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 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 volley at an enemy at range

  When you take aim and volley at an enemy at range, roll+DEX. On a 10+, you have a clear shot, deal your damage, and avoid retaliation. 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

  When you act despite an imminent threat or suffer a calamity, say how you deal with it and roll the relevant 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, when you or the thing you defend is attacked, spend hold to choose one: redirect the attack 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, “How do you know this?” Tell the truth.

• 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. Questions include: 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?

• 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 it is reasonable. On a 7-9, they do it, but the GM chooses one: they need concrete assurance immediately, they need a promise first, or they need a little something extra.

• Arcane Art

  When When you weave a performance into a basic move

  When you weave a performance into a basic move, choose an ally and an effect: give that ally +1 forward to their roll; give that ally +1d8 damage forward; heal an ally for 1d8 damage; or give an enemy -1 forward. Then roll the basic move as normal.

• Bardic Lore

  When When you spout lore about your chosen area of expertise

  Choose one area of expertise: Spells and Magicks; The Dead and Undead; Grand Histories of the Known World; A Bestiary of Creatures Unusual; The Planar Spheres; Legends of Heroes Past; Gods and Their Servants; or Adventuring Gear. When you spout lore about your area of expertise, add the following: on a 10+, you can tell the GM something interesting and useful about the subject; on a 7-9, you can tell the GM something interesting, but the GM will tell you something useful about it as well.

• Charming and Open

  When When you speak frankly with someone

  When you speak frankly with someone, you may ask their player a question from the list. They must answer truthfully, then ask you a question from the list. Questions include: Whom do you serve? What are you really feeling? What do you intend to do? What do you wish I would do? How can I get you to ____?

• 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 there and whom you met. The GM will tell you how the settlement has changed since then.

• Human Ingenuity

  When When you enter a civilized settlement

  When you enter a civilized settlement, tell the GM something you know about its history. The GM will tell you what you know about the place and its people.

• TraitHumanAdaptable and socially perceptive
• TraitHumanKnows the histories and rumors of settled places
• TraitHumanHuman resilience expressed through improvisation and persistence