Post Factum Solo

Post Factum Solo: 

Post factum Solo is a solo (semi-journaling) roleplaying game, where you send parties of adventurers on expeditions and roll for how successful they fare against varying dangers. Once you know their fate, you write a short description of the events that have taken place. If adventurers survive an expedition, they grow in power and repeat the process! 

Build your Party: 

• Decide how many adventurers there are in the party. 
• Each adventurer has 6 levels of expertise in a single, or selection, of fields of danger. Each expertise needs to be defined as: Danger (expertise that defends against danger). 
• Eg: Physical attacks (battle training), Starvation (foraging/hunting).
• Each adventurer has 6 Survival Points (SP). 
• Each adventurer starts with d6 Resources. 
• Put one party member “at the front”, they will lose the most amount of SP. 
• The party starts the game in a safe place that is appropriate to their expertise. 

Expeditions: 

• The party’s time in the safe place is interrupted by something that requires them to go on a dangerous expedition. Roll on the following table to determine what that is: 

1. Looming environmental menace 
2. Looming sentient menace 
3. Invading environmental menace
4. Invading sentient menace 
5. Personal goal physical
6. Personal goal non physical 

• Using knowledge of the parties expertise, their safe location, determine what exactly the reason for their expedition is. 
• Roll a Xd6 for the number of expedition dangers. Each additional number of d6’s rolled increases the baseXP gained for the expedition like so: 
• d6 = 1. 
• 2d6 = 2 x 2 = 4 
• 3d6 = 3 x 3 = 9 
• Etc, this is called the expedition danger multiplier. 
• Roll the decided upon Xd6, the party encounters the rolled number of dangers on their expedition. 
• Construct a table of dangers for the expedition, with at least one danger being one the party has no expertise in. Use the “ Danger (expertise that defends against danger).” format.  Roll on the table of dangers for each danger encountered. 
• Roll a dice sided equal to the number of party members + 1 for each danger encounter. This is how many d6’s you will roll when the party encounters that danger. 
• The party now begins their expedition! 
• The party encounters each danger in order. 
• For each danger: Roll the predetermined number of d6’s. Minus any expertise the party has in that danger from the result. The remaining number is deducted from the party member’s SP in the following order: 2 SP deducted from the adventurer at the “front”, then 1SP from each party member in order until the number is reduced to 0. (Note: The frontline party member only losses 2SP on the first cycle). 
• SP loss can be avoided by the expending of Resources. 
• Write a short narrative as to what happened to the party when they encountered the danger! 
• If a party member’s SP drops to 0 they are dead and their expertise can no longer be used to offset dangers. 
• Continue until the expedition is complete, or all of the party members are dead! 
• At the end of the expedition the party returns to a safe place. Their SP is restored and each party member gains d6 resources. Any unused resources carry over to the next expedition. 

Leveling up:

• If any party members survive an expedition they gain access to a shared pool of XP. 
• Xp = 1+  expedition danger multiplier + number of dangers in danger table with no party expertise + number of dangers above number of party members. 
• Xp can be used to increase an existing or new expertise by 1 or increase SP by 1. Each time this happens the adventurer has “leveled up”. To increase an expertise/SP again they will need to spend their level + 1 in Xp. 
• E.g A level 0 Adventurer needs only 1 Xp to increase an expertise/SP. A level 1 adventurer needs 2, a level 2 adventurer needs 3, a level 3 adventurer needs 4, etc. 
• Once XP has been used, roll on the expedition reason table and do another expedition! 

Suggested Fantasy Dangers (and their expertise):

1. Physical attacks (battle training) 
2. Getting lost (Way making) 
3. Starving (Foraging/hunting) 
4. Ranged attacks (Archery) 
5. Magical attacks (Magical battle training) 
6. Magical traps (Magical safety training)
7. Mundane traps (Hazard perception) 
8. Disease (Medicine)
9. Flame (Pyromancy) 
10. Frost (Cyromancy) 
11. Poison (Toxomancy) 
12. Curse (Prayer) 

Patch notes: A new category of expertise added. "Broad Expertise" deduct half of their value from SP loss from four specific dangers. eg. "First Aid" would reduce dangers "Battle, Traps, Environmental Hazards, Diseases" by half its value. 

