Use the Fearful Ends Stress Deck to track both mental and physical stress your players endure while exploring the horrific landscapes of the Fearful Ends role playing game. Contains 36 mental stress cards and 18 physical stress cards.

Augment your game to handle more players, or more mayhem, with an extra deck of Stress Cards. They can also easily be added to other RPGs to replace troublesome sanity mechanics, or augment games that lack a system for mental duress.

Mental Stress Cards

Fearful Ends includes a unique take on tracking and roleplaying the effects of mental stress. Mental Stress cards give players control over the direction and pacing of their characters’ mental collapse.

Easy to read roleplay prompts use plain language and avoid clinical terms to guide players to behave in ways any individual would react to severe mental stress. These cards allow your players to react to the disturbing supernatural events of your game without falling into the trap of cliché.

Giving each player a satisfying story arc for their character can be a difficult task for any GM to monitor, especially with a full table of players. Putting this power into the player’s hand distributes the load and ensures each individual character will meet a satisfying, though likely unpleasant end. One player may even find a way to maintain their grip on reality and make it through the game unscathed, though it will take a great deal of luck and skill to pull that off in a game of Fearful Ends.

Physical Stress Cards

Physical stress cards use the same mechanic as mental stress, but are far more deadly! With only three locations and three severities, death and mayhem come quickly in a game of Fearful Ends.

Sensitivity

Crafting narratives that delve into the darkest corners of the human psyche while maintaining a safe and inclusive play environment is no easy task. That’s why we’ve gone the extra mile by engaging sensitivity readers who are experts in mental health and emotional well-being. These dedicated individuals have meticulously combed through every aspect of our system to ensure that characters’ experiences of mental and emotional collapse are portrayed with empathy and understanding.

Cards Only

This is a physical print copy of the Fearful Ends Stress Deck. It includes a single deck of 36 cards. No rules are included with these cards, they require a copy of the Fearful Ends Core Set or the Fearful Ends Digital Core Set (PDF) to use.

Are you ready to explore the darkest corners of your imagination? Fearful Ends is a rules-light, story-centric roleplaying system designed to deliver heart-pounding horror experiences. It’s a game that doesn’t just focus on the external monsters that lurk in the shadows, but also on the internal struggles and emotional turmoil that come with facing the unknown.

Prepare to dive into nihilistic narratives and delight in the inevitable doom of your characters. Fearful Ends places each character at the heart of impossible horrors, pushing them towards complete emotional collapse. It includes unique mechanics that empower players to craft their personal story arcs and delight in their individual breakdowns while still maintaining a safe play environment that neither stigmatizes nor sensationalizes mental illness.

Mental Stress Cards

Fearful Ends includes a unique take on tracking and roleplaying the effects of mental stress. Mental Stress cards give players control over the direction and pacing of their characters’ mental collapse.

Easy to read roleplay prompts use plain language and avoid clinical terms to guide players to behave in ways any individual would react to severe mental stress. These cards allow your players to react to the disturbing supernatural events of your game without falling into the trap of cliché.

Giving each player a satisfying story arc for their character can be a difficult task for any GM to monitor, especially with a full table of players. Putting this power into the player’s hand distributes the load and ensures each individual character will meet a satisfying, though likely unpleasant end. One player may even find a way to maintain their grip on reality and make it through the game unscathed, though it will take a great deal of luck and skill to pull that off in a game of Fearful Ends.

Sensitivity

Crafting narratives that delve into the darkest corners of the human psyche while maintaining a safe and inclusive play environment is no easy task. That’s why we’ve gone the extra mile by engaging sensitivity readers who are experts in mental health and emotional well-being. These dedicated individuals have meticulously combed through every aspect of our system to ensure that characters’ experiences of mental and emotional collapse are portrayed with empathy and understanding.

Digital Edition

This is the digital edition of the Fearful Ends core set. You will receive the PDF core rule book and a print-and-play PDF of both decks of cards as digital downloads. The cards can be easily printed using standard 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock on a home printer.

For a physical print copy of the game, see the Fearful Ends Core Set.

Mirror, Mirror is an old school D&D adventure placed in a fairy tale setting. King Nuno has summoned the party to track down the missing knight Sir Lucan, who vanished just as his nemesis, Zeroun the Enchanter, escaped from prison. The fate of the kingdom, and the happiness of Princess Ardella, lie in the hands of our brave adventurers, but not all is quite as it seems.

