Twee

is a character-rich story-focused de-make of the Sentiment ttrpg system.

• Quick Reference
• Example of Play

Attributes

Every character consists of three unique stats, each with a name and colour.
These Attributes are your character’s core personality traits, convictions, features, and interests.

Names

You may name Attributes in any way, from ‘Crystal Girlie’ to ‘Beatboxing’ to ‘My old Co-Worker Brendan’. Poetry, Unicode characters, drawings, or anything else you can think of to meaningfully represent an aspect of your character are also valid.

These names are critically important, as all three represent your character entirely!
Whatever you choose, have a clear idea of what these Attributes represent, and how to communicate that with your facilitator as needed.
The name of an attribute is permanent and cannot be changed without undergoing significant narrative and mechanical character growth.

Colours

Attribute colours are entirely vibe-based, though a rough guide is provided in the Colour Words graphic. Each Attribute must be a different colour. Attempting to balance or concentrate a character around the wheel may help guide their formation, but take care to avoid using one of the guiding colour words as an Attribute. While allowed, you won’t have much fun playing a boring character!

Levels

Each Attribute has an associated level, which adds a bonus value to a roll when you lock it in as your Swing. As a character progresses through multiple sessions, you may spend Experience points to increase these bonuses individually. Attribute levels can be tracked on your character sheet next to the relevant dice slots. The bonus is equal to the level, starting at 0.

Dice

Each Attribute is represented by a coloured d6 which are used to act on or react to the world around you. Normally living in their home slots on your character sheet, performing a roll using an Attribute dice will bring it to the forefront. This die is physically placed in the Swing slot of your character sheet.
You are encouraged to roleplay your character as embodying their active attribute.

Rolls are largely self-determined by player intention, but the facilitator will regularly call strays as they are caught in freeform dialogue.

Roll to Do

Whenever you perform an action or influence something in the world, you Roll to Do.
This could be anything from lifting a box to hitting someone or hitting on them.

• Roll all Attribute dice
• Select one to act with
  • add attribute level
• Lock it in as your new Swing

While you will normally want to use the highest value, you will have to justify to the facilitator how and why your character is using that Attribute to perform the action (if not self-evident). Bonuses may be granted by the facilitator based on clever incorporation of context like a prop.

Success

When rolling against another character, you will be contesting a roll to die.
The Roll to Do must exceed the Roll to Die in order to succeed, dealing damage equal to your Swing (die value + attribute level).
In other situations, you may simply roll against a static threshold determined by the facilitator.

Clashes

If you Roll to Do using a die the same colour as your target’s current Swing, it becomes a clash.

• A successful attack deals double damage.
• A successful defence deals normal damage.
• A tie banks the damage and prompts a reroll. This banked damage will be dealt to the losing party along with the value of the winning roll.
  • Damage banked by successive tied clashes can stack indefinitely.

Roll to Die

When acted against, you Roll to Die.
This is your roll to weather external action, influence, or attack.

• Reroll your Swing
  • add attribute level

Roll to Discern

At any point outside of a fixed turn order, roll your Attributes to examine your character’s inner thoughts or feelings. The values presented by the dice can help guide character or roleplay decisions. A higher value in one stat might mean a certain tendency or viewpoint is acting up while a lower value could indicate a lack of confidence.

• Roll all Attribute dice
• Assess the vibe
• Lock one in as a Swing

Health, Damage, and Wounds

A successful Roll to Do deals damage equal to your Swing (die value + attribute level).
Each character starts with 10 health points.
When all health is lost, your character is Wounded

• Select the most relevant Attribute (defaults to Swing)
  • discard Attribute die
  • completely unusable until healed
• Restore health to full
• Select a new Swing
• Mark a point of Experience
  experience is also gained for dealing a wound.

You are encouraged to roleplay what your character would be like in the complete absence of this core characteristic.

When a character Wounds their second last Attribute, they may choose to yield. Such a character may remain present or exit the scene but loses the ability to deal damage, take damage, or gain experience until they are healed.

Death’s Door

A character who continues with only a single remaining Attribute is said to be on Death’s Door. Upon loosing all health in this state, your character will be narratively obliterated and removed from play.
Entering this state grants a point of experience in addition to that from the wound. Surviving a hit on Death’s Door grants 2 points of experience.
A character on Death’s Door may not leave a scene in conflict.

Progression

During play, Experience points are awarded for character moments like achievements or personal growth. The most consistent way to gain Experience is by taking or dealing Wounds. These can be spent at the end of session on the following:

Attributes may also be healed, levelled, and altered in combination at a discount representative of character growth if it can be narratively justified to the facilitator.

Gifts

As part of character progression, the facilitator may offer you the option to spend Experience on a special ability called a Gift. The availability of this option is based on the presence of a compelling idea and it’s relevance to your character. You may bring suggestions to your facilitator. Experience may also be spent on certain Gifts to increase their potency.

Examples

I Know A Guy

Once per Session - Name and conjure an individual fit to tackle the issue at hand.

Roll a number of d6s determined by the facilitator based on their potential helpfulness.
The lowest die value decides your relationship with this individual.

Confrontational

Action - In addition to a match, you may also clash with colours adjacent to your swing on the colour wheel.

Deals +2 damage rather than double. Ties function normally.
Could be levelled up to deal normal clash damage.