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Pistol Dust;
The name given to the residue left from the use of gunpowder.

Someone who frequently uses firearms or explosives

ends up with the dust covering their hands,
eventually staining them black.

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 Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................5
Chapter 1: Character Creation...........................7
Chapter 2: Races.....................................................11
Dwarf........................................................................................12
Elf................................................................................................14
Gnome.......................................................................................16
Human......................................................................................18
Orck...........................................................................................20
Half-Elf...................................................................................22
Halfling...................................................................................23
Half-Orck...............................................................................25
Kobold......................................................................................27
Ratfolk.....................................................................................29
Chapter 3: Abilities & Skills..........................31
Optional Rule: Points for Style..................................31
Chapter 4: Backgrounds....................................35
Chapter 5: Archetypes.......................................39
Archetype: Charlatan......................................................40
Burglar Tree...............................................................................41
Dancer Tree..............................................................................44
Gambler Tree...........................................................................47
Archetype: Magi.................................................................49
Gun Caster Tree......................................................................50
Sorcerer Tree..........................................................................53
Wizard Tree.............................................................................57
Archetype: Ranger............................................................62
Bounty Hunter Tree.............................................................63
Gunslinger Tree......................................................................65
Houndsman Tree...................................................................68
Archetype: Scholar..........................................................70
Alchemist Tree.........................................................................71
Artificer Tree..........................................................................74
Doctor Tree...............................................................................77
Musician Tree..........................................................................78
Archetype: Spiritualist....................................................81
Crusader Tree..........................................................................82
Godly Symbol Tree..............................................................84
Oracle Tree................................................................................85
Preacher Tree..........................................................................87
Archetype: Warrior.........................................................89
Knight Tree...............................................................................90
Pugilist Tree..............................................................................93
Soldier Tree..............................................................................95
Toughness Tree.......................................................................96
Defense Tree............................................................................96
Chapter 6: Talents................................................97
Optional Rule: Upgradable Talents..........................97
Universal Talents..............................................................98
Trick Ride Talents..........................................................102
Draconic Talents..............................................................104
Troubles................................................................................108
Crafting Talents.................................................................114
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Chapter 7: Gear.....................................................116
Armor and Shields..........................................................118
Firearms...............................................................................120
Firearms Table......................................................................122
Firearm Modifications......................................................123
Other Weapons.................................................................126
Melee Weapons Table.......................................................127
Ranged Weapons.................................................................128
Weapon Properties.............................................................129
Prosthetics...........................................................................130
Prosthetic Enhancements..........................................132
Equipment Table..............................................................134
Equipment...........................................................................137
Food & Drink Table........................................................150
Food & Drink......................................................................151
Chapter 8: Companions...................................153
Mounts...................................................................................153
Mount Movement............................................................153
Mount Exhaustion..........................................................153
Carts & Wagons...............................................................154
Mount Carry Bulk...........................................................154
Barding..................................................................................154
Riding.....................................................................................154
Saddling & Hitching......................................................154
Spooked................................................................................154
Horses....................................................................................155
Familiars...............................................................................155
Animal Companions......................................................155
Familiar Table...................................................................156
Dragoliz (Companion)...................................................157
Elemental Serpent (Companion)...........................158
Kuluvus (Companion)..................................................159
Wolf (Companion)..........................................................160
Chapter 9: Combat...............................................161
Dodge & Soak.....................................................................161
Saving Throws...................................................................161
Combat Rounds..................................................................161
Attack Actions........................................................................161
Move Actions.........................................................................164
Full Actions.............................................................................165
Free Actions............................................................................165
Surprise Round................................................................165
Quick Draw Rounds...........................................................165
Cover.......................................................................................165
Other Things......................................................................166
Size..............................................................................................166
Temporary Wounds...........................................................166
Experience..........................................................................166
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Chapter 10: Adventuring.................................168
Rest & Recovery.............................................................168
Keeping Watch..................................................................168
Eating & Drinking..........................................................168
Holding Your Breath & Suffocating.....................168
Awareness...........................................................................169
Social Interactions.........................................................169
Difficulty of the Challenge.........................................169
Traveling...............................................................................169
Playing Cards.....................................................................170
Pursuits.................................................................................170
Tracking.................................................................................171
Sneaking..............................................................................172
Climbing................................................................................172
Swimming...........................................................................172
Near-Death...........................................................................172
Retiring a Hat.....................................................................173
Downtime Activities......................................................174
Basic Downtime Activities.............................................174
Crafting Downtime Activities.......................................176
Downtime Researching....................................................177
Downtime Training.............................................................177
Illegal Operations.................................................................178
Conditions.............................................................................181
Environmental Hazards..............................................186
Awkward Terrain................................................................186
Brambles & Brush..............................................................186
Rushing Water......................................................................186
Falling.........................................................................................186
Lava.............................................................................................186
Light Levels.............................................................................186
Glass............................................................................................187
Locks & Doors......................................................................187
Weather.....................................................................................188
Traps...........................................................................................189
Chapter 11: The World.......................................191
Realms...................................................................................192
Languages.............................................................................192
Notable Companies.........................................................193
Seasons & Days...............................................................193
History...................................................................................194
Elven History....................................................................195
Wars........................................................................................195
Dragons..................................................................................198
Wolf Mothers...................................................................202
Gods & Death...................................................................204
Hell, Devils & Daemons.............................................208
The Storm............................................................................210
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Chapter 12: Adversaries...................................211
Hordes.....................................................................................211
Creating Combat Encounters.....................................212
Goons......................................................................................213
Church Grim.......................................................................214
Chupacabra..........................................................................215
Coywolf.................................................................................216
Dragoliz..................................................................................217
Elemental Serpent..........................................................218
Florabee................................................................................219
Ghosts...................................................................................222
Ghost Train........................................................................223
Glass Bird...........................................................................224
Ink Splotch........................................................................225
Jackalope............................................................................226
Kuluvus................................................................................227
Wolf.......................................................................................228
Clockwork Templates..................................................229
Undead Templates.........................................................232
Making a Villain.............................................................236
Chapter 13: Luck................................................237
Chapter 14: Magic Items, Gadgets &
Potions....................................................................238
Common Magic Items...................................................240
Rare Magic Items.............................................................241
Grand and Artifact Magic Items............................242
Cursed Items......................................................................265
Chapter 15: Spell Casting...............................268
Casting..................................................................................268
Backlash & Lucidity....................................................268
Spell Attacks and Saves.............................................268
Cantrips................................................................................269
Concentration...................................................................269
Area of Effect...................................................................269
Schools of Magic.............................................................269
Elements of Magic.........................................................270
Chapter 16: Spells...............................................271
Arcane Spells...................................................................272
Nature Spells.....................................................................273
Spirit Spells.......................................................................275
A-E...............................................................................................276
F-G...............................................................................................280
H-I................................................................................................287
J-M..............................................................................................292
N-P...............................................................................................296
R...................................................................................................299
S....................................................................................................303
T-W.............................................................................................306
Hat Sheet................................................................310
 Introduction
Welcome to Pistol Dust, a Pistols and
Fireballs, Weird West/High Fantasy Tabletop RPG.
Travel the war and storm stricken land of
the West, where those with courage go seeking
Fame and Fortune...but usually end up six feet
under. Or something else.
This is a game of storytelling and
imagination. Here you step into the role of your
Hat, and explore the world with your Posse while
trying and survive all the nonsense your
Storyteller throws at you, and gain exp to make
your Hat better.
What's a Hat?
A Players Character (PC) is known as a
Hat. This stems from the Old West, most
commonly a person is either a Black Hat or a
White Hat, in it for the money, or in it for the glory.
But a hat can mean a lot more than that. A
sturdy Stetson? Probably carrying irons. A pointy
hat? Probably a spell slinger. Metal hat? Well, that's
probably a helmet, but still a hat belonging to some
fighting type. A bowler? Some kinda worker type.
A top hat? Probably has money.
What's a Storyteller?
A Storyteller, sometimes referred to as the
Game Master or GM, is the one telling the story of
the game you play. They control the people that you
interact with, the Non-Player Characters called
NPCs. They set the scene and build upon the world
and help make it seem alive.
What's a Posse?
Your Posse is the group of Hats that your
Hat has grouped up with. This can be made up of
PC's and NPC's.
What's Exp?
Exp is your Hats Experience Points, these
are gained from playing and overcoming obstacles.
A Hat also starts with a certain amount of Exp to
spend when they are first created. A Hats total Exp
gained during play should be kept track of, as
should how much exp a Hat has that they can
spend. Exp also increases a Hats total Wounds.
Play Session
A play session refers to the time that you
spend playing the game. This can be as strict or as
loose as the Storyteller wants it to be, but generally
when all the players and the Storyteller are
gathered together and start to play, that's when the
play session begins.
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Dice
Pistol Dust uses a pair of twelve-sided dice,
referred to as d12's. The circumstances that your
Storyteller builds will require your Hat to perform
actions and interact with the world around them,
these Checks will use these two dice. Skills and
Talents that your Hat has will modify these die
rolls in positive or negative ways.
Target
Target is a word you'll see a lot throughout
this book. In simplest terms a Target refers to
whoever or whatever is the subject of an Action or
Condition. Such as the person or critter you are
shooting or trying to hit, or trying to cast a Spell
on. A Hat can also be called a Target.
Using This PDF
This PDF contains everything that you will
need to play Pistol Dust.
Chapters 1 through 8 are about creating
your Hat, starting with a step-by-step guide of how
to do it. It includes information on the various
Races, Archetypes, Talents, Gear, and Companions.
Chapters 9 and 10 are about how to play the
game. They go over how Abilities and Skills work,
as well as Combat and general Adventuring is
handled.
Chapter 11 and 12 are about the world your
Hat is in, as well as some of the troubles and
creatures that they will run into.
Chapter 13 is all about Luck, and how it
works and effects the world and your Hat.
Chapters 14 through 16 are all about magic,
from how to use it, to magical items and Spells.
Actions
When a Hat or Foe is in Combat they have
Actions that they can spend. Every Combat Round
they have 2 Actions, 1 Minor Action, 1 Reaction,
and near unlimited Free Actions. An Action is for
Attacking or Moving, sometimes a Special Action
will only cost a Minor Action, and these may only
be used on your turn. Something that uses your
Reaction may be used on your turn or when
certain things happen that allow you to use it. Full
Actions take all of your Actions, your Minor
Actions and Reactions. Free Actions are very small
things that don't fall into the other categories.
Bonus to Rolls
When a Hat gains a Bonus to a Skill it is to
the end die result, and not an increase to the actual
total of the Skill itself. Additionally any Talent that
says that it is based off of a Skill, it means the
Total, before any Bonuses.
 How to Play
Pistol Dust follows a rather basic pattern
that most Tabletop RPG's follow:
1. Storyteller describes the Environment.
The Storyteller explains to the players the basics
of where their Hat's are, describing scenery and
maybe hinting at key aspects of the current area.
Things like how many doors there are, or who and
what is in the area.
2. Players describe what they want to do.
Sometimes the appointed leader of the group will
speak for the entire Posse, saying something like,
"We head East," for example. Other times players
may have their Hats doing different things: one Hat
might be examining something on a table while a
second is trying to fend off some Goons.
Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If a
Hat wants to walk across a room and open a door,
the Storyteller might just say that the door opens
and describe what lies beyond. But the door could
be locked, the floor or door might be trapped, or
some other circumstance might make it challenging
for a Hat to complete a task. In those cases, the
Storyteller decides what happens, often relying on
a Check of some sort.
3. The Storyteller narrates the results of
their actions. Describing the results leads back to
step 1 as the Posse then decides what to do.
A group will continue this pattern, whether
they're sifting through the ruins of a ghost town,
fighting off hordes of the undead, or sitting in a
saloon having a few drinks after a long day.
When combat is involved the structure of
play becomes a bit more involved as the
Storyteller and a players Hat take turns in the
actions they take.
Mostly whatever adventure you're having
will take place in your imagination, but some
Storyteller's will use music, art, or sound effects to
further set the mood. Storyteller's and players are
encouraged to create voices and personalities for
the different Hat's and NPCs that you come across.
Using a physically drawn map with miniatures or
tokens to represent everyone involved and is a
good way to keep track of everything.
Wounds and Damage
Wounds are how much Damage and
physical and mental stress your Hat can take.
NPCs also have a Wound count. Every weapon or
Attack that says it deals Damage will subtract the
amount from the Targets Wounds. Once a Target
hits 0 Wounds, they gain the Downed Condition,
which is explained in the Condition section in
chapter 10. Regaining Wounds is also covered in
chapter 10.
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A Hat gains 1 Wound for every 50exp they
have in their Total Exp Gained section.
Nonlethal Damage is different than regular
Damage in that if a Target is Downed by Nonlethal
Damage they do not begin to Bleed Out.
Backlash and Lucidity is a special type of
thing referring to Spellcasting. You start with 0
Lucidity, and add your Smarts, Intuition, or Moxy,
depending on which Ability is higher. If you take
Lucidity Damage that would reduce your Lucidity
to 0 your Hat is Unconscious. If you hit 0, but are
still going to receive more Lucidity Damage, this
Damage is dealt to your Wounds instead. Both are
explained in greater detail in Chapter 15.
Checks
Certain tasks will require you to make a
Check, which is a roll of your dice, modified by an
Ability (such as Grit, Smarts, or Moxy), Skill
(such as Ride, Appraise, or Perception), or Luck
(which is only modified by special Talents).
Opposed Checks
An Opposed Check means that both the Hat
and Target, or two Targets, are both making a roll,
which is usually based off of a Skill. Whoever has
the highest number is the victor, obviously. A Tie
always goes to the Defending Target.
Saving Throws
Often you will be called to make a Saving
Throw in order to avoid Damage or ill effects.
These are usually based off of an Ability, such as
Grit, or will call for a Physical or Willpower Save.
A Physical Save will use a Hats Acrobatic or
Athletic, while Willpower Save is based on your
Smarts, Intuition, or Moxy.
Difficulty of the Challenge
The Difficulty of the Challenge, shortened
to DC or Difficulty, is the target number for most
Checks and Saving Throws. This will always be a
number, followed by information on what modifies
it, and then will say if there is a Saving Throw for
the effect and what that is based off. Example: DC
14+Grit, Willpower Save.
Specific Beats General
There's a lot of general rules as to how the
game is played, but a general rule is always
trumped by a specific one. Many Talents, Items, or
Spells will allow a Hat to break a rule, such as
acting out of turn, or moving through a wall.
Always Round Down
You always round down unless it is
specifically stated otherwise. Even if the fraction
is one-half or greater.
 Chapter 1: Character Creation
Step 0: Thinking About Hats
Hat is a word thrown around a lot in this
world. Mercenaries, adventurers, soldiers of
fortune, explorers, the good guys, the bad guys,
around here people call them Hats.
Every Hat you want to create starts out
with an idea. Something you want to do,
somewhere you want to go. It is highly
recommended that you skim through the Races,
Archetypes, Talents and Gear sections to try and
put together what sort of character you want to
make. Do you want to be the classic Gunslinger that
you see in movies? A mad scientist trying to seek
the perfect ingredients? A holy knight on a journey
from the Gods? Someone who made a few bad bets
and found themselves in a tight spot? An
uncultured beast of a thing that's seeking revenge
for their tribe? The possibilities are limited only
by what you want to do. It's your game, too.
Step 1: What's Under the Hat?
To begin, you should decide on what race
you are going to play. Every race has their own
little quirks and Talents specific to them. The 5
main races are Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome and
Orck.
If the Storyteller allows, you may also
choose one of the 5 minor races, which are Half-
Elves, Halflings, Half-Orcks, Kobolds, and Ratfolk.
Every Race has their own Ability Adjustments and
Talents, as well as looks.
A Races Ability Adjustment is your first
increase and decrease to your Hats Abilities. These
adjustments take place first, before any upgrades
are made. Any Ability not listed is a 0 by default.
You start with 100exp and a maximum
starting Wound count of 10. Some Races give you
Bonus exp on top of your starting, and you can
increase your Wound count by upgrading you Grit
score. This first 100exp and exp gained from your
Race does not count as part of Total Exp Gained.
Races also have their own Talents. The
Talents listed in this section without a Cost are
automatically gained, but ones with cost must be
purchased as normal, as described in Step 5.
Then you pick a Background for your Hat.
This is what they did before they set off into the
world, or perhaps it's what they still do in their
free time. Every Background comes with perks
that permanently raise Abilities or Skills. You may
only gain 1 Background Talent unless it states
otherwise.
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Step 2: What Kind of Hat?
There are 6 different Archetypes to choose
from, each one containing several Talent Trees.
The 6 Archetypes are Charlatan, Magi, Ranger,
Scholar, Spiritualist, and Warrior.
When you choose an Archetype, all
Talents contained within that Archetype cost you
5exp less.
You don't have to purchase any Talents in
your Hat's Archetype at this step, in fact it's a good
idea to look at Abilities and Skills first and get a
good idea of what you want to be good at.
Step 3: Is that Hat Lucky?
This is the essence of your Hat. Their
Luck. It's as important as you want it to be. In order
to find your Hats Luck Ability you roll 2d12. If
when rolling for Luck the number is 7 or lower,
your Luck is 8, and if your Luck is 17 or Higher,
your Luck is 16. That's it. That's your Hats Luck
score. Now some will try and get a re-roll, or just
start a new Hat because they don't like their score;
it's up to your Storyteller to allow this or not.
Step 4: Improving the Hat
As stated earlier, your Hat begins with
100exp, sometimes more depending on what Race
you have chosen or if your Storyteller decides to
give you more. This exp is used to purchase
upgrades for your Hat, such as increasing their
Ability Scores, their Skills, and buying Talents. All
of your Ability Scores and Skills start at 0, and are
increased or decreased by your Race, Background,
and maybe other sources.
A Hats Ability Scores are their physical
and mental attributes. There are 4 physical
Abilities, and 3 mental ones. The physical Abilities
are: Grit, Strength, Agility and Reflex. The mental
Abilities are: Smarts, Intuition and Moxy. There's
also an eighth Ability; Luck. Luck is the only
Ability that you cannot purchase upgrades for and
it gets a lot of special treatment.
Each Ability is explained in greater detail
in Chapter 3, but here is a quick rundown:
Grit (Grt): how tough your Hat is and how
much endurance they have, as well as directly
effecting their Wound count, such as having a
negative Grit means less Wounds, while more Grit
means More Wounds. See Chapter 3 (Page 32) for
how much.
A Hat also gains 1 Wound for every 50exp
they have in their Total Exp Gained section.
 Strength (Str): how strong the Hat is and
how much they can lift and carry. This will also
effect how how good they are in Melee.
Agility (Agi): how easily a Hat moves and
how much they move in a round. This will effect
how good your Hat is at riding and sneaking.
Reflex (Ref): how fast your Hat is to react
to any given situation and directly effects their
initiative in a round and how good they are with
Firearms and Ranged attacks.
Smarts (Smt): how much your Hat knows
and what they have learned or studied, as well as
being the core Ability for casting Arcane magic.
This also effects all of your Knowledge Skills.
Intuition (Int): how wise your Hat is and
how perceptive they are, as well as being the core
Ability for casting Spirit magic. This also adds into
your Hats Initiative.
Moxy (Mox): how your Hat interacts with
other people and animals, as well as being the core
Ability for casting Nature magic.
Skills are how good your character is at
certain tasks. There are 3 categories for skills:
Basic, Knowledge and Magic. Basic skills contain
the majority of skills, each one using an Ability as
well as its own score to calculate the final total,
which is added to the die roll. Knowledge skills are
all tied to the Smarts Ability Score. Finally, the
three types of Magic skills, these are only
accessible if a Talent Trains you in it. Each magic
skill is tied to one stat; Arcane: Smarts, Nature:
Moxy, and Spirit: Intuition.
For the order in which Talents give you
Skill Points in correlation to buying them, you first
gain Points from your Background, then you
purchase Points, and finally Talents are added. E.g.
if your background gives you a +1 Point to a Skill or
Ability, you gain that Point before you are able to
purchase more. But if a Talent Raises a Skill or
Ability, that occurs after you have bought Points.
Some Troubles have penalties, these do not alter
your number, and instead only apply to dice rolls.
If something does not specify that it gives
you a Point to a Skill, it means that it is a Bonus
and only applies to the dice rolls and not to the
Total of the Skill.
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The cost to purchase a Point for an Ability
is listed below:
-2 -> -1 = 30exp
-1 -> 0 = 40exp
0 -> 1 = 20exp
1 -> 2 = 30exp
2 -> 3 = 40exp
3 -> 4 = 50exp
4 -> 5 = 75exp
If you have an Ability below -2, it costs
30exp to raise it by 1.
The cost to purchase Points for a Skill is
listed below:
0 -> 1 = 10exp
1 -> 2 = 20exp
2 -> 3 = 30exp
3 -> 4 = 40exp
4 -> 5 = 50exp
For Abilities and Skills each point must be
purchased in order. (e.g. you cannot take a -1 to a 1.
You must first buy to 0 then buy +1)
When a Skill or Ability is at 5, that's the
stuff of legends. At this point rumors of a Hats skill
start to flow through nearby towns.
To increase either an Ability or a Skill
beyond 5 use the equation: (skills current
level)x20=(exp cost)
Yes that means 6 costs 100exp.
If you are Trained in the Skill you may
purchase Points for it at half the exp cost. Your hat
is Trained in the skills listed in your chosen
Archetype, as well as any Skill that a Talent
specifies you are Trained in.
You may increase a Hats base Lucidity as
if it were a Skill, treating them as Points. Meaning
you ignore any bonus you receive from Abilities
when purchasing.
There are also Knowledge Skills, these are
what your Hat knows about the world around them
and how much they've learned. You always get to
add your Smarts Ability to the Total of all
Knowledge Skills.
There are 9 Knowledge Skills in total:
Engineering: Everything to do with Gadgets
and Machines, as well as physical structures and
buildings.
Geography: The lay of the land, what city is
where and what the name of that mountain range
is.
History: Anything about past events, or
people. From last month, to fifty years ago, this is
all about things that are less than common
knowledge.
 Law: All about the good side of the law,
knowing what is breaking the law is pretty
important in most places.
Occult: This is your go to about anything
and everything that has to do with Magic, from
figuring out Spells to deciphering scrolls.
Outlaw: This is what your Hat knows about
the shadier side of civilization, where to get or sell
illegal goods, or hire Goons.
Religion: Gods are important, and if you
want to know things about them you better put a lot
into this one.
Warfare: From tactics to formations and
ranks of soldiers.
Wilds: All that stuff outside of a town?
Yeah, that's the Wilds. Knowledge of which plants
to eat, and the critters that live out there.
Step 5: Teaching that Hat
Talents are what makes your Hat truly
unique and yours; the things they've learned.
Every Talent has an exp cost, or in the case of
Troubles, gives you exp for taking it. There are Five
types of Talent categories: Race Talents, Archetype
Talent Trees, Universal Talents, Troubles, and
Crafting. All Talents are colored to help
differentiate when they can be bought and their
requirements.
A Green Talent can only be bought at Hat
creation and follows this format:
Talent Name Cost in exp
Description
Red Talents are either Stand Alone Talents
or the beginning of a Talent Tree if they are a
prerequisite for another Talent. They follow a
similar form to Green Talents, but may be taken at
any time before or after a session and at Hat
creation.
Talent Name Cost in exp
Description
Blue Talents are part of a Talent Tree.
When you purchase a Blue Talent you must have
the Prerequisite, which is usually a Talent, and like
Red Talents they may be bought at any time before
or after a session and at Hat creation. Blue Talents
follow this format:
Talent Name Cost in exp
Prerequisite
Description
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There is no limit to how many Talents you
can purchase as long as you have the exp, but you
can only gain 5 Troubles at Hat creation. A Trouble
Tree counts as 1 Trouble when counted against your
maximum. Troubles are not worth any exp after
Hat creation, but may still be taken for special
purposes, such as story reasons or consequences.
Archetype Talents are extremely flexible.
You are not restricted to only purchase from the
Talent Trees of your Archetype, you just get a 5exp
discount for Talents contained in your Archetype.
You want to buy it, you can buy it. As long as you
can afford it and have the prerequisites.
However, buying Talents from other
Archetypes does not give you access to that their
Skills. Skill Points gained from Talents are always
applied after purchasing upgrades for them.
Step 6: Equipping that Hat
Every character starts out with Nothing but
some Silver and anything given to them by their
Backgrounds. A Hat starts out with 100 Silver. This
Silver can be used to purchase any gear that you
think you're going to need as you travel the world.
What you have on you can be almost as important
as the Skills you've chosen. Also listed at the
beginning of the Gear section is Bulk Capacity and
how to calculate how much weight your Hat can
carry.
Any weapon or firearm bought during Hat
creation comes with an appropriate way to carry it,
such as a pistol having a holster, or rifle having a
carrying strap, etc.
Remember to buy ammo.
 Step 7: Final Calculations
It's time for the final 5 things left for your
Hat: Dodge, Soak, Initiative, Awareness, and your
Physical and Willpower Saves.
Your Hat's Dodge score is very important,
it's how hard they are to hit, and how much
Damage you could be taking that doesn't get soaked
by your Soak. You start out with a 10 Dodge, and
add (Or subtract) your Agi, then add in any
Bonuses you got from Talents, if any, and any
equipment. Should be kind of a scary number to
look at, isn't it? But don't worry, there's ways to
increase it, like Cover, explained in the Combat
chapter.
Next is your Soak, which should mostly
come from whatever armor you're wearing now,
and maybe some Talents you've got. This is how
much Damage your Hat will block before actually
losing Wounds. Soak gained from armor you are
wearing does not Soak Damage from magical
sources unless the armor is magical.
Third bit is your Initiative. Initiative is
your Reflex and Intuition added together, plus any
Talents you've taken to increase it. At the start of
every combat, your Storyteller will call you to roll
Initiative. All you have to do is roll your dice, add
your Initiative number, and then tell them what it is
when they ask.
Then there's your Awareness. Awareness
is 10+Perception, and is used for how passively
perceptive your Hat is at noticing things around
them when they are not actively looking.
Finally we have Physical and Willpower
Saves. Physical Save is based on a Hats Athletics
or Acrobatics Total. Meanwhile Willpower Saves
are based on your highest Mental Ability, either
Smarts, Intuition, or Moxy.

