Pactbound: A Memory You Cannot Name

Dark fantasy RPG

Pactbound: A Memory You Cannot Name is a PC dark fantasy RPG about making bargains with creatures rather than catching them. You can talk with every creature you meet. If it agrees to a pact, you name what you offer and it names what it wants in return. The bargain resolves the same way whenever the numbers are the same.

Pacts and consequences

Every pact takes something permanent: a memory, years of your life, a bond with someone you care about, a stat point, health that rest won't restore, or a favor someone can call in later. The game tracks your choices through five hidden axes that shape how creatures see you, and a visible Grace and Malice meter reflecting what you've done. Neither is labeled as a good-or-bad morality score.