Wyrd Is Bond
A modern fantasy RPG¸ where the PCs are magic-using gang members known as ""slingers""¸ with the magical power of their ""Wyrd"". Magic has always existed in our world¸ though mostly hidden because it has backed oppressed classes such as poor blacks and Latinos. Magic has recently gained press and publicity during the rise of rap and hip-hop¸ as the gang slingers became popular and brought their knowledge of the streets and magic to a broader audience. Character creation uses freeform Traits¸ two positive and two negative¸ to indicate things your character is good at or bad at. You are given a broad-range Skill to cover things your character has proficiency in. You have at least one Ally¸ one Enemy¸ one Lover¸ and one Rival. Action resolution is based on 3d6¸ plus extra dice for traits. The player rolls and keeps the highest three (for positive traits) or lowest three (for negative traits). The dice are then assigned to three categories: Order (how fast you execute¸ i.e. initiative)¸ Power (how effective you are at achieving your goal)¸ and Payback (a gift from the Wyrd¸ giving benefits such as healing¸ not being damaged in the first place¸ more success on your next magical action¸ or a nifty magical effect on your next mundane action). - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. KimA Roleplaying Game of Urban Myth and Magic. On the street¸ the most important thing you have is your Wyrd... Step into the seedy underbelly of street gangs¸ magic¸ and folk willing to do whatever it takes for a score. In Wyrd is Bond¸ you play slingers¸ magical gang-bangers¸ who use the tools taught to them by The Alley Star¸ Hermes Trismegistus¸ and even the Devil himself. Magic has hit the mainstream and slingers-turned-rappers are burning up the charts and have traded their juju for gold records and their back-alley roots for fast cars and villas on the coast. Back home¸ in the drug-riddled¸ gun-crazy 'burbs of South Central¸ young slingers serve as soldiers in wars older than they can imagine. For mature players only!