House of Flay and Whittle, Fleshcrafting Guild

 For this version of Guild Dogs: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/05/guild-dogs-epsilon.html

To be used with these stocking tables: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/06/universal-stocking-tables-for-nouveau.html

• To generate a room, roll on the mapping/stocking tables (linked above). 
• Then roll on the Thing/Descriptor/Desire tables until you get a combination of results you feel summons an interesting/unique/coherent/otherwise gameable room within your mind’s eye. 

(See the bottom of the post for an automated generator)

House of Flay and Whittle, Fleshcrafting Guild 

Exterior: Ancient, black, sodden, stone brick archways. Oily and wet, red cloth draped over window and door frames. 

A once highly esteemed flesh warping guild, now grown into obscurity. The members of the guild can warp the flesh into extravagant shapes and sizes, particularly favoring the form of the avian, feather and beak. Left to idleness, many of the guild members have turned to flesh gardening, or working their skills upon one another. Some guild members now resemble birds, or insects, or have head their forms so deconstructed as to resemble plants. The House of Flat and Whittle also has some expertise in the preparation of living bone weaponry and skin fabrics. 

• NPC Suggested Statistics: 
• Level: 1 - 8 / (d8) 
• HP: 4 x level 
• AC: 12 - 18 (Living skin robes and pieces of living bone armour)

Armour: 

• Living Skin Robe: +2 AC. No impact on actions. +1 AC for each DEX value above 16.
• Living Bone Armour: +4 AC. Will have a moderate negative impact (determined by the referee) on DEX/STR tested actions. +1 AC for each STR value above 16. 3 snails. 

Weapons: 

• Beak: As dagger but leaves both hands free. 
• Claws: d4 + 1 for each DEX AND STR value above 16, +Level To Hit, can attack twice in a combat turn.
• Living Bone Sword:  d8 + 1 for each DEX AND STR value above 14, +Level To Hit, +Level damage to targets in armour lighter than medium. 

Powers (For NPCs and Spell Laden Treasures): 

Spell Laden Treasures here require INT of 14 to use. 

• Flight: Travel through the air a distance approved by the referee, level times a day. 
• Shape Flesh: Warp the shape of flesh in a way approved by the referee, level times a day. 
• Web: Cause up to 6 humanoid or smaller targets, equal or below your level, to be held in place for level combat turns, or a length of time approved by the referee, level times a day. 
• Hypnotise: Cause a target, equal or below your level, to fall asleep for a length of time approved by the referee, level times a day. 

Thing, d30 

1. Flesh sculpture growing room 
2. Organ garden 
3. Bone forest 
4. Gas sackery 
5. Meat bird aviary
6. Bone spider nest
7. Bone scalpel spider 
8. Blood pool 
9. Flesh growing garden 
10. Flesh bird 
11. Flesh flightless bird 
12. Ambulatory organ mass 
13. Flesh garden 
14. Flesh sculpting studio 
15. Bone workshop 
16. Flesh sculptor
17. Organ sculptor 
18. Bone tool crafter 
19. Organ engineer
20. Flesh engineer 
21. Blood engineer 
22. Flesh growth farmer 
23. Gas engineer 
24. Bone quill 
25. Bone scalpel 
26. Flesh brush 
27. Blood robe 
28. Living skin robe 
29. Living bone armour 
30. Living bone sword 

