Step into

my Coffin, Babe

A vampire hookup TTRPG,

to be played alone or against friends
With a cohort of your immortal siblings, you
have rented the Vlad mansion for a night. A
night of debauchery, of elegance, of freely
flowing blood… And perhaps more?

You have until sunrise to overcome a

formidable challenge: making an undead
heart beat again. For you.

You need
• a deck of 52 playing cards (no Jokers)
• something to write on
• (optionally) a few friends
• 30mn to 1h per player

Before you start

Talk safety with everyone so you all get to have fun.
Discuss between yourselves how far you are willing
to go when narrating the prompts and answering
questions.

The TTRPG Safety Toolkit 🔗references a lot of tools

to play games everyone enjoys.

CW: Violence, blood, evil characters, horror themes,

metaphorical substance abuse, nondescript intimacy.

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Rules (solo play)
1. Discover your Crushes.
2. Roam the mansion or track down a
Crush to go on a Date and raise your
Feelings.
3. Go to Gatherings and find out more
about your peers.
4. A Crush cannot repeat the same Date,
they get bored.
5. Reach 7 Feelings with at least one Crush
before sunrise.

Additional rules (up to 4 players)

1. Add a Crush for each new player.
2. Rotate who deals cards every turn.
3. Keep your Crushes’ Vices and Feelings
hidden from the other players: they’re
your rivals!
4. Players can fight for their Crushes’
attention.

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 Crushes

Many children of the night are in residence, but a

few of them have particularly drawn your
attention…
Start by drawing (3 + number of players) Crushes.

Draw, in order:
• all the names
• all the titles
• all the looks

Collect and shuffle the cards between each step.

Write down each Crush separately and leave some
space to draw their Vice cards.

If you are inspired, you don’t have to draw names,

titles and looks at random, you can make things up
yourself!

When you’re done, draw the Vices. 4 cards per Crush

face down in a square:

🔥Spirit 🏆 Ego
🩸 Thirst 💣 Loathing
The Vices of a Crush will determine how they react to
a Date with you. You will slowly uncover them by
getting to know them. For now, don't look!

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Names
Draw a card and pick the corresponding name.

♥️ A Qiqi ♦️ A Magnus
♥️ 2 Lafayette ♦️ 2 Sasabonsam
♥️ 3 Chonchon ♦️ 3 Leon
♥️ 4 Thayé ♦️ 4 Vladimir
♥️ 5 Ambre ♦️ 5 Jure
♥️ 6 Luca ♦️ 6 Boris
♥️ 7 Orpheus ♦️ 7 Camazotz
♥️ 8 Asphodel ♦️ 8 Darren
♥️ 9 Ghoulas ♦️ 9 Barnabas
♥️ 10 Ivy ♦️ 10 Petar
♥️ J Nova ♦️ J Akasha
♥️ Q Pishtaco ♦️ Q Cassius
♥️ K Peuchen ♦️ K Vedha
♣️ A Zheng ♠️ A Adjoa
♣️ 2 Rowan ♠️ 2 Mora
♣️ 3 Stryx ♠️ 3 Carmilla
♣️ 4 Blow ♠️ 4 Katherine
♣️ 5 Angel ♠️ 5 Elizabeta
♣️ 6 Madhu ♠️ 6 Astryiah
♣️ 7 Dip ♠️ 7 Lilith
♣️ 8 Bryn ♠️ 8 Ebony
♣️ 9 Ellis ♠️ 9 Marceline
♣️ 10 Sekhmet ♠️ 10 Hestia
♣️ J Guaxa ♠️ J Mandurugo
♣️ Q Raine ♠️ Q Croglin
♣️ K Kim ♠️ K Victoria
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Titles
Draw 1 card for each column, minding the card color.

A Apostle A Bitter _
2 Beast 2 Dark _
3 Hunter 3 Blood _
4 Emir 4 _ of Pain
5 Spawn 5 Red _
6 Mist 6 Immortal _
7 Monarch 7 Night _
8 Father / Mother 8 Crypt _
9 Pariah 9 _ of Sorrow
10 Merchant 10 Lustful _
J Shaman J Pale _
Q Servant Q _ of Nightmares
K Child K _ of Solitude
A Soul A Bejeweled _
2 Butcher 2 _ of Doom
3 Elder 3 _ of Corruption
4 Swindler 4 Wrathful _
5 Cardinal 5 _ of Depravity
6 Knight 6 Evil _
7 Orphan 7 Sanguine _
8 Guru 8 Cold _
9 Traveler 9 Sharp _
10 Priest 10 _ of Thunder
J Student J Unholy _
Q Puppet Q _ of Horror
K Widow K Foul _

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Looks
Pick 2 elements, minding the card color.

