Musings of a Tabletop Madman

One Move Self-Pacing Oracle

This one has been a long time coming.

A long time ago, or rather a few years ago, I became somewhat interested in solo ttrpg play. Something that I noticed even back then was that none of the oracles or game master emulators that I was reading had any sort of pacing mechanics. That, in my humble opinion, is dumb. So I made a one move success level based self pacing oracle.

The basic rule is simple:

Roll 2d6. Then consult the chart below. Modifiers to future rolls affect all future rolls.

Roll Result Effect
2 - No and, + 2 future rolls
3-5 No but, + 1 future rolls
6-8 Yes but
9-11 Yes, -1 future rolls
12+ Yes and, -2 future rolls

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