Step 8: Every Hat has a Story

All squared away then? Good. Now it's the
final step. Every upgrade you've purchased and
every Talent you've gotten tell a story, but it's only
the beginning of the story. What happens from
here is up to you, the Storyteller, and Luck. Go out
and have an adventure.

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 Chapter 2: Races
The world of Pistol Dust is a diverse one,
with dozens of prominent races, many listed here.
Some are of course more common than others, but
every one is unique with their own history and
culture.
Choosing a Race
To begin, you should decide on what race
you are going to play. Every race has their own
little quirks and Talents specific to them. The 5
main races are Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome and
Orck.
If the Storyteller allows, you may also
choose one of the 5 minor races, which are Half-
Elves, Halflings, Half-Orcks, Kobold, and Ratfolk.
Every Race has their own Ability Adjustments and
Talents, as well as looks.
A Races Ability Adjustment is your first
increase and decrease to your Hats Abilities. These
adjustments take place first, before any upgrades
are made. Any Ability not listed is a 0 by default.
You start with 100exp and a maximum
starting Wound count of 10. Some Races give you
Bonus exp on top of your starting, and you can
increase your Wound count by upgrading your Grit
score. Your exp will also be used to upgrade
Abilities, Skills, and buy Talents. This first 100exp
and exp gained from your Race does not count as
part of Total Exp Gained.
Races also have their own Talents. The
Talents listed in this section without a Cost are
automatically gained, but ones with cost must be
purchased as normal.
From the Dwarven cities deep below The
Spine of the World, to the sprawling human
metropolis that is Heimsford, down to the Kingdom
of Auser where the God King resides, people of all
races come from many places. Of course there are
more common races, and the less common,
especially out in the West, where the core of
adventures will take place.
Humans have become the most common in
the world, after all, they are the ones who built the
trains that travel through The Spine of the World,
and the airships that soar through the sky. But
that's not to say you wouldn't find plenty of
Dwarves seeking riches, or Orcks coming down
from the North, seeking a bit more excitement in
their lives.
In Auser you have Kobolds galore, mostly
content to stay in their Kingdom as they reach for
Dragondom. While in Heimsford, and practically
any large town, you have the Ratfolk running about.
Between the two lies Haven, where the Halflings
reside.
Then of course there are the Elves and
Gnomes, who come from the West. While Gnomes
have taken the journey to cross The Spine, the
rough relationship between Elves and the other
races has kept most of them firmly in the West.
And though they are fairly rare, you can
find the occasional mixed race, a Half-Elf or Half-
Orck, trying to find their place in the world.
Racial Traits
In every description of a Race there are
the Racial Traits they have.
Ability Scores: These are the Races starting
Ability Scores, anything not listed is a 0.
Age: Every Race has quite a varied lifespan, and
what is considered an adult to that race. This will
help you decide how old you want your Hat to be.
Of course you can be whatever age you want to be,
which could lead to some interesting ideas about
building your Hat. Such as an older character
having a lower Strength, but higher Smarts and
Intuition, or a young character not having a very
high Grit.
Size: Most of the Common Races are Medium in
size, meaning they are between 4 to 8 feet tall.
Gnomes and a few Minor Races are Small, ranging
between 2 and 4 feet.
Speed: Your Races speed determines how far you
can move when traveling and while in combat.
Languages: Most Races have their own language
that they can speak, read, and write, and those
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 Dwarf
Deep within the ground from stone and
gems rose the Dwarves.
Dwarf Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+2 Str, +1 Smt, -1 Ref
Age. Dwarves live anywhere from 400 to 500
years. A Dwarf is not considered an adult until
they reach the age of 40 or have grown a beard,
which can happen as early as 20.
Size. A Dwarfs size is considered Medium, and
they are anywhere from 4 to 5 feet tall, averaging
150lbs.
Speed. Dwarves have a base speed of 25ft, but
their speed does not change due to encumbrance.
Languages. Dwarves know Common and Dwarven.
Dwarven is a rough language full of hard
consonants and guttural sounds, and those tend to
carry over into whatever a Dwarf is speaking.
Appearance
A Dwarf is a short, stocky lover of gold and
beards. Their hair grows thick and their muscles
large. Some often say that they look as though
some God took a human and squished them
downward, while not taking away any of the width.
Society
Religious deep crafters of the world. Most
Dwarves live in one of the three large underground
cities deep under The Spine of the World.
Huitzopal to the South, Chapazcopo to the North,
and Tenozcopt in the center. These cities contain
some of the oldest structures in the world, and they
run deep as giant inverted pyramids that run
hundreds of miles down. The largest being
Tenozcopt, which has its own weather due to its
size.
They prize themselves on intricate designs
carved into everything, and love to lace gold into it
all. Dwarves believe that gold is the lifeblood of the
world and the more gold you have and wear, the
closer you are to The Deep King, the Dwarven God.
Despite their ability to see perfectly in the
dark, Dwarves make sure they have lots of light at
all times, so that they can see the shine and
sparkle of the stones and bright colors they wear.
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All about the Beard
While wealth is the most important thing
to a Dwarf, beards are a close second. The bigger
and more impressive the beard, the more respect a
Dwarf will receive among their peers. Dwarves
will often braid their beards in intricate manners,
weaving stones and other things into them.
Male Dwarfs grow thick and bushy beards,
that can easily grow down to their stomach, some
even managing to grow down to their knees. A
female Dwarfs beard grows just as thick, but is
much softer and less coarse than a males. Often
due to their shorter stature and bearded state, most
other races have difficulty telling a male and
female dwarf apart, but Dwarves never have that
problem.
Naming
For a Dwarf, a name is incredibly
important. Their first name belongs to them, and is
typically unique, or they are named after someone
in their family. Their middle name is their Clan,
while their last name is the name of their family.
Structurally family names tend to be repeating
structures, or a palindrome type word. First names
are often made up of two to four syllables.
Dwarves do not like nicknames, and the
most insulting thing you can do to a Dwarf is call
them by one. When referring to a Dwarf the proper
order is to call them by their Clan if one is
unfamiliar with them, their family name if you
have been introduced to them, and their first name
if you are on friendly terms with them.
Examples: Hauldratin Clay Ballab, Thokal
Marble Olaola, Yosic Sandstone Rivir, Nefralda
Granite Axa, Uhmighuni Quartzit Kreggerk.
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There are five Dwarven Clans, derived on
which type of material they were first made in the Darkvision
ancient times. Though they are all Dwarves, and
when Clans mix it is quite random which of the You can see in non-magical darkness as if it were
two the offspring will be, it is when they die that daylight. However you cannot see colors in the
their Clan becomes most obvious. While most dark, instead seeing everything in shades of gray.
other Races bodies will rot and decay when they
die, a Dwarves body will instead slowly crumble Tough and Sturdy
into the substance of their Clan, returning them to
You have 1 Natural Soak. Natural Soak applies to
the world after a few centuries.
Magical Damage. You also gain a +4 Bonus to Saves
The King of the Dwarves is the leader of
against Poison and Disease.
one Clan, leading for 100 years before stepping
down to allow one of the other four Clans to lead.
When the King has stepped down, the four leaders Keen Eye
of the other Clans meet to discuss who will be the +1 Points to the Appraise Skill.
next King. Usually it is given to the Clan who has +2 to Awareness.
not held the throne for the longest time, but Also double your Appraise Skill when making a
sometimes there are arguments. Sometimes these Check involving gold or gems.
arguments can last for a very long time. The
longest time that the Dwarves have had without a
Crafter Cost: 5exp
King is 87 years.
Clay Dwarves are mostly found in Gain a +2 Bonus on any Craft Check.
Huitzopal. The most malleable of personalities, you
can never quite tell how a Clay Dwarf is going to Stubborn Cost: 5exp
react, but once they decide on something there is
no changing their mind. Gain a +2 to Saves against Enchantment Spells.
Clay Dwarves gain a +1 to Moxy.
Granite Dwarves are mostly found in Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp
Chapazcopo. They are some of the best builders
You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
and engineers, most seeking the knowledge of
pertaining to your race.
machines. It is said that they are the engineers
behind the massive Dwarven cities.
Granite Dwarves gain a +1 to Smarts. War Trained Cost: 5exp
Marble Dwarves are mostly found in You are Trained in the use of the Warhammer
Tenozcopt. They make up most of the Priests of the and Warpick.
Deep King, knowledgeable in his ways and fierce
practitioners of his beliefs.
Marble Dwarves gain a +1 to Intuition.
Quartzite Dwarves are mostly found in
Tenozcopt. Rich in the knowledge of magic, a
Quartzite Dwarves thirst for gold is almost
overcome by their thirst for knowledge.
Quartzite Dwarves gain a +1 to Smarts.
Sandstone Dwarves are mostly found in
Huitzopal. The warriors of the Dwarves. They seek
to hold the glory of the Deep King, which they
believe can only be achieved through battle.
Sandstone Dwarves gain a +1 to Strength.
Dwarves always wear emblems of their
Clans, except on the rare occasion that they have
been cast out. A Dwarf who has been cast out by a
clan is not even considered to be a Dwarf by other
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 Elf
From across the sea and through the Storm,
they have come home.
Elf Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+2 Agi, +1 Ref, +2 Smt, -2 Grt
Age. An Elf does not age as long as they live an
active life, setting goals and accomplishing them.
Because of this you can have Elves who are
literally thousands of years old. On average, an Elf
is not considered an adulthood until the age of 100.
Size. An Elves size is considered Medium, and they
are anywhere from below 4 feet to 6 feet tall.
Speed. Elves have a base speed of 30ft.
Languages. Elves speak Common and Elven. Elven
is a complex language that mixes almost musically
noted pronunciations with intricate grammar and
more words for things than is necessary.
Appearance
Tall, slender, with a hauntingly unnatural
beauty. Elves have long pointed ears and tend to
have rather sharp facial features with wide almond
shaped eyes. Their skin is often pale or softly
tanned if they spend a lot of time out in the sun.
Society
Elves think very highly of themselves, as
beings that time means nothing to. Their greatest
enemy is boredom and entropy. They are
constantly seeking to better themselves, or to
better their position. They are almost always polite
to each other, but to other Races they can be quite
rude in the subtle manner that only those who
have spent decades perfecting snide comments can
be.
Most Elves come from the Elven city of
Orfa, resting in the North-Western coastal forest of
Oraphana. Their smaller settlements nearby are
constantly growing and expanding as Elves seek to
keep themselves active and rebuild after the War.
They are ruled by a Queen of great power.
In order to get such power she gave up her name
and all ties, supposedly reaching true immortality.
She is simply referred to as The Queen.
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Aversion to Machines
As an inherently magical Race, Elves had
never had use for any forms of technology. In fact,
most downright hate any form of tech or machines.
Some say it is why they lost the war with the other
Races. Most Elves refuse to learn how to use even
the most basic of machines, and any Elf who
shows interest in such things is usually shunned
and exiled from their society.
Elves prefer magic, in all its forms. It is
what drives their way of life, and it makes them
better than all the other races, even those that can
use magic.
Journey to the West
The young, the old and the bold. When the
Storm subsided, the Elves were on the verge of
civil war, for the first time in their expansive
history, there were two Queens. Sisters who both
gained immense power, and one despised the other.
Why exactly one Queen hated the other is unclear,
but it is clear the other wanted nothing to do with
her hateful sibling. When the Storm calmed and
travel across the waters was possible, the Queen
chose to leave the lands and leave them to her hate
filled sister, and took all those that wanted to go
with her.
Those that were young and brave thought
that this would be the perfect opportunity to do
something. See lands that no living Elf had ever
seen. It was the greatest adventure. However, many
old Elves came as well, thinking that this was their
chance to move up in high society. They would be
the new high nobles. It was these old Elves that
declared war against the West when they found it
occupied, and threw the adventurous youth at the
inhabitants.
Naming
Elves have long, flowy names, shoved full
of extra vowels. They have two names, their name
and then their family name. When introducing
themselves, it is often customary to add on what
they do as part of introducing themselves.
Examples: Lujeon Virilund, Renee
Foitombe, Avari Charbonneau, Beau Allaere, Ottilie
Monyet, Oceanae Sauvotiere.
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Lowlight Vision
You can see in dim light as if it were normal
daylight.

Mechanically Inept
Anytime you use machinery, gadgets, or firearms,
you must make a Luck Roll in order to
successfully operate it. Failing this roll still burns
Fuel, and will cause Damage to it.
While this is technically a Trouble, it does not
give you exp or count against your Total Troubles.

Keen Senses
+2 Points to the Perception Skill.
+1 to Awareness.

Light Footed
You are abnormally light on your feet, ignoring
difficult terrain involving snow or mud as you do
not sink into it, but you still leave tracks.

Elven Magic Cost: 10exp

Gain a +2 to dice roll when rolling for Backlash.

Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp

You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.

Elven Archer Cost: 5exp

You are Trained in the Longbow.

Mechanically Competent Cost: 30exp

Removes the Mechanically Inept Talent. Gain a +1
to the Knowledge Engineering skill.

Magic for Mechanic Cost: 5exp

You lose Mechanically Inept, replacing it with
Magically Inept. You cannot have or take Elven
Magic.

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 Gnome
The small ones living under foot and under
hills.
Gnome Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+2 Agi, +1 Int, +1 Smt, +1 Mox, -2 Grt, -1 Str
Age. A Gnome can live anywhere from 300 to 350
years, reaching adulthood when they reach the age
of 20.
Size. Gnomes are considered Small, being
anywhere from 3 feet to 4 feet tall, weighing about
35 to 45 pounds.
Speed. Gnomes have a base speed of 25ft.
Languages. Gnomes speak Common and Gnomen.
Gnomen is a soft and fast language, accompanied
by many gestures to convey a large range of
emotion.
Appearance
Smallest of the Common Races, and
certainly the most colorful. A Gnomes skin and
hair can range from any color and many believe
that they must dye themselves to get some of the
more absurd colors. They have overly exaggerated
facial features, large mouths and large eyes and
occasionally large ears.
Society
Gnomes live in groupings called Famalies.
Whether they are directly related to one another
doesn't matter to them, and Famalies can range
from just a few Gnomes to hundreds, or there can
be groups of several Famalies that live in a small
area. They build small civilizations for themselves,
just out of sight and just out of the way from the
other Races, in places of dense forest or vegetation,
or tucked between two mountains.
Every Famaly has a Head of the Famaly,
who is usually an older Gnome, who has been
trained by the previous Head. If the Head is killed
without properly raising a successor, the Famaly
tends to fall apart, with the Gnomes all going
separate ways, either to be on their own or join
other Famalies.
Generally Gnomes are good natured, and
willing to go that extra mile to make sure that
they're useful, everyone likes to have Gnomes
around. But they're not easily pushed around,
despite their small stature. There's always got to be
something in it for the Gnome, otherwise what's
the point in doing it? Crossing one Gnome means
your shins are not safe.
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Tiny Tinkerers
While they have always had a gift with
Blacksmithing, Gnomes also have the rare gift of
not only being skilled in the nature of magic, but
also have quite the gift for machines and alchemy.
Their small hands and stature allow them to create
far smaller and far more intricate gadgets than the
larger races.
Past of Servitude
Long ago, or so it is said, when the Elves
ruled over the Ancient West, they found that they
were tired of doing small things. So they sought out
the magic of the Gods and created the Gnomes to
serve and entertain them.
Back then the Gnomes were more than
happy to be of service. But the Elves found that
with the Gnomes doing much of the work, they had
become lazy and started to age. So the Elves left,
and they left the Gnomes in the West to fend for
themselves.
Unsure what to do they grouped together
and formed Famalies, serving the Head of the
Famaly, as they had done so with the Elves.
When the Elves returned, and found the
Gnomes, they assumed that they would obediently
come back to them and be their servants. They
assumed wrong.
Naming
A Gnomes name is fairly simple, as it
consists of their personal name, and their current
Famalies name. Their personal names are more
focused on things that are fun to say, or to hear
other people say, or just sound fun, while their
Famaly names are just the name of the Head of
their Famaly. This also means that if their Famaly
Head changes, so does their last name.
Examples: Pomzip Lunzit, Danklebet
Zinada, Lyrybap Slolbo, Fifabbleth Hoknyp.
The Head of a Family will use their own
name as their first and last, getting things such as
Fozlpop Fozlpop.
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Lowlight Vision
You can see in dim light as if it were normal
daylight.

Small Target
+2 to Dodge due to size. If your size changes from
small, you lose this Bonus.

Keen Senses
+2 Points to the Perception Skill.
+1 to Awareness.

Master Tinker Cost: 5exp

+1 Point to Disable Device and Engineering Skills.

Gnome Magic Cost: 5exp

Gain a +2 to dice roll when rolling for Backlash.

Gift of Tongues Cost: 5exp

You have the innate ability to converse with
others, even when you don't know their language.
This also applies to animals and creatures
without a language.

Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp

You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.

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The one thing that Humans struggle with, is
As varied as they come, in both appearance magic. But they are very good at coming up with
and motivation. ways around their limitations. What others can do
with magic, they figured out how to do it with
Human Racial Traits technology. Not to say that humans can't break free
Ability Scores. of that limitation, through luck or endless hours of
study, magic is a tough goal, but achievable.
Bonus: +50exp
Age. Humans live about 60-80 years, reaching Naming
adulthood at the age of 16. With the massive variation in humans,
their names are also extremely diverse and it's
Size. Humans are considered Medium and vary quite impossible to list a general description of
widely in Height and Build, ranging from below 5 what a human could be named. They have first,
feet to well over 6. middle, and last names.
Speed. Humans have a base speed of 30ft.
Languages. Humans speak Common, and one other
language of your choice.

Appearance
Humans vary so greatly in appearance that
it's hard to nail down a basic description of them.
Their skin can vary from pale to dark, their hair
can be all different colors and types, they're all
over the place.

Society
Human society is as varied as they are,
ranging from war mongering fortresses, to peaceful
Priests living in some secluded temple. But most
humans live in Heimsford and Auser.
Heimsford has a mostly Human population,
Twice as many as the next most prominent Race
there, Ratfolk. It is a city where what is legal is a
matter of opinion. Not to say that it is lawless, far
from it, but crime has rules, and rules must be
followed in Heimsford. The city, and the vast
surrounding area is ruled by The Immortal King
Heimsford.
In comparison, Auser, ruled by The God
King JonSong, is a shining beacon of law and
righteousness. Though Humans are far
outnumbered by the amount of Kobolds that live
there, they have mostly taken over how things
work and the shape of the city.

Variety is the Spice of Life

Humans are the most varied of any Race,
as has been stated several times already. And that's
the way they like it. Near and far, Humans cover
the entire known world, it's impossible to go
anywhere without seeing at least a couple humans.
They can do anything if they set their minds to it,
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Inherent Versatility
The first Talent you buy in a Talent Tree costs
5exp less. This is in addition to the discount you
receive from your Archetype if it would apply.
This does not apply to stand alone Talents, and a
Talent cannot be reduced to more than 5exp.

Magically Inept
Anytime you use Arcane or Nature Magic, you
must succeed a Luck Roll after making your
Backlash Check. If you fail the Luck roll the Spell
fails, Lucidity Damage is still taken.
While this is technically a Trouble, it does not
give you exp or count against your Total Troubles.

Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp

You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.

Magically Competent Cost: 30exp

Removes the Magically Inept Talent. Gain 1 Point
to the Magic Arcane or Magic Nature skill.

