# Sweaty & Breathless tags: #game/rpg/sweaty-and-breathless ![[Sweaty and Breathless (cover).jpg]] _Sweaty & Breathless_ is an erotic roleplaying game designed by Rem Brooks (under the Wettest Dungeon banner) that answers the burning question no one asked: "What if the desperate, resource-draining survival mechanics of _Breathless_ were applied to pent-up sexual frustration?" Instead of running from zombies or aliens, players navigate scenarios where every action increases their arousal, slowly degrading their ability to function until they are forced to release the tension—at which point the Game Master complicates their lives further. It is a "toolkit" for erotic roleplay (ERP), essentially gamifying the act of losing one's composure. It replaces the grim inevitability of death with the grim inevitability of a climax, which I suppose is a preferable way to go, biologically speaking. ## Mechanics The core resolution engine is a direct hack of the _Breathless_ system by Fari RPGs. - **The Skills:** The game categorizes a character's "capabilities" into six questionable talents. - **Brat** - **Dominate** - **Perv** - **Restrain** - **Tantrum** - **Whore** - **The Die Step-Down:** When a character attempts a risky action, they roll a die corresponding to one of the skills above. Regardless of success or failure, the die size for that skill immediately decreases one step (e.g., from a d10 to a d8, down to a minimum of d4). This represents the character becoming "horny" and "fuzzy-headed." - **Resolution:** - **1-2:** Failure with consequences. - **3-4:** Success at a cost. - **5+:** Success. - **Resetting (The "Catch"):** To reset their dice pools back to their original values, a player must choose to "Get Sweaty & Breathless"—a euphemism for having an orgasm. While this refreshes their mechanical capability, it allows the GM to introduce a new narrative complication to the scene. - **Stress & Loot:** Loot dice also degrade with use. Characters have a Stress track (Torn, Indecent, Shameful, Naked). Reaching the "Naked" state makes a character "vulnerable," meaning a subsequent failure can take them out of the scene entirely. # References - [Game Store Page - itch.io](https://wettest-dungeon.itch.io/sweaty-breathless "null") - [Breathless SRD - Fari RPGs](https://fari-rpgs.itch.io/breathless-srd "null")