
Using: Blades, Guns, Magic, Psionic, Energy, Powers
Working for a: Government, Church, Militia,
Rebellion, Cabal, Business
To: Win a war, Rule the world, Enforce beliefs,
Control secrets, Hoard resources, Subvert order
Create Agents: One for each player
Lucky #: Pick two numbers between one and six
Traits: Mercy, Fealty, Honor
(Represents threats to your heart, loyalty, and Bond)
One trait is Inept (more susceptible) - highlight it.
One trait is Adept (unsusceptible) - strike it out.
What are you called? - You are not allowed a name
A Designation, A Codename, A Call Sign, A Title, A Trait
What is your role? - Pick a purpose
Battle, Infiltration, Recovery, Tactics, Traitor
Why do you do this? - Pick a reason
The Cause, Expectations, Loyalty, Sabotage, No Options
What holds you back? - Pick a regret
A person, A memory, A desire, A belief, A feeling
Who are you beholden to and why?
Pick another Agent as your Bond
Player Guidelines
Let complications flourish
See the humanity in your enemies
Be overly dramatic
Agent Indoctrination
Oppose the enemy
Complete the mission
Kill all Traitors
Dead Agents
If your Agent is killed before the end of the game:
You can call for an Agent to roll a complication
You can still call for trait rolls as normal
You can narrate the enemy or environment
Player Guidelines still apply
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Playing the Game
The game moves through three scenes, each scene
advancing closer to the mission’s goal.
1st scene: Introduce the immediate situation
2nd scene: Introduce the goal’s circumstances
Taking Action
3rd scene: Introduce the final challenge
Whenever you take an action, you succeed. An action is anything described to
overcome a foe or obstacle. Narrate the result as cool or stylish as desired. If
To establish a scene, each prompt should be
another player wants your Agent to act differently, they can call for a roll.
assigned to a player who speaks the phrase and
follows the instructions.
To call for a roll, one player asks another player, “Do you show [trait]?”
“I take point.” - describe the environment
Mercy (When you want to stop an Agent’s action.)
“Scans indicate…” - describe the obstacle 
Fealty (When you want to cause an Agent to take action.)
“Hostiles detected.” - describe what they’re doing. 
Honor (When you want to cause or stop an action from your Bond.)
Take turns declaring actions until the scene ends.
An “in fiction” reason is not required to call for a roll but can be included.
The scene ends when the obstacle is defeated.
If no one rolls: last Agent to act rolls a complication
To resolve the question, roll 2d6 (Inept traits roll 1d6)
If two dice are Lucky #s, complete resist - Agent acts as desired
If you complete the goal and face down the final
If one dice is a Lucky #, partial resist - Accept consequence to act as desired.
challenge, the mission is a success. Due to the
If no dice are a Lucky #, you give way - Agent acts according to the trait rolled.
confidential nature of the mission, whoever
If your trait is Adept, reply “I cannot” - Automatically resist.
remains is decommissioned.
If you wish to avoid Toll, reply "I give way" - then do so
If you resist: Increase Toll by 1. If a you give way: Roll a complication Taking Toll
The biggest threat to the Agents’ success is Toll.
Complication - roll 1d6
Increase by 1 if an Agent resists 
1. The enemy overwhelms you. Who do you blame?
Increase by 1  if a Traitor is killed
2. The goal is endangered. How is this your fault?
When the Toll counter reaches 6, the player
3. Reveal how an Agent has betrayed you. Are they a Traitor?
responsible for it describes how everything goes
4. Explain how part of the Mission was wrong
wrong. The enemy overwhelms them, the
5. Explain how a part of your Agent was altered. 
Agents are hunted by the organization, they all
6. There was a fatal miscalculation. Explain what.
Mission Briefing - roll 1d6 for each turn on each other, etc. Ask the Agents “Do you
The destination: have any regrets?” Everyone answers the
1. A vast archive of the old world question and the tragedy comes to a close.
2. An underground complex full of secrets
3. A ruined city that has become contested
4. A destroyed wilderness known for prior beauty 
5. An isolated, barren battlefield 
6. A tower stretching into the heavens
The goal: The enemy: 
1. Assassinate a key figure 1. Unthinking automatrons
2. Recover classified stolen info 2. Heartless soldiers
3. Learn the enemy’s weakness 3. Brainwashed rivals
4. Protect a devastating weapon 4. Vicious creatures
5. Track down a Traitor  5. A corrupting force
6. Make contact with an ally 6. Otherworldly entities Toll