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* TooProudForLowlyWork: Compared to other henge types, fox henge possess greater wisdom, more powerful magical abilities, and a closer connection to the gods. As a drawback, they dislike performing trivial tasks and prefer to let other henge types handle those.
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''Golden Sky Stories'' (Japanese: ''Yuuyake Koyake''[[note]]literal English translation: "Sunset"[[/note]]) is a heartwarming, non-violent TabletopRPG from Creator/RyoKamiya and Tsugihagi Honpo. It is translated by Ewen Cluney. If this does not ring a bell, Ryo Kamiya is the one who brought us [[WidgetSeries much weirdness]] in the form of ''TabletopGame/MaidRPG'' and ''{{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}''.

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''Golden Sky Stories'' (Japanese: ''Yuuyake Koyake''[[note]]literal English translation: "Sunset"[[/note]]) is a heartwarming, non-violent TabletopRPG from Creator/RyoKamiya and Tsugihagi Honpo. It is translated by Ewen Cluney. If this does not ring a bell, Ryo Kamiya is the one who brought us [[WidgetSeries much weirdness]] weirdness in the form of ''TabletopGame/MaidRPG'' and ''{{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}''.
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* MagicalCounterfeiting: Tanuki henge can have a power that transmutes leaves, acorns, pebbles, etc, into reasonably convincing money. But it only works in the evening and night and changes back at sunrise.

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* AsianFoxSpirit: Fox ''henge''.



* LittleBitBeastly: The ''henge'' can opt to retain some of their animal features for a less costly transformation.



* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The ''henge'' can take multiple forms from the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism, including:
** TalkingAnimal: The ''henge's'' true form.
** LittleBitBeastly: The ''henge'' can opt to retain some of their animal features for a less costly transformation.
** Human: The ''henge'' can spend Wonder to take on a human form.

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* TalkingAnimal: The ''henge's'' true form.
* {{Tanuki}}: Raccoon dog ''henge''.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The ''henge'' can take multiple forms from the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism, including:
** TalkingAnimal: The ''henge's'' true form.
** LittleBitBeastly: The ''henge'' can opt to retain some of their animal features for a less costly transformation.
** Human: The ''henge'' can spend Wonder to take on a human form.
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** {{Kitsune}}: Fox ''henge''.
** {{Tanuki}}: Raccoon dog ''henge''.
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* NoAntagonist: There is no overarching conflict and no "bad guys" for henge to confront, just regular people and their small worries.

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''Golden Sky Stories'' (Japanese: ''Yuuyake Koyake''[[note]]literal English translation: "Sunset"[[/note]]) is a heartwarming, non-violent TabletopRPG from Ryo Kamiya and Tsugihagi Honpo. It is translated by Ewen Cluney. If this does not ring a bell, Ryo Kamiya is the one who brought us [[WidgetSeries much weirdness]] in the form of ''TabletopGame/MaidRPG'' and ''{{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}''.

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''Golden Sky Stories'' (Japanese: ''Yuuyake Koyake''[[note]]literal English translation: "Sunset"[[/note]]) is a heartwarming, non-violent TabletopRPG from Ryo Kamiya Creator/RyoKamiya and Tsugihagi Honpo. It is translated by Ewen Cluney. If this does not ring a bell, Ryo Kamiya is the one who brought us [[WidgetSeries much weirdness]] in the form of ''TabletopGame/MaidRPG'' and ''{{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}''.
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Fish ''henge'', introduced in ''The Colors of the Sky'', have a mermaid form as their least costly transformation, with LittleBitBeastly and human forms requiring increasingly more Wonder.

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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: OurMermaidsAreDifferent:
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Fish ''henge'', introduced in ''The Colors of the Sky'', have a mermaid form as their least costly transformation, with LittleBitBeastly and human forms requiring increasingly more Wonder.Wonder.
** Kappa mononoke introduced in ''Twilight Tales'' cover most henge and mononoke that live in the water, including mermaid.
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* GeniusLoci: Local gods are animal spirits with some similarities to powerful ''henge'', but they're tied to a specific location and thus not recommended as player characters. Fox ''henge'' can have shrines devoted to them, which allow them to speak to local gods as a peer, but they're not fixed to the location.


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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: ''Henge'' can live a very long time, foxes in particular, example PC Suzune is three hundred while the Elder Turtle who acts as exposition is far older.


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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Most of the example player characters in the corebook are only a couple years old, though they look like preteens in human form. The exceptions are Kuromu the cat, who's 15 and looks her age in human form but would be old for a cat, and Suzune the fox, who's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.
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Mononoke Yuyaki released as Twilight Tales a while ago actually!


