Omen - An Apocalyptic One-Shot RPG
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Defy Fate
OMEN is a TTRPG all about defying fate. Designed as a one shot¸ you and your friends will come together¸ create a doomed world¸ and do what you can to save it.
Defy or doom¸ either way it's a good time.
How It Works
OMEN is designed to be played as a oneshot¸ so you'll tell the whole story of your doomed world in one session.
You'll start by coming together as a group and learning a little bit about this world. There is no implied setting in OMEN¸ so you can be anywhere! Whatever genre fits your vibe¸ it's doomed to die.
To play¸ each Fated will roll a giant pool of d6 at the start of the session. The results of those dice are what they have to work with the entire session!
As characters attempt risky actions¸ the DM will call for them to be resolved with those dice. A difficulty value (DV) to the action is decided¸ between 2-6. The Fated chooses a die from their current supply and spends it¸ succeeding or failing depending on if they meet or exceed the DV.
That's right¸ you know whether or not you succeed! Sometimes you might need to choose to fail¸ saving some of those higher valued dice for riskier actions in the future.
Fated have an edge though: Omens. Omens allow them to manipulate their pool of dice at crucial moments in the game. For example¸ you might have an Omen that allows you to add another die to your pool whenever you willing fail a DV 3 or lower action. Or maybe you have an Omen that lets you reroll a die in your pool whenever you defy fate!
Ticking away during the session are two clocks: Doom and Defy. The segments of these mark how much closer the Fated are to their world ending¸ or a defiance of that fate. When either clock fills¸ the session ends with an exciting epilogue!