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From the far North, comes the strength of
those born there.
Orck Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+2 Str, +1 Grt, +1 Int, -1 Mox
Age. Orcks live about 60-80 years, reaching
adulthood at the age of 14.
Size. Orcks are considered Medium and are
heavily built ranging 6 feet to over 7, and on
average way upwards of 230 to 280 pounds.
Speed. Orcks have a base speed of 30ft.
Languages. Orcks speak Common, and Orocks.
Orocks is a rather harsh and rough sounding
language with more curse words than all other
languages combined.
Appearance
Orcks are large, burly, broad shouldered
figures. Their hair grows in dark colors, and they
often do not grow facial hair. They have large
protruding tusks, which they often decorate by
carving. Their skin ranges from dark purples to all
shades of green. Often their bodies are covered
with scars, as marks of honor received in battle.
Society
Orcks are mostly made up of small groups,
often nomadic, but usually not barbaric, that travel
across the icy tundra of the North, never staying in
one spot for more than a few weeks or a season.
They are grouped into Tribes, each one led by a
Chieftain, who is often a Shaman.
Strength and toughness, whether
physically or mentally, are what Orcks respect the
most, and if you can show one either, they will
respect you. They tend to look down upon weaker
and smaller individuals until they prove
themselves.
Proving strength or toughness to Orcks is
not an easy task, even in their own Tribe, as
there's more than a little competition. Tribe's tend
to have dozens of Orcks, the largest ranging in the
hundreds.
But not all Orcks live the nomadic lifestyle.
Many have grouped together and made settlements,
and some found place in cities, where their
muscled physiques are put to good use. That's not to
say that Orcks are all muscle brained meatheads,
some seek strength through knowledge and
experiences.
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It's all in the Tusks
The bigger the tusks, the more respect they
will have in a Tribe. Large tusks mean they come
from tough Orcks who have managed to survive
and produce offspring for many generations,
weeding out the weak.
An Orcks tusks tell a lot about the
individual. Many adorn theirs with jewelry and
rings, or carve designs or words into them. An
Orcks tusks stop growing when they reach
adulthood, and from then on wont get any bigger
and do not grow back.
The biggest dishonor for an Orck is to have
a broken Tusk. Or Gods forbid, both tusks. It is
often practiced on any criminal to cut off the tusks
of an Orck to demoralize them.
All Fight & No Play
From the moment they can walk an Orck is
toughened. Orck parents hardly raise their
children, mostly leaving them to fend for
themselves and hardly interact with them. Many
do not live more than a few years.
Most often it is the youngest members of
the Tribe, those who have most recently reached
adulthood or are fast approaching, who raise the
younger members. They teach them how to travel
the land, how to hunt, how to find water, and most
importantly, how to fight.
Every argument between Orcks begins
with fighting. Whether the problem is small or
large, they fight. After a few moments of fighting,
they stop and discuss. Usually that ends the
argument right there, but if the argument is
particularly important, such as over a partner, the
fighting may commence once more. Neither wants
to give up, but neither wants to die or kill the other,
and eventually someone will give up. Or one of
them will die.
However Orcks do not do this with other
races; mostly because they assume that the other
race is weak and would not be able to put up a fight.
They are not prone to bullying the weak, but if the
other is looking to fight they are more than happy
to oblige. Managing a good solid hit on an Orck is a
good way to earn its respect.
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Orcks tend to be named something short
and to the point, usually made up of a single
syllable. However, titles are very important and an
Orck tends to get upset if they are addressed by
someone they are not on friendly terms with and
that person doesn't use their title. A good way to
insult an Orck is to give them a weak sounding
title.
Examples: Orf, Dav, Iph, Hik, Tyn, Obe, Kal,
Ern, Ore, Fro.
Some title examples: Mountain Climber,
Wise, Skull Crusher, Beast Slayer, Cunning, Great
Hunter, Protector, Strong Back.
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Orck Talents
Darkvision
You can see in non-magical darkness as if it were
daylight. However you cannot see colors in the
dark, instead seeing everything in shades of gray.
Muscle Built
You count as one size larger for determining Bulk
and pushing, dragging, or lifting.
Large Build
You can carry weapons that would normally need
a cart, and you can use a two-handed weapon in
one hand, but you cannot dual wield.
You have a -2 to Dodge.
This increases to -4 to Dodge if wielding a cart
weapon.
Keen Senses
+2 Points to the Perception Skill.
+1 to Awareness.
Ferocity Cost: 10exp
Once per day, if you would gain the Downed
Condition by hitting 0 Wounds, you are instead
put at 1 Wound. You must take a Long Rest before
being able to use this Talent again.
Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp
You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.
Toughened Cost: 10exp
You take 2 less Wounds when receiving Damage
from all Environmental Hazards, such as
Weather or Traps.
 Half-Elf
Minor Race
Being caught between two Races that don't
care for each other can be rough.
Half-Elf Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+1 Agi, +1 Ref
Bonus: +30exp
Age. Like Elves, a Half-Elf does not seem to age as
long as they live an active life, setting goals and
accomplishing them. As the newest Race in the
world, no Half-Elf is older than 30 years old. A
Half-Elf reaches adulthood at 16.
Size. A Half-Elfs size is considered Medium, and
they are anywhere from between 4 feet to 6 feet
tall.
Speed. Half-Elves have a base speed of 30ft.
Languages. Half-Elves speak Common and can
choose Elven or any one language of their choice.
Appearance
Half-Elves, like their Human parent, vary
so greatly in appearance, but still hold a hauntingly
unnatural beauty, hinting at their dual parentage.
While their skin can vary from pale to dark, their
hair can be all different colors and types, they
always have sharper facial features and long
pointed ears.
Society
Half-Elves don't have a society of their
own, tending to either seek refuge with Elves or
Humans, neither of which want them in most
cases.
Half-Elf Talents
Lowlight Vision
You can see in dim light as if it were normal
daylight.
Between Worlds
You are a rare social oddity and draw a lot of
strange looks. You have a -5 to social interactions
as the other party tends to be distracted. This
penalty only applies if they make a DC 10
Perception Check and are aware you are a half
breed. You may increase this DC to 14 with a
Disguise Kit.
Keen Senses Cost: 10exp
+2 Points to the Perception Skill.
+1 to Awareness.
Light Footed
You are abnormally light on your feet, ignoring
difficult terrain involving snow or mud as you do
not sink into it.
Elven Magic Cost: 10exp
Gain a +2 to dice roll when rolling for Backlash.
Of Two Worlds Cost: 10exp
You may increase the DC to discover your half
breed to 20 by disguising yourself as either of the
two Races you belong to. You may increase this
DC to 24 with a Disguise Kit.

War Torn
The War is still fresh in many peoples
minds, only having ended 10 years ago. For many,
the scars left by it have not healed. But some Elves
and Humans still fell in together and found that
they could bear children.
Even when the War ended, some of the
parents of these children were branded as traitors.
Many were killed, while others were imprisoned.
Many young Half-Elves ended up in orphanages, or
were simply abandoned

Naming
Half-Elves are given either Elven or
Human names, depending on what their parents
decide.

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 Halfling
Minor Race
Honestly there's no better host than a
Halfling.
Halfling Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+1 Agi, +1 Int, +2 Mox, -2 Grt, -1 Str
Bonus: +20exp
Age. Halflings live about 200 years, reaching
adulthood at 16.
Size. Halflings are considered Small, being about 3
feet tall, and weighing about 40 pounds.
Speed. Halflings have a base speed of 20ft.
Languages. Halflings speak Common, and either
Dwarven, Draconic, or Orocks.
Appearance
Halflings for the most part never wear
shoes, preferring to walk barefoot which leads to
the bottoms of their feet being tough and calloused.
Their feet are quite large and broad for the size of
the rest of their body, with tufts of thick curly hair
on top of them. They tend to have a rich cinnamon
skin tone from all the time they spend outdoors,
and their hair is generally shades of brown. A
Halflings ears are pointed much like an elf, but not
much larger than a Humans.
Society
Halflings are quite humble in their
lifestyles, without any sense of ruler or kingdom,
they rely more on family, their House, and their
community to solve problems. Some communities
have reached quite substantial size but are still
quite small compared to the cities of other Races.
A community is heavily influenced by the
customs and traditions of their particular House,
neither of which vary much from House to House.
They have an extensive oral history all about folk
heroes and virtues they hold close, but as for the
Halfling's actual history, they couldn't care less.
Given the choice between a pointless truth or a
useful fable, a Halfling will usually opt to
remember the fable.
There are a total of 12 Halfling Houses, and
although two may be from the same House it's
quite likely they're probably not related and may
not even know each other due to the size and
expanse of how large Houses are. While there are
no outright conflicts between Houses, there are
plenty of petty grudges that have spanned
generations.
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The 12 Houses are: Goodsong, Shilfire,
Dewfoot, Farbridge, Highmead, Clayprint,
Underroot, Underhill, Northbrook, Tunnelly,
Greenpalm, and Fairlight.
Halflings keep to themselves mostly,
hardly ever venturing out from the area they were
born, but some get "an itch in their feet," as
Halflings say, and set off to see the world. It's when
these Halflings return that they get most of their
stories, and the more exciting the tale, the longer it
will be passed down and the more it will be
exaggerated.
Hospitality
Your average Halfling loves guests and
visitors of all sorts. Most keep quite a large stock of
snacks and have a kettle ready, just in case. A
Halflings home tend to be built rather large, just in
case a visitor is larger than a Halfling, which most
Races are.
They keep their domiciles clean and well
furnished for all manner of occasions, and
sometimes several at once. Larger Houses,
especially ones near settlements of other races,
will often find those that they have grown a liking
to and invite them to some party or festival they
are having. Halflings celebrate the smallest of
things with large parties, from birthdays, to
farewells, to good harvests.
It's said to never turn down an invitation
from a Halfling, because it will be the best time
you've had in quite a while.
Naming
A Halflings name is made up of five
different names; Formal, Friendly, Father, Mother,
House. Their first name is their Formal name that
is used by strangers, new acquaintances, or at more
public events, and this name tends to be rather long
and complicated. Their second name is their
Friendly name, for those who are close friends
with the Halfling, or members of their immediate
family, and this name tends to be short and simpler
compared to their formal. Their third name is their
Fathers Formal name, while their fourth is their
Mothers Formal name. Finally their fifth name is
their House name.
Some Halflings who have gone out into the
world only use their Friendly or Formal name
along with their House to make it easier for other
Races to remember their names.
Examples: Faramond Davon Fulrad Prima
Shilfire, Waldrada Anna Gorbulas Aregund
Fairlight, Grimald Faro Agilbert Berylla Highmead,
Adallinda Cait Brocard Deuteria Dewfoot.
 Halfling Talents
Can't Stay Mad at You
If you fail a Persuasion Check, you can make a
Luck Roll. On a successful Luck Roll, you may
count the Persuasion Check as a success. This can
only be done once a day and refreshes after a
Long Rest.

Small Target
+2 to Dodge due to size. If your size changes from
small, you lose this Bonus.

Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp

You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.

Wanderlust Cost: 5exp

You gain +1 Points to the Geography and Survival
Skills.

Halfling Hospitality Cost: 10exp

Gain +1 Points to Moxy.

Friends All Over Cost: 20exp

You know pretty much everyone around, and they
all know you. Anytime a new NPC is introduced,
you may make a Luck Roll. On a successful Luck
Roll, you know this NPC and they know you. A
Storyteller may deem this impossible and have
you automatically fail.

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 Half-Orck Naming
Minor Race Half-Orck names vary between being Orck
in nature, or Human in nature, mostly depending on
If you ever see a small Orck, it's probably who they grew up with. If both parents raise the
just half of one. child together they tend to have short first names
similar to Orcks, but a middle and last name.
Half-Orck Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+1 Str, +1 Grt
Bonus: +30exp
Age. Half-Orcks live about 60-80 years, reaching
adulthood at the age of 16.
Size. Half-Orcks are considered Medium and vary
widely in Height and Build, ranging from below 6
feet to 7.
Speed. Half-Orcks have a base speed of 30ft.
Languages. Half-Orcks speak Common, and either
Orocks or any one language of your choice.

Appearance
Half-Orcks aren't as large, burly, or broad
as a pure Orck would be, but they're often
considerably larger than a Human. Their hair
grows in dark colors, and have no problem growing
facial hair. They have protruding tusks, which they
often decorate by carving if they grew up with
Orcks. Their skin ranges from dark purples to all
shades of green. Often their bodies are covered
with scars, as marks of honor received in battle if
they grew up with Orcks.

Society
Half-Orcks don't have a society of their
own, tending to either seek refuge with Orcks or
Humans, neither of which are very keen on having
them, but Orcks find that despite being weak, they
are still Orcks and will more readily accept them
into their society than Humans are.

Not Quite an Orck

A Half-Orck tends to be far more driven
than your average Orck, because they don't quite fit
in. They are born weaker than an Orck, and in an
Orck Tribe it is hard for them to survive. But this
just makes most of them more determined to be
great. They work harder, they fight harder, they
always seek to prove themselves to the Tribe that
they are just as good as any other Orck.
Often this leads to problems within a Tribe,
as a Half-Orck tends to outperform all the other
Tribe members, and can even rise quite high in
their communities.

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 Half-Orck Talents
Darkvision
You can see in non-magical darkness as if it were
daylight. However you cannot see colors in the
dark, instead seeing everything in shades of gray.

Between Worlds
You are a rare social oddity and draw a lot of
strange looks. You have a -5 to social interactions
as the other party tends to be distracted. This
penalty only applies if they make a DC 10
Perception Check and are aware you are a half
breed. You may increase this DC to 14 with a
Disguise Kit.

Muscle Built
You count as one size larger for determining Bulk
and pushing, dragging, or lifting.

Keen Senses Cost: 10exp

+2 Points to the Perception Skill.
+1 to Awareness.

Ferocity Cost: 10exp

You do not gain the Downed Condition when you
hit 0 Wounds, however you do begin to bleed out.

Toughened Cost: 10exp

You take 2 less Wounds when receiving Damage
from all Environmental Hazards, such as
Weather or Traps.

Of Two Worlds Cost: 10exp

You may spend 1 Hour after a Long Rest increase
the DC to discover your half breed to 20 by
disguising yourself as either of the two Races you
belong to. You may increase this DC to 24 with a
Disguise Kit.

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 Kobold
Minor Race
Tiny little dragons, ever reaching forward
with their little hands.
Kobold Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+1 Agi, +1 Ref, +1 Mox, -2 Grt, -1 Str
Bonus: +20exp
Age. Kobolds can live over 100 years, depending on
how they spend their time. They reach adulthood
at 14.
Size. Kobolds are considered Small, standing
between 2 and 3 feet tall, and weighing between 25
and 35 pounds.
Speed. Kobolds have a movement of 30ft.
Languages. Kobolds speak Common and Draconic,
the language of Dragons, which is a flowy and
wordy language with a mixture of hard consonants
and drawn out vowels.
Tiny Dragons
Kobolds are always striving to better
themselves, and to increase their own personal
power in hopes of breaking free of their form and
Ascend to a true Dragon.
Due to this you can often find large
Kobolds, or Kobolds with wings or more Dragon
like features.
Naming
Kobolds have singular names and are fond
of naming themselves after things that they like,
though the spelling is altered and jumbled to make
the name more unique.
Examples: book becomes Bok or Boko,
cloud becomes Cludo or Lucdo, fire becomes Fier or
Rife, string becomes Stringy or Gistry, and things
along those lines. Kobolds will even change their
names if they find something new they
particularly like.

Appearance
Kobolds are very small upright reptilian
creatures reminiscent of dragons. Their scales vary
greatly in color, but they're typically shades of
orange, yellow and red. They have slitted eyes,
with the colors tending to be similar to their scale
color or gems. Their tails tend to be longer than
they are tall, though some have shorter, stubbier
tails, and some even have tails near twice their
height. A Kobolds gender is rather complicated, as
they can change it on a whim, so many simply
refer to them as Kobold rather than a gender and
most have a rather androgynous appearance.

Society
Almost all Kobolds live in the Auser
Kingdom, under The God King JonSong, the God of
Dragons. Their cities spread wide in all directions,
up and down as well. They are great at numerous
crafts, and their small stature and group thinking
tends to produce some of the finest trade goods in
all the world.
To a Kobold, all other Kobolds are their
Kin, and they do not often get into fights with those
of their own kind. If they see another Kobold in a
fight with another Race, they are quick to rally to
their Kins side, no matter the circumstances.
They have great respect for Ascended
Kobolds, or Kobolds who have begun the change
into a dragon, which is not an easy task.

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 Kobold Talents
Dragon Blood
Access to the Draconic Tree.

Darkvision
You can see in non-magical darkness as if it were
daylight. However you cannot see colors in the
dark, instead seeing everything in shades of gray.

Small Target
+2 to Dodge due to size. If your size changes from
Small, you lose this Bonus.

Runs on All Fours

You cannot take the Run Action unless you have
both hands free.

Natural Weapons
Your base Unarmed Damage increases from 1 to 2,
as you have sharp claws and teeth.

Prehensile Tail Cost: 10exp

Your tail is strong enough that it can grab and
manipulate objects, effectively acting as another
hand. Any Attack made with weapons held by the
tail suffer a -5 To Hit and do not add Str or Agi.

Lorekeeper Cost: 5exp

You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.

Ancient Ancestry Cost: 0exp

You lose Dragon Blood.
Your particular ancestry is far more feral than
dragons, giving you more the appearance of
ancient reptiles. You gain +2 Grit, and +1 Natural
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 Ratfolk
Minor Race
Scurrying through the streets, and under
everything, it's hard to pin down a Ratfolk.
Ratfolk Racial Traits
Ability Scores.
+2 Agi, +1 Ref, +1 Smt, +1 Int, -1 Str, -1 Mox
Age. Ratfolk live anywhere from 30 to 50 years,
reaching adulthood at 12 years old.
Size. Ratfolk are considered Small, standing
between 3 and 4 feet tall, weighing between 60 to
80 pounds.
Speed. Ratfolk have a movement of 30ft.
Languages. Ratfolk speak Common and Skee, a
very quiet language, made up of soft squeaks and
hand gestures.
Appearance
A Ratfolk is a large bipedal rodent, ranging
from a mouse to a rat and anything in between.
Their fur tends to be dark in colors, but white and
gray are quite common. A Ratfolk's tail is long and
hairless, and though the proportions are varied
they tend to match the height of the Ratfolk in
length.
Society
They like tight spaces and prefer to live in
places that other races wont show their faces.
Ratfolk live in large communities, which
are called Nests. All Ratfolk seem to stem from one
Nest in Heimsford and have stretched out from
there into hundreds of Nests scattered around the
world. Often cities will employ them to work in
their sewers, since they're down there already.
When they interact with other Races they
tend to hide their forms, as most people have a bad
reaction when they see a giant rat attempting a
purchase. They are scavengers first and foremost,
digging through the trash of the cities they live in
for things that they could eat, or sell. They do not
seem to mind being called Ratfolk, though the
direct translation of what they refer to themselves
would be closer to The Libraries.
In their own societies crime is not
tolerated. A Ratfolk accused of a crime, if they are
found guilty, is often banished or executed
depending on the severity of the crime. Seeing a
lone Ratfolk often means they have been exiled
from their Nest, though the crime could have been
something as small as not returning a library book
on time.
Long Tales
A weakness that Ratfolk share is one for
stories. Often Ratfolk will trade goods and services
to hear the stories of others. Because of this a
Ratfolk is often full of stories, and though they
may have paid a rather high price for the story,
they are more than willing to repeat it without a
care.
A Ratfolk who can bring a story of
particularly high entertainment would be
celebrated, as if they were the hero of the story.
Naming
Ratfolk names are quite an interesting bag,
due to their love of stories, fables and songs, they
tend to be named after them. Sometimes they are
named after characters in the story themselves, or
from other things found in the story, but it is most
common for them to be named after the title of a
story, or what the Ratfolk thinks the story should
be called.
Examples: Darling my Darling, Home
Again, Three Coin Bet, My Lovely, Sweet Dreams,
Night Sky, Heir of Death, Dogs of the Void.

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 Ratfolk Talents
Darkvision
You can see in non-magical darkness as if it were
daylight. However you cannot see colors in the
dark, instead seeing everything in shades of gray.

Small But Tough

You gain a +1 to Wounds. You also gain a +2 Bonus
to Saves against Poison and Disease.

Small Target
+2 to Dodge due to size. If your size changes from
Small, you lose this Bonus.

Runs on All Fours

You cannot take the Run Action unless you have
both hands free.

Flexible
You are able to fit into and through small spaces
that would normally be inaccessible to others,
counting yourself as one size smaller.

Natural Weapons
Your base Unarmed Damage increases from 1 to 2,
as you have sharp claws and teeth.

Lorekeeper
You gain a +5 when making a Knowledge Check
pertaining to your race.

Prehensile Tail Cost: 10exp

Your tail is strong enough that it can grab and
manipulate objects, effectively acting as another
hand. Any Attacks made with weapons held by
the tail suffer a -5 To Hit and do not add Str or
Agi.

Font of Stories Cost: 10exp

You gain +2 Points to the Perform Skill due to all
the folk tales and odd lore you've collected.