It has three English supplements: ''The Colors of the Sky'', featuring additional character types, scenarios, stories, and more, combining translated Japanese GSS material not collected elsewhere with original English material; ''Faerie Skies'', an alternate setting where you play fae in a small English town; and ''Fantasy Friends'', an alternate setting where you play LighterAndSofter versions of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters in a fantasy town. It also has three untranslated Japanese supplements, which further expand the available player options (''mononoke''[[note]]wholly magical beings[[/note]], elder ''henge'', and humans respectively)

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It has three four English supplements: ''The Colors of the Sky'', featuring additional character types, scenarios, stories, and more, combining translated Japanese GSS material not collected elsewhere with original English material; ''Faerie Skies'', an alternate setting where you play fae in a small English town; and ''Fantasy Friends'', an alternate setting where you play LighterAndSofter versions of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters in a fantasy town. town; and ''Twilight Tales'', a translation of the Japanese ''Mononoke Koyake'', which introduces playable ''mononoke''[[note]]wholly magical beings[[/note]]. It also has three two untranslated Japanese supplements, which further expand the available player options (''mononoke''[[note]]wholly magical beings[[/note]], options, with elder ''henge'', and humans respectively)
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That does not mean that the stories get boring. On the contrary, the honesty of the small everyday occurrences [[WarmAndFuzzyFeeling will touch your heart]] and reinvigorate your spirit.

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That does not mean that the stories get boring. On the contrary, the honesty of the small everyday occurrences [[WarmAndFuzzyFeeling [[SugarWiki/WarmAndFuzzyFeeling will touch your heart]] and reinvigorate your spirit.



* WarmAndFuzzyFeeling: The Game.
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* CatsAreLazy: This is a gameplay mechanic: Cat henge can take the weakness Lazy, which severely limits their ability to succeed at strenuous tasks, but in return, they get the Sleeping Soundly special ability, which gives them bonus Dreams points if they spend an entire scene just lazying around without actually doing anything.

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''Golden Sky Stories'' (Japanese: ''Yuuyake Koyake''[[note]]literal English translation: "Sunset"[[/note]]) is a heartwarming, non-violent TabletopRPG from Ryo Kamiya and Tsugihagi Honpo. It is translated by Ewen Cluney. If this does not ring a bell, Ryo Kamiya is the one who brought us [[WidgetSeries much weirdness]] in the form of TabletopGame/MaidRPG and {{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}.

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''Golden Sky Stories'' (Japanese: ''Yuuyake Koyake''[[note]]literal English translation: "Sunset"[[/note]]) is a heartwarming, non-violent TabletopRPG from Ryo Kamiya and Tsugihagi Honpo. It is translated by Ewen Cluney. If this does not ring a bell, Ryo Kamiya is the one who brought us [[WidgetSeries much weirdness]] in the form of TabletopGame/MaidRPG ''TabletopGame/MaidRPG'' and {{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}.
''{{TabletopGame/Nechronica}}''.



* {{Iyashikei}} in RPG form.

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* {{Iyashikei}} GameMaster: The base rules assign a very authoritarian role to the GM, requiring them to be both the Author and the Director by scripting out all the scenes of a scenario in RPG form.advance and making the players FollowThePlottedLine. The English translation notes that this is pretty typical for Japanese tabletop [=RPGs=], especially compared to contemporary Western indie titles, which tend to distribute the authorial control among all players.
* {{Iyashikei}}: ''GSS'' is pretty much ''Healing Manga: TheRolePlayingGame''.



* RandomNumberGod: A rare tabletop RPG aversion, the core game rules contain no randomness whatsoever. Character creation is essentially PointBuy, Wonder and Feelings points are earned at a fixed schedule between scenes (dependent on your RelationshipValues), while Dreams are awarded by other players for role-playing. All ability costs are fixed, and attribute checks succeed and fail based solely on whether you spend the required amount of Feelings points to beat the difficulty rating set by the GM.



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* SliceOfLifeSliceOfLife: The game explicitly veers away from epic escalating conflict common in traditional [=RPGs=] to focus on short stories about small everyday troubles of normal people.



** {{Tanuki}}: Raccoon dog ''henge''.

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** {{Tanuki}}: Raccoon dog ''henge''.''henge''.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Cat "henge" has an optional weakness called 'Can't Swim.' If they enter any large body of water, they are automatically affected by a level 7 surprise. They can overcome this weakness if they spend 6 points of Wonders/feelings for each time they do. Given the nature of this game, characters aren't likely to die from drowning and should just get a fainted condition after being rescued.

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* SuperDrowningSkills: Cat "henge" ''henge'' has an optional weakness called 'Can't Swim.' If they enter any large body of water, they are automatically affected by a level 7 surprise. They can overcome this weakness if they spend 6 points of Wonders/feelings for each time they do. Given the nature of this game, characters aren't likely to die from drowning and should just get a fainted condition after being rescued.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Cat "henge" has an optional weakness called 'Can't Swim.' If they enter any large body of water, they are automatically affected by a level 7 surprise. They can overcome this weakness if they spend 6 points of Wonders/feelings for each time they do. Given the nature of this game, characters aren't likely to die from drowning and should just get a fainted condition after being rescued.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: the goal of the players is to achieve this. [[invoked]]

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