Express the essential nature, origin, or destiny of the group",
+ "Avatar Virtues": "Avatar Virtues",
+ "elegant, clever, brave, serene, bright, curious, playful, beautiful": "elegant, clever, brave, serene, bright, curious, playful, beautiful",
+ "Avatar Desires": "Avatar Desires",
+ "supremacy, apotheosis, adoration, intimacy, overthrow, control, scandal, agency, escape, prestige, indulgence, truth": "supremacy, apotheosis, adoration, intimacy, overthrow, control, scandal, agency, escape, prestige, indulgence, truth",
+ "Names": "Names",
+ "Series Agenda": "Series Agenda",
+ "Give monsters human hearts": "Give monsters human hearts",
+ "When including monsters in your fiction, they should be driven by emotion that the protagonists can recognize. If they have human hearts, then monsters have hope of being reconciled, redeemed, or perhaps made human once more.Use these monsters to show the nature of the Abyss, and to stand as a warning of the cost of failure for the protagonists.": "When including monsters in your fiction, they should be driven by emotion that the protagonists can recognize.
If they have human hearts, then monsters have hope of being reconciled, redeemed, or perhaps made human once more.
Use these monsters to show the nature of the Abyss, and to stand as a warning of the cost of failure for the protagonists.",
+ "Make adversaries, not villains": "Make adversaries, not villains",
+ "Give adversity human faces, with motives that justify their antagonistic position. Think about what emotions or circumstances drove the antagonists to this action. Look for opportunities to show the protagonists the true nature of their adversaries. Show how, if circumstances were different, the antagonists might have been allies or friends. Use these adversaries to tempt the protagonists with twisted reflections of their own goals.": "
Give adversity human faces, with motives that justify their antagonistic position.
Think about what emotions or circumstances drove the antagonists to this action.
Look for opportunities to show the protagonists the true nature of their adversaries.
Show how, if circumstances were different, the antagonists might have been allies or friends.
Use these adversaries to tempt the protagonists with twisted reflections of their own goals.",
+ "Let the mundane world give voice to the Abyss": "Let the mundane world give voice to the Abyss",
+ "The Abyss is just as much part of the day to day mundane struggles of the protagonists, as it is responsible for the supernatural perils that they contend with. Use mundane supporting characters to embody this. Their actions and words are humble, insidious reflections of the loftier and more obvious magical threat. Magical and mundane troubles are rooted in the same themes, and carry the same gravity for the world and the protagonists.": "
The Abyss is just as much part of the day to day mundane struggles of the protagonists, as it is responsible for the supernatural perils that they contend with.
Use mundane supporting characters to embody this. Their actions and words are humble, insidious reflections of the loftier and more obvious magical threat.
Magical and mundane troubles are rooted in the same themes, and carry the same gravity for the world and the protagonists.",
+ "Drive the virtuous to ruin": "Drive the virtuous to ruin",
+ "Whether it is the protagonists, or supporting characters, aim to put them in difficult positions that call their principles into question. Give them dilemmas in which all solutions compromise them in some way. In the case of supporting characters, have them let the protagonists down, betray their confidence, or prove unable to uphold their words with action. Exact a painful price for their virtue, and push them to betray their principles.": "
Whether it is the protagonists, or supporting characters, aim to put them in difficult positions that call their principles into question.
Give them dilemmas in which all solutions compromise them in some way. In the case of supporting characters, have them let the protagonists down, betray their confidence, or prove unable to uphold their words with action.
Exact a painful price for their virtue, and push them to betray their principles.",
+ "Show them pieces of themselves in their adversaries": "Show them pieces of themselves in their adversaries",
+ "Adversity in this series should act as an ominous example of a twisted fate that the protagonists might suffer. Former friends who betrayed them, blighted heroes who ultimately fell short of their potential, and hopeful souls betrayed by their own naivety. These figures should be relatable, tragic, and every bit a match for the protagonists. When facing defeat, these adversaries refuse redemption and opt for grim, fatalistic choices.": "
Adversity in this series should act as an ominous example of a twisted fate that the protagonists might suffer. Former friends who betrayed them, blighted heroes who ultimately fell short of their potential, and hopeful souls betrayed by their own naivety.
These figures should be relatable, tragic, and every bit a match for the protagonists.
When facing defeat, these adversaries refuse redemption and opt for grim, fatalistic choices.",
+ "Entrap them in dystopia": "Entrap them in dystopia",
+ "The mundane world is profoundly broken and dysfunctional. It is almost openly complicit in the Blight’s agenda. Its efforts to save itself all serve only to hasten its unravelling.Society’s institutions actively victimize people, communities close ranks and reject outsiders, and paranoia and scarcity leave people bereft of their basic needs.": "
The mundane world is profoundly broken and dysfunctional. It is almost openly complicit in the Blight’s agenda. Its efforts to save itself all serve only to hasten its unravelling.
Society’s institutions actively victimize people, communities close ranks and reject outsiders, and paranoia and scarcity leave people bereft of their basic needs.",
+ "Embrace dramatic irony, betrayal, and tragedy": "Embrace dramatic irony, betrayal, and tragedy",
+ "This series thrives on these challenging elements, and everyone is at the table to revel in them.Lean heavily into the answers given in the series set-up regarding the protagonists’ tragic fate.Give them opportunities to play into that fate, and trust the protagonists to be excited about it.": "
This series thrives on these challenging elements, and everyone is at the table to revel in them.
Lean heavily into the answers given in the series set-up regarding the protagonists’ tragic fate.
Give them opportunities to play into that fate, and trust the protagonists to be excited about it.",
+ "The institutions of the Bastion are also monstrous": "The institutions of the Bastion are also monstrous",
+ "While the Leviathans seek to destroy the Bastion from the outside, the institutions of the Bastion are rotting it from within.If ever the Leviathans are contained or under control, bring institutional pressure to bear instead.The institutions of the Bastion make impossible demands of those who work in them, and turn otherwise good people into tools of oppression.Rigid ranks and orders leave the institutions unable to adapt to changing circumstances, or be kind to anyone serving them.": "
While the Leviathans seek to destroy the Bastion from the outside, the institutions of the Bastion are rotting it from within.
If ever the Leviathans are contained or under control, bring institutional pressure to bear instead.
The institutions of the Bastion make impossible demands of those who work in them, and turn otherwise good people into tools of oppression.
Rigid ranks and orders leave the institutions unable to adapt to changing circumstances, or be kind to anyone serving them.",
+ "Give the engines huge emotional landscapes": "Give the engines huge emotional landscapes",
+ "The Engines are not simply machines that do exactly as the pilots direct them to—they are sentient beings, with emotions at once familiar and vastly alien.The Engines likely cannot communicate directly, but their hearts are an immense weight that the protagonists must bear. Often they must be convinced or cajoled to act at all, and their impulses may drive them to contrary actions.Should the Engines ever lose hope, and give up the fight, humanity is doomed to extinction.": "
The Engines are not simply machines that do exactly as the pilots direct them to—they are sentient beings, with emotions at once familiar and vastly alien.
The Engines likely cannot communicate directly, but their hearts are an immense weight that the protagonists must bear. Often they must be convinced or cajoled to act at all, and their impulses may drive them to contrary actions.
Should the Engines ever lose hope, and give up the fight, humanity is doomed to extinction.",
+ "Make the Leviathans fundamentally alien": "Make the Leviathans fundamentally alien",
+ "The Leviathans’ goals and methods are strange, and ultimately unknowable.Offer only fragments of understanding.The pilots might find ways to relate to them, but the Leviathans will not be reconciled with the Bastion’s institutions.": "
The Leviathans’ goals and methods are strange, and ultimately unknowable.
Offer only fragments of understanding.
The pilots might find ways to relate to them, but the Leviathans will not be reconciled with the Bastion’s institutions.",
+ "Entangle every character in the Conspiracy": "Entangle every character in the Conspiracy",
+ "Connect everyone to the conspiracy in some way. Think of direct connections, like membership in a secret society or perilous online delving, but also indirect connections, like having a friend who was changed by the Conspiracy, or an artist whose work the Conspiracy has co-opted.Have traces of the Conspiracy appear in unexpected places and ways, infringing even on the protagonists’ most safe and private spaces.": "
Connect everyone to the conspiracy in some way. Think of direct connections, like membership in a secret society or perilous online delving, but also indirect connections, like having a friend who was changed by the Conspiracy, or an artist whose work the Conspiracy has co-opted.
