Afterlives

AFTERLIVES

or: All Good Characters Go To Heaven

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT HAPPENS to the soul of a Player Character when they die? Do they get to the celestial paradise that their religion promised, or are they cast into the fiery pit of eternity, or reincarnated as a frog, or what? 

Afterlives is a single-session RPG metagame that answers that question and a whole lot more, by building an adventure where the soul of the dead Player Character is the star of a supernatural trial, recalling and debating their deeds and misdeeds while they were alive. Arguing in their defence: the other player-characters... and appearing for the persecution is the one person guaranteed to know all of a PC's sneakiest acts while alive: the GM. Cue arguments, secrets, revelations, threats, double-dealing, and a whole lot of unexpected hilarity.

Afterlives is a systemless scenario (or 'RPG metagame' if you prefer) for any fantasy RPG or other role-playing game where the characters follow a religion or a patron deity. It runs in a single session, and can be played multiple times with the same group without becoming stale.

Written by Origins Award-winner and ENnie nominee James Wallis (Once Upon a Time, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen), Afterlives was originally published as a supplement in John Kovalic's 'Dork Tower' comic. This edition has been revised and expanded, with pictures that don't feature comedy muskrats. We've got nothing against comedy muskrats, in fact we like them a lot, but they don't rank highly on our list of essential things to appear in metaphysical dramas about the afterlife. Sorry, John.

"Like its author, it is eloquent, charming and all-together brilliant. You should check it out." —John Wick, designer of the L5R and 7th Sea RPGs 

"Bears the sure touch of Wallis genius." —Dave Morris, author of Dragon Warriors