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 Chapter 3: Abilities & Skills
There are many different skills, all using
different Abilities. Your Abilities are the core
essence of your Hat. There are 7 core Abilities
separated into Physical Abilities and Mental
Abilities. Your Physical Abilities are Grit, Strength,
Agility and Reflexes. Your Mental Abilities are
Smarts, Intuition, and Moxy. All Skills are based
on these 7 Abilities. All of these Ability Scores
start at 0, and are increased or decreased by your
Race, Background, and maybe other sources.
You begin with 100exp when you make a
Hat, sometimes more depending on what Race you
have chosen. This exp is used to purchase upgrades
for your Hat, such as increasing their Ability
Scores, their Skills, and buying Talents.
A Hats Ability Score is their physical and
mental attributes. There are 4 physical Abilities,
and 3 mental ones. The physical Abilities are: Grit,
Strength, Agility and Reflex. The mental Abilities
are: Smarts, Intuition and Moxy. There is also an
eighth Ability; Luck. Luck is the only Ability that
you cannot purchase upgrades for and it gets a lot
of special treatment.
Skills are how good your character is at
certain tasks. There are 3 categories for skills:
Basic, Knowledge and Magic. Basic skills contain
the majority of skills, each one using an Ability as
well as its own Points to calculate the final score,
which is added to the die roll. Knowledge skills are
all tied to the Smarts Ability Score. Finally, are the
three types of magic, these are only accessible if
you take the appropriate Talent which allows you
to take it. Each magic skill is tied to one stat;
Arcane: Smarts, Nature: Moxy, and Spirit: Intuition.
If you are magically inclined, you also need to
worry about Lucidity. Lucidity starts at 0 and adds
Smarts, Moxy, or Intuition, whichever is highest.
For the order in which you upgrade Skill
and Ability points, you first gain Upgrade or
Penalty points from your Race, then background,
then you purchase upgrades, and finally Talents
are added. E.g. if your background gives you a +1 to
a Skill or Ability, you gain that point before you are
able to purchase more. But if a Talent Raises a
Skill or Ability, that occurs after you have bought
points. Some Troubles have penalties, these do not
alter your number, and instead only apply to dice
rolls.
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Upgrading Abilities & Skills
The cost to purchase an upgrade points for
an Ability is listed below:
-2 -> -1 = 30exp
-1 -> 0 = 40exp
0 -> 1 = 20exp
1 -> 2 = 30exp
2 -> 3 = 40exp
3 -> 4 = 50exp
4 -> 5 = 75exp
If you have an Ability bellow -2, it costs
30exp to raise it by 1.
The cost to purchase an upgrade points for
a Skill is listed below:
0 -> 1 = 10exp
1 -> 2 = 20exp
2 -> 3 = 30exp
3 -> 4 = 40exp
4 -> 5 = 50exp
For Abilities and Skills each point must be
purchased in order. (e.g. you cannot take a -1 to a 1.
You must first buy to 0 then buy 1)
When a Skill or Ability is at 5, that's the
stuff of legends. At this point rumors of a
characters skill start to flow through nearby towns.
To increase either an Ability or Skill
beyond 5 use the equation: (skills current
level)x20=(exp cost)
Yes that means 6 costs 100exp.
If you are Trained in the skill you may
purchase upgrades for it at half the exp cost. Your
hat is Trained in the skills listed in Archetype, as
well as any skill that a Talent specifies you are
Trained in.
You may increase a Hats base Lucidity as
if it were a Skill. Anything purchased is is treated
like Points, and then your Ability is added to get
your Lucidity Total.
Optional Rule: Points for Style
A Player who wishes may make a Skill
Check to give themselves a +1 Style Bonus to a roll.
The skill check must be relevant to the main
Action that is being done, such as leaping from a
table to gain momentum to give that punch a little
extra, or doing a sweet 360 spin before shooting at
someone. In the end the Storyteller has final say if
you can make a relevant Check. Failing this Skill
Check gives you a -1 Penalty to the roll.
 Grit
Grit is the only core Ability that doesn't
have any Skills attached to it. That doesn't mean
it's not important, as Grit has a direct effect on
your Hats Wound total, endurance, and some
saving throws.
How it influences Wounds is fairly
straightforward. You start a Hat with 10 wounds,
and for every point of Grit, you get to increase that
number by 2. However negative numbers only
decrease it by one, so if you have a -2 you still have
8 wounds total.
Your Hat's Grit also influences their
endurance in several ways:
You can hold your breath for 1+Grit minutes
before you start Suffocating. A negative Grit score
halves the minute.
Every Hour you travel past 8 hours, you
must make a DC 15+(Hours Past 8) Grit Check.
Failure; You gain a point of Fatigue.
Every Hour you spend running is a
DC 15+(Hours) Grit Check. Failure; You gain a point
of Fatigue.
Also, a Hat gains 1 Wound for every 50exp
they have in their Total Exp Gained section.
Strength
Your Hat's Strength Score is how
physically strong they are, and effects how much
they can carry, lift, and drag. As well as effecting
how much extra Damage they do with melee
weapons.
Athletics: Things to do with balancing and
climbing. This also applies to Saving Throws
against AOE and certain other effects, called a
Physical Save.
Brawl: How good you are at hitting stuff.
Most close range attacks will use this Skill, such as
striking with a Weapon or an Object, or simply
attempting to punch something. On rare occasions
your Brawl will be based on Agility instead of
Strength. These Checks are effected by anything
that effects sight.
Intimidate: How big and scary are you?
This skill is used as an alternative to something
like Persuasion, where instead of asking nicely
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How nimble your Hat is. This Ability also
adds into your Hats Dodge.
Acrobatics: Things to do with balancing
and climbing. This also applies to Saving Throws
against AOE and certain other effects, called a
Physical Save.
Ride: How good you are at riding a Mount,
and doing things while riding one. While simply
moving a Mount doesn't require a Ride Check,
doing something fancy does. These fancy things
are explained more in Chapter 8.
Stealth: How good you are at sneaking
around and hiding. To make a Stealth Check in
Combat requires 1 Action and you must break Line
of Sight, so there must be things to actually hide
behind. Any Stealth Check will be against other
Targets Awareness, or Perception if they are
actively looking. Your Stealth Roll will be
determining the DC of how hard it is to spot you.
Certain things, such as wearing certain Armor or
wielding certain Shields, will give you penalties.
Using a Firearm or doing anything that makes
noise immediately takes you out of Stealth.
Stealth is explained further in Chapter 10:
Adventuring, under Sneaking.
Reflexes
How fast your Hat is, and what they add to
their Initiative roll.
Firearm (Light): How good you are at
shooting things with smaller Firearms. Light
Firearms are Pistols. These Checks are effected by
anything that effects sight.
Firearm (Heavy): How good you are
shooting things with bigger firearms. Heavy
Firearms are Rifles and Shotguns. These Checks
are effected by anything that effects sight.
Ranged: How good you are at shooting
things with bows and stuff like that. This also
determines how good you are at throwing things. If
an Object does not have the Thrown property, you
take a -4 To Hit when attempting to throw it.
Artificer Gadgets that require a To Hit roll, use
your Ranged Skill. These Checks are effected by
anything that effects sight.
Sleight of Hand: Thieving, picking locks
and hiding stuff, mostly. Also cheating at cards.
Sleight of Hand is how quickly and nimble your
fingers are. Disabling traps, Machines, and Gadgets
are also based on Sleight of Hand, as well as
escaping from cuffs or ropes.
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How well your Hat learns, what they know,
how well they thinks and reasons. This also gets
added to all Knowledge Skills. Smarts will be your
Willpower Save if it is your highest Mental Ability.
Appraise: Figuring out how much
something is worth, or how good its quality is. The
DC of determining the Quality and Cost of an
Object is set by whatever Quality the Object is,
which is explained in Crafting Talents. These
Checks are effected by anything that effects sight.
Investigation: Finding stuff, either physical
things in a room or on a Target, or information. If
you are ever physically searching something you
use Investigation. Investigation also covers a more
broad spectrum for finding information on
something to help you narrow down who has the
information or how to find it.
Medicine: Trying to keep people from not
dying without magic.
You may end a Targets Bleeding Condition with a
DC 15 Check.
You may identify a Poison, Disease, or a Potion
with a DC 18 Check.
If a Target has been hit by a Lucky Shot and failed
both of their Luck Checks, you may make a DC 15+
(Damage they received from the Attack) Check to
prevent the bad effect from taking place as long as
you can perform the Check within 4 Hours and
have the proper tools.
You may make a DC 18 Medicine Check for a Target
during a Short or Long Rest to double the amount
of Wounds the Target regains. This may be done on
up to 2 Targets during a Rest.
Intuition
How wise your Hat is, as well as their
common sense and awareness. This also gets added
into Initiative rolls. Intuition will be your
Willpower Save if it is your highest Mental Ability.
Perception: How good you are at spotting
things, like sneaky Hats or Traps. When you are
looking, trying to find something from a distance,
or trying to hear something, you use Perception.
This is also what your Hat's Awareness is based on
(Page 168). These Checks are effected by anything
that effects sight, or sound depending on what the
Check is.
Sense Motive: Trying to tell if someone is
lying, or if they have ulterior motives. Also for
spotting Feinting. While a Sense Motive can tell if
someone is being less than truthful, if they are
simply telling the truth, you wont get anything
special. These Checks are effected by anything that
effects sight.
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Survival: Finding food or shelter in the
Wilds and tracking stuff. This is also useful for
Alchemists when searching for ingredients. These
Checks are effected by anything that effects sight.
Moxy
How strong your Hat's personality is, and
how other people perceive them. Moxy will be
your Willpower Save if it is your highest Mental
Ability.
Bluff: Lying. Also for Feinting in combat.
Anytime you tell a lie, a Target may choose to
make a Sense Motive Check. Now, if the Target has
no reason to be suspicious of you, they may not
assume you are lying, and you will not have to
make a Bluff Check. A Target who has believed a
lie once cannot make multiple Checks, unless
substantial new information is added to the lie.
These Checks are effected by anything that effects
sight.
Handle Animal: Knowing what to do to
make animals like you. This is also for keeping
animals calm in a stressful situation.
Leadership: How well you lead and
command others. You may have 1 Follower for
every 2 Points you have in Leadership.
A Follower is a Goon, and you must use an Action
to give them commands using your Leadership
Skill; DC 12 for mundane tasks, DC 16 for combat,
DC 20 if the task is dangerous. Otherwise they will
simply follow your Hat and defend themselves.
Perform: Entertaining and using
instruments or putting on some kind of show,
which is described more under the Musician Talent
Performer (Page 78).
Persuasion: Talking and getting people to
understand your point of view, or to get them to
help you out. This is your Hats go to when
attempting to influence an NPC's temperament
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There are also Knowledge Skills, these are
what your Hat knows about the world around them
and how much they've learned. You must be
Trained in a Knowledge skill in order to make a
Check. In addition to being able to purchase Points
in a Knowledge Skill, you also add your Smarts
Bonus to the Total.
There are 9 Knowledge Skills in total:
Engineering
Knowing stuff about technology.
Everything to do with Gadgets and
Machines, as well as physical structures and
buildings. This is a very important skill for
Artificers or people who plan to work on
Firearms.
Geography
Knowing stuff about places.
The lay of the land, what city is where and
what the name of that mountain range is. This is
also important for helping a Hat to read and
understand maps, and being able to figure out how
far they have traveled.
History
Knowing stuff about the past.
This can include what things you know or
have heard about an area, or about particular
historic events.
Law
Knowing stuff about laws.
All about the good side of the law, knowing
what is breaking the law is pretty important in
most places.
Warfare
Knowing stuff about tactics and military
things.
There's a lot of different things covered in
Warfare, like tactics used in certain situations,
formations and ranks of soldiers, and how to figure
out what an enemy is doing.
Wilds
Knowing stuff about the stuff outside of
civilized society.
All that stuff outside of a town? Yeah,
that's the Wilds. Knowledge of which plants to eat,
and the critters that live out there.
Magic
Arcane
Messing with the laws of Physics. The
Arcane Skill is based on a Hats Smarts. Arcane
Spells use the Magic that the Caster has within
them or within others.
Nature
Messing with the laws of Nature. The
Nature Skill is based on a Hats Moxy. Nature Spells
use the Magic of the area around them, taking
advantage of all the Magic in everything to harness
power.
Spirit
Messing with the laws of Gods. The Spirit
Skill is based on a Hats Intuition. By channeling
the power of the Gods, Spirit Magic brings the very
force of the Divines forth.

Occult
Knowing stuff about magic.
This is your go to about anything and
everything that has to do with Magic, from figuring
out Spells to deciphering scrolls. Also helps to
identify beings of magical origins.

Outlaw
Knowing stuff about breaking the laws.
This is what your Hat knows about the
shadier side of civilization, where to get or sell
illegal goods, or hire thugs.

Religion
Knowing stuff about Gods and cults.
Gods are important, and if you want to
know things about them you better put a lot into
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 Chapter 4: Backgrounds
Backgrounds
Your Hat's background is what sort of
profession they had, or have. Every Background
gives your character a bit more depth, as well as a
bit of Skill or Ability Points and some starting
equipment.
Apprentice
An Apprentice to some sort of Magi, or perhaps a
Spiritualist, or Musician, giving you some basic
insight into the world of Magic.
+1 Point to Knowledge Occult
You gain 1 Point to a Magic Skill of your choice.
You also gain one Tier 0 Spell.
Artisan
Growing up as an understudy to an Artisan to
perfect your craft until you finally broke off and
started to hone your skills on your own.
+3 to Crafting Checks
+1 Point to Appraise
Gain 1 Crafting Talent of your choice.
Your Hat starts with one Tool or Kit worth 50
Silver or less of your choice.
Banker
Working with Silver coins and Bank Notes has
given you great insight into the world of
bureaucracy and money.
+2 Points to the Appraise Skill
+1 Point to Knowledge Law
Your Hat starts with a Satchel, a Fancy Outfit and
30 extra Silver.
Barkeep
Whether a Tavern or a Saloon, you've had
experience working behind the counter and
slinging alcohol to thirsty patrons.
+5 to Brewer Checks, and you gain the Brewing
Talent.
+1 Point to Perception
Your Hat starts with an Outfit and Brewers
Supplies.
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Blacksmith
You're quite accustomed to the heat and noise of a
forge, and have learned how to shape metal how
you wish.
+5 to Blacksmithing Checks, and you gain the
Blacksmithing Talent and all connected Talents
cost 10exp less.
+1 Point to Athletics
Your Hat starts with Blacksmith Tools.
Card Sharp
Bouncing around Saloons and Casinos, gambling
and showing everyone how cards are supposed to
be played.
+1 Point to Sense Motive
+2 Points to Sleight of Hand
Your Hat starts with a Deck of Cards, a Waist
Pouch, and a Hold-Out Pistol.
Criminal
For one reason or another, you were caught for
breaking the law. You received a Criminal Brand,
but before your trial, or before your were hanged,
or perhaps you were simply sentenced to
something else, you are now back out in the
world.
You automatically gain the Trouble Criminal
Brand. This does not count against your max
Troubles, however you do gain the experience
from it and may choose a second Background.
Coachman
A dangerous profession, transporting goods, mail,
people, or some combination. There was always a
high chance of being targeted by someone with
bad intentions.
+5 to Driving Carts.
You also gain the Talent Driving: Carts.
Your Hat starts with a Satchel, a Coach Gun with
a Holster, and an Armored Duster.
 Cook
At home in any kitchen, whether it was in some
fancy restaurant, or just making a living in some
Tavern or Saloon, you've made your living off of
cooking.
+5 to Baking and Cooking Checks as well as
gaining the Baking and Cooking Talent.
+1 Point to Acrobatics
Your Hat starts with Cooks Utensils.
Courier
Traveling from town to town, making personal
deliveries for money. Technically a postal worker,
but focused more on single parcel delivery.
Gain +5ft of movement.
+1 Point to Knowledge Geography
Your Hat starts with a Mailbag, and 10 extra
Silver.
Courtesan
It's rather expensive to spend some time with a
Courtesan. Usually found hanging on the arms of
big spenders in Saloons, Casinos, or Cabarets.
+2 Points to the Persuasion
Your Hat starts with an Extravagant Outfit and 30
extra Silver.
Cowboy
Tasked with tending the cattle on a ranch, usually
on horseback. Doing everything that needs doing
out on a ranch, and preventing rustlers.
+1 Point to Ride
+1 Point to Handle Animal
+1 Point to Firearms (Light) or (Heavy)
Your Hat starts with a Pistol, Rifle, or Shotgun,
including Holster, a Signal Whistle, and a Franz
grade Horse.
Doctor
Whether traveling around, working in a hospital,
or having an office in some small town, helping
fix people up.
+1 Point to Medicine
You also gain the Doctor Talent.
Your Hat starts with a Doctor's Bag.
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Drifter
Wandering around from place to place, never
staying anywhere for too long, meeting people
and doing odd jobs to earn your living.
+1 Point to Intimidate
+1 Point to Bluff
+1 Point to Survival
Your Hat starts with a Poncho or Cloak, a
Backpack and a Bedroll.
Explorer
Seeking out those unexplored corners of the map,
or walking in the footsteps of other explorers to
see what they saw.
+1 Point to Perception
+1 Point to Survival
+1 Point to Knowledge Wilds
+1 Point to Knowledge Geography
Your Hat starts with Cartographer's Tools.
Farmer
Spending most of the year working the earth and
growing crops, beekeeping, or some other type of
working soul.
+1 to the Strength Ability
+2 Points to Knowledge Geography
Your Hat starts with an Outfit, a Waist Pouch and
a Sickle.
Fisherman
Catching and selling fish, whether off the dock, on
a small fishing boat, or apart of a larger fishing
vessel pushing out to catch droves of fish.
+1 to the Strength Ability
+1 Point to Survival
Your Hat starts with Fishing Tools and a Fishing
Net.
Gunsmith
In the age of firearms, Gunsmiths are becoming
almost as important as Blacksmiths. Making
firearms and bullets, or fixing guns is how you've
made your living.
+1 Point to Knowledge Engineering
You also gain the Gunsmithing Talent.
Your Hat starts with Gunsmith Tools.
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 Hired Gun
Sometimes all you're good at is shooting things,
and that's when you become a Hired Gun, offering
your services either hunting down bounties, or
protecting people or things.
+2 Points to Firearms (Light) or (Heavy)
+1 Point to Perception
Your Hat starts with an Armored Duster, and a
Pistol, Rifle, or Shotgun, including Holster.
Hunter
Going out into the wilderness and hunting down
critters for furs, meat, and special materials that
can't be obtained through other means.
+1 Point to Survival
+1 Point to either Ranged, Firearms (Light), or
Firearms (Heavy)
+1 Point Knowledge Wilds
Your Hat starts with a Bear Trap, Backpack and
Waterskin.
Lab Technician
Working with or under someone in a laboratory
has given you knowledge in a certain subject as
well as quite a lot of equipment.
+2 Point to a Knowledge Skill of your choice
Your Hat starts with a Portable Lab Kit.
Lawman
A sheriff, deputy, a guard, or some sort of
authority figure in a city or town, a Lawman
covers quite a variety of different positions.
+1 Point to Leadership
+1 Point to Law
+1 Point to Outlaw
Your Hat starts with a badge denoting their
position, and a Medium Pistol with a Holster.
Librarian
Working with books in a large private library
belonging to some rich person or university, or
just some small public place in town.
+1 Point to all Knowledge skills
Your Hat starts with a Fancy Outfit, a Satchel, and
you also gain 1 Subject Book on whatever subject
you would like.
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Magic Scribe
It's not easy to scribe magical properties onto
objects, and those who can do it are looked highly
upon.
+2 Point to a Knowledge Occult
Your Hat starts with a Magical Scribe Kit.
Mechanic
Whether on Trains, Airships, Gadgets or other
Machines, you've got experience working on all
sort of mechanical things.
+2 Points to Engineering
+1 Point to Sleight of Hand
Your Hat starts with a Mechanic's Bag.
Merchant
Working in a shop or at a stall, selling things or
trading things for other things.
+1 Point to Appraise
+1 Point to Persuasion
+1 Point to Sense Motive
Your Hat starts with a Fancy Outfit and either a
Backpack, Satchel and two Waist Pouches, or a
Medium Cart.
Military
The Military is always looking for more, and a
soldiers life has been for you.
You gain the Talent Military Training. You may
treat Talents from the Soldier Tree as if you were
of the Warrior Archetype.
Your Hat starts with a badge denoting your
service and rank, as well as a Rifle of your
choosing with a Holster and Bayonet.
Miner
Working deep beneath the ground, digging up coal
or precious metals, but mostly coal.
+1 to the Strength Ability
+1 Point to Appraise
Your Hat starts with an Oil Lamp, a Satchel and a
Pickaxe.
Nomad
Never living in a fixed location, instead moving
from place to place as the seasons change.
+1 Point to Survival
+1 Point to Perception
+1 Point to Handle Animal
Your Hat starts with a Backpack, a Small Tent
and a Waterskin.
 Outlaw
Someone outside of the law. For you, the law
doesn't matter. The law doesn't protect you, nor
does it stop you.
+2 Points to Knowledge Outlaw
+1 Point to Bluff
Your Hat starts with a Pistol of your choice,
including Holster, and either a Mask, Cloak, or
Poncho.
Performer
On the streets or on a stage, performing is how
you've gotten by so far, using your skills to
entertain those around in exchange for coin.
+1 Point to Bluff
+1 Point to Perform
+1 Point to Persuasion
Your Hat starts with two Fancy Outfits, a Disguise
Kit, and either one instrument or an Extravagant
Outfit.
Photographer
Taking photographs at special events, or of
impressive scenery, many folk will also pay quite
a bit to have photographers take their pictures.
+2 Points to Perception
+1 Point to Geography
Your Hat starts with a Photographer's Bag.
Priest
Every town has one, no matter the size.
Sometimes, a priest is all a towns got.
+1 Points to Knowledge Religion.
You also gain the Preacher Talent.
Your Hat starts with a Holy Symbol and a Fancy
Outfit.
Rail Worker
The railways go everywhere, and the railway
folks always need more bodies to lay tracks. It's
hard work and you spend weeks out in the middle
of nowhere.
+1 to the Strength Ability
+1 to the Grit Ability
Your Hat starts with an Outfit and a Mallet. The
Hat is also Trained in the use of Mallet's.
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Researcher
Spending all your time surrounded by books and
notes, researching on many different subjects and
topics that many would not look twice upon.
You gain the Universal Talent Avid Researcher.
Your Hat starts with a Fancy Outfit, a Satchel, a
Notebook and several pencils.
Squire
Also known as a Knights Apprentice, a Squire is a
Knight in Training. It's hard work, doesn't pay, but
a squire is given room and board, as well as
training for their future.
+1 Grit
+1 Point to Brawl
The Knightly Order Talent costs 5exp less.
Your Hat starts with a Backpack and an
Advanced Melee Weapon of your choice.
Stable Hand
Working on a Horse Ranch or Stable, feeding and
taking care of the animals housed there.
Grooming, cleaning their areas, and making sure
they get exercised.
+2 Points to Handle Animal
+1 Point to Ride
Your Hat starts with a Waist Pouch and a Basic
Outfit.
Teacher
Although schools are not plentiful throughout the
West, they do exist, scattered among towns, there
are even a few colleges, and they have many
teachers. And in the East there are even more.
The Doctor Talent only costs 10exp. The Talent
Professor only costs 15exp.
Your Hat starts with a Satchel and a Fancy Outfit.
Urchin
Never quite growing up with a roof over your
head or food on the table, the streets and alleys
were more your home. Scrounging up what you
could to get by.
+1 Point to Sleight of Hand
+1 Point to Bluff
Your Hat starts with a Backpack and an Outfit.
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 Chapter 5: Archetypes
The Archetype you choose for your Hat is
the groundwork for their Talents. All Hats have
their own reason for setting off for adventure.
They join up with a Posse to help accomplish goals
that they could not otherwise complete on their
own, and through adversity they become stronger.
Your Hat's Archetype is more than a
definition of your character, it's more than their
profession; it's their calling in life. It gives the tools
to interact with the world in a way that others
can't, and with so many Talents to build your Hat,
you can have a truly unique adventure with every
Hat.
When you start to mix Talents from other
Archetypes, that's when your Hat becomes your
own. As you work towards certain Talents because
you want your Hat to be able to do something that
would otherwise not be possible for them. Pistol
Dust fully encourages mixing from all sorts of
Trees, but don't think that means you have to. This
is your Hat, you can make them any way you want.
As far as Archetypes are concerned, each
one is explained in the pages that follow. There are
6 different Archetypes to choose from, each one
containing several Talent Trees. The 6 Archetypes
are Charlatan, Magi, Ranger, Scholar, Spiritualist,
and Warrior.
When you choose an Archetype, all
Talents contained within that Archetype cost you
5exp less.
Archetypes also tell you what Skills you
are Trained in.
The About section is information about the
Archetype, and what sort of things they can do in a
Posse.
Finally we have the Talents section, where
all the available Talents for that Job are listed.
Talents are what makes your character
truly unique and yours; the things they learn the
easiest. Every Talent has an exp cost, or in the
case of Troubles, gives you exp for taking it. There
are Four types of Talent categories: Race Talents,
Archetype Talent Trees, Backgrounds, General
Talents (Universal and Bad) and Crafting.
All Talents are colored to help differentiate
when they can be bought and their requirements.
A Green Talent can only be bought at Hat
creation and follows this format:
Talent Name Cost in exp
Description
Red Talents are either Stand Alone Talents
or the beginning of a Talent Tree if they are a
prerequisite for another Talent. They follow a
similar form to Green Talents, but may be taken at
any time before or after a session and at Hat
creation.
Talent Name Cost in exp
Description
Blue Talents are part of a Talent Tree.
When you purchase a Blue Talent you must have
the prerequisite Talent, and like Red Talents may
be bought at any time before or after a session and
at Hat creation. Blue Talents follow this format:
Talent Name Cost in exp
Prerequisite Talent
Description
Archetype Talents are extremely flexible.
You are not restricted to only purchase from the
Talent Trees of your archetype, you just get a 5exp
discount of Talents contained in your Archetype.
You want to do it, you can do it. As long as you can
afford it.
However, buying Talents from other
Archetypes does not give you access to their skills.
Skill points gained from Talents are always
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 Archetype: Charlatan Their beginning Talent is Dance, Magic,
Dance, which as gives them a Dance Style, which
The Charlatan Archetype is for the more in turn gives them access to a type of Magic.
frowned upon actions in the West. These are the The Phoenix line is focused on staying
types that a law abiding citizen would prefer not be mobile in combat while hitting Targets with
around them. They're used to the more sleazy magical flames, and eventually being able to deny
aspects of what it takes to survive. death. On the other hand the Lamia line focuses
Burglar, Dancer, and Gambler are the three more on distracting enemies and controlling a fight
Talent Trees that make up the Charlatan by limiting what a Target can do.
Archetype. This is the type of Archetype for those
who want to be flashy or sneaky and don't care About: Gambler
which side of the law they're on. There's gambling, and then there's the
Gambler Tree. The kind of people who choose luck,
Trained Skills over skill. Not to say that they aren't skilled...after
Basic Skills: all, it's easy to cheat, it's hard to not get caught.
Acrobatics, Appraise, Brawl, Bluff, Firearm (Light), The Gambler has Talents to help them win
Perception, Perform, Sense Motive, Stealth, Sleight and get their way in any scenario. They can even
of Hand, Investigation, Ranged learn how to solve some problems with their fists.
With Talents of risk, to rolling multiple times, a
Knowledge Skills: Gambler throws a lot of dice, and cards.
Occult, Engineering, Outlaw The beginning Talent for a Gambler is
Know the Game, which allows the Hat to gain a
About: Burglar
Bonus whenever they engage in some sort of game.
Pickpockets, lockpicks, safecrackers, the
This does not apply to Pistol Dust as a whole, but
Burglar Tree has quite a lot of utility up their
actual in story moments when your Hat is playing
sleeve, as well as being hard targets in combat.
a game.
Your go to Talents when you need someone in and
out of somewhere they're not supposed to be.
The Burglar tree has many Talents to help
them take what they want and then get away with
it. They also have a number of ways to maneuver
in combat, doing their best when their Target
doesn't know they're there.
Their beginning Talent is Slink, which
allows them to hide even when being observed as
long as they have somewhere to hide. It offers
access to Talents that will help a Hat use their
Agility to assist them better in combat, as well as
climbing and moving around in a conflict with
ease. They get Talents to help them pickpocket,
pick locks, and crack safes as well as disabling
devices in and out of combat.

