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 your choice of one: you have to move to get the shot, you have to take what you can get, or you have to reduce your range. On a 7–9, choose one of those options. On a 6-, the GM makes a move.

• 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 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. So long as you remain in defense, when you or the thing you defend is attacked, you may spend hold, 1 for 1, to choose an option: redirect an attack from the thing you defend to yourself, halve the attack's effect or damage, open the attacker to an ally, 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. On a 6-, the GM makes a move.

• 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 3 questions from the list. On a 7–9, ask 1. 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 here is useful or valuable to me?

• Parley

  When When you have leverage on a character and manipulate them

  When you have leverage on a 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.

• Bend Bars, Lift Gates

  When When you use pure strength to destroy an inanimate obstacle

  When you use pure strength to destroy an inanimate obstacle, roll +STR. On a 10+, choose 3. On a 7–9, choose 2: It doesn't take a very long time, Nothing of value is damaged, It doesn't make an unreasonable amount of noise, You can fix the thing again without a lot of effort.

• Armored

  When When you wear armor with the clumsy or awkward tag

  You ignore the clumsy and awkward tag on armor you wear.

• Signature Weapon

  When When you name, describe, or use your signature weapon

  You have a signature weapon, the longsword Kuutar. Its base damage is d10. Choose the weapon's look: an old weapon with a worn grip and a crescent-shaped guard. Choose its enhancements: perfectly balanced, brutal, and indestructible. It is close, versatile, and weighs 1.

• Human Fighter

  When Once per battle, when you roll damage

  Once per battle, you may reroll a single damage roll. You must use the new result.

• TraitHumanOnce per battle, may reroll a single damage roll and must use the new result