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CONTENTS

Safety Tools..................................... 4
DON’T PLAY THIS GAME. GAME............ 6
The Game............................................ 8
Neccessary Supplies...................... 10
The Anchor........................................ 12
Staying alive...................................... 13
Events................................................ 14
Appendices.......................................... 27
Anchor Sheet.................................... 28

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Safety Tools
Horror stories, at times, are
purposefully distressing,
designed to shock and run
shivers up your spine. But in
reading a novel or watching
a film there is always a
boundary, a line where you are
experiencing these terrors
through the lens of another.
Their trials and tribulations
against whatever haunts them
are their own, and when you
put the book down or watch the
credits roll the experience
stays there, in fiction. With
roleplaying horror, especially
in a solo capacity, the lines
are not as clearly drawn.
You are creating a character,
one who may be close to
yourself, the connection
between you and them being
much stronger than another
fictional figure. It is here we
have to be careful, playing
games should always be fun
and enjoyable and much like
other forms of fiction and
entertainment, should stay
that way. Horror is fantastic
for a fright and a thrill but
shouldn’t linger with us in a
negative way. If it begins to
get under our skin, we need
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to recognise it and redraw
our lines to make sure things
remain fun.
There are two stages of safety
tools we recommend when
playing IF YOU’RE READING
THIS, I’M DEAD, one at the
start of setting up your game,
the other used regularly
throughout playing.
The first Safety Tool for a
solo horror experience we
recommend using is a set of
key questions when creating
your character and getting
ready to start playing.
Character
Who is my character and how
are they different from me?
Drawing a distinct line
between the fictional character
you are creating and yourself
is a healthy way to keep
separation
Comfort
The experience of playing
the game is a personal one,
especially when played truly
solo. It is up to you to draw
the line of what horror your
character may face. If a Event
is too intense or draws you
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towards a subject matter you The Personal Check-In

are not comfortable with, skip
The second safety tool we
it and roll again. Are you
recommend using is the
comfortable with the
Personal Check-In. After
completing a few Events, set
Safety
the book aside and see how
The game sometimes asks you to
you are feeling. If the game
go out and gather artefacts to
is becoming too overwhelming
add to your story. These are
or Eventing too many negative
designed to generate creepy
feelings, take a break. Games
keepsakes to remember your
are meant to be cathartic
character’s journey. When
experiences, but there can be
collecting these, always ask
too much of a good thing. The
yourself, am I safe doing
solo and focused nature of
this? Is this the location
the game has the chance to get
I am going to safe? Is the
lost in, so just take breaks
item I am creating/collecting
and remind yourself, its just
safe? For example, going to
a game and you are telling a
the park during the day to
story, a creepy one but not a
take some photographs could be
real one.
deemed safe. Going at night
to an abandoned and unstable
building to collect rusty
shards of metal, arguably not
safe. Gathering these artefacts
should be fun and relatively
spooky, but always make sure
you are not endangering
yourself doing so. If you are
going further afield or going
somewhere more isolated, tell
someone where you are going,
take a friend and any other
necessary precautions to look
after yourself.

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DON’T PLAY
front, nothing to foretell the
horror that it would bring

THIS GAME
to my life. The first page of
the book came scrawled with a
clear warning:

Oh come on, please stop

You must play this game or in
reading, otherwise it’ll
7 days or something bad will
happen to you too, it says
happen…
it on the cover for Christ’s
sake.
I ignored it, some stupid
chain letter prank I was sure.
Well if you’re reading this
But then 7 days later my dog
it’s already too late, you’re
got hit by a car. I read the
cursed now. Anyone who reads
book again and, to my horror,
this must play this game or
the pages had changed:
bad things will happen. Trust
me because, well, I didn’t
You must play this game or in
play, and if you’re reading
7 days or something bad will
this, then I’m dead.
happen…