About: Dancer
The Dancer Tree is for the more flashier
side of things, either prepping for a big stage
performance, or schmoozing around a tavern
looking for a dance partner, Dancers come in all
shapes and sizes.
The Dancer tree allows the harnessing of
magic through the skill of dance, weaving Spells
through the rhythm of your body. With access to
Spells, as well as Talents that are all focused
around their skills in dancing, a Dancer focused
Hat tends to stand out quite a bit, but they also have
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 Burglar Tree Helping Hand Up Cost: 20exp
Slink Cost: 30exp Prerequisite: Corroborate
You can spend a Minor Action during combat to When an Ally within 5ft makes a Physical Save
make a Stealth Check, instead of 1 Action. or an Acrobatics Check, as a Reaction you may
add your Acrobatics Total to their Check.
Evasion Cost: 20exp
Fast Talker Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Slink
Prerequisite: Slink
If you are targeted by an Attack that allows you to
make a Physical Save, if you use your Acrobatics, If caught doing something you shouldn't, you gain
you take half Damage if you fail, and no Damage if a +5 Bonus to Persuasion or Bluff to talk your way
you succeed. You do not gain this benefit if you out of the situation. You receive a -1 to this Bonus
have the Helpless Condition. per witness.

Diversion Cost: 20exp Obfuscate Accusation Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Slink Prerequisite: Fast Talker
Use 1 Action to cause Targets within 10ft of you to You may negate the penalty to the Fast Talker
gain the Distracted Condition for 1 Round. You Talent that you receive from having witnesses.
may spend 1 Action on your next turn to continue You may also throw suspicion off of yourself and
the Diversion. onto those witnesses with another successful
Bluff Check, against the Sense Motive of the
Blind Spot Cost: 30exp Target you are trying to convince.

Prerequisite: Slink
Finesse Cost: 10exp
You can use Stealth even against creatures with
Prerequisite: Slink
unusual senses that normally allow them to see
hidden or invisible things. When using a melee weapon, you may use Agility
instead of Strength for Brawl as long as the
Sneaky Sneaker Cost: 20exp weapon does not have the Two-Handed or Heavy
quality.
Prerequisite: Blind Spot
When making a Stealth Roll, you gain a +1 Bonus Snuff Light Cost: 10exp
for every 2 Targets that you are attempting to
Prerequisite: Slink
sneak by.
Once per round as a Free Action you may put out
Corroborate Cost: 10exp a light source that is within 10ft of you.

Prerequisite: Slink
Thief Spot Cost: 20exp
When an Ally attempts to lie or convince a Target
Prerequisite: Slink
of something, as a Reaction you may add your
Bluff or Persuasion Skill Total to their Check. +10 to spot when someone attempts a Sleight of
Hand Check. This Bonus applies to both
They Told Me Cost: 15exp Perception and Awareness.

Prerequisite: Corroborate
Learned it on the Streets Cost: 10exp
When an Ally repeats a lie that you've told them,
Prerequisite: Slink
or is trying to convince a Target of something that
you've told them, they may use your Bluff or You become Trained in 2 Non-Magical Skills of
Persuasion Total for their Check. your Choice.

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 Palms Out Cost: 15exp Rooftop Runner Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Slink Prerequisite: Clamber
You may make a Sleight of Hand Check to hide a The Hat does not need to make Checks when
Bulk 0 Object or Weapon on your person. A Target running on uneven surfaces.
must beat your Sleight of Hand Check with a
Perception Check with a -5, or an Investigation Roof Hopping Cost: 10exp
Check with no penalty. This can be done while
you are being searched. Prerequisite: Clamber
Add 10ft to your Hat's Jump distance.
Ace in the Hole Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Palms Out Lock Picking Cost: 10exp

You are Trained to use the Hidden Weapon Tool, Prerequisite: Slink
and Gadgets. Whenever someone tries to see if Provided you have the proper tools, you may add
you are carrying a Hidden Weapon you can make your Sleight of Hand Check against a Locks DC to
a Sleight of Hand Check against their Awareness. unlock it. Without this Talent you do not get any
sort of Bonus.
Blackjack! Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Slink Safecracker Cost: 20exp

When a Target is unaware of your presence, any Prerequisite: Lock Picking

blunt weapon you use will deal 3x Nonlethal Provided you have the proper tools, you may use
Damage. your Sleight of Hand Check against a Safes DC to
open it. Without this Talent you do not get any
Nibbler Cost: 10exp sort of Bonus.
Prerequisite: Slink
Pickpocket Cost: 15exp
+2 Bonus when attempting to pickpocket, lockpick
or safecrack. Prerequisite: Slink
This acts exactly like the Steal Attack Action,
Escapologist Cost: 20exp except that if your roll beats the Targets
Awareness, they do not notice the theft.
Prerequisite: Slink
You may use Sleight of Hand to break free from Cut and Run Cost: 15exp
being Restrained, or to escape a Grapple. You also
gain a +2 Bonus to these Checks. Prerequisite: Pickpocket
After making a Steal Action, you may
Clamber Cost: 10exp immediately make a Basic Move Action as a
Minor Action.
Prerequisite: Slink
You gain a +2 Bonus to Climbing, and climbing Reverse Pickpocket Cost: 15exp
does not cost you extra movement.
Prerequisite: Pickpocket
Cling Cost: 10exp This acts exactly like Pickpocket but in reverse,
placing an Object into a Targets possession rather
Prerequisite: Clamber
than taking it.
You may stop your movement on a climbable
surface, but you only have 1 hand free while doing Art of the Chase Cost: 15exp
so.
Prerequisite: Cut and Run
Whenever you are in a Pursuit (chasing or being
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 Quick Blend Cost: 20exp Just a Peek Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Art of the Chase Prerequisite: Slink
If you break Line of Sight with your Pursuers, You do not lose full cover Bonus when taking the
you may use a Bluff Check for your next Pursuit Peek action.
Check against your Pursuers Perception.
Succeeding this Check immediately ends the
Pursuit for you as your Pursuers lose you. Failing
however allows your Pursuers to Catch Up.

Chase Master Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Art of the Chase
This ability stacks with Art of the Chase. Increase
Bonus by +6.

Disable Device Cost: 10exp

Prerequisite: Slink
Provided you have the proper tools, you may
make a Sleight of Hand Check to disable a device
of some kind, which could be a trap, a Gadget, a
Machine, etc., giving it the Broken Condition. This
takes 1 Minute. You also gain a +4 to spot traps.

Quick Jam Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Disable Device
You may make a Sleight of Hand Check as a
Touch Action to temporarily disable a Gadget,
Machine, or Firearm for 5 rounds. This disabling
can be undone with a successful Engineering
Check against the Sleight of Hand Check you
made. Or a Clear Jam Action if it's a Firearm.

Improvised Tools Cost: 50exp

Prerequisite: Disable Device
You can use anything you have at your disposal to
make a Lock Picking, Safecracking, or Disable
Device Check.

Lawless Connections Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Slink
Gain a +2 Bonus when attempting to find
information, sell stolen goods, or obtain things
that aren't exactly legal. Additionally, you may add
your Knowledge Outlaw to this Check.

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 Dancer Tree
Dance, Magic, Dance Cost: 30exp
When you take this Talent for the first time you
may gain one Dance Style Talent without paying
it's exp cost. You may purchase another Dance
Style by paying it's exp cost. The Save DC of all of
your Dance Performance Talents is 8+Perform. To
Hit is also based on Perform. You also gain three
Cantrips, and one Tier 1 Spell, unless another
Talent has already given you Spells, Blueprints,
or Formulae.
A Dance Performance takes 1 Action to Perform,
unless otherwise stated.
You may not make Performances while wearing
Advanced Armors or while wielding anything
with the Heavy Property.
Dance of the Phoenix Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
This is a Dance Style.
You may use your Perform Skill instead of Magic
Nature for any Spellcasting and Backlash Checks,
and are Trained in Magic Nature for the purpose
of Magical Backlash DC and learning Spells. Your
Lucidity is based on Willpower as normal.
Casting a Spell counts as a Performance, and the
dancing replaces the need for Somatic and Verbal
components. All Performance Talents count as
casting a Nature based Spell, but you do not roll
Backlash for them.
Hot Steps Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Dance of the Phoenix
This is a Dance Performance Talent
For this Round, any Square you move through
counts as being On Fire. Anyone moving through
the area must make a Physical Save. Failure;
Target takes 2 Fire Damage, ignoring Soak. This
Fire effect lasts until the beginning of your next
turn.
Sky Dance Cost: 15exp
Prerequisite: Hot Steps
This is a Dance Performance Talent
You may move in any direction that you want. If
you begin your next turn not on a solid surface
you immediately begin to fall unless you perform
Sky Dance again with your first Action.
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Flame Burst Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Hot Steps
This is a Dance Performance Talent
You create a 10ft AOE Sphere, centered on
yourself, of fire. All Targets within range may
make a Physical Save. Failure; Targets takes 4
Fire Damage, or Fire Damage equal to your
Perform Total (whichever is higher), half Damage
on Success.
Flame Lash Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Hot Steps
This is a Dance Performance Talent
You may create a long whip made of fire and
make an Attack using Perform. The whip has a
Range of 10ft and does 4 Fire Damage, or Fire
Damage equal to your Perform Total (whichever
is higher), this Damage can be Soaked by
Mundane armor. You may spend another Action
to either make a second Attack, or to Pull or Trip
the target, this second Action also counts as a
Performance. This is a Magic Attack and does not
count as a Melee Attack.
Ashes to Ashes Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Hot Steps
This is a Dance Performance Talent
If you were Performing during your last turn and
are Downed between then and your current turn,
instead of rolling to stabilize you may regain all
Wounds and stand up. You may not take any
Actions until your next turn. You must take a
Long Rest before using this Talent again.
Dust to Dust Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Ashes to Ashes
This is a Dance Performance Talent
As part of Ashes to Ashes you may make one
Performance, either a Talent or Spell.
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 Dance of the Lamia Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
This is a Dance Style.
You may use your Perform Skill instead of Magic
Nature for any Spellcasting and Backlash Checks,
and are Trained in Magic Nature for the purpose
of Magical Backlash DC and learning Spells. Your
Lucidity is based on Willpower as normal.
Casting a Spell counts as a Performance, and the
dancing replaces the need for Somatic and Verbal
components. All Performance Talents count as
casting a Nature based Spell, but you do not roll
Backlash for them.
Flexible and Mobile Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Dance of the Lamia
This is a Dance Performance Talent
Once per turn you can take a Move and Perform
Action as one Action. In addition you also get +2
Bonus on Physical Saves if you made a Perform
Check on your previous turn.
Hypnotic Sway Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Dance of the Lamia
This is a Dance Performance Talent
Everyone within 30 feet of you who can see you
must make a Willpower Save. Failure; Targets are
Distracted for their next turn. This does not effect
Critters or Insects.
Stunning Grace Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Hypnotic Sway
This is an upgrade to Hypnotic Sway
Your Hypnotic Sway increases to 60 feet and also
effects Critters and Insects. In addition they are
Distracted for their next 2 turns instead of 1.
Persuasive Dancing Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Hypnotic Sway
This is an upgrade to Hypnotic Sway
You gain +5 Bonus to Persuasion against anyone
under the effects of Hypnotic Sway.
Dominating Dance Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: Hypnotic Sway
This is a Dance Performance Talent
As an Action, choose one Target, this Target
within 30ft. This Target must make a Willpower
Save. Failure; Target gains the Dominated
Condition. You gain control of a Target you are
Dominating. If they are Charmed by the effects of
Soothing Touch they automatically fail this Save.
The Target is only Dominated for as long as you
maintain this Dance by spending 1 Action every
Turn.
Jingly Jangly Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
You gain a +3 Bonus to Perform Checks as long as
your outfit has things that make noise, such as
bells or coins clinging together. -10 on Stealth
Checks while wearing said outfit.
Encore Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
You may take a 3rd Action during your turn, but
only if you have taken one Action to make a
Dance Performance and the 3rd Action also
involves a Dance Performance. This Action can
be taken between your first and second Action. If
you already have a 3rd Action, this does not stack.

Soothing Touch Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Hypnotic Sway
This is a Dance Performance Talent
Taking an Action to Touch a Target forces them to
make a Willpower Save. Failure; Target is
Stunned or Charmed as chosen by the one
Performing. If they are under the effects of
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 Takes Two to Tango Cost: 5exp
Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
If dancing with another who has Takes Two to
Tango, you may add Half of their Perform Skill
Total to yours. Both may also move on each others
turn, but only at half Speed each turn. Only one
partner needs to know the Performance or Spell
in order to receive the Bonus. You cannot have
more than 1 dance partner. Your partner must
remain within 5ft of you at all times otherwise
you lose the Bonus.
Additionally, if a member of your Posse has the
Talent Duet, and is currently doing an Instrument
or Verbal Performance between your current and
previous turn you may add half their Perform
Skill Total to your Backlash Checks as long as
they are within 60ft and you can see or hear
their Performance. You may only benefit from
one Posse Member.

Sweet Talker Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
+2 Bonus to Moxy based Skill Checks if you're
allowed five minutes of time with a Target. This
Bonus does not apply to Spell Casting or Dance
Talents.

Painted Cat Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
You always know how to dress for the right
occasion. If you are given at least one hour to
prepare you can gain a +2 Bonus to any Moxy
based Skill Checks. This Bonus does not apply to
Spell Casting or Dance Talents.

Calico Queen Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Dance, Magic, Dance
If you have done no hostile Actions during
Combat, you cannot be Targeted by Attacks. A
hostile action is attempting to cause Wounds or
Damage, or some sort of obvious impediment
towards a Target or their group, including
assisting their enemies. This does not apply to
Critters or Insects.

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 Gambler Tree Card Throw Cost: 15exp
Know the Game Cost: 15exp Prerequisite: Card Tricks
You gain a +5 Bonus on any Checks involving a You can make a Ranged Attack Roll using a card
game. (This does not apply to Pistol Dust.) to Distract a Target. You also become Trained in
Sharp Cards. A Target struck with a Sharp Card is
Poker Face Cost: 15exp Distracted.

Prerequisite: Know the Game

Nothing Up My Sleeve Cost: 20exp
-5 to Sense Motive Checks made against you.
Prerequisite: Card Tricks

Chisel the Chiseler Cost: 10exp When rolling a Persuasion Check to convince
someone of something, you may roll twice and
Prerequisite: Poker Face take whichever result you want.
If you spot someone is attempting to cheat in a
game, you can make a Sleight of Hand Check Ace in the Hole Cost: 10exp
opposed by their Awareness to instead cheat
Prerequisite: Card Tricks
them.
You are Trained to use Hidden Weapon Tool, and
Double Down Cost: 15exp Gadgets. Whenever someone tries to see if you
are carrying a Hidden Weapon you can make a
Prerequisite: Know the Game Sleight of Hand Check against their Awareness.
When making a Skill Check, including an Attack,
you may make a Luck Roll to double your Skill Devil's Pair Cost: 30exp
Total and Bonuses if you succeed, but if you fail
Prerequisite: Ace in the Hole
you do not gain your Skill Total or any Bonuses.
If a Target is unaware of a Hidden Weapon you
Double or Nothing Cost: 20exp are carrying, you may deal Double Damage with it
immediately after drawing it from its hidden
Prerequisite: Double Down location.
Once per round when you make an Attack, after
rolling To Hit but before dealing Damage, you may Straight Flush Cost: 30exp
choose to make a Luck roll. On a success you deal
Prerequisite: Card Tricks
Double Damage, on Failure you deal no Damage.
Every time you make a roll, you may note down a
Table Anchor Cost: 20exp number rolled by one of your d12's, during Combat
you may only note one number down during your
Prerequisite: Know the Game turn. You may only have a total of 5 numbers
If you are Last in Initiative, you gain a +2 Bonus to noted down, but may replace these numbers at
any Skill Check. (You can always move yourself any time. If you have 5 numbers that line up
to last in Initiative by Delaying your turn.) sequentially, you may use them to automatically
succeed at a Luck Roll. Once used you must erase
all numbers. You lose all numbers if you are
Card Tricks Cost: 10exp
Downed.
Prerequisite: Know the Game
You can make Sleight of Hand Checks to perform Aces High Cost: 20exp
card tricks. Prerequisite: Card Tricks
You may treat a 1 on a die as an 11. Once you use
this Talent you must take a Long Rest before you
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 Pocket Aces Cost: 30exp Honeyed Words Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Card Tricks Prerequisite: Lucky 7
If you succeed at a Luck Roll, you may choose to When you make a Bluff Check, you may roll
let the Action Fail (but not suffer the effects of twice and take whichever result you want.
Bad Luck, it's also still counted as a successful
Luck Check to other Talents) and save the success Snake Eyes Cost: 10exp
for another Luck Check. This can be used to turn
a Bad Luck Roll into a Good. You can only have Prerequisite: Lucky 7
one Good Luck Roll saved. Add Moxy to Intimidate Skill Checks.

Life on a Coins Edge Cost: 30exp Barroom Brawler Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Know the Game
If you would take Damage that would Down you,
you may instead make a Luck Check. If you
succeed, you do not take the Damage. However, if
you fail, not only do you take the Damage, but gain
an additional Bleed Condition. Once you use this
Talent you must take a Long Rest before you can
use it again.
Weighted Dice Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Card Tricks
You may re-roll 1's, but must take the new roll
even if the new roll is a 1.
Lucky 7 Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Know the Game
When your dice roll, before Bonuses, is equal to 7
it triggers a Luck Roll.
Prerequisite: Know the Game
You gain a +1 Damage Bonus to unarmed attacks.
You may buy from the Pugilist Tree as though
your Hat were the Warrior Archetype.
Chips on the Table Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: 100exp spent in Gambler Tree
When you succeed a Luck Check you may gain 1
Chip. If you fail a Luck Check, you lose 1 chip. You
may spend 1 Chip to give yourself a +2 Bonus to a
Skill Check, and may increase this Bonus by 1 for
every additional Chip you spend.
You may spend 1 Chip to increase your Dodge by 2
until your next turn, and may increase this Bonus
by 1 for every additional Chip you spend. You may
spend 5 Chips to regain 3 Wounds.
You lose all Chips if you are Downed.

Lucky Day Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Lucky 7
Once per day you may have an Attack that hit you
miss, but this causes your next Luck Roll to
automatically fail.

Ain't No Fool Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Lucky 7
When you make a Sense Motive Check, you may
roll twice and take whichever result you want.

Quick Fingers Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Lucky 7
When you make a Sleight of Hand Check, you
may roll twice and take whichever result you
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 Archetype: Magi
The Magi Archetype is full of those gifted
individuals who have a Talent for magic. Most are
jealous of them for their ability to bend the world
around them.
Gun Caster, Sorcerer, and Wizard are the
three Talent Trees that make up the Magic
Archetype. This is the Archetype for those who
want to focus on Spell throwing above all else.
Trained Skills
Basic Skills:
Acrobatics, Bluff, Handle Animal, Perception, Ride,
Medicine, Stealth, Investigation, Ranged
Knowledge Skills:
Occult, Wilds, History, Warfare, Law, Outlaw
About: Gun Caster
It's become a rare talent to be able to infuse
a chunk of lead with magic, but some people just
have the knack for it. Whether it's dishing out a
plethora of Damage types, or utility, the Gun Caster
has quite a number of tricks in their chamber.
The Gun Caster Tree is unlike all other
casters, as their focus is literally shooting Spells at
their Targets. Using runes and symbols to infuse
bullets with magic, they are not only capable of
storing Spells until they need them, but also
allowing others to use them.
Their beginning Talent is Enchanted
Bullets, which is the teachings of how to inscribe
magic into a small piece of lead and its brass
casing. Gun Casters are often coveted for this skill
as it is seen as a dying art as other casters become
more common.
About: Wizard
Magic through study and sheer
determination, that is how a Wizard gains their
power. They create a magical bond with either a
creature or an item to further increase their power,
and weave magic into the physical realm in the
form of magical items.
The Wizard Tree gains their casting ability
through research and collecting knowledge. They
also have the ability to enchant weapons and create
magical items.
Their beginning Talent is Wizard's Book.
This is not just the start of the wizarding tree, but
also the most important tool of a wizard. It can be
destroyed, lost, and stolen. If the book is destroyed,
all the magic and notes within attach themselves to
the writer, allowing them to eventually spend the
time to write a new one, though it makes them
unable to cast Spells until they replace it.
Wizards can also gain the power of a
familiar to further increase their power, or instead
of a familiar they can bind themselves to an item.
To truly show off their magical knowledge and
influence, Wizards can also specialize in different
schools of magic. Though delving so deep into
magic has consequences.

