Slasher Victims: ALTERNATE CHARACTER GENERATION FOR MÖRK BORG
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In the worlds of slasher horror movies, victims are archetypal and there is only one of each. Until there is a PC of every slasher victim class in a group, you cannot have two of any of them. This continues for each multiple upward with one exception: you can never have more than one Final Girl unless this is a sequel. If this adventure is a sequel, one new Final Girl can join the group.
Slasher Victims is an independent production by Michael Mars Gaming and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.
MÖRK BORG is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell.
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looks great and as it is more borg it is compatible with a lot of my other mork materials with some leway , great stuff
Slasher Victims is a pack of classes, powers, and items to convert Mork Borg's dungeon-crawling gameplay and Dying World setting into a modern style survival-oriented slasher flick.
The PDF is 6 pages, with a great thematic layout and some nice illustrations. The layout does make the text a little difficult to read in a few places, but this *is* Mork Borg, so that's not an unexpected outcome.
Equipment-wise, the 24 new items all feel pragmatic. Similarly, the 10 new weapons and 4 new armors all fit the slasher theme and feel useful. They're also lightly re-balanced, and both high damage attacks and absolute wall defenses should be less common in Slasher Victims. This is a game where you struggle for a while. You don't always drop in one lucky shot.
The new Powers are neat, and are divided into Slasher and Victim schools. Slasher Powers aren't primarily offense-oriented---they're more about survival, harassment, and the occasional big attack. Slashers can lower their armor to start with more powers---a really neat touch. And victims can gain slasher Powers (another neat touch,) but they also have a pool of victim Powers, which focus on deploying strategic advantages and forcing tactical changes in a combat's momentum. None of the victim Powers are straight-up nukes, but they all have the potential to completely change the flow of an encounter.
There aren't any classes for slashers (despite a heading that says Slasher Classes,) but there are 5 Victim Classes, plus an option for playing unclassed victims. The Cheerleader is fragile but starts with extra Powers. The Final Girl randomizes equipment and can bounce off of death's doorstep each scene. Jocks are durable and good at physical Ability tests. Nerds are a weird mix of things, and get a bonus on Presence tests, instantaneous item creation, a Slasher Power, and frailty. Stoners get d6 medicinal bong rips.
Overall, this is a surprisingly robust supplement that hot-patches Mork Borg into running a slasher film. You'll need to supply the slasher and the setting yourself, but all the mechanical elements here are useable, flavorful, and echo the pacing of the genre. They also feel pretty easy to adapt to other OSR material. Definitely grab this if you're even a little bit interested.
Thank you so much for your comments! To address your statements: The victims are the slasher classes as they are built for playing in a slasher adventure. I included pictures with lighter backgrounds for higher usability for those that need it as well. The nerd gets its mix from the occasional ability to turn the slasher's strengths into weaknesses and the trope of knowing how to do x plot relevant thing due to a recent test, textbook, etc. As for providing setting and slashers, that's the goal of this jam!