You might be familiar with

Told you so…
how legacy games work, as a
game gets played over time
I tore the above segment out
it changes transforming from
of the book in a rage but
what it was into something
when I came back to the book
completely new. Well, this I
the next day the page was
guess is kind of like a legacy
undamaged. This couldn’t be
game. You play it, it changes,
real, a dream, a sick hoax,
you pass it on. If you don’t
so I waited. Like an idiot.
play it and you don’t pass it
I waited. Another 7 days
on then you will be cursed.
past, I went out to pick up
something from the shops and
That’s kind of how this all
when I came home my house was
started. One day I received a
in ashes. Burnt to the ground.
book in the post, unlike this
Then I saw it, poking out
book it had no warnings on the
of the rubble and ash, the

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book, still there. Completely

unscathed. I trembled turning
to the page and under it’s
previous warning it read:

‘You should really play with me…

You must play this game or in

7 days or something bad will
happen…’

Whatever it is that wants to

play it’s powerful, and it
will not rest until you play
with it.

So why do you have this book

now? Well unfortunately
passing the book on was part
of the game. This thing isn’t
content to play with just 1
person, it wants to play with
everyone, forever. I thought
by passing on the book I’d
perhaps escape, receive some
peace for me and everyone I
know.

But I was wrong, I should have

let it kill me but now you’re
cursed too and I’m sorry about
that.

GOOD LUCK.

You’re going to need it.

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The Game
You’re still reading? Really?
Well, it’s not like you have
much of a choice in the matter
now you’ve begun. But hey -
I’d get it if you wanted to
throw this book in the river
and forget all about this.
Sadly, It’s not that simple
(miss you, Aunt Kathy). The
Entity that started all of
this wants you to play now.
It needs you to. You try and
get rid of it, it’ll just
come crawling back, dragging
something worse along with it.
So what does it want? It wants
you, the Cursed, to create a
Record of your experiences as
it torments you. This is what
I found in the book when it
came to me - a message about
the game it wants you to play
with it along with a warning.
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Hello.
You’ve found me, and I’ve found
you.
Let’s play a game.
Bad things are going to happen
to you. Events in your life which
you will not be able to stop.
When these Events happen, this
book will ask you questions.
I want you to answer them.
Write, draw, take pictures or
even paint. Anything that allows
you to create a Record of your
experiences.
If you ignore me, things will
get worse. If you don’t answer
truthfully, things will get
worse. The only way to win is
to play. Finish the game and I’ll
leave you be.
If you get to the end, the Record
will pass to another so the
games can continue. Forever and
ever. Doesn’t that sound fun?
I didn’t believe it at first.
I mean who would, right? But
then, the day after this
cursed thing landed on my
doorstep, my Aunt Kathy died.
I remembered what the book
said and my curiosity got
the better of me. And there
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it was, the Event. Scrawled
by an unseen hand asking me
questions, pushing me to
answer. At first, I didn’t.
That was a mistake.
So this is what’s going to
happen. You’re going to play
the game, and I’m going to
help you through where I can.
You are now Cursed and this
Entity is going to cause
Events in your life to happen
that you must Record. If you
don’t play, it will make your
life a misery, so, for the
sake of everyone you love,
just keep playing. Get to the
end. Pass it on. Live your
life.
I’ve had time to think this
all over and this Entity seems
to feed in a very particular
way. Why do we record
everything around us? Some
feel more compelled to than
others but we all do it just
the same. I have a theory. It
is proof that we existed; a
physical mark on our world’s
history that we were there.
It acts as a moment carved in
stone, one where we can look
back and remember that was who
we were. No matter how lost we
become we are still here - and
others will know it too. They
will see us, our presence,
more clearly. No one wants to
fade away into obscurity - or
worse: nothing.
There is another edge to this
blade, however, one with a more
sinister purpose. We document
and archive experiences to
see if there is something
we are missing, hidden in
the background of our lives,
gnawing at its edges until it
comes undone. It’s a game we
all play, whether we know it
or not. And I think that is
what keeps this thing alive,
a twisted cycle that it won’t
allow us to break.
There is a chance you may free
yourself from this curse, but
also a possibility you may be
consumed by it. I encountered
someone who had been and it
wasn’t pretty. It seems the
Entity needs its playing
pieces on the game board and
likes to use those who lose
as its pawns. Maybe you can
find a way to finish this story
for good, perhaps defeat this
thing once and for all. But if
you can’t, just get to the end
and pass it on to someone who
might. It’s the only hope we
have.
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Neccessary Supplies
To play the game you will need a full set of roleplaying dice
(D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20, D100). These are used to find the
next Event, I think it’s the Entity’s sick idea of putting
fate in your hands. When it asks you to roll, just do it.
Occasionally, if you have to choose between just two things,
it’ll get you to flip a coin. I always chose heads.

