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
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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.
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