Descriptor, d60 

1. Nest 
2. Burrow 
3. Cocoon 
4. Vines 
5. Foliage 
6. Red breeze 
7. Damp breeze 
8. Red mist 
9. Red clouds 
10. White fog 
11. Sublime 
12. Avant garde 
13. Sensual 
14. Sensuous 
15. Sumptuous
16. Feather 
17. Beak
18. Bird claw 
19. Plumage
20. Mane 
21. Long finger nails 
22. Long red hair 
23. Too long limbs 
24. Fangs 
25. Too long neck 
26. Sentience 
27. Supernatural awareness 
28. Self weaving 
29. Flight 
30. Stunning 
31. Silk 
32. Robe 
33. Cowl 
34. Cloak 
35. Cape 
36. Blood red 
37. Bone white 
38. Paradise rainbow 
39. Bright purple 
40. Bright green 
41. Archway 
42. Palatial 
43. Luxurious 
44. Opulent
45. Ample  
46. Flowing 
47. Elegant 
48. Immaculate 
49. Impeccable 
50. Skin tight 
51. Shaping 
52. Tailoring 
53. Perfecting 
54. Exacting 
55. Slicing 
56. Floating 
57.  Oscillating 
58.  Writhing 
59. Hypnotic 
60. Entrapping 

Thing Desire, d10

1. Work on a fresh flesh canvas 
2. Work on an existing flesh canvas 
3. Construct a new living bone scalpel  
4. Construct a new living bone weapon/armour 
5. Warp their own flesh into artistic creation 
6. Warp the flesh of a guild mate 
7. Display their work privately 
8. Find a new high end client 
9. Find a new middle class client 
10. Display their work publicly  

Automated Generator: 

Gangs of Infinigrad (Grand Freeform Faction Play Edition)

 (This stemmed from some discussion with the fine folk over at: https://cosmic-sorcery-society.itch.io/ ) 

You are the leader of a gang in the endless city of Infinigrad. 

Your goal is to rule as much of the city as you can. 

• The Guilds are generally too powerful to mess with. Leave them alone. 
• Order Keepers don’t like the cut of your jib, try not to let them notice you. 
• Other organizations (businesses and the like) won’t bother you if you don’t bother them. 
• Other gangs are not to be trusted. Approached with caution. 

Making a Gang, provide to the referee a: 

• Name 
• Description 
• 2 key gang strengths 

Making a leader, provide to the referee a: 

• Name 
• Description 
• 2 specific leader strengths 

All of the gang members, save the leader, have about the same abilities, prowess and equipment at the start of the game. This may or may not during the course of play, depending on your actions. 

(Get some gang ideas here: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2019/01/gangs-of-infinigrad-part-3-d100-gang.html or find an automated version in this fantastic product: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365147/Infinigrad-The-Weird-City-Toolkit ) 

• The referee will provide you with a list of suburbs at the start of the game. Pick one as a location for your first base of operations. 
• Your gang starts with no resources other than 5 members and a leader. Your base of operations is a back room with some beds there and some storage space. 

Turns: 

• Each turn you will send one (or more) order/ to the referee. The order will outline one key thing you want your gang to achieve in the turn, and how you will achieve it. 
• Sometimes the referee may ask for specific orders from your gang leader, or specific gang members, depending on the length of time the turn represents. 
• The referee will let you know how long the turn is and the number/type of orders they need. 

How long are turns? 

• Year long turns - these focus on defining the long term key powers, resources and culture of your gang. 
• Week long turns - these focus on the large logistical movements of your gang and the preparation of specific resources. 
• Day long turns - these focus on specific jobs and tasks your gang would like to achieve
• Battle turns - these focus on moments in bouts of armed conflict 

Each turn the referee will work out what happens, then provide private and public updates. 

• Public updates will include any important news from across the quadrant of the city this is taking place in 
• Private updates include a updating of gang: 
• Members 
• Resources 
• Strengths 
• Pertinent dangers 

For the Referee: 

Assume players are generally successful in their actions, if it is justified and logical. Provide specific reasons why an action will fail to the player before they finalize their turn so they may work towards that action becoming successful. Assume the gang members are competent and powerful. If two or more gang's actions come into opposition with one another the referee will need to untangle these and work out what happens! 

