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UNSTABLE is a Weird Science Fantasy TTRPG that is Rules Medium.

UNSTABLE is a game for one DOOM MASTER and 2-5 players

In this 69 (nice) page packet you will find:

  • A rules system based in the brand new Instability Engine created by me
  • A dossier outlining a vibrant and wacky solar system.
  • Rules for players that use a system where your die size scales from a d4 to a d20 at a moment's notice
  • Rules for players to gamble on their likelihood of causing an INSTABILITY
  • Rules for a DOOM MASTER to enact those
  • An ability based system for building characters
  • A system for creating OBSTACLES and CONTINGENCIES

WHAT IS THIS GAME?

OVERVIEW OF THE GAME

UNSTABLE is a game played with a group of up to 5 players and a DOOM Master (DM). The players will control a squad of characters with a connection to the Strange, the very power to rend reality itself. Invoking The Strange is a dangerous gamble, and could take your life. The Strange can give people the ability to use immense strength, call forth elements, influence minds, and many other powers. The DOOM Master controls and builds the worlds and characters around the squad. 

THE VIBES OF PLAY

The Zwilling system is a wild, weird, and wacky science fantasy setting! In my home games we have had giant sentient lava lamps, anarchist bomber Dalmatian men, anime katana wielding octopus people, streamers piloting robots, Zashton Zutcher the host of Space Punked, and curious mushroom doctors (That was all one squad!). The Zwilling System was a place of experimentation for the gods, any wacky concept you might have will fit right in! Gameplay should toe the line between silly and serious, dipping its toes into both sides frequently. You should expect to always solve your problems by INVOKING THE STRANGE, shaping the world around you and using your over-the-top powers at every opportunity you get. 

WHAT FICTION DOES THIS GAME REINFORCE

UNSTABLE is a game that offers an opportunity for players to experience a power fantasy that is highly dangerous for you, your enemies, and everyone around them. Once you roll a few times the chances of doing little become less and less. With that lessening chance, comes the increased likelihood of your power overloading and being consequences. In UNSTABLE, you will gamble with your powers and hopefully you hit the jackpot. 

STRUCTURE OF PLAY

UNSTABLE is a fiction-first TTRPG that blasts through the ups and downs. Best played as a short campaign where characters are pushed to their very limits. Squads will go through three phases of play: THE BUILD UP, THE ACTION, and THE CLEAN UP. During the BUILD UP and CLEAN UP, the traditional structures of TTRPG play is ignored, allowing all people at the table to have an equal say. During THE ACTION, the game mostly follows the traditional structure of Players and DM.

DEATH AND YOU 

Life in the Zwilling System can be tough, players should play their character to the fullest potential and never hold back. Unfortunately, with that territory comes player death. Death will likely come to many characters, but the few that make it out will be truly legendary. Just as within the great game Blades In The Dark “Playing your character like you're driving a stolen car” is highly encouraged. Burn bright, burn at both ends, and go out with a bang.


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UNSTABLE 0.5.pdf 916 kB
UNSTABLE SHEET.pdf 134 kB

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