Have traces of the Conspiracy appear in unexpected places and ways, infringing even on the protagonists’ most safe and private spaces.",
+ "Let the suspect’s inner worlds spill over": "Let the suspect’s inner worlds spill over",
+ "When in the mundane world, show the suspects’ interior life through body language, what they say, and what they don’t say.In their dreams, their inner world spills forth, and exists concretely—as embodied symbols and manifested metaphors. A suspect’s dream shows their personal reflection of the broader tensions and themes at play in the story.Incorporate visual motifs that are shared across the suspects, and use them to adorn each suspect’s personal memories and traumas.": "
When in the mundane world, show the suspects’ interior life through body language, what they say, and what they don’t say.
In their dreams, their inner world spills forth, and exists concretely—as embodied symbols and manifested metaphors. A suspect’s dream shows their personal reflection of the broader tensions and themes at play in the story.
Incorporate visual motifs that are shared across the suspects, and use them to adorn each suspect’s personal memories and traumas.",
+ "Make suspects sympathetic in motivation, and appalling in their actions": "Make suspects sympathetic in motivation, and appalling in their actions",
+ "Give suspects well intentioned or relatable reasons for getting involved in the Conspiracy. Then show how this leads to them doing unconscionable acts, in service to their hearts desires.Let us see the Conspiracy twisting their desires, and ultimately corrupting them.": "
Give suspects well intentioned or relatable reasons for getting involved in the Conspiracy. Then show how this leads to them doing unconscionable acts, in service to their hearts desires.
Let us see the Conspiracy twisting their desires, and ultimately corrupting them.",
+ "Bury them in everyday details": "Bury them in everyday details",
+ "Dreams are built out of mundane places and objects, but twisted and turned surreal. The mundane world, while seemingly ordered and sensible, is filled with dizzying human creations and constant activity.Show how their attunement to dreams makes them sensitive to this immensity, even in the mundane world.Build a labyrinth for the protagonists out of routine and pressure, make them feel tiny and alone.": "
Dreams are built out of mundane places and objects, but twisted and turned surreal. The mundane world, while seemingly ordered and sensible, is filled with dizzying human creations and constant activity.
Show how their attunement to dreams makes them sensitive to this immensity, even in the mundane world.
Build a labyrinth for the protagonists out of routine and pressure, make them feel tiny and alone.",
+ "Avatars are amoral alien egos": "Avatars are amoral alien egos",
+ "The protagonists’ Avatars are not strictly on their side. They are powerful, capricious, and exist to fulfill their own desires.Their power comes at a cost, sometimes obvious, other times subtle and insidious, and always paid by the protagonists.Lead them towards an inevitable reckoning: sooner or later, it must be decided who is truly in control.": "
The protagonists’ Avatars are not strictly on their side. They are powerful, capricious, and exist to fulfill their own desires.
Their power comes at a cost, sometimes obvious, other times subtle and insidious, and always paid by the protagonists.
Lead them towards an inevitable reckoning: sooner or later, it must be decided who is truly in control.",
+ "Judgment Calls": "Judgment Calls",
+ "Use smaller consequences to set up larger more severe consequences later.By finding clever approaches, or appealing to the hearts of their foes, even mundane characters may be able to act with standard effect against supernatural threats.Transcended protagonists can achieve moments of total triumph, redeeming their foes, and making the world meaningfully better.Reserve the brightest triumphs, and most sweeping successes for situations where the protagonists work together.": "
- Use smaller consequences to set up larger more severe consequences later.
- By finding clever approaches, or appealing to the hearts of their foes, even mundane characters may be able to act with standard effect against supernatural threats.
- Transcended protagonists can achieve moments of total triumph, redeeming their foes, and making the world meaningfully better.
- Reserve the brightest triumphs, and most sweeping successes for situations where the protagonists work together.
",
+ "Shift the evaluation of position towards more desperate actions.Resisting consequences should rarely if ever avoid them completely: wounds will leave scars, both physical and emotional.Characters will often have less control over outcomes of their actions, especially desperate actions.": "- Shift the evaluation of position towards more desperate actions.
- Resisting consequences should rarely if ever avoid them completely: wounds will leave scars, both physical and emotional.
- Characters will often have less control over outcomes of their actions, especially desperate actions.
",
+ "When the protagonists make mistakes, people die, buildings are ruined, and things are lost that cannot be recovered.Whenever something is damaged or lost, consider its effect on the pilots, or their engines.Should a protagonist find themselves acting against a Leviathan without their engine, the stakes will primarily be survival and escape.When the protagonists are piloting an Engine but not transcended, they will typically be outmatched, reacting and struggling to keep pace with the Leviathans.": "- When the protagonists make mistakes, people die, buildings are ruined, and things are lost that cannot be recovered.
- Whenever something is damaged or lost, consider its effect on the pilots, or their engines.
- Should a protagonist find themselves acting against a Leviathan without their engine, the stakes will primarily be survival and escape.
- When the protagonists are piloting an Engine but not transcended, they will typically be outmatched, reacting and struggling to keep pace with the Leviathans.
",
+ "Keep the majority of the action in dreams grounded, and tangible.Give extra weight to actions that play into the emotional fabric of the dream.Reward actions that make use of the internal logic of the dream with better position or effect.Breaking the dream’s logic, or directly confronting the dreamer’s psyche, leads to extreme consequences and outcomes, fraying the edges of the dream world.": "- Keep the majority of the action in dreams grounded, and tangible.
- Give extra weight to actions that play into the emotional fabric of the dream.
- Reward actions that make use of the internal logic of the dream with better position or effect.
- Breaking the dream’s logic, or directly confronting the dreamer’s psyche, leads to extreme consequences and outcomes, fraying the edges of the dream world.
",
+ "Director Principles": "Director Principles",
+ "Be a fan of the other playersAddress the charactersAddress the playersAsk questions and build on the answersExpress consequences by way of the fiction first": "- Be a fan of the other players
- Address the characters
- Address the players
- Ask questions and build on the answers
- Express consequences by way of the fiction first
",
+ "Fallout": "Fallout",
+ "An enemy acts against the group": "An enemy acts against the group",
+ "A friend needs urgent help": "A friend needs urgent help",
+ "Omens loom in the mundane world": "Omens loom in the mundane world",
+ "An enemy is embraced by the abyss": "An enemy is embraced by the abyss",
+ "Agents of the abyss stalk a friend": "Agents of the abyss stalk a friend",
+ "An obligation causes trouble for the group": "An obligation causes trouble for the group",
+ "The abyss advances its agenda": "The abyss advances its agenda",
+ "A friend succumbs to the abyss": "A friend succumbs to the abyss",
+ "An important place falls to the abyss": "An important place falls to the abyss",
+ "A dread power makes itself known": "A dread power makes itself known",
+ "An obligation becomes grotesque": "An obligation becomes grotesque",
+ "A friend asks a favour": "A friend asks a favour",
+ "An enemy is empowered by Blight": "An enemy is empowered by Blight",
+ "Agents of dystopia accost a protagonist": "Agents of dystopia accost a protagonist",
+ "A friend is taken by rival hunters": "A friend is taken by rival hunters",
+ "The Blight advances its agenda": "The Blight advances its agenda",
+ "Hunters stage an ambush": "Hunters stage an ambush",
+ "A friend is lost to the Blight": "A friend is lost to the Blight",
+ "Dissent spreads in the Bastion": "Dissent spreads in the Bastion",
+ "An engine is reassigned": "An engine is reassigned",
+ "Institutions pressure the pilots": "Institutions pressure the pilots",
+ "Strife breaks out in the Bastion": "Strife breaks out in the Bastion",
+ "An engine goes dormant": "An engine goes dormant",
+ "A pilot is reprimanded": "A pilot is reprimanded",
+ "A Leviathan infiltrates the Bastion": "A Leviathan infiltrates the Bastion",
+ "An engine breaks down": "An engine breaks down",
+ "The pilots are assigned an overseer": "The pilots are assigned an overseer",
+ "Additional Fallout Rules": "Additional Fallout Rules",
+ "When the pilots pursue a mission that leaves the Bastion exposed, or internal strife and politics are left unchecked, roll the Readiness tier.On a 6, the Bastion handles the trouble, and grows complacent, reduce Readiness by 1 after it drops by half at mission end.On a 4/5, the Bastion weathers the trouble. The Last Bastion track reduces by one. There is resentment of the pilots among the citizens.On a 1-3, it’s a disaster. The Bastion track reduces by 3, and the pilots must answer for it.On a critical success, the Bastion handles the trouble, and rallies around the cause, Readiness does not reduce during fallout.": "When the pilots pursue a mission that leaves the Bastion exposed, or internal strife and politics are left unchecked, roll the Readiness tier.
