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Motif: Action Engine (Quickplay RPG System Toolkit)



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  • Motif Action Engine is a companion product to the Motif Story Engine
    • It provides a system toolkit for doing action resolution "the Motif way".
    • Genre-neutral¸ setting-agnostic.
    • Best suited for genre-heavy and story-forward games.
    • Tuned for sandbox play and emergent stories.
    • Extensible¸ easily hacked and reskinned for a variety of genres and play styles.
  • Light system tuned for quickplay¸ based on the 3d6 Motif oracle
    • Simple and easy to learn.
    • Uses regular common six-sided dice.
    • Each die represents an aspect of outcome.
    • Simple results and templates that drive your story without getting in the way.
    • Mix and match "flavors" to produce a wide variety of action outcomes.
  • Designed for low/no prep¸ GM-less¸ and solo RPG play.
    • Player-facing system. All actions are resolved in a single roll.
    • Plug and play "patches" to introduce different subsystems and new features.
    • Intuitive and flexible NPC system. Quick to create with behavior guidellines.
    • Emphasis on story impacts and genre themes.

Patches and play guidance will be expanded over time.
MAE was originally designed as a complement to the Motif Story Engine.

The Motif Action Engine is a modular RPG system toolkit:
  • Core 3d6 oracle system.
  • Alternative interpretations for the success and strength dice.
  • 2 main flavors and 3 additional example flavors.
  • Skillset and core stat variants.
  • Resource "stone" character patch
  • Character ties and contacts patch
  • Consequences patches for both personal blows and social outcomes.
  • Story character patch with an NPC template system
  • Light rules for action scenes and hits/conditions¸ but no distinct "combat system". All conflicts are treated equally with player-facing rolls and common sense consequences.
First Update!

By popular request¸ added 3 example character options and a short 2-page setting build.

Part of the Motif Game Framework

A series of toolkits that enable GM-less¸ GM-lite "no prep"¸ and solo roleplaying. They are modular and easily hackable. They are also game agnostic! Use them to enable GM-less and solo play with your favorite games.

  • Motif Story Engine¸ GM-less and solo toolkit ("GM-ulator") for the Motif Game Framework (Gold Bestseller!)
  • Motif Action Engine ¸ a quickplay RPG system for the Motif Game Framework. (Sillver Bestseller!)
  • Motif Character Engine¸ a player and character emulator for the Motif Game Framework (Electrum Bestseller!)
  • Motif World Engine¸ setting and scene seeds generator. (Silver Bestseller!)
Highlighted Runs On Motif releases:
  • Arthur's Legacy¸ Arthurian modern fantasy. Avalon rises from the sea in the modern era¸ returning magic to world. Play badass reincarnated Knights with miracleworking powers in service to immortal Nobles. System neutral main world guide¸ but includes a complete quickplay suite of Motif Engines.
  • No Angels Live Here¸ a GM-less/low prep occult detective RPG.
  • We Came In Peace¸ an alien survival-horror solo roleplaying game.
  • Egregores¸ the creepypasta storytelling game.
  • Like I Give A BLEEP¸ be a god-like mad scientist in this GM-less RPG.
  • Bitter Birds Baking Brittle Bread¸ Dada/postmodern "unstory" roleplaying


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