You will need something to record your journey into the unknown,
either a journal with a pen or paper or a word-processing
document. If you prefer to archive your story verbally, a memo
app on your phone or a dedicated voice recorder is a good option
now. The only thing is it needs to be stored in one place to
create the Record. You can’t spread it out or hide entries away
from the others, otherwise, it’ll get mad. I kept everything in
my office, computer, corkboard and this damned book (obviously).

Sometimes it is going to ask you to capture an image for it. A

camera of some kind, anything from a Polaroid camera to a phone
will do. If you can’t get one of these, grab a sketchbook, paper
and drawing tools as a replacement.

Also, just a recommendation from me, keep track of how you’re

doing. You are going to need to keep track of your Health
to make sure you can face this thing, as well as some quick
reference to what you have at your disposal to use, or stuff
to watch out for. It’s very easy to forget things, especially
when they get intense or scary (which, unfortunately for you, is
going to be frequent).

I’ve included a way to do this for you at the back of the book
on page 28, I called it my Anchor (see pg 28), somewhere that
no matter how bad it gets, I remember what I have and more
importantly, who I am.

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In summary, these are the items you need to get started:

¤ Something to write with and on - like a

notepad or a word processor.

¤ A full set of polyhedral role-playing dice -

or a dice-rolling application.

¤ A sketchbook - or some spare paper. Try to

avoid drawing on the walls.

¤ A Camera of some kind.

¤ An Anchor. Just use my template (see pg 28).

I can’t stop you really, can I?