- On a 6, the Bastion handles the trouble, and grows complacent, reduce Readiness by 1 after it drops by half at mission end.
- On a 4/5, the Bastion weathers the trouble. The Last Bastion track reduces by one. There is resentment of the pilots among the citizens.
- On a 1-3, it’s a disaster. The Bastion track reduces by 3, and the pilots must answer for it.
- On a critical success, the Bastion handles the trouble, and rallies around the cause, Readiness does not reduce during fallout.",
+ "An agent of the Conspiracy acts": "An agent of the Conspiracy acts",
+ "A suspect reveals their complicity": "A suspect reveals their complicity",
+ "A suspect lets slip a terrible secret": "A suspect lets slip a terrible secret",
+ "The Conspiracy acts on its agenda": "The Conspiracy acts on its agenda",
+ "A suspect is put in danger": "A suspect is put in danger",
+ "The dream bleeds into the waking world": "The dream bleeds into the waking world",
+ "The Conspiracy makes a suspect its host": "The Conspiracy makes a suspect its host",
+ "The dream claims a suspect": "The dream claims a suspect",
+ "A suspect weaponizes the dream": "A suspect weaponizes the dream",
+ "Flagship": "Flagship",
+ "Upgrade": "Upgrade",
+ "Observatory": "Observatory",
+ "+1d to engagement rolls for recover Engine and hunt Leviathan missions": "+1d to engagement rolls for recover Engine and hunt Leviathan missions",
+ "Launch Deck": "Launch Deck",
+ "Improved position when fighting on and around the flagship": "Improved position when fighting on and around the flagship",
+ "Forward Battery": "Forward Battery",
+ "Once per mission flagship assists an action with covering fire": "Once per mission flagship assists an action with covering fire",
+ "Extended Berths": "Extended Berths",
+ "Expand hangar to store 2 additional Engines": "Expand hangar to store 2 additional Engines",
+ "Command Bridge": "Command Bridge",
+ "Mess Hall": "Mess Hall",
+ "+1d to make a connection here": "+1d to make a connection here",
+ "Power Source": "Power Source",
+ "Unused engines mark 2 ticks in recovery during missions": "Unused engines mark 2 ticks in recovery during missions",
+ "Main Thrusters": "Main Thrusters",
+ "+1d to Last Bastion rolls when flagship is deployed in the field": "+1d to Last Bastion rolls when flagship is deployed in the field",
+ "Runabout": "Runabout",
+ "Once per mission rescue a stranded pilot or damaged Engine": "Once per mission rescue a stranded pilot or damaged Engine",
+ "Training Facility": "Training Facility",
+ "Spend downtime action to gain 2xp in sun": "Spend downtime action to gain 2xp in sun",
+ "Engineering": "Engineering",
+ "+1d to work on long term projects here": "+1d to work on long term projects here",
+ "Secondary Characters": "Secondary Characters",
+ "Creating Secondary Characters": "Creating Secondary Characters",
+ "Each protagonist creates one secondary character as normal, but the other character must be a member of the dystopian authorities, a rival hunter, or a former magical girl fallen to the Blight. These traitors were once trusted friends or allies, but betrayed you to forward their own interests.": "Each protagonist creates one secondary character as normal, but the other character must be a member of the dystopian authorities, a rival hunter, or a former magical girl fallen to the Blight. These traitors were once trusted friends or allies, but betrayed you to forward their own interests.",
+ "Hideout": "Hideout",
+ "Lounge": "Lounge",
+ "Spend downtime activity to add 2xp to moon": "Spend downtime activity to add 2xp to moon",
+ "Library": "Library",
+ "Spend downtime activity to add 2xp to stars": "Spend downtime activity to add 2xp to stars",
+ "Practice Room": "Practice Room",
+ "Spend downtime activity to add 2xp to sun": "Spend downtime activity to add 2xp to sun",
+ "Healing Space": "Healing Space",
+ "+1d to recovery rolls during downtime": "+1d to recovery rolls during downtime",
+ "Purification Chamber": "Purification Chamber",
+ "+1d to engagement for tier I missions": "+1d to engagement for tier I missions",
+ "Garden": "Garden",
+ "Clear 1 stress after rolling obligation (unless in eclipse)": "Clear 1 stress after rolling obligation (unless in eclipse)",
+ "Mark 1 series transcendent ability": "Mark 1 series transcendent ability",
+ "Vault": "Vault",
+ "Contains an ancient artifact made to counter the Abyss": "Contains an ancient artifact made to counter the Abyss",
+ "Portal": "Portal",
+ "+1d to engagement rolls for tier II and tier III missions": "+1d to engagement rolls for tier II and tier III missions",
+ "Workshop": "Workshop",
+ "+1d to all project rolls that require tools or space": "+1d to all project rolls that require tools or space",
+ "Containment": "Containment",
+ "1 fewer mark to Abyss track during fallout": "1 fewer mark to Abyss track during fallout",
+ "Blight Infusion": "Blight Infusion",
+ "one protagonist may clear all stress and harm": "one protagonist may clear all stress and harm",
+ "a foe is given a ruinous new power": "a foe is given a ruinous new power",
+ "The Beginning": "The Beginning",
+ "Trading Fates": "Trading Fates",
+ "one protagonist escapes eclipse": "one protagonist escapes eclipse",
+ "a friend falls to the Blight": "a friend falls to the Blight",
+ "Once per episode, during obligation or downtime, the protagonists may choose one available fate. Start from the top and choose only fates connected to ‘the beginning’, or fates that have already been used.": "Once per episode, during obligation or downtime, the protagonists may choose one available fate. Start from the top and choose only fates connected to ‘the beginning’, or fates that have already been used.",
+ "Power Betrays": "Power Betrays",
+ "each protagonist and the series gain an advance": "each protagonist and the series gain an advance",
+ "a protagonist betrays us, knowingly or otherwise": "a protagonist betrays us, knowingly or otherwise",
+ "Misdirection": "Misdirection",
+ "reset Blight track, each protagonist takes +1 downtime": "reset Blight track, each protagonist takes +1 downtime",
+ "the Blight makes meaningful advances in its agenda": "the Blight makes meaningful advances in its agenda",
+ "Defy Fate": "Defy Fate",
+ "the director offers the group a sliver of hope": "the director offers the group a sliver of hope",
+ "the next mission must be ‘face our tragic fate’": "the next mission must be ‘face our tragic fate’",
+ "The Hangar": "The Hangar",
+ "You may start with up to six Engines. If you take the extended berths upgrade for the flagship, you may have up to eight Engines total.": "You may start with up to six Engines. If you take the extended berths upgrade for the flagship, you may have up to eight Engines total.",
+ "Name": "Name",
+ "Strength": "Strength",
+ "Recovery": "Recovery",
+ "Virtue & Impulses": "Virtue & Impulses",
+ "Engine Rules": "Engine Rules",
+ "Each Engine has a hidden second impulse, sealed by a poisoned promise. During play, if a situation seems compelling, offer a poisoned promise that adds an impulse for an engine someone is piloting. The Engine permanently acquires that impulse.Each Engine begins play with 3 strength. Engine strength is reduced when:A character’s last transcendent action is used while piloting itWhen a consequence affecting the engine goes unresistedWhen its pilot falls into eclipseAs the cost from a poisoned promiseWhen a pilot suffers level 4 harm in itWhen it is abandoned in the fieldWhen an Engine’s strength is completely depleted, it is non-functional and cannot be piloted. It can be retrieved and repaired, but its prospective pilot must bond with the Engine in downtime before it can return to action.Engines have recovery clocks of their own, which advance when protagonists help them recover in downtime. When an Engine’s recovery track fills, it recovers 1 strength.": "
Each Engine has a hidden second impulse, sealed by a poisoned promise. During play, if a situation seems compelling, offer a poisoned promise that adds an impulse for an engine someone is piloting. The Engine permanently acquires that impulse.
