Your Days Are Numbered

Basic Information

Your Days Are Numbered describes a character who will soon die - perhaps because of a curse, a terminal disease, or because it is his destiny to die at a particular time. The death doesn't actually have to happen, but the character knows about this doom and likely believes that his fate is inevitable - with major consequences for his behavior.

See Also

• Characterization Tropes
• Death Tropes
• Deus Angst Machina
• Foregone Conclusion
• Like You Were Dying
• Sadness Tropes
• Soap Opera Disease
• Someone Has To Die
• Tear Jerker
• You Can't Fight Fate

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

• While most players may be leery of taking such a flaw for their characters, many campaigns move through game time rather slowly - so a Doom that's a year or more in the distance isn't going to be affecting the campaign directly, but provides plenty of role-playing opportunity. And, of course, the Doom might be preventable after all.