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h CREDITS h

Researched and inspired by history, the characters, world and CARTOGRAPHY

situations in FLAMES OF FREEDOM are a work of Amber Seger & Gabriel Brouillard
fiction. Th is ga me was designed, developed an d produced by a
multicultural team of diverse identities, beliefs and orientation. CHARACTER SHEET UX DESIGNER
Amber Seger
FLAMES OF FREEDOM LEAD DESIGNER
Richard Iorio PRODUCTION EDITOR
Amy Strassner
POWERED BY ZWEIHÄNDER LEAD DEVELOPER
Daniel D. Fox PRODUCTION MANAGER
Chuck Harper
DEVELOPERS
Adam J. Rose, Anna Goldberg, Elijah Forbes, Gabe MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Hicks, James Introcaso, Kate Bullock, Nora Cahill, Alyson McNaghten & Kathy Hillard
Sean Van Damme, Tanya DePass, TK Johnson, Walt
RPG BRAND MANAGER
Ciechanowski & Walter Fulbright
Daniela Bone
ACCESSIBILITY, CULTURAL &
SAFETY CONSULTANTS SALES OPERATIONS
Lynne McAdoo
Adam DePaul, Anna Goldberg, Elijah Forbes, Ethan
Brown, Gabe Hicks, Kate Bullock, Kellin Slater, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR, RPG
Kimimilasha James, Loïk Raymond, Ronkwahrhakónha Daniel D. Fox
Dube, Tanya DePass & TK Johnson
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS Fred Nelson
Gabriel Brouillard, Jeff Heising, Kay Peek, Matt
Jowett, Mike “El Jefe” Bossaller, Nick O’Hare, Tim PRESIDENT OF PUBLISHING
Cohron, Peter Rubin-Burgess & Sierra Stanton Kirsty Melville

LINE EDITORS ROGUE GAMES LICENSING MANAGER & VP

Anna Goldberg, Elijah Forbes, Kate Bullock & Tanner Yea Ariana Fisch

EDITORS PLAYTESTING & SPECIAL THANKS

Katie Gould & Matthew Pook Alison Fox, Aaron Huss, Amanda Benhart, Anna
Goldberg, Ariana Fisch, Ashley Wyrick, Bryce Whitacre,
PROOFREADING Casey Callaghan, Charles Price, Charlie Fox, Chuck
Jennifer Ford-Rose Kranz, Daniel Parnell, Dan Lewis-Anderson, Dave Pruner,
Devin McGowan, Ed Healy, Eric Hollaway, Ethan Adams,
ART DIRECTORS
Evan Elder, Frenden, Gabriel Brouillard, Graeme Davis,
Dejan Mandic & Mitch Wallace
Ian Elder, Ignacio Martinez, Jack Fox, Jacob Linderman,
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Jeffery Baker, Jen Shaffer, Jennifer Brozek, Jason Birch,
Amber Seger & Diana Marsh Jason Bolte, Jen Shaffer, Jeremy Jones, John Chambers,
Joshua Byrns, Justin Rimbo, Kay Peek, Kiel Corkran, Laura
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATOR Grant, Megan Mack-Corkran, Mike “El Jefe” Bossaller,
Dejan Mandic Mike LaMonica, Nathan Eldridge, Nick O’Hare, Nicholas
Moody, Quinn B. Rodriguez, Raece Thomas, Ravyn M.
COVER & LOGO ILLUSTRATOR Evermore, Ray Frenden, Ryan Verniere, Shawn Davis,
Ken Duquet Simon Goudreault, Susanah Grace, Thomas Cadorette,
Tom Grant, Tom O’Hara, Tim Cohron, Tracy Barnett,
Tristan Rodas, Tyler Thompson, William Butler & Mum.

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h ABOUT THIS QUICKSTART h

Quickstart v.13 contains an abbreviated ruleset from
FLAMES OF FREEDOM, representing the most
integral parts to try the game out and to participate in
the 3 hour adventure at the end of the document. It
does not include rules for Drawbacks, Conflict,
Grievous Injuries, permanent Injuries and other
rules deemed unnecessary for this experience.
Pre-generated characters are included at the end of
this Quickstart. You can experience the full game once
released in 2021.
Head to our Discord to discover more about
FLAMES OF FREEDOM and other games Powered
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h TABLE OF CONTENTS h

TOTAL CHANCE......................................................14
PREAMBLE ...................................... 4
CRITICAL SUCCESS/FAILURE..............................15
THE SETTING.................................................................4
ROLLS OF 01% & 100%.............................................15
GRIM & PERILOUS THEMES................................4
ASSISTED SKILL TESTS..........................................15
AS A CHARACTER...........................................................5
FURY & CHAOS DICE.............................................15
CHARACTER PERSPECTIVES..............................5
TWIST OF FATE: COINS................................................15
AS THE HISTORIAN.......................................................8
DETERMINE COIN POOLS...................................15
STYLES OF GAMEPLAY..........................................8
EBB & FLOW OF THE POOLS...............................16
SUPERNATURAL HORROR....................................8
OCCULT MYSTERY..................................................8 COMBAT & HEALING............................17
HIGH ACTION..........................................................8
COMBAT TERMINOLOGY...........................................17
STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY..........................................9
ROUNDS......................................................................17
BLACK PERSPECTIVES...........................................9
TURNS & ACTION POINTS....................................17
INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES..............................10
ACTIONS IN COMBAT............................................17
WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES....................................10
FURY DICE.................................................................17
NO DISCRIMINATION..................................................11
CREATING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.....................11 RUNNING COMBAT ENCOUNTERS.........................17

SECTION 1: SET THE SCENE.......................................18

BASICS OF GAMEPLAY...................... 12
SECTION 2: ESTABLISH INITIATIVE LADDER.....18
SKILL TESTS: ROLL D100..............................................12
SECTION 3: FIRST ROUND..........................................18
PRIMARY ATTRIBUTES................................................13
ACTIONS IN COMBAT............................................18
PRIMARY ATTRIBUTE BONUSES........................13
REFRESHING & BANKING ACTION POINTS...18
SKILLS & SKILL RANKS................................................13
GAINING SURPRISE................................................18
FLIP TO SUCCEED/FLIP TO FAIL........................14
SECTION 4: NEW ROUNDS..........................................19
PERIL CONDITION TRACK PENALTIES...........14
CONCLUDING A COMBAT ENCOUNTER.........19
DIFFICULTY RATING..............................................14
‘STACKING’ EFFECTS..............................................19

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MOVEMENT ACTIONS.................................................22
CHARGE (2 AP).........................................................22
GET UP (2 AP)............................................................22
HUSTLE (1 AP)...........................................................22
MANEUVER (2 AP)...................................................22
RUN (3 AP)..................................................................22
TAKE COVER (1 AP).................................................22
ATTACK ACTIONS..........................................................23
CAST MAGICK (1 AP)..............................................23
FIRE THROUGH COVER (VARIES)......................23
MELEE ATTACK (1 AP)............................................23
RANGED ATTACK (1 AP)........................................23
TARGETED ATTACK (2 AP)...................................23
OTHER ATTACK ACTION CONSIDERATIONS...24
ROUGH & TUMBLE........................................................24
BELOW THE BELT (1 AP).......................................24
CHOKEHOLD (1 AP)................................................24
EYE GOUGE (1 AP)...................................................24
KNOCKDOWN (1 AP)...............................................24
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SECTION 4: ROLL DAMAGE........................................28
CONSIDER DAMAGE THRESHOLD...................28
SECTION 5: RECORD DAMAGE CONDITION.......28
SECTION 6: ROLL FOR INJURY...................................28
MODERATE INJURY................................................29
SERIOUS INJURY.......................................................30
SECTION 7: SACRIFICE DETERMINATION...........31
SECTION 8: SUFFERING PERIL..................................31
CONSIDER PERIL THRESHOLD..........................31
FIRST AID HEALING PRACTICES.............................32
APPLY TOURNIQUET..............................................32
BIND WOUNDS.........................................................32
INJECT TINCTURE..................................................32
USE LAUDANUM......................................................32
USE SMELLING SALTS............................................32
ONE-SHOT ADVENTURE ....................33
PRE-GEN
CHARACTERS... .................................................................42

SPECIAL ACTIONS.........................................................25 ADVENTURE ASSETS ...................................................56

FIRST AID (3 AP).......................................................25
LOAD (VARIES).........................................................25
QUICKLOAD (0 AP)..................................................25
TAKE AIM (1 or 2 AP)................................................25
WAIT (0 AP)................................................................25
WORDS AS WEAPONS (1 AP)................................25
OTHER SPECIAL ACTION CONSIDERATIONS..25

REACTIONS......................................................................25
ASSIST (VARIES).......................................................25
COUNTERATTACK (0 AP).......................................26
DEFEND (1 AP)..........................................................26
RESIST (0 AP).............................................................26

GUIDE TO ATTACKING................................................26

SECTION 1: CHOOSE WEAPON.................................26

MELEE WEAPONS...................................................26
RANGED WEAPONS................................................27

SECTION 2: MAKE THE ATTACK...............................27

SECTION 3: FOE DEFENDS..........................................27

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h PREAMBLE
T IS THE DAWN of the American
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Revolutionary War of 1776. A tangled
web of conspiracy spans North America.
In the war for survival, it does not matter
what your creed, color, culture or gender
is – all stand together. Thomas Paine’s
Common Sense is held aloft in every Rebel patriot’s hand,
as they take up arms against the British Empire. But as
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the Revolution has begun, something far more mysterious
stirs.
Agents of the occult entreat both the Continental Army
and Loyalist Red Coats. Freemasons conspire in the City
of Brotherly Love. Maryland is in the throes of a witch
hunt by the Knights Templar. Amid the chaos, other grim
fairy tales have emerged.
Reports of witches have been seen in the Great Dismal
Swamp. Indigenous sachem say that devils called Manitou
walk among the living. Flesh-gobbling ghouls have been
tunneling beneath Boston. The Pine Barrens of New Jersey
are haunted by what the locals call the ‘Leeds Devil’. And
worse still, an ancient enemy whose name is never uttered
aloud seeks to consume all, Loyalists and Rebels alike.
In this game, most people have either chosen to deny
the supernatural or rationalize it away. A rare few accept it
for what it is and act. You are among those heroes, and are
destined for greatness… or death.
Welcome to FLAMES OF FREEDOM, where your
grim & perilous tale hangs in the balance!
WELCOME TO THE REBELLION
Welcome to FLAMES OF FREEDOM, an
American Gothic horror role-playing game
powered by the ZWEIHÄNDER RPG D100
game engine.
Intensely researched by Richard Iorio and
enhanced by a diverse development team,
this game explores a range of cultures beyond
the history of Europeans in North America.
Developed with Black cultural consultants in
key decision-making roles, interwoven with
Indigenous writers of the nations represented in
the work and guided by RPG safety and trauma
experts, this game will show that American
gothic horror can be represented in a mature way.
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THE SETTING
It is the eve of the Revolution in 1776 and life is on the
verge of drastic change. To some degree, the Europeans
shun folklore and witchcraft as the so-called ‘Age of Reason’
is upon them. Tucked between missionaries, mutineers
and midwives there are those who know they know the
real truth. Magick – along with monsters, demons and
mythological creatures – is real.
This game is also about a different kind of horror; one
that is mired in mysteries, secrets and plots. The horror of
1776 relies heavily upon your imagination and ingenuity
using the tools we provide for you to play the game. As you
discover more about the villainy of this world, you’ll realize
that some enemies are all too human while others are true
creatures from folklore. Some of these you will uncover for
yourself, but there are far more sinister secrets – more than
you could possibly imagine – that you will discover only in
the late stages of an adventure or campaign.
USE & ABUSE OF HISTORY
Although the themes in this RPG are grim & perilous,
this game is not an excuse to reenact harmful words
or acts of the past, including ableism, ageism, bigotry,
prejudice, racism, religious persecution, sexism,
trans or queerphobia. We roundly reject this style of
gameplay, and frankly, don’t want you using this book
if you intend to use it for these reasons.
GRIM & PERILOUS THEMES
Whatever level of horror you decide to play, the game
functions on the premise that everything you can imagine
in the supernatural – from the lowly dandelion plant to a
sleeping stone giant making her home at the base of the
Appalachians and the spirits that haunt Williamsburg –
exists. Most people have chosen to rationalize the forces
of darkness away (out of sight/out of mind), ignoring their
attacks and simply picking up the pieces as best they can.
Some have been irreversibly damaged by their experiences
to the point where they can no longer function in common
society. Your reputation, your mind and your faith are all
on the line. Your characters are the last line of defense for
the innocent.

On a much larger scale, there is something off about the
world; something sinister, malicious and purposeful. No
one truly knows what is causing this world to go awry, not
even the Indigenous nations who have lived in this ‘New
World’ for many, many years. Whatever evil has infected
the lands, it is spreading like a plague. There is more villainy
now than there ever have been, and it is up to the player
characters to stand together against it.
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to eke out a life. When the sun sets, I’ve seen glowing
eyes in the hills. We bar the door and windows at night,
to keep us safe. We look to others for guidance, but
even they are fearful of what has come from across the
sea. All whisper of an evil that predates our ancestors.
K I come from a long line of people native to this land,
and we have lived here long before the British Empire
arrived. Change is in the air. Some of my people
live among their own, standing against the invaders.

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GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE Others live in harmony with the Europeans, keeping

Throughout this book, you’ll note that we use
the singular ‘they’, along with its inflected forms
them or their for indeterminate gender. Play
examples will reference the pronoun appropriate
to the identity of the player or their character.
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our traditions. As tempers flare in the cities, I cannot
doubt that a war is coming. There is another war – a
secret war – that we have fought for generations. It is
against those who call themselves Mandoag, and they
seek to consume all.

AS A CHARACTER...
One or more people in the gaming group will each create a
player character; an alternative personality in which you’ll
take part in a supernatural horror tale set in and around
the Thirteen Colonies. As a character, you can change the
outcome of the story by making decisions ‘in-character’ –
putting yourself in their shoes to think like the character
you’ve made. Rooted in the themes of grim & perilous
gaming, your character’s story will be very personal,
occupying a morass of conflicting values and credos, while
all are set against the rise of the supernatural and the
machinations of secret societies. Although you will come
to better understand the game’s rules specific for your
character, you must also share the load with other players
and the game’s referee (the Historian) to make the game
enjoyable for everyone.

CHARACTER PERSPECTIVES
Here are some example character types you may experience
in this game:
K As I walk the streets of my new homeland, it is hard
to not see the preparations made for war. The very air
calls for rebellion. Raising the liberty pole, we join in
the cries of liberation with our fellow Rebels. Give me
a position and show me where the ammunition is!

K The frontier is fraught with wild animals, robbers and

the armies of King George. It takes a stalwart heart,
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K I am a Black and Indigenous woman. My mother tells
me stories of our homeland across the sea, while my
father tells ones of our ancestors’ journey across vast
lakes and oceans. I have learned medicine from the
elders of my nation, while my mother teaches me to
cultivate the earth. My time as a matriarch approaches
quickly – in my dreams, the ancestors tell me to be
vigilant, for change is on the horizon.
K Every parent tends to their little ones, soothing scuffed
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hands and caring for them after their nightmares.
For every nightmare, we administer love and prayer.
However, they seem to be growing worse. The
children speak of ‘the skinny monster’, dwelling in the
cupboards. We, too are now experiencing the same dreams
as the little ones.
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K I walk deer paths and roads carved into the earth from
a time before Roanoke. With a gun or bow in hand, I
hunt to provide for my family. I have spent many years
learning the ways of the woodlands. But among the
trees I have seen something… strange. The woods are
not what they seem, and heralds a change that speaks
of an evil as old as time itself.
K You ask if I am a Quaker, a member of the Society of
Friends? I once was, but am now a Universal Friend.
What is that, you ask? I have walked with Public
Universal Friend, but likely you’ve never heard their
story. They were a Quaker who succumbed to typhus,
but was resurrected by God’s light. ‘The Friend’ has
attracted a number of women to their side. Like all
Universal Friends, we now spread the word of free will
and abolition.
K My trade is sometimes called ‘the world’s oldest’, and
its practice dates well before Mary Chilton stepped
ashore at Plymouth. I imagine that she’s rolling her
grave right now, knowing what I have to do to survive.
As the conflict calls for people to report on the front
lines, I worry for them – and for myself.
K We’ve tended the land, but it has grown sick. My
husband says that the trees ‘speak’ to him in his dreams.
He’s become addled, growing more despondent as both
day and night are spent speaking to the darkness. The
children and I have taken over his duties, but we can
feel something creeping into our dreams.
K We are free… in a way. My ancestors came to this land
against their will. I, too, spent time in bondage and
have family members who are still disenfranchised.
However, I am conflicted – there is no going home; no
way back to Africa. I must make a life here now. What
the people don’t understand is that stowaways of an
older age were also in the holds. These monsters have
been set loose and they will devour all, limb by limb.
K I’ve cared for numerous women during birth,
welcoming these little bundles of joy into the world.
And, at times, helped the wives convalesce and pray
when a child was stillborn. I take this charge very
seriously, and as the impending war places new stresses
upon women, I hold these labors even more sacred
than before.