Each Engine begins play with 3 strength. Engine strength is reduced when:
- A character’s last transcendent action is used while piloting it
- When a consequence affecting the engine goes unresisted
- When its pilot falls into eclipse
- As the cost from a poisoned promise
- When a pilot suffers level 4 harm in it
- When it is abandoned in the field
When an Engine’s strength is completely depleted, it is non-functional and cannot be piloted. It can be retrieved and repaired, but its prospective pilot must bond with the Engine in downtime before it can return to action.
Engines have recovery clocks of their own, which advance when protagonists help them recover in downtime. When an Engine’s recovery track fills, it recovers 1 strength.",
+ "Engine Virtues": "Engine Virtues",
+ "elegant, fierce, clever, powerful, bright, wise, brave, sereneWhen a pilot’s actions align with their engine’s virtue, the engine provides a bonus die.": "
elegant, fierce, clever, powerful, bright, wise, brave, serene
When a pilot’s actions align with their engine’s virtue, the engine provides a bonus die.",
+ "Engine Impulses": "Engine Impulses",
+ "cursed, imperious, sentimental, lost, tormented, weary, lonely, ancient, principled, haunted, wounded, unfinished, morbid, calculating, feral, hungryWhen a pilot’s actions align with their engine’s impulse, or they accept a poisoned promise based on its impulse, they mark xp and that action does not deplete their transcendence track.": "
cursed, imperious, sentimental, lost, tormented, weary, lonely, ancient, principled, haunted, wounded, unfinished, morbid, calculating, feral, hungry
When a pilot’s actions align with their engine’s impulse, or they accept a poisoned promise based on its impulse, they mark xp and that action does not deplete their transcendence track.",
+ "Suspects": "Suspects",
+ "Propagator": "Propagator",
+ "Fallout results are 1 level worse until all propagators are identified.": "Fallout results are 1 level worse until all propagators are identified.",
+ "Follower": "Follower",
+ "Foes are at +1 scale until all followers are identified.": "Foes are at +1 scale until all followers are identified.",
+ "Indoctrination: -1d to engagement until all are identified and overseer is confronted.": "Indoctrination: -1d to engagement until all are identified and overseer is confronted.",
+ "Acquisitions: The Conspiracy track advances by an additional 1 during fallout until all are identified and overseer is confronted.": "Acquisitions: The Conspiracy track advances by an additional 1 during fallout until all are identified and overseer is confronted.",
+ "Overseer": "Overseer",
+ "-1 effect against the host until at least 2 overseers are confronted.": "-1 effect against the host until at least 2 overseers are confronted.",
+ "Confronted": "Confronted",
+ "Host": "Host",
+ "Season ends after confronting the host in their dream.": "Season ends after confronting the host in their dream.",
+ "Surveillance: -1d to investigate until all are identified and overseer is confronted.": "Surveillance: -1d to investigate until all are identified and overseer is confronted.",
+ "Bio": "Bio",
+ "Mundane Name": "Mundane Name",
+ "a forgettable name — a puzzling name": "a forgettable name — a puzzling name",
+ "a confusing name — a model name": "a confusing name — a model name",
+ "an anachronistic name — a clever name": "an anachronistic name — a clever name",
+ "a lofty name — a romantic name": "a lofty name — a romantic name",
+ "a traditional name — a resolute name": "a traditional name — a resolute name",
+ "a fierce name — an arrogant name": "a fierce name — an arrogant name",
+ "an innocent name — a pretty name": "an innocent name — a pretty name",
+ "True Name": "True Name",
+ "a dashing name — an imperious name": "a dashing name — an imperious name",
+ "an alien name — an unnerving name": "an alien name — an unnerving name",
+ "an historic name — an ominous name": "an historic name — an ominous name",
+ "a musical name — a beautiful name": "a musical name — a beautiful name",
+ "a warrior name — an iconic name": "a warrior name — an iconic name",
+ "a rebellious name — a villainous name": "a rebellious name — a villainous name",
+ "a sacred name — a renowned name": "a sacred name — a renowned name",
+ "Role": "Role",
+ "Background": "Background",
+ "Obligation": "Obligation",
+ "Promises": "Promises",
+ "a secretive promise": "a secretive promise",
+ "a promise of growth": "a promise of growth",
+ "a forgotten promise": "a forgotten promise",
+ "a shared promise": "a shared promise",
+ "a promise of martyrdom": "a promise of martyrdom",
+ "a promise to your rival": "a promise to your rival",
+ "a naive promise": "a naive promise",
+ "an intimate promise": "an intimate promise",
+ "a misguided promise": "a misguided promise",
+ "a paradoxical promise": "a paradoxical promise",
+ "One promise must involve your fated person and their fate.": "One promise must involve your fated person and their fate.",
+ "two conflicting promises": "two conflicting promises",
+ "a protective promise": "a protective promise",
+ "a competitive promise": "a competitive promise",
+ "an impossible promise": "an impossible promise",
+ "Look": "Look",
+ "Stress": "Stress",
+ "in danger of eclipse!": "in danger of eclipse!",
+ "Sun": "Sun",
+ "Moon": "Moon",
+ "Stars": "Stars",
+ "When you reach or exceed your stress limit, you roll for eclipse using your lowest attribute. While at your stress limit and not in eclipse, any additional stress you would take instead triggers another eclipse roll.1-3: You are in eclipse.4/5: Another protagonist can push themselves or spend a link to keep you from succumbing. If they do not, treat it as a 1-3 result and you are in eclipse.6: You hold on to hope, and stay in the struggle. The next time you take stress, roll for eclipse again.On a critical success, erase 1 spent segment of your transcendence track, and recover 5 stress. In addition, on a critical:If sun was rolled, each other player advances their recovery clock by 2.If moon was rolled, each other player recovers 2 stress.If stars was rolled, each other player resets their armour and special armour uses.": "When you reach or exceed your stress limit, you roll for eclipse using your lowest attribute. While at your stress limit and not in eclipse, any additional stress you would take instead triggers another eclipse roll.
- 1-3: You are in eclipse.
- 4/5: Another protagonist can push themselves or spend a link to keep you from succumbing. If they do not, treat it as a 1-3 result and you are in eclipse.
- 6: You hold on to hope, and stay in the struggle. The next time you take stress, roll for eclipse again.
On a critical success, erase 1 spent segment of your transcendence track, and recover 5 stress. In addition, on a critical:
- If sun was rolled, each other player advances their recovery clock by 2.
- If moon was rolled, each other player recovers 2 stress.