♥️ A gleaming fangs ♦️ A a 3 feet tongue

♥️ 2 a high collar ♦️ 2 diamond earrings
♥️ 3 pale gold eyes ♦️ 3 smudged eyeliner
♥️ 4 old battle scars ♦️ 4 a pristine sari
♥️ 5 lustrous hair ♦️ 5 secret admirers
♥️ 6 a doll-like face ♦️ 6 a lopsided gait
♥️ 7 mummified flesh ♦️ 7 thin hips
♥️ 8 a long black coat ♦️ 8 a flat nose
♥️ 9 face tattoos ♦️ 9 a bloody snack
♥️ 10 a Victorian gown ♦️ 10 scaly skin
♥️ J glitter everywhere ♦️ J a square jaw
♥️ Q a hunched body ♦️ Q large, floppy ears
♥️ K a curvy silhouette ♦️ K a gaping wound
♣️ A shiny red boots ♠️ A a mechanical leg
♣️ 2 clawed hands ♠️ 2 black lipstick
♣️ 3 a tonsured head ♠️ 3 an oversized shirt
♣️ 4 a stocky build ♠️ 4 a graveyard smell
♣️ 5 a massive beard ♠️ 5 an ancient tome
♣️ 6 sallow cheeks ♠️ 6 a bat nest
♣️ 7 a skeletal frame ♠️ 7 a flaming sword
♣️ 8 a lifelike blush ♠️ 8 fishnet stockings
♣️ 9 an fancy briefcase ♠️ 9 a constant purr
♣️ 10 a powdered wig ♠️ 10 something to sell
♣️ J a bowler hat ♠️ J a hostage
♣️ Q silver scissors ♠️ Q a furry tail
♣️ K a cigarette holder ♠️ K acid spit
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Vices
The 4 cards you have drawn face down will indicate
the intensity of the Vice, based on the suit.

Keep this page or the standalone memo handy, as you

will refer to it often.

🔥Spirit 🏆 Ego
Their presence, their The sense of their own
wit, their ease in social importance, of what
and intimate they are owed.
circumstances.

♠️0
♣️1 Creepy ♦️0
♠️1 Spineless

♦️2 Uptight

♥️3 Irresistible
Refreshing ♥️2 Passive

♣️3 Peerless
Confident

🩸 Thirst 💣 Loathing
Their appetite for Their anger, disdain,
blood and all manners and propensity to
of immediate rewards. violence.

♣️0
♥️1 Queasy ♥️0
♦️1 Naive

♠️2 Full

♦️3 Insatiable
Tempted ♣️2 Cordial

♠️3 Vicious
Shifty

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 Arrangements

We have all night to get to know each other…

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The night starts at 7 pm and ends at 7 am. You get a
Date slot every hour, so 12 total.

Dealer rotates every hour. The turn order is

clockwise starting with the dealer.

Keep a hourly log to make things easier on yourself!

Roam and Track

The main way to meet you Crushes is to Roam
around and see who’s available. Draw a card for each
Crush and pick the 2 strongest. Redraw tied cards if
necessary.

Alternatively, you can forfeit your hourly Date slot

and Track a specific Crush, who you will meet the
following hour.

Conflicting Dates
When 2 or more players meet the same Crushes at
the same time, they can either Concede (if they’re
not interested) the individual Crush or try to Steal
their attention.

To Steal, draw cards, the strongest card wins. If

someone is left with no Crushes, they can Roam
again the same hour. If there’s a new conflict, keep
going until everyone has at least one Crush.

A player who Tracked a Crush always wins against

someone who is Roaming.

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Reactions
Once on your Date, check your Crushes’ Reaction by
peeking at the mentioned Vice card and apply the
change to your Feelings.

If you are playing solo, you can leave the Vice cards
face up. Otherwise, put them back face down and
keep the discovered Vices to yourself. You only put
them face up when everyone knows.

Taking someone with a weak Vice on a spicy Date

tends to go bad. Pay attention to the levels!

Awkward Mood
A Crush can only do each Date once. If you end up
with people who have done everything they safely
can, you can spend an hour in an Awkward Mood and
get no Feelings from it. It’s the only thing you can do
with a Crush at 0 Feelings.

Feelings
Feelings start at 3, and go up to 7. Write them
separately for each Crush. When a Crush goes down
to 0, they are done with you for the night. When they
reach 7, they become available for the Dawn Reveal.
They can neither go above 7, nor below 0.

Gatherings
Every 3 hours, a Gathering will reveal a particular
Vice for all Crushes. You can attend, losing some

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favor with the Crushes indifferent to the Vice.
Otherwise, you may go on a Date or Track a Crush
like usual, but you will miss the reveal.

