[Interest Check] [Full] The Witch is Dead

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ClosedThe Witch is Dead by gshowittPrivate4 / weekquilltid
You are a magical woodland creature, and your beautiful witch mistress has been killed, and you are about to set out on a murder-revenge adventure in the human lands.

Once upon a time there was a kind and wise and beautiful witch who lived in the forest with her familiars, and her life was peaceful and happy until a witch hunter broke into her cottage and murdered her and now she's dead. But, if you get revenge by killing him and bringing his eyes to her corpse within a week, she will come back to life. Or so you've heard. Even if it doesn't work, at least he'd be dead. This witch hunger has retreated to the village, the coward, get him!


Sep 9, 2024 10:28 pm
You are a magical woodland creature, and your beautiful witch mistress has been killed, and you are about to set out on a murder-revenge adventure in the human lands. Comes with a spell list, a means of generating plots and adversaries, and a drawing of a cute fox that's just mauled someone.

https://i.imgur.com/AWO71uw.jpeg

Hello, I was interested in trying out this one-shot game by Grant Howitt. He makes a lot of these one-shot adventures with rules that fit on an index card or 8" x 10" paper. Thought it'd be fun to run a little spooky one-shot adventure for the upcoming fall months and to try out other systems.

If you want to check out the rules, you can check out the website here: https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead

I'll also provide the one-page rules for whoever joins and doesn't want to download their own. Some people have done their own one-shots on YouTube as well if you want to see how an adventure plays out.

For the animal character you are, you can roll or pick, whichever you prefer.

For games, I try to not go higher than PG-13 including language, violence, etc, but will do Lines & Veils as well to make sure everyone's on the same page, especially since this has a higher likelihood of including questionable or uncomfortable content. This will be my first time trying this adventure so any experience level is welcome! This is also explicitly friendly to LGBT and any other minorities or marginalized groups. I like to have a pretty brisk pace and usually go for averaging 5 posts/week, but we could slow it down to 3 posts/week if that's better as this will probably be a pretty quick one-shot. So far, I check GP about once a day so any pace works for me. I think this adventure could fit anywhere from 3-6 players.

Please let me know if you might be interested in trying this out or if there is a different game you'd like to try. I was thinking of trying a rules-lite game for my second GM attempt.
Last edited September 11, 2024 3:22 pm
Sep 10, 2024 3:16 am
I'd be interested. I've run this twice at cons. I'd love to get a chance to play.
Sep 10, 2024 4:35 am
I've always wanted to play this game, but I've got a couple of things I'm getting off the ground myself... so will hold fire. Looks fun, though and I love the full color! I remember it being a hand-sketched B&W thing!

Also, I LOVE that Howitt rates dogs at Sly 0. =]
Last edited September 12, 2024 12:57 am
Sep 10, 2024 5:25 am
I've never experienced this game, but it sounds fun! Count me interested!
Sep 10, 2024 4:19 pm
I love the Grant Hewitt games I've played in the past and this one sounds fun!
Sep 11, 2024 10:13 am
Looks like a fun concept but my plate is full now.
Sep 11, 2024 10:23 am
A simple one-shot you say about murder-revenging cute animals you say?
I could try that (though I'm probably too late now!)
Sep 11, 2024 10:34 am
This sounds great. I do love me a Howitt one-pager.
Sep 11, 2024 3:07 pm
Harrigan says:
I've always wanted to play this game, but I've got a couple of things I'm getting off the ground myself... so will hold fire. Looks fun, though and I love the full color! I remember it being a hand-sketched B&W thing!

Also, I LOVE that Hewitt rates dogs at Sly 0. =]
Yes, the colored stats are nice to read and our very cute but not always the sharpest tool in the shed doggos. :D
Sep 11, 2024 3:21 pm
Cool! Sounds like there is interest so I will put the game together. I'll skip the recruitment thread since it seems like we have enough for a game from interest check here, but please feel free to ask any further questions about the game before we get started. In session zero, we can discuss how often you guys want to post and if you want more horror or campy. You can also roll or call out what animal you want to play in session zero.

If you end up wanting an invite @Alepous and @Harrigan, just repost here again or message me!

Will consider this thread closed, but if anyone has suggestions for other rules-lite games or Howitt games in the future, please feel free to shout-out.

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