K There is an ancient art; one whose roots trace back to
ancient times. Though many now have embraced the
natural sciences and have used it to define the world, I
scoff at it. It is through the crucible, the forge and the
elements I create objects that bring purity. If any seeks
to know the true secrets of this world, they only need to
follow me to the forge. It is there I will show them the
true face of God.
K ‘Believe in God and fear the Devil’ is the guiding
principle which gives me strength. We shall stand
together to protect believers and non-believers alike.
We will fight the minions of darkness who linger at the
periphery of the world. Fear not this evil, for you stand
in the light – and that light is vast and will drive away
the devils!
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K As both a partner and trusted confidante, they are one of
incredible influence and means. Politics require a certain
type of person, and they are just that. Behind every
public dealing, there is also one made behind closed
doors – necessary for the coming troubles. But I grow
worried of darker dealings being done, not made in the
light of the Lord, but made with the servants of Lucifer.
K I have walked the path of the occult; have made the
darkness kneel before me. Others like me have an
understanding of an ever-present evil over this ‘Age
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of Reason’. A pox on all who think I am delusional!
Magick is real, and my people have practiced it for as
long as time itself. What does the petty going-ons of the
Loyalists and Rebels have to do with the greater evil?
Despite how many ti mes they call me ‘mad’, they’ll be
begging for my help when they realise the truth of the
world, to protect them from things in the darkness.
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AS THE HISTORIAN...
One person in the gaming group will be the
Historian. The Historian will create adventures
inspired by North American history set in 1776.
You’ll be responsible as the chief narrator of the
character’s stories, you’ll be the keeper of secret plots
and you’ll portray other personas (called a non-
player character or NPC) and creatures. You also
serve as a ‘fan’ of the characters, promoting fun and
fairness for players in equal measure. Although you
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will have to learn more about the game’s rules than
players, you are not alone, as the players will share
the load. A Historian will also be the final arbiter of
dice rolls, and detail a narrative that encapsulates
what the players and their characters are experiencing.
YOUR FIRST ADVENTURE
Using the one-shot adventure in the back of this
book, the game will start by enlisting the
player characters in an investigative mystery of
missing children in Trenton. With the gaming
group, you will explore the story, arbitrate the
game rules, enact the plans of the NPCs and create
your own vision of FLAMES OF FREEDOM.
STYLES OF GAMEPLAY
A Historian will use these styles to craft stories with
the players. Regardless of the style you choose,
the action is larger-than life. Heroes and villains
are capable of performing feats that others may
find impossible. The following styles of play refer
to various films which fit the style and will help
you get a feel for each style. While not all of the
aforementioned media is perfect in their
depictions, they represent a starting point to inspire a
sense of historical fantasy.
SUPERNATURAL HORROR
This style exposes the player characters to situations
and experiences which give them a new
perspective upon reality, one in which they realize
supernatural forces have made themselves known to
the world. Sorcery is abroad, but its practice is
carefully hidden by its wielders. The Devil and his
minions seek to corrupt all. The characters might
not know how spells work yet, but they likely have a
vague understanding of how to fight the monsters
and perils spawning from it. Films like
Brotherhood of the Wolf,
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Bone Tomahawk and Edge of the Knife have dark forces
which fit this style. In works of literature, Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula also evoke this
style of horror. Magick is at the fore of the game, and
players and their characters will use this learning to their
advantage against the horrors that stalk the world. This is a
true fantasy approach to 1776.
OCCULT MYSTERY
This style introduces p layers and t heir characters t o the
mysteries of 1776, but softens the horror. Adventures
center on the mysteries of secret societies who pull the
strings behind the scenes. Video games such as Assassin's
Creed III and Never Alone, along with films like From
Hell, Sleepy Hollow and The VVitch share elements
suited to an occult mystery campaign. The works of Edgar
Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne as well as Robert E.
Howard’s Solomon Kane also represent a similar tone and
scope. They all have a strong sense of period authenticity
and atmosphere of dark mystery. The occult mystery style
works best by encouraging investigation while downplaying
action and combat.
HIGH ACTION
High action downplays the occult and supernatural. Instead
of slaying monsters, the characters will fight t hreats l ike
French traders and the Loyalist military. This style draws
inspiration from the stories of James Fenimore Cooper and
Brian Wood’s comic book Rebels. Films like The Last of
the Mohicans, The Revenant and the television series John
Adams and TURN: Washington’s Spies are also a great
fit. Your adventures could also take the shape of a military
campaign or a story of spy-versus-spy. This style implies
a greater sense of heroism and long-term campaign play.
It works well for players who like a lot of movement and
action in their game play. It also works well for players who
want to explore the natural, mortal world of 1776 and its
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STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY
FLAMES OF FREEDOM represents a melange of
heritages and conflicting beliefs, one where cultures and
genders outside traditional standards were equally as
instrumental in fomenting and conducting the rebellion.
And, although traditional games set during the Revolution
place men at the fore of the conflict, FLAMES OF
FREEDOM calls upon the true history: one where heritage
and genders outside the norm were just as important – and,
oftentimes working behind the scenes – during this pivotal
time in America’s founding.
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BLACK PERSPECTIVES
Crispus Attucks was the first casualty of the early American
Revolutionary War, and became a symbol Paul Revere
used to foment a rebellion against the British Empire. It
is impossible to deny that the foundation of America was
carried on the backs of Black and brown captives from the
African continent. Thraldom ensured thousands of Black
people lived and died in the fields of the New World – a
small, but no less tragic, percentage of the 12.5 million that
toiled outside of North America.
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This gives those players wishing to play Black characters
a particularly interesting period to explore. Religious folk
spoke against these terrible institutions, while freedmen
were building churches and communities of their own.
Abolitionist groups are growing, with memories of the
Stono Rebellion and New York Insurrection fresh in
the minds of the current generation to stoke the fires of
freedom.
PLAYING BLACK CHARACTERS
This is an exciting time in history, and one that
demands both respect and introspection in the
portrayal of the African diaspora. The Rebels
work side by side with Black people as spies in the
war (consider Cato, a Rebel courier for Hercules
Mulligan), and still more are fleeing to join
Indigenous communities, each hoping for a life
better than a drastically-shorter existence of toil
and misery.
As a Black character, will you be a freed preacher
with your own church, desperate to keep your flock
safe from the wolves prowling for conscripts in a
war you have no stake in? Perhaps you are a woman
looking to rescue her loved ones and so is reaching
out to the power of her ancient ancestors to incite
her own rebellion?
Whether your character is a soldier, teacher,
doctor or evangelist, they will doubtlessly find
themselves on the frontlines of many battles, some
far beyond human comprehension, others all too
painfully human. We’ll help provide tips to help
you create compelling Black characters without
turning them into caricatures.
We’ll provide you with the right tools to portray
Black characters in the core book.
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INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES
For the people of Turtle Island (North America and
Canada), this tumultuous time is rife with conflict and
intrigue. The Europeans are encroaching on the lands they
have stewarded since before time had a name. Malevolent
spirits threaten lives across community and clan lines.
While Indigenous people look to their elders, each must
make a choice: will they take a chance on these foreigners’
promises? Will they use their talents in medicine to support
their own or offer help to these haggard newcomers? Will
they intercede with the spirits for their communities and
beyond? Or, will they swindle the descendants of pilgrims
who cheated them first?
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PLAYING INDIGENOUS CHARACTERS
One important aspect to know about the Indigenous
peoples of Turtle Island is that they are a varied
people, and not a monolithic culture. They do not
fit the television and cinema tropes of a tanned folk
with strong faces on horseback, but are living and
breathing individuals who still exist today.
Matriarchs, transgender people (some of which
were healers) and children gifted with dreams
made up some of the most important people in
these communities. Some may have been noble in
their pursuits, while others look to make a quick
sovereign before skipping town.
Their cultures – while varied – tended toward a
respect for the earth and all the living and non-
living beings residing on it. There are clear cases
where English, Colonial, French, Spanish and
Indigenous peoples have chosen to integrate into
each others’ societies, conforming to new norms.
But, that does not strip them of their respect
for living things. How you choose to juggle these
concepts is what will make your Indigenous
character of this background believable.
We’ll provide you with the right tools to portray
a member of Indigenous nations prevalent during
this period in the core book.
WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES
Despite their culture, women bring strict roles and beliefs
with them wherever they came from. They decided what
each could or could not do, based on their gender, rather
than who they are or what they are capable of. But in the
face of war, everything has changed. Those previously
strictly bound by their gender find freedom in taking jobs
and professions otherwise denied to them.
Women now dare to express their true selves, sometimes
openly and other times within the private company of
those they trust. No one can afford to turn away help, and
even fewer can afford to abide by cultural beliefs that no
longer serve in the fires of war.

PLAYING FEMALE CHARACTERS
Remember that during this tumultuous time,
women have shed the constraints of what should
and shouldn’t be, and dare to be a light in the dark.
Everyone can feel the pressure from the rising
violence and no one lifts a brow at those who
break out of traditional gender roles to embrace
themselves, and to manifest what women are just
as capable of as men.
Women take jobs as doctors, Indigenous two-
spirit people become generals for nations outside
their own and men stay home to care for frightened
children; the supposed ‘natural order’ forgotten in
the battle for survival.
Beyond the impending war between the Rebels
and the Loyalists, something else stirs. Strange
darkness wages another war; the kind of war that
destroys any notion of propriety for the sake of
survival. Evil doesn’t care who or what you are. It
cares about how it can kill you, or worse yet, tempt
you into its embrace.
We’ll provide you with the right tools to portray
women of this period in the core book.
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NO DISCRIMINATION
Let us be clear: FLAMES OF FREEDOM is not a
tabletop role-playing game where you will discriminate
against women, practice slavery and indentured servitude,
slaughter innocent people or ‘tame the wilderness’ of
Indigenous nations. It is a game where people come
together to fend off a secret war that took root long before
the American Revolutionary War. In it, you are a person
fighting against unseen powers who mean harm to every
person. It is also a game where you’ll blaze your own path,
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free from outdated thinking. History certainly informs
the story, but it is not meant to be completely historically
accurate. It is up to the gaming group to decide how strictly
it will hew to history. Everyone should be a part of this
decision, and it should be a unanimous one.
This game does not endorse no racial or gender
discrimination based on differences of the period its set in.
This is a different history than you were taught in school.
Regardless of their identity, there isn’t any mechanical,
intellectual, physical, emotional or spiritual distinctions
between women, men, intersex, agender, non-binary and
transgender characters. That said, people relate differently
to one another, and there is no reason to ignore differences
because the game world does not embrace discrimination
as its real world counterpart.
CREATING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE
This game will hopefully teach you how to create
meaningful, nuanced and engaging stories set during the
American Revolutionary War. To do that, everyone at the
table must have a positive gaming experience, even if the
game is sometimes dark, violent or disturbing.
It is the responsibility of every person at the game table
to create an enriching, positive experience for themselves
and for each other. Consent is vital to collaborative
storytelling and makes the game more engaging for
everyone. It’s important to share our ideas, but doubly so
when introducing content that could be upsetting for some
players.
For those who need RPG safety tools at their game table,
you can download the TOUCH THE DARKNESS from
http://darkness.zweihander.game. It is designed for games
powered by ZWEIHÄNDER RPG.
Always remember that a positive experience doesn’t have
to mean the game isn’t frightening, violent or disturbing.
It simply means that everyone at the table is working
together to make the game they want to play – leaving
no one behind – and actively engaging with each other to
ensure everyone gets what they want out of the game.
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IKE OTHER role-playing games
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powered by ZWEIHÄNDER, this
game is designed to accommodate a
style of play where role-playing drives
the story. The exception to this is when
there are potential consequences for
failure. Then – and only then – are dice called upon to
determine the results.
THE GOLDEN RULE
One rule above all others is held in the highest regard
around the gaming table – keep the game moving
forward! Rulings are far more important than rules. If
for some reason you or the Historian have forgotten
a specific rule, ignore it and look it up later. If a rule
gets in the way, work with your group to change it by
turning it into a house rule, personalizing it for your
group’s preferred style of play.
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SKILL TESTS: ROLL D100
You’ll roll percentile dice to determine success or failure
using a Skill Test (also called a Test). Rolling equal to or
under the Total Chance for success means you succeed.
Rolling over means you failed.
To make a Skill Test, you will roll a pair of percentile
dice, referred to as D100 throughout the book. One die
is called the tens die (the die with faces 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,
60, 70, 80, 90, 00) and the other the units die (the die with
faces 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0).
Consider these outcomes:
K If you rolled a face ‘60’ on the tens die and a face ‘9’ on
the units die, you generated a result of 69%.
K If you rolled a face ‘00’ on the tens die and a face ‘0’ on
the units die, you generated a result of 100%.
K If you rolled a face ‘00’ on the tens die and a face ‘1’ on
the units die, it is equal to 01%.
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QUICK GUIDE TO SKILL TESTS
In general, the Historian will call upon you to Test
a specific Skill as you role-play within the campaign
world. However, you can also request to use a Skill
yourself if you want to change events into your or
another’s favor. Here is how all Skill Tests are made:
K Refer to the Primary Attribute value related
to the Skill you’re using. This is expressed as a
percentage.
K Take account of how many Skill Ranks you
have in the Skill you’re using. Every Skill
Rank adds a cumulative +10%.
K Apply any penalties from your Peril Condition
Track, as it may force you to ignore some or all
your Skill Ranks.
K Add modifiers from Traits, Talents and
Magick that may be applicable to the Skill’s
use. The maximum modifier that can be applied
is +30%, while the minimum total modifier is
-30%.
K The sum of the values above are all added up to
determine the Base Chance.
K The Historian will impose the drama of the
situation as a final modifier to Base Chance
called Difficulty Rating.
K Take your Base Chance, and add or subtract
the Difficulty Rating, to determine Total
Chance to succeed the Skill Test.
K Grab D100, call out to the Historian what your
Total Chance is and roll the dice. If the results
are equal to or less than your Total Chance,
you have succeeded at the Skill Test. If the
results are greater than the Total Chance, you
have failed the Skill Test. If the dice match,
it is a Critical Success or a Critical Failure.
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PRIMARY ATTRIBUTES
Characters and creatures are defined by seven Primary
Attributes, representing physical, mental and social
abilities. The seven Primary Attributes are Combat,
Brawn, Agility, Perception, Intelligence, Willpower
and Fellowship. Coupled with Skills, they define your
character’s baseline chances for succeeding at Skill Tests.
DON’T TEST PRIMARY ATTRIBUTES
Unlike other games, you will never ‘test’ against
Primary Attributes alone. Here are alternatives Skills
to consider:
K Feats of visual acuity: Awareness (Perception)
K Feats of brute strength: Athletics (Brawn)
K Feats of nimbleness: Coordination (Agility)
K Feats of audial discernment: Eavesdrop (Perception)
K Feats of stout-heartedness: Resolve (Willpower)
K Feats of problem solving: Scrutinize (Perception)
K Feats of physical wherewithal: Toughness (Brawn)
PRIMARY ATTRIBUTE BONUSES
Each Primary Attribute has a related benefit called a
Primary Attribute Bonus. This bonus is equal to the tens
digit of the related Primary Attribute, plus any related
Bonus Advances you gain from your Profession later on.
Each is referenced by its abbreviated name:
K Combat Bonus [CB] affects Total Damage inflicted
with melee and ranged weapons
K Brawn Bonus [BB] affects Damage Threshold and
Encumbrance Limit
K Agility Bonus [AB] affects Movement
K Perception Bonus [PB] affects Initiative and Distances
for ranged weapons
K Intelligence Bonus [IB] affects the maximum number
of Magick spells that can be learned
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K Willpower Bonus [WB] affects Peril Threshold and
miscellaneous modifiers for spells
K Fellowship Bonus [FB] affects how many people you
influence with Fellowship-based Skill Tests and the
number of languages you can become fluent in
PENALIZED PRIMARY &
SECONDARY ATTRIBUTES
There are times when game mechanics will
temporarily penalize these values. These values
can never be reduced to less than 1 (unless they
are permanent changes).
SKILLS & SKILL RANKS
Skills define what your character can do: fire a musket, bluff
your way past a Red Coat patrol, distinguish between safe
and poisonous herbs and so forth. Each Primary Attribute
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has a series of related Skills.
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K Combat: Martial Melee, Martial Ranged, Simple
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Melee & Simple Ranged
K Brawn: Athletics, Drive, Intimidate & Toughness
K Agility: Coordination, Pilot, Ride, Skulduggery & Stealth
K Perception: Awareness, Eavesdrop, Scrutinize & Survival
K Intelligence: Alchemy, Counterfeit, Education, Folklore,
Gamble, Heal, Navigation & Warfare
K Willpower: Incantation, Interrogation, Resolve &
Tradecraft
K Fellowship: Bargain, Charm, Disguise, Guile, Handle
Animal, Leadership & Rumor
SKILL RANKS
Skill Ranks represent dedication to a Skill. In
addition to their mechanical modifiers, they
also inform the level of experience a character
possesses with the skill. On the character sheet,
you’ll see three circles beside each Skill. Each
circle marked grants a cumulative +10% bonus
when using the Skill.
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FLIP TO SUCCEED/FLIP TO FAIL
In some cases, you will roll your units and tens dice together,
but will not designate which die is the tens die and which is
the units die. Compare both potential outcomes of this roll
if you must flip to fail take the worst, and if you can flip to
succeed take the better of the two options.
USING COMMON SKILLS: Skills that require
no training to use are called Common Skills. Even
though you may not have any Skill Ranks in a
Common Skill, refer to your Primary Attribute to
determine your Base Chance.
USING SPECIAL SKILLS: Skills that require
formal training are called Special Skills. These are
indicated on the character sheet with an asterisk
(*) beside them. If you don’t possess Skill Ranks in
a Special Skill, refer to your Primary Attribute to
determine your Base Chance.
PERIL CONDITION TRACK PENALTIES
Your Peril Condition Track may impose penalties to
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your Total Chance for success. If you are Unhindered or
Imperiled, you suffer no additional penalties.
However, if your status on the Peril Condition Track
is Ignore 1 Skill Rank, Ignore 2 Skill Ranks or Ignore
3 Skill Ranks, you must subtract the bonuses your Skill
Ranks normally confer to you. When your status on
the Peril Condition Track is at Incapacitated!, do not
roll D100, as you cannot succeed at any Skill Test until
recovering.
DIFFICULTY RATING
Circumstances directly impact your ability to succeed or
fail with a Skill Test, and the Historian will always assign
a Difficulty Rating to any particular task you wish to
attempt. Whenever the Historian determines the Difficulty
Rating of the Skill you’re about to Test, consult the table
below to determine the final modifiers to your Skill Test:
K Arduous: -30% Base Chance
K Hard: -20% Base Chance
K Challenging: -10% Base Chance
K Standard: +/-0% Base Chance
K Routine: +10% Base Chance
K Easy: +20% Base Chance
K Trivial: +30% Base Chance
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ADJUDICATING DIFFICULTY RATING
Here are the three most important considerations that a
Historian will use to determine the level of hardship or
ease of a Skill Test:
K DISTRACTION: Would something in the area
prohibit you from doing things easily? Would being
surrounded cause you to load an arrow poorly or a
raging fire be a distraction?
K TIME: How much time does it take to complete the
task? Do you need an immediate result (like steering a
cart away from tumbling off a cliff using Drive) or can
you take your time to get it right (spending an extra
few minutes to unlock a door using Skulduggery)?
K TOOLS: Do you have the right tool to get the job
done? If not, are there available substitutes which
would do in a pinch? A crowbar or mallet would help
in breaking down a door (using Athletics), but a knife
or a fire poker could be used to remove the hinges
(using Coordination).
TOTAL CHANCE
Whenever it is time to roll dice to make a Skill Test, the
Historian will announce the Difficulty Rating. These are
based on circumstances they deem could be beneficial or
detrimental to your chance to succeed. The Historian may
reward you with more favorable Difficulty Ratings, based
on how you describe the actions your character is taking.
COMMITTING TO YOUR ACTIONS
Once you have announced what your character
intends to do and the Historian calls out the Difficulty
Rating, you must commit to your intended action.
This game does not provide a complete list of
every single Difficulty Rating for the situations your
character may find themselves in. These decisions
rely on the Historian’s adjudication of the rules. The
Difficulty Rating descriptor is not an arbitrary word.
If you can explain why your character would find the
task easy to overcome, then you can expect an easier
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CRITICAL SUCCESS/FAILURE
If you succeed at your Skill Test and the dice match (1,
22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, 00), it’s a Critical Success.
These are contextual, and the Historian will announce
any additional benefits or penalties tied to a match result.
Talents, Traits and Magick may also confer positive benefits
on a Critical Success.
Should you fail your Skill Test and the dice match, it’s
a Critical Failure. The Historian will tell you what the
negative effects of these sorts of results are as you play.
Talents, Traits and Magick may also confer negative effects
on a Critical Failure.
ROLLS OF 01% & 100%
Total Chance of success is capped at 99%. A result of 100%
on the D100 is always a Critical Failure. Alternatively, a
result of 01% on the D100 is always a Critical Success.
NO RISK? NO TEST!
There are many mundane actions the Historian
will not have you make a Test for. Tasks without
risk, such as climbing up ladders, maintaining
a trusty musket or writing in your character’s
journal, are good examples of when not to Test.
The Historian will be the final arbiter, as always,
in these cases.
ASSISTED SKILL TESTS
Other characters can Assist your Skill Tests. Follow these
steps whenever you receive or provide assistance to others’
Skill Tests:
K Only one ally can assist a Test. The Historian may
adjust the Difficulty Rating if multiple allies try to
help, however.
K Assistance requires full attention and effort. The
assisting player must describe the actions their
character is taking to illustrate to the Historian how
they intend to help.
K Assistance with a Test can be announced by another
player before or after the Difficulty Rating has been
called out by the Historian.
K An Assisting ally hands one of their D100 (their tens
die) to you. This is an Assist Die, and can replace the
tens die result of the next Skill Test you make.
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K Roll both your D100 and the Assist Die together.
When determining results, refer to either the original
tens die or the Assist Die for the results you prefer
(typically the lowest result). This means that if you roll
D100 which comes up with a ‘45%’, and your Assist
Die comes up as face ‘30’, your new derived result is
‘35%’.
K Always assume the best result when gaining assistance
with an Assist Die, unless it is a Critical Failure. If upon
a rare occasion the results are both a Critical Success
and a Critical Failure, re-roll the Skill Test.
FURY & CHAOS DICE
Throughout this work, you’ll see mention of Fury Dice
to generate Damage for melee and ranged weapons. A
Fury Die is a six-sided die. In particular, Fury Dice will be
explained fully in Combat. Anytime you roll for Damage,
if it generates a face ‘6’ on the Fury Die, the Fury Die
explodes, adding an additional Fury Die to Total Damage
value. If that Fury Die then generates another face ‘6’, it
continues to explode, generating yet further additional
Fury Die. Fury Dice can explode as many times as you can
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generate face ‘6s’. Calculate all results together to determine
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Total Damage.
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Similarly, you may see mention of Chaos Dice. A Chaos
Die is also a six-sided die. Chaos Dice are used for special
situations that dictate something terrible will happen
whenever it lands on face ‘6’. They are generally brought
into play when determining if an Injury occurs, but the
Historian may impose a Chaos Die in other circumstances
where there is the possibility that unintended things will
happen (such as Backlash for Magick).
TWIST OF FATE: COINS
You can use a dramatic ‘currency’ called Coins, which both
players and the Historian can leverage to ramp up the
action.
DETERMINE COIN POOLS
Unlike ZWEIHÄNDER, this game uses two Coin Pools.
The players share a Coin Pool, while the Historian has
their own Coin Pool. The interplay between the two pools
by the Coin mechanic results in a tug of war during each
game session.
At the beginning of each game session, put a number of
coins, wrapped candies or tokens representing Coin in the
middle of the table equal to the number of players present,
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plus the Historian. The Historian immediately takes one
of these tokens and adds it to their Coin Pool. Then, each
player rolls a Chaos Die. For every result of face ‘1-5’, place
one more Coin in the shared player pool. For every result
of face ‘6’, place one more Coin into the Historian’s pool.
This means there are two pools; one shared by the players,
and one for the Historian.
EBB & FLOW OF THE POOLS
Once a Coin is spent, remove it from the pool and place
it into the other. This means that if a Historian spends a
Coin, it immediately transfers into the player’s shared pool.
The same goes for the players; for every Coin they spend
from the players’ shared pool, it goes into the Historian
pool. Once the next game session starts, you’ll determine
the initial size of both pools once more, as Coins do not
carry over between sessions.

