What it is about
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Welcome to Niv Lova, a massive area of the cold north, full of deep forests, wintry tundras, shrub-covered plains, ice-cold waters and mostly-abandoned urban pockets. Once, it was a contemporary part of the country with cities and towns, paved roads, and all other aspects of modern civilization. Then, the incident occurred. The theories behind it are numerous. A nuclear mishap. A visitation by aliens. An incursion by Deep Elder Gods. A dimensional rift. Hell itself opening up, spitting forth demons and hellfire. None who actually witnessed it lived to say what they saw.
Whatever occurred, it left things behind or changed the things that were there. Strange pockets of radiation, aberrations in the way physics worked, fires bursting out of the ground, electricity surging across the ground, gravity increasing or decreasing in a localized area for no discernible reason, etc. The flora and fauna altered in different ways, and humans twisted, mutated or gone insane, feral and attacking each other.
Niv Lova is made to play solo or with friends with little to no preparation. The rules included are easy, and minimalist, inspired by the game Kal-Arath, by Castle Grief, who was in turn inspired by Barbaric!, Mork Borg, and Black Sword Hack. The mechanics of Niv Lova are heavily inspired by Kal-Arath, taking Castle Grief’s simple, minimalist system, tweaking some things, adding a few systems and adapting it to a different setting.
The setting of Niv Lova is inspired by the Stalker games, the story Roadside Picnic and the movie Stalker. It’s a dangerous region filled with dangerous mutants, bandits, scavengers, weird pocket aberrations and powerful remnants. But it’s not just radiation here, there’s something otherworldly. Perhaps another dimension did enter ours? The why isn’t explained and doesn’t need to be. Something happened. This place is different, changed, altered, from the one we know. You can choose whether it was a dimensional rift, nuclear event, alien visit or supernatural incident, or leave it unknown.
It’s your game, make it your own.
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