Suburbs have: 

• A General description 
• Key groups(about 5, and their population levels) 
• Business/buildings/Services/Points of interest: About 20. 
• Environmental dangers (if any) 

To add an element of chaos to the city, the referee may roll on the following table to generate exogenous events that may impact the operations of the player gangs in the next turn (AFTER the players have been forewarned of them):  

1. Very large baneful event, impacting a number of random suburbs 
2. Very large baneful event, impacting a number of random suburbs 
3. Very baneful event, impacting some random suburbs 
4. Very baneful event, impacting some random suburbs 
5. Very baneful event, impacting a single random suburb 
6. Very baneful event, impacting a single random suburb 
7. Baneful event, impacting a single random suburb 
8. Baneful event, impacting a single random suburb 
9. Nil events 
10. Nil events 
11. Nil events 
12. Boonful event, impacting a single random suburb 
13. Boonful event, impacting a single random suburb 
14. Very bonful event, impacting a single random suburb 
15. Very boonful event, impacting a single random suburb 
16. Very boonful event, impacting some random suburbs 
17. Very boonful event, impacting some random suburbs 
18. Very boonful event, impacting some random suburbs
19. Very large boonful event, impacting a number of random suburb 
20. Very large boonful event, impacting a number of random suburb

The Fleshite Surgeryhouse and Meatfarm

 For this version of Guild Dogs: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/05/guild-dogs-epsilon.html

To be used with these stocking tables: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/06/universal-stocking-tables-for-nouveau.html

To generate a room, roll on the mapping/stocking tables (linked above). 

Then roll on the Thing/Descriptor/Desire tables until you get a combination of results you feel summons an interesting/unique/coherent/otherwise gameable room within your mind’s eye. 

(See the bottom of the post for an automated generator)

The Fleshite Surgeryhouse and Meatfarm

Exterior: Ancient stone domes laden with clusters of stone barrels. Strange metallic pipes weave organically across its walls.  

A biomechanical augmentation surgeryhouse and flesh farm. The augmentation and flesh engineers here are all somewhat devoted to the worship of some forgotten meat deity - though their practice has largely become adherence to vocational superstition. Customers late on their augmentation bill repayments will find themselves short a limb or two. Flesh golem and a hive of metallic surgery beetles support the fleshites in their bloody labors. Religious observances and debt recovery practices aside, the augmentation provided here are of high, if slightly mundane, quality. 

 

NPC Suggested Statistics: 

• Level: 1 - 6 / (d6) 
• HP: 5 x level 
• AC: 10 - 14 (Skin leather armour) / (d4) 

Weapons: 

• Dagger/Scalpel: d4 + 1 for each DEX value above 15, +Level To Hit, can attack twice in a combat turn. 
• Sword: d6 + 1 for each DEX AND STR value above 15, +Level To Hit, +Level damage to targets in armour lighter than medium.

Powers (For NPCs and Spell Laden Treasures): 

Spell Laden Treasures here require WIS  of 14 to use. 

• Bug Empathy: Give a single/group of insects (equal/under your level) a simple command, level times a day.
• Improve Flesh: Increase a target’s physical attribute by d6 for the next test of that attribute, level times a day.  
• Acid Spray: Spray acid at up to 4 targets nearby to one another, with the approval of the referee, causing d6 + 1 for each WIS above the value of 16 to each, level times a day. 

Thing, d30 

1. Augmentation surgery theater 
2. Consultation room  
3. Organ storage 
4. Surgery recovery womb 
5. Organ growing hive 
6. Bone storage  
7. Flesh vat 
8. Meat altar  
9. Flesh storage hive 
10. Holding hive 
11. Flesh bug
12. Surgery cutter bug 
13. Queen flesh bug  
14. Flesh golem nurse 
15. Security flesh golem
16. Organ engineer 
17. Insect empath
18. Augmentation surgeon 
19. Meat priest 
20. Hive architect 
21. Scalpel 
22. Pustule 
23. Fleshy growth 
24. Muscle
25. Limb 
26. Brain 
27. Eye 
28. Nose 
29. Tooth 
30. Tentacle 

