# Temptations & Torments [by Gwannon](https://gwannon.com/)
«Temptations & Torments» is a hack for 1 GM and 1 player for the role-playing game "Lasers & Feelings" created by [John Harper](https://johnharper.itch.io/lasers-feelings).
You will play a demon who must tempt and torment mortals to obtain their soul and thus the favor of Lucifer and ascend in the hierarchy of Hell.
To play this game you will need paper, pencil and 3 six-sided dice (called d6).
## Player: Create your character
1. To **create your devil**, you must give it **a name**. Think of classic devilish names and add, remove, or change letters. Azazel could be Puzazel, Uzuzel, Apazel, etc. Also, choose **your pronouns**.
2. Next, you need to **create a demonic title** that describes you as a being from the infernal underworld. The title has a **first part that conveys what you are known for and what you are good at**. It could be something like "Duchess of Pain," "Lord of Dark Seduction," or "Prelate of Unholy Temptations." The title then lists your **favorite sinners and what you usually do to them**. Things like "Defenestrator of Adulterers" or "Flayer of Anti-Vaccinators." In the end, your title would be something like "Tazipael, Master of Lies and Eviscerator of Lazybones."
3. **Choose a number from 2 to 5.** A high number means you're better at TEMPTATIONS (seduction, charisma, gifts, flattery, blackmail), and a low number means you're better at TORMENTS (threats, intimidation, torture, coercion, harassment).
4. When you appear on Earth, you have some **basic equipment** such as appropriate clothing (elegant, beggar's, athletic), a cell phone, money and credit cards, and a vehicle.
5. Finally, you must choose a **life goal**. You can choose one of these or make one up: regain your wings and become an angel again, become a powerful demon, become human, get someone to love you, or become the best tempter/tormenter.
## Player: Create your circle of hell
As a demon of a certain level, Lucifer has granted you with your own circle of Hell. To begin, you must define what your circle is like by describing it, for example, as a cave with a lava lake in the center, a medieval dungeon, a paradisiacal beach with fine sand, or a trendy nightclub packed with people. Then, based on the description, you must decide whether it is a TORMENTING or a TEMPTING circle.
You can only bring someone into your infernal circle if they freely agree to do so without any blackmail or coercion on your part. That doesn't mean you can't trick them into entering.
If it's a TORMENTING circle, you receive a +1d6 bonus to your TORMENTS, and if it's a TEMPTING circle, you receive a +1d6 bonus to your TEMPTATIONS. Even so, you can never roll more than 3d6.
## Player: Ascending in the hierarchy of Hell
At the end of each adveenture, when you ubmit a sinful soul to Lucifer, he can grant you one and only one of his «blessings».
This **«blessings»** can be used in extreme situations during the session to **invert the value of your number**. So, a 2 and a 3 become a 5, and a 4 and a 5 become a 2. You can spend the «blessings» after rolling the dice.
All of this represents your ability to summon your tempting or terrifying side, even if it's not your normal way of acting. Think of those scenes where a devilish temptress is seducing their victim, and upon being refused, transforms into a terrifying infernal being that chills the blood at first sight.
If you manage to **deliver two souls to Lucifer and with them the two blessings he bestowed upon you**, he will see that you are performing your task of soul-gathering exceptionally well and will **grant you a new title** more befitting your accomplishments. A new title means more rank, but also more responsibilities.
## Rolling the dice
When you do something risky, roll 1d6 to find out how it goes. Roll +1d if you’re prepared and +1d if you’re an expert (The GM will tell you how many dice you can roll, based on your demonic title.). Roll your dice and compare each die result to your number.
If you’re using TEMPTATIONS (seduction, charisma, gifts, flattery, blackmail), you want to roll under your number. If you’re using TORMENTS (threats, intimidation, torture, coercion, harassment), you want to roll over your number.
1. **If none of your dice succeed**, it goes wrong. The GM says how things get worse somehow.