- If stars was rolled, each other player resets their armour and special armour uses.",
+ "Eclipse": "Eclipse",
+ "When you eclipse—": "When you eclipse—",
+ "Who you really are clearly isn’t enough; only the mask is worthy of their love. You reject all aspects of your everyday self, and embrace the most superficial aspects of your persona. Give them what you know they want—effortless beauty, and extravagant drama!": "Who you really are clearly isn’t enough; only the mask is worthy of their love. You reject all aspects of your everyday self, and embrace the most superficial aspects of your persona. Give them what you know they want—effortless beauty, and extravagant drama!",
+ "No more wasting time with ‘friends’ or ‘feelings’, they just get in the way. It’s time to focus on something real and tangible, something that makes sense. You find a concrete, rational, and entirely impossible task to pursue to the exclusion of all else.": "No more wasting time with ‘friends’ or ‘feelings’, they just get in the way. It’s time to focus on something real and tangible, something that makes sense. You find a concrete, rational, and entirely impossible task to pursue to the exclusion of all else.",
+ "You’ve known all along that changing fate was impossible, yet here you are. So much wasted effort, wasted time. If this fate was inevitable, why not embrace it? You set aside caution for instinct, and pursue a direct course of action, heedless of consequence.": "You’ve known all along that changing fate was impossible, yet here you are. So much wasted effort, wasted time. If this fate was inevitable, why not embrace it? You set aside caution for instinct, and pursue a direct course of action, heedless of consequence.",
+ "You are fractured. A sour note has shattered your harmony, and now there is uncertainty, and conflict. Your relationship, once a source of strength, is suddenly tenuous. You are divided, and a difference of opinions keeps you separated.": "You are fractured. A sour note has shattered your harmony, and now there is uncertainty, and conflict. Your relationship, once a source of strength, is suddenly tenuous. You are divided, and a difference of opinions keeps you separated.",
+ "Your shining example is not enough. This world is rotten to its core, corrupted by those too weak-willed to follow even the simplest rules. The slightest breach of your code must be met with uncompromising justice. Punish them until they repent.": "Your shining example is not enough. This world is rotten to its core, corrupted by those too weak-willed to follow even the simplest rules. The slightest breach of your code must be met with uncompromising justice. Punish them until they repent.",
+ "Your friends are leeches and sycophants who will never wield real power. The strong do not owe the weak an explanation. Pursue your goals in the most violent and cruel manner you can. Doubly so if it would put your rival in their place.": "Your friends are leeches and sycophants who will never wield real power. The strong do not owe the weak an explanation. Pursue your goals in the most violent and cruel manner you can. Doubly so if it would put your rival in their place.",
+ "You are not who they need you to be. You’re weak, useless, unworthy of their friendship. They have given so much to you, and in return you give them nothing. You throw yourself into danger, desperately seeking any way you might possibly be of use.": "You are not who they need you to be. You’re weak, useless, unworthy of their friendship. They have given so much to you, and in return you give them nothing. You throw yourself into danger, desperately seeking any way you might possibly be of use.",
+ "You escape eclipse": "You escape eclipse",
+ "when someone shows you the truth of their heart, and you reveal your identity to them. They add a promise about keeping your secret.": "when someone shows you the truth of their heart, and you reveal your identity to them. They add a promise about keeping your secret.",
+ "when someone works alongside you on your task, without judgement, and you let the task go incomplete and unresolved.": "when someone works alongside you on your task, without judgement, and you let the task go incomplete and unresolved.",
+ "when your fated person defies your predictions and shows you they can alter the course of fate. Change either your fated person, their fate, or both.": "when your fated person defies your predictions and shows you they can alter the course of fate. Change either your fated person, their fate, or both.",
+ "when someone else mediates your dispute, and your halves are able to reconcile their differences.": "when someone else mediates your dispute, and your halves are able to reconcile their differences.",
+ "when someone shows you something pure and beautiful, and you set aside your crusade.": "when someone shows you something pure and beautiful, and you set aside your crusade.",
+ "when you see that your rival isn’t intimidated by you, and the two of you accomplish something together. You may choose a new rival.": "when you see that your rival isn’t intimidated by you, and the two of you accomplish something together. You may choose a new rival.",
+ "only when someone engages you in a dialogue about your feelings, and shows you that they have felt the same.": "only when someone engages you in a dialogue about your feelings, and shows you that they have felt the same.",
+ "transcendence ends": "transcendence ends",
+ "Harm": "Harm",
+ "need help": "need help",
+ "less effect": "less effect",
+ "Armor": "Armor",
+ "Special": "Special",
+ "Links": "Links",
+ "Spending Links": "Spending Links",
+ "Spend links on allies:You or linked protag recover 2 stressThey ignore 1 harm tagGrant +1d to ally’s actionPrevent their eclipse on a 4/5 result": "Spend links on allies:
- You or linked protag recover 2 stress
- They ignore 1 harm tag
- Grant +1d to ally’s action
- Prevent their eclipse on a 4/5 result
",
+ "Player Agenda": "Player Agenda",
+ "Play to find out what happensBe a fan of the other playersReveal your inner worldHold on, but lightlyKeep hope in your heartSee things through a queer lensExplore the darkness": "- Play to find out what happens
- Be a fan of the other players
- Reveal your inner world
- Hold on, but lightly
- Keep hope in your heart
- See things through a queer lens
- Explore the darkness
",
+ "Playset & Playbook": "Playset & Playbook",
+ "Special Abilities": "Special Abilities",
+ "Behind the mask": "Behind the mask",
+ "Your transcendent and mundane selves lead separate lives, and no one knows that they are the same person. Your transcendent self wears a mask: describe it.": "Your transcendent and mundane selves lead separate lives, and no one knows that they are the same person. Your transcendent self wears a mask: describe it.",
+ "Working from the shadows": "Working from the shadows",
+ "When you secretly set up another character’s action, roll +1d. If they succeed, mark xp.": "When you secretly set up another character’s action, roll +1d. If they succeed, mark xp.",
+ "Phantom": "Phantom",
+ "You may expend your special armour to resist any consequence that would cause you to be detected or overlooked, or to immediately seize the attention of everyone present.": "You may expend your special armour to resist any consequence that would cause you to be detected or overlooked, or to immediately seize the attention of everyone present.",
+ "Shrouded in secrets": "Shrouded in secrets",
+ "No one can unmask you without your permission. Gain +1d when your mundane identity conceals your true purpose, or helps you escape notice.": "No one can unmask you without your permission. Gain +1d when your mundane identity conceals your true purpose, or helps you escape notice.",
+ "Cover story": "Cover story",
+ "You may choose to take -1d to your obligation roll to fill any remaining segments of your recovery clock. What’s your cover story for your injuries?": "You may choose to take -1d to your obligation roll to fill any remaining segments of your recovery clock. What’s your cover story for your injuries?",
+ "Two steps ahead": "Two steps ahead",
+ "Two times per mission, you can assist a team mate without spending stress. Tell us how you prepared for this situation.": "Two times per mission, you can assist a team mate without spending stress. Tell us how you prepared for this situation.",
+ "Stranger to kindness": "Stranger to kindness",
+ "You cannot make a connection, or help a friend recover in downtime. When you roll obligation, always roll stars. When you investigate, take +1d.": "You cannot make a connection, or help a friend recover in downtime. When you roll obligation, always roll stars. When you investigate, take +1d.",
+ "Oblivious": "Oblivious",
+ "You may expend your special armour to resist consequences of emotional trauma, or to be completely overlooked until you take a direct action.": "You may expend your special armour to resist consequences of emotional trauma, or to be completely overlooked until you take a direct action.",
+ "Safe distance": "Safe distance",
+ "You can make a connection and help a friend recover by leaving anonymous gifts. When you do so, take +1d. If you watch them receive the gift, you can ask their player one question from their gather info list.": "You can make a connection and help a friend recover by leaving anonymous gifts. When you do so, take +1d. If you watch them receive the gift, you can ask their player one question from their gather info list.",
+ "No sleep": "No sleep",
+ "During each downtime phase, you get two ticks to distribute among any long term project clocks. Whenever you complete a project, mark xp.": "During each downtime phase, you get two ticks to distribute among any long term project clocks. Whenever you complete a project, mark xp.",
+ "Things feel": "Things feel",