About: Sorcerer
Magic springs from several sources, and for
a Sorcerer it comes from their Bloodline. Due to
their inherent nature of magic they are true
masters of manipulating magic and molding it to
their will.
The Sorcerer Tree is a Caster who gains
their magical abilities through blood or rituals.
They are able to twist magic in a manner that no
other can because magic is so deeply ingrained in
their very life.
Their beginning Talent is Magic in the
Blood, which allows them to choose one of the
three bloodlines; Arcane, Draconic, or Nature. A
Hat can only ever have one bloodline. Each
Bloodline gives a Magic Skill Points as well, The
ability to alter magic for a Sorcerer is called
Metamagic, which allows them to alter the effects
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 Gun Caster Tree
Enchanted Bullets Cost: 30exp
Gain one Bullet Enchantment, referred to as a BE,
Talent for free when you first take this Talent;
this BE must be either Fire, Lightning, or Ice. This
Talent allows you to spend 1 hour inscribing up to
12 bullets with one of the BE that you know. Any
Save DC is equal to 8+Enchanters Arcane at the
time of inscribing. Bullets still do base Damage,
unless otherwise stated.
You also become Trained in Firearm (Light) as
well as Magic Arcane.
In order to inscribe bullets you need a Magical
Scribe Set.
If this Talent is taken during Hat creation, the Hat
begins with 6 bullets with a BE they know.
A BE may be Counter Spelled, immediately
nullifying its effect.
You cannot fire more than 2 BE shots in a Round.
Bullet of Sand and Blood Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
You can take 1 Damage, Unsoakable, as an Action
to grab a handful of sand or dirt and transmute it
into 3 bullets. You can spend a second Action and
1 more Damage, also Unsoakable, to apply a BE to
these bullets, which must be the same. A third
Unsoakable Damage may be taken to Double
Enchant or Extra Enchant these bullets.
Double Enchant Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
You can spend an extra hour when applying a BE
to inscribe the same enchantment. Doubling the
enchantment increases any DC by 2, as well as
special effects listed on the Talent card after the
2x. This counts as a second enchantment and the
bullet cannot have any other enchantments.
Extra Enchant Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
You may spend an additional hour when
enchanting bullets to add a second BE. Two half
Damage enchants results in the bullet dealing no
Damage. A bullet cannot have more than 2
enchantments on it. You cannot apply the same
enchantment twice with this Talent.
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BE: AP Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Halve the Soak and any Dodge Bonus of the
Target that they receive from Armor and Shield.
2x Treat the target as not having Armor or a
Shield.
BE: Curve Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
You ignore Partial Cover, and treat Full Cover as
Partial Cover.
2x You can ignore Cover.
BE: Concussive Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Half Damage, ignoring Soak from non-magical
armor and shields, applied as a 10ft AOE Cube,
making a separate attack roll for all those in the
AOE. This also Damages Objects and Cover. If you
fire more than 1 Concussive or Explosive bullet
from a gun in a Round, you must succeed at a
Luck Roll or the bullet jams and goes off in your
square.
2x AOE increases to 20ft.
BE: Explosive Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Damage is dealt in a 5ft AOE Sphere from Target,
or point you designate. Those in the AOE may
make a Physical Save, no Damage on a success. If
you fire more than 1 Concussive or Explosive
bullet from one gun in a Round, you must succeed
at a Luck Roll or the bullet jams and goes off in
your square.
2x AOE increases to 10ft.
BE: Fire Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Bullet deals half Damage, and an additional
amount of Fire Damage equal to your Magic
Arcane Skill. Lights Cover and Unattended
Objects on fire. Target makes a Physical Save if
hit. Failure; Target is now on fire.
2x Double the Fire Damage dealt by shot.
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Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Half Damage, all Damage is treated as Fire. At
impact, or when bullet has traveled 40ft, it creates
a 30ft sphere of light for 10 rounds. Someone or
an object hit with the bullet emits the 30ft sphere
of light, light moves with Target hit, if any.
2x Increase sphere of light to 60ft. This light is
treated at sunlight.
BE: Flash Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Deals no Damage. Explodes at a point you
designate. All those within 30ft of explosion point
make a Physical Save, those who fail are Blind
for 2 rounds. Only one Save needs to be made per
Round.
2x Increase to 45ft, and those who fail the Save
are blind for 3 rounds. This flash is treated as
Sunlight.
BE: Ghost Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Designate a Target before taking the Attack
Action, who you can see or have seen within 1
round. This shot ignores all Cover against the
Target you designated.
2x You can now designate someone you have seen
up to 5 rounds previously.
BE: Glass Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Bullet deals base Damage which is soaked
normally. After Damage is Soaked, Target
receives Double the Damage that has not been
Soaked. Cannot be used with Extra Enchant.
2x Target Soaks 1 less Damage.
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BE: Heavy Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Half Damage. Target makes a Physical Save.
Failure; Target is Pushed 5ft back and knocked
Prone. If the Target is on horseback or riding a
cart, the target is knocked off without the need to
measure distance.
2x Full Damage, push is now 10ft.
BE: Ice Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Half Damage, and an additional amount of Cold
Damage equal to your Magic Arcane Skill. Target
must make a Physical Save. Failure; Targets
movement is halved, and can only take one action
next turn.
2x if target fails, they gain the Frozen Condition
for rounds equal to your Arcane.
BE: Lightning Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Bullet deals half Damage, and an additional
amount of Lightning Damage equal to your Magic
Arcane Skill. Target makes a Grit Check. Failure;
Target is Stunned for 1 round.
2x Double the lightning Damage dealt by shot.
BE: Named Cost: 15exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Bullet does 2 extra Damage to a specific Target
whose name is carved into this Bullet. Target must
be able to tell others what it's name is.
2x Bullet does 2 times Damage to the Target.
BE: Null Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Bullet deals no Damage.
2x Cannot be applied twice.
 BE: Pierce Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Shot continues forward until met with an object,
or cover, or its Damage is overcome by Soak.
Damage is reduced by Soak of Target until it
reaches 0 Damage. Target still receives Damage
reduction from Soak and takes all remaining
Damage as normal. However, the shot continues
through the Target and you make Attacks against
Targets behind the previous as normal,
subtracting 1+all previously Soaked Damage to
shot.
2x Damage is now only reduced by half the
Targets Soak.
BE: Shatter Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
3 times Damage against Objects and Cover.
2x 5 times Damage against Objects and Cover.
BE: Shred Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
If the Damage dealt by this shot is Soaked, halve
the Soak of that Target till the end of your next
turn.
2x Target now loses all of their Soak until the end
of your next turn.
BE: Tangle Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Half Damage. Target makes a Physical Save.
Failure; Target cannot take a Move Action their
next turn.
2x Failure; Target cannot take Move Actions for 3
turns.
BE: Track Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Deals no Damage. For the next 48 hours you know
the direction of the afflicted target.
2x You know where the target is for the next
week.
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BE: Tranq Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
Bullet does Nonlethal Damage.
2x Bullet does 2 times Damage as Nonlethal.
Spell Bullet Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Bullets
You can apply a Spell you know to a bullet. This
takes 1 hour, plus 1 hour per Spell Tier, and the
actual casting time listed in the Spell. You make
the Backlash Check upon inscribing. You ignore
the Somatic portion of a Spell, but still must
spend Materials if the Spell requires it. The bullet
does no Damage. Range of Spells still applies.
AOE are activated on impact or where designated.
Line and Cone Spells are treated as normal,
pointed in the direction of the bullets path. Self
Spells activate on Target who pulled the trigger.
Touch Spells must be cast on Targets within 5ft. A
bullet can only have 1 Spell on it, and it cannot
have any BEs. You may only have a number of
Spell Bullets prepared equal to five times your
Arcane Skill Total; if you create a new Spell
Bullet after hitting your limit, your oldest Spell
Bullet loses its magic. You also gain three
Cantrips, and one Tier 1 Spell, unless another
Talent has already given you Spells, Blueprints,
or Formulae. Spell Bullets can be Counter Spelled
just like any Spell.
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Magic in the Blood Cost: 30exp
You were born with the gift of magic, or given it in
some sort of deal or ceremony. You may pick one
Bloodline: Arcane, Draconic, or Wild. You may
not gain another Bloodline. If you are human this
Talent costs 20exp more and you lose Magically
Inept. You also gain three Cantrips, and one Tier 1
Spell, unless another Talent has already given
you Spells, Blueprints, or Formulae.
Arcane Bloodline
Prerequisite: Magic in the Blood
This is a Bloodline.
Filled with the power of magic that flows through
your veins, whether you received this gift through
some ritual, or are the seventh son of a seventh
son, magic is within you. You are now Trained in
the Magic Arcane Skill, and gain 1 Point to this
Skill.
Draconic Bloodline
Prerequisite: Magic in the Blood
This is a Bloodline.
Through ritual a Dragon has gifted you with blood,
or one of your ancestors intermingled with a
Dragon or received the gift themselves, allowing
you to harness the Draconic Blood inside you. You
gain the Dragon Blood Talent, and are Trained in
either the Magic Arcane or Magic Nature Skill. If
you already have the Dragon Blood Talent, you
gain 20exp to spend on Draconic Talents.
Wild Bloodline
Prerequisite: Magic in the Blood
This is a Bloodline.
Some form of nature has twisted and embedded
itself within you, whether this was some Fae, a
powerful being, or an odd plant you ate, you have
obtained the magic that flows through the world
itself. You are now Trained in Magic Nature Skill,
and gain 1 Point to this Skill.
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Magical Tattoos Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Bloodline
Inks overflowing with magic, mixing with the
potent power of a Bloodline gives rise to Magical
Tattoos.
The first Tattoo a Sorcerer will create is called a
Catalyst, this allows them to cast Spells without
the need for Verbal and changes how your
Somatic components work, allowing you to cast
with one hand. From a Catalyst spawns further
magic, as certain Tattoos may increase their users
power, and some can even be given to others. A
Catalyst costs 1 full bottle of Magical Ink, and
every Tattoo has their own cost in full bottles.
Once you know a Tattoo, it doesn't cost exp to
apply them again.
If you begin a game with other Tattoos, you do not
need to spend in game time to apply them as it is
implied you have them before hand, but you still
have to pay for the cost of Magical Ink.
Armor Tattoo Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
You can create a Tattoo that corresponds to a
Bonus of 1 to 5. Once per Combat as a Minor
Action, the Tattoo may be activated to grant the
bearer the assigned Bonus to Dodge for 2 Rounds.
Once the Rounds are over, the bearer of the Tattoo
is Distracted for a number of Rounds equal to the
Bonus they received as the Tattoo burns and
aches.
This costs 1+(Dodge Bonus) bottles of Magical Ink,
and takes 2+(Dodge Bonus) Hours to apply. This
Tattoo may applied to others.
Backlash Tattoo Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
Stabilized with the skill of Ink and adding to your
Catalyst, you now take Half Damage to your
Lucidity from failed Backlash Checks, minimum 1
Damage.
This costs 3 bottles of Magical Ink, and takes 3
hours to apply.
Bulk Tattoo Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
You may count yourself as one size category
larger when calculating Bulk.
This costs 5 bottles of Magical Ink, and takes 2
Hours to apply. This Tattoo may applied to others.
 Blood Tattoo Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
You can create a Tattoo that can temporarily
recover between 1 and 5 Wounds, this amount is
chosen on application. Once per day, the Tattoo
may be activated as a Minor Action to heal the
bearer the assigned Bonus. After 1 Minute the
Tattoo burns and deals Unsoakable Damage equal
to Half the amount that it restored.
This costs 1+(Wound Recovery) bottles of Magical
Ink, and takes 2+(Wound Recovery) Hours to
apply. This Tattoo may applied to others.
Casting Tattoo Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
This Talent allows a Sorcerer to take a Spell that
they know and Tattoo it upon themselves,
increasing their bond with the magic. Having a
Spell Tattooed on them grants the caster +5 to
Backlash Checks when casting that Spell.
This costs 1+(Spell Tier) bottles of Magical Ink,
and takes 2+(Spell Tier) Hours to apply.
Skill Tattoo Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
This Talent allows a Sorcerer to create Tattoos
that corresponds to a single Skill, and assign it a
Bonus of 1 to 5. Once per day as a Minor Action,
the Tattoo may be activated to grant the bearer the
assigned Bonus to the chosen Skill for 2 Rounds.
Once the Rounds are over, the bearer of the Tattoo
is Distracted for a number of Rounds equal to the
Bonus they received as the Tattoo burns and
aches.
This costs 1+(Skill Bonus) bottles of Magical Ink,
and takes 2+(Skill Bonus) Hours to apply. This
Tattoo may applied to others.
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Weapon Tattoo Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tattoos
This Tattoo can magically store any weapon, as
long as it does not have the Heavy or Two-Handed
Property. It takes 1 Action to store a weapon
within the Tattoo, but may be drawn from it as a
Minor Action. The Tattoo counts as occupying the
bearers Hand Slots, and may be applied a total of
two times which would allow the user to store
and draw two weapons. Anything that blocks
magic prevents the Tattoo from functioning. If the
Tattoo is destroyed, the weapon appears
harmlessly nearby.
This costs 4 bottles of Magical Ink, and takes 4
hours to apply. This Tattoo may be applied to
others.
Metamagic Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Bloodline
As you unlock more of your innate magical
abilities you've found that magic is
quite...malleable. Metamagic alters the
characteristics of Spells. You can use a maximum
of 2 Metamagics on one Spell. Metamagic
increases Backlash DC equal to it's Backlash
Number, this includes when rolling for
Concentration. The Backlash of a Metamagic also
adds into the Lucidity Damage you take. Your first
Metamagic costs 10exp less.
Metamagic: Bounce Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: 1
You can bounce a Spell harmlessly off of a
surface or item you designate. A Line Spell that is
Bounced effects both the first Target and the
second Target.
Metamagic: Conditional Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: 2
The Spell will only activate if a certain condition
is met, such as a word or phrase being spoken, or
a specific action being performed.
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 Metamagic: Delay Cost: 20exp Metamagic: Merciful Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Metamagic Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: 2 Backlash: 1
You may designate how many rounds, minutes, The Spell does Nonlethal Damage.
hours, or even days before a Spell triggers, to a
maximum of days up to your Magic Skill. You Metamagic: Overcharge Cost: 30exp
may also prematurely activate the Spell by
spending 1 Action. Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: 2 or More
Metamagic: Distant Cost: 20exp Increase the Damage of a Spell by adding extra
Backlash. Damage is increased 1 per 2 Backlash
Prerequisite: Metamagic
added in this way.
Backlash: 1
Double the range of a Spell. Touch Spells gain a Metamagic: Quickened Cost: 30exp
range of 30ft.
Prerequisite: Metamagic
Metamagic: Elemental Cost: 10exp Backlash: 1
Halve the amount of time it takes to cast a Spell.
Prerequisite: Metamagic
A Spell with a cast time of 1 action becomes a
Backlash: 1 Minor Action. A Spell with a cast time of a Minor
When you cast a Spell that deals some sort of Action can be used as part of another Action.
Elemental Damage, you may use this Metamagic
to change the type of Damage it deals. Metamagic: Seeking Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Metamagic
Metamagic: Extend Cost: 20exp
Backlash: 1 or More
Prerequisite: Metamagic
Designate a Target that you have seen within 1
Backlash: 2 Round (this can be increased by adding 1
Double the duration of a Spell. This cannot be Backlash per additional Round). The Spell curves
applied to Spells with an Instantaneous Duration. around corners and obstacles, traveling along the
path the Target took until it has hit the Target, an
Metamagic: Illusory Cost: 20exp obstacle, or has reached it's maximum range.

Prerequisite: Metamagic
Metamagic: Selective Cost: 20exp
Backlash: 1
Prerequisite: Metamagic
The Spell has it's Backlash DC reduced by half.
The Spell has no effect, but appears very real. A Backlash: 2
Target, or Targets, effected may make a Choose a number of Targets equal to your Magic
Perception, Sense Motive, or Knowledge Occult Skill, they are unaffected by the Spell you cast.
Check (DC12+Casters Magic Skill) to determine if
the Spell is fake. Failure; Target perceives the Metamagic: Subtle Cost: 10exp
Spell as real, and believes any Damage or effect
done by the Spell has happened. The target Prerequisite: Metamagic
rationalizes any illogical outcomes from Backlash: 1
interacting with the Spell. A Target Downed by an You can cast a Spell without needing to use
Illusory Spell falls unconscious. A Target may somatic or verbal components.
repeat the Save if a Target who succeeded the
Check, or the caster, tells them that the Spell was
an Illusion.

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 Metamagic: Tenacious Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: 1 or More
The Spell is difficult to Dodge or resist, and
increases its Spell DC by 1 for ever Backlash that
you choose to add to it, up to a maximum of 10.

Metamagic: Twinned Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: Varies
You may double the Backlash added by a Spells
Tier to cast it twice in the same Action. You only
need to roll Backlash once.

Metamagic: Widen Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Metamagic
Backlash: 2
Double the affected Spells AOE.

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 Wizard Tree
Wizards Book Cost: 30exp Blood Bond Cost: 30exp

You have learned how to compress the knowledge Prerequisite: Bond of the Familiar
of spells into a book that is infused with the The range of your Familiar changes from 60ft to
ability to hold Magic. This is your Spellbook and 120ft. You also gain a +1 Bonus to all Magic Skills
contains every Spell that you know. You do not you are Trained in if your familiar is within 30ft.
need to spend Silver for this Spellbook if this If your Familiar receives Damage you may choose
Talent is taken at Hat creation, and taking this to take Half of it, minimum 1, or if you take
Talent at any other time means you must obtain Damage you may have your Familiar take Half of
or purchase a Spellbook from some source. You it, minimum 1.
cannot have the Trouble Illiterate. If you lose your
Spellbook or it is destroyed, you become unable to
Bond of the Material Cost: 20exp
cast Spells and must purchase a new one and
spend 1+Tier hours per Spell copying all the Prerequisite: Wizards Book
Spells that you know into the new book. You may
You gain a magical bond with an item, acceptable
learn Spells from a Scroll by adding it to your
items are: amulet, ring, book, staff, wand, weapon,
Spellbook. (See Scribe Scroll for Scroll Costs.)
or anything else that the Storyteller allows. The
This costs no exp, instead you must purchase
item has double the HP and DR. The item now
Magical Paper and Magical Ink, every Spell takes
acts as a Spell Focus and eliminates the need for
1 piece of Magical Paper (20 Silver for 5 Sheets)
somatic components when casting Spells, and like
plus one additional piece of paper per Spell Tier,
a Spell Focus must be visible in order for you to
and one bottle of Magical Ink (10 Silver per
cast Spells with it. You must be wearing or
Bottle) can copy 5 Tiers worth of spells, Cantrips
wielding the item or all Spells you cast receive +10
counting as 0.5. You may make copies of your
to Backlash DC. Anything that can see or detect
Spellbook but only you can use your Spellbook or
magic can tell that the item is magical and that it
its copies. Decoding another Wizard's Spellbook
is bonded to you. The item regenerates all Damage
takes 8 hours for a Spell per Tier, 4 hours for
when you take a long rest. If the item is destroyed,
Cantrips, and costs the same as if you were
you cannot cast Spells until you have bonded to a
adding a Scroll.
new item. It takes 1 week to form a new bond. You
You are Trained in All Knowledge Skills, as well
cannot buy this Talent if you have Bond of the
as Magic Arcane. You also gain three Cantrips,
Familiar. This item cannot be your Spellbook.
and one Tier 1 Spell, unless another Talent has
already given you Spells, Blueprints, or Formulae.
Tightened Grasp Cost: 30exp
Bond of the Familiar Cost: 20exp Prerequisite: Bond of the Material
Prerequisite: Wizards Book You gain a +10 Bonus to resist having your bonded
item taken away, or disarmed. You also gain this
You automatically gain the Spell Familiar
Bonus when attempting to hide your item or pass
Contract. This Familiar now counts as your Spell
it off as unassuming. You also treat all Magic
Focus and in addition to receiving the regular
Skills you are Trained in at a +1 if your item is
Familiar Bonus it also eliminates the need for
held or worn.
somatic components when casting Spells, and like
a Spell Focus must be visible in order for you to
cast Spells with it. If your Familiar is outside of Scribe Scroll Cost: 30exp
60ft or incapacitated, all your Spells receive +10 Prerequisite: Wizards Book
to Backlash DC. Your familiar regains all lost
Wounds when you take a Long Rest. If your You may inscribe any Spell you know onto a
Familiar dies, you cannot cast Spells until you scroll. The cost is 10x the exp cost in Silver plus
have bonded with a new Familiar. It takes 1 week the cost of Magical Paper and Magical Ink.
to form a new bond. You cannot buy this Talent if Making the scroll takes 1 hour per Tier of the
you have Bond of the Material. Spell, Cantrips taking half an hour. You require a
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 Runic Inscribe Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You can inscribe a Spell that you know as a Rune
onto an object using a piece of Magical Chalk.
Backlash Checks are rolled when inscribing the
Rune. The Spell triggers when a certain condition
is met: touched, passed by, a certain word or
phrase is said, read, or any combination.
Inscribing a rune takes 1 round per Spell tier,
making a Backlash Check every round. Cantrips
take 1 action.
Bookmarked Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
Make an Attack with your Spellbook using Brawl,
if you Hit you may immediately make a
Withdraw Action as a Free Action. In addition,
you have a +2 To Hit, or +2 to Spell DC, against the
Target who was struck with your Spellbook for
the next Spell you cast.
Spellsword Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You may deliver Touch Spells as part of a Melee
Attack by infusing a weapon with the Spell.
When making a Melee Attack you may cast a
Touch Spell onto it at a reduced Cast Time, such
as 1 Action becoming a Minor Action, and a Minor
Action becoming a Free Action. Rather than the
Weapon taking the effects of this Spell it may
instead hold onto the Spell and deliver it with it's
next attack. The Attack and Spell Attack must be
rolled separately, however you do not need to hit
with the Melee Attack to roll for the Spell Attack.
You may use your Brawl when making the Spell
Attack. A Spell may only be held in a Melee
Weapon until the end of your next turn, and a
Weapon can only hold one Spell. If the Spell is
not used, the Spell is wasted.
Kinetic Caster Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Spellsword
Each time you deal Melee Damage gain a +1 to
your next Backlash Check. This Bonus stacks for
every Melee Attack you deal Damage with. If you
Cast a Spell, fail to deal Damage with a Melee
Attack, or Miss with an Attack, your Bonus resets
to 0.
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Mage Slayer Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Spellsword
When you make an Attack you may declare that
it is a Mage Slayer Attack, taking a -4 To Hit. Half
the Damage is dealt as Wounds as normal, while
the other half is dealt against the Targets Lucidity.
You can only deal Lucidity Damage with this
Talent if the Target has Spells.
Enchanted Weapon Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You may spend 10 hours, and 300 silver in
material cost to enchant a weapon to +1.
You require a Magical Scribe Kit to Enchant
Weapons.
Enchanted Weapon +2 Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Weapon
You may spend 10 hours, and 200 silver in
material cost to enchant a weapon from +1 to +2.
You require a Magical Scribe Kit to Enchant
Weapons.
Enchanted Weapon +3 Cost: 60exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Weapon +2
You may spend 10 hours, and 200 silver in
material cost to enchant a weapon from +2 to +3.
You require a Magical Scribe Kit to Enchant
Weapons.
Enchanted Weapon +4 Cost: 80exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Weapon +3
You may spend 10 hours, and 500 silver in
material cost to enchant a weapon from +3 to +4.
You require a Magical Scribe Kit to Enchant
Weapons.
Enchanted Weapon +5 Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: Enchanted Weapon +4
You may spend 10 hours, and 1000 silver in
material cost to enchant a weapon from +4 to +5.
You require a Magical Scribe Kit to Enchant
Weapons.
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 Craft Magical Item Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You may craft a magical item, by spending Half
the Silver cost of the item you are trying to make
and taking 1 Day per rank of the Magic Item.
When crafting is finished, a Complication roll
must be made. This is a DC 14+Rank Occult Check.
If failed, or Bad Luck is rolled, one of the
Complications is triggered, as chosen by the
Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-4, Harder Than You Thought. Triple the time it
takes to make the Magical Item.
5-9, Missing Key Ingredient. Your Hat finds at the
end that they are missing something, and must
either pay an additional 1 quarter the price of the
Magical Item to obtain it, or go on a journey to find
it.
10-11, Stolen. Someone or something has Stolen
the item after your Hat completed it.
12, Failure. Something went wrong, and your Hat
wasted not only their time, but all that Silver.
Muscle Memory Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You may add your Smarts to any Physical Saves.
School of Abjuration Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Abjuration school. All Save DC's
for Abjuration Spells increase by 2. Additionally
all Abjuration Spells cost 5 less exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- Things mysteriously stop working around you.
At the same time nothing seems to break, no
matter how fragile.
- You’re rather hard to track down, whether it is
by magic or by mundane means.
- Your skin becomes unnaturally clear. Not a
single blemish remains.
- You sometimes wake up covered in salt.
- You become fascinated by silver or cast iron
objects. They seem to give you a feeling of safety.
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School of Conjuration Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Conjuration school. All Save DC's
for Conjuration Spells increase by 2. Additionally
all Conjuration Spells cost 5 less exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- You catch yourself often getting agitated when
the things you want do not happen or appear
immediately.
- Sometimes objects appear and disappear
randomly in your vicinity. You’re not entirely sure
where they come from or where they go.
- Imps, Pixies, or tiny Elementals occasionally
plague you. At least one fire elemental has set
your drapes ablaze.
- The magic of other worlds works its influence
on your body: the Nine Hells have left you looking
a bit diabolical, your time in the Feywild has
people mistake you for a half-elf, you smell like
brine or brimstone. Only the Gods know what the
Far Realm has done to you.
- You can make actual tiny Realms of existence.
It’s sometimes hard not to feel like a god.
School of Divination Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Divination school. All Save DC's
for Divination Spells increase by 2. Additionally
all Divination Spells cost 5 less exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- “Yes, I know.” becomes a common phrase on your
lips. Somehow you have always known. You just
don’t know how.
- Your guess is not as good as any other; it’s far
better.
- Sometimes you see people on the street that are
not there. Not that they’re not real, it’s just that
they’re not HERE yet.
- Sometimes you taste a meal eaten across the
room.
- Your dreams become oddly prophetic.
 School of Enchantment Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Enchantment school. All Save DC's
for Enchantment Spells increase by 2.
Additionally all Enchantment Spells cost 5 less
exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- There is something in the way you talk that
sways the hearts of people. Sometimes people
seem to get lost in thought when you talk to them.
- Emotions around you seem ineffective; you
know you can influence the moods of people, but
sometimes a sudden sadness or inexplicable joy
grips your heart as you walk around town.
- When people agree with you, do they really or
was it the magic? Are your thoughts even still
your own?
- The smell of incense surrounds you.
School of Evocation Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Evocation school. All Save DC's for
Evocation Spells increase by 2. Additionally all
Evocation Spells cost 5 less exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- Materials spontaneously melt, combust, and/or
solidify in your grasp.
- Parts of you may start shedding faint light. Your
eyes may seem to be reflective like a cat’s eyes, or
your blood flares up a bright neon color when it is
exposed to air.
- Your hands may show signs of elemental decay,
becoming burn scarred, pock-marked by acid, or
frostbitten. It is hard to find an arch mage who
hasn’t lost a finger or two to a botched Spell.
- At the same time you start to show increased
resistance to the elements. Sure, that freshly
brewed tea is hot, but not THAT hot. Swimming at
sub-zero temperature does sound appealing to you.
- Fire, lightning, and snow are hypnotizing to you.
It’s hard to not stare at it, and even harder to not
just… reach out.
- People don’t seem to realize how easy it is for
you to completely obliterate them. You try not to
let that go to your head.
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School of Illusion Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Illusion school. All Save DC's for
Illusion Spells increase by 2. Additionally all
Illusion Spells cost 5 less exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- Your appearance changes constantly ever so
slightly. Your eyes shift between colors, the
lighting of your face shifts to alter your features,
when you’re mad your hair seems to writhe like
angry serpents.
- Unreal duplicates of objects appear near you
from time to time, and real objects appear
different or like completely different objects.
- Colors around you appear more vivid, and the
shadows become darker.
- Things sometimes turn invisible around you.
- Sometimes you are not sure whether you are
dreaming or not. The dreams seem to bleed into
reality, and visa versa.
School of Necromancy Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Necromancy school. All Save DC's
for Necromancy Spells increase by 2.
Additionally all Necromancy Spells cost 5 less
exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- Dead things in your hands spontaneously come
back to (un)life.
- Living creatures slowly lose their life force in
your grasp.
- Spirits and ghosts are attracted to you. Evil
spirits may attempt to possess you. Poltergeists
occasionally tie your shoelaces together.
- You see dead people.
- Your flesh slowly grows pallid and withers,
though you may be able to “borrow” other people’s
life force.
- Your reflection may become detached from you,
or become ever so slightly translucent.
Sometimes mirrors shatter as you pass them.
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 School of Transmutation Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wizards Book
You have a +3 Bonus to your Backlash roll on any
Spell from the Transmutation school. All Save
DC's for Transmutation Spells increase by 2.
Additionally all Transmutation Spells cost 5 less
exp.
However, delving so deep causes a bit of
consequence...a few examples are listed here:
- The consistency of objects changes. You find
puddings shatter like glass and tables stretch like
rubber.
- Your own consistency also changes. Your nails
may turn to crystal and your hair to an unceasing
flow of sea foam. In extreme cases, crystalline
growths may appear on your skin.
- Gravity seems a subjective matter, occasionally
you find your belongings float in mid air. Your
sense of direction severely suffers from this too.
- Time loses cohesion around you. Sometimes you
move faster than normally possible, sometimes it
takes minutes for you to respond to something.
- Were you just dreaming or did you actually visit
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 Archetype: Ranger
The Ranger Archetype are those looking to
do a lot of shooting, or having the ability to survive
out in the Wilds.
Bounty Hunter, Gunslinger, and
Houndsman Talent Trees are all contained in the
Ranger Archetype. This Archetype is mainly
focused on those who want to shoot bullets and
know how to handle a mount as well as handle
themselves out in the Wild.
Trained Skills
Basic Skills:
Acrobatics, Bluff, Firearms (Light), Firearms
(Heavy), Perception, Ride, Stealth, Survival,
Intimidate, Handle Animal, Brawl, Ranged,
Investigation
Knowledge Skills:
Geography, Warfare, Outlaw, Wilds
About: Houndsman
Master of the beast and trainer of pets. A
bit of skills themselves, but they truly shine in the
beasts they tame.
The Houndsman Talent Tree is focused
less on the actual Hat, and instead focuses on an
animal companion, spending time and experience
to increase their effectiveness and specialization.
Their beginning Talent is Animal
Companion, which allows you to take and train an
animal. Further Talents allow you to specialize in
what you want your companion to do.

