Surgery
&
Create the Hospital GM: Create Patients
Roll or choose from the tables below. Up to 3 different
Sex
As a group, pick a name for your hospital. Nothing too patients depending on how long you'd like to play.
A patient(s)...
crazy, a typical Hospital name. When in doubt, you can
always go with Seattle Grace.
Pick two strengths of your hospital: Top grade medical 1. Circus clown 4. Celebrity
You are a bunch of incredibly attractive surgical interns equipment, tons of Operating Rooms available, Doors
at the top ranking hospital in a very rainy town. Your goal lock perfectly, Kind patients, or Friendly superiors.
2. Olympic Gymnast 5. High school teacher
is to save the life of a very strange patient, prove to your
superiors that you belong here, and also probably fall in Pick one weakness: Poor funding, Low on Operating
3. Set of twins 6. A fellow doctor
love with one of your fellow surgeons. Rooms, Doors never lock well, Angry patients, or Strict
Has...
Create Characters
superiors.
Rolling the Dice
1
1. An "inoperable" tumor 4. An organ transplant
Choose a style for your character: legacy,
heartthrob with killer hair, lovable klutz, 2. Something stuck
When you do something risky, roll 1d6 to find out how 5. A mystery animal bite
top of class hot-shot, asshole with a heart prepared and +1d6 if you’re
it goes. Roll +1d6 if you’re
inside them
of gold, kind-hearted helper, sexy cool skilled/it uses your specialty or style. (The GM tells
3. A severe allergic
6. Food poisoning
one, or intimidating badass. reaction
2
you how many dice to roll, based on your character and
Choose a surgical specialty for your
character: Neuro (Logical), Cardio
the situation.) Roll your dice and compare each die result
to your number.
And also is...
(Ambitious), General (Practical), Plastics If you’re using SURGERY (medicine, logic, 1. Getting a divorce 4. Suffering from amnesia
(Vain), Peds (Empathetic), Ortho science), you want to roll under your 5. Trying to admit their love to
(Aggressive) or Trauma (Good under number. 2. Graduating tomorrow
someone
pressure).
If you’re using SEX (relationships, intuition,
3
3. In the midst of a fight with
6. Coming out of the closet
Choose your number. Between 2 and 5. A passion) you want to roll over your number. a loved one
While the hospital...
higher number means your better at If none of your dice succeed, it goes wrong. The
SURGERY (Medicine, logic, performing GM says how things get worse somehow.
surgery, research, precise action). A low 4. Has something crash into
1. Is flooding
number means you're better at SEX f one die succeeds, you barely manage it. The
I
it
(interpersonal relationships, human GM inflicts a complication, harm, or cost.
2. Has the power out 5. Is hosting an event
connection, intuition, seduction).
4
Give yourself a very cool and sexy doctor If two dice succeed, you do it well. Good job! 3. Is getting a health and
6. Catches on fire
safety review
name. Other players are welcome to give
you a nickname as well, ala "McDreamy." If three dice succeed, you get a critical success! If you're inspired, feel free to create your own patients as well! Play to
The GM tells you some extra effect you get. find out how they help the patients and further their interpersonal
relationships. Don't feel bogged down by the medical stuff, it's all about
Character goal, choose one or create your own: hook up, If you roll your number exactly, you get a special telling a collaborative and fun story while having a good time. Fill the
hospital with fun personalities, silly happenstances. Call for a roll when
be the first to solve a diagnosis, perform surgery, cause insight into what’s going on. Ask the GM a question and
the situation is uncertain. Don’t pre-plan outcomes—let the scalpels fall
drama, fall in love, best your rival, save a life, impress they’ll answer you honestly. This counts as a succcess. where they may. Use failures to push the action forward. The situation
your boss, or find time to sleep. always changes after a roll, for good or ill. Most importantly have fun!
Surgery & Sex
is a hack of
the game
Lasers &
Feelings.
Lasers & Feelings is by
John Harper.
onesevendesign.com
Surgery & Sex is by
McKenzie Wilkes.
mckenziewilkes.com
