Always on

• Hack and Slash

  When When you attack an enemy in melee

  When you attack an enemy in melee, roll+STR. On a 10+, you deal your damage to the enemy and avoid their attack. At your option, you may choose to deal +1d6 damage but expose yourself to the enemy's attack. On a 7-9, you deal your damage to the enemy and the enemy makes an attack against you.

• Volley

  When When you take aim and shoot at an enemy at range

  When you take aim and shoot at an enemy at range, roll+DEX. On a 10+, you have a clear shot and deal your damage. On a 7-9, choose one: you have to move to get the shot, placing you in danger; you have to take what you can get, dealing -1d6 damage; or you have to take several shots, reducing your ammo by one.

• Defy Danger

  When When you act despite an imminent threat or suffer a calamity

  When you act despite an imminent threat or suffer a calamity, say how you deal with it and roll the appropriate ability. On a 10+, you do what you set out to do and avoid the threat. On a 7-9, you stumble, hesitate, or flinch, and the GM will offer you a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.

• Defend

  When When you stand in defense of a person, item, or location under attack

  When you stand in defense of a person, item, or location under attack, roll+CON. On a 10+, hold 3. On a 7-9, hold 1. While you defend, when you or the thing you defend is attacked, you may spend hold, one for one, to choose an option: redirect an attack from the thing you defend to yourself; halve the attack's effect or damage; open up the attacker to an ally, giving that ally +1 forward against the attacker; or deal damage to the attacker equal to your level.

• Spout Lore

  When When you consult your accumulated knowledge about something

  When you consult your accumulated knowledge about something, roll+INT. On a 10+, the GM will tell you something interesting and useful about the subject. On a 7-9, the GM will only tell you something interesting. The GM may ask you how you know the information.

• Discern Realities

  When When you closely study a situation or person

  When you closely study a situation or person, roll+WIS. On a 10+, ask the GM three questions from the list. On a 7-9, ask one. Take +1 forward when acting on the answers: What happened here recently? What is about to happen? What should I be on the lookout for? What here is not what it appears to be? What is the true position of my enemy? Who is really in control here?

• Parley

  When When you have leverage on a GM character and manipulate them

  When you have leverage on a GM character and manipulate them, roll+CHA. Leverage is something they need or want. On a 10+, they do what you ask if you first promise what they want. On a 7-9, they will do it, but they need some concrete assurance of your promise right now.

• Bend Bars, Lift Gates

  When When you bend, lift, or break something

  When you bend, lift, or break something made of metal, stone, or similar material, tell the GM what you are trying to accomplish and roll+STR. On a 10+, you do it. On a 7-9, you do it, but choose one: it takes a long time; something breaks; someone notices; or you suffer harm.

• Armored

  When Whenever you wear armor with the clumsy tag

  You ignore the clumsy tag on armor you wear.

• Signature Weapon

  When When you fight with your signature weapon

  Your signature weapon is a military sword. Describe its appearance and choose two enhancements: precise, messy, terrifying, or versatile. Your signature weapon is personal to you, and you may not simply replace it without consequence.

• A Place of Your Own

  When When you enter a civilized settlement

  When you enter a civilized settlement, you can find a place to stay, a meal, and basic care for yourself and your companions, unless the settlement has a reason to refuse you.

• TraitHumanAdaptable and resilient
• TraitHumanAt home among many cultures and communities
• TraitHumanCan find shelter and basic hospitality in civilized settlements