Niv Lova

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Welcome to Niv Lova, a massive area of the cold north, full of deep forests, wintry tundras, shrub-covered plains, ice-cold waters and mostly-abandoned urban pockets.

Once, it was a contemporary part of the country with cities and towns, paved roads, and all other aspects of modern civilization.

Whatever occurred, it left things behind or changed the things that were there. Strange pockets of radiation, aberrations in the way physics worked, fires bursting out of the ground, electricity surging across the ground, gravity increasing or decreasing in a localized area for no discernible reason, etc. The flora and fauna altered in different ways, and humans twisted, mutated or gone insane, feral and attacking each other.

Niv Lova is made to play solo or with friends with little to no preparation.

The rules included are easy, and minimalist, inspired by the game Kal-Arath, by Castle Grief, who was in turn inspired by Barbaric!, Mork Borg, and Black Sword Hack.

The mechanics of Niv Lova are heavily inspired by Kal-Arath, taking Castle Grief’s simple, minimalist system, tweaking some things, adding a few systems (crafting, repairing, conditions, etc.) and adapting it to a different setting.

The setting of Niv Lova is inspired by the Stalker video games, the story Roadside Picnic and the movie Stalker. It’s a dangerous region filled with dangerous mutants, bandits, scavengers, weird pocket aberrations and powerful remnants. But it’s not just radiation here, there’s something otherworldly. Perhaps another dimension did enter ours? The why isn’t explained and doesn’t need to be. Something happened. This place is different, changed, altered, from the one we know. You can choose whether it was a dimensional rift, nuclear event, alien visit or supernatural incident, or leave it unknown.

If you like the setting but not the rules, use your own! It’s your game, make it your own.

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Features: 

-Easy, simple system based off of Castle Grief's Kal Arath to play either with a group, GM-less group, or solo, d6s are all you need!

-Tables for treacherous journeys across frozen tundra and urban ruins, including Points of Interests and Encounters

-Rules for scavenging, crafting and repairing your equipment

-Tables for generating Abandoned Urban Areas filled with hazards, stashes, NPCs and mutants

-Tables for generating unique NPCs and settlements

-Optional rules including mutated Changes your character can go through, as well as introducing Factions into your game world. 

-An optional starting region called The Shallows with Hex-map, locations, settlements, factions and NPCs to get you started. 

NO AI WAS USED IN THE WRITING OR THE ART OF THIS PROJECT