The Tragedian

A word which here means “a playbook that makes bad, upsetting things happen in the world of your Interstitial campaign”. 

This is a book of GM moves for characters who flesh out an Interstitial 2e campaign by alluding to past and future tragedy, presenting difficult bargains, and providing an answer for the question “what’s the worst that could happen?”. They can be regular NPCs, omniscient narrator types, or even both of those things.

You may wish to this playbook with your players before using it, as all of the moves within take very hard, upsetting swings at both the player characters within your campaign and the larger world around them.

Cover image is Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill by Pieter Claesz, from the Met Museum's Open Access collection.