1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules

1. When they step into moonlight, those bearing the lycanthrope’s curse transform into wolves.
2. Magicians can learn magic spells from ancient books written in forgotten tongues.
3. Reciting the commandments causes ghosts to flee.
4. Those who learn a secret word in the tongue of angels may cast spells.
5. Gravity exists as it does on Earth.
6. Dreams dreamt while under the influence of the proneira mushrooms show you events that occurred in the past.
7. Clerics receive miraculous powers and supernatural abilities from the gods.
8. If a person goes about three days without water or three weeks without food, they die.
9. There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, except on leap years, when there are three hundred and sixty-six.
10. Those who complete the ritual of hydropneuma can breathe underwater.
    
11. Demons physically cannot lie, or otherwise speak an untruth.
    
12. As the planets turn, certain magic becomes more powerful than others.
13. Children conceived during a blood moon are born without eyes.
14. Dragonborn are created when a dragon eats a human fetus, then births a clutch of eggs.
15. Humans age over time, and usually die somewhere between eighty and one hundred years old.
16. Gravity exists, pulling smaller objects towards larger.
17. Spaceships equipped with jump drives can travel at speeds faster than light.
18. During the Festival of St. Katharine, an angel descends to the top of the Elector’s Tower.
19. Those who eat the food or drink the wine of fairies must stay in Fairyland for a year and a day.
20. House-spirits curse those who enter without bearing a gift for the host.

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1. Only nobles and sworn knights may carry swords.
2. Unlicensed magicians do not receive the protections of the academy courts.
3. Library books must be returned within two weeks.
   
4. Those who bring ten thousand gold pieces into the guild’s coffers advance one rank.
5. The color red may not be worn within the walls of the holy city.
6. Novices who do not log their dreams lose one percentage point per day.
7. There are seven levels of the church hierarchy: novitiate, robe-bearer, vicar, deacon, bishop, metropolitan, and pontifex.
8. A day’s rations cost five ducats.
9. There are thirteen months of four seven-day weeks each, plus one day outside the calendar (New Year’s Day).
10. Officers who break the chain of command face court-martial for insubordination.
11. Lying is dishonorable.
12. Occult colleges classify magic into eight primary schools.
13. Blood moons are considered unlucky, and all the shops close the day after.
14. Dragonborn are illegal outlaws.
15. When the king dies, his eldest son inherits the throne.
16. Once a contract is signed, payment is due at the end of the month.
17. Ships docking at the station must pay a tax of ten MPas of compressed oxygen per day.
18. On Retribution Day, the most senior government official must fire the cannon over the city walls.
19. Only messengers bearing the King’s seal may offer Royal testimony or opinion in court.
20. Guests who don’t bring a gift to their hosts are considered very rude.

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Hypo-Diegetic Rule: a rule that exists inside the imaginary world, one created and followed by diegetic people or organizations. A rule not of the world but a rule in the world. Most often felt in the breach. In general, players whose characters break a hypo-diegetic rule are not considered to be cheating.

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