About: Bounty Hunter

Hunting down others for money. Alive or
Dead is what the posters say, and there's a plethora
of Talents to do either one. Or both.
The Bounty Hunter Tree is focused on
tacking Targets down for money and fame.
Whether it's getting the jump on them or running
them down, a Bounty Hunter can do it.
The beginning Talent for a Bounty Hunter
is Begin the Hunt, which allows you to hit Targets
easier, and also track down information better
from Wanted Posters. There's also a focus on
increasing your aim and chances of hitting from
long range, as well as a Tree to help you survive out
in the wilderness.

About: Gunslinger
If you're looking for a master of the gun,
then you want a Gunslinger. Whether it's up close
or long range, a Gunslinger is the shootiest shooter
to ever shoot a shot.
The Gunslinger Tree is focused on doing
cool things with guns, whether it's disarming
someone with a shot, causing fear in Targets, or
clocking them over the head with the butt of your
pistol.
The starting Talent for Gunslinger is Quick
Draw 1, which makes your Hat quicker on the draw.
The Duelist Tree lets them challenge and focus
down single Targets. Trick Shooting, which opens
up a whole plethora of different things you can do
with your pistol. The Gunslinger is for people who
want to shoot things, but with speed, flavor and
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 Bounty Hunter Tree
Begin the Hunt Cost: 30exp
As a Minor Action you may Mark a Target who
you can see, have seen, or see a Wanted Poster of.
You gain a +2 Bonus to all Attacks against this
Target. Additionally, you gain this same Bonus
when gathering information about the Target or
tracking them. You may only have 1 Mark active
at a time, and must spend 1 Minor Action to
change Marks.
Seasoned Bounty Hunter Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
You may have up to 5 Marks and may change one
or all of them by spending a Minor Action. You
gain an additional +1 Bonus to Attacks and
gathering information on Marks.
Bounty Killer Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
You're used to taking in your Target in the easiest
manner. You are not encumbered by the weight of
a body, but all items carried by the body still count
against your Bulk.
Note: Your speed is still reduced to 0 if you are
carrying twice your Bulk Capacity.
Ruthless Hunter Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Bounty Killer
You deal an additional 2 Damage against your
Marked Target.
Recovery Agent Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
You may inflict Nonlethal Damage to a Target
with any weapon.
Hinder Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Recovery Agent
Deal half Damage with an Attack, but the Target
can only move at half speed for the next 5 rounds.
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Lasso Throw Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
Using a rope and forming it into a Lasso, you may
attempt to get hold of a Target. You make a Ranged
Attack on a Target within 30ft. If you hit the
Target, they are considered Grappled, and may
attempt to break the Grapple as normal, but they
cannot become the Initiator of the Grapple. As the
Initiator you may do anything that you could
normally do as part of a Grapple, such as Drag, but
you must move to within 5ft of the Target in order
to Restrain them.
Take Down Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
If a Target is unaware of you, or does not believe
you are a threat, you may initiate a Grapple with a
+10 Bonus, you keep this Bonus until the end of
your next turn. If you have Grappled a Target and
successfully Restrained them, you may spend
your turn to initiate a Sleeper Hold, causing the
Target to pass out in 1+(Targets Grit) Rounds.
Alternatively you may perform a Coup de Grace.
Art of the Chase Cost: 15exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
Whenever you are in a Pursuit (chasing or being
chased) you gain a +4 Bonus to any Checks made.
Chase Master Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Art of the Chase
This Talent stacks with Art of the Chase. Increase
Bonus by +6.
Thief Spot Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
+10 to spot when someone attempts a Sleight of
Hand Check. This Bonus applies to both
Perception and Awareness
Ace in the Hole Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
You are Trained to use Hidden Weapon Tool, and
Gadgets. Whenever someone tries to see if you
are carrying a weapon, you can make a Sleight of
Hand Check against their Awareness.
 Aimed Shot Cost: 20exp
Advanced Tracking Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
Prerequisite: Track
Taking the Aim action now gives you a +4 Bonus
to your roll. When tracking a Target, the DC is 12 and
increases by 2 per 24 hour period the target has
passed.
Crack Shot Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Aimed Shot Know the Mark Cost: 20exp
Normally when you beat a Targets Dodge by 10 or Prerequisite: Track
more, you gain +1 Damage for every 10 you beat
their Dodge by. This Bonus Damage now triggers if You gain a +10 Bonus when attempting to identify
you beat the Targets Dodge by 5 when using a a target based on their wanted poster.
Firearm, and increases by 1 for every 5 you beat
the Targets Dodge by. Gather Information Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Track
Distant Shot Cost: 30exp
You know who to ask about a target, from the
Prerequisite: Aimed Shot local sheriff to the barkeep. You gain a +5 Bonus
Double the range bands of Firearms and Ranged when using Persuasion or Intimidation to get
weapons. information.

On the Mark Cost: 30exp Owl Hoot Trail Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Aimed Shot Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt

Taking the Aim action now gives you a +6 Bonus You don't suffer any penalties to sleeping
to your roll. anywhere, or while in armor.

Hit the Dirt Cost: 20exp Wild Stride Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Aimed Shot Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt

Dropping Prone or getting up from being Prone You can treat overgrowth, brush, briers, and
only costs a Minor Action. similar terrain as if it were regular terrain and it
does not impede your movement or cause
Damage.
Pinpoint Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Aimed Shot
Once per turn you can perform a Unique Attack
Action allowing you to Aim as part of an Attack
Action.

Stabilizing Shot Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Aimed Shot
While Prone, you gain a +2 To Hit, and do not
start counting Range Band Penalties until the
second Band is crossed.

Track Cost: 10exp

Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt
You can make a Survival Check to Track a Target.
The DC begins at 12 and increases by +1 per hour
the subject passed the area.

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 Gunslinger Tree Flashy Draw Cost: 20exp
Quick Draw Cost: 30exp Prerequisite: Quick Draw
Oh yeah, it quick. You may spend 1 Action to Draw a Pistol and Fire
Gain a +1 to Initiative. You act in Quick Draw 1. in the same Action, gaining a +1 Bonus To Hit to
the Attack.
Quick Draw Level 2 Cost: 30exp
Knock Away Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
Don't blink...
Gain an additional +2 to Initiative. You act in If a Target within 5ft of you attempts to make an
Quick Draw 2. Attack with a Firearm or Ranged Weapon, you
may use your Reaction to give all their Attacks a -
Quick Draw Level 3 Cost: 50exp 5 To Hit.

Prerequisite: Quick Draw 2

Trick Shooting Cost: 30exp
...you might miss it.
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
Gain an additional +2 to Initiative. You act in
Quick Draw 3. You've learned a thing or two about a Firearm.
Gain 1 Trick Shot Talent when you first take this
Swift Draw/Stow Cost: 10exp Talent.

Prerequisite: Quick Draw

Trick Shot: Called Shot Cost: 30exp
Drawing or Stowing an item or weapon is now a
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Minor Action.
When you take the Aim Action, you may choose
Polite Rebuttal Cost: 20exp to inflict one of the effects as if you had
succeeded in a Lucky Shot for the Attack. This
Prerequisite: Quick Draw only triggers if you deal Damage, and they are
If hit with an Attack, gain a +2 Bonus To Hit treated as automatically succeeding their Luck
against the Target that attacked you. You also gain rolls for the added effect. If a Called Shot should
this Bonus against a Target who has insulted you itself become a Lucky Shot, the Target
or a member of your Posse. automatically fails both of their Luck Rolls for
the added effect. Additionally whenever you roll a
Lucky Shot when shooting a Target not using
Opening Argument Cost: 20exp
Called Shot, rather than rolling for the hit location
Prerequisite: Quick Draw you may choose any that you want.
Gain a +2 Bonus against a Target who has not yet
had a turn in Combat. Trick Shot: Disarming Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Name of the Game Cost: 20exp
You have a -2 To Hit when attempting to Disarm
Prerequisite: Quick Draw with a Firearm, rather than -6.
+1 Bonus To Hit when using a Pistol.
Trick Shot: Dodging Cost: 30exp
The Name on the Tin Cost: 30exp Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Prerequisite: Quick Draw Once per turn when you take a shot using the
Attack Action you may move 5ft, and gain a +2
+2 Bonus to Dodge when wearing a Hat.
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 Trick Shot: The No Look Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
When you Down a Target, your next shot, even if
this shot would be on your next turn, receives a +2
Bonus To Hit to shoot a Target that would be
considered not in your line of sight.
Trick Shot: Full Unload Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
You may take a Full Action to fire every shot you
have loaded within a single Light Firearm. You
must have a second hand that is not occupied.
Every bullet has a decrease in accuracy starting
at -2 after the first shot and gaining an additional -
2 per shot. So your first shot receives no penalty,
the second gets a -2, third shot a -4, fourth shot a -
6, etc. You may only use this Trick Shot once per
turn, and you cannot use it as a Reaction. All
Targets must be within 30ft of your initial Target.
Trick Shot: Gunspinning Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Gain a +5 Bonus when using Persuasion or
Intimidation by spinning your Firearm in an
attempt to prove or show skill. The Bonus by this
does not stack if you do it multiple times.
Trick Shot: Hang Fire Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
You may spend 1 Action to delay 1 Basic Attack
Action till any moment in a Round, including
between a Targets Actions. You may also
interrupt a Targets Move Action. This does not
use your Reaction.
Trick Shot: Menacing Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
When you fire your gun into the air as part of an
Intimidation Check, all those within 60ft who can
see or hear you must also make a Sense Motive
saving throw, DC 12+ your Firearm Total. Failure;
Targets gain the Fear Condition for 1 minute.
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Trick Shot: Pistol Whip Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Once per turn you may use an Action to make a
Basic Attack using Brawl to strike with the butt of
your Pistol, dealing 4+Str nonlethal Damage and
knocking the target Prone.
Trick Shot: Dance for Me Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Spend 1 Action to make 2 Shots at a Targets Feet.
They may make a Physical Save (This Save may
also be done using Performance), DC 8+Firearms,
if they Fail they gain the Distracted Condition. A
second Attack Action may not be made this turn.
Trick Shot: Utility Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Trick Shooting
Lock Blast: You may deal 5x Damage against a
lock or similar object holding something closed.
Scoot Object: You may deal half Damage to an
Object of 1 Bulk or Less, and instead move it up to
15ft.
Cauterize: After firing, you may end a Bleed
Condition on yourself or a Target within 5ft.
Rope Cut: You may make an attack against a rope,
Dodge 10 or the Dodge of what it is attached to if it
is connected to a moving Target. On a hit the rope
is severed.
Juggle Shot: As a Reaction, or an Action, you may
shoot an Object that is in the air, dealing Half
Damage to it and causing it to launch higher. The
Object will remain airborne until your Turn,
allowing you to continue knocking it in the air.
Duelist Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
When you are in a Duel, treat your Reflex as
though it were 5 higher. A Duel is a declared one
on one fight between two Targets. Both Targets
must be aware that the fight is happening.
Crack Shot Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Duelist
Normally when you beat a Targets Dodge by 10 or
more, you gain +1 Damage for every 10 you beat
their Dodge by. This Bonus Damage now triggers if
you beat the Targets Dodge by 5 when using a
Firearm, and increases by 1 for every 5 you beat
the Targets Dodge by.
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 Dressed to Kill Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Duelist
When dual wielding Firearms you only suffer a -
4 To Hit with your off-hand rather than -10. If you
have Ambidextrous, you only suffer a -2 To Hit.
Double Shot Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
When you make a Basic Attack with a Pistol, you
may fire an additional shot as a Free Action. This
may only be done once per turn.

Double Draw Cost: 20exp Lasso Throw Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Dressed to Kill
When you would be able to Draw a Weapon, you
may instead Draw two, one in each hand.
Dual Shoot Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Dressed to Kill
You suffer no penalty to dual wielding Firearms.
Additionally if you have Ambidextrous you gain a
+1 to Firearms.
Speed Chambering Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Duelist
When you take the Reload action, you can load 6
shots into a Pistol instead of 3.
Riders Bond Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
This is treated exactly as Animal Companion for
the purpose of buying Companion Training in the
Houndsman Tree. The only restriction is the
animal in question must be a Mount that you
already have. You may also buy Specializations
for your Mount. You may only have 1 Animal
Companion.
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
Using a rope and forming it into a Lasso, you may
attempt to get hold of a Target. You make a Ranged
Attack on a Target within 30ft. If you hit the
Target, they are considered Grappled, and may
attempt to break the Grapple as normal, but they
cannot become the Initiator of the Grapple. As the
Initiator you may do anything that you could
normally do as part of a Grapple, such as Drag, but
you must move to within 5ft of the Target in order
to Restrain them.
Dead Eye Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
As a Full Action you may declare all Targets that
you can see as Dead Eye Targets. On your next
Turn, you gain a +2 Bonus To Hit and Damage to
any Target who remained within your sight since
you declared them as Dead Eye Targets.
Life of a Gunslinger Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: 100exp spent in Gunslinger Tree
Double any To Hit, Initiative and Dodge Bonus
received from Gunslinger Talents, and halve any
To Hit Penalties involving Gunslinger Talents.

Move as One Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Riders Bond
Basic Move Actions with your Mount are now a
Minor Action, as long as that Mount is your
Animal Companion. This means you can take
more than 2 Basic Move Actions in a turn. During
a Pursuit, the Basic Move Action you make is
done at full movement.

War Bridled Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Riders Bond
Take 3 Trick Ride Talents; these can be found in
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 Houndsman Tree
Animal Companion Cost: 30exp
You gain an Animal Companion. These are listed
in Chapter 8. Your animal obeys your commands,
and the commands of anyone you designate. Your
Companion must be able to hear or see the Hat in
order to take commands. Your Companion acts on
the same Initiative as you, either before or after
(your choice). A Companion who does not receive
orders will continue to follow the previous
command to the best of its ability. For example, if
you give it the order to Attack it will continue to
attack Targets it deems as threatening, or has seen
harm it's owner. Or if it is given an order to hide,
it will continue to do so until told otherwise. Even
without commands the Companion will attack a
Target that threatens or attacks it.
If you release your Companion from service, you
may gain another by training a them; this takes 1
week. This training can also be used to replace an
Animal Companion that has perished. You do not
need to re-buy Specializations if your Companion
dies, and you can train them in any training that
you know by spending an additional week for
Companion Training, and then another week for a
Specialization and it's add-on if you have
previously purchased them. You may only have
one Animal Companion. Any Medium or Large
Critter can become an Animal Companion if your
Storyteller allows, Horses being allowed by
default. If you take this Talent during Hat
Creation, your Animal Companion is treated as
having been already Trained, including
Specializations and add-on's that you've
purchased.
Companion Training Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Animal Companion OR Riders Bond
Your Companion gains a +1 to Wounds, Dodge, and
Soak. You do not need to give verbal commands to
your Companion, a simple whistle or hand signal
is enough for it to understand what you want it to
do, as long as the Companion can see you.
Specialization: Defender Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Companion Training
Your Companion gains +2 Wounds, +3 Dodge and +1
Soak. In addition, your Companion also gains the
ability to intercept an attack aimed at you or a
member of your Posse as long as it is within 5ft
of the Target. This may only be done once per
Round and the Companion loses its next turn.
This Training applies only to 1 Companion, but
can be purchased again to apply to another.
Shield of Life Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Specialization: Defender
This is an add-on to Defender.
Your Companion gains +2 wounds, +4 Dodge and +2
Soak. In addition, when you or a member of your
Posse attempt a Physical Save and fail, your
Companion may attempt it's own Physical Save, if
it succeeds you or a member of your Posse are
treated as having Evasion. Any ally within 5ft of
your Companion gains a +1 Soak Bonus. If you or a
member of your Posse are Downed, your
Companion may immediately stabilize you or
them. Training applies only to 1 Companion, but
can be purchased again to apply to another.