To pick from the list of Gatherings, draw a card from

the deck at 7 pm, 10 pm, 1 am and follow the suit.
Each Gathering can only be drawn once, redraw as
necessary. The 4 am Gathering requires no draw as
there is only one left. 7 am marks the end of the
night with the Dawn Reveal.

Twists
Gatherings have consequences: they impact your
Crushes. Each time you draw the suit of a past
Gathering, switch the position of 2 Vice cards know
and explain why the change happens. It is related to
the current Gathering.

Rotate the dealer right after a Twist. You cannot

switch the cards back in the same Gathering.

The Dawn Reveal

At 7 am, if at least one Crush has an Feeling of 7, you
can offer them a cozy place in your coffin before the
coming dawn.

• How do(es) your Crush(s) react?

• How serious are you about them?

Take your time answering, and congratulate yourself

on reaching the end. What a wild night!

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 Dates

“A 17th century throat-slicer? Oh, you shouldn’t

have!”

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Gatherings
🔥 The Mirror Ball (drawn ♥️)
Glamorous, seen, but never reflected: dance in a
grand ballroom covered in empty wall-height mirrors.

🔥
♠️0
Spirit: Uncomfortable with

♣️1 Uptight
Creepy -1 the crowd, they leave
quickly.

What is your favorite dance?

If you attend:
What is everyone wearing?

🏆 The Eternal Wake (drawn ♣️)

Unlife is a beautiful lament. Remember your
ancestry, pride, and celebrate the coldness of death
with this dignified ceremony.

🏆
♦️0
Ego:
They just get really
♠️1 Passive
Spineless -1
bored and antsy.

How do you make your

entrance?
If you attend:
Who wears the best grieving
mask?

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🩸 The Red Feast (drawn ♦️)
A grandiose dining room and gourmet dishes: taste
the blood, fill the void in your heart.

🩸
♣️0
Thirst: They cannot work up

♥️1 Full
Queasy -1 the appetite and must
excuse themselves.

What is on the menu?

If you attend:
How is the dining hall
decorated?

💣 The Fervent Hunt (drawn ♠️)

Enter the Hunt, and weed out the weak among your
siblings. Stay sharp! It might be you.

💣
♥️0
Loathing:
They balk at the sight
♦️1 Cordial
Naive -1
of gratuitous violence.

What is the setup of the

Hunt?
If you attend:
What is the worst injury you
witness?

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Social delights
🔥1 A Casual Stroll
Show off your wit and aura as you explore the
mansion.

🔥♠️0Spirit:
Creepy
-1
They disappear around
a corner.

What is your favorite

joke?
If they accept: +1
Who has a weird laugh?

🔥2 A Heart-to-Heart
Find a secluded spot to whisper secrets and rumors.
Show your vulnerable side.

🔥♠️0Spirit:
Creepy
-2
They shrug, groan and
walk away.

🔥♣️1Spirit:
Uptight
-1
They don’t feel
comfortable gossiping.

What rumors do you

glean?
If they accept: +1
What truth did you tell
them?

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🔥3 A Good Necking
Attract a Crush into your chambers and indulge – the
specifics shall be left unsaid.

🔥♠️0Spirit:
Creepy
-3
They get drunk and
pretend you haven’t
said anything.

🔥♣️1Spirit:
Uptight
-2
They slap you and walk
away.

🔥♦️2Spirit:
Refreshing
-1
They decline with a
blush.

Did you feel a special

connexion?
If they accept: +2
Did anyone notice you?

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Respectable courting
🏆1 A Twilight Tea
Show decorum with a cup of tea – tasteless to a
vampire, but a courteous tradition nonetheless.

🏆♦️0Ego:Spineless -1 They hate the taste.

What tea is served?

If they accept: +1
How do you hold your
cup?

🏆2 A Half-Step Behind
Let them take the lead, modestly. Give them the
space to be center stage, and follow along.

🏆♦️0Ego:Spineless -2
They keep turning
around to wait for you.

🏆♠️1Ego:Passive -1
They don’t like being
handed the initiative.

How do they show off?

If they accept: +1
How do you show your
approval?

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🏆3 An Oath of Devotion
Take a formal oath. Swear on your immortal life that
you’ll be by their side. Show them your commitment.

🏆♦️0Ego:Spineless -3
They think it’s a prank
and feel humiliated.

🏆♠️1Ego:Passive -2
You’re starting to
seriously bother them.

🏆♥️2Ego:Confident -1
You’re… nice. Nice is
the word.

How do you word your

oath?
If they accept: +2
What token does your
Crush reward you with?

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Appetizing treats
🩸1 A Fine Vintage
Sad mortals make decent wine. Step out on the
balcony, enjoy the night breeze, get a little tipsy.