SPENDING COINS
Both players and Historians alike can spend one
Coin from their respective pools to gain one of the
following benefits:

K Immediately after you roll D100, re-roll to try

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generating a better result, but you must accept

the outcome of the new die roll. Note that you
cannot spend Coins to re-roll a Critical Failure
on a Skill Test.

K Immediately after you roll a 1D6 Chaos Die

or 1D6 Fury Die, you may treat the result as a
face ‘6’. However, you cannot spend more than
a Coin to turn multiple Chaos or Fury Dice
into face ‘6’ on the same Turn.

K During combat, gain 1 additional Action Point

to use immediately.

K Suggest a momentary ‘edit’ to a situation

to the player’s advantage or the Historian’s
disadvantage. This introduces a new narrative
element or changes the surrounding area,
provided the change doesn’t directly contradict
anything the Historian has already established
or seriously disrupts the story flow. The ‘rule of
cool’ generally follows here; players can have
their characters do heroic, over-the-top actions
that fit within the story milieu, but are bound
in reality. This does not allow characters to
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HEN YOUR CHARACTER gets
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naps don’t heal stab wounds and
mundane Magick which instantly
heals a severed hand doesn’t exist.
Victory inevitably comes at a physical
cost and a psychological toll.
COMBAT TERMINOLOGY
Combatant refers to player characters, non-player
characters (NPCs), creatures and other threats. Sometimes,
this will be broken down further between attacker and
defender in the descriptions, and even as an ally or foe
when needed. You are always considered your own ally.
Furthermore, in order to control the chaos that happens in
combat, the Historian will impose structured time. Once
structured time is introduced, the Historian will highlight
four major elements:
ROUNDS
Unlike ZWEIHÄNDER, this game uses Rounds. A
Round reflects the time it takes for combatants involved to
complete their Turn. During a Round, it is assumed every
combatant will get a Turn, unless there are extenuating
circumstances. A Round is equal to one minute in the
game world, no matter the number of combatants or
actions they’ve taken.
TURNS & ACTION POINTS
A Turn reflects when a combatant takes a set number of
sections, dictated by their reserve of Action Points (AP
hereafter). A combatant begins their Turn with 3 AP.
Although Turns are sequentially determined by Initiative
results, they take place simultaneously in the game world
between combatants. The length of time that passes during
a Turn is variable. It could be six seconds, ten seconds or
even a full minute, but however long, its passage of time
does not need to be tracked.
ACTIONS IN COMBAT
All combatants have the same tactical options for attacking,
defending, moving and other decisions.They are represented
by Actions In Combat, regardless of whether they’re used
by the players or the Historian. These are tactical choices
a combatant makes to change the outcome of the conflict.
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Providing a combatant has enough AP, they can spend it to
execute attacks, move around, hamper foes or reserve them
to assist others and defend against attacks outside of their
Turn. Detailed Actions In Combat are covered later in this
Quickstart.
FURY DICE
Throughout this Quickstart, you’ll see mention of a 1D6
Fury Die to generate Damage with melee and ranged
weapons. Anytime a combatant rolls for Damage and it
lands on face ‘6’, the die ‘explodes’, generating an additional
1D6 Fury Dice. There is no upper limit to the number of
Fury Dice that can explode when calculating Damage. Add
the results from each 1D6 Fury Die together to determine
Total Damage.
As a rule, Fury Dice are used with weapons only. Magick
doesn’t gain the benefits of exploding Fury Dice unless the
spell’s entry indicates otherwise. Where reference is made
to D10, of any number, they never explode as Fury Dice do.
RUNNING COMBAT
ENCOUNTERS
Below is a guideline to follow when running combat
encounters:
K SECTION 1: Set The Scene
K SECTION 2: Establish Initiative Ladder
K SECTION 3: First Round
K SECTION 4: New Rounds
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DESCRIPTIVE COMBAT
Although Turns introduce a uniform way to handle
Actions In Combat, it should never hinder role-playing.
Using your own personal descriptions to represent your
character’s daring stunts in the middle of adrenaline-
packed action scenes is enjoyable for everyone at the
game table. Plus, the Historian may award you with
mechanical bonuses and more favorable Difficulty
Ratings based on your descriptions. Just remember to
not hog the spotlight and try to limit your descriptions
to ten seconds or less!
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SECTION 1: SET THE SCENE
As combat readies to unfold, the Historian will narratively
explain what the battlefield looks like:
COVER
K Low Cover (+3 Damage Threshold): Behind
a cart, low stone wall or tree stump
K Medium Cover (+6 Damage Threshold):
Behind a wagon, boulder or short tree
K High Cover (+9 Damage Threshold): Behind
a pillar, tall tree or plinth of rock
K Total Cover (cannot be targeted; line of sight
is broken): Behind a building or hidden
LIGHT
K Perfect Light (no ambient penalties):
daytime, in direct source of light
K Fleeting Shadows (cannot give or gain the
benefits of Assist Dice): dawn, dusk or clear
night skies
K Total Darkness (must flip the results to fail
vision-related Skill Tests; cannot give or gain
the benefits of Assist Dice): blinding light,
moonless night, pitch black
WEATHER
K Light Weather (cannot use Extreme
Distances): wind or rain
K Medium Weather (cannot use Extreme or
Long Distances): thunderstorm or snow
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K Heavy Weather (cannot use Extreme, Long
or Medium Distances): sleet or blizzard
SECTION 2: ESTABLISH
INITIATIVE LADDER
When the Historian announces combat is about to
unfold, every combatant involved rolls 1D10 + Initiative
value from their creature listing or character sheet. If the
Initiative results match, compare their [PB] or have a roll-
off to determine who goes first.
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Whichever combatant has the highest Initiative value
starts the first Round by taking their Turn. Once they
declare the end of their Turn, the combatant with the next
highest goes, until all combatants have taken their Turn.
Remember, when a combatant begins their Turn, they
refresh 3 AP to spend on Actions In Combat.
ACTIONS IN COMBAT
All combatants in FLAMES OF FREEDOM have the
same options to use, regardless of whether they’re used by
the players or the Historian. Actions In Combat are choices
a combatant makes to change the outcome of the battle.
REFRESHING & BANKING ACTION POINTS
AP refreshes at the start of your Turn, not the start of the
Round. This is important to remember when it comes to
the Initiative Ladder, as defenders with lower Initiative
values generally don’t have the AP to use Reactions that
have an AP cost associated with them (unless they have
banked AP from a previous Round or from a Talent, Trait
or other ability).
Combatants are not required to spend all of their AP
on their Turn and can hold onto them – banking AP – to
perform Reactions outside of their Turn. By the same token,
a combatant cannot carry AP over into their next Turn.
When a combatant’s new Turn begins, all of their banked
AP are lost, and refreshes with the normal allotment of 3
AP (unless a condition stipulates otherwise).
GAINING SURPRISE
Unlike ZWEIHÄNDER, there is not a Surprise Turn in
FLAMES OF FREEDOM. Instead, if the Historian feels
its appropriate, an attacker can gain the benefits of Surprise
on their Turn, regardless of whether this is the first Round
of combat or a later one. The benefits of Surprise rarely last
more than one Turn, unless the Historian dictates otherwise.
Attackers who gain the benefits of Surprise treat
their Actions In Combat as (Easy +20%), unless the
Historian feels there are extenuating circumstances.
Furthermore, attackers add a 1D6 Fury Die to Total
Damage. Finally, defenders who are Surprised cannot
use any Reactions to avoid Actions In Combat used
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SECTION 4: NEW ROUNDS
Once the first Round of combat ends, begin once again
at the top of the Initiative Ladder for the next Round.
Do this for subsequent Rounds, until the players and
Historian both agree that combat should end. The players
and Historian will then narrate together what happens as a
result of the combat.
CONCLUDING A COMBAT ENCOUNTER
As a reward for combat, the Historian will remove any
remaining Coins from their pool and place it into the
player’s pool.
COMBAT CONDITIONS
Throughout this Quickstart, you will see references to Combat Conditions that penalize combatants:
K Bleeding: You Bleed every minute at the beginning
of your Turn, until you take the First Aid (Apply
Tourniquet) Action. If you Bleed for a number of
minutes in excess of your [BB], you are Slain!.
K Choked: Cannot use any Action In Combat,
unless you have successfully Resisted to escape
using Athletics.
K Defenseless: Cannot use any Reactions whatsoever.
K Disarmed: Any weapon in your primary hand
is knocked or thrown from your grasp and lands
3 yards away; cannot use primary hand or two-
handed weapons until next Turn.
K Disoriented: Must spend 1 additional AP for
Reactions until the end of combat.
K Engaged: Two or more combatants stand toe-to-
toe, less than 1 yard away. If using miniatures and
a map grid, Engaged is whenever combatants are
standing in an adjacent square or hex.
K Gutted: Must spend 1 additional AP for
Movement Actions until the end of combat.
K Hastened: Add +1 to Initiative and Movement
until the end of combat.
K High Cover: Add +9 to Damage Threshold against
Damage from ranged weapons.
K Hidden: Your foe is surprised when you take your
Turn.
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‘STACKING’ EFFECTS
Keep in mind that using multiple Actions In Combat that
confer the same sort of bonuses and conditions against a
single foe do not stack. Always consider a condition or
bonus but once.
USING TRAITS & TALENTS
DURING COMBAT
Traits and Talents act as ‘riders’, working in cooperation
with Skill Tests. Unless specifically indicated in its
description, the use of these abilities cost 0 AP and can
be triggered either before, during and even after your
Skill Test (with Historian approval).
K Incapacitated!: You cannot succeed at any Skill
Tests.
K Inspired: Add +1 to Damage Threshold & Peril
Threshold until the end of combat.
K Intimidated: Suffer -1 to Damage Threshold &
Peril Threshold until the end of combat.
K Low Cover: Add +3 to Damage Threshold against
Damage from ranged weapons.
K Medium Cover: Add +6 to Damage Threshold
against Damage from ranged weapons.
K Prone: On the ground, and suffers an additional
1D6 Fury Die to Total Damage. The only
Movement Actions you can use while Prone is
Hustle and Maneuver.
K Shaken: Must spend 1 additional AP to Load a
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K Strained: Must spend 1 additional AP for Attack
Actions until the end of combat.
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K Surrounded: When three or more foes are
Engaged with a single defender, they add 1D6
Fury Die to Total Damage. The Historian may
make exceptions to this rule (such as facing foes
which are significantly bigger than the attackers).
K Unconscious: Asleep for 1 hour and can be Slain!
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MOVEMENT ACTIONS AP DESCRIPTION

Charge 2 Charge at 2x Movement and add 1D6 Fury Die to Damage.

Stand up from Prone, mount a horse or embark in a vehicle. Invokes Counterattack if
Get Up 2
moving out of an Engagement.
Hustle 1 Hustle at 1x Movement. Invokes Counterattack if moving out of an Engagement.
Maneuver 2 Maneuver 3 yard out of an Engagement, avoiding all Counterattacks.
Run at 3x Movement, gain +3 Damage Threshold. Invokes Counterattack if moving out
Run 3
of an Engagement.
Gain +3, +6 or +9 Damage Threshold, depending on cover type. Invokes Counterattack
Take Cover 1
if moving out of an Engagement.