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The Anchor
As the unfortunate soul who’s
going to be facing this Entity
you’re going to be under a lot
of pressure, weird stuff is
going to happen all the time
and, at points, your mind is
going to fray (trust me, I’ve
been there). On my go around
facing off against this thing,
I created this, The Anchor, a
way to keep track of what was
going, how I was doing and,
most importantly, what I had
to fight back against the evil
haunting me.
Attributes
For the sake of ease, I split
elements of my life up into
6 key areas, and ended up
calling them Attributes. I
know these don’t represent
everything, but believe me,
these are the things that are
going to count most.
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Talents
THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU ARE
UNIQUELY GOOD AT. THIS COULD
BE RELATED TO YOUR CAREER OR
PASSIONS, A PHOTOJOURNALIST
FOR EXAMPLE MAY HAVE
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A TALENT. YOU
MAY SURPRISE YOURSELF AND GAIN
SOME MORE TALENT AS YOU FIGHT
BACK.
Resources
NOT JUST LIMITED TO USEFUL
ITEMS, A RESOURCE CAN BE
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN UTILISE
TO YOUR BENEFIT. THIS CAN
BE ANYTHING FROM A WIND-UP
TORCH, TO HAVING A CAR, OR
ACCESS TO WEALTH TO FUND YOUR
ENDEAVOURS.
Friends
TRUSTED ALLIES FROM YOUR
LIFE WHO ARE THERE TO HELP,
ACCOMPANY YOU IN THEIR
INVESTIGATIONS AND BE A BEACON
OF SUPPORT. BE CAREFUL,
HOWEVER, THE LIFE OF A CURSED
IS DANGEROUS AND THERE IS
ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT A DEAR
FRIEND COULD END UP IN THE
FIRING LINE. ONLY BRING THEM
IN ON THIS IF NECESSARY.
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Secrets
DARK AND TERRIBLE, SECRETS
RELATE TO THE ENTITY THAT
HAS CURSED YOU, ITS ORIGIN,
INTENTION AND PAST. THESE CAN
BE DISCOVERED AS YOU FORGE
DOWN DARKER PATHS, AND EVEN
FIND YOU HAVE NEW SECRETS OF
YOUR OWN.
Fears
EVERYONE HAS FEARS, THINGS
THAT SEND A SHIVER UP THEIR
SPINE. YOU’LL BEGIN WITH VERY
FEW BUT BY THE END OF YOUR
JOURNEY WILL COME AWAY WITH
MANY. I USED TO LOVE THE
WOODS, NOW I CAN’T SMELL PINE
WITHOUT GETTING PANICKED.
Artefacts
THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAY
HELP OR HINDER YOU, THEIR
CONNECTION TO YOURSELF AND
THE ENTITY INTERTWINED IN THE
DARK DANCE THAT TAKES PLACE
AS YOU TRY TO SURVIVE. THESE
ARE OFTEN THINGS THAT THE GAME
REQUESTS YOU GO AND FIND. A
PHOTO, A SKETCH, A SOUND, ALL
THESE ARTEFACTS BEING OBJECTS
REPRESENTING YOUR JOURNEY.
COLLECT THEM UP, CREATE THEM,
AND DO WHAT THE GAME ASKS.
Staying alive
This Entity will eat away
at you and cause you harm,
physically and mentally. It’s
like a cat, toying with its
prey whilst it still lives -
it enjoys the game, playing
with you until it’s ready to
consume you and move on to the
next victim.
Everyone has their limit, and
it’s very easy to lose track
of yourself as you play this
game and not realise the toll
it is taking. To help keep
track of when you need rest or
help, I added a way to track
your Life to the Anchor. You
can lose or gain points to
their Life depending on what
happens. You start out with 10
points, these points represent
your physical and mental state
as well as the stability of
your Life overall. Getting
hurt or seeing unknowable
horrors can decrease your Life
points but this isn’t the only
way. Losing friends, resources
and support until you are left
isolated and alone can also
take its toll.
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If you lose all your Life
Points, you die, or you fall
into something even worse. You
become lost. Either losing
your grip on reality or
being consumed by the evil,
potentially even possessed
by it to do its bidding (I
met some of these people and
it was not pretty). Death
isn’t always the logical
end option. You may end up
isolating yourself, living a
hermit lifestyle which avoids
all interactions that could
attract the entity’s interest.
If this happens, your game
ends but it will carry on with
someone else eventually, when
it is found by another. This
may be someone related to
you, possibly a Friend, or,
if your end was particularly
grisly, an investigator for
the police. Think about where
you keep your Record, where it
is hidden in case you perish.
You don’t want it to fall
into the wrong hands and have
someone fall victim to what
you experienced.
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That’s why you have my Record
now. A random address, a
couple of stamps and I got it
as far away from me and what
was left of loved ones. Again,
I’m sorry, but as you play I’m
sure you’ll understand why I
did what I did.
Before you start
Before you start, for your
attributes, add the following:
¤ 1 Talent
¤ 1 Friend
¤ 1 Fear
This is to keep a grounding
of who you are, establish a
baseline for your life before
it starts getting pulled apart
like afraying jumper. Everyone
has at least one of each,
right?
Events
The game is fuelled by Events
the Entity puts upon you, a
series of experiences that
deepen the mystery around it,
and haunt you. Amidst the
horror of what is to come,
there will be opportunities to
gather information and help in
defining what evil plagues you
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and how to stop it. Take them,

