THE PRESS

The people have the right to know

You are a crew of independent journalists - Knowledge and free information are your
domain.But in Duskwall,shouting truth from the rooftops can earn you a swift demise.
When you play Examples, you earn XP when you execute a
successful Exposé, Investigation, Smear, or Propaganda operation.
Do you report the truth or your version of the truth? Is anyone off limits?

STARTING UPGRADES CONTACTS

� Training: Insight.
� Cohort: Adepts.
OPERATIONS
Choose a favored operation type:
� Exposé: Illuminating scandalous
crimes or misdeeds.
� Investigation: Finding a new lead
or solving a cold case.
� Smear: Ruining someone’s
reputation based on assumed facts.
� Propaganda: The propagation of
licentious information to the public.
� Gregor, a Gangboss. A source of tips
about incoming scores in Duskwall?
� Stev, a Steelweaver. Your man in
the steel weaver factories?
� Chime, a Disgraced Sparkwright.
Perhaps they keep your reporters’
equipment in good condition?
� Naira Vess, a Mercurial Noble. A
potential patron or high society liaison?
� Stefan Holtz, a Steadfast Bluecoat.
Does he tip you off about corruption?
� Cross, an Owlish Railjack. They get
around the Empire, could the information
they have be useful?

PRESS UPGRADES
� Press Rigging: You get two free load of non-weapon gear.
� Ironhook Contacts: Your tier is effectively +1 Tier in Prison. This counts for
any roll related to tier in prison, including incarceration rolls.
� Elite Adepts: Your skilled workers (Adepts) get +1D to quality rolls for
adept related actions.
� Elite Rovers: Your couriers and Transporters (Rovers) get +1D to quality
rolls for Rover related activities
� Poker Face: Each PC gets +1 Stress Box. This costs three upgrades to
unlock, not just one.

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PRESS BEATS
The Cartoons
Occult
Turf Politics
Crime Finance
Instead of Claims, the Press crew has beats. Beats are like claims, but you determine
what district they are in when you pick them. Some beats have abilities when you are in
districts where your beat is most prominent.
Sport: +1D to wreck or prowl on
your turf. Watching that roofball was
good for something!
Crime: You have +effect against
criminals on beat where
information would be relevant.
Crowsfoot to Whitecrown, there’s
always some kind of crime.
Art and Culture: Gain +1D to
gather info. on celebrities and
infamous people. Artists and Actors,
Designers and Writers. All have secrets
to share.
Finance: Name a score type. +2
coin for scores of that type. Follow
the money and you’ll always be loaded.
Local Politics: Gain +1D to
consort with Local Leaders on
beat. The Faces you should know when
you visit duskwall.
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THE PRESS
CREW:
Turf Sport Academia
lair Fashion Turf
Art +
Turf Food Culture
The Occult: Gain +effect To
attune when on beat. Baubles
and Trinkets to some, as good as
spark-craft to others.
Food: Gain +1D to acquire new
cohorts during downtime. Food has
a way of bringing people together. You
can use this to your advantage.
Fashion: Your outfits count as
being +tier for purposes of
fashion. You can predict the next trend
and be on top of it.
Cartoons: Gain +scale when
consorting against a political power
using your paper. The best way to
deliver the truth is in the form of a joke.
Academia: Gain +1D to gather info.
on niche academic topics. Reading
scientific journals and interviewing
academics has its benefits.
PRESS SPECial aBilitiES
ACE REPORTER
Whenever your heat is 4 or more, take +1D when you use your reputation
as a weapon.
Noise makes you dangerous. They’re right to be afraid.

(DIS)INFORMATION CAMPAIGN
When a crew member uses your paper to spread an idea among the populace,
take +effect to the roll.
The people read and the people know. Perhaps the result of this roll determines how
far your idea carries?

PATRON
When you advance your tier, it costs half the coin it normally would. Who
is your patron? Why do they help you?

GHOST TRICK
Through hard work or an occult ritual, you’ve learned how to hide small
items inside of the ghost field. Whispers and and spirits might be able to retrieve
them, however.
Is it hidden in it’s ghostly form? How might a ghost use it against you?

INTREPID
Each PC may add +1 action rating to sway, prowl, or study (to a max of 3).
You don’t have to choose the same ability. If you take this ability during initial
character creation, it supersedes the normal limit.

PRETTY PICTURES
Through a feat of sparkcraft engineering or occult practice you’ve managed
to rig your cameras such that they can photograph the ghost field, producing
striking imagery and evidence others cannot capture.
The dead have some very interesting things to show you ...

PUNCH UP
When executing a plan against a faction with a higher tier than you, you
receive +1D to the engagement roll.
Good journalism can topple giants. Just be careful who you choose to antagonize.

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 THE PRESS
PRESS OPPORTUNITIES

1 An artist is opening a new exhibit.

CREW:
2 A local merchant is keeping people in zero hour contracts.

3 An ex-academic is talking about a purge of a certain school of thought

at the hands of certain authorities in the Academy.

4 The Council have employed scabs to end the Docker’s strike. Evidence?

5 Factory owners have hired leg breakers to stop unionization attempts.

Who are they?

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Vigilantes have appeared, starting to strike at anyone they deem to be
criminals. Who are these masked crusaders?

1 A noble is hosting a party at her mansion. Exclusive and Frivolous, but

full of gossip.

2 Skovlander Rebels are planning something big around city hall. What
are they up to?

3
The Deathlanders have managed to get a whole bunch of pardons in a
short time. What’s causing that?

4 The Spirit Wardens haven’t been present in one district for a while.
What’s going on?

5 An Inquisitor for the Empire has arrived in town. What is he

investigating?

6 There’s been a murder, with mysterious signs and sigils all over the place.

1 Young people of high society have found new fashion in petty crime,
but now there’s been a murder...

2 An Arcane killer roams the streets, targets seemingly random, and

leaving only shells. The bluecoats do nothing.

3 A Masked Man is offering you lots money if you’d just reveal your
source for a previous story ...

4 The Sparkwrights have made a man of metal and are due to reveal it in
a central square.

5 One of the spirit wardens have been corrupted by a demon, but the
source that brought you this has died mysteriously.
There have been strange, pre-calamity relics recovered from the void
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sea, but nobody has been able to see them before they were spirited
away by the wardens.

For any opportunity above, consider an Exposé, Investigation, Smear, or

Propaganda operation. To twist an opportunity or add additional elements,
roll on the score generator tables on page 306-309.

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CREDITS
The Press Crewbook is a fan creations and is
not officially sanctioned by John Harper or Evil
Hat Productions.

Thanks to Ömer Faruk Tokluoğlu , the Blades

Discord and anyone who gave feedback during
development.

Thanks also to @Doordoxofficial for their insight

and encouragement with all of my designs.

Thanks to @mothlands for help making the

text look the prettiest it can (editing and
layout.)