Name: Todd McMillan Gameplay Example

You were injured or personally affected by a consequence

Record the level of harmed suffered equal to the threath level of

High Concept: Clairvoyant detective With decades of experience as a private detective in

Harm
the action that caused it. If row is already filled, the harm move up
Description: Todd is midle-aged private detective ready to contemporary USA, Todd has faced many situations from one level:
cross any line for the truth. shootouts to car chase.

While he mostly keeps it a secret from his client, Todd’s Level Description Effect
Choose concepts, weaknesses and edges that describe your character. edge over other detectives is that he has some good
intuitions to the point that some told him that he is a
1 -1 Effect
Type: JOB
Private detective clairvoyant. Looking at a victim’s dead body is like talking
Concepts

Concept: +1

Interrogate, shoot, car chase, stalking, to them for him. Or maybe he is actually talking to them ?
2 Difficulty
Die
Technologically illiterate, Todd gets helps from Alfie for
basic law knowledge, cop relations, lockpick
anything computer-related during his investigations. While 3 OUT
“In and out, nobody will know“ Alfie, a well-known hacktivist in some circle, is ready to
engage in illegal activity, he also often reminds Todd that Effect of harm only apply to actions affected by harm. Once OUT you
it’s not because “they can”, that “they should”. Hacking big can still act if assisted or pushing yourself.
corporations? YES. Black-mailing a random waitress?
Drinking on the job Stunts are the special abilities of your characters that involve special mechanics
“Think of another plan Todd !”.

Stunts description includes the cost of the stunt, and its effects.

Stunts
Costs can be a combination of limits (e.g., once per session/scene),
Car chase example: a suspect has spotted Todd following
Clairvoyant
Type: Power
stress costs, special circumstances (e.g., a special armor for
Concept: him on a highway and he tries to flee. Todd engages in a
projectiles), conditions (e.g., fill a specific 4- or 8-segments clocks).
See dead people, glimpse from the past, talk to car chase to try and use a PIT maneuver to stop the car.

the dead, glimpse from the future, find hidden

The player decides to introduce a small complication to

recover one stress: Todd is already tipsy from drinking on
Stunt: “Thank you Alfie !”
Dead people confident the job, and before starting the chase, he takes another Decription: Once per session, Alfie anticipate one
sip of his whisky flask.
urgent need. You can ignore a complication that
The player uses Private Detective concept to add a
bonus die to the default one base die. He also pushes
can be credibly cancelled by hacking or electronics
Never in the present
himself to use a second concept with Clairvoyant to manipulation
anticipate the suspect’s change in directions. He adds
another bonus die for a total of three dice.
Stunt:
Alfie, my tech guy
Type: Ally
Concept: Because the suspect is a seasoned thug with some Decription:
Hacking, electronic tinkerer, dark web access, experience of driving at high speed, the GM informs the
player that he needs to adds a difficulty dice to the pool.

web stalking, database access, phishing expert

The PIT maneuver will be effective (effect level 2) but
Numeric identity forger high-speed chase are dangerous (threat level 2). To
recover two stress, the player makes it explicit that Todd is
tipsy, and that he might mijudge risky driving maneuvers, Stunt:
thus increasing the threat level to 3. Suddenly the chase
Hacktivist: “Is it ethical ?“ Decription:
is very dangerous.

Type: Interrogate the dead example: Todd is at the morgue

Concept: with the body of a victim of homicide. The player uses
Clairvoyant and Dead people confident to ask the victim
who killed him. Default Threat and Effect levels.

Stunt:
The player roll three dice and the highest result is a 5. It’s
a partial success. The GM decides that action has a Decription:
reduced effect: the victim’s spirit is confused to as what is
happening. His memory is scrambled. He communicates
to Todd that his assailant was a man in his 50s, but that all
he can remembers before going silent.