ATTACK ACTIONS AP DESCRIPTION

Cast Magick 1 See spell for description.
Ignore Low Cover for 1 AP, Medium Cover for 2 AP or High Cover for 3 AP. Then
Fire Through Cover Varies
make a Combat-based Test. Foe must Defend or suffer Damage.
Melee Attack 1 Make a Combat-based Test. Foe must Defend or suffer Damage.

Ranged Attack 1 Make a Combat-based Test. Foe must Defend or suffer Damage.

Declare to hit either arm, body, head or leg. Foe must Defend, or suffer Damage and
Targeted Attack 2
one of four Combat Conditions.

ROUGH & TUMBLE AP DESCRIPTION

Make an Athletics or Guile Test. Foe must Resist Toughness or be Gutted. When
Below The Belt 1 Gutted, your foe must spend 1 additional AP for Movement Actions until the end of
combat.
Make an Athletics Test or Toughness Test. Foe must Resist Athletics or be Choked.
Chokehold 1 Suffer 1D10+[BB] Peril immediately and on your Turns when maintained, until Resist-
ed.
Make a Guile or Intimidate Test. Foe must Resist Awareness or be Disoriented. While
Eye Gouge 1
Disoriented, your foe must spend 1 additional AP for Reactions until the end of combat.
Make an Athletics or Coordination Test. Foe must Resist Coordination or be knocked
Prone. While Prone, a foe drops to the ground until they Get Up. If they are Defense-
Knockdown 1
less, they are also Unconscious. While Unconscious, they are asleep for 1 hour and can
be Slain! with a successful attack.
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SPECIAL ACTIONS AP DESCRIPTION

When Engaged with an ally, perform one of the following Healing Practices: Apply
First Aid 3 AP Tourniquet, Bind Wounds, Inject Tincture, Use Laudanum or Use Smelling Salts.
Load Varies Load a ranged weapon.
Load a ranged weapon, but can only take advantage of Short Distance and remain De-
Quickload 0 fenseless until the beginning of your next Turn.
Spend 1 AP to gain +10% Base Chance or spend 2 AP to gain +20% Base Chance to
Take Aim 1 or 2 your next Attack Action or Rough & Tumble. Cannot Take Aim for Cast Magick.
Wait Varies Wait until later to spend your APs.
Declare to use either Hastened, Inspired or Intimidated; then make a relevant Skill
Words As Weapons 1 Test. Foes cannot Resist, and suffers one of three Combat Conditions until the end of
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REACTIONS AP DESCRIPTION

Assist Varies You can attempt to Assist an ally’s Skill Test.

Counterattack 0 Make a Combat-based Skill Test in specific situations, foe left Defenseless.

Defend 1 Make a Combat-based or Coordination Test to avoid Damage from attacks.

Resist Varies Resist the effects of Rough & Tumble and Special Actions.

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MOVEMENT ACTIONS
CHARGE (2 AP)
Effect: Charge up to 2x your Movement. If you Charge at
least 3 yards and successfully make a Melee Attack on the
same Turn, add a 1D6 Fury Die to Total Damage.
Other Considerations: Charging provokes a Counterattack
if you move away from being Engaged with foes.
DIFFICULTY RATINGS &
HISTORIAN FIAT
A variety of dynamic circumstances can rapidly
change the battlefield, presenting all-new challenges.
You can use them to your advantage, such as leaping
behind cover and using it to impede foe’s attacks
against you. At other times, these conditions can
impose incredible difficulty upon combatants, such as
inclement weather rendering ranged weapons nearly
useless at longer distances.
Ask the Historian about the environment you’re
fighting in for opportunities that may pose benefits or
penalties during battle. Be open, and remain alert for
narrative clues the Historian may present. Remember:
the Historian sets all Difficulty Ratings based on the
situation.
GET UP (2 AP)
Effect: Get Up from the ground Prone, mount a horse or
embark into a vehicle. If you have at least one Skill Rank in
Coordination, Get Up for 1 AP instead.
MANEUVER (2 AP)
Effect: Maneuver 3 yards to get out of Engaged without
provoking Counterattacks.
Other Considerations: You can Maneuver while Prone.
RUN (3 AP)
Effect: Run up to 3x your Movement, and gain the benefits
of Low Cover until the beginning of your next Turn.
Other Considerations: Running provokes a Counterattack
if you move away from being Engaged with foes.
JUMP & LEAP
On the same Turn after Charging or Running, you
may jump horizontally two yards for every 3 points
of [BB] or leap vertically one yard for every 6 points
of [BB].
TAKE COVER (1 AP)
Effect: Move up to 1 yard and Take Cover by crouching
down behind a solid barrier, gaining the benefits of Low
Cover, Medium Cover or High Cover until the beginning
of your next Turn.
Other Considerations: If you make an Attack Action or
Rough & Tumble after Taking Cover, you no longer gain its
benefits (until you Take Cover once again). Taking Cover
provokes a Counterattack if you move away from being
Engaged with foes. Finally, Taking Cover never completely
breaks line of sight - defenders can still be clearly seen and
heard.

Other Considerations: Get Up does not provoke

Counterattacks. BEING HIT WHILE IN COVER
Any time a defender is Taking Cover and an attacker
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successfully hits the defender, that specific cover no

The battlefield will be fraught with boulders, crates, longer affords any benefit to the defender. They must
crowds of harmless people, dead bodies, fallen trees, Take Cover elsewhere.
low fences, low-running rivers, tree roots and the like.
In order to move over and through them, it costs 2
yards of movement instead of 1 yard.

HUSTLE (1 AP)
Effect: Hustle up to 1x your Movement.
Other Considerations: Hustling provokes a Counterattack
if you move away from being Engaged with foes. You can
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ATTACK ACTIONS
Attack Actions are used when a combatant needs to
vanquish foes using weapons. You can only make one
successful Attack Action on your Turn. Should you miss
your Skill Test, you can try again on the same Turn (but
may suffer a worse Difficulty Rating as a result). Whenever
an Attack Action references ‘relevant Combat-based Skill
Test’, it refers to whatever Skill is required to use a weapon
in your primary hand.
CAST MAGICK (1 AP)
Effect: When Engaged or at Distance with a foe, select
a Magick spell and make an Incantation Test. Details
covering casting and their Effects vary by spell.
Critical Success: Positive benefits are covered in the
Magick spell’s entry.
Critical Failure: Negative outcomes are covered in the
Magick spell’s entry.
Other Considerations: Casting Magick doesn't provoke
a Counterattack.
FIRE THROUGH COVER (VARIES)
Effect: When at Distance from a foe, ignore the effects
of Low Cover for 2 AP, Medium Cover for 3 AP or High
Cover for 4 AP for your next Attack Action. Then, make a
relevant Combat-based Skill Test. After successfully rolling
(and the foe cannot or fails to Defend using Coordination),
they suffer 1D6+[CB] Fury Die to Total Damage.
Critical Success: Your foe cannot Defend and you add a
1D6 Fury Die to Total Damage.
Critical Failure: If an ally is nearby, you hit them instead.
The ally cannot Defend and you add a 1D6 Fury Die to
Total Damage.
Other Considerations: You must be using a weapon with
the Carbine, Musket, Pistol or Rifle Qualities. If you are
Engaged with foes, you cannot make Fire Through Cover
against another opponent unless you are using a weapon
with the Pistol Quality.
MELEE ATTACK (1 AP)
Effect: When Engaged with a foe, make a relevant
Combat-based Skill Test. After successfully rolling (and
the foe cannot or fails to Defend using a relevant Combat-
based Skill Test), they suffer 1D6+[CB] Fury Die to Total
Damage.
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Critical Success: Your foe cannot Defend and you add a
1D6 Fury Die to Total Damage.
Critical Failure: You are Disarmed.
Other Considerations: If you are Engaged with foes, you
cannot make a Melee Attack against another opponent
unless you are using a weapon with a Distance of Engaged
or 1 yard.
RANGED ATTACK (1 AP)
Effect: When at Distance from a foe, make a relevant
Combat-based Skill Test. After successfully rolling (and
the foe cannot or fails to Defend using Coordination), they
suffer 1D6+[CB] Fury Die to Total Damage.
Critical Success: Your foe cannot Defend and you add a
1D6 Fury Die to Total Damage.
Critical Failure: If an ally is nearby, you hit them instead.
The ally cannot Defend and you add a 1D6 Fury Die to
Total Damage.
Other Considerations: If you are Engaged with foes, you
cannot make a Ranged Attack against another opponent
unless you are using a weapon with the Pistol Quality.
TARGETED ATTACK (2 AP)
Effect: When Engaged or at Distance with a foe, declare
that you want to hit the arm, body, head or leg of a foe,
then make a relevant Combat-based Skill Test. After
successfully rolling (and the foe cannot or fails to Defend
using Coordination if avoiding a ranged weapon or relevant
Combat-based Skill Test if avoiding a melee weapon), they
suffer 1D6+[CB] Fury Die to Total Damage, and suffer the
following Combat Condition:
K Arm: Disarmed
K Body: Gutted
K Head: Disoriented
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1D6 Fury Die to Total Damage.
Critical Failure: Your weapon malfunctions until repaired
outside of combat.
Other Considerations: You can use a Targeted Attack with
a melee or ranged weapon. You cannot make a Targeted
Attack with a melee weapon outside of Engaged with foes.
You cannot make a Targeted Attack with a ranged weapon
while Engaged with foes, unless using a weapon with the
Pistol Quality.
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OTHER ATTACK ACTION CONSIDERATIONS
Consider also these special use cases for Attack Actions:
HELPLESS FOES: Any time a combatant is Uncon-
scious, asleep, pinned beneath a heavy object, shackled or
otherwise unable to escape on their own accord, they are
Defenseless and can be automatically Slain! by any attack.
MULTIPLE ATTACKS: Rolling to hit and dealing
Damage in FLAMES OF FREEDOM has been care-
fully balanced and designed to be swift and merciless. As
a consequence, the system has not been designed with
making multiple attack rolls on the same Turn in mind.
However, some Talents and Traits may allow you to take
advantage of two weapon fighting in different ways.
RANGED WHILE ENGAGED: Ranged weapons
cannot be fired while Engaged with foes, unless it is a
weapon with the Pistol Quality.
SWAPPING WEAPONS: At the beginning of your
Turn, you may draw any weapon either from your own
body, pick up a weapon you dropped at your feet, swap
weapons at your side or give a weapon to an ally for 0 AP.
Swapping multiple weapons around requires the expendi-
ture of 1 AP each time you re-draw or swap a weapon.
ROUGH & TUMBLE
Rough & Tumble gives an opportunity to fight dirty, evoking
the ‘gouging’ fighting style of 1776. These sorts of actions inflict
various conditions on foes. You can only make one successful
Rough & Tumble on your Turn. Should you miss your Skill
Test, you can try again on the same Turn (but may suffer a
worse Difficulty Rating as a result). Finally, we’ll talk about
how to calculate Peril and its penalties later in Section 8:
Suffering Peril.
BELOW THE BELT (1 AP)
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Effect: When Engaged with a foe, make an Athletics or Guile
Test. After successfully rolling (and the foe cannot or fails to
Resist using Toughness), they are Gutted. When Gutted, your
foe must spend 1 additional AP for Movement Actions until
the end of combat.
Critical Success: Your foe cannot Resist and is knocked Prone.
Critical Failure: You are Gutted.
Other Considerations: One hand must be free to use Below
The Belt. A foe remains Gutted until they successfully Resist
at the beginning of their Turn.
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CHOKEHOLD (1 AP)
Effect: When Engaged with a foe, make an Athletics or
Toughness Test. After successfully rolling (and the foe cannot
or fails to Resist using Athletics), they are Choked. While
Choked, your foe immediately suffers 1D10+[BB] physical
Peril and again at the start of each of your Turns if you maintain
the Chokehold. It costs 3 AP to maintain a Chokehold,
requiring no additional Skill Tests to maintain. If the foe
drops to Incapacitated!, they are Unconscious. Your Choked
foe cannot use any Actions In Combat, except to Resist your
Chokehold.
Critical Success: Your foe cannot Resist your Chokehold (but
can try while you maintain), and is Strained.
Critical Failure: You are Choked.
Other Considerations: Both hands must be free to use and
maintain a Chokehold. You can only use Movement Actions,
Special Actions and Reactions while maintaining a Chokehold.
If your Damage or Peril Condition Track drops one or
more steps negatively while maintaining a Chokehold, you
immediately release your hold. You may release a Chokehold
at any time.
EYE GOUGE (1 AP)
Effect: When Engaged with a foe, make a Guile or Intimidate
Test. After successfully rolling (and the foe cannot or fails
to Resist using Awareness), they are Disoriented. While
Disoriented, your foe must spend 1 additional AP for Reactions
until the end of combat.
Critical Success: Your foe cannot Resist and suffers 2D10+2
physical Peril.
Critical Failure: You are Disoriented.
Other Considerations: One hand must be free to use an Eye
Gouge.
KNOCKDOWN (1 AP)
Effect: When Engaged with a foe, make an Athletics or
Coordination Test. After successfully rolling (and the foe
cannot or fails to Resist using Coordination), they are knocked
Prone. While Prone, a foe drops to the ground until they Get
Up. If they are Defenseless, they are also Unconscious. While
Unconscious, they are asleep for 1 hour and can be Slain! with
a successful attack.
Critical Success: Your foe cannot Resist and must spend 3 AP
to Get Up.
Critical Failure: You are knocked Prone.
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SPECIAL ACTIONS
Special Actions are used to complete miscellaneous Actions
that do not hinge on moving or making attacks.
FIRST AID (3 AP)
Effect: W hen Engaged with a n ally perform one of
the following Healing Practices: Apply
Tourniquet, Bind Wounds, Inject Tincture, Use
Laudanum or Use Smelling Salts. Most of these
practices are listed later in this Quickstart.
Other Considerations: Refer to the Healing Practice’s
other considerations.
LOAD (VARIES)
Effect: Spend a number of AP listed under a ranged
weapon’s listing to Load.
Other Considerations: You may Load across multiple
Turns.
QUICKLOAD (0 AP)
Effect: On your Turn, Quickload a ranged weapon for 0
AP.
Other Considerations: You can only take advantage of
your weapon’s Short Distance and are Defenseless until the
beginning of your next Turn.
TAKE AIM (1 OR 2 AP)
Effect: Spend 1 AP to gain a +10% Base Chance to your
next Attack Action or Rough & Tumble. If you spend 2
APs, you gain a +20% Base Chance instead.
Other Considerations: You cannot Take Aim to Cast
Magick.
WAIT (0 AP)
Effect: You Wait for your Turn until later in the Round.
When you decide to act, take your Turn.
Other Considerations: You cannot use an Action In
Combat, then elect to Wait on the same Turn. You must
spend one Coin to interrupt a foe’s Turn on the Initiative
Ladder. Finally, you must take your Turn before the Round
is over.
WORDS AS WEAPONS (1 AP)
Effect: W hen Engaged or at Distance with combatants,
declare that you want to use Hastened, Inspired and
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Intimidated on combatants, then make a relevant Skill
Test explained below. After successfully rolling, select a
number of combatants equal to your [FB] to gain one of
the following Combat Conditions until the end of combat:
K Test Warfare for Hastened: Add +1 to Initiative and
Movement.
K Test Leadership for Inspired: Add +1 to Damage
Threshold & Peril Threshold.
K Test Intimidate for Intimidated: Suffer -1 to Damage
Threshold & Peril Threshold.
Critical Success: You inflict two Combat Conditions
above of your choice to combatants.
Critical Failure: You suffer two of the Combat Conditions
of the Historian’s choice.
Other Considerations: Foes cannot Resist Words as
Weapons. Both you and combatants must be able to clearly
see and hear one another. Combatants can only be made
subject to each Combat Condition once during combat.
You cannot use Words As Weapons if you are under the
effects of Stress, Fear or Terror.
OTHER ATTACK ACTION CONSIDERATIONS
Consider also these special use cases for Special Actions:
USING OTHER SKILLS: While the list of Actions In
Combat covers the most common actions that combatants
take, you can use Skills in other creative ways. Once you’ve
described what you wish to do, the Historian will assign
anywhere from 0 to 3 AP to commit to it.
REACTIONS
Reactions are always used by combatants as a response to their
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ASSIST (VARIES)
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Effect: Whenever an alley is about to use an Action In Combat
that requires a Skill Test, you help them succeed. The Historian
takes into consideration the situation you and your ally are in,
the Distance between you and the ally, and finally then assigns
the appropriate number of AP required for you to Assist.
Other Considerations: An Assist never requires a Skill Test
from the Assisting character. You are otherwise bound to the
same rules for Assisted Skill Tests.
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COUNTERATTACK (0 AP)
Effect: In specific situations and while Engaged, interrupt
an Action In Combat by making a Melee Attack or Ranged
Attack for 0 AP. A foe cannot Defend against a Counterattack.
Critical Success: As Attack Action Type
Critical Failure: As Attack Action Type
Other Considerations: You cannot make a Counterattack
when left Defenseless, on the ground Prone, Taking Cover
or while concentrating on Magick. You can also make a
Counterattack using ranged weapons with the Pistol Quality.
COUNTERATTACKS
IN AN ENGAGEMENT
There will be situations where foes will use Actions In
Combat when they’ll provoke Counterattacks. When this
occurs, not every combatant can initiative a Counterattack.
Instead, the combatant with the highest Combat value is
allowed to make a Counterattack. This will help control the
flow of dice rolls.
DEFEND (1 AP)
Effect: If struck by a ranged weapon, but before Damage is
determined, make a Coordination Test. If struck by a melee
weapon, but before Damage is determined, make a relevant
Combat-based Skill Test. After successfully Defending,
avoid all Damage.
Critical Success: Bank 1 AP, and make a Counterattack
against the foe.
Critical Failure: You suffer 2D10+2 mental Peril.
Other Considerations: You cannot Defend when
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Defenseless to avoid the effects of Rough & Tumble. Note
that if you are not already armed with a weapon, you cannot
draw one in order to Defend an attack.
RESIST (0 AP)
Effect: When you are the victim of Rough & Tumble,
Magick or other Talents and Traits that require you to
Resist a Combat Condition, Magick or Trait’s effects,
make a relevant Skill Test, referring to the Skill indicated
necessary to withstand it. After successfully Resisting, you
shake off all their effects.
Other Considerations: In cases where your Turn starts
and you are currently suffering from multiple Combat
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rolling once for all effects. If successful, you recover from the
negative effects. If unsuccessful, you may attempt to Resist
again at the start of your next Turn. Regardless of success
or failure, you then refresh AP (as indicated earlier in the
Quickstart). You cannot Resist when left Defenseless.
GUIDE TO ATTACKING
When a combatant is armed with a melee or ranged weapon,
the ability to hit and the Damage dealt is determined the
same way. Below is a guideline to follow whenever you use
an Attack Action:
K SECTION 1: Choose Weapon
K SECTION 2: Make The Attack
K SECTION 3: Foe Defends
K SECTION 4: Roll Damage
K SECTION 5: Record Damage Condition
K SECTION 6: Roll For Injury
K SECTION 7: Sacrifice Determination
K SECTION 8: Suffering Peril
SECTION 1: CHOOSE WEAPON
When a combatant wishes to hit, they must first decide
what kind of weapon to use. Melee weapons are useful
for those who like to get up close and personal, while
ranged weapons serve the purposes of decidedly wiser (or
cowardly) fighters.
MELEE WEAPONS
With a melee weapon, the attacker will make either a
Simple Melee or Martial Melee Test, depending on the
type of melee weapon they’re armed with. Generally, the
attacker must be Engaged, otherwise standing next to their
intended target, in order to hit.
‘UNARMED’ FIGHTING: Fighting with hands,
headbutts, feet, fist and knees are considered to be a
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PRIMARY HAND & TWO WEAPON USE
While a favored option of other tabletop role-
playing games, using two weapons at the same time
to increase Damage is not an option in FLAMES
OF FREEDOM. You can wield any 2 one-handed
weapons in combat. When striking with a weapon held
in your off-hand, follow the standard rules for Attack
Actions, but you must flip the results to fail.
RANGED WEAPONS
With a ranged weapon, the attacker will make either a
Simple Ranged or Martial Ranged Test, varying by the
kind of weapon they’re wielding. Distance is generally
measured by the combatant’s [PB], modified by the ranged
weapon they’re using. It represents the number of yards
they can accurately target a foe:
K Short Distance is the minimum range an attacker can
stand away from a defender without suffering additional
penalty to their attack. This means that there must be a
bare minimum of 1 yard between the attacker and the
defender. While at Short Distance, the attacker does
not suffer any additional penalties to their Skill Test,
unless the Historian dictates otherwise.
K Medium Distance is 2x Short Distance. This means an
attacker can stand even further away from a defender
to fire effectively. While at Medium Distance, the
Difficulty Rating becomes worse by one step on
the Difficulty Rating Chart. This is dictated by the
Historian.
K Long Distance is 3x Short Distance. At this range,
firing a ranged weapon and hitting a defender can
be considerably difficult. While at Long Distance,
the Difficulty Rating becomes worse by two steps on
the Difficulty Rating Chart. This is dictated by the
Historian.
K Extreme Distance is 4x Short Distance. While at
Extreme Distance, the Difficulty Rating becomes
worse by three steps on the Difficulty Rating Chart.
This is dictated by the Historian. At such ranges, a
ranged weapon cannot add any Fury Dice to Total
Damage.
Some ranged weapons possess the Throwing Quality.
This means that these weapons can never be thrown further
than the Distance listed; they always are at Short Distance
and do not have a Medium or Long Distance value.
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SECTION 2:
MAKE THE ATTACK
Actions In Combat generally have a fixed Difficulty Rating
of (Standard +/-0%), but the Historian will change it as the
narrative or Action In Combat dictates.
ROLL TO HIT: Once an attacker has considered what
weapon they intend to use, what the Total Chance is,
it’s time to roll a D100. Should the result meet the Total
Chance for success or result below it, the attack succeeds.
Should the result exceed the Total Chance for success, the
attack fails.
It is a good idea for players to announce their
character’s Total Chance for success before rolling
a D100. Conversely, the Historian probably won’t
announce the Total Chance for success for NPCs or
creatures, as this keeps players guessing about their
foe’s true capabilities.
SECTION 3: FOE DEFENDS
Attempt a Coordination test to avoid ranged weapon
Damage and a relevant Combat-based test to avoid melee
weapon Damage. The Test’s Difficulty Rating is based
on the Difficulty Rating of your foe’s Attack Action and
always translates into its opposite as a bonus or penalty.
This means that if your foe’s Attack Action has a Difficulty
Rating of (Routine +10%), your Difficulty Rating to
Defend is (Challenging -10%). If successful, you avoid
all Damage. When Defending, you cannot re-attempt to
Defend against the same attack you just failed to Defend
against. If successful, the defender avoids all Damage.
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WEAPON & SIZE DIFFERENCES WHILE
DEFENDING: The size of a weapon and foe should
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be considered when a combatant Defends, and will
change the Difficulty Rating. This is generally treated
by the Historian’s gut instinct on the assumed length
of the weapon and the size differences between the
attacker and defender. For example, Defending
against a knife while unarmed may be considerably
more difficult than Defending a knife while armed
with a sabre.
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SECTION 4: ROLL DAMAGE SECTION 5: RECORD
DAMAGE CONDITION
Every Attack Action indicates what an attacker rolls for
Damage. Generally, this is 1D6+ [CB] Fury Die for the
Any time a combatant suffers Damage that exceeds their
weapon. The determines Total Damage. Some weapon
Damage Threshold, the player or Historian must announce
Qualities, conditions and Traits may change the way Total
to the game table where they are on the Damage Condition
Damage is calculated.
Track:
CONSIDER DAMAGE THRESHOLD
K Unharmed
A defender always takes into consideration their Damage
K Lightly Wounded
Threshold when they suffer Damage. It is derived from
three sources. The first is each combatant’s [BB], the second K Moderately Wounded
comes from Cover Conditions. Player characters, however, K Seriously Wounded
add their current Determination value to their Damage
Threshold. Combined, they make up a Damage Threshold. K Grievously Wounded
When an attacker hits their target and after Total Damage K Slain!
is considered, the defender must now compare it to their
Damage Threshold: SECTION 6:
EQUAL TO OR BELOW DAMAGE
THRESHOLD: If Total Damage is equal to or
ROLL FOR INJURY
below the Damage Threshold, nothing happens.
When a defender’s Damage Condition Track drops to
EXCEEDS DAMAGE THRESHOLD: When Moderately Wounded, Seriously Wounded or Grievously
Total Damage exceeds one or more Damage Wounded, they are at risk of suffering an Injury. Combatants
Thresholds, consider how many steps a defender are never at risk of suffering Injuries if they move up the
moves down the Damage Condition Track negatively: Damage Condition Track; only when they move down the
K If Total Damage exceeds base Damage Threshold, Damage Condition Track:
the defender moves one step down the Damage
Condition Track negatively.
K Unharmed: Not hurt.
K If Total Damage exceeds 6+Damage Threshold,
the defender moves two steps down the Damage K Lightly Wounded: No risk, yet...
Condition Track negatively.
K Moderately Wounded: Roll 1D6 Chaos Die.
K If Total Damage exceeds 12+Damage Threshold, If it lands on face ‘6’, suffer a Moderate Injury.
the defender moves three steps down the Damage
Condition Track negatively. K Seriously Wounded: Roll 2D6 Chaos Dice. If
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any lands on face ‘6’, suffer a Serious Injury.

