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 do +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 yourself in danger as the GM describes; you have to take what you can get, dealing -1d6 damage; or you have to take several shots, reducing your ammunition by 1.

• 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. 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 defending, you may spend hold to redirect an attack from the thing you defend to yourself, halve the attack’s effect or damage, or open up the attacker to an ally, giving that ally +1 forward against the attacker.

• 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 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 assure them that you will do what they ask. On a 7-9, they will do what you ask, but need some concrete assurance of your promise right now.

• Arcane Art

  When When you weave a performance into a basic spell.

  When you weave a performance into a basic spell, choose an ally and an effect: heal 1d8 damage; +1 forward to their next roll; or they are enchanted by your performance and may use your spell as if it were their own. Then roll+CHA. On a 10+, the effect occurs. On a 7-9, the effect occurs, but you draw unwanted attention or put yourself in a spot, as the GM describes. On a miss, you lose control of the magic and the GM makes a move.

• Bardic Lore

  When When you first encounter an important creature, location, or object in your chosen area of expertise.

  Choose one area of expertise: Spells and Magicks; The Dead and Undead; A History of the World; A History of the Gods; The Planes of Existence; or Monsters. When you first encounter an important creature, location, or object in that area, you may ask the GM any one question about it. The GM will answer truthfully.

• Charming and Open

  When When you speak frankly with someone.

  When you speak frankly with someone, you can ask their player a question about them. They must answer truthfully, then they may ask you a question about you.

• A Port in the Storm

  When When you return to a civilized settlement you have visited before.

  When you return to a civilized settlement you have visited before, tell the GM when you were last here. The GM will tell you how it has changed since then.

• A Human Touch

  When When you enter a settlement.

  Once per session, when you enter a settlement, ask the GM who is the most famous person there. The GM will answer truthfully.

• TraitHumanVersatile and adaptable
• TraitHumanExperienced in the customs of many communities
• Human Bard racial moveHumanonce per session, when entering a settlement, ask who is the most famous person there