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A Little Something Extra A Little Something Extra Two-Person Play If you want to play with just two people, you can either have one PC and one GM, or make two PCs and share the GM role of introducing complica­ tions and narrating down beats for each other. One PC, One GM At character creation, invent two or three NPCs and answer the Relation­ ships questions for your playbook as if they were PCs. Assign them zero, one, or two starting Strings, as you would for a PC. Without other PCs, you have fewer options for clearing Conditions, since no one can roll to give you Emotional Support. As a variant rule, each time that you are vulnerable with an NPC who is offering you emotional support, give them a String on you and pick an option from the Emotional Support move as if they were a PC who had rolled 7–9. Two PCs, Shared GM No rules changes are needed, though you could introduce an important NPC or two and include them in the Relationships and starting Strings. It’s up to you how much you share the GM role: you could have a lead GM, take turns, or fully share responsibilities. Random Tables Break out your dice and roll up some randomness with the tables on the following pages! While some tables require only one six­sided die, others are numbered 11 through 66. To use these tables, roll two six­sided dice, using the first die for the tens digit and the other for the ones digit. 248 People A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA CUTIES GENDERS* PRONOUNS 1 1 Android Agender ae/aer/aers 1 2 Beefolk Boi any 1 3 Birdfolk / Harpy Bulldyke beep/boop/boops 1 4 Bunnyfolk Butch co/co/cos 1 5 Cactusfolk Dad de/dem/der 1 6 Catfolk Demiboy de/der/ders 2 1 Chonky Bot Demigirl e/em/eir 2 2 Construct Dragon ey/em/eir 2 3 Dragon Fae fae/faer/faers 2 4 Faerie Femme fey/fem/faer 2 5 Flowerfolk Femmeby he/him/his 2 6 Foxfolk Flamboi hu/hu/hus 3 1 Gemfolk Flower it/it/its 3 2 Goblin Futch li/lir/lirs 3 3 Gorgon Genderqueer ne/ner/ners 3 4 Granitefolk Gendershrug none 3 5 Hologram Goblin nya/nyan/nyans 3 6 Kobold Grrrl one/one/ones 4 1 Lizardfolk Hard Femme per/per/pers 4 2 Mantisfolk High Femme she/her/hers 4 3 Marblefolk Himbo SHE/HER/HERS ALLCAPS 4 4 Merfolk Hive Drone she/sher/shers 4 5 Mimic Hive Queen she/shim/shis 4 6 Mossfolk Hive Warrior they/them/their 5 1 Nightmare Man thon/thon/thons 5 2 Octopusfolk Neutrois ve/vir/virs 5 3 Orc None vi/vix/vix 5 4 Salamander Robot xe/xym/xyr 5 5 Slimefolk Secret xe/xyr/xyrs 5 6 Snakefolk Shimbo ze/hir/hirs 6 1 Spiderfolk Soft Butch ze/zim/zir 6 2 Sword Stone Butch ze/zir/zirs 6 3 Treefolk Them Fatale zhe/zher/zhers 6 4 Vampire Wildfire e/er (ste/ster/sters) 6 5 Vocaloid Woman ❀e/❀eur (fle/fleur/fleur) 6 6 Werewolf Xenogender roll twice * Consider including additional real­world genders and labels as well, with appropriate respect, research, and safety tools in place. 249 RELATION TO ASSIGNED GENDER AESTHETICS DRIVES 1 Trans 1 1 A Few Piercings Acquisition 2 Genderfluid 1 2 Animal Print Addiction 3 Questioning 1 3 Beard Amusement 4 Multigender 1 4 Bonnet Belonging 5 Cis 1 5 Chrome Certainty 6 Intersex 1 6 Cologne Closeness 2 1 Combat Boots Curiosity 2 2 Delicate Gloves Domination 2 3 Denim Duty A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA 2 4 Drawn­On Eyebrows Ego 2 5 Eyepatch Envy 2 6 Facepaint Expression 3 1 Fangs Fear 3 2 Fine Jewelry Freedom 3 3 Fluorescent Generosity 3 4 Fur Grief 3 5 Glasses Habit 3 6 Goggles Justice 4 1 Hairless Loyalty 4 2 Heels Novelty 4 3 Leather Peace 4 4 Many Piercings Pleasure 4 5 Painted Nails Prestige 4 6 Parasol Protect 5 1 Perfume Rebellion 5 2 Plaid Regret 5 3 Prosthetic Respect 5 4 Punk Revenge 5 5 Sandals Romance 5 6 Sideshave Routine 6 1 Sporty Cap Safety 6 2 Stripes Self­flagellation 6 3 Talons Shame 6 4 Tattoos Tired 6 5 Visor Touch 6 6 Work Boots Yearning 250 Conditions A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA Conditions are open to interpretation to make the feelings suit your story. Use these tables for inspiration or to flesh out a feeling inspired by a Condition. ANGRY FRIGHTENED GUILTY HOPELESS INSECURE 1 Attacked Anxious Ashamed Despairing Defensive 2 Enraged Horrified Bad Friend Heartbroken Embarrassed 3 Frustrated Nervous Coward Lonely Inadequate 4 Indignant Panicked Failure Miserable Jealous Negative 5 Irritable Terrified Regretful Sad Self­Talk Self 6 Vengeful Timid Sullen Rejected Reproach Setting and Plot Setting IN A WORLD WHERE ____ ___________ ____ ... 1 Love always comes with pain 2 Color is threatened by grief 3 Body is made of commodities 4 Curiosity has conquered strict rules 5 Music is needed for demons 6 Touch has been replaced with fury Toxic Powers THIS TOXIC POWER IS A _______ THAT WANTS TO ______ ______. 