The Story So Far

Eris (she/they), the Goddex of Strife and Discord has sent creatures straight out of the ancient Greek myths to modern-day Earth to stir up trouble, because as the world's chaos increases, so does her power, and she aims to overthrow Zeus. And that is why they have begun to send their minions forth into the world of man to sow her Seeds of Discord— metaphysical "seeds" of darkness and confusion that corrupt human hearts and cause them to spread her darkness further. (Think of how the Heartless are formed in Kingdom Hearts.)

They do a good job of fostering confusion, chaos, fear, and hatred among the humans, by planting Eris' Seeds of Discord in their hearts and setting them loose on their unsuspecting peers. When enough Seeds have been sown, a Field of Corruption is created, trapping innocent humans within it to be preyed upon by their increasingly monstrous friends and family.

Harmonia (she/they), weakened by all of the chaos and suffering, can't intervene on her own without putting herself in grave danger, so she sends forth her faithful servants, the Muses and Furies, to choose mortal champions from within the Field of Corruption to fight against Eris and her minions. This Field just so happens to be the greektown neighborhood of Olympus Heights, in New Metropolis City.

The six Muses each choose a Chroma Guardian for their color, and the three Furies choose Chroma Knights. They each give their champions basic instructions on how to utilize their new powers, and point them towards the center of the Field of Corruption, where most of the Seeds of Discord are located.

And thus begins your story…

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About The Game

Chroma is based on a play-by-post RP idea I had years and years ago, that I've spent the intervening time trying to find some satisfying way to run. Since there was a game jam going on for the Charge SRD (a system I had already been wanting to play with), I decided this was the perfect chance to finally put all my ideas to paper.

It's very much an ode to the magical girl and sentai shows of my youth, namely Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya. If you enjoy getting to be a "fated magical hero" in a team with matching themes and beating up bad guys, I think you're going to like this one.

Charge has very simple and versatile mechanics, and I hope I've done them justice in this silly little project of mine.

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Files

I'm happy to announce that the fully fancified PDF version of the game is now available! So you now have THREE file options to suit your needs— a plaintext file that's friendly to screenreaders, a file straight from the word processor that's also plaintext but with some pretty colors, and the full-color, full-decor PDF.

WINTER 2023 UPDATE:

I've given CHROMA a fresh update, making it easier to understand, more enjoyable to look at, and more useful for GMs and players alike! Whether you're new to the game or already owned it, please download the updated files!

As before, there is a plaintext file for accessibility, a version that is more or less plaintext but with some added pretty colors and the maps of New Metropolis and Olympus Heights, and then a fully decorated PDF with freshly updated page décor and redesigns of the Muses and Furies.

Additionally, there are now both plain, black and white printable versions of the Character Sheet and Team Sheet, as well as fully interactive Google Sheets versions of both. The Google Sheets are available for anyone to download for free, so your players can snag them easily. They include blank, standard playbooks decorated for each of the Guardian / Knight colors, a version of each that swaps the first level up from an Action Dot to a Talent that is prefilled to give an example of what you might want to consider for future Talents.

Lastly, each of the interactive sheets / playbooks includes a fully filled-out, pre-generated character, complete with powers, level 1 Action Dots, a first Talent, and two Ties to either other pregen Guardians or NPCs to help new GMs build a more cohesive game world.

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If you've any questions about anything in the game, whether it's mechanics or worldbuilding, please feel free to leave a comment or shoot me a DM on Twitter! I'm always happy to talk about CHROMA!