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Combat options for PCs

Pernicious Pissant

Concept: “Who is this guy? He's out of control that's for sure. One more scum for the scumpile if you will.”
Content: Impotent rage embodied.
Writing: A hammer-blow to the illusion that rage is anything other than infantile privilege.
Art/design: Angry adolescent journal with a heavily graffitied classic illustration on concrete.
Usability: Easy to read when you aren’t seeing red.

RAGE

Concept: “An alternative rule for having players hit more often, while being hurt a lot more!”
Content:
PCs can automatically hit but at the expense of lowered defense
Writing:
Four sentences of mechanics
Art/design:
Text location and color bands help to frame and emphasize the central image
Usability: Expressive typeface takes a moment to read, but concise writing mitigates the minor difficulty

Suffering Extended

Concept: “Alternative rules and extended content”
Content:
Includes new options for starting equipment, companions, class-specific unarmed attacks, weapons, artifacts, armor, critical hit locations, bad habits, familiars, names, pack animals, minor items, and musical instruments
Writing:
Captures the core book’s grim humor and tone
Art/design:
Strong Mörk Borg aesthetic; sets itself apart with blue that harkens back to the core rulebook
Usability:
Well laid out; available in single page and spread versions for convenience

Sweet Revenge

Concept: “11 ways monsters hurt you for missing terribly. Use frequently to keep combat moving forward.”
Content:
A table of outcomes for missed attack rolls.
Writing:
A spiteful but fair table which scales with the magnitude of your failure.
Art/design:
Bristling with armaments.
Usability:
For the impatient masochist in all of us.

The Contender

Concept: “Having made your mark within the pugilism circuit in... you have decided to retire and become an adventurer (Scvm)” 
Content: A pugnacious pugilist with self-esteem issues.
Writing: You probably have a shady reputation, but you still dish out the old one-two.
Art/design: The classic, old-school, bare-knuckle boxer.
Usability: Easy to follow two-column structure. 

The Tight Grip

Concept: “You have been tasked with stealing an artifact from a forgotten temple for a collector of rarities... You have received a hint: ‘Follow the left hand, the left eye reveals the path.’” 
Content: A pot collecting, bounty escaping, possession crawl.
Writing: An entertaining mix of motivated factions in a situation that’s ready to spiral out of control. In short, a good night of Mörk Borg.
Art/design: Hazy sketches of cheerless figures and grisly horror occasionally sully an otherwise clean plaintext layout.
Usability: Black and white. Text separated from darker illustrations for ease of printing. 

The Tomb of Galien

Concept: “Venture into the tomb of the powerful warlock Galien in search of riches and arcane knowledge.”
Content: A warlock's tomb with a very “protective” familiar.
Writing: Puzzle design that anticipates flexibility and player agency when possible. Encounter design that incorporates complicating elements if the conflict drags out. 
Art/design: Subtle use of images to enhance the navigability and reference of the text. Strong back cover illustration of Gnash. 
Usability: Short, sweet, and referenceable adventure. 

WHIFF d66

Concept: “D66 complications when you miss an attack in MORK BORG.”
Content: A “response to Johan Nohr's twitter thread
Writing: An entertaining collection of cinematic events to keep a game moving, even when you whiff.
Art/design: A distressed, high contrast list format in black and white. 
Usability: Print friendly. Available in vertical and horizontal formats. 

「黒き衣の茶人」他2篇 (“Tea Master in Black Clothes” and 2 others)

Concept: “This scenario is a group of short scenarios for "Nobunaga's Black Castle". You can play three short stories in a row, which begin with the vision of Biwa Hoshi. All of them are momentary and ad hoc, full of death and violence.”
Content:
A cinematic adventure to fulfill the prophecy of Biwa Hoshi.
Writing:
Story driven and combat heavy with a clear objective. Explores the choices you make to arrive at the black tea ceremony.
Art/design: Long adventure divided into three episodes with textual clues to aid in navigation.
Usability:
Balanced for two scvm. NPC stats not included. Written in Japanese.
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