Always on

• Hunt and Track

  When When you follow a trail of clues left behind by passing creatures

  When you follow a trail of clues left behind by passing creatures, roll+WIS. On a 10+, you follow the creature’s trail until there’s a significant change in its direction or mode of travel. On a 7-9, you follow the trail until there’s a significant change, and choose one: you learn something useful about your quarry, or you learn something useful about where it went.

• Called Shot

  When When you attack a defenseless or surprised enemy at range

  When you attack a defenseless or surprised enemy at range, you can choose to deal your damage or name your target and roll+DEX. On a 10+, choose two. On a 7-9, choose one: you avoid drawing unwanted attention or having to move to get the shot; you deal your damage+1d6; you reduce the target’s armor by 1 until it repairs or recovers; you create an advantageous situation, describing it. On a 6-, the GM makes a move as usual.

• Animal Companion

  When When you order your animal companion to attack

  You have a loyal animal companion. Choose one species and describe it. Your companion is at your side unless you dismiss it, and it acts as a character under your control. It has 1-3 strengths, 1-2 weaknesses, 0 armor, and a damage die appropriate to its nature. Choose a base: ferocity, 2 points; cowardly, 1 point; or 1 point each for cunning, stealth, and speed. When your companion attacks, you roll+WIS. On a 10+, it makes its attack and you choose one: it deals its damage, it holds the enemy in place, or it creates an opening. On a 7-9, it makes its attack but exposes itself to danger, retribution, or cost.

• Wild Empathy

  When When you travel through your chosen favored terrain

  Choose a favored terrain: arid or desert, plains, settled, swamp, aquatic, dungeon, or forest. When you travel through that terrain, you know the best routes, can identify the signs of nearby creatures, and can discern the general shape of the land.

• Known Prey

  When When you enter a settlement or other civilized place

  Choose a type of prey: aberration, beast, construct, dragon, elemental, giant, magical, monstrous, ooze, plant, or undead. When you enter a settlement or other civilized place, tell the GM what your prey has done here recently, and ask what signs of its presence remain.

• 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 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. Deal your damage. On a 7-9, choose one: you have to move to get the shot, placing yourself in danger; you have to take what you 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 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 you defend, when you or the thing you defend is attacked, 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, 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. On a 6-, the GM may reveal a dangerous or misleading fact, or make 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 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?

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

• Human Ingenuity

  When When you enter a settlement

  When you enter a settlement, ask the GM what here is useful or valuable.

• TraitHumanAdaptable and resourceful
• TraitHumanQuick to understand local customs and practical opportunities