🩸♣️0Thirst:
Queasy
-1
Is this really the right
time for a drink?

What are you drinking?

If they accept: +1
Who's the lightweight?

🩸2 A Wrist, Offered
Your taste is a rare treat. Enticing, if one is trusting
or famished enough to partake.

🩸♣️0Thirst:
Queasy
-2
They pale and excuse
themselves.

🩸♥️1Thirst:
Full
-1
Did they look like they
were starving?

What does you blood

taste like?
If they accept: +1
When did you last offer
your wrist?

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🩸3 A Feeding Spree
Let loose. Play with your food. Let blood rain and
mortals collapse. This is what it means to be unalive!

🩸♣️0Thirst:
Queasy
-3
Just mentioning the idea
sends them to the
bathroom.

🩸♥️1Thirst:
Full
-2
You’re wasting
resources… and their
time.

🩸♠️2Thirst:
Tempted
-1
They waver, but they’re
not that reckless.

Who are the victims?

If they accept: +2
Which one is likely to
rise again?

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Cruel pastimes
💣1 A Game of Cat and Mouse
Chase your siblings. Hide in shadow, ready to pounce
and terrify the kitchen staff. Taste their fear.

💣♥️0Loathing:
Naive
-1 This sounds a bit mean.

Is any “mouse” harmed?

If they accept: +1
What is your most
frightening trick?

💣2 A Finger on the Line

Setup a game with a disabling penalty for the loser.
Sharpen your smiles. All bets are off…

💣♥️0Loathing:
Naive
-2
You clearly frighten
them.

💣♦️1Loathing:
Cordial
-1
They would prefer a
friendly game.

What game are you

playing?
If they accept: +1
Who loses a finger, and
is it permanent?

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💣3 A Lethal Trap
It might be out of revenge, or simply boredom. Goad
a Crush into being your accomplice in a spot of
fratricide (not a Crush).

💣♥️0Loathing:
Naive
-3
They report you to their
sire and hide in a locked
room.

💣♦️1Loathing:
Cordial
-2
You’re a mad dog… they
kinda like their kin.

💣♣️2Loathing:
Shifty
-1
That sounds like the
best way to start a war.

Who do they target?

If they accept: +2
What’s the trap?

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 “Let me tell you…
“Last night was C-R-A-Z-Y!

“Ok so I was following that student, Peuchen, to a

party, right? Well, we were all vampires! It was the
bloody Vlad mansion! Can you imagine?

“So Peuchen – who’s not just a student but the Dark

Student, it turns out – got an invite and I just kinda…
tagged along?

“So we started at 7 pm on the dot with the annual

Hunt and Peuchen was on the bench. They’re too
nice, they would have gotten hurt.

“Then I got hunted down by Sasa, the Cardinal of

Nightmares himself, teaming up with the Night Soul!
I thought I was a goner.

“Then right after, we wanted to keep playing a little

rough with Angel – the Night Soul – so they invited
Kat over and we started jumping people from the
shadows, I was laughing so hard!

“When things wound down we went on a little stroll

and before long it was 10 pm, time for the Red Feast!

“That’s where I messed up. See, no one but Sasa and

me were hungry! Angel and Kat barely touched their
plates, and Peuchen looked green under all that
glitter. And I was there scarfing down all the blood
porridge I could! They made faces at me, I thought I
was getting thrown out!

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“So I took my time and I tracked Angel because they
had been so nice, I wanted to see if there was a way
to fix things. And they were just tense because an old
enemy of them had shown up! So we laid a trap and
we drained the little bitch down to his last drop. Let
me tell you, it was getting hot in there.

“We split up at the Eternal Wake and Sasa was

looking bored out of his mind, so we sat down for tea
with Peuchen instead. Then I followed Peuchen in a
conversation with Kat, both of them are sooo smart, I
just nodded along the whole time!

“But I was missing Angel, and I was wondering if I

was the only one feeling a little hot under the collar,
so I tracked them down and we had a heart-to-heart.
It was pretty obvious by this point that they were into
me too.

“Before the night ended, we joined a 6 am poker

table with Angel and Sasa and I lost my left ring
finger! Like, for real! I gave it to Angel, it was very
romantic.

“And soo yeah, let’s just say that when dawn came I
wasn’t alone in my coffin… I’m not really sure what I
want with them yet because we mostly bonded
through ultraviolence, so this is a bit surface-level…
But I wanna see where we go from here.

“Aww, thank you boo, ok, I’m gonna go back to my

grave cause I feel like I got staked through the brain,
I gotta sleep this off. See ya soon? Byyye!”

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 Step into my Coffin, Babe v1.3
© 2024 Kay Navarro aka Sardine
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