This fairy tale is marked by a cast of complex characters who turn classic fantasy tropes on their ear, and challenge the players to navigate intertwined NPC relationships and moral gray areas. There are plenty of locations to explore and enemies to vanquish, but all against the backdrop of a complicated web of conflicting NPC motivations. DMs must be ready to portray a variety of unusual characters and help their players navigate a plot that cannot possibly end with everyone living happily ever after.

While this adventure includes extensive opportunities for roleplay and can be completed without players ever drawing a sword, there are also mysterious locales to explore and dangerous monsters to fight. Three unique locations and six custom keyed maps are included for the party that chooses to infiltrate by stealth or force rather than negotiation. The author makes no assumptions on how any party may approach the challenges, and gives ample resources that will thrill players of any taste.

Note – This is the 5e compatible of Mirror, Mirror.  The old school / OSR version can be found here.

Mirror, Mirror is an old school D&D adventure placed in a fairy tale setting. King Nuno has summoned the party to track down the missing knight Sir Lucan, who vanished just as his nemesis, Zeroun the Enchanter, escaped from prison. The fate of the kingdom, and the happiness of Princess Ardella, lie in the hands of our brave adventurers, but not all is quite as it seems.

This fairy tale is marked by a cast of complex characters who turn classic fantasy tropes on their ear, and challenge the players to navigate intertwined NPC relationships and moral gray areas. There are plenty of locations to explore and enemies to vanquish, but all against the backdrop of a complicated web of conflicting NPC motivations. DMs must be ready to portray a variety of unusual characters and help their players navigate a plot that cannot possibly end with everyone living happily ever after.

While this adventure includes extensive opportunities for roleplay and can be completed without players ever drawing a sword, there are also mysterious locales to explore and dangerous monsters to fight. Three unique locations and six custom keyed maps are included for the party that chooses to infiltrate by stealth or force rather than negotiation. The author makes no assumptions on how any party may approach the challenges, and gives ample resources that will thrill players of any taste.

Note – This is the old school / OSR edition of Mirror, Mirror.  The 5e compatible version can be found here.

Are you ready to explore the darkest corners of your imagination? Fearful Ends is a rules-light, story-centric roleplaying system designed to deliver heart-pounding horror experiences. It’s a game that doesn’t just focus on the external monsters that lurk in the shadows, but also on the internal struggles and emotional turmoil that come with facing the unknown.

Prepare to dive into nihilistic narratives and delight in the inevitable doom of your characters. Fearful Ends places each character at the heart of impossible horrors, pushing them towards complete emotional collapse. It includes unique mechanics that empower players to craft their personal story arcs and delight in their individual breakdowns while still maintaining a safe play environment that neither stigmatizes nor sensationalizes mental illness.

Mental Stress Cards

Fearful Ends includes a unique take on tracking and roleplaying the effects of mental stress. Mental Stress cards give players control over the direction and pacing of their characters’ mental collapse.

Easy to read roleplay prompts use plain language and avoid clinical terms to guide players to behave in ways any individual would react to severe mental stress. These cards allow your players to react to the disturbing supernatural events of your game without falling into the trap of cliché.

Giving each player a satisfying story arc for their character can be a difficult task for any GM to monitor, especially with a full table of players. Putting this power into the player’s hand distributes the load and ensures each individual character will meet a satisfying, though likely unpleasant end. One player may even find a way to maintain their grip on reality and make it through the game unscathed, though it will take a great deal of luck and skill to pull that off in a game of Fearful Ends.

Sensitivity

Crafting narratives that delve into the darkest corners of the human psyche while maintaining a safe and inclusive play environment is no easy task. That’s why we’ve gone the extra mile by engaging sensitivity readers who are experts in mental health and emotional well-being. These dedicated individuals have meticulously combed through every aspect of our system to ensure that characters’ experiences of mental and emotional collapse are portrayed with empathy and understanding.

Print Edition

This is a physical print copy of the Fearful Ends core set. It includes a soft cover print copy of the core rulebook, and a 54 card deck of mental and physical stress cards.

You will also receive a free copy of the PDF core rule book and a print-and-play PDF of both decks of cards as digital downloads. The cards can be easily printed using standard 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock on a home printer.

To purchase the digital version only, see the Fearful Ends Digital Core Set (PDF).