SUDDEN DEATH: If Total Damage exceeds 18+
Damage Threshold (four steps or more), the defender
is instantly Slain!
Each level of Damage Threshold is noted on the creature
listing or character sheet as base Damage Threshold
(Damage Threshold + 6/Damage Threshold + 12/Damage
Threshold + 18). For example, if Damage Threshold is 10,
it is recorded as such: 10 (16/22/28).
K Grievously Wounded: Roll 3D6 Chaos Dice.
If any lands on face ‘6’, they are instantly Slain!
Grievous Injuries are not a consideration of
this Quickstart.
K Slain!: Dead, but player characters can spend
Determination to live..

The Damage Condition Track can be healed a number In this Quickstart, Injuries vary by two types. When
of steps positively by using Bind Wounds or by Using determining an Injury, roll a D100, referring to the relevant
Laudanum. table on next page:

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D100 MODERATE INJURY DESCRIPTION
1 to 4 Nothing Happens! You don’t suffer an Injury.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
5 to 8 Ankle Graze reduce your Encumbrance Limit by -3.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
9 to 12 Blurred Vision reduce your Damage Threshold & Peril Threshold by -1 .
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
13 to 16 Boxed Ear must flip the results to fail Skill Tests which rely on hearing.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
17 to 20 Broken Fingers must succeed at a Coordination Test to Load & Quickload ranged weapons.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
21 to 24 Bruised Eye Socket must flip the results to fail Skill Tests which rely on vision.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
25 to 28 Chest Wound reduce Distances with ranged weapons by -3 .
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
29 to 32 Cracked Wrist cannot add Skill Ranks when wielding weapons in combat.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
33 to 36 Dislocated Shoulder start your Turn with 1 less AP.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
37 to 40 Grazed Shoulder must succeed at a Toughness Test to use ranged weapons.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
41 to 44 Gut Buster suffer 1D10+1 physical Peril after eating.
You are Bleeding. Until fully Recuperated, you must flip the results to fail all Actions In
45 to 48 Hyperextended Elbow Combat that rely on ranged weapons.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
49 to 52 Jammed Finger must flip the results to fail all melee weapon attacks with your primary hand.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
53 to 56 Jammed Toes must spend 1 additional AP to Maneuver and Take Cover.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
57 to 60 Neck Spasm you cannot take advantage of weapons or Magick that have Burst, Cone and Explosion
Template effects.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
61 to 64 Pierced Throat suffer 1D10+1 physical Peril after speaking.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
65 to 68 Pulled Muscle must flip the results to fail all Brawn-based Skill Tests.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
69 to 72 Rattled Brain reduce your Initiative by -3 .

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You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
73 to 76 Scrapped Buttock cannot sleep, awakening to Imperiled. XXXXXXXXXX
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
77 to 80 Sprained Wrist cannot hold anything in your primary hand or wield two-handed weapons.
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You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
81 to 84 Strained Groin remain Strained.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you
85 to 88 Swollen Eyelid suffer 1D10+1 mental Peril after reading and writing.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated,
89 to 92 Twisted Ankle reduce your Movement by -3 .
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Moderate Injury. Until fully Recuperated, all
93 to 96 Vicious Haircut failed Fellowship-based Skill Tests are treated as Critically Failed instead.
97 to 100 It Gets Worse... Roll on the Serious Injury table instead!

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D100 SERIOUS INJURY DESCRIPTION
1 to 4 Nothing Happens! You don’t suffer an Injury.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
5 to 8 Bashed Skull use Special Actions in combat.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you wake
9 to 12 Bleeding Groin up every morning having suffered 2D10+2 physical Peril.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you begin
13 to 16 Bloody Hamstring Bleeding at the end of your Turn if you used a Movement Action.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, any time
17 to 20 Busted Kneecap you fail a Skill Test that relies on Agility or Brawn, you suffer 2D10+2 physical Peril.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you are
21 to 24 Chest Wound Shaken.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
25 to 28 Cleft Skull give or gain the benefits of Assisted Skill Tests.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
29 to 32 Cracked Collarbone use Rough & Tumble.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, reduce
33 to 36 Devastated Foot your Movement by -6.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
37 to 40 Elbow Crushed use two-handed weapons.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you suffer
41 to 44 Grazed Brow 2D10+2 mental Peril whenever you fail Intelligence-based and Willpower-based Skill Tests.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you must
45 to 48 Hacked Calf add an additional 1 AP to Charge, Maneuver and Run.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you start
49 to 52 Lacerated Shoulder your Turn with 2 less AP.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
53 to 56 Minor Concussion add Skill Ranks to your Skill Test.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, reduce
57 to 60 Punctured Armpit your Encumbrance Limit by -6.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
61 to 64 Rib Wound add Skill Ranks to Agility or Brawn-based based Skill Test.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
65 to 68 Ruptured Tendon stand up as you’re paralyzed.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
69 to 72 Shell Shocked add any Fury Dice to Damage.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you must
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73 to 76 Shin Crushed flip the results to fail all Reactions.

You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you must
77 to 80 Shredded Muscle roll 1D6 Chaos Die at the end of your combat Turns. If it lands on face ‘6’, you are knocked
Prone.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, reduce all
81 to 84 Skull Fracture Primary Attribute Bonuses by -1.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you must
85 to 88 Slashed Larynx succeed at a Toughness Test to speak.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you must
89 to 92 Smashed Mouth flip the results to fail all Skill Tests that rely on using your voice.
You are Bleeding. A caregiver must Treat Serious Injury. Until fully Recuperated, you cannot
93 to 96 Stab Wound Defend.
97 to 100 Headshot! Leather, steel, blood and bone marks your doom. You are Slain!.

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SECTION 7: SACRIFICE
DETERIMINATION
A player character can sacrifice one Determination
permanently from their character sheet to avoid suffering
an Injury, avoid being Slain! or becoming Incapacitated!.
SECTION 8: SUFFERING PERIL
A combatant may suffer Peril from Rough & Tumble, or
in other situations outside of combat. There are two kinds
of Peril: one is called physical Peril (in cases of Peril that
inflicts fatigue-like symptoms) and the other mental Peril
(Peril which impacts your ability to think clearly). Despite
the two different types, you will track Peril suffered to the
same Peril Condition Track.
CONSIDER PERIL THRESHOLD
Any time a combatant suffers Peril that exceeds their Peril
Threshold, the player or Historian must announce to the
game table where they are on the Peril Condition Track. Be
sure to track its effects whenever calculating Base Chance
to succeed Skill Tests:
K Unhindered: Not hurt.
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K If Peril exceeds 6+Peril Threshold, the defender
moves two steps down the Peril Condition Track
negatively.
K If Peril exceeds 12+Peril Threshold, the defender
moves three steps down the Peril Condition Track
negatively.
SUDDEN INCAPACITATION: If Peril suffered
in one instance exceeds 18+ Peril Threshold (four
steps or more), the combatant is instantly
Incapacitated!.
Each level of Peril Threshold is noted on the creature listing
or character sheet as base Peril Threshold (Peril Threshold +
6/Peril Threshold + 12/Peril Threshold + 18). For example, if
Peril Threshold is 10, it is recorded as such: 10 (16/22/28).
The Peril Condition Track can be healed to Unhindered
by sleeping for 6 hours.

K Imperiled: No penalties, yet...

K Ignore 1 Skill Rank: Ignore one Skill Rank.

K Ignore 2 Skill Ranks: Ignore two Skill Ranks.

K Ignore 3 Skill Ranks: Ignore three Skill Ranks.

K Incapacitated!: You cannot succeed at any Skill Tests.

When an attacker hits their target (or when Peril is suffered
from external pressures) and after Peril is considered, the

COMBAT
defender must now compare it to their Peril Threshold:
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EQUAL TO OR BELOW PERIL

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THRESHOLD: If Peril is equal to or below the

Peril Threshold, nothing happens.