1 Powerful church control love 2 Fringe cult obilterate joy 3 Corporation corrupt time 4 Cabal devour expression 5 Government perfect empathy 6 God steal life essence 251 Locales LOCALES 1 1 A sentient generation ship 1 2 Undersea city sustained by hot vents 1 3 A PC's inner mental world 1 4 A villain's inner mental world 1 5 The digestive system of a great beast 1 6 Floating cities of Venus 2 1 A world beneath a sputtering sun 2 2 The canopy of a jungle where no one returns from below 2 3 A shifting labyrinth A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA 2 4 Ruins of a giant, crashed vessel 2 5 A crossroads of a mundane trade route and an otherworldly migration 2 6 The last orchard 3 1 Migrating turtle flotilla 3 2 The city of festivals 3 3 Balloon Town 3 4 The Great Library 3 5 Black­and­white land beyond the rainbow 3 6 A lawless port 4 1 Bunnygirl Burrow 4 2 Along the World River 4 3 Desert caused by life­draining sorceresses 4 4 Shadows of the arcology 4 5 Walking Skeleton Castle 4 6 The wall built between Dreaming and Nightmare 5 1 The Blood Nebula 5 2 Karaoke Barge 5 3 Immersive virtual world without escape 5 4 Behind the mirror 5 5 Glass desert 5 6 Volcano tomb of the cobra goddess 6 1 River canyons beneath the sandstorms 6 2 Mountain hot springs 6 3 Haunted university 6 4 Airship flying temple 6 5 The adamantine forge 6 6 The mysterious giant hand protruding from the ground 252 Playbook Specific A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA The Beast FRIENDS THREATS PLOTS Others start 1 Tattoo artist Monster hunter transforming Crackdown on 2 Your beast incarnate Your beast incarnate counterculture Person­eater who Is your friend 3 Battling stylist wants to be friends taking it too far? 4 Knew you before One who lost status Infiltrate a high beasthood because of you society event Conservative Only you can be 5 BBQ expert relatives the fake date Your beast form 6 Graffiti artist Dancing rival supposedly spotted doing harm The Bloody FRIENDS THREATS PLOTS Hired to guard a Goes too far for the 1 Weaponsmith flirty, troublemaking wrong reasons community leader Win community 2 Giver of last rites Revisionist historian prize money in corrupt battledome Paid a bribe Summoned to The one who trained 3 to remove you recieve war medal, you in combat from combat and so was your ex Uneasy alliance with The only one your lesbian nemesis 4 Sparring buddy who could beat to overcome new you in a fight totalitarian regime 5 Singer who eases Sensationalist Framed for violence memories of battle reporter within community Attend a quiet 6 Battle surgeon Politician community tea party without incident 253 A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA The Chosen FRIENDS THREATS PLOTS Disaster strikes, 1 Advisor Advisor reminiscent of the last time you failed Impossible coincidence 2 Devotee Devotee bringing forth your Tragic Aspects A popular text The One Who 3 Rival to Destiny defining who you are, Refused the Call not written by you A cult leader is cast 4 Demanding spirit Destined foe aside; the cultists want to follow you A friend captured Angry friend who 5 Duplicate Chosen in your stead; go will kill for you on or go back? Disaster you could Abandoned when 6 In it with you have averted by you took up the call hewing to Destiny The Devoted FRIENDS THREATS PLOTS 1 Rival from training Hostile superior Devotion accused Comrade who 2 Your opposite Schism saved you The one you were Betrayal ordered 3 Comrade who left forbidden to kiss by a superior In it for the thrill Would­be martyr 4 Potential convert of corruption from rival faith 5 Someone you Comrade who buried Tempted to earned a scar to save their doubts deep break a tenet Devotion pitted Knows your doubts "Friend" who only 6 against another better than you ever makes demands loyalty 254 The Dream Mirror A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA FRIENDS THREATS PLOTS Someone who Share shelter with a 1 A dreamkind circus steals the spotlight fellow traveler with set designer or fits in without unfamiliar dreams even trying and desires Outsmart a Someone who Someone who shapeshifting likes it when you're 2 views you as a dreamkind lurking not acting like trophy to show off in a malicious everyone else house of mirrors A dreamkind who A numen of Distract a mob boss 3 likes exploring new insatiable desire with a big show things with you Portrait artist who Move into a circus Finishing school 4 captures you in arts school and instructor different styles find your place An insecure A mean girl who Search a surreal deminumen who 5 wants you to join dreamscape for a feels reassured by her exclusive clique friend's lost hope just your presence A captivating Lose your way A writer whose dreamkind who in the snow and 6 stories inspire you always keeps you convince a dragon to try new things just at arm's length to warm you up The Ensemble FRIENDS THREATS PLOTS Trouble at the event one partner was 1 Mutual sweetheart ex Mutual scary ex looking forward to and the other was dreading 2 Aroace cuddle friend Jealous monogamist Body swap Shared responsibility 3
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