Descriptor, d60 

1. Insectoid hive
2. Coral 
3. Polyps 
4. Anemones
5. Lungs  
6. Hanging corpse 
7. Hanging dead body parts 
8. Preserved organs 
9. Preserved limbs 
10. Preserved heads 
11. Preserved organ talisman 
12. Preserved hand talisman 
13. Preserved limb talisman 
14. Cured skin 
15. Glass 
16. Crystal
17. Red
18. Purple 
19. Bile green 
20. Acid yellow 
21. Bone white 
22. Pink 
23. Growing 
24. Slicing 
25. Grafting 
26. Connecting 
27. Regrowing 
28. Reviving 
29. Crawling 
30. Pulsing 
31. Pulsating 
32. Manic 
33. Frenzied 
34. Delirious 
35. Shell 
36. Claw 
37. Mandible 
38. Horn 
39. Chitin 
40. Antennae
41. Glass tubes 
42. Glass vat 
43. Crystal bowl 
44. Bone columns 
45. Bone domes 
46. Bone cage 
47. Red mist 
48. Blood puddle 
49. Bone dust 
50. Acid puddle 
51. Enveloped 
52. Socketed 
53. Grafted 
54. Enlarged  
55. Clustered 
56. Invigorating 
57. Strengthening 
58. Empowering
59. Bolstering 
60. Strengthening 

Thing Desire, d10

1. Find new augmentation client 
2. Work on augmentation client 
3. Collect debt from an augmentation client 
4. Offer giblets to a meat shrine/altar 
5. Work on augmentation design 
6. Augment self 
7. Breed new brood of surgery insects 
8. Find new flesh material to work with 
9. Experiment on a willing subject 
10. Experiment on an unwilling subject 

Automated Generator: 

The Old Vat Monastery

For this version of Guild Dogs: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/05/guild-dogs-epsilon.html

To be used with these stocking tables: https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/06/universal-stocking-tables-for-nouveau.html

To generate a room, roll on the mapping/stocking tables (linked above). 

Then roll on the Thing/Descriptor/Desire tables until you get a combination of results you feel summons an interesting/unique/coherent/otherwise gameable room within your mind’s eye. 

(See the bottom of the post for an automated generator)

The Old Vat Monastery. 

Exterior: Ancient metal domes laden with pipes and barrels. Door and window frames covered in dark hanging drapery. 

A nutrient mass farm. A sect of vat engineers works the ancient pipes and fungal groweries. They wear dark cloth robes as they stalk the metal halls of the farm, scratching strange symbols into its ancient pipes and barrels. Feasting chambers are open to the general public, where for a coin donation one can eat as much nutrient loaf as they desire. 

 NPC Suggested Statistics: 

• Level: 1 - 6 / (d6) 
• HP: 3 x level 
• AC: 10 - 12 (dark cloth)

Weapons: 

• Cleaver: d4 + 1 for each STR value above 15, +Level To Hit, can attack twice in a combat turn.
• Pitchfork: As Spear. 

Powers (For NPCs and Spell Laden Treasures): 

Vat Spell Laden Treasures require WIS and INT of 12 to use. 

• Healing: Increase a target’s HP by d8 + 1 for each WIS value above 16, level, level times a day.
• Nutrient Dose: Increase a target’s physical attribute by d6 for the next test of that attribute, level times a day.  
• Feed: Completely sate a target’s hunger, twice level a day. 
• Fungal growth: Summon a patch of fungi, the size and type approved by the referee, level times a day.

Thing, d30 

1. Vat storage
2. Nutrient brewing vat 
3. Incubator vat 
4. Barrel vat storage 
5. Feastery 
6. Kitchen 
7. Tubing junction 
8. Mushroom farm 
9. Mold vat 
10.  Fungi vat
11. Ambulatory mold 
12. Ambulatory mushroom 
13. Ambulatory fungi 
14. Feaster 
15. Plump beetle 
16. Plump moth  
17. Tubing engineer 
18. Mold Engineer 
19. Mushroom farmer 
20. Vat chef 
21. Mushroom chef 
22. Fungi cleaner 
23. Nutrient engineer 
24. Pest hunter 
25. Nutrient barrel 
26. Spore barrel 
27. Nutrient loaf 
28. Fungal flesh loaf 
29. Cleaver 
30. Pitchfork 

