Short Order Heroes can be used as a stand alone Light RPG / Story generator or a gaming aid.
The content of this project is simple, it is a deck of cards with an adjective and a number.
To create characters you draw three cards to get a collections of adjectives. NPC's you encounter while threading your tale get from three to one attributes. When the conflict arises in the tale, the DM and the Player discuss how the attributes of all the characters affect the conflict. So if your character is "Cute" and "Foolish" and you are trying to get past a guard who is "Clumsy" and "Romantic" you could try straight diplomacy which no adjective affects ( difficulty 4). You could try to leap past the guard who is clumsy (difficulty 3), or you could try to charm the romantic guard with your cuteness (difficulty 2). You determine the result of the conflict by drawing a new card and using the number. If the number is equal to or greater than the difficulty, the character "wins" the conflict. The adjective of the card adds flavor to how the action is actually performed. For instance if the player attempts to charm the guard and draws "Wise" with a 6, the player gets by the guard, perhaps by having a disarming conversation about philosophy or maybe just complimenting the guard on their wisdom.
The game looks like it will be a lot of fun for low key RPG activities. It can also of course be used with more traditional RPGs to add some quick flavor or to more open ended story telling games (like Tell Tale) to give it more direction.
