I am not immune to the trope of “character overextends themselves in a bout of god-like power and immediately passes out afterwards”.
Bonus points if they do a superhero landing and / or crack a one liner before collapsing.
Double bonus points if right before they collapse into a puddle the last thing they see is their friends / love interest sprinting towards them at high velocity.
[Image description: the first image is a tweet by Oliver Darkshire (@/DeathByBadger) that says, “good morning. here is Potato, a one page RPG about being a halfling and trying to quietly enjoy your potatoes in a world that refuses to leave you alone.”
The second image is the one-page RPG. It is titled “Potato” at the top, and on the right side it says in smaller text, “A one page RPG by Oliver Darkshire.”
The introduction says, “you are a halfling, just trying to exist meanwhile, the dark lord rampages across the world you do not care about this. you are trying to farm potatoes because what could a halfling possibly do about it anyway”.
Next is the “Rules” section: “You have three scores: Destiny (which starts at 0) Potatoes (which starts at 0) Orcs (which starts at 0)
Each score has ten empty boxes next to it in a line.
The next section is titled "Mash Them, Boil Them.”
It reads: To start the game, you generate a new Event by rolling a six-sided die (d6). Adjust your scores as directed by the table (or subtable), then roll a new event. Keep rolling new events until one of the following occurs:
If your destiny score reaches 10, an interfering bard or wizard turns up at your doorstep with a quest, and you are whisked away against your will on an adventure (unless you’ve already been eaten by orcs).
If your potatoes score reaches 10, then you have enough potatoes that you can go underground and not return to the surface until the danger is past. You nestle down into your burrow and enjoy your well earned rest.
If your orcs score reaches 10, then orcs finally find your potato farm. Alas, orcs are not so interested in potatoes as they are in eating you, and you end up in a cookpot.
The next section is titled, “Hurling in the Back Garden.”
The note at the beginning of it says, “At any point you can remove 1 potato to remove 1 orc.
Finally, there are three tables. The first table is named "Grass and Mud… (Roll a d6)”
It says:
1 or 2: In the Garden… 3 or 4: A Knock at the Door… 5 or 6: The world becomes a darker, more dangerous place. From now on, removing orc costs an additional potato (this is cumulative).
The second table is named “In the Garden…”
It says:
1 - You happily root about all day in your garden: +1 potato. 2 - You narrowly avoid a visitor by hiding in a potato sack: +1 potato, +1 destiny. 3 - A hooded stranger lingers outside your farm: +1 destiny, +1 orc. 4 - Your field is ravaged in the night by unseen enemies: +1 orc, -1 potato. 5 - You trade potatoes for other delicious foodstuffs: -1 potato. 6 - You burrow into a bumper crop of potatoes. Do you cry with joy? Possibly: +2 potato.
The last table is named “A Knock at the Door…”
It says:
1 - A distant cousin. They are after your potatoes. They may snitch on you: +1 orc. 2 - A dwarven stranger. You refuse them entry. Ghastly creatures: +1 destiny. 3 - A wizard strolls by. You pointedly draw the curtains: +1 orc, +1 destiny. 4 - There are rumours of war in the reaches. You eat some potatoes: -1 potato, +1 orc. 5 - It’s an elf. They are not serious people: +1 destiny. 6 - It’s a sack of potatoes from a generous neighbor. You really must remember to pay them a visit one of these years: +2 potatoes.
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