Descriptor, d60 

1. Heady 
2. Warm 
3. Welcoming 
4. Hearty 
5. Delicious 
6. Mold spores 
7. Mushroom spores 
8. Mushroom 
9. Fungi 
10. Black slime 
11. Spore cloud 
12. Grey mist 
13. Oozing humidity 
14. Slime rain 
15. Puddles 
16. Black 
17. Grey 
18. Pale pink 
19. Light grey 
20. Light green 
21. Plump 
22. Rotted 
23. Straining 
24. Metal pipes 
25. Metal barrels 
26. Oozing 
27. Heaving 
28. Splitting 
29. Bursting 
30. Soiling 
31. Dark drapery 
32. Curtains 
33. Draping cloth 
34. Pipe 
35. Cloth mesh 
36. Flesh 
37. Fungal 
38. Metal 
39. Cloth 
40. Skin
41. Round table 
42. Long table 
43. Knife 
44. Fork 
45. Plate
46. Multiplying 
47. Growing 
48. Night vision 
49. Dividing 
50. Slicing  
51. Gills 
52. Fins 
53. Fruiting 
54. Molding 
55. Throbbing 
56. Grasping 
57. Regurgitation 
58. Stamping 
59. Harvesting 
60. Preparing 

Thing Desire, d10 

1. Multiply 
2. Eat 
3. Feast 
4. Serve food 
5. Regulate temperature 
6. Regulate growing conditions 
7. Pray to fungi/mold 
8. Cleanse growing nutrients 
9. Regulate the nutrients 
10.  Find new strains of fungi/mold 

Automated Generator: 

Guild Dogs Epsilon Edition: Automated Random Guild Dog Maker!

Want to make a Guild Dog for Guild Dogs Epsilon Edition but cant be bothered THINKING and ROLLING DICE?! Well, just go ahead and click the buttons below to make yourself one! 

Guild Dog Automated Generator: 

Universal Stocking Tables for Nouveau Infinigrad

To accompany this: http://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/05/guild-dogs-epsilon.html some new universal street and place stocking tables! Automated versions down the bottom! Pairs very nice with: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365147/Infinigrad-The-Weird-City-Toolkit

Street stocking, d20: 

1. Neutral npc 
2. Aggressive npc 
3. Group of neutral npc’s 
4. Group of aggressive npc’s
5. Neutral beast 
6. Aggressive beast 
7. Group of neutral beasts 
8. Group of aggressive beasts 
9. Resource - guarded, roll a d8 to determine who by 
10. Resource - unguarded 
11. A fight! Roll a d8 twice to determine who between 
12. Empty 
13. Empty 
14. Device 
15. Treasure 
16. Strangeness 
17. Vegetation 
18. Public art 
19. Public utility 
20. Roll twice and combine 

Simple Interior Mapper: 

Room Size, d6 

1. Tiny
2. Small
3. Medium
4. Big 
5. Oddly big (roll two shapes and combine) 
6. Huge 

Room Shape, d6

1. Square 
2. Rectangle 
3. Triangle 
4. Circle 
5. Half Circle 
6. Cross  

Number of Doors, roll a d6 but only Huge rooms have more than four doors. 

Door Type, d6

1. Open
2. Open
3. Open - Leads to stairwell 
4. Locked 
5. Open and trapped
6. Locked and trapped 

Safe location room stocking, d12: 

1. Empty 
2. Neutral npc 
3. Aggressive npc 
4. Group of neutral npc’s 
5. Group of aggressive npc’s
6. Unexpected beast 
7. Small supply of a resource 
8. Abundance of a resource 
9. Device 
10. Treasure 
11. Strangeness 
12. Roll twice and combine 

Dangerous place room stocking, d12: 

1. Empty 
2. Neutral npc/beast  
3. Aggressive npc/beast 
4. Group of neutral npc’s/beasts 
5. Group of aggressive npc’s/beasts 
6. Aggressive great beast 
7. Small supply of a resource 
8. Abundance of a resource 
9. Device 
10. Treasure 
11. Strangeness 
12. Roll twice and combine 

Automated Versions: