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nicotine girls is a roleplaying game of teenage, lower-income girls looking for happiness
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Characters are females between 16 and 19 years old.
Motivations
Begin by dividing six points between your character's two Motivations: Hope
and Fear. You may not put all six points into one Motivation.
Methods
Your character has four Methods: Sex, Money, Cry, and Smoke. Decide which
two of them start at 2. The other two start at 1.
Dreams
Write a sentence describing the life and situation your character wishes for
and dreams about.
nicotine girls uses d10's for conflict resolution. When a nicotine girl wants to
get something done (e.g. win an argument, attract the romantic attention of a
dead-end cruiser who's too old for her), the player decides her Motivation and
which Method she'll use, out of Sex, Money, and Cry only. The player rolls a
number of d10's equal to the Motivation and counts every die that comes up
less than or equal to the Method as a success. The outcome of the conflict is
role-played by the player and GM. If the result is at least one success, thecharacter's intent is realized. Otherwise, the character's intent is painfully
unsuccessful.
There is no player vs. player conflict resolution.
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Smoke
A player who wants a better chance of success in an anticipated conflict can
call for a Smoke scene with another player character or an NPC where they
ask for advice. If the character takes and uses the advice in the subsequent
conflict, they get to add dice to that conflict resolution roll equal to theirSmoke score. If they do not take the advice, they subtract dice from the roll
equal to their Smoke score.
If the subtraction of Smoke results in a negative or zero dice pool, the
character automatically fails. This may seem harsh, but it's mitigated by the
fact that the player can always add to Fear (see Fear below) to get out of the
hole. The consequence is that the nicotine girl's narrative becomes
characterized by increased dysfunction and life chaos, and the character isone conflict closer to an endgame where she doesn't have much of a chance of
getting her dreams.
Hope
If a character uses Hope as their Motivation in a conflict, and fails the roll,
they may not use Hope again as a Motivation for the rest of the game session.
If a character uses Hope as their motivation in a conflict, and the roll is
successful, the character's Fear goes down by 1. A nicotine girl who uses her
Hope in a game session and makes it through that whole session without losingher Hope gains an increase of 1 Hope.
Fighting
Actual fighting to physically hurt someone is a Fear roll, counting ones as
successes. If the fight is against a guy, two successes are needed to win. If the
fight is against another girl, one success is needed.
FearA player can add to their character's Fear score at any time by assuming
adversity into the girl's life according to the chart below. The GM will
determine the specifics of the adversity.
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Death of boyfriend/husband 10
Divorce/separation 7
Jail term 6
Death of close family member 6
Serious personal injury or illness 5Marriage 5
Fired from work 5
Reconciled with boyfriend/husband 5
Change in family member's health 4
Pregnancy 4
Sex difficulties 4
Addition to family 4
Change in financial status 4Death of close friend 4
Job change 4
Borrow money over $10,000 3
Foreclosure of mortgage or loan 3
Change in work responsibilities 3
Trouble with in-laws 3
Outstanding personal achievement 3
Boyfriend/husband begins or stops work 3
Starting or finishing school 3Change in living conditions 3
Trouble with boss 2
Change in work hours, conditions 2
Change in residence 2
Change in schools 2
Change in recreational habits 2
Change in church activities 2
Change in social activities 2Borrow money under $10,000 2
Family gathering 1
Change in eating habits 1
Vacation 1
Minor violation of the law 1
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Endgame
At the end of the game a player rolls their Hope, counting ones as successes,
and narrates an epilogue for the character. Two successes means the girl gets
her Dreams.
"The moment when playing Nicotine Girls when the players figure out that the
game is competitive, but have to stay in character as friends so they start holding
each other back. It's just one of those moments that hits you hard and why I've
only played it twice and with two separate groups." - Bailey, rpg.net
Version 1.1
Copyright © 2002 by Paul Czege
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