EXCEEDS PERIL THRESHOLD: When Peril

exceeds one or more Peril Thresholds, consider how
many steps a defender moves down the Peril
Condition Track negatively:
K If Peril exceeds base Peril Threshold, the defender
moves one step down the Peril Condition Track
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FIRST AID &
HEALING
PRACTICES
People of 1776 have a very archaic
understanding of the human body
in comparison to our modern
understanding.
APPLY TOURNIQUET
Apply Tourniquet: A caregiver
must have a bandage and spend one
minute (3 AP if in combat) to Apply
Tourniquet.
Effect: You are no longer Bleeding.
Other Considerations: If a caregiver
doesn’t have a bandage, they can
cauterize the Bleeding instead.
However, you suffer 3D10+3 physical
Peril and are Unconscious once
cauterized. You cannot recover your
Damage & Peril Condition Tracks
until your Bleeding has undergone Apply Tourniquet.
Finally, if you Bleed for a number of minutes in excess of
your [BB], you are Slain!.
BIND WOUNDS
Bind Wounds: A caregiver must have a bandage and spend
one minute (3 AP) to Bind Wounds. Depending on where
you’re at on the Damage Condition Track, the Difficulty
Rating eases or gets worse:
K Lightly Wounded: (Easy +20%) Heal
COMBAT & HEALING
K Moderately Wounded: (Routine +10%) Heal
K Seriously Wounded: (Standard +/-0%) Heal
K Grievously Wounded: (Challenging -10%) Heal
Effect: If successful, you move a number of steps up the
Damage Condition Track positively for every 6 points of
the caregiver’s [IB]. If failed, nothing happens:
K [IB] 1 to 6: one step up positively
K [IB] 7 to 12: two steps up positively
K [IB] 13+: three steps up positively
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Critical Success: Multiply the
caregiver’s [IB] by three to determine
how many steps up you recover.
Critical Failure: You move one step
down the Damage Condition Track
negatively..
Other Considerations: You can only
have Bind Wounds performed on
you once every 24 hours. Finally, you
cannot recover from Damage until
your Injuries are in Recuperation.
INJECT TINCTURE
Inject Tincture: You must have a
tincture and spend one minute (1 AP
if in combat) to Use Tincture.
Effect: You ignore the effects of an
Injury for 24 hours.
Other Considerations: A character
can only Use Tincture once every 24
hours. Using it more than once causes
them to move one step down the
Damage & Peril Condition Tracks
negatively.
USE LAUDANUM
Use Laudanum: You must have a laudanum and spend one
minute (1 AP if in combat) to Use Laudanum.
Effect: Move one step up the Damage Condition Track
positively.
Other Considerations: You can only Use Laudanum once
every 24 hours. Using it more than once causes you to move
one step down the Damage Condition Track negatively.
Finally, you cannot recover your Damage Condition Track
until your Injuries are in Recuperation.
USE SMELLING SALTS
Use Smelling Salts: You must have a smelling salt and
spend one minute (1 AP if in combat) to Use Smelling
Salts.
Effect: You move one step up the Peril Condition Track
positively.
Other Considerations: You can only Use Smelling Salts
once every 24 hours. Using it more than once causes you to
move one step down the Peril Condition Track negatively.
Finally, you cannot recover your Peril Condition Track
until your Injuries are in Recuperation.
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h ONE-SHOT ADVENTURE h

HE SIN EATER is a quickstart adventure

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for FLAMES OF FREEDOM. It is ONE-ON-ONE GAMEPLAY
January 1776, and the characters have been
dispatched by their mysterious benefactor Although this adventure is intended to be played by

ADVENTURE: TEH SIN EATER

‘Henry Jones’ to find a Rebel spy who was one Historian and three to six player characters,
last seen in Trenton, New Jersey. Within, you can adjust the adventure to be played by one
they’ll unravel a mystery surrounding people who’ve gone Historian and one player. Simply adjust NPC
missing. Damage by -3, and reduce both Damage & Peril
This is an intro adventure that is best played Thresholds by -3.
before Boston Besieged in the core rulebook. Players
should assume they’ve met one another, and that this is
their first major job on behalf of their benefactor ‘Henry
Jones’. There is a content warning for harm upon DRAMATIS PERSONAE
children by evil in this adventure.
This section outlines two NPCs the characters
READ-ALOUD TEXT BOX will encounter:
The adventure has boxes containing read-aloud
text - like this one! Beginning Historians may wish
to read these boxes aloud word for word, but feel
free to shorten or change passages as you see fit.

ADVENTURE OVERVIEW
The Sin Eater is set in Trenton, New Jersey, starting in
winter on February 28, 1776. It consists of one Act. The
characters have arrived in Trenton at dusk, where they learn
that two children are missing. They will then take it upon
themselves to head out into the wilderness to track them
down. While there, they will meet a kindly old Quaker
named Livingston Hobb, who, it turns out, is a monster
that has been plaguing the town for at least a generation.
He is also the one responsible for the disappearance and
death of the Rebel spy Miriam.

GETTING THE PLAYERS INVOLVED

Characters received a letter from ‘Henry Jones’, a mysterious
Rebel sympathizer. His spy, Miram, was last seen in
Trenton, heading towards Boston carrying an important
object of power that the leaders in the besieged city needed.
The characters must find out what happened to her.
They’ve got a description of her – a tall, red-haired
multicultural woman of English and Indigenous descent.
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LIVINGSTON HOBB
Professions: Former Sin Eater (Ghoul)
Culture: Elderly English man
Allegiance: Loyalist-aligned
Secret Society: Mandoag
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Disposition: Friendly
Livingston Hobb was a bookish young man who discovered
Quakerism at Oxford in 1693. This revelation caused him
to break with his family and head across the Atlantic to
settle in Philadelphia. Livingston used what little wealth
he had left to open a bookshop. He was a devout Quaker,
keeping only enough money to live on and donating the
rest to those who needed it.
This all changed in 1703, when Livingston was attacked
on his way home one evening. The attacker, whom he never
saw, left him groggy and disoriented from loss of blood.
Over the days to come, he found that food would not
satisfy his hunger. Tormented and hungry, he set after his
own dog, ravaging it and drinking its blood. For the first
time since the attack, Livingston felt alive, but felt a deep,
tremendous shame in this act.
He attempted to pray away this affliction, to no avail.
One evening in Philadelphia (which would become
his last mortal night), he came across a drunken sailor
passed out in the alleyway. Drunkenness is a sin, and this
filled Livingston with the urge to ‘remove’ their sin. He
drained the man of his blood, and as the hunger subsided,
Livingston felt the guilt and remorse of the sinner. As
his lips tasted of rum and blood, he took on the pain of
being a drunkard. Confused, he wandered the streets and
eventually passed out into a deep drunken stupor. It was
then that Livingstone was flooded with what he believed
was God’s light. He realized what he’d been given was a
blessing, and that by consuming the blood of sinners, he
could absolve them from their sins as they passed on from
their mortal coil.
He left Philadelphia the next morning and retired to
a house in Trenton, where he dove into the study of his
affliction, venturing out to ‘relieve others’ of their sin by
helping them reach Heaven through death.
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CALVIN STOWE
Professions: Purveyor
Culture: Adult Black man
Allegiance: Rebel-aligned
Disposition: Friendly
Calvin Stowe is a merchant from Philadelphia and was
heading to Boston with his two sons, Charlie and Jack.
Their wagon wheel broke a few miles outside of Trenton,
and he sent Charlie to get help while fixing the wheel. It
was dusk before they were finished, and Charlie had not
returned. Calvin Stowe supposed that they would find him
on the way to Trenton. That was when the squall of snow
came, and the sound of wolves. He pushed forward quickly
and in his panic, lost sight of his other son Jack. Calvin was
drunk at the time on rum, and the details are fleeting.
Calvin is a man who looks well past his years, given the
hard road. He dresses modestly and has a cross around his
neck at all times.
THE STORY BEGINS...
After the players have chosen the character they wish to
play and the game session begins, read the following text
aloud:
It is January 1776. You are a group of investigators
working in league with the revolution. Just a week
ago, you received a letter from ‘Henry Jones’, your
mysterious Rebel benefactor. One of his spies,
Miram, was last seen heading towards Boston
carrying an important object of power that the
leaders in the besieged city needed. You must find
out what happened to her. You’ve been dispatched
to Trenton, New Jersey, in the middle of winter.
Finding Miram in Trenton should be easy. The
village is small, and Miriam is a tall, red-haired
woman of English and Indigenous descent.
During your travel to Trenton, you met a kindly
old Quaker named Livingston Hobb who walked
the road with you and shared some friendly stories.
Arriving at dusk, an inviting, warm light comes
from the Fish & Fin Tavern, welcoming you to
Trenton. This seems like as good a place as any to
start your investigations for the Rebel spy.

SCENE 1: BIG TROUBLE
IN LITTLE TRENTON
The story begins at the Fish & Fin Tavern, which is a
good place for travelers to get a bite to eat and rest their
heads for the evening.
SETTING THE SCENE
K Sight: The room is stuffed with people sitting
at tables eating warm food. Candles and a
roaring fire illuminate the room.
K Smell: Beer, body odor, stewed meat and
tobacco smoke.
K Hearing: People whispering, spoons scraping
against the bottom of bowls, your feet on the
wooden floor.
K Taste: The soup is hearty and greasy. The wine
is warm; the mulling spices coming through.
K Touch: Rough tables, cold away from the fire
and warm by it. There is nothing soft about
this place.
K Second Sight: A faint hint of something from
outside; the frost and fog seem strange to you.
FISH & FIN TAVERN: This is the main tavern in
Trenton, and it is a good place for travelers to get a bite
to eat and some sleep. The common room is filled with a
mix of people, both from town and those who are passing
through on the road. A (Routine +10%) Scrutinize Test
lets a character notice that more of the traffic seems to be
heading south, away from the rebellion. Those who are
heading north seem the more rough-and-tumble kind of
folk.
Livingston Hobb will certainly chat with the characters.
He won’t stick around for long, as he needs to get back
to let his dog out for his evening constitutional. However,
he’ll introduce the characters to the proprietor.
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MINOR NPC – WILLIAM STACY: He is a middle
aged Colonial man, and the Publican of the Fish & Fin
Tavern. William is a no nonsense fellow, but honest and
fair. He’s not entirely unwelcoming, but open to talking
with the characters because they came to Trenton with
Livingston Hobb. William will chew the fat with characters
about the goings-ons in Trenton:
ADVENTURE:
LOCAL GOSSIP
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There are some disappearances as of late – young children
and pets, in particular.
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K Rumors abound about a strange woman who has been
seen pulling herbs in the area during the early morning
hours. No one knows who she is, but has been a fixture
throughout the past few years.
K If asked, people remember seeing a tall, red-haired
woman about two weeks ago who matches the
description of Miriam. That was right around the time
that the little girl Margie Steen went missing.
Trenton locals are wary of outsiders as of late, but characters
that are interested in talking can glean information from
the people using (Routine +10%) Eavesdrop Tests or a
(Challenging -10%) Charm Test:
REVOLUTIONARY WHISPERS
K Boston won’t hold for much longer; I hear General
Washington is amassing a grand army to smash the
Loyalists.
K I had a Rebel patriot friend who escaped from Boston
because the Loyalists are closing in on a larger plot
with a strange, masked sorcerer.
K The mysterious Henry Jones is always looking for a
few good patriots for a job in the city. You know the
coin is always good with him.
A CALL TO ACTION
The door to the Fish & Fin Tavern bursts open, and a man
with panic on his face stumbles in, the cold January air
behind him. His clothing is disheveled, he smells of the
wilderness, smells of rum and looks desperate. This is
Calvin Stowe.
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He yells about having been attacked and that his sons,
Charlie and Jack, are missing. This story quickly gets the
attention of everybody in the tavern.
Calvin Stowe explains his story: three days ago,
he set out with his sons Charlie and Jack towards
Boston. Their wagon wheel broke a few miles
outside of town, and he sent Charlie to get help
while fixing the wheel. Dusk came, and Charlie
never came back. Calvin supposed that they would
find him on the way to Trenton. That was when the
squall of snow came and the sound of wolves. They
pushed forward quickly, and in his panic, he lost
sight of his other son, Jack.
Lost in the wilderness, Calvin just now found
his way here to Trenton.
Calvin will plead for help, and the players should join him.
With a grim resolve on their faces, William Stacy and six
others will grab overcoats and lanterns to form one search
party to find the wolves (grimly assuming they’re going to
find the bodies of the young children). Calvin will ask the
characters to accompany him to the squall. Any characters
that try to tell the tavern it would be better to wait until
daylight are branded as cowards. As the Historian you
should make sure that the search parties remain separate
for the rest of the adventure.
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KINDLY QUAKER
In the forest, the scenes of violence are clear as they meet
Livingston Hobb again.
SETTING THE SCENE
K Sight: The night is dark, but the full moon is
starting to peek out from the clouds, bathing
everything in a sickly pale glow.
K Smell: Crisp winter air, the occasional hint of
rotten wood and waste along the side of the
road.
K Hearing: The town is abuzz with activity, and
in the distance, you can hear dogs and people
walking.
K Taste: The dry air assaults your throat until its
raw from the cold.
K Touch: Mud sticks to your boots, and ice is
forming over puddles in the road.
K Second Sight: The closer you get to the
location of this squall, the less comfortable
things feel; the odd footprint seems to
shimmer with magick.
Calvin Stowe can lead the characters to where the snow
squall happened and to where the wagon broke down. Both
take about two hours to reach by cart. In the first location,
the evidence of snow is nonexistent. If questioned, Calvin
Stowe sticks to his story, and an (Easy +20%) Scrutinize
Test tells a character that he is being somewhat evasive
about the details, if only because Calvin was drunk, and
left his children to die.
The mud on the road is filled with two sets of tracks. A
(Standard +/-0%) Survival Test lets a character determine
which footprints would have belonged to the 10 year old
Jack Stowe. The child’s prints lead into the forest, where
his trail can be followed. Calvin Stowe will go with the
characters, while the six Trentonites will follow the other
path.

At the scene where the wagon broke down, the road
is in the same condition; a mess of footprints and deep
ruts cut into the mud from the daily traffic. A (Routine
+10%) Survival Test lets a character figure out which
footprints belonged to Charlie Stowe. They go down the
road for about a mile and then take a turn down a small
dirt road where a second pair picks up, followed by a scene
of violence. There is blood on the ground, and ripped scraps
of clothing. If Calvin Stowe is with the party, he recognizes
it as belonging to his son’s coat. Characters who first look
at this scene must make a (Challenging -10%) Resolve Test
or else suffer suffer 1D10+1 mental Peril. There are tracks
here that can be followed, leading deeper into the woods.
Calvin will immediately break into tears, as he picks up the
torn cloth. He takes a deep drink from a bottle of rum in
his overcoat.
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ENTER LIVINGSTON HOBB
As the characters are investigating the road, they will run
into Livingston Hobb again. He’s out looking for his dog
Biffer, a large Irish wolfhound, who got off his leash.
When he learns about what they are doing, and the
reason for all the commotion, he volunteers to aid the
ADVENTURE:
characters in their search, also hoping to find Biffer along
the way. Livingston swears he heard wolves yipping out in
the wilderness, and is clearly worried about the children.
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If asked about Miriam, he thinks for a few minutes
and then says he does remember seeing a tall, red-headed
THE SIN EATER
woman talking with another woman, who he believed
was a Red Coat, on the side of the road. He continues to
whistle for Biffer. This is all a ploy to throw the characters
off his scent.
PLAYING LIVINGSTON HOBB
Livingston has been a Ghoul long enough to
not give away what he truly is. The Historian
should play up Livingstone Hobb as someone
who is affable and kind, but also wary of Calvin
Stowe. Livingstone Hobb will converse with the
characters, and he will offer that he heard wolves
in the woods a few hours ago.
If asked about the growing conflict between the Rebels
and the Loyalists, he changes the subject, completely
uninterested in the politics of a world he is barely connected
to. During his line of questioning, Livingstone Hobb is
trying to figure out which character’s sin he would like to
feast upon first. He’ll press the player characters to better
understand their Flaw by asking them about themselves.
Through a combination of tracking and help from
Livingston Hobb, the characters will reach a clearing in
the forest. On the other side, there is a small dilapidated
house, and Biffer will be barking as Livingston approaches.
The light of the moon is shining bright, almost completely
illuminating the field. Livingston Hobb will suggest that
they check the house, but will not say that it’s his.
It has been cold, he says – maybe the boys got lost
and are hiding there, waiting for daylight. In the
candlelight, they see movement on the second floor behind
the windows. Calvin Stowe appears incredibly frightened,
but will join the characters as they approach the house.
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up BASEMENT down
locked

SITTING ROOM KITCHEN POWDER BEDROOM

ROOM
ADVENTURE: THE SIN EATER

1st Floor 2nd Floor

Livingstone Hobb and the dog will remain downstairs,

SCENE 3: HOME IS
WHERE THE HEART IS
The characters explore Livingstone Hobb’s house, looking
for the missing children.
SETTING THE SCENE
K Sight: A dilapidated farmhouse and long
burned down barn. Inside, the house is neat,
but has an air of disuse.
K Smell: Death and dust, rot and regret.
K Hearing: Creaking floor boards and a quiet
whimper.
K Taste: A thick iron tang is in the air.
K Touch: Dust and a house smooth with age.
Every rough surface has been rubbed smooth.
K Second Sight: A vision of death emanates
from the recesses.
LIVINGSTON’S HOUSE
Nothing reveals this is Livingston’s house. It has seen
better days, but that does not mean that it is in nearly as
poor a state as the exterior would imply. The first floor
kitchen and sitting room have sparse furniture; the steps
to the upper floor are creaky from years of neglect. Off the
kitchen, there is a door that is bolted and locked shut
leading down to the basement.
but the dog whines - clearly concerned something is amiss.
Once they head upstairs, Livingston will bolt the door,
locking them inside.
SITTING ROOM: In the sitting room, there is a single
rocking chair sitting on an old rug, surrounded by books. An
(Easy +20%) Awareness Test of the room lets a character
see that the books deal with a variety of topics; mythology,
the works of John Aynsloe, Plato, Socrates, Shakespeare
and other classic writers. There are also stories about the
Freemason society, while a few are firsthand accounts of
people who ventured too far into the wilderness, both
during peacetime and during war. One book is the journal of
a soldier from King Philip’s War, and another is an account
of Geroge Washington’s surrender of Fort Necessity during
the French and Indian War.
Any character who gives these a glance can make
a (Challenging -10%) Education Test to look for the
passages that Livingston Hobb was interested in. A few are
marked in faded pencil. They talk about a coming shadow, a
creeping dread that fills men’s hearts. Two things stand out
to anybody looking at the book. Every mention of General
Washington has his name struck out, and both times near
the end of the stories, the word ‘MANDOAG’ is scrawled
in an unsteady hand.
KITCHEN: Pots, pans and other kitchenware hang from
hooks. A straw bed is by the back door, where the Irish
wolfhound sleeps. If they attacked Livingston’s dog earlier,
he will be found here, licking his wounds and baring its
teeth. It will otherwise not attack, unless provoked.
BEDROOM & POWDER ROOM: Livingston’s
bedroom and adjoining powder room are upstairs.
Spartainly appointed, the bed is perfectly made, and is
covered in a layer of crust and dirt. It has not been slept
in for some time. In his powder room, there is a claw-foot
tub. In it, there are strange ‘skins’ - the ones Livingston has
molted and left behind. The smell is terrible.

