THE SUN A WIDE-EYED PHOENIX IN ITS NEST • 2019 rpg

For one player.

Retha's community sucked its land dry. But, according to myth, if Retha slaughters the phoenix that wanders daytime skies, life will be restored.

Retha has an axe, a pair of wax wings, a breastplate, and no better ideas. They're currently hanging from the phoenix's talons.

As they act, roll six dice. If they used a tool, choose any numbers, then reroll all dice showing those numbers.

SCALING THE PHOENIX
If you didn't roll a...
    1: Retha falls off and plummets.
    2: Retha can't climb higher.
    3-4: There's no opportunity to strike.
    5: Sacrifice a tool.
    6: Retha's crushed, near-lethally.

STRIKING THE HEAD
Roll only three dice if you have no weapon. If you didn't roll...
    two 1-2s: Retha fall off and plummet.
    four odds/evens: Sacrifice a tool.
    two 6s: Retha can't make wounds last.

CHEATING DEATH
If you didn't roll a...
    1: The phoenix cries, anguished.
    2: We remember Retha as naive.
    3: We remember Retha as gullible.
    4: We remember Retha as weak.
    5: Retha cannot cheat death. (The game ends.)
    6: The myth is fake.

After two wounds, the phoenix plummets, a fallen star. Is life restored?