SECTION 1: WELCOME TO THE BUDLANDS
“You take your first puff—and everything changes.”
Introduction
The High Fantasy is a tabletop roleplaying game where cannabis isn’t taboo—it’s sacred. It’s the root of culture, conflict, spirituality, and power. In this world, a blunt can be a weapon, a prayer, a portal, or a promise.
You play as a traveler, a cultivator, a fighter, or a scholar—someone who has bonded with the plant and chosen to walk the higher path. Whether you’re rolling divine blunts in a Circle of power, defending a growhouse from a clone raid, or crossing the Green Sea in search of a strain spirit, your journey is one of resistance, rhythm, and revelation.
The High Fantasy blends classic TTRPG gameplay with new systems built around strain alignment, High Checks, Stoner Points, ritual smoking, weedcraft, and a living world called the Budlands. It’s lighthearted at times, deadly serious when it matters, and always full of flavor.
There are laughs. There are legends. And there’s a lot of smoke.
What Makes This Game Different?
Strain is Power
In The High Fantasy, characters align with strains the way others align with gods or elements. You don’t just “smoke weed”—you bond with it. You channel it. You become it. The strain you align with affects your abilities, your social standing, and even your visions.
Stoner Points, Not Hit Points
Combat isn’t just about swinging weapons. It’s about timing your puff, managing your vibes, using SP to bend fate, and passing the blunt at the perfect moment to empower your crew.
High Checks Replace Saving Throws
When you consume, cast, or clash with strains, you’ll make High Checks—rolls that determine how well your body and mind handle the magic coursing through you.
Roleplay Is a Ritual
The most powerful abilities come not from damage output, but from shared Circle rituals, personal flashbacks, spiritual revelations, and creative action. Puffing together can stop time. Singing while stoned can awaken buried memories. A vision quest can change the world.
It’s About the Journey
This game is designed to encourage storytelling, laughter, weirdness, introspection, music, rebellion, art, community, and chill. Combat is flavorful. Roleplay is elevated. You can be a holy roller or a street-level grinder. All paths lead somewhere wild.
Setting the Tone
Every table is different. You can run The High Fantasy in any of the following tones—or shift between them:
| Vibe | Description |
| Comedy | Lighthearted, pun-filled, classic stoner energy |
| Rebel Noir | Urban growhouses, cartel violence, underground resistance |
| Spiritual Epic | Mysticism, vision quests, and divine strain prophecy |
| Gonzo Fantasy | Wild mutations, time distortion, terp-based physics |
| Slice-of-Stoner-Life | Chill travel, local drama, weedcraft sim with vibes |
Your First Puff
Every character begins with a memory—one moment where cannabis changed their life forever. This is called your First Puff.
It could be:
- A sacred ritual with your elders beneath the flowering moons
- A back-alley sesh with a smuggler who saw your potential
- A memory you forgot—one the smoke will soon help you find
- An act of rebellion: your first illegal puff under a Smokeless dome
- A vision: you saw a leaf-shaped constellation and followed it
Your First Puff can be serious, silly, secret, or divine. It’s yours. But from it, something awakened. The strain remembered you.
What You’ll Need to Play
- 1–5 players + 1 Dungeon Master (your “Budmaster”)
- A full set of polyhedral dice (or a dice app)
- Printed or digital character sheets (included in the Player’s Appendix)
- A stash of strain cards (optional, for flavor tracking)
- A space to play—a table, a Discord call, a campsite, or a smoke circle
- Optional: your favorite playlist, incense, or strain to vibe with the session
Terms to Know
| Term | Definition |
| Strain | A magical plant type with specific effects, alignments, and lore |
| High Check (HC) | A roll to determine how you handle strain exposure |
| Stoner Points (SP) | A resource for rerolls, powers, and special actions |
| Circle | A ritual session between players that unlocks shared boons |
| Contact High | A passive effect that hits anyone in range of active strain use |
| Strain Clash | A random, often chaotic side effect from combining strains |
| Growhouse | Your home base, farm, and spiritual cultivation center |
| Vision Quest | A DM-led spiritual sequence triggered by sacred consumption |
| Weedcraft | Your skill in growing, infusing, crafting, and rolling |
| Resonance Form | A high-level transformation or unlock related to your strain |
Where to Go From Here
From here, you’ll build your character. You’ll choose your class, your strain alignment, and your backstory. You’ll learn the power of rolling rituals, strain synergy, and terpene terrain. You’ll laugh. You’ll trip. You might even cry.
But most importantly—you’ll light up the world.