Tabletop_Gaming__Issue_27__February_2019

30 December 2017

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OF THE MONTH

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sacrifice: Greed

Ritual: Fighting

Sacrifice: Pride

Ritual: Fasting

Sacrifice: Love

Ritual: Bathing

Wildlife

Cliffs

Blizzards

Exhaustion

Sacrifice: Grief

Ritual: Poisoning

End

Begin

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ou are pilgrims. You carry burdens, wear concealing clothing and seek absolution

for a transgression. You climb a mountain, visiting shrines linked by perils.

Pilgrims must not:

» Speak of life outside.

» Speak of the trail ahead.

» Show their face.

» Invoke their ancestors.

Start at the  rst shrine. In turn, give the shrine keeper something from your pack and

say how it ful lls their requirements.  en, together perform the puri cation ritual.

During the ritual you break one prohibition you haven't broken before:

» Your life: Describe your home. Say one thing you regret leaving behind.

»  e trail: Warn of danger and say why you turned back last time.

» Ancestors: Receive an otherworldly item, described by the others.

» Your face: Reveal your transgression.

 en you leave the shrine and travel onwards. One

pilgrim describes how the next peril endangers them.

Another pilgrim describes a skill/tool they use to

protect them, and what it implies. Repeat until

you reach the next shrine.

When you reach the  fth and  nal shrine, you

may enter or turn back. Pilgrims that enter

are never seen again.

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

WHO MADE THIS?

UFO Press is an Oxford-based publisher dedicated to making offbeat RPGs that take players to new worlds.

Its games include Legacy: Life Among the Ruins, where players are survivors of a reality-twisting apocalypse

rebuilding the world over generations, and What Ho, World!, which gives players the chance to weave a story

of 1920s gentry pursuing petty ambitions and comedic hijinks in an hour. Find out more at ufopress.co.uk.

By Elizabeth and Jay Iles

For a free PDF of

The Holy Mountain

visit ttgami.ng/

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