+ "You can empathize with non-human things as if they were people. If you use this to gather info, you may ask questions from any playbook currently in play.": "You can empathize with non-human things as if they were people. If you use this to gather info, you may ask questions from any playbook currently in play.",
+ "Know it all": "Know it all",
+ "You have encyclopaedic knowledge on a topic. Take +1d when you gather info relating to the chosen topic. Take this ability again to choose an additional option. Available topics: plants and animals - magic rituals - engineering - ancient lore - pop culture": "You have encyclopaedic knowledge on a topic. Take +1d when you gather info relating to the chosen topic. Take this ability again to choose an additional option. Available topics: plants and animals - magic rituals - engineering - ancient lore - pop culture",
+ "Fated": "Fated",
+ "You travelled through time to change another protagonist’s fate. What perilous fate are you here to prevent? Whose fate is it?": "You travelled through time to change another protagonist’s fate. What perilous fate are you here to prevent? Whose fate is it?",
+ "Dark omen": "Dark omen",
+ "When you use your impossible knowledge to persuade someone, gain +1 effect level. If a fate you warned of comes to pass, mark xp.": "When you use your impossible knowledge to persuade someone, gain +1 effect level. If a fate you warned of comes to pass, mark xp.",
+ "Saw it coming": "Saw it coming",
+ "You can expend your special armour to resist any consequence relating to surprise or misfortune, to be in two places at once, or perform some similar feat of time manipulation.": "You can expend your special armour to resist any consequence relating to surprise or misfortune, to be in two places at once, or perform some similar feat of time manipulation.",
+ "Oracle": "Oracle",
+ "You can perceive the myriad timelines leading from past to future. When you gather info, gain +1 effect level. If it relates to your fated person, take +1d as well.": "You can perceive the myriad timelines leading from past to future. When you gather info, gain +1 effect level. If it relates to your fated person, take +1d as well.",
+ "My very best friend": "My very best friend",
+ "When you connect with your fated person, gain +1d. When they connect with you, mark +1 link.": "When you connect with your fated person, gain +1d. When they connect with you, mark +1 link.",
+ "Out of time": "Out of time",
+ "You are outside the regular flow of time, and injuries fade from you quickly. Permanently fill one segment of your recovery clock. Other players roll +1d to help you recover.": "You are outside the regular flow of time, and injuries fade from you quickly. Permanently fill one segment of your recovery clock. Other players roll +1d to help you recover.",
+ "Rewind, return": "Rewind, return",
+ "You have been through this timeline at least once before. Flashbacks cost 1 less stress than normal. How did this go wrong the first time?": "You have been through this timeline at least once before. Flashbacks cost 1 less stress than normal. How did this go wrong the first time?",
+ "In harmony": "In harmony",
+ "You are a relationship, two people whose love has bound them into a single form and identity. Should you ever be separated, all actions you make are desperate until you are reunited. You roll +1d to gather info about relationships.": "You are a relationship, two people whose love has bound them into a single form and identity. Should you ever be separated, all actions you make are desperate until you are reunited. You roll +1d to gather info about relationships.",
+ "Split attention": "Split attention",
+ "You may take an additional action in each downtime phase.": "You may take an additional action in each downtime phase.",
+ "Inseparable": "Inseparable",
+ "You may expend your special armour to resist any consequence that would impact your relationships with others, or within yourself, or to magically appear from within your allies.": "You may expend your special armour to resist any consequence that would impact your relationships with others, or within yourself, or to magically appear from within your allies.",
+ "Synchronized": "Synchronized",
+ "When you are involved in a group action you may count multiple 6s from different rolls as a critical success. When leading, you take at most 1 stress regardless of the number of failed rolls during a group action.": "When you are involved in a group action you may count multiple 6s from different rolls as a critical success. When leading, you take at most 1 stress regardless of the number of failed rolls during a group action.",
+ "Bonds of love": "Bonds of love",
+ "You start each downtime with 2 links with yourself.": "You start each downtime with 2 links with yourself.",
+ "Perfect pitch": "Perfect pitch",
+ "Your voice is polyphonic, and eerily beautiful. Your allies can always hear you speak, regardless of distance or other interference. When you sing to inspire your allies, or soothe the troubled hearts of foes, roll +1d.": "Your voice is polyphonic, and eerily beautiful. Your allies can always hear you speak, regardless of distance or other interference. When you sing to inspire your allies, or soothe the troubled hearts of foes, roll +1d.",
+ "Honour bound": "Honour bound",
+ "You live by a code. Your code forbids all but one of the following: violence, lying, admitting fault, asking for help. At the end of a mission, if you did not violate your code, mark xp. If none of the protagonists broke your code, also mark series xp.": "You live by a code. Your code forbids all but one of the following: violence, lying, admitting fault, asking for help. At the end of a mission, if you did not violate your code, mark xp. If none of the protagonists broke your code, also mark series xp.",
+ "Watchful": "Watchful",
+ "When you protect an ally, take +1d to your resistance roll. When you gather info to anticipate possible threats in the current situation, you gain +1 effect level.": "When you protect an ally, take +1d to your resistance roll. When you gather info to anticipate possible threats in the current situation, you gain +1 effect level.",
+ "You don’t have to feel it": "You don’t have to feel it",
+ "You reduce all penalties from harm by one level. Level 4 harm is still fatal.": "You reduce all penalties from harm by one level. Level 4 harm is still fatal.",
+ "Constant care": "Constant care",
+ "When you help a friend recover, you also recover based on your roll. When you gather info, you can always ask “Who here is hurting?” for free.": "When you help a friend recover, you also recover based on your roll. When you gather info, you can always ask “Who here is hurting?” for free.",
+ "Here for you": "Here for you",
+ "You may expend your special armour to resist consequences suffered when you protect an ally, or to give +1d to someone else’s action.": "You may expend your special armour to resist consequences suffered when you protect an ally, or to give +1d to someone else’s action.",
+ "Righteous": "Righteous",
+ "When you confront a deadly foe, they are humbled by your bravery. When you forgive a humbled foe, take +1d on your roll.": "When you confront a deadly foe, they are humbled by your bravery. When you forgive a humbled foe, take +1d on your roll.",
+ "Something to prove": "Something to prove",
+ "Choose another protagonist to be your rival. You always have exactly one rival. Put their name here:": "Choose another protagonist to be your rival. You always have exactly one rival. Put their name here:",
+ "Reckless": "Reckless",
+ "When you make a desperate roll, you may choose to get +1d for the roll if you also take -1d to any resistance rolls against consequences from your actions.": "When you make a desperate roll, you may choose to get +1d for the roll if you also take -1d to any resistance rolls against consequences from your actions.",
+ "Jaded": "Jaded",
+ "You may expend your special armour to resist any consequence of your rival’s actions, or to act before your rival does.": "You may expend your special armour to resist any consequence of your rival’s actions, or to act before your rival does.",
+ "Pathetic!": "Pathetic!",
+ "When you gather info, you can always ask “Where’s my rival, what are they doing?” for free. If your rival is about to suffer fatal harm, or fall into eclipse, you can choose to be there and protect them, regardless of circumstances.": "When you gather info, you can always ask “Where’s my rival, what are they doing?” for free. If your rival is about to suffer fatal harm, or fall into eclipse, you can choose to be there and protect them, regardless of circumstances.",
+ "Old loyalties": "Old loyalties",
+ "The group’s adversaries are not immediately hostile towards you, and you can interact with them as peers. What role did you once serve among them?": "The group’s adversaries are not immediately hostile towards you, and you can interact with them as peers. What role did you once serve among them?",
+ "Anything you do, I do better": "Anything you do, I do better",
+ "When you assist your rival, you grant them +2d and take 2 stress. If you refuse your rival’s help, or they refuse yours, mark xp.": "When you assist your rival, you grant them +2d and take 2 stress. If you refuse your rival’s help, or they refuse yours, mark xp.",
+ "Only mortal": "Only mortal",
+ "You cannot transcend, and you cannot have special armour. You get an additional action during downtime. You get +1d when rolling to make a connection. When only you can save one of your friends from fatal harm or severe consequence, and you do it, you can discard this ability and gain Hero’s destiny instead.": "You cannot transcend, and you cannot have special armour. You get an additional action during downtime. You get +1d when rolling to make a connection. When only you can save one of your friends from fatal harm or severe consequence, and you do it, you can discard this ability and gain Hero’s destiny instead.",
+ "Hero’s destiny": "Hero’s destiny",
