Monsterhearts

Monsterhearts
RPG published by Buried Without Ceremony
Rule System	Powered by the Apocalpyse
Authors	Avery Alder
First Publication	2012,2017

What's that, World of Darkness isn't sexual enough for you? Now there's a game for you! Based somewhat loosely on Apocalypse World, this game allows you to choose an archetype from teen supernatural media, and has mechanics for "sex moves" when you sex at NPCs or other player characters, and a "darkest self" for when you want to personify your self-loathing.

This is the Buffy the Vampire Slayer game, or maybe True Blood, or Ginger Snaps. Watching sexy beautiful people and the slow-motion car crashes that are their love-lives.

See also: Monsterhearts Quest

Mechanics

Uses Powered By the Apocalypse rules, so every player gets a playbook (called "skins") with prescribed moves, every roll is 2d6 (6- fail, 7-9 success with consequences, 10+ success), and the GM never rolls dice just throws ninjas at you and gets to do "hard moves" if you roll 6 or less. Characters get tokens that represent influence over other characters, called "strings", that can be spent for a bonus after a roll, provoke the target character, or just flat out hurt them.

Sex moves only trigger if you sleep with a player character or a significant NPC. They don't trigger if it was rape, asshole, gotta be a mutual fuck(-up).

Stats are:

• hot - excite other people (provoke them to action, esp. to get them horny)
• cold - suppress other people (demoralize, halt, discourage, hold your own cool)
• volatile - your own extreme actions, your fight, and your flight
• dark - spooky shit, "gaze into the abyss" and your skin's supernatural junk

Everyone gets four hitpoints, but really you gotta worry about filling up on "conditions": tags that are penalties on your rolls until you can clear them. You only need five XP to level up, and you get to add a new power from your "skin" right away even in the middle of combat.

Skins are:

• The Chosen - Buffy the vampire slayer. Sex move: full heal, and gain a string if they regret it, or give a string if regret it.
• The Fae - Titania or Oberon weirdo. Sex move: cuddle naked and you can ask for a promise ("faerie contract"), else they give two strings.
• The Ghost - haunt some shit with your trauma. Sex move: both players can ask a question about the other character. The non-Ghost must answer honestly.
• The Ghoul - iZombie, the hungry dead. Sex move: fucking someone adds "fuck {name} again" as one of your unnatural appetites and repeats will award XP.
• The Infernal - warlock, pimped out by Satan. Sex move: the Devil loses a string on you but gains a string on whoever you fucked, so it turns you into a Demonic STD.
• The Mortal - you sexy codependent little bitch. Sex move: start your lover's Darkest Self episode
• The Queen - bossy bitch. Sex move: they get a condition tag that marks them as one of your gang
• The Vampire - you domineering asshole. Sex move: gain a string when you say "no" to someone who wants the vampire D. lose all strings on them if you say "yes"
• The Werewolf - you violent bastard. Sex move: you go steady with them, and gain +1 to defend them, and you know the instant they sleep with someone else breaking it.
• The Witch - you dangerous nerd. Sex move: You get a personal item from them (and they're oddly okay about it), which represents having a string on them.

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