Paper Story

Paper Story is a free product and 100% open source for you, the fans, to enjoy.

Paper Mario, Mario and all related properties are a trademark of Nintendo. Nintendo does not sponsor, authorise or endorse Paper Story. This is just a fangame. I cannot stress that enough.

Please support the original developers at Intelligent Systems and Nintendo.

Paper Mario, in all its forms, is (c) Nintendo.

Paper Story is a roleplaying game rooted in the design of the classic Paper Mario games, allowing you to take those familiar worlds and tell your own stories within them.

If you're looking to get started, we have a Discord! Everyone here's friendly and happy to help get your head around the rules or organise your campaign notes, and we have some play-by-post games running if you want to see some live examples!
https://discord.gg/AUQJmKH5pf

Paper Story uses the Nudge System, a lightweight form of conflict resolution where you roll a pool of dice, then try to nudge the results into your favour.
 For every Skill point and relevant Specialisation you have on any given check, you can roll an additional six-sided die (1d6).
Non-player characters (NPC's) don't have Stats, Skills or Specialisations, and they don't roll at all.
The spotlight is always on the players. No matter what, your success and failure hinges on your own actions.

The better you do, the more SP you earn, which you can use to re-roll dice, boost your checks and fuel powerful abilities.

In battle, Paper Story uses the familiar abstract combat system as the original games, so everything works more or less the way you'd expect. Jump onto aerial enemies, hammer the spiked ones, and save your SP up for powerful effects!

Special thanks to Meï on the Discord for converting the rulebook into an online format - see the System Reference Document below!