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Q U I E T U S
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A ROLEPLAYING GAME OF MELANCHOLY HORROR
OLI JEFFERY
Q U I E T U S
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A ROLEPLAYING GAME OF MELANCHOLY HORROR
OLI JEFFERY
G a m e D e s i g n , Wr i t i n g , & L ay o u t
Oli Jeffery
I l l u s t r at i o n s
Kasha Mika
Thuy Tran
All text and layout © 2019 Oli Jeffery, except the
introduction, filmography and scenarios, which are © 2019
their individual authors. Interior art © 2019 Kasha Mika.
Cover art © 2019 Thuy Tran.
This game owes a debt to The Between by Jason Cordova,
Blades in the Dark by John Harper, Bluebeard’s Bride by
Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson,
Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley, Dread by Epidiah
Ravachol, Dungeon World by Adam Koebel and Sage La
Torra, Fiasco by Jason Morningstar, The Final Girl by Brett
Gillan, Lovecraftesque by Becky Annison and Josh Fox,
Monsterhearts 2 by Avery Alder, Murderous Ghosts by D.
Vincent Baker & Meguey Baker & Tremulus by Sean Preston.
This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://
www.bladesinthedark.com/), a product of One Seven Design,
developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our
use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Blades in the Dark™ is a trademark of One Seven Design. The
Forged in the Dark Logo is © One Seven Design, and is used
with permission.
Some of the text in The Conversation and the Fiction &
Agendas and Principles comes from Dungeon World by
Adam Koebel and Sage La Torra. Based on the work of Sage
LaTorra and Adam Koebel. Dungeon World is licensed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To
view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444
Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041,
USA.
The X-Card was created by John Stavropoulos, and is
published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to
Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain
View, California, 94041, USA.
CATS was published by Patrick O’Leary as part of the
200 Word RPG Contest and is used under the https://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ license. The
original text is here: https://200wordrpg.github.io/2016/
supplement/2016/04/12/CATS.html
Painting The Scene was codified by Jason Cordova and is used
with permission.
Cover ar t
Editing
Lauren McManamon
Int r o d u c t i o n a n d F i l m o g r a p hy
Sarah Dobbs
T h i r t e e n Tr a g e d i e s
Alex Abou Karam, Becky Annison, Aura Belle,
Misha Bushyager, Josh Fox, Hayley Gordon,
Grant Howitt, Oli Jeffery, Brandon Leon-
Gambetta, Lauren McManamon, Kira Magrann,
Jason Morningstar, and Nell Raban
P l ay t e s t e r s
Mathias Belger, Kate Bullock, Angel “Hijos del
Rol” Garcia, Tomer Gurantz, Bethany Harvey,
Will Hobson, Tyler Lominack, Jenny Lord,
Lauren McManamon, Ryan McNeil, Donogh
McCarthy, Dan Marks, Katy Morgan, David
Morrison, Ferrel Riley, Dylan Ross, Paul “Staxx”
Spragett, Jeff Stormer, and Sabine V.
thanks
Oli
Thank you to the podcasts and Twitch channels that graciously
featured Quietus during its Kickstarter run: Lowell and Sherry from
The Gauntlet, Jeff from Party of One, Meghan from Modifier, Angel
from Story Always, and Katy and Mathias from Summer of Spooks.
Thank you to the whole Gauntlet community, past and present. This
game is for you.
Thanks, finally, to my wife Clare, who was very understanding when I
asked if I could spend several hundred pounds commissioning art for
a book that might not get made in the run up to the Kickstarter, and
also just generally for being rad. I love you.
Ka s h a
Horror is for everyone, and we wanted to reflect that in this book. To
all the horror fans who don’t often see themselves reflected in this type
of media, this is for you. Big thanks to Oli for the killer opportunity.
To the friends, family, and partners, immeasurable thanks for your
support and patience while I was making the art for this book. Love
you all.
Thanks also to SenshiStock and AilinStock on DeviantArt and the
Gender Spectrum Collection of stock photos on Broadly for pose
drawing references.
Int r o d u c t i o n
Ho w t o P l ay Q u i e t u s
The Barest Bones
A game of melancholy horror
Media touchstones
How many people is this game for?
How long does it take to play?
Dice
The Conversation
The Fiction
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Minimum Suggested Safety Tools
CATS
Lines and veils
The X-card
Checking in
Open Door Policy
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C h a r a c t e r s , Ho r r o r s & Tr a g e d i e s 3 6
Character & Scenario Creation
Creating the horror
Random tragedies
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The Conversation and the Fiction
Scores
Anxiety
Hope
Dread
The dice pool
After a roll
Increasing the chance of success
Tense rolls
Desperate rolls
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Ho w t o R u n Q u i e t u s
The GM’s responsibilities
Anatomy of a Session
Act I: Character & scenario creation
Act II: Opening scene
Act III: The climax
Act III: Epilogues
Decompress
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Results per tension level
Scars
Revealing Scars
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Agenda
Principles
Interpreting dice rolls
Hope
Despair
Dread
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S a f e t y To o l s
Introduction to safety tools
Why do we need safety tools?
Everyone is responsible for safe play
Are the authors of this game just SJW snowflakes?
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