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, putting yourself in danger of the GM's choice; you have to take what you can get, dealing -1d6 damage; or you have to take several shots, reducing your ammunition by one.

• Defy Danger

  When When you act despite an imminent threat

  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 defending, you may spend hold one for one 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 you how you know this.

• 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 this person or thing?

• Parley

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

  When you have leverage over 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 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.

• Deity

  When When you choose or reaffirm the deity you serve

  You serve and worship a deity who grants you spells. Name your deity and describe their domain and precepts with the GM. Your deity grants you the ability to cast cleric spells and may grant special boons when you act according to their precepts.

• Commune

  When When you spend uninterrupted time in communion with your deity

  When you commune with your deity, roll+Wis. You are granted some useful knowledge or boon related to your deity's domain. On a 10+, the GM will give you clear and useful information. On a 7-9, the information is helpful but incomplete, cryptic, or accompanied by a cost.

• Cast a Spell

  When When you cast a cleric spell granted by your deity

  When you unleash a spell granted to you by your deity, roll+Wis. On a 10+, the spell is successfully cast and your deity does not revoke it, so you may cast it again later. On a 7-9, the spell is cast, but choose one: you draw unwelcome attention or put yourself in a spot; the spell is revoked and you cannot cast it again until you commune; or you take -1 ongoing to cast spells until you commune. Note that some spells may have additional effects.

• Turn Undead

  When When you hold your holy symbol aloft and call upon your deity

  When you hold your holy symbol aloft and call upon your deity, roll+Wis. On a 7+, so long as no one is actively trying to harm you, undead cannot approach you. On a 10+, you also momentarily daze intelligent undead, and they cannot act except to flee or cower. On a 6-, you are still in danger, but the effect may be weaker, stranger, or costly at the GM's discretion.

• Divine Guidance

  When When you petition your deity according to your religion's precepts

  When you petition your deity according to the precepts of your religion, you are granted some useful knowledge or boon appropriate to your deity's domain. The GM will tell you what it is.

• Human Faith

  When When you pray to your deity for guidance or aid

  When you pray to your deity, you are granted some useful knowledge or boon appropriate to your deity. The GM tells you what it is.

• TraitHumanAdaptable and persistent, with strong ties to ordinary communities.
• Human FaithHumanprayer can draw useful knowledge or a boon from Nova's deity.
• TraitHumanComfortable learning from many cultures, trades, and traditions.