2. **If one die succeeds**, you barely manage it. The GM inflicts a complication, harm, or cost.
3. **If two dice succeed,** you do it well. Good job!
4. **If three dice succeed,** you get a critical success! The GM will grant you some **extra benefit**. Ideally, it should be **related to your life goal** and help you achieve it. Perhaps you want to regain your wings and return to heaven, and the pure soul you're seducing isn't so pure after all, and you earn points toward returning to heaven by uncovering a dangerous assassin.
5. **If you roll your number exactly,** you have TEMPTATIONS TORMENTS. You get a special insight into what’s going on. Ask the GM a question and they’ll answer
you honestly. **You shouldn't allow them to ask very direct questions** such as: What does them want/need? What are them afraid of? What secret are them hiding?. Some good questions: How do they really feel? What was their childhood like? Who was their first love? Have them ever taken drugs? What are them thinking about right now? Why are they here?. You can change your action if you want based on the new information; in that case, roll again.
### Helping
If you want to help someone else who’s rolling, say how you try to help and make a roll. If you succeed, give them +1d.
## GM: Create a sinful soul
Roll or choose on the tables below.
|1d6|Lucifer demands the soul of a …|
|---|---|
|1|Clergy/Person of Faith|
|2|Multimillionaire/Politician|
|3|Scientist/Scholar|
|4|Celebrity/Actor/Actress|
|5|Artist/Writer/Musician|
|6|Assassin/Gangster/Criminal|
|1d6|Your victim needs/wants …|
|---|---|
|1|Money|
|2|Love|
|3|Power|
|4|Sex|
|5|Health|
|6|Vendetta|
|1d6|and them can't resist …|
|---|---|
|1|Gambling|
|2|Beauty|
|3|Secrets|
|4|Domination/submission|
|5|Flattery and knock up|
|6|Drugs|
|1d6|Them dedicates their life to …|
|---|---|
|1|War/Violence/Organized Crime|
|2|Science/Art|
|3|Low-paying, alienating, and monotonous work|
|4|Liberal professions|
|5|Philanthropy/Humanitarian aid/Social issues|
|6|Religion/Pseudoscience/Sects|
|1d6|Lives in …|
|---|---|
|1|A luxurious penthouse/mansion/palace|
|2|An apartment in the city center|
|3|A small house in the suburbs/a modest apartment/townhouse|
|4|In a caravan park/campsite|
|5|In a hospital/sanatorium|
|6|The street/jail/lost in the woods|
It can be interesting and cathartic to base the sinful soul on a real person you want to annoy.
## GM: Run the game
The goal is to obtain the soul that Lucifer has requested. Let them investigate their victim and uncover their desires, vices, weaknesses, and strengths.
The adventures should typically have two parts: a first part where them investigates the victim both closely and from afar, and a second part where them tempts/torments them into selling their soul. Suggest information that might be useful to your devil, such as, "Them seem to be looking with interest at a painting in the exhibition," or "Them've hidden something in their pocket without anyone noticing," and ask what them want to do.
Call for a roll when the situation is uncertain. Don’t pre-plan outcomes—let the chips fall where they may. Use failures to push the action forward. The situation always changes after a roll, for good or ill.
Ask questions and build on the answers. «Have you ever tempted/tormented a bishop? What happened?»
If you wish, let your player choose the eternal torment that their victim will suffer.
## License
Created by [Gwannon](https://gwannon.com). Made under a **[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.es)** License.
The complete source code is available on **[Github](https://github.com/gwannon/ideasRoleras/tree/main/TentacionesTormentos)** so you can do whatever you want with it. Some of the text has been taken from the Spanish translation by Hugo González and Luis Fernández. Created for the [#RetoMastorol challenge of #LoDelRol for April and May 2026](https://mastorol.es/@eldadoinquieto/116330424242100022). Background image from [Freepik](https://www.freepik.es/vector-gratis/diseno-fondo-rojo-textura-repetida-abstracta-decorativa_422667589.htm).
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