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Sex Move
When you have sex with someone,
they become a part of the Failing
Dynasty (and subject to the move’s
mechanics).
Playing The Serpentine
Tethered, confused, mesmerizing,
vicious. The Serpentine belongs to a
territorial family, one that’s both self-
nurturing and self-devouring. They’re
treated like a pawn, used to regain the
family’s former glory.
Failing Dynasty
is the source of a lot of drama for
The Serpentine. Embrace the idea of
familial conflict.
The Condition
snake food
can work
in two ways: it can be represent your
enmity and brooding anger towards
this person, or it can represent your
desire to kill them. Other characters
are able to interact with this
Condition, if they can justify doing
so in the fiction.
While The Serpentine can be both sexy
and deadly, a big part of playing this
character is about learning to cope
with the simultaneous demands of
two different worlds. Your serpentine
family won’t understand the rules of
human society, and human society
won’t understand your family context.
The
Nest of Humans
gang reflects
the fact that The Serpentine wants
to belong to a world that they don’t
fully understand. While they might
join up with a gang or clique, they’ll
never fully grasp what it means to
belong to such a group. Thus the
misclassification of “nest” in the title.
If you “shed your past life and integrate
yourself into a new family” to escape
your Darkest Self, then the new family
replaces your previous family as the
source of the
Failing Dynasty.
It’s
possible to leave your serpentine family
(when escaping your Darkest Self) and
then later return to them.
In ancient days, your family
held dominion over this world.
They were powerful, deadly,
and wise. At least, that’s what
they tell you. But all you’ve
ever seen is empty faith and
crumbling dreams. You just
want to live your life like any
other kid, but they have bigger
plans for you.
They say that there will come
a day when the serpent rules
once more. That once again
they will swap secrets with
powerful allies and venom with
powerful enemies. But they
need your help first. After all,
what is family for?
Darkest Self
You aren’t ever going to be able to
reconcile the human and serpent
worlds. You can’t live with the lies
and insanity any longer. You need to
reject one side or the other to escape
this madness. Run the fuck away, hide,
return to the bosom of your serpent
family or abandon them entirely for
the human world. You’ll threaten,
hobble or destroy anyone who tries to
keep you enmeshed in contradictory
obligations. You escape your Darkest
Self when you submit yourself to the
old obligations once more, or you shed
your past life and integrate yourself
into a new family.
Advancement
Take another Serpentine move.
Take another Serpentine move.
Take a move from another Skin.
Take a move from another Skin.
You belong to a
Nest of Humans.
Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
Add 1 to Dark (max 3).
The Serpentine
Name
Choose a name:
Adelinde, Attor, Dana, Hester, Jasdeen,
Lucian, Nuna, Russel, Seth, Zachariah
A snake-like name, an ancient name,
a name without labial consonants, an
alluring name
Human Appearance
Circle one in each list:
sleek, beguiling, sleazy, lithe, skittish
darting eyes, apprehensive eyes,
cold eyes hypnotic eyes, snake eyes
True Form
Origin
Circle one:
a family from old wealth, a family with
unknown origins, a family from the
swamps, a secretive and nomadic family
Circle two that together describe how
you look when in your true snake form:
slimy scales all over, a forked tongue,
a snake head, serpent tendrils for hair,
a tail, undulating limbs without joints
This Skin is dedicated to:
Christopher Murray
Name:
Stats
Carry Forward
Serpentine Moves
Failing Dynasty
Temptation
Your suggestions carry a preternatural
power. When you convince someone
to do something, they carry 1 forward
to doing it, and if they succeed choose
one: mark experience; gain a String on
them.
You start with this one, and choose one
more:
Add 1 to one of these:
Hot 1, Cold 1, Volatile -1, Dark -1
Conditions
In the age of serpents, your family was
powerful and prolific. Now, they live in a
shadow of their former glory. They want
to regain (choose one): their political
clout; their old wealth; their failing
beauty; their web of secret allegiances.
Whenever you are convinced to do
the bidding of a family member, carry
1 forward to doing it and that family
member gains a String on you. Whenever
you help your family regain some of their
former glory, mark experience.
The New Order
When you learn to meet one of your
needs within human society rather than
within your family, mark experience.
When others help you fit in better with
human society, they mark experience.
(Turn Someone On,
Manipulate an NPC)
Hot
Notes
Patience is a Virtue
When you bite your tongue and don’t
respond to adversity, roll with cold. On
a 10 up, choose one: gain a String on
them; they gain the Condition
snake
food.
On a 7-9, they gain the Condition
snake food.
(Shut Someone Down, Hold Steady)
Cold
Mesmerizing
When you stare at someone without
blinking, roll with Hot. On a 10 up,
they freeze up until you blink or
someone touches them, and they gain
the Condition
dazed.
On a 7-9, they
gain the Condition
dazed.
The Big Reveal
When you reveal your true form to
someone, they gain a String on you. If
they accept your true self, they mark
experience. If they reject you, carry 1
forward against them.
Trespassing
Whenever someone enters your lair
without permission, they gain the
Condition
snake food.
Add 1 to all rolls
you make that involve infiltrating or
escaping someone’s lair.
(Lash Out Physically, Run Away)
Volatile
Harm
Experience Points:
>>
advance
Strings
(Gaze Into The Abyss)
Dark
Hapless Prey
When you lash out physically at
someone with the Condition
snake
food,
roll using Cold.
Your Backstory
You’ve been watching someone, trying
to learn from them what it means to
be human. Gain two Strings on them.
Your family seeks to control your
every move. The head of your family
gains two Strings on you.
Family Commands:
Snake Food:
Other Moves

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