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& THE DEAD
Livingstone Hobb moves quickly once they reach the
bedroom or powder room. Have all the characters make
a (Challenging -10%) Awareness Test once they come
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him entirely, a pool of blood trickling from the back of his
spine. The younger child is clutching his knees and crying.
Young Jack Judd doesn’t say much but can confirm who he
and his brother, Charlie Judd, are.
An (Easy +20%) Awareness Test leads the characters to
a dark corner where the ground looks to have been pulled
up with claws. The smell is horrendous. Taking ten minutes

ADVENTURE:
upstairs. If they succeed, they hear a commotion downstairs.
to move the earth aside, they discover a mass grave. At
Calvin Stowe is holding a fire poker, and swears Livingston
the top is a dead woman, drained of blood, who matches
Hobb tried to bite him. A frustrating exchange and finger-
the description of Miriam. Tucked in her coat though is
pointing ensues, as Livingston says that he can ‘smell the

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an envelope with a broken black wax seal. Inside are the
sin’ on Calvin Stowe, suggesting Calvin killed the boys.
remains of a message that’s been torn, with only the word
During the conversation, Livingston Hobb will stab

THE SIN EATER

‘WINCHESTER’ and a symbol beside it. A character
Calvin Stowe (making him Grievously Wounded), and
can make a (Hard -20%) Education Test to recognize the
scurry deeper into the house. Calvin should remain alive,
symbol as belonging to the Freemasons.
as Livingston’s tactic is to pick off the characters and take
them down one by one (especially if they are separated in As they come back up the stairs, Livingston raises from
the house). the dead.
At no point does Livingston admit to having taken the
two children, but he does talk about feasting upon the
sins of Trenton and taking this burden upon himself for
the greater good. Livingston will attack with his knife,
attempting to ‘eat the sin’ out of the characters. It is vital
that you do not reveal he is a Ghoul at this point.
Once Livingston is made to Bleed, suffers an Injury or
would be Slain!, he pretends to be dead. As this happens,
they hear a faint whimpering coming from downstairs in
the kitchen.
Try to lure them away from Livingston’s body but if
they search the body, reward the players with his knife and
a small psalm book entitled ‘Book of Devotions’. In the
marginalia of the book are the scrawlings of someone who
is clearly in their elder years.

BOLTED DOOR: Any character who wants to

investigate the faint whimpering can make a (Routine
+10%) Awareness Test to see that it is coming from behind
a bolted door in the kitchen, not-so-cleverly hidden
behind stacked barrels. There is no key for this lock, but
a (Standard +/- 0%) Skullduggery Test can pick it, or a
(Routine +10%) Athletics Test can bust through the old,
rusty impediment. The door creaks open once the lock
and bolt are removed. There are stairs leading down into
the darkness of the basement, where the whimpering gets
louder. You are also assaulted by the stench of death and
rotting meat. Characters must succeed at a (Challenging
-10%) Resolve Test or else suffer 1D10+1 mental Peril.
Inside the dark basement is a sight of horror. In the
middle of the room are two boys; the older one is pale,
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COMBAT: HE IS RISEN
Livingston uses his Slough Off Ghoul Trait. Molting his
skin before the character’s eyes, they must succeed at a (Hard
-20%) Resolve Test or else suffer 2D10+2 mental Peril. He is
now in his true Ghoul form, revived to Unharmed. He can
now be permanently killed.
ADVENTURE: THE SIN EATER

When Livingstone Hobb is rendered Slain!, he falls to the

ground breathing out a last gasp of a black gas, smelling like
cheap rum. There is a look of serenity upon Livingston’s face, as
he exudes the seed of darkness that he acquired in Philadelphia
all those years ago. Characters who have experience with the
occult might be able to grasp a small amount of what this is,
but not the full scope of it. With the spark gone, his body
becomes desiccated before their eyes until there’s little left but
clothes, skin and bone.

CONCLUSION
As the adventure concludes and only if the characters
dispatch of Livingston Hobb, read the following text aloud
to players:

With Livingston Hobb dealt with, a semblance

of calm returns to Trenton. For the remainder of
your time there, your room and board are free,
and your cups are never empty.
The carnage you witnessed at the house
weighs on your mind, but so does the ever
growing cry for rebellion coming from Boston.
A few days after the ordeal, you are delivered
a message sealed with red wax. The messenger
who delivers it says that ‘Henry Jones’ sends his
regards. Inside, the letter speaks of another job
in Boston. While there, you are to head to The
Sign of the Maiden tavern and ask for ‘Philip
the Short’.
REWARDS
Saying your goodbyes, you leave Trenton. But,
you will forever carry the memory of Livingston
K Defeated Livingston Hobb without any player
Hobb and his sanguine reign of terror with you.
characters dying: 50 Reward Points

K Soothed Jack Judd’s crying: 50 Reward Points

The adventure continues in Boston Besieged from the
K Found the letter on Miriam’s body and deduced
FLAMES OF FREEDOM Core Rulebook.
the Freemason connection: 100 Reward Points

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LEGENDS & THREATS

IRISH WOLFHOUND (Biffer & Peppers)

C B A P I W F

ADVENTURE: THE SIN EATER

45% [4] 40% [4] 40% [4] 45% [5] 40% [4] 35% [3] 50% [6]

Int Mov DTh PTh Def Size RFa

5 6 Melee 45% Normal Basic

+8 7
(11/17/23) (12/18/24) Ranged 40% (1D6 Fury) (LOW)

TYPE: Animal TRAITS

Athletics +10, Awareness +10, Charm +10, Guile +10 FIERCE: Whenever these creatures are Seriously or
Grievously Wounded, they add an additional 1D6 Fury
Die in Damage but are unable to Defend. In addition,
ATTACK PROFILE
they are also immune to Intimidate, Stress, Fear and Terror
during this time.
Snarling Bite: 45% • Distance (melee Engaged)
• Damage (1D6+4) INATTENTIVE: These creatures are easily distracted.
When their Turn starts, they must succeed at a Resolve
Test or else lose 1 AP.

LIVINGSTON HOBB
C B A P I W F

45% [7] 45% [5] 35% [8] 40% [4] 40% [4] 40% [6] 40% [4]

Int Mov DTh PTh Def Size RFa

6 9 Melee 65% Normal Intermediate

+7 12
(12/18/24) (15/21/27) Ranged 55% (1D6 Fury) (MED)

TYPE: Supernatural TRAITS

Athletics +20, Coordination +20, Intimidate +20, Simple
Melee +20, Survival +20, Toughness +20
ATTACK PROFILE
Knife: 65% • Distance (melee Engaged or thrown 4 yards)
• Damage (1D6+5)
Claws: 65% • Distance (melee Engaged)
• Damage (1D6+7)
CURSE OF THE GHOUL: These creatures can take any
form they please, providing it is of a Humanoid (including
player cultures).
RIPPING TEETH: When these creatures deal Damage,
they can force a foe to Resist a Knockdown.
SLOUGH OFF: Whenever this creature is made to
Bleed, suffers an Injury or would be Slain!, it immediately
spends 0 AP to mutate into its true form. This forces all
those who can see and hear it clearly to suffer 2D10+2
mental Peril. Afterwards, the creature is moved to
Unharmed, leaving it vulnerable to being Slain!
permanently by being set On Fire. A creature cannot
Slough Off more than once per week.

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h ANIMAL WHISPERER h

The name’s Gideon King.

I am an aging Black man, and have made my life as an Animal Whisperer.

I am of a tall stature, with a stocky build. I dress modestly, have intense hazel eyes,
long natural hair and a missing hand.

My aspirational belief is Honesty, but my critical flaw is Apprehension.

Some say they can read others like a book, while others
proclaim they read nature. I, however, read animals. Scoff if
you must, but I know how to speak with them, and animals
know how to speak with me.

We share a bond, a means, that is intuitive. I am able to

tell you when they are frightened, when they suffer – and
more importantly – what they feel. And, before you ask:
no, I was not raised by wolves. I run with all beasts, even
human ones.

I run with the bison. I hunt with the fox. I climb with
the squirrel in the forest green’s leafy boughs. I respect
them as equals, but I do not think for a moment that our
understanding lets me control them. Nor can they control
the change evident in the air.

As I make my way through this wilderness, I learn from

the rabbit something is wrong. My friend the pigeon tells
me she has seen a shadow grow. Worse still, the salmon
whispers of a rot here. I talk with my brother turtle and
sister snake, and both warn me. Their message is always the
same: darkness is here.

TRAIT: WAY OF THE BEAST

Effect: Creatures classified as Animals will never make
you a target of attacks, until you initiate violence towards
them or their allies.

TRAIT: SHADOWS BE GONE

Effect: You treat Total Darkness as if it is Perfect Light,
able to see in the dark.

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h GIDEON h

PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 7
COMBAT Martial Melee*
Martial Ranged* PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
45 Simple Melee +10%
Simple Ranged +10% +6 13 +6 11
7 +12 19
5 +12 17
BRAWN Athletics +10%
+18 25 +18 23
Drive*
40 Intimidate PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness +10% UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
40 Ride* Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery* INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth +10%

PERCEPTION Awareness +10%

WEAPONS
Eavesdrop
45 Scrutinize
HATCHET: 55% • Distance (melee engaged or 5 yards)
• Damage (1D6+4) • Slow, Weak
% Survival +10%
MUSKETOON: 45% • Distance (ranged 10 yards) • Load (2 AP)
Alchemy* • Damage (1D6+4) • Blackpowder, Carbine
Counterfeit*
INTELLIGENCE Education* WEAPON QUALITIES
Folklore +10%
Blackpowder: With this weapon, your Fury Dice explode to deal
35 Gamble additional Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You cannot attack with a
% Heal* Blackpowder weapon while Engaged, unless it has the Pistol Quality;
Navigation* nor can you Load this weapon while mounted, unless it has the Carbine
Warfare* Quality.

Carbine: You can Load this weapon while mounted. In addition, this
WILLPOWER Incantation* weapon’s Fury Dice do not explode to deal additional Damage at Long
Interrogation* Distances, unless it has the Accurate Quality.
40 Resolve Slow: Your foe gains +10% Base Chance to Defend against this weapon.
% Tradecraft*
Weak: This weapon cannot inflict Grievous Injuries.

Bargain
Charm +10% TRAPPINGS
FELLOWSHIP
Disguise* Bullets (18), Camping kit, Hatchet, Hunting bag, Irish Wolfhound
("Peppers"), Knife, Musketoon, Laudanum (1), Oil pot & matches,
50 Guile
Handle Animal* +10%
Set of inferior clothes, Smelling Salts (1), Tincture (1), 18 pence
%
Leadership*
Rumor

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h BRAUCHER h

My name is Mercedes Duran̄ .

I am an adult Spanish woman, and have made my life as a Braucher.

I am of a slight stature, with a stocky build. I dress modestly, have dark, soulful eyes,
long wavy hair and purple birthmarks.

My aspirational belief is Spirituality, but my critical flaw is Recklessness.

I am fervently religious and hold deep beliefs, far deeper

than even my local preacher. Some claim to channel the
power of God and work miracles in His name, but I have
truly learned these mysteries. The Bible is only a fraction
of God’s word – the Romanus-Buchlein, Egyptian Secrets
of Albertus Magnus and the Sixth and Seventh Books of
Moses have opened the divine path to me!

I know God’s true whims and meaning, and because of

this, He has chosen to grant me the boon of performing
miracles. Ministers have long tried to hide the truth, but
have failed in their endeavors to hide it from me.

Many see me as deluded or even evil, saying my claimancy

of this power is asinine at best and heretical at worst. Yet, I
know the truth. The word of God – which is codified and
written by the Prophet of Moses – gives one who is willing
to read and learn the means of communing with God.
I do not lie when I say I have spoken with God, and my
powers are proof. But perhaps worse, God has warned me
of a great coming calamity, second only to Judgement Day.

TRAIT: FIND THE HIDDEN WORD

Effect: Whenever you bear a symbol of faith in-hand, add
+1 to your Damage & Peril Thresholds. In addition, you
gain access to two Magick Spells, and may cast them at
will with a successful Incantation Test.

TRAIT: SECOND SIGHT

Effect: With a successful Scrutinize Test, you can detect
the presence of supernatural phenomena nearby. If you
Critically Succeed this Skill Test, you can accurately track
where the phenomena is found (as if you were tracking
someone using Survival).

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h MERCEDES h

PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 7
COMBAT Martial Melee*
Martial Ranged* PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
40 Simple Melee +10%
Simple Ranged +10% +6 13 +6 11
7 +12 19
5 +12 17
BRAWN Athletics
+18 25 +18 23
Drive*
35 Intimidate PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness +10% UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
40 Ride* Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery* INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth
SPELLS OVERCOAT PISTOL: 50%
• Distance (ranged 5 yards)
PERCEPTION Awareness +10% FIRE’S WARMTH • Load (2 AP) • Damage (1D6+4)
• Blackpower, Pistol, Weak
Eavesdrop Casting Time: Six minutes
45 Scrutinize +10%
Distance: By touch
Reagents: A burned piece of charcoal, WEAPON QUALITIES
% Survival rubbed on peoples’ heads Blackpowder: With this weapon, your
Effect: A fter s uccessfully r olling a n Fury Dice explode to deal additional
Incantation Test, up to [WB] people Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You
Alchemy* can ignore the negative effects o f c old cannot attack with a Blackpowder
Counterfeit* weather, also avoiding Frostbite. weapon while Engaged, unless it has the
Critical Success: Up to 3x your [WB]
INTELLIGENCE Education* +10% people are affected.
Pistol Quality; nor can you Load this
weapon while mounted, unless it has the
Folklore +10% Critical Failure: The p eople a ffected Carbine Quality.
40 Gamble suffer 1D10+1 physical Peril every hour.
Duration: 3+[WB] hours Fast: Your foe suffers -10% Base Chance
% Heal* to Defend against this weapon.
LIQUID COURAGE Pistol: You can make a Counterattack
Navigation*
Casting Time: Six minutes using this weapon, and can make Attack
Warfare* Distance: By touch Actions with it while Engaged. In
Reagents: Sing a song while touching a addition, this weapon’s Fury Dice do not
WILLPOWER cup, mug or pitcher of alcohol explode to deal additional Damage at
Incantation* +10% Effect: A fter s uccessfully r olling a n Medium & Long Distances, unless it has
Interrogation* Incantation Test, everyone who drinks the Accurate Quality.
50 Resolve +10% the alcohol gains an Assist Die to Skill
Tests to withstand Stress, Fear and Throwing: You c annot u se t his w eapon
% Tradecraft* Terror. at Medium, Long or Extreme Distances.
Critical Success: You can also affect an Weak: This w eapon c annot i n flict
entire barrel of alcohol. Grievous Injuries.
Bargain Critical Failure: Everyone who drinks is
immediately Intoxicated. TRAPPINGS
Charm
FELLOWSHIP Duration: 3+[WB] hours
Disguise* Book of Common Spells, Bullets
WEAPONS (18), Knife, Laudanum (1), Oil pot
45 Guile
Handle Animal*
+10%
KNIFE: 50%
& matches, Overcoat pistol, Set of
average clothes, Smelling Salts (1),
% • Distance (melee engaged or 5 yards) Symbol of faith, Spell Reagents (all),
Leadership* • Damage (1D6+4) Tincture (1), Writing Kit, 6 sterling
Rumor • Fast, Throwing, Weak

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h DILETTANTE h

I’m Beauregard Pearson, but my friends call me ‘Beau’.

I am a mature English man, and have made my life as a Dilettante.

I am of a slight stature, with a lean build. I dress fashionably, have fiery dark eyes,
short straight hair and a leering sneer.

My aspirational belief is Honor, but my critical flaw is Cowardice.

Nothing ever seems good enough or interesting enough,

and as soon as something novel piques my interest, my
attention is then like gossamer, floating along the breeze.
It is not that I lack drive or a sense of commitment – it is
just that I really do not care.

I have money – or at least an inheritance coming to me –

which ensures my needs are met. In order to fill my time, I
must do something fun, and this often means seeking new
experiences. Sadly, even these new dalliances can hardly
hold my attention for long.

My idylls have brought me many things – namely

knowledge, connections and experiences that come in
handy from time to time. The downside of these experiences
is that I have come into contact with some unsavory sorts,
as well as seen things I rather wish I did not.

I have seen many unspeakable events and some

unspeakable things no one should see. Though many
fear of a brewing violent confrontation here in the ‘New
World’, I fear a greater darkness engulfing all.

TRAIT: A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING

Effect: Whenever you gain the benefits of an Assist Die,
you gain two instead.

TRAIT: ENFANT TERRIBLE

Effect: Whenever someone fails an Intelligence-based
Skill Test, you can interject and have them re-roll using
your Base Chance without spending Coins. However, they
suffer 1D10+1 mental Peril.

