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 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 must move to get the shot, you must take what you can get and deal -1d6 damage, or you have to take several shots and reduce your ammo 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 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 to redirect an attack to yourself, halve the attack's effect, or open the defense for an ally to escape or attack.

• 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, and it may be incomplete or indirect.

• 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. The GM must answer truthfully. 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 intention of this person?

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

• Deity

  When At character creation

  Your deity is Lumen, the Lantern Beyond Storms, a power of refuge, mercy, and courageous action. Your domain is protection, travelers, and the light that exposes cruelty.

• Divine Guidance

  When When you petition your deity for guidance

  When you petition your deity for guidance, roll +WIS. On a 10+, the GM will give you useful advice or an opportunity connected to your deity's domain. On a 7-9, the GM will give you a useful clue, but it comes with a complication, cost, or demand.

• Healing Touch

  When When you touch someone and call upon divine power to heal them

  When you touch someone and call upon divine power to heal them, roll +WIS. On a 10+, heal 1d8 damage. On a 7-9, heal 1d8 damage, but the magic draws attention, leaves a visible sign, or creates another complication chosen by the GM.

• Channeling

  When When you channel your deity's power through a prayer

  When you channel your deity's power through a prayer, choose an effect appropriate to your deity's domain and roll +WIS. On a 10+, the effect is granted. On a 7-9, the effect is granted, but you draw unwelcome attention, expose yourself to danger, or suffer a complication chosen by the GM.

• Turn Undead

  When When you hold your holy symbol aloft and call upon your deity to repel undead

  When you hold your holy symbol aloft and call upon your deity to repel undead, roll +WIS. On a 10+, you hold 3. On a 7-9, you hold 1. Spend hold to drive an undead creature away, keep it at bay, or force it to flee. Powerful undead may be unaffected or may require additional action.

• Commune

  When When you spend uninterrupted time in communion with your deity

  When you spend uninterrupted time in communion with your deity, you gain some useful knowledge or blessing related to your deity's domain. The GM will tell you what it is, and may ask what sacrifice, vow, or service your deity requires.

• Cast a Spell

  When When you cast a spell granted by your deity

  When you weave a spell granted by your deity, roll +WIS. On a 10+, the spell is successfully cast and does not fade from your memory. On a 7-9, the spell is cast, but choose one: you draw unwelcome attention or put yourself in a spot, the spell is forgotten until you prepare spells again, or you take -1 ongoing to cast spells until you prepare spells again.

• Versatile

  When At character creation

  Choose one wizard spell. You can cast it as if it were a cleric spell. Nova has chosen Light, creating a small divine radiance that lasts as long as she maintains it.

• AdaptableHumanNova can learn and cast one wizard spell as if it were a cleric spell.
• ResilientHumanHer humanity gives her practical flexibility and an instinct for finding common ground.
• Restless curiosityHumanShe is drawn toward unfamiliar roads, hidden communities, and people in need.