CHTHONIC DELPHI - RPG ORACLE ENGINE

CHTHONIC DELPHI

A doomed Oracle engine for solo and GMless play

CHTHONIC DELPHI is a stripped-to-the-bone Oracle engine for players who want pressure, not procedures.

You don’t ask the Oracles questions.
You roll them and interpret the consequences.

Every roll produces a PROPHECY.
Not a prediction.
A situation that demands a response.

Designed for:

• Solo role-players

• GMless tables

• One-shots where death is not a failure

• Players who enjoy ambiguity, interpretation, and inevitable consequences

WHAT YOU DO

• Roll the Oracles

• Read the Keywords

• Decide what they mean right now

• Act

• Accept the fallout

There are no tables within tables.
No branching flowcharts.
No safety rails.

Just Fate, Detail, Spark, Dominion… and Doom.

DOOMED BY DESIGN

CHTHONIC DELPHI includes an optional DOOM system for terminal play.

You begin knowing how you will die, but not when or why.
Each escape sharpens the blade.
Eventually, Fate rolls a 12.

And that’s it.

WHAT’S INSIDE

• A complete Oracle engine

• Clear guidance on interpreting Prophecies

• Worked examples that teach how to play

• Optional DOOM mechanics for lethal one-shots

• Appendices of ominous tools, not filler

System-agnostic.
Setting-agnostic.
Merciless.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF:

• You can’t find a group (or don’t want one)

• You like games that trust you to think

• You enjoy stories that don’t flinch

• You’re fine knowing it ends badly

CTHONIC DELPHI
The Oracles speak. You decide what it costs.