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h BEAU h

PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 7
COMBAT Martial Melee*
Martial Ranged* PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
35 Simple Melee
Simple Ranged +10% +6 13 +6 11
7 +12 19
5 +12 17
BRAWN Athletics
+18 25 +18 23
Drive*
40 Intimidate PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
40 Ride* Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery* INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth

PERCEPTION Awareness
WEAPONS
Eavesdrop +10% KNIFE: 35% • Distance (melee engaged or 5 yards) • Damage (1D6+4)
45 Scrutinize +10%
• Fast, Throwing, Weak
% Survival FLINTLOCK PISTOL: 45% • Distance (ranged 7 yards)
• Load (2 AP) • Damage (1D6+3) • Blackpowder, Pistol, Weak
Alchemy*
Counterfeit* WEAPON QUALITIES
INTELLIGENCE Education* +10% Blackpowder: With this weapon, your Fury Dice explode to deal
Folklore +10% additional Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You cannot attack with a
45 Gamble +10% Blackpowder weapon while Engaged, unless it has the Pistol Quality;
% Heal* nor can you Load this weapon while mounted, unless it has the Carbine
Quality.
Navigation*
Warfare* Fast: Your foe suffers -10% Base Chance to Defend against this weapon.
Pistol: You can make a Counterattack using this weapon, and can make
WILLPOWER Incantation* Attack Actions with it while Engaged. In addition, this weapon’s Fury
Dice do not explode to deal additional Damage at Medium & Long
Interrogation*
Distances, unless it has the Accurate Quality.
40 Resolve +10%
Throwing: You cannot use this weapon at Medium, Long or Extreme
% Tradecraft*
Distances.
Weak: This weapon cannot inflict Grievous Injuries.
Bargain +10%
Charm +10%
FELLOWSHIP TRAPPINGS
Disguise*
Book (French & Indian War), Bullets (18), Flintlock pistol, Knife,
55 Guile
Handle Animal* Laudanum (1), Oil pot & matches, Set of average clothes, Snuff
% & snuffbox, Smelling Salts (1), Tincture (1), Writing Kit, 12 shilling
Leadership*
Rumor +10%

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h FREEBOOTER h

They call me ‘Red Bonny’.

I am an adult Multicultural two-spirit person, and have made my life as a Freebooter.

I am of a tall stature, with a lean build. I dress fashionably, have grass green eyes,
medium natural hair and a cheshire grin.

My aspirational belief is Friendship, but my critical flaw is Vengeful.

The Intolerable Acts? Please, when it comes to smuggling

they may as well be called the Tolerable Acts! Ports are
closed and taxes are through the roof, but that just means
more business for me.

I’ve spent enough years running blockades, hiding

contraband, and greasing the palms of dock workers to
know this will pass – but while it’s here, why not take
advantage? No job is too big or too small for me as long
as the price is right. After all, the wheels of commerce still
have to turn, even if we are at war.

There will be war too, make no mistake– but I couldn’t

care less. Rebels and Loyalists need contraband goods no
matter what flag they live under, so whoever wins won’t
affect my margins in the least. War brings more profits
and opportunities to my business, so the longer the conflict
lasts, the better, I say.

I’m not a mercenary or a warmonger – I’m just an honest

business owner trying to make a few sterlings in a less than
conventional way. I’m certain there will come a time when
I have to make a decision as to where my allegiances rest.

TRAIT: WITHIN MY REACH

Effect: Whenever you fail a Guile or Intimidate Test, you
may re-roll to generate a better result, but must accept the
outcome. In addition, you always succeed at Skill Tests to
resell illegal trappings.

TRAIT: TAKE A MULLIGAN

Effect: Whenever you spend a Coin to re-roll a Skill Test
and fail, re-roll a final time (but you must accept the results
of this final roll).

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PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 8
COMBAT Martial Melee* +10%
Martial Ranged* +10% PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
45 Simple Melee +10%
Simple Ranged +10% +6 13 +6 11
7 +12 19
5 +12 17
BRAWN Athletics
+18 25 +18 23
Drive*
40 Intimidate +10% PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
50 Ride* Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery * +10% INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth
WEAPONS
PERCEPTION Awareness +10%
KNIFE: 55% • Distance (melee engaged or 5 yards) • Damage (1D6+5)
Eavesdrop • Fast, Throwing, Weak
45 Scrutinize
TURN-OUT PISTOL: 55% • Distance (ranged 5 yards)
% Survival • Load (1 AP) • Damage (1D6+4) • Blackpower, Inaccurate, Pistol,
Weak
Alchemy*
Counterfeit*
INTELLIGENCE Education*
WEAPON QUALITIES
Folklore Blackpowder: With this weapon, your Fury Dice explode to deal
40 Gamble
additional Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You cannot attack with a
Blackpowder weapon while Engaged, unless it has the Pistol Quality;
% Heal* nor can you Load this weapon while mounted, unless it has the Carbine
Navigation* Quality.
Warfare* Inaccurate: This weapon cannot take advantage of Long or Extreme
Distances.
WILLPOWER Incantation* Pistol: You can make a Counterattack using this weapon, and can make
Interrogation* Attack Actions with it while Engaged. In addition, this weapon’s Fury
40 Resolve Dice do not explode to deal additional Damage at Medium & Long
Distances, unless it has the Accurate Quality.
% Tradecraft*
Throwing: You cannot use this weapon at Medium, Long or Extreme
Distances.
Bargain +10%
Weak: This weapon cannot inflict Grievous Injuries.
Charm
FELLOWSHIP
Disguise*
TRAPPINGS
35 Guile
Handle Animal*
+10%
Antidote (1), Bullets (18), Knife, Laudanum (1), Lockpicks, Oil pot &
%
Leadership* matches, Set of dark clothes, Smelling Salts (1), Tincture (1), Tobacco
Rumor +10% (3), Turn-out pistol, 10 pence

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h MAGISTRATE h

My full name is Archibald Jamison Hale.

I am an aging Colonial man, and have made my life as a Magistrate.

I am of a slight stature, with a stocky build. I dress modestly, have shrewd hazel eyes,
cropped curly hair and a balding pate.

My aspirational belief is Authority, but my critical flaw is Formality.

A Lawyer uses the word of law to advocate for the guilty

and innocent, but I am the true impartial arbiter of the
law. It is my duty to know the law inside and out and have
the prudence to apply it fairly. My task is not an easy or
popular one, due to the simple fact that the law must have
no prejudice or bias.

I spent years in school and as a lawyer myself to represent

the government and its laws as fairly as possible, and the
summation of my learning is this: justice is simply a matter
of true or false – nothing more, and nothing less.

It is hard not to notice the growing tensions and how

they are boiling over into those eager to break the law.
Society is ruled by laws, and society creates the very means
to judge those who refuse to obey these laws. I do not care
about tax increases or royal blockades – the law created
them, and so they must be upheld.
Those who break the law break the contract we all make
to our society. It doesn’t matter which side of the conflict
is right. Whether they be Rebels or the Loyalists, they all
break the law and in my eyes, are all equally guilty.

TRAIT: JUDGEMENT IS HERE

Effect: Whenever you or an ally succeeds at a Skill Test,
spend a Coin to turn it into a Critical Success.

TRAIT: EBB & FLOW

Effect: After you use Judgement Is Here, the Coin is
immediately discarded for the rest of the game session.

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h ARCHIBALD h

PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 7
COMBAT Martial Melee*
Martial Ranged* PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
40 Simple Melee +10%
Simple Ranged +6 13 +6 10
7 +12 19
4 +12 16
BRAWN Athletics
+18 25 +18 22
Drive*
35 Intimidate PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness +10% UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
45 Ride* +10% Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery* INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth

PERCEPTION Awareness +10% WEAPONS

Eavesdrop KNIFE: 50% • Distance (melee engaged or 5 yards) • Damage (1D6+4)
40 Scrutinize • Fast, Throwing, Weak
% Survival FLINTLOCK PISTOl: 40% • Distance (ranged 5 yards)
• Load (2 AP) • Damage (1D6+4) • Blackpower, Pistol, Weak
Alchemy*
Counterfeit*
INTELLIGENCE
WEAPON QUALITIES
Education* +10%
Folklore Blackpowder: With this weapon, your Fury Dice explode to deal
45 Gamble
additional Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You cannot attack with a
Blackpowder weapon while Engaged, unless it has the Pistol Quality;
% Heal* nor can you Load this weapon while mounted, unless it has the Carbine
Navigation* Quality.
Warfare* Fast: Your foe suffers -10% Base Chance to Defend against this weapon.
Pistol: You can make a Counterattack using this weapon, and can make
WILLPOWER Incantation* Attack Actions with it while Engaged. In addition, this weapon’s Fury
Interrogation* +10% Dice do not explode to deal additional Damage at Medium & Long
40 Resolve Distances, unless it has the Accurate Quality.
% Tradecraft* Throwing: You cannot use this weapon at Medium, Long or Extreme
Distances.

Bargain +10% Weak: This weapon cannot inflict Grievous Injuries.

Charm
FELLOWSHIP
Disguise* TRAPPINGS
50 Guile
Handle Animal*
+10% Bullets (18) Flintlock pistol, Knife, Laudanum (1), Ledger, Oil
pot & matches, Set of superior clothes, Smelling Salts (1),
%
Leadership * +10% Tincture (1), Writing Kit, 11 sterling
Rumor +10%

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h MIDWIFE h

I am Nanye’hi, daughter of Fivekiller.

I am a young Cherokee woman, and have made my life as a Midwife.

I am of a slight stature, with a normal build. I dress shabbily, have mournful brown eyes,
very long braided hair and a freckled face.

My aspirational belief is Truth, but my critical flaw is Sarcasm.

Life is precious. It should be cherished, and above all,

protected. With each newborn child that I usher into this
world, I welcome another wondrous soul to our community.

It is I who knows how to ease the pain and ensure life,

not death, comes from birth. It is I, and I alone, who brings
comfort to parents and children. I am the doctor when
your life is at risk, the nursemaid to your baby and the
gentle comfort when the worst happens. It is my sacred
duty.

I have ushered many new lives into this world, which

brings me great joy. More than anything, it fills me
with a purpose far greater than most understand. This
understanding tells me something is spiritually amiss in
our world, far greater than the war.

I feel this wrongness deep within my bones. I hear it

in the cries of dying infants and see it in the unearthly
hollowness in parents’ eyes. Infants die and stillbirths grow
even more common. Shadows and darkness lurk within the
sacred moments of birth. There are eyes in those shadows,
watching and waiting to snuff away these precious gifts of
life. I am fearful of what is to come.

TRAIT: EASE THE PAIN

Effect: Whenever you successfully Bind Wounds to heal
Damage, your patient moves one additional step up the
Damage Condition Track positively and an equal number
of steps up the Peril Condition Track.

TRAIT: FIELD DRESSING

Effect: It takes you less than one minute (1 Action Point
in combat) to Bind Wounds. In addition, you reduce the
use of other First Aid-related actions by -1 Action Point
(to a minimum of 1 Action Point).

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PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 7
COMBAT Martial Melee*
Martial Ranged* PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
35 Simple Melee
Simple Ranged +6 13 +6 11
7 +12 19
5 +12 17
BRAWN Athletics +10%
+18 25 +18 23
Drive*
40 Intimidate PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness +10% UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
40 Ride* Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery* INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth
WEAPONS
PERCEPTION Awareness KNIFE: 35% • Distance (melee engaged or 5 yards) • Damage (1D6+4)
Eavesdrop • Fast, Throwing, Weak
45 Scrutinize +10% FOWLER MUSKET: 35% • Distance (ranged 13 yards) • Load (3
% Survival +10% AP) • Damage (1D6+3) • Blackpowder, Inaccurate, Weak

Alchemy* +10%
Counterfeit*
WEAPON QUALITIES
INTELLIGENCE Education* Blackpowder: With this weapon, your Fury Dice explode to deal
additional Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You cannot attack with a
Folklore +10%
Blackpowder weapon while Engaged, unless it has the Pistol Quality;
50 Gamble nor can you Load this weapon while mounted, unless it has the Carbine
% Heal* +10% Quality.
Navigation* Fast: Your foe suffers -10% Base Chance to Defend against this weapon.
Warfare* Inaccurate: This weapon cannot take advantage of Long or Extreme
Distances.
WILLPOWER Incantation*
Pistol: You can make a Counterattack using this weapon, and can make
Interrogation* Attack Actions with it while Engaged. In addition, this weapon’s Fury
45 Resolve +10% Dice do not explode to deal additional Damage at Medium & Long
% Tradecraft* Distances, unless it has the Accurate Quality.
Throwing: You cannot use this weapon at Medium, Long or Extreme
Distances.
Bargain
Charm +10% Weak: This weapon cannot inflict Grievous Injuries.
FELLOWSHIP
Disguise*
TRAPPINGS
40 Guile
Handle Animal*
% Backpack, Bullets (9), Candles (9), Fowler musket, Knife, Laudanum
Leadership* (1), Oil pot & matches, Set of inferior clothes, Smelling Salts, Tincture
Rumor +10% (1), 7 pence

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h OFFICER h

A pleasure to meet you, I am Veronica Roche.

I am an adult French woman, and have made my life as an Officer.

I am of an average stature, with a stocky build. I dress modestly, have unblinking blue eyes,
near-shaved wavy hair and a persistent cough.

My aspirational belief is Courage, but my critical flaw is Callousness.

The time is fast approaching that the simmering tensions

will boil over into conflict. It’s during times like these that
someone must step forward and take on the mantle of
leader, and that person is myself. I’ve learned the skills of
leadership through many years of combat and schooling,
and I shall ride at the vanguard of those charging into
battle.

My skills and scars are souvenirs from countless conflicts

before. It was then, with musket balls flying past my head,
that I learned to lead and value my companions’ lives more
than my own.

I didn’t become an officer for the money – most of my

funds go towards maintaining my militia, but my true
reward is making my unit into a lean fighting machine. I’ve
learned by studying the great masters of war, and I have
grown into an efficient and effective leader who doesn’t
shy from battle.

My brand of leadership is exactly what is needed now,

especially if the rumors of dark things are true. No matter
which side I choose, they’ll welcome my bravery forthright.

TRAIT: BATTLE BUDDY

Effect: Select one ally whenever combat starts. You both
gain a +10% Base Chance to Defend and cannot be
Flanked, providing you are able to clearly see and hear one
another.

TRAIT: BATTLE HYMN

Effect: Whenever you suffer an Injury, immediately
move one step up the Damage & Peril Condition Tracks
positively.

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h VERONICA h

PRIMARY SKILL RANKS DETERMINATION INITIATIVE MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTES *SPECIAL SKILL
1 +7 6
COMBAT Martial Melee* +10%
Martial Ranged* +10% PERIL THRESHOLD DAMAGE THRESHOLD
50 Simple Melee +10%
Simple Ranged +10% +6 13 +6 11
7 +12 19
5 +12 17
BRAWN Athletics
+18 25 +18 23
Drive*
45 Intimidate +10% PERIL CONDITION TRACK DAMAGE CONDITION TRACK
% Toughness +10% UNHINDERED UNHARMED
Imperiled Lightly Wounded
AGILITY Coordination Ignore 1 Skill Rank Moderately Wounded
Pilot* Ignore 2 Skill Ranks Seriously Wounded
35 Ride* +10% Ignore 3 Skill Ranks Grievously Wounded
% Skulduggery* INCAPACITATED! SLAIN!
Stealth

WEAPONS
PERCEPTION Awareness
Eavesdrop BAYONET: 60% • Distance (melee engaged or 1 yards) • Load (1 AP)
45 Scrutinize
• Damage (1D6+5) • Socketed, Vicious
CAVALRY SWORD: 60% • Distance (melee engaged)
% Survival
• Damage (1D6+5) • Backslash, Slow

Alchemy* BROWN BESS MUSKET: 60% • Distance (ranged 13 yards)

• Load (3 AP) • Damage (1D6+5) • Accurate, Blackpowder
Counterfeit*
INTELLIGENCE Education* WEAPON QUALITIES
Folklore
40 Gamble
Accurate: This weapon ignores Difficulty Rating penalties associated with
Long and Extreme Distances.
% Heal*
Backslash: When hitting with this weapon, gain an Assist Die.
Navigation* +10%
Blackpowder: With this weapon, your Fury Dice explode to deal additional
Warfare*
Damage on a face ‘1’ or face ‘6’. You cannot attack with a Blackpowder
weapon while Engaged, unless it has the Pistol Quality; nor can you Load
WILLPOWER Incantation* this weapon while mounted, unless it has the Carbine Quality.
Interrogation* Slow: Your foe gains +10% Base Chance to Defend against this weapon.
40 Resolve +10%
Socketed: This weapon is considered an improvised weapon unless attached
% Tradecraft* to a two-handed weapon with the Blackpowder Quality. It takes 1 AP to
plug the weapon in, and must be removed before the weapon can be fired.
Bargain Vicious: When determining if a foe is Injured with this weapon, roll an
Charm additional 1D6 Chaos Die.
FELLOWSHIP
Disguise*
TRAPPINGS
40 Guile
Handle Animal*
Bayonet, Bedroll, Brown Bess musket, Bullets (18), Cavalry
% sabre, Knapsack, Laudanum (1), Oil pot & matches, Set of inferior
Leadership* +10% clothes, Smelling Salts (1) & Tincture (1), 11 pence
Rumor

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h ADVENTURE ASSETS h

Feel free to use these cutouts while running the one-shot adventure or
to upload the images to your favorite VTT like Roll20.

COINS
ADVENTURE ASSETS

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THE HOUSE
1 square = 1 yard

up BASEMENT

ADVENTURE: THE SIN EATER

locked

SITTING ROOM KITCHEN POW

RO

1st floor

down

POWDER BEDROOM
ROOM

2nd floor

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CHARACTER STANDS
ADVENTURE: THE SIN EATER

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CHARACTER STANDS

ADVENTURE: THE SIN EATER

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h WELCOME TO THE REBELLION h

It is the dawn of the American Revolutionary War of 1776.

In the war for survival, it does not matter what your creed, color, culture or gender is –
all stand together. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is held aloft in every Rebel patriot’s
hand as they take up arms against the British Empire. But as the Revolution begins,
something far more mysterious stirs.

Welcome to Flames of Freedom, where your grim & perilous tale hangs in the balance!

FLAMES OF FREEDOM IS COMING

KICKSTARTER OCTOBER 5th!

http://flames.zweihander.game

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