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Friday, April 24

Desert Adventure Generator for Fear & Loathing USR

The rules for this nifty game are not currently available, but the creator of (U)nbelievably (S)imple (R)oleplaying game Scott Malthouse offers the basic USR rules for free to download. The game mechanics are, well, simple, so having an interesting adventure is more important than having an interesting rule book.

I've dusted off Fear & Loathing in Fat City, the game's first official adventure, now that I have InDesign. I find this professional piece of software far exceeds other design software out there and is the only way to go to make POD and PDF game products for sale.

There are several tables in the adventure which drive the action and I am posting them here. Please feel free to use and critique at your leisure...




Friday, February 22

PM conversion guide for USR PDF now available

My conversion guide for Jack Shear's Planet Motherfucker is now complete as a PDF with all twelve Planet Motherfucker character classes statted out for Trollish Delver Games Rules-lite USR system.

Download the free PDF HERE

Purchase Planet Motherfucker HERE

Download the free USR rulebook HERE


Thursday, February 21

Killer Clown, Living Dead Girl and Murican Warlock for USR


Have to call it a night but I did make some ground on completing a PDF of all this. Here is another three PM character classes converted to USR statistics. I give you the following; 

Killer Clown! After the trauma, you realized that all the world is one big absurd joke. You also felt the need to paint your face like a harlequin and dress in jester’s motley – hey, if the world makes fools of us all, why not double down on being a fool. Life is short and you want to show the goodly people of Planet Motherfucker how to laugh – even as they choke on their own blood.
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Action: d8  
Wits: d10
Ego: d6
Hits: (roll normally)

Specialisms: Stealth +2 Action, Backstab +2 Action, Pick Locks +1 Wits, Set/Disable Traps +1 Wits.

Equipment: Fireman’s Axe, Lockpicks, Squirting Flower on Lapel.




Living Dead Girl & Teenage Frankenstein! Some sicko – coulda been a mad scientist or a voodoo mama – brought you back from the dead. Now that you’ve got a second chance at life, you’re gonna meet all the people you can. Live your (second) life to the fullest, you know? Bump-n-grind ‘til you’re ground meat.

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Action: d8
Wits: d10
Ego: d6
Hits: (roll normally)

Specialisms: Streetwise +2 Wits, Investigation +2 Wits, Shooting +1 Action, Athletics +1 Action.

Equipment: Claw Hammer, Colt .45, Big Black Boots.
Murican Witch/WarlockIt was when your back was against the proverbial wall that you first heard the voice. “Make the pact,” it said, “and you’ll have all the power you need to make your foes beg for mercy.” And make the pact you did, signed in blood and sent to a devil without hesitation. And boy did hearing our foes plea for their miserable lives sound excellent. 

Action: d6
Wits: d8
Ego: d10
Hits: (roll normally)

Specialisms: Knowledge (Arcane) +2 Wits, Spell of Armor +1 Ego, Spell of Blinding +1 Ego, Spell Bolt +1 Ego, Spell of Confusion +1 Ego.

Equipment: Ritual Dagger, Colt .45 Pistol, Book of Black Magic, Leather Cloak +1 Damage Resistance.

Three more PM characters converted to USR


This is a continuation of my previous post on Jack Shear's Planet Motherfucker and converting the described character classes to the classic (U)nbelievably (S)imple (R)oleplaying rules. Rules which are free! from Trollish Delver Games here on DriveThruRPG.

Today I am converting the following three character classes; Doom Nun/Hellfire Preacher, Dr. Satan/Nurse Lilith and the Facebreaker!

I kick ass for the lord, or just because kicking ass feels goood! The Doom Nun (or Hellfire Preacher)!

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Wits d6
Ego d10
Hits (roll normally)

Specialisms: Divine Miracles (Healing & Smite) +2 Ego, Gun Combat +2 Action, Knowledge (Arcane) +1 Wits, Hand-to-Hand Combat +1 Wits.

Equipment: Derringer Pistol, Hollowed-out Bible (holds ammunition or a grenade), Backpack.