+ "You have embraced your heroic destiny. You gain increased effect when fighting your most powerful foes. Gain +1d when rolling eclipse. You may only transcend when an ally suffers consequences from an action. Immediately mark one transcendent ability on your playbook when you gain this ability.": "You have embraced your heroic destiny. You gain increased effect when fighting your most powerful foes. Gain +1d when rolling eclipse. You may only transcend when an ally suffers consequences from an action. Immediately mark one transcendent ability on your playbook when you gain this ability.",
+ "Call out": "Call out",
+ "When you confront someone about their bad behaviour roll +1d. If they are unrepentant, mark xp.": "When you confront someone about their bad behaviour roll +1d. If they are unrepentant, mark xp.",
+ "Worth saving": "Worth saving",
+ "When you run foolishly into danger, and no one comes to help you, mark xp. Your allies roll +1d when they protect you from consequences.": "When you run foolishly into danger, and no one comes to help you, mark xp. Your allies roll +1d when they protect you from consequences.",
+ "Heartfelt": "Heartfelt",
+ "When gathering information about someone’s emotions, roll +1d, and you can always ask a player “what is your character really feeling?” for free.": "When gathering information about someone’s emotions, roll +1d, and you can always ask a player “what is your character really feeling?” for free.",
+ "Believe in me": "Believe in me",
+ "Links on your sheet, and links with you on other player’s sheets, may be spent to affect any character.": "Links on your sheet, and links with you on other player’s sheets, may be spent to affect any character.",
+ "Veteran ability": "Veteran ability",
+ "(choose from any playbook)": "(choose from any playbook)",
+ "Working from the shadows (Enigma)": "Working from the shadows (Enigma)",
+ "Phantom (Enigma)": "Phantom (Enigma)",
+ "Shrouded in secrets (Enigma)": "Shrouded in secrets (Enigma)",
+ "Cover story (Enigma)": "Cover story (Enigma)",
+ "Two steps ahead (Enigma)": "Two steps ahead (Enigma)",
+ "Oblivious (Stranger)": "Oblivious (Stranger)",
+ "Safe distance (Stranger)": "Safe distance (Stranger)",
+ "No sleep (Stranger)": "No sleep (Stranger)",
+ "Things feel (Stranger)": "Things feel (Stranger)",
+ "Know it all (Stranger)": "Know it all (Stranger)",
+ "Dark omen (Time Traveller)": "Dark omen (Time Traveller)",
+ "Saw it coming (Time Traveller)": "Saw it coming (Time Traveller)",
+ "Oracle (Time Traveller)": "Oracle (Time Traveller)",
+ "My very best friend (Time Traveller)": "My very best friend (Time Traveller)",
+ "Out of time (Time Traveller)": "Out of time (Time Traveller)",
+ "Rewind, return (Time Traveller)": "Rewind, return (Time Traveller)",
+ "Split attention (Harmony)": "Split attention (Harmony)",
+ "Inseparable (Harmony)": "Inseparable (Harmony)",
+ "Synchronized (Harmony)": "Synchronized (Harmony)",
+ "Bonds of love (Harmony)": "Bonds of love (Harmony)",
+ "Perfect pitch (Harmony)": "Perfect pitch (Harmony)",
+ "Watchful (Guardian)": "Watchful (Guardian)",
+ "You don’t have to feel it (Guardian)": "You don’t have to feel it (Guardian)",
+ "Constant care (Guardian)": "Constant care (Guardian)",
+ "Here for you (Guardian)": "Here for you (Guardian)",
+ "Righteous (Guardian)": "Righteous (Guardian)",
+ "Reckless (Outsider)": "Reckless (Outsider)",
+ "Jaded (Outsider)": "Jaded (Outsider)",
+ "Pathetic! (Outsider)": "Pathetic! (Outsider)",
+ "Old loyalties (Outsider)": "Old loyalties (Outsider)",
+ "Anything you do, I do better (Outsider)": "Anything you do, I do better (Outsider)",
+ "Call out (Unlikely Hero)": "Call out (Unlikely Hero)",
+ "Worth saving (Unlikely Hero)": "Worth saving (Unlikely Hero)",
+ "Heartfelt (Unlikely Hero)": "Heartfelt (Unlikely Hero)",
+ "Believe in me (Unlikely Hero)": "Believe in me (Unlikely Hero)",
+ "The big reveal": "The big reveal",
+ "The moment you transcend, you may choose to immediately disappear, and may reappear at any time in the place of your choosing.": "The moment you transcend, you may choose to immediately disappear, and may reappear at any time in the place of your choosing.",
+ "Watch this!": "Watch this!",
+ "When you push yourself choose one of the following additional benefits: Perform a superhuman feat of athletics - deliver a monologue without anyone interrupting you": "When you push yourself choose one of the following additional benefits: Perform a superhuman feat of athletics - deliver a monologue without anyone interrupting you",
+ "Powerful friends": "Powerful friends",
+ "Once per mission you may flash back to a special downtime action, taken as your transcendent self. Shift the results of the roll up one step.": "Once per mission you may flash back to a special downtime action, taken as your transcendent self. Shift the results of the roll up one step.",
+ "Ex machina": "Ex machina",
+ "When you push yourself, choose one of the following additional benefits: you compel non-human things around you to hinder or distract your foes - you compel the environment to change itself to suit your needs": "When you push yourself, choose one of the following additional benefits: you compel non-human things around you to hinder or distract your foes - you compel the environment to change itself to suit your needs",
+ "Deeper understanding": "Deeper understanding",
+ "When you gather info, gain +1 effect. When a transcended ally acts on information you provide, they gain 1 link with you.": "When you gather info, gain +1 effect. When a transcended ally acts on information you provide, they gain 1 link with you.",
+ "Here’s one I prepared earlier": "Here’s one I prepared earlier",
+ "Once per transcendence you may activate a flashback without spending stress to create a device that does one of the following: Allow for an escape - reveal unexpected information - create an opportunity for an ally": "Once per transcendence you may activate a flashback without spending stress to create a device that does one of the following: Allow for an escape - reveal unexpected information - create an opportunity for an ally",
+ "Clock stopper": "Clock stopper",
+ "If ever there is a question of who acts first, it’s you. Once per mission, when the director advances a clock, you may say “no” and the clock does not advance.": "If ever there is a question of who acts first, it’s you. Once per mission, when the director advances a clock, you may say “no” and the clock does not advance.",
+ "On the other side of time": "On the other side of time",
+ "When you push yourself choose one of the following additional benefits: You trade places with your fated person - you briefly remove an ally or foe from the flow of time": "When you push yourself choose one of the following additional benefits: You trade places with your fated person - you briefly remove an ally or foe from the flow of time",
+ "Lost cause": "Lost cause",
+ "Once per transcendence, when an ally suffers severe consequences, you may choose to abandon this timeline for a better one. Consequences they would have suffered are replaced by your suffering level 3 harm: Traveller’s despair. Your relationship to the person you save is different in this timeline, they will tell you how.": "Once per transcendence, when an ally suffers severe consequences, you may choose to abandon this timeline for a better one. Consequences they would have suffered are replaced by your suffering level 3 harm: Traveller’s despair. Your relationship to the person you save is different in this timeline, they will tell you how.",
+ "Powerful presence": "Powerful presence",
+ "When you transcend, your scale increases, and your effect level changes accordingly where size is a factor.": "When you transcend, your scale increases, and your effect level changes accordingly where size is a factor.",
+ "As one": "As one",
+ "When you lead a group action or receive an assist while transcended, you briefly incorporate others into your harmony. You may roll the highest action rating among all participants instead of your own action rating.": "When you lead a group action or receive an assist while transcended, you briefly incorporate others into your harmony. You may roll the highest action rating among all participants instead of your own action rating.",
+ "Beacon": "Beacon",
+ "Once per transcendence, you may uplift your allies with a speech, or song. When you do, it counts as spending a link on each ally that can hear you. They choose which link effect to use.": "Once per transcendence, you may uplift your allies with a speech, or song. When you do, it counts as spending a link on each ally that can hear you. They choose which link effect to use.",
+ "Indomitable": "Indomitable",
+ "You suffer at most 2 stress when resisting consequences, and get +1d when rolling eclipse.": "You suffer at most 2 stress when resisting consequences, and get +1d when rolling eclipse.",
+ "How Dare You": "How Dare You",
+ "When you strike back against someone who has harmed one of your friends, gain +1 effect. If your action succeeds, you recover 1 stress.": "When you strike back against someone who has harmed one of your friends, gain +1 effect. If your action succeeds, you recover 1 stress.",
+ "Bolstering presence": "Bolstering presence",
+ "When you assist or set up a teammate, they mark 1 segment on their recovery clock.": "When you assist or set up a teammate, they mark 1 segment on their recovery clock.",
+ "Brutish": "Brutish",
+ "When you push yourself, choose one of the following additional benefits: perform a superhuman feat of physical force - destroy an obstacle between you and your rival.": "When you push yourself, choose one of the following additional benefits: perform a superhuman feat of physical force - destroy an obstacle between you and your rival.",
+ "This one’s mine!": "This one’s mine!",
+ "Once you engage a foe, neither of you may back down until one of you is defeated. While you are engaged with your foe, only your rival can assist you, and other foes will not interfere. Your rival may take your place at any time, but must finish what you started.": "Once you engage a foe, neither of you may back down until one of you is defeated. While you are engaged with your foe, only your rival can assist you, and other foes will not interfere. Your rival may take your place at any time, but must finish what you started.",
+ "Relentless": "Relentless",
+ "While transcended, each other protagonist counts as your rival.": "While transcended, each other protagonist counts as your rival.",
+ "The big reveal (Enigma)": "The big reveal (Enigma)",
+ "Watch this! (Enigma)": "Watch this! (Enigma)",
+ "Powerful friends (Enigma)": "Powerful friends (Enigma)",
+ "Ex machina (Stranger)": "Ex machina (Stranger)",
+ "Deeper understanding (Stranger)": "Deeper understanding (Stranger)",
+ "Here’s one I prepared earlier (Stranger)": "Here’s one I prepared earlier (Stranger)",
+ "Clock stopper (Time Traveller)": "Clock stopper (Time Traveller)",
+ "On the other side of time (Time Traveller)": "On the other side of time (Time Traveller)",
+ "Lost cause (Time Traveller)": "Lost cause (Time Traveller)",
+ "Powerful presence (Harmony)": "Powerful presence (Harmony)",
+ "As one (Harmony)": "As one (Harmony)",
+ "Beacon (Harmony)": "Beacon (Harmony)",
+ "Indomitable (Guardian)": "Indomitable (Guardian)",
+ "How Dare You (Guardian)": "How Dare You (Guardian)",
+ "Bolstering presence (Guardian)": "Bolstering presence (Guardian)",
+ "Brutish (Outsider)": "Brutish (Outsider)",
+ "This one’s mine! (Outsider)": "This one’s mine! (Outsider)",
+ "Relentless (Outsider)": "Relentless (Outsider)",
+ "Clocks": "Clocks",
+ "Set clock size...": "Set clock size...",
+ "Defy": "Defy",
+ "Empathize": "Empathize",
+ "Express": "Express",
+ "Confess": "Confess",
+ "Forgive": "Forgive",
+ "Perceive": "Perceive",
+ "Analyze": "Analyze",
+ "Conceal": "Conceal",
+ "Flow": "Flow",
+ "Each time you make a desperate roll, mark 1xp in that action’s attribute.": "Each time you make a desperate roll, mark 1xp in that action’s attribute.",
+ "At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1xp (in your playbook or attribute) or 2xp if that item occurred multiple times.": "At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1xp (in your playbook or attribute) or 2xp if that item occurred multiple times.",
+ "You addressed a challenge with": "You addressed a challenge with",
+ "mystery or ostentatious action": "mystery or ostentatious action",
+ "knowledge or subtlety": "knowledge or subtlety",
+ "foresight or revelation": "foresight or revelation",
+ "understanding or coordination": "understanding or coordination",
+ "kindness or self sacrifice": "kindness or self sacrifice",
+ "individual action or aggression": "individual action or aggression",
+ "compassion or honesty": "compassion or honesty",
+ "You expressed your beliefs, drives, role, or background": "You expressed your beliefs, drives, role, or background",
+ "You struggled with issues from your promises or obligation": "You struggled with issues from your promises or obligation",
+ "You embodied your Eclipse, or displayed the contents of your heart": "You embodied your Eclipse, or displayed the contents of your heart",
+ "Gather Info": "Gather Info",
+ "What does [X] intend to do?Who here is keeping secrets?Where can I find [X]?Where’s the vulnerability here?Where can I stay hidden?What does [X] really want?": "- What does [X] intend to do?
- Who here is keeping secrets?
- Where can I find [X]?
- Where’s the vulnerability here?
- Where can I stay hidden?
- What does [X] really want?
",
+ "What is hidden here?Where can I gain an edge?What is the purpose of [X]?Who/what doesn’t belong here?What might happen if I [X]?Who/what here is isolated or alone?": "- What is hidden here?
- Where can I gain an edge?
- What is the purpose of [X]?
- Who/what doesn’t belong here?
- What might happen if I [X]?
- Who/what here is isolated or alone?
",
+ "What do I remember about [X]?What really happen(s/ed) here?What defies the flow of time?What is already in motion here?What might happen if I [X]?What is different about [X] this time?": "- What do I remember about [X]?
- What really happen(s/ed) here?
- What defies the flow of time?
- What is already in motion here?
- What might happen if I [X]?
- What is different about [X] this time?
",
+ "Who here can best help me?What are you really feeling?Who here is at their limit?How are [X] and [Y] connected?Who here feels alone?What here is incomplete?": "- Who here can best help me?
- What are you really feeling?
- Who here is at their limit?
- How are [X] and [Y] connected?
- Who here feels alone?
- What here is incomplete?
",
+ "What is most dangerous here?Who here is afraid?How can I help [X]?Who will my foes try to single out?Who here is willing to do violence?Who here is hurting?": "- What is most dangerous here?
- Who here is afraid?
- How can I help [X]?
- Who will my foes try to single out?
- Who here is willing to do violence?
- Who here is hurting?
",
+ "Where’s my rival, what are they doing?What are your secret pains?How can I gain an edge here?What’s the danger no one else sees?What’s really going on here?What here can be broken?": "- Where’s my rival, what are they doing?
- What are your secret pains?
- How can I gain an edge here?
- What’s the danger no one else sees?
- What’s really going on here?
- What here can be broken?
",
+ "What is most dangerous here?Who here is feeling [X]?What are you really feeling?Who here is strong or vulnerable?Where can I find beauty here?What are your unmet needs?": "- What is most dangerous here?
- Who here is feeling [X]?
- What are you really feeling?
- Who here is strong or vulnerable?
- Where can I find beauty here?
- What are your unmet needs?
",
+ "When you roll...1-3: 1 question.4-5: 1 question and 1 follow-up.6: 2 questions and 1 follow-up.Critical: Improved effect, additional questions, or volunteered information.": "When you roll...- 1-3: 1 question.
- 4-5: 1 question and 1 follow-up.
- 6: 2 questions and 1 follow-up.
- Critical: Improved effect, additional questions, or volunteered information.
",
+ "When you roll obligation, roll your lowest attribute, taking stress equal to 6 minus the die result. On a critical success, you get an additional downtime action.For any result, we narrate what this means for the characters. This might mean some dialogue, or moments of in-character play, or you might choose to narrate what happens to the characters. Use the attribute rolled as a guide for the ways in which the obligation affects your character:If sun is rolled, your obligation involves scary people or circumstances, or is physically taxing.If moon is rolled, your obligation breaks your heart, and drives you to despair.If stars is rolled, your obligation puts you under social pressure, or sets off your anxiety.": "When you roll obligation, roll your lowest attribute, taking stress equal to 6 minus the die result. On a critical success, you get an additional downtime action.For any result, we narrate what this means for the characters. This might mean some dialogue, or moments of in-character play, or you might choose to narrate what happens to the characters. Use the attribute rolled as a guide for the ways in which the obligation affects your character:
- If sun is rolled, your obligation involves scary people or circumstances, or is physically taxing.
- If moon is rolled, your obligation breaks your heart, and drives you to despair.
- If stars is rolled, your obligation puts you under social pressure, or sets off your anxiety.",
+ "Downtime": "Downtime",
+ "Downtime action results that affect tracks, clocks, or links award them based on the following table:1-3: 2 segments marked or links given4/5: 3 segments marked or links given6: 4 segments marked or links givenA critical success will have different results depending on the specific action, but generally results in 5 segments being marked plus an additional benefit.": "Downtime action results that affect tracks, clocks, or links award them based on the following table:
- 1-3: 2 segments marked or links given
- 4/5: 3 segments marked or links given
- 6: 4 segments marked or links given
A critical success will have different results depending on the specific action, but generally results in 5 segments being marked plus an additional benefit.",
+ "Bonus Die": "Bonus Die",
+ "Push yourself (take 2 stress) or accept a Poisoned Promise": "Push yourself (take 2 stress) or accept a Poisoned Promise",
+ "Teamwork": "Teamwork",
+ "Assist a teammate: Take 1 stress to give another player +1d. You might also suffer consequences from the roll. Only one person may assist a roll.Lead a group action: Roll for each character who participates. The single best roll counts as the action result, which applies to every character that rolled. The leader marks 1 stress for each 1-3 result rolled by the group.Protect a teammate: Face danger on behalf of a teammate. Step in to suffer a consequence in their place. You may roll to resist as normal, if you wish.Set up a teammate: Set up another character with your action. If you achieve it, any team members who follow up get +1 effect or improved position.": "- Assist a teammate: Take 1 stress to give another player +1d. You might also suffer consequences from the roll. Only one person may assist a roll.
- Lead a group action: Roll for each character who participates. The single best roll counts as the action result, which applies to every character that rolled. The leader marks 1 stress for each 1-3 result rolled by the group.
- Protect a teammate: Face danger on behalf of a teammate. Step in to suffer a consequence in their place. You may roll to resist as normal, if you wish.
- Set up a teammate: Set up another character with your action. If you achieve it, any team members who follow up get +1 effect or improved position.
"
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