use them and don’t give up. NOTE: This is a demo version
There’s a slim chance of it rolling for new Events is
but you can win. It is a game not required. A handful of
after all. Events have been selected to
be played through in order to
The Entity likes the idea give you a taste of a shorter
you are a master of your own but full experience of the
fate, it seems to be its game.
twisted sense of fairness.
Navigating between Events is
determined via the use of Hello again.
role-playing dice. There will
be instructions at the end of It’s time to begin. Turn to the
each Event telling you what to next page so we can start playing
roll, the result determining together.
how many Events forwards or
backwards you will move. This This is going to be fun.
is where the Event will appear
and the game will ask you to
record what is happening, how
you feel and all manner of
other questions. Answer them.
Don’t ignore them. Whatever
you do, don’t ignore them.

Some Events will have bad

things happen to you,
devastating changes that take
place in an instant. Stay the
course, and always follow what
the Event says. You can’t
escape the horror that is to
come.

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Event 1: Tragedy Strikes

The world ticks along as normal, your day trickling along like
any other as you go about the usual business of existing. Then
the phone rings. There’s been a tragedy, one that deeply affects
you, what is it? Who is calling to tell you this? How do you
feel? What have you lost?
See pg 27 of the appendix for a list of potential tragedies.

You attend a memorial service, a way to mourn what has happened.

Who attends with you, do they comfort you well? What do you talk
about?
Add them as a Friend.

A few days later, you receive something, a remnant of what has

been lost. What could this be? An inherited item? A reminder of
a time long gone? Something you do not recognise? Identify it
and add it as an Artefact. You may also add the Resource of
Inherited Wealth. Once this resource has been marked three times
it is crossed out and can no longer be used.
See pg 27 of the appendix of Artefacts born from the tragedy.

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Event 2: D isturbing Dream

Head swimming in a feverish night of sleep, you find yourself
dreaming. You are alone in a location you recognise but it feels
wrong. Where is it? What about it isn’t right?
See pg 27 of the appendix for a list of locations.

You hear a voice calling out to you in the darkness. It sounds

like someone you know, calling for help. Who is it? Where in the
location is it coming from? What are they saying?
Add this person as a Friend.

A figure stands at the end of a long hallway. You think it could

be your friend but as you get closer, it becomes clear it is
someone else. Something else. You wake with a start, sweat on
your brow. What do you remember about this figure?
Try and draw them and add this sketch as an Artefact.

Event 3: Sleepwalker
Falling into a deep sleep, you find yourself in a familiar
location, its form and logic however, warped by the nature of
dreams. Where do you find yourself? What significance does it have
to you?
Roll a D6. If you roll 4 or above, lose 1 Life Point from a lack
of sleep. If you roll 3 or below lose 3 Life Points.

Wandering around something is calling to you. You find something,

a strange relic that hums when you pick it up. The world of the
dream begins to disintegrate around you. What does the relic
look like? How do you feel holding it?
Gain an Artefact called Dream Relic. Draw or make a physical
manifestation of this item.

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You awaken covered in blood holding the relic in your hand,

standing outside a building you recognise that isn’t your home.
Where is this building? What is its significance to you? Whose or
what blood is it? How do you get home if you can?
Gain the Secret of Violent Sleepwalker. Go outside. Take a photo
of a building that represents where you awoke.

Event 4: The Library

Gathering your thoughts on the strange occurrences of the past
couple of weeks, a single element jumps out at you, a common
thread that has run through all the bizarre encounters you have
had. What is this piece of information? How are they linked
together? Reminisce on your Cursed Characters journey so far and
connect some dots.

Not content to let this slither of hope escape, you decide to

conduct some research at your local library on the matter.
Go to your local library. Find a book, newspaper article or
other piece of information that could help your investigation
into the Entity. Take a picture or copy an extract into your
records, and add Research to your Resources.

Whilst collecting this precious piece of information, you feel

the hairs prickle on the back of your neck. It feels like
someone is watching you work. Who or what is watching you? Do
you see them? Do you confront them?
Roll a D10. If you roll lower than 6, lose one Life Point as
paranoia begins to fray your nerves.