Bodies tend to come apart with alarming frequency on Planet Motherfucker. Arms get ripped off, torsos get riddled with bullets, legs get run over by motorbikes. Stitching all that human mess back together is just part of the gig for Dr. Satan & Nurse Lilith!

Image result for doctor satan Action d6
Wits d10
Ego d8
Hits (roll normally)

Specialisms: Medical Science (Experimental) +2 Wits, Knowledge (Scientific) +2 Wits, Lockpicking +1 Wits, Repair Machine +1 Wits.

Equipment: Hypodermic Pistol, First Aid Kit, Backpack (carries various “hypo” darts).








Facebreaker: You are a hulking brute whose bulging muscles ache to break faces. Everything in the words looks like a nail to you because you are a hammer ready to swing. You may not enjoy brutalizing others (but then again this is Planet Motherfucker so you just might) but it’s something you absolutely excel at. Hey, if you got the gift, might as well use it.

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Action d10 
Wits d6
Ego d8
Hits (roll normally)

Specialisms: Brawling +2 Action, Throw Ridiculously Heavy Objects +2 Action, Toughness +1 Damage Resistance, Gun Combat +1 Action.

Equipment: Baseball bat with nails driven through it, Peacemaker Pistol, Wicked cool Tattoos.



Saturday, February 16

Planet Motherfucker is perfect for USR


Jack Shear's Planet Motherfucker is a tight, compact setting book for Savage Worlds RPG. The conventions of character creation in Savage Worlds ports over really simply to the classic (U)nbelievably (S)imple (R)oleplaying rules. Rules which are free! from Trollish Delver Games here on DriveThruRPG.

I'm drafting each one of the starting character classes from the Planet Motherfucker sourcebook here on my blog. When I've finished I should be able to make a PDF compiled document for allz youze enjoyment, you voyeuristic, post-apoc sleaz-oids! I'll start off with three character classics for playing in this delightful psycho-hillbilly-hellscape game world; the Chainsaw Paladin, Brickhouse Amazon and the Creepbot 2000!

Despite living in a world gone mad, you've sworn to uphold a moral code and fight for truth, justice, and the Murican way. The instrument in your fight to bring order to a lawless land is...a chainsaw. If you're going to cut the Gordian knot of Planet Motherfucker, might as well do it with whirring teeth of utter destruction. This is why they call you the Chainsaw Paladin!

Action d10 

Wits d6
Ego d8
Hits (roll normally)

Specialisms: Melee Combat +2 Action, Gun Combat +2 Action, Knowledge (Religion) +1 Wits, First Aid +1 Wits.

Equipment: Chainsaw, Pump-Action Shotgun, Kevlar Vest +2/+4 DR.

Yeah, the world has gone to hell in a hand-basket, but who cares? Your abs are ripped and you turn heads. And if those heads don't do what you want, you can crush them. Love 'em, leave 'em, crush 'em. That's the motto of the Brickhouse Amazon or Neo-Barbarian Stud!

Action d8 
Wits d6
Ego d10
Hits (roll normally)

Specialisms: Melee Combat +2 Action, Persuasion +2 Ego, Athletics +1 Action, Survival +1 Ego.

Equipment: Desert Eagle Pistol, Big Knife, Backpack.





Creepbot 2000: Although you've got a human brain floating around up in your chrome dome, you're still more machine than man. “Yeah, replace my feeble human body with a sweet robot chassis!” you said. What a gaff; now you're a hulking beast made of twisted metal, rusted circuits, and frustration on overdrive.




Action d8
Wits d10
Ego d6
Hits 15

Specialisms: Gun Combat +2 Action, Lockpicking +2 Wits, Stealth +1 Action, Melee Combat +1 Action.

Equipment: Metal Carapace +2/+4 DR, M1 Rifle, Spare Parts.




Monday, January 21

Random Spawn of Shub-Niggurath

This is a generator for creating an instant Spawn of Shub-Niggurath from Geoffrey McKinney's Carcosa: