Custom Sub Systems

Character Bond
The bonds between characters and how they know each other and the world is important to link the players and
help them find their place in the world. To facilitate this, each player selects 2 or 3 bonds from the list below and
adds another characters name in the space provided.
 
Once this has been complete, each player reads out their bonds and elaborates on how the circumstances came
about and what happened.
 __________ and I shared a mystical vision, after drinking the blood of the demon world together.
 __________ and I took down a great beast once, and paid for it dearly.
 __________ does not understand me, or my culture. I will explain myself to them, no matter how long it
takes.
 __________ gave me food and shelter when I had nothing.
 __________ got me involved in a questionable adventure and I’m having second thoughts about it now.
 __________ has been through hardships that would break me. They can stand against the darkness I see
looming over the world.
 __________ has fought in defence of my lands before and has my respect.
 __________ has seen the lands of my home, more recently than me. 
 __________ has supplied me with forbidden tomes.
 __________ has worked with servants of my deity before.
 __________ helped me make some important contacts. I owe them.
 __________ helped me steal something really valuable from someone who is really dangerous.
 __________ is familiar with the sickness that infects the land, which must be purged.
 __________ is my lover, or was, or would have been, or... it’s complicated.
 __________ knows I have a secret map.
 __________ knows where I stashed some loot.
 __________ left me in a pinch when they were supposed to come through for me.
 __________ obviously doesn’t trust me, and this needs to change.
 __________ once brought me safely through the Haunted Forest.
 __________ once talked me into guiding some halflings on the run through
 __________ proved a worthy ally in the last war, even considering that one mistake they made.
 __________ saw me kill someone important.
 __________ seems suitably impressed by my powers and I just can’t help showing off in front of them.
 __________ showed me how to get high.
 __________ started a fight while I was performing, and payback’s a bitch.
 __________ still owes me for some stuff they were supposed to fence for me.
 __________ stood up to me and got away with it. That’s how it is, I guess.
 __________ was once my enemy, but we’ve since reconciled.
 __________ would be an excellent subject for a ballad, if only they got into more adventures. So I’ll just help
them out with that.
 ___________ and I are [family relationship] who survived being ___________ together.
 ___________ and I are sworn to recover the ___________ for ___________.
 ___________ and I are the only survivors of a horrible ___________ attack.
 ___________ and I have were hired by ___________ to ___________ but it ended badly for us.
 ___________ and I share dreams of exploring the ___________ together.
 ___________ found me in the bowels of a ___________. I was ___________ at the time.
 ___________ is oath-bound to save me from a terrible curse.
 ______________ and I have a con running.
 ______________ does not trust me, and for a good reason.
 ______________ does not understand life in the wild, so I will teach them.
 ______________ has felt the hellish touch of fire, now they know my strength.
 ______________ has insulted my deity; I do not trust them.
 ______________ has my back when things go wrong.
  ______________ has no respect for nature, so I have no respect for them.
 ______________ has stood by me in battle and can be trusted completely.
 ______________ has tasted my blood and I theirs. We are bound by it.
 ______________ is a brave soul, I have much to learn from them.
 ______________ is a friend of nature, so I will be their friend as well.
 ______________ is a good and faithful person; I trust them implicitly.
 ______________ is always getting into trouble - I must protect them from themselves.
 ______________ is in constant danger, I will keep them safe.
 ______________ is often the butt of my jokes.
 ______________ is puny and foolish, but amuses me.
 ______________ is soft, but I will make them hard like me.
 ______________ is woefully misinformed about the world; I will teach them all I can.
 ______________ owes me their life, whether they admit it or not.
 ______________ shares my hunger for glory; the earth will tremble at our passing!
 ______________ smells more like prey than a hunter.
 ______________ trusted me with a secret.
 ______________ will play an important role in the events to come.
 ______________’s misguided behavior endangers their very soul!
 ______________’s ways are strange and confusing.
 ______________knows incriminating details about me.
 dangerous territory, and never thanked me properly for it.
 For what they have done, I have sworn to guide and protect __________.
 I am working on converting ______________ to my faith.
 I am writing a ballad about the adventures of ______________.
 I cast something into the fire for ______________ and still owe them their due.
 I have foreseen it! ______________ is keeping an important secret from me.
 I have guided ______________ before and they owe me for it.
 I have heard of _________’s exploits and am suitably impressed.
 I have intervened with other priests on __________’s behalf before.
 I have showed ______________ a secret rite of the Land.
 I have sworn to protect ______________.
 I respect the beliefs of ______________ but hope they will someday see the true way.
 I sang songs of ______________ long before I ever met them in person.
 I stole something from ______________.
 I told __________ all about performing inside a rich noble’s home and saw the greed in their eyes.
 I will teach ______________ the true meaning of sacrifice.
 I worry about the ability of ______________ to survive in the dungeon.
 It has been prophesied that I will save ___________ from a terrible fate.
 Me and __________ are the only survivors of a dubious adventure.
 Me and __________ are tracking the passage of a terrible monster through this land.
 Me and __________ were both hired by a boss who turned on us.
 My deity has marked out __________ as someone important. I must help them fulfill their destiny.
 The spirits spoke to me of a great danger that follows ______________.
 This is not my first adventure with______________.

Skill Cap
Whilst they aren’t exactly super heroes, characters have a high level of skill in multiple areas, however, these broad
skills can only be levelled up so far. Within a default setting with the typical skill pyramid, player can only have broad
skills up to Good (+3). In a setting using a hybrid Approach and Skill list, no broad skill can be higher than Fair (+2).
Once a skill reaches this cap, in order to progress it higher, it must become a specialisation of the broad skill –
however the broad skill remains at that level.
For example, if a player has the fight skill at Good (+3), in order to advance it to Great (+4) it must become a
specialisation. The player chooses Swords as his specialisation, meaning that and punch thrown is rolled with Good
(+3), however any swing of their sword is rolled with Great (+4).
 
Rest Scene and Rumours
Each time the players take a long rest, one player (take it turns) narrates the whole scene in order to show what a bit
of down time looks like for the group. Any player can insert themselves into the scene, but the caveat is that
whatever they are doing must be aligned to either; one of their aspects (in order to work toward changing it) or one
of the character bonds (aligned with it or in order to work toward changing it).

Anyone not narrating the scene or inserting themselves into the scene, are assumed to be sitting around the
campfire, sharing stories. Each player must nominate a rumour, not matter how small or big, that their character has
heard in their travels. These can then form part of future adventures.

Devils Bargain
In the event of a player wanting to invoke an aspect or gain a bonus, however not having any fate points left, the GM
may decide to offer a Devils Bargain. This allows a character to invoke an aspect for free, however to do so they are
taking a great risk and as such can except something bad to happen. Common Devil’s Bargains include:
 Collateral damage, unintended harm.
 Sacrifice coin or an item.
 Betray a friend or loved one.
 Offend or anger a faction.
 Start and/or tick a troublesome clock.
 Add heat to the crew from evidence or witnesses.
 Suffer harm.

The Devil’s Bargain occurs regardless of the outcome of the roll. You make the deal, pay the price, and get the bonus.

Travel Montage
Anytime some sort of lengthy travel occurs and you want to gloss over it and get on with the story, get every player
to say or narrate one interesting event or landmark that happened on the journey. You can either get the player to
set up a scene and roleplay or just narrate what happened.

Attack Multiple People

Anytime a character is adjacent to more than enemy his can make an attack against as many of them as he wants.
The character rolls Fight and invokes any relevant aspects. Each enemy attacked makes a defend roll and, for any
that fail, they suffer damage. The character calculates the number of shifts against the lowest defend rolled and they
can then allocate the shifts against the enemies that failed their defend roll.