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Event 5: Panicked Phone Call

A phone calls late in the night awakening you. It’s a close
friend, they sound distressed and something is wrong. They think
something is after them. Where are they? What’s wrong? Who else
is there?
Pick a Friend to who this is happening. Choose wisely.

The terror on the other end of the line intensifies. You hear
scuffling on the other end of the line. There’s nothing you can
do.
Flip a coin. Tails your Friend lives. Heads they die. If killed,
remove your friend from your character sheet.

Whether your friend made it through the night or was taken by

the Entity, it had a message for. What was the message? How is
your friendship after the attack?

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Event 6: The Abandoned Place

A location calls to you, somewhere long abandoned and forgotten
claimed by the weeds of time. A compulsion overwhelms you as an
urge to go there consumes every thought and want in your mind.
How does it reach out to you? What do you see? Is it known to
you?
Find an abandoned place. Take a photo and add it to your Record.

You arrive at the abandoned place. It appears to be empty, but

the usual blockades of locked doors and chained fences stand in
your way. What particular obstacles stand in your way? How do
you get around them? Did you bring anyone with you?
Either, expend a resource to help you gain access to the
abandoned place; or roll a D6. If you roll a 4 or less, lose
1 Life Point as you injure yourself. Make a note of what the
injury is and how you got it.

You wander the desolate rooms and halls searching for answers,
falling deeper into the labyrinthine clutches of the abandoned
place. Corridors seem to reshape and fold back around, doors
disappearing, exit signs leading you in hopeless circles. What
tricks does the place play on you? How do you feel about being
lost? Do you have hope that you’ll escape?
The shifting environment gnaws at your fraying understanding of
reality. Roll a D10. If you roll a 7 or under, lost 1 Life Point
as panic begins to swell.

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Event 7: An Exchange
A dark open maw stands before you, carved into the surface of
the wall like an open wound. Something whispers to you, making
an offer to help, for a price of course. What does the voice
sound like? Do you recognise it? Are you tempted?
If you wish to refuse the voice’s offer, move on to your next
Event. If you accept, progress.

The voice in the wall gurgles with delight at your acceptance.

To gain its assistance it will require a gift, placed into the
maw. Just reach inside and place it there. Go on.
Choose an Artefact to exchange with voice and place it in the
maw, then cross it off your sheet. Roll a D4 and regain that
many Life Points.

As the sounds of disgusting digestion die down they are replaced

by another gurgle of hunger. There’s potentially another snack
the maw wants, a bigger sacrifice with a greater reward.
If you have a Friend accompanying you, the voice in the maw will
ask for them to be sacrificed. If you agree to this, cross your
Friend off your sheet as they are consumed by the maw. If you
refuse, the maw will shriek and writhe in anger. Roll a D12. If
you roll a 6 or lower, lose 1 HP as you flee the room your sanity
reeling at the living walls cries.

Event 8: The Tunnel

The corridors and pathways all begin to merge into one as you
delve deeper, contorting together to form a tunnel. What does it
look like? How do you navigate its strange path?

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The air around begins to get colder, your breath visible on

the air. Something terrible is close, the pit of your stomach
dropping as you recognise the feeling, the same one that has
been haunting since these terrible things began. It’s here. What
signs reveal the Entity lies ahead? What emotional state do you
find yourself in?

The tunnel ends with a door, inviting you to open it and finally
face what lies beyond. Are you ready?
If you wish to restore some Life Points, if you have a Resource
or Artefact that could feasibly be used to do so, now is the
time. Draw a line through any used Attributes so you know they
can no longer be used, each one restoring 1 Life Point.

Event 9: Facing the Nightmare

The entity swirls around you, warping what you see, twisting
everything within its grasp into a withered crawling version of
what it should be. Is this a dream again? Are you asleep? Have
you finally found the thing that has been haunting you? What form
does it take?

