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. 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 volley at an enemy at range

  When you take aim and volley at an enemy at range, roll+DEX. On a 10+, you deal your damage. On a 7-9, choose one: you have to move to get the shot, you have to take what you can get, or you have to reduce 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. On a 7-9, you stumble, hesitate, or flinch. 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. Spend hold to choose one: redirect an attack from the thing you defend to yourself, halve the attack's effect or damage, open up the attacker to an ally, or deal damage to 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 this.

• Discern Realities

  When When you closely study a person, situation, or place

  When you closely study a person, situation, or place, 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? What is the best way in?

• 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. 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 it, but only if you provide concrete assurance now.

• Spellbook

  When When you consult your spellbook

  You have a spellbook containing the spells you have mastered. You may prepare spells from it according to Prepare Spells.

• Prepare Spells

  When When you spend uninterrupted time studying your spellbook

  When you spend some uninterrupted time studying your spellbook, you may prepare new spells. Choose a number of prepared spells equal to your level+1, including rotes. You may not prepare a spell of a level higher than your own. You prepare all your rotes automatically and they do not count against your limit.

• Cast a Spell

  When When you cast a prepared spell

  When you weave a spell you have prepared, roll+INT. On a 10+, the spell is successfully cast. 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, or you forget the spell until you can prepare spells again. On a 6-, mark XP as normal and the GM makes a move.

• Ritual

  When When you use magic to achieve an effect beyond a prepared spell

  When you have time and safety with magic, you may describe what you are trying to achieve to the GM. The GM will tell you what you can accomplish, what it will require, and whether there are any dangers. The GM may ask you to gather rare materials, research forbidden lore, or perform the ritual at a place of power.

• Expanded Spellbook

  When When you gain a level

  Choose a spell from the wizard spell list. You can prepare it as though it were in your spellbook. Rocc has chosen Contact Spirits, Detect Magic, Invisibility, Magic Missile, Mirror Image, Polymorph, Sleep, Charm Person, Fireball, and Cone of Cold.

• Empowered Magic

  When When you cast a spell

  When you cast a spell, on a 10+ you may choose one additional effect: the spell's range is doubled, its duration is doubled, or its damage gains +2.

• Careful Casting

  When When you cast a spell and roll a 7-9

  When you cast a spell, on a 7-9 you may choose to avoid one of the listed complications by accepting a different complication of the GM's choice.

• Counterspell

  When When you attempt to counter an incoming magical effect

  When you counter a spell or magical effect that is about to affect you or an ally, roll+INT. On a 10+, the spell is countered and you suffer no ill effects. On a 7-9, choose one: the spell is countered but you take 1d6 damage, the spell is redirected to another valid target, or you forget a prepared spell. On a 6-, the magic turns against you.

• Enchanter

  When When you place a lasting magical enchantment on an object

  When you use magic to enchant an object, name the effect and its limitations. The GM will tell you what is required. The enchantment lasts until dispelled, broken, or its stated condition is fulfilled.

• Logical

  When When you apply rigorous reasoning to a magical problem

  When you use exact logic to analyze a magical problem, take +1 forward. On a 10+ while Spouting Lore about magic, ask one additional question even if you did not roll a 10+.

• Unravelling

  When When you closely study an ongoing magical effect

  When you study a magical effect, you may identify its source, purpose, limits, and weakness without needing to Discern Realities, provided you have access to your spellbook or magical instruments.

• Arcane Ward

  When When you sacrifice a prepared spell to protect a creature from magic

  When you spend a prepared spell to ward yourself or an ally, the target gains 2 armor against magical damage until the next time they make camp. The ward visibly glows with pale blue frost.

• Greater Empowered Magic

  When When you cast a damaging spell

  When you cast a spell that deals damage, add +1d4 damage. If the spell already deals ongoing damage, add +1 ongoing instead.

• Master of the Arcane

  When When you successfully cast your highest-level prepared spell

  When you successfully cast a spell of the highest level you can prepare, choose one: the spell ignores resistance, affects one additional target, or imposes a condition appropriate to its nature.

• Spell Defense

  When When you prepare spells

  When you prepare spells, choose one prepared spell. You may cast it without rolling once before your next preparation, but doing so causes the spell to vanish from your spellbook until you next gain a level.

• Arcane Foresight

  When When you observe a magical phenomenon

  When you have a few minutes to observe a magical phenomenon, ask the GM one question about its future behavior. The GM will answer honestly.

• Sculpt the Frost

  When When you cast a spell involving ice, cold, or water

  When you cast a spell of ice, cold, or water, you may shape the spell around allies and fragile objects. Choose any number of allies or objects in the area to leave unharmed.

• Absolute Zero

  When When you cast a major ice spell

  When you cast Cone of Cold or another spell of comparable power, you may create a permanent wall, bridge, dome, or prison of ice. The GM will tell you one cost, danger, or limitation.

• Cryostatic Mastery

  When When you use ice magic to preserve or animate

  When you freeze a creature, object, or body of water, you may preserve it perfectly, halt poison or decay, or create a temporary animated servant from the ice. The effect lasts until the ice is broken or the magic is dispelled.

• Guardian of the Helpless

  When When you cast a spell to protect an innocent or vulnerable ally

  When you cast a spell while protecting someone weaker than yourself, take +1 to the roll. On a 10+, you also draw the spell's attention away from the protected creature.

• Mightiest Ice Mage on Earth

  When When you display your magical supremacy to cow an enemy

  When you openly demonstrate overwhelming magical power to intimidate a foe, roll+INT. On a 10+, they flee, surrender, or reveal what they fear. On a 7-9, they choose one of those outcomes but create an immediate complication. On a 6-, your display attracts a more dangerous attention.

• Hopeless Womanizer

  When When you make an audacious romantic advance

  When you make a bold romantic advance toward someone who is not immediately hostile, roll+CHA. On a 10+, they are intrigued and grant you a clear opening. On a 7-9, they are intrigued but demand a favor, proof, or a dangerous gesture. On a 6-, your reputation catches up with you at the worst possible moment.

• Human Ingenuity

  When When you first enter a place of significance

  When you first enter a place of significance, describe what you see. The GM will tell you what happened here recently.

• Adaptable

  When When you improvise with an ordinary object

  When you study a mundane object or tool and explain how it might solve a problem, the GM will tell you one useful, non-obvious application for it.

• TraitHumanAdaptable and inventive, able to find unexpected uses for ordinary tools and knowledge.
• TraitHumanSpeaks Common and has learned several magical languages through study.
• TraitHumanHuman ambition allows Rocc to pursue mastery far beyond the limits expected of ordinary folk.