#import "template.typ": ppage, blockquote #import "@preview/tablex:0.0.4": gridx, tablex, cellx #set page(margin: 20em); #show: ppage.with( title: [Horses on the Brink!], subtitle: [A supplement for SPORTS HORSE], author: [dozens], date: [2023-08-13] ) #blockquote[ "They can but bring horse to the water brink But horse may choose whether that horse will drink" #footnote[ _Narcissus_, 1602. \ #link("https://archive.org/details/narcissus00leeuoft") ] ] == ABOUT _Horses on the brink!_ is a supplement for SPORTS HORSE #footnote[ #link("https://dozens.itch.io/horse") \ #link("https://dozensanddragons.neocities.org/44") ] providing exciting new HORSE LOCATIONS mysterious and engaging HORSE PLOTS and mystical magical HORSE MAGIC. The content provided herein is enough to get you started with a game of SPORTS HORSE. But it doesn't tell you _everything_ you need to know. The finer details of the HORSE LOCATIONS and the resolution of your HORSE PLOT are left up to you. You must _play to find out_. == HORSE MAGIC #place( top + right, float: true, align(center)[ #figure( gridx( map-rows: (row, cells) => { if row == 0 { cells.map(c => (..c, fill: black, content: strong(text(12pt, white, font: "Nandaka Western")[#c.content]))) } else if calc.odd(row) { cells.map(c => (..c, fill: gray.lighten(75%), content: c.content) ) } else { cells } }, repeat-header: true, columns: 4, header-rows: 1, align: (col, row) => (auto,auto,auto,auto,).at(col), inset: 6pt, [D20], [VERB], [ADJECTIVE], [NOUN], [1], [pat], [stable], [cab], [2], [gallop], [tight], [rein], [3], [trot], [smart], [whip], [4], [clean], [troubled], [stable], [5], [whip], [careless], [groom], [6], [temper], [strained], [stall], [7], [stroke], [vicious], [colt], [8], [neigh], [sore], [rider], [9], [strain], [restless], [hostler], [10], [whistle], [cheery], [harness], [11], [bleed], [uphill], [hay], [12], [flog], [shady], [bridle], [13], [stumble], [hoof], [oat], [14], [harness], [thoughtful], [hedge], [15], [fret], [airy], [coachman], [16], [chuck], [plucky], [farrier], [17], [heal], [timid], [bran], [18], [rein], [uncommon], [mash], [19], [lash], [lazy], [halter], [20], [shy], [lame], [luggage], ), kind: "table", caption: [HORSE MAGIC], supplement: [TABLE] ) ] ) Behold the wonderous wonders and mysterious mysteries of horse magic! #footnote[ The most "unique" verbs, adjectives, and nouns from _Black Beauty_ #footnote[ #link("https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/271") ] according to `Temmon/Bibliomantic_Oracles` #footnote[ #link("https://github.com/Temmon/Bibliomantic_Oracles") ] ] Here's the deal with horse magic. Roll on @tmagic from two columns of your choice at the beginning of each session. For example, I just rolled for _adjective noun_ and got a 12 and a 3. That's _shady whip_. Spooky! Now it's all about interpreting the spell's meaning, and negotiating its impact and effect. Horse magic is freeform. The only rule is that it costs dice from your SPIRIT pool. A minor effect probably costs 1 or 2 SPIRIT. A medium effect, 3 or 4. A large effect could cost 6 or more! You can roll for a new horse spell at the beginning of each session, or when the fiction calls for it. e.g. after a momentous event, after a significant rest, etc. Optionally roll twice, and then choose any one word from each of the rows that you rolled. == HORSE PLOT Ways to use @tplot: + *Straightforward*: Roll d6. Read the WHO the WANTS and the BUT from left to right. This is the plot for your game. + *Ramdomized*: Roll d6 three times. Once for WHO, once for WANTS, and once for BUT. This creates a more random, zanier plot for your game. + *Imaginative*: Do any or none or both of the above. Look at the results and let them spark your imagination. Come up with your own characters, motivations, and complications. == HORSE LOCATIONS *THE OLD WATERING HOLE*: There is a wise old farmhand here. What a glorious mustache they have. The old watering hole is shady and cool and its muddy banks are welcoming to all creatures, tame and wild. There is a large, large tree here, its branches reaching out over the water. *THE PASTURE*: Green, green grass as far as the eye can see. Troy, a retired show horse, can be found here and will happily reminisce about their glory days to anybody who will listen. *THE STABLES*: Where the horses are stabled and groomed. The farrier shoes the horses out back. *THE RACETRACK*: Kids and spectators crowd the fences to see the horses race by. Small fortunes are made and lost each afternoon. Three-Fingered Gerald, a local gambling enthusiast, has experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows at this track. Horse sports of all varieties are held in the infield. *THE VET*: Where horses go to get better. Dr. Arizona Chance is working on perfecting her groundbreaking horse massage technique. #place( top + right, float: true, align(center)[ #figure( gridx( columns: 4, header-rows: 1, map-rows: (row, cells) => { if row == 0 { cells.map(c => (..c, fill: black, content: text(12pt, white, font: "Nandaka Western")[#c.content])) } else if calc.odd(row) { cells.map(c => (..c, fill: gray.lighten(75%), content: c.content) ) } else { cells } }, repeat-header: true, align: (col, row) => (auto,auto,auto,auto,).at(col), inset: 6pt, [D6], [WHO], [WANTS], [BUT], [1], [stableboy], [impress the stablemaster], [secretly terrified of horses!], [2], [farmhand], [create a new breed of underwater horses], [can't swim!], [3], [farrier], [a date to horse prom], [a leprechaun stole all the horseshoes!], [4], [photo-journalist], [take first prize at the competition], [is a were-horse!], [5], [groomer], [replace jockeys with robots], [camels?], [6], [veterinarian], [develop a new technique], [sabotaged by a bitter rival!], ), caption: [HORSE PLOT], kind: "table", supplement: [TABLE] ) ] ) #figure( image( "loc.svg", width: 75%, ), caption: [HORSE LOCATIONS], )