Whether it’s real or not, you can feel it trying to warp your
form too, stripping away at your flesh, contorting your limbs,
your bones straining amidst the meat of your body.
Roll a D10 three times. For each result under 7, you will lose 1
Life Point as the Entity has you in its grasp.

You feel a slither of hope still remains, a chance that you

could resist this ancient power and fight back. How do you fight
back against the darkness? Do you succeed or succumb to its
embrace?

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Event 10: Fighting Back

Resisting and defeating the Entity is difficult and may require
sacrifice. To defeat the Entity and be free of its influence you
must succeed in a number of dice rolls. They must be rolled in
the following order, smallest to largest. You can only move
on to the next dice when you have met the conditions of the
previous roll. Each time you fail a roll, you lose 1 Life Point.

D4 - Roll a 3 or 4.
D6 - Roll an Even number.
D8 - Roll a 6 or higher
D12 - Roll a 10 or higher
D20 - Roll an 18 or higher

You can find ways around these rolls to survive, but they will
require sacrifice.
• Use a Resource to Add or subtract 3 from your roll. This
resource cannot be used again.
• Use the Artefact Dream Relic, if in your possession, to
reroll a failure.
• Sacrifice a friend to the Entity. This triggers an immediate
success and allows you to move on to the next dice challenge,
but your friend is lost to you forever.

If you defeat this swirling nightmare, how do you do it? What

does it cost you?
If you lose to the Entity what is your fate? Do you die, or
suffer an even worse fate?

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Life or Death
Did you survive your encounter with the Entity? How did your
face off against it end?

If your Cursed Character survived and defeated the Entity, go to

Epilogue 1. If they perished and were defeated by the Entity go
to Epilogue 2.

E pilogue 1: Is It Over?
It is two weeks later. The Entity has shown no sign of
resurfacing so far but things don’t feel quite right. How do you
feel? What specifically is unsettling you? What feels unresolved?

You have had a panic attack. Something appeared in your life

that reminded you of the Entity. It could be shrugged off as a
reflection, a trick of the light, your brain fooling you into to
thinking the danger is still present. Could it still be there?
What did you experience? Are there precautions you start to
take?

This is where your story ends. You have survived but now live
with the ghosts of the past hanging over you. Only one thing
remains. What do you do with this record of your experience? Do
you destroy it? Bury it? Feel oddly compelled to pass it on?

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Epilogue 2: Consumed
You are torn apart by the Entity, absorbed into the swirling
mass of darkness. What are your last thoughts as you fade away?
Do you have regrets? Summarise your last moments as yourself.

Awakening in an abandoned building, you sit up. Well, your body

does but something else is in the driver’s seat. What do they do
in your body? How does it feel watching them?

They collect your record of the past few terrible weeks before
your demise and take it with them, ready to begin the cycle
anew. How do they pass on the game to someone else? Who takes
it? Do you think they may survive it?

They thought they coul

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Appendices
6. The Holiday Cabin - a
property once owned by the
Life is cruel and random, and deceased, the keys were left
in the case of this game, for you in a brown envelope
will get you to roll to have and little explanation.
terrible things happen.

E vent 2: Abandoned
E vent 1: Potential L ocations (D8)
T ragedies (D6) 1. Factory.
1. Car Crash. 2. School.
2. An Elderly Relative passes 3. Hospital.
away, seemingly of old age. 4. Railway Yard.
3. A Bizarre Accident. 5. Underground Station.
4. A Violent Murder. 6. Castle.
5. Wild Animal Attack. 7. Burnt Out Council House.
6. Disappeared, Presumed Dead. 8. Ghost Town.

E vent 1: Artefacts of

T ragedy (D6)
1. Photo Albums filled with
memories you have with the
deceased, as well as some
you don’t.
2. A Diary that charts some of
the deceased final days.
3. The Cremation Urn Filled
With the Ashes of the
Deceased
4. A Music Box that plays a
haunting melody
5. An oil painting of a figure
you do not recognise. Their
eyes follow you around the
room.

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