Wild Empathy Cost: 20exp

Specialization: Savage Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Animal Companion
Prerequisite: Companion Training
You can immediately gauge the intentions of an
Your Companion gains gains +2 Wounds, +2 Dodge,
animal without making a Check. In addition, you
and +1 Soak. In addition, you Companion may
may make a Handle Animal Check to influence
increase the Damage it deals by +3. Training
it's intentions.
applies only to 1 Companion, but can be purchased
again to apply to another.
Wild Stride Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Animal Companion
You can treat overgrowth, brush, briers, and
similar terrain as if it were regular terrain and it
does not impede your movement or cause
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 Unrelenting Fury Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Specialization: Savage
This is an add-on to Savage.
Your Companion gains gains +4 Wounds, +2 Dodge,
and +1 Soak. In addition, your Companion may
double it's leaping distance as part of an attack,
and after making initial attacks may make 2
more attacks. A target who is Downed by an
attack becomes the target of all following attacks.
You and your Companion gain a +4 Bonus to
Intimidate Checks when working together.
Training applies only to 1 Companion, but can be
purchased again to apply to another.
Specialization: Hunter Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Companion Training
Your Companion gains gains +2 Wounds, +3 Dodge
and +1 Soak. In addition, your Companion gains a
+2 to Perception Checks and Awareness and can
locate hidden or invisible creatures. You gain a +2
Bonus when Tracking. Training applies only to 1
Companion, but can be purchased again to apply to
another.
Painted Mark Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Specialization: Hunter
This is an add-on to Hunter.
Your Companion gains +2 wounds, +4 Dodge and +1
Soak. In addition, when you make a Tracking
Check and fail, you may immediately make a
second attempt. When tracking, ignore the first 48
hours of increased DC and gain an additional +3 to
Tracking Checks. If your Companion has seen the
target and gotten it's scent, it can track them
without needing to make a Check for up to 1
month. After this 1 month period, the DC begins at
12 and gains a +1 per week. Training applies only
to 1 Companion, but can be purchased again to
apply to another.
Specialization: Stealth Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Companion Training
Your Companion gains gains +2 Wounds, +3 Dodge,
and +1 Soak. The Companion can use Stealth
during combat, even against creatures with
unusual senses that normally allow them to see
hidden or invisible creatures. Training applies
only to 1 Companion, but can be purchased again
to apply to another.
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Ghostly Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Specialization: Stealth
This is an add-on to Stealth.
Your Companion gains gains +2 Wounds and +4
Dodge. The Companion gains a +5 to Stealth
Checks. If making an attack against a Target
unaware of it it can choose to do 3x Damage as
Wounds or Nonlethal, as well as silently, not
alerting anyone who cannot physically see the
Target, it forfeits it's next turn as it "takes care of"
the target. Companion has Evasion. Training
applies only to 1 Companion, but can be purchased
again to apply to another.
Second Companion Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Companion Training
When you gain this Talent, you gain a second
Companion as if you had taken the Talent Animal
Companion. You automatically treat the second
Companion as if you had taken Companion
Training Talent provided you spend at least 1
week training the new Companion, and you may
then proceed down a Companion Specialization
Tree for this second Companion.
Move as One Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Companion Training
Basic Move Actions with your Mount are now a
Minor Action, as long as that Mount is your
Animal Companion. This means you can take
more than 2 Basic Move Actions in a turn.
Pack Master Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: Second Companion
You may have up to a maximum of 5 Animal
Companions. You automatically treat all
Companion as if you had taken Companion
Training Talent provided you spend at least 1
week training new Companions, and you may
then proceed down a Companion Specialization
Tree for each Companion.
 Archetype: Scholar
The Scholar Archetype is for those who
see themselves as more of an unconventional
combatant.
Alchemist, Artificer, Doctor, and Musician
are the trees contained in the Scholar Archetype.
This Archetype is for those who enjoy more
unconventional types, who mostly use their
knowledge and odd Talents to survive out in the
world.
Trained Skills
Basic Skills:
Acrobatics, Appraise, Bluff, Persuasion, Perform,
Perception, Sense Motive, Medicine, Survival,
Handle Animal, Investigation, Leadership
Knowledge Skills:
Occult, Engineering, History.
About: Alchemist
Whenever you need a Doctor, the healing
kind, they're probably an Alchemist. No one else
knows more about herbs and concoctions, or
horrifically mutating their bodies into monsters.
The Alchemist Tree focuses on potions to
get the job done. Whether this be through volatile
explosives, experimental Spell formulaes, or
physically transformative mutagens.
The Alchemist Talent Tree begins with The
Art of Alchemy, which allows you to craft
alchemical items at half cost, and identify Potions.
This tree is for those who like to throw explosives
and make potions.
About: Artificer
Machines, machinations, devices, Gadgets,
you name, an Artificer makes it. Something to do
with a Spark, and the more powerful that Spark,
the more powerful the creations.
The Artificer Tree focuses on casting
Spells not with magic, but with technology. They
use Blueprints for designing what a Gadget does.
The Artificer Tree begins with the Talent
Spark of Invention, which allows you to craft Spell
casting Gadgets. This is the most complex of Trees
for what it does and what it is capable of.
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About: Doctor
Doctors are smart fellows, and can do all
sorts of things, from fixing people, fixing machines,
to teaching stuff.
The Doctor Tree focuses on knowledge, and
using that knowledge in worldly applications. They
have add-ons for the Alchemist and Artificer Trees,
as well as plenty of things for themselves.
The beginning Talent for the Doctor Tree is
Doctor, which allows gives your Hat an area of
study, as well as a snazzy Doctor title. This tree is
for someone trying to gain more advantages for
having a Hat with high Smarts.
About: Musician
Everyone loves a bit of music, or a bit of
magic, and the best of them can weave magic out of
a tune. Ain't a Saloon or a popular square without
some Musicians.
The Musician Tree is a strange sort of
Spellcaster, who has found the skill to use music
and stories to weave magic and cast Spells.
Musician has 3 separate starting Talents,
each one doing different things. Performer, which
is what allows you to play musical instruments, or
effectively tell stories or act. Music Magic and
Story Magic are the other two, allowing you cast
Spells with magical performances, as well as
allowing for unique performances. Musician is an
Archetype for those who want to weave magic
through stories and music.
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The Art of Alchemy Cost: 20exp
You can craft any Alchemical Items for half its
cost in Silver. You can identify any type of Potion
or Poison by spending 1 round to study it.
You may also make a Survival Check to find 10
Silver worth of Alchemical Materials. The DC of
this Survival Check is 16, takes 2 hours to
perform and can only be done once a day.
Additionally one person may assist you, adding
their Survival Skill Total to your roll.
Bottle Bomb Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: The Art of Alchemy
You've discovered the infinite possibilities of
volatile chemicals! As an Action you can mix up 1
Bottle Bomb, using two hands, that explodes on
any sort of impact with a 5ft AOE Sphere from
the point it hits. The Range Band of a Bottle is
10ft. Those inside the explosion must make a DC
8+Medicine Physical Save, taking 2+Smt Damage
on a failure, or half if they succeed, this Damage
can be Soaked. An Alchemist uses the Throw
Object Combat Action.
Every Bottle Bomb costs 2 Silver worth of
Alchemical Materials. A Bottle Bomb is not
considered a Potion.
Throw Anything Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Bottle Bomb
You no longer suffer the -4 penalty to throwing
improvised Objects, and instead gain 1+Ranged To
Hit.
Synthesize Solutions Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: The Art of Alchemy
If you cannot purchase Alchemical Materials that
you need, you may spend 1 day synthesizing the
proper Materials from what you can buy. This
gives you an equivalent amount of Alchemical
Materials for the Silver you spend on
miscellaneous things.
Advanced Bombs Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Bottle Bomb
It would seem certain chemicals added in the
right way can create new effects! Fascinating.
Gain 1 of the Explosive Effect Talents when you
first take this Talent.
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Cloud Explosive Effect Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Bombs
Instead of an explosion, your Bomb now creates a
poisonous Cloud! The Target must make a Grit
Save DC 12+(Smt) Poison(Smt/2).
Elemental Explosive Effect Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Bombs
You can mix certain chemicals into your Bombs,
causing them to do one of three Elemental
Damage types. Choose one of the following;
Cold: Damage dealt is now Cold, additionally all
those that Fail their Save are Slowed, as if under
the Slow Spell effect, for 1 Round.
Fire: Damage dealt is now Fire, additionally all
those that Fail their Save are now set on Fire for 2
Rounds.
Lightning: Damage dealt is now Lightning,
additionally all those that Fail their Save are now
Stunned for 2 Rounds.
This can be stacked with other Explosive Effects.
High Explosive Effect Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Bombs
Your bombs are now 10ft AOE Sphere.
Alternatively you can concentrate your basic
Bottle Bomb and have it deal 3+Smt Damage with
it's 5ft AOE. This can be stacked with other
Explosive Effects.
Holy Explosive Effect Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Bombs
By adding Holy Water to your potion before you
throw it, the Damage of your bomb counts as
Radiant Damage for the purpose of overcoming
DR or taking advantage of weaknesses, as well as
still counting as any other type it was. If
something is Resistant or Immune to one of the
Damage types, but not the other, they take Damage
as if they were not Resistant or Immune. You may
also make Holy Water using 1 Action and 1 Silver
worth of Alchemical Material. This can be
stacked with other Explosive Effects.
 Lingering Explosive Effect Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Bombs
Your Bottle Bombs AOE now lasts for 2 Rounds,
applying their effect to any Target who moves
into or through a square effected by the AOE, or
does not move out of the affected area before
ending their turn. A Target at the edge of the AOE
that moves out does not take Damage. This can be
stacked with other Explosive Effects.
Wet Explosive Effect Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Bombs
Instead of dealing Damage, your bomb now
creates a great amount of quickly evaporating
liquid. This extinguishes fires, and those in the
effect must make a DC 12+(Smt) Physical Save, or
be pushed out of the AOE's effected area.
Brew Potion Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: The Art of Alchemy
You may brew any Spell into a Potion that you
have the Formulae to. Every Spell has a Formulae,
costing 10 times the exp cost in Silver. You may
purchase Spells as Formulae with exp instead of
Silver. In order to brew a potion you require a Lab
of some sort, time, and ingredients. The time it
takes to brew a potion is 1 hour per Tier, Cantrips
taking 30 minutes. These potions cost Alchemical
Materials equal to 5 times the Spell Tier,
Minimum 5, or a once per day DC 20+Tier
Survival Check to find the ingredients, this Check
takes 2 hours to perform, and one person may
assist you adding their Survival Skill Total to
your roll.
All potions receive a Bonus based on half your
Smarts to one of the following effects: Damage,
Healing, Dodge, Soak, DC, Duration (Rounds,
Minutes or Hours), Skill Bonus, or Ability Bonus,
your choice. A Bottles Spell is activated when the
bottle is broken, effecting whatever it is broken
on, or when it is drank.
When you take this Talent you also gain three
Cantrip and one Tier 1 Formulae, unless another
Talent has already given you Spells, Blueprints,
or Formulae.
Additionally if you take this at Hat creation you
have 2 Spell Potions that you don't have to spend
the Alchemical Materials on, of course you may
spend Alchemical Materials during Hat creation
to have other Spell Potions based on Formulae
you know.
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An Alchemist makes Backlash rolls when
Brewing a Potion. This Backlash is based off of
their Medicine Skill, rather than a Magic Skill.
Failing the Backlash Roll, or getting Bad Luck,
when Brewing a Potion causes a Complication to
Trigger, as chosen by the Storyteller or by rolling
a D12.
1-6, Bad Ingredients. The Alchemical Ingredients
used were not good enough. The Potions effects
are all Halved.
7-11, Oops. Your Hat made a mistake while
Brewing, or dropped a crucial component, ruining
the Potion. All Alchemical Ingredients are wasted,
and it must be attempted again.
12, Catastrophic Failure. It exploded. Try again.
You, your Cauldron, and the room you were in
take Damage equal to the Tier, and Trigger the
Spell, taking any Damage from it as well.
Chemical Decipher Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Brew Potion
If you have a Scroll or Blueprint you can create a
Formulae from it. This takes 8 hours per Tier,
Cantrips take 4 hours to convert, and destroys the
Scroll or Blueprint. A Formulae may be copied for
10x the exp cost of the Spell in Silver, and takes 1
hour per Tier of the Spell, Cantrips taking half an
hour. A Laboratory is required to convert or copy.
Efficient Alchemy Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Brew Potion
Halve the time it takes to Brew any Potion. All
Potions now only take Half the amount of
Alchemical Materials, and the DC to Survival
Check to find Materials for all potions decreases
by 3.
Advanced Potions Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Brew Potion
All potions receive a Bonus based on half your
Smarts to all of the following effects where
applicable: Damage, Healing, Dodge, Soak, DC,
Duration (Rounds, Minutes or Hours), Skill
Bonus, and Ability Bonus.
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 Greater Potions Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Advanced Potions
You can purchase Metamagic Talents from the
Sorcerer Archetype. These Metamagic Talents are
changed to Metapotion Talents. Applying a
Metapotion effect to a Potion not only increases
it's Backlash when brewing, but also increases it's
cost in Materials by 2 per Backlash added.
Metapotion Talents cannot be applied to
Spellcasting.

Mutagen Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: The Art of Alchemy
A dangerous and powerful tool at an alchemists
disposal. Some keep it as a last resort, others
choose it as their main focus. A Mutagen is
brewed specifically for you and does not work on
anyone else. Mutagen does not count as a Potion.
Mutagen costs 30 Silver in Alchemical Materials,
or a once per day DC 16 Survival Check to find
the ingredients, one person may assist you with
this Survival Check, adding their Survival Skill
Bonus. A Mutagen takes 12 hours to brew.
Upon being imbibed, the mutagen causes you to
grow bulkier and bestial. If you are wearing
Advanced Armor, it breaks. You gain the following
effects:
You now have 2 Natural Soak
Gain +2 to All Physical Abilities
Gain -2 to All Mental Abilities
These effects last 10 minutes.
After the effects of Mutagen end, you are Fatigued.

Brewing a Mutagen also triggers a Complication

Roll, just like Brew Potion, and counts as a Tier 3
Spell.

Advanced Mutagen Cost: 50exp

Prerequisite: Mutagen
You've learned how to advance your Mutagen You
can brew this new Mutagen at a cost of 100 Silver
or a once per day DC 19 Survival Check to find
the ingredients, and takes 12 hours to brew.
Upon being imbibed, the mutagen causes you to
grow bulkier and bestial. If you are wearing
Advanced Armor, it breaks. You gain the following
effects:
You now have 3 Natural Soak
Gain +5 to All Physical Abilities
Gain -5 to All Mental Abilities
These effects last 10 minutes.
After the effects of Mutagen end, you are Fatigued.

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 Artificer Tree
Spark of Invention Cost: 30exp
An inexplicably strange thing known as the
Spark. Though it grants few the ability to see the
world in ways no other can, it comes at a hefty
price. The mind reels from invasive thoughts, as if
hearing the echoes of things not yet made.
Typically only two paths lay ahead of those with
the Spark, rise to genius, or fall to madness.
You can spend time and Silver to produce a
Gadget based on a Blueprint that you have. A
Blueprint is essentially a Spell, and can be made
by an Artificer by purchasing them with Exp as if
they were buying a Spell. Blueprints can also be
purchased from certain vendors, costing 10 times
the Spells exp cost in Silver.
The construction of a Gadget must take place in a
Laboratory and takes 8 hours per Tier, with Tier
0 taking 4 hours, and double the exp cost of the
Spell it is emulating in Silver for materials.
When crafting a Gadget you have 10+Smt Build
Points (BP) to distribute. The categories are: Tier,
Hard Points (HP), Efficiency, and Bonus.
HP and Efficiency must be at least 1.
Tier refers to the Tier of the Spell that the
Blueprint is based on, and each Gadget can only
use 1 Blueprint.
Hard Points (HP) is how much Damage your
Gadget can take before it is Broken. If a Gadget
reaches 0 HP the gadget is now Broken. A Gadget
that goes to a negative number equal to its total HP
is Destroyed and cannot be repaired.
Efficiency is how many times you can use a
Gadget, referred to as Fuel by power sources.
Bonus applies to any effect the gadget has, such as
Healing or Damage. To increase Damage or
Healing capabilities the cost is 3BP per 1 point of
increase. Skill boosts cost 2BP per 1 point
increase. Extending range is 1BP to add 10ft to the
range, or 3BP to add 5ft to an AOE, if it has one.
Abilities, Dodge and Soak cannot be increased.
A Gadget's weight is based on how many BP was
used in its creation: 7BP=1 Bulk.
A Gadget's Dodge is equal to the Target holding,
wearing, or wielding if it is over 4 Bulk, +5 if it is
3 or lower, or +10 if the Objects Bulk is 0. If the
object is Unattended, essentially not being held,
used, or moved, it's Dodge is 6 if it over Bulk 4, 12
if it is 3 or lower, or 20 if it's Bulk is 0.
A Gadget's Hardness is always 1.
Ranged Spell Attacks with a Gadget, use either
Ranged or Firearm Skill. Touch Spells use Brawl.
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When you complete a Gadget or Machine, you
must make a Complication Roll, Which is a DC 5+
(BP of Gadget) Engineering Check. If failed, or
Bad Luck is rolled, a Complication is Triggered, as
chosen by the Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-6, Oops. Your Hat made a mistake while crafting.
The Gadget is considered Broken, and must be
repaired.
7-11, Bad Parts. The materials used were not good
enough. Half the Silver is wasted, and your Hat
must try again.
12, Catastrophic Failure. It exploded. Try again.
You take Damage equal to the Tier, or Trigger the
Spell if it would do more Damage. Everything is
wasted.
Whenever a Gadget is used it must make a
Backlash Roll before the effect is triggered. When
rolling for Backlash, use the Artificer's
Engineering Skill at the time the Gadget was
constructed, rather than a Magic Skill. Any
Lucidity Damage is dealt to the HP of the Gadget
and is not Soaked. Armor and Shields do not
effect these Backlash rolls. If a Gadget becomes
Broken because of a Backlash Check it does not
activate. A Gadget can Concentrate on a Spell,
adding to Backlash as normal.
A failed Luck Roll when concerning a Gadget
means the Gadget fails to activate, dealing itself
(1+Spell Tier) Damage.
You also gain three Cantrip and one Tier 1
Blueprints, unless another Talent has already
given you Spells, Blueprints, or Formulae.
Additionally if you take this at Hat creation you
have one finished Gadget that you don't have to
spend its Silver cost, you may spend Silver
during Hat creation to have other Gadgets based
on Blueprints you know.
Fix Up Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
This Talent allows a Hat to repair a Broken
Gadget in a Lab, taking 2 hours per Tier, 1 Hour
for Tier 0, and costs no Silver provided you
collect all the pieces.
Alternatively, you can attempt a Quick Repair by
spending 1 round and making a Knowledge
Engineering Check to fix the Gadget. The DC of
this Check is 12+(Tier+1)x2.
You can only make repairs on Gadgets you have
the appropriate Power Talent for, such as
Mechanical, Steam, or Tesla.
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 Mechanical Power Cost: 5exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
Mechanical Power can be used to Fuel Gadgets of
Tier 0-2. The Gadget is Fueled and Refueled using
a winding key. Using the winding key recharges 1
fuel for every 5 minutes a Hat spends,
uninterrupted, winding. A Hat may talk, travel,
etc., but their hands are occupied.
Steam Power Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
Moving upwards away from Mechanical Power is
Steam Power, which can be used to power Gadgets
of Tier 0-6. Making a Gadget that uses Steam
doubles the base Silver Cost. A Steam Powered
Gadget can be refueled off of a Pressure Tank.
This recharges 1 Fuel per Round.
Tesla Power Cost: 80exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
The pinnacle of power sources is power itself.
Tesla Power is the most powerful and efficient of
fuels and can be used for Gadgets of Tier 0-9.
Making a Gadget that uses Tesla costs 5 times the
base Silver Cost, but Fuel Costs are Halved. This
type of device requires a Tesla Jar to refuel,
which recharges all fuel after one Round.
Alternatively, Tesla Powered Gadget can be
refueled off of a Tesla Storage Jar, which
recharges 1 Fuel per Round.
Disable Device Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
Provided you have the proper tools, you may
make a Sleight of Hand Check to disable a device
of some kind, which could be a Trap, a Gadget, a
Machine, etc., giving it the Broken Condition. This
takes 1 Minute. You also gain a +4 to spot Traps.
Quick Jam Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Disable Device
You may make a Sleight of Hand Check as a
Touch Action to temporarily disable a Gadget,
Machine, or Firearm for 5 rounds. This disabling
can be undone with a successful Engineering
Check against the Sleight of Hand Check you
made. Or a Clear Jam Action if it's a Firearm.
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Mock Up Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
If you have a Scroll or Formulae you can create a
Blueprint from it. This takes 8 hours per Tier,
Cantrips take 4 hours to convert, and destroys the
Scroll or Formulae. A Blueprint may be copied for
10x the exp cost of the Spell in Silver, and takes 1
hour per Tier of the Spell, Cantrips taking half an
hour. A Laboratory is required to convert or copy.
Mechanical Weaponry Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
You can incorporate a Gadgets function into a
Firearm, Armor, Shield, Melee or Ranged
Weapon. Add the Bulk of the incorporated Gadget
to the item. The HP and Hardness of the items is
kept separate, and any Lucidity Damage only
effects the Gadget's health pool while all other
Damage is split between both Gadget and item, the
Gadget taking more if the number does not divide
evenly.
Overhaul Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
You may spend Two Actions to give a Machine or
Gadget a +2 Bonus. At the end of your next turn, a
Gadget takes Double the Bonus in Damage,
unsoakable, while a Machine takes Triple the
Bonus in Damage, unsoakable. The Bonus does not
end until you use a Minor Action to stop it, and it
will continue to take Damage at the end of your
Turns as long as it continues to have the Bonus.
Percussive Maintenance Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
You may make an Attack Action to strike a
Gadget or Machine to attempt to make a rough
repair. This Attack automatically hits and does a
total of 2+Brawl in Damage to the machine, this
Damage Heals the machine rather than doing HP
Damage, and if it brings it up to 1 or more HP, it is
temporarily repaired. But a Gadget or Machine
repaired in this way loses 1 HP per round until it
is once again Broken, unless it's properly repaired
before breaking. Percussive Maintenance cannot
be performed on a Gadget or Machine again until
it has been fully repaired.
 Greater Spark Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
As your skills begin to manifest, so too does your
mind. You begin to see things differently, or have
you always seen things this way and only now
realized it? Everything looks so much easier, and
you've found new ways to be even more efficient.
You now have 15+Smt BP to spend on Gadgets.
Any Gadget made by an Artificer with Greater
Spark automatically Soaks 1 Lucidity Damage if it
fails a Backlash Check. The time to build a Gadget
now takes a quarter of the time. If you have the
Fix Up Talent, repairing a Gadget now takes 40
Minutes per Spell Tier, 20 minute for Tier 0, and
Quick Repair is now a 10+(Tier+1)x2 Check.
True Spark Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: Greater Spark
It's truly a night and day difference from who you
were and are now. It's like you can see the very
building blocks of the world around you, and just
how to manipulate them.
You now have 20+Smt BP to spend on Gadgets.
Also the Tesla Power Talent now costs 40exp. If
you have already purchased Tesla Power, you gain
40exp. Any Gadget made by an Artificer with
True Spark automatically Soaks 2 Lucidity
Damage if it fails a Backlash Check. The time to
build a Gadget now takes one eighth the time. If
you have the Fix Up Talent, repairing a Gadget
now takes 10 Minutes per Spell Tier, 1 minute for
Tier 0, and Quick Repair is now an 8+(Tier+1)x2
Check.
Mish... Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Greater Spark
You may use 2 Blueprints to combine their effect
into one Gadget.
...Mash Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: True Spark
You may use 3 Blueprints to combine their effect
into one Gadget.
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Prosthetic Construction Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Spark of Invention
You are able to construct Prosthetics in a
laboratory for 1/4th the price. A Prosthetic takes 4
hours to make, and must be built specifically for
an individual. A Prosthetic can be altered to fit a
different Hat by spending 1 hour modifying it in a
laboratory.
Advanced Prosthetics Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Prosthetic Construction
You can now build a Gadget into a Prosthetic,
adding together the cost and time of both the
prosthetic and the Gadget. A Prosthetic may only
have 1 Gadget built into it, but it does not use any
Compartments the Prosthetic would have.
Magic Schmagic Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Greater Spark
Instead of empowering a Gadget with a Spell, you
can instead give it the properties of a Magical
Item, but all BP costs are doubled. A Magic Item
crafting in this way is considered a Machine, and
not a Gadget. A Common Magic Item counts as a
Tier 2, A Rare Magic Item is Tier 4, a Grand
Magic Item is Tier 6, and an Artifact is Tier 8.
Gadgets made from Magical Items that are Always
Active are active for 24 Hours per Fuel they have.
When crafting is finished, a Complication roll
must be made. This is a DC 14+Rank Engineering
Check. If failed, or Bad Luck is rolled, one of the
Complications is triggered, as chosen by the
Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-6, Oops. Your Hat made a mistake while crafting.
The Gadget is considered Broken, and must be
repaired.
7-11, Bad Parts. The materials used were not good
enough. Half the Silver is wasted, and your Hat
must try again.
12, Catastrophic Failure. It exploded. Try again.
You take Damage equal to the Tier, or Trigger the
Spell if it would do more Damage.
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 Doctor Tree Knowledge is Power Cost: 25exp
Doctor Cost: 25exp Prerequisite: Diagnose OR Diagnostics OR
Professor
You gain the title of Doctor and +2 Points to one
Knowledge Skill of your choice, and become You may add half your Smarts Ability to to your
Trained in it if you are not already. Brawl or Firearms Skill Checks.

Well Studied Cost: 25exp Knowledge is Speed Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Doctor Prerequisite: Diagnose OR Diagnostics OR
Professor
Gain a +2 Bonus to all Knowledge rolls.
You may add half your Smarts Ability to your
Professor Cost: 25exp Initiative and any Acrobatic Saves.

Prerequisite: Doctor & Well Studied

You gain +1 Points to all Knowledge Skills, and
then an additional +1 Point in one Knowledge Skill
of your choice.

Diagnose Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Doctor & The Art of Alchemy
Gain a +5 Bonus to Medicine Checks when dealing
with poisons and diseases.
Any Potion you craft having to do with healing
heals an additional 2 Wounds.

Diagnostics Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Doctor & Spark of Invention
Gain a +5 Bonus to Knowledge Engineering
Checks to figure out what a problem is in a
Broken Gadget or Machine. If you are successful
in this Check, you may add double your
Knowledge Engineering Total to any Repair
Checks.

Knowledge is Defense Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Diagnose OR Diagnostics OR
Professor
You may add half your Smarts Ability to your
Dodge and any Grit Saves.

Knowledge is Pain Cost: 25exp

Prerequisite: Diagnose OR Diagnostics OR
Professor
You may add half your Smarts Ability to your
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 Musician Tree
Performer Cost: 20exp
You may choose one of the following Instrument
Performance Talent, or Verbal Performance
Talent, allowing you to make Performance Checks
using the following:
Keyboard Cost: 20exp
This is an Instrument Performance Talent that
allows you to make Performance Checks with the
Accordion, Piano, Harpsichord, Pipe Organ and
other keyboard instruments.
Percussion Cost: 20exp
This is an Instrument Performance Talent that
allows you to make Performance Checks with
Bells, Cymbals, Chimes, Drums, Gongs, and other
percussion instruments.
String Cost: 20exp
This is an Instrument Performance Talent that
allows you to make Performance Checks with
fiddles, harps, lutes, guitars, and other string
instruments.
Wind Cost: 20exp
This is an Instrument Performance Talent that
allows you to make Performance Checks with
flutes, pan pipes, trumpets and other wind
instruments.
Acting Cost: 20exp
This is a Verbal Performance Talent that allows
you to make Performance Checks with acting out
performances, and pantomiming.
Comedy Cost: 20exp
This is a Verbal Performance Talent that allows
you to make Performance Checks with
buffoonery, limericks, and Joke-telling.
Oratory Cost: 20exp
This is a Verbal Performance Talent that allows
you to make Performance Checks with the telling
of stories, epics and odes.
Sing Cost: 20exp
This counts as both Verbal and Instrument
Performance Talents and allows you to make
Performance Checks with singing, and whistling.
When you first take this Talent you gain one of
the Performance Talents. You can take this Talent
multiple times, applying to a different category
each time and paying the exp cost.
Performing without an Instrument Performance
Talent, or Verbal Performance Talent, you have a
-10 penalty to using the Perform Check.
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Music Magic Cost: 30exp
Gain the Performer Talent and one Instrument
Performance Talent attached to it: Keyboard,
Percussion, Sing, String, or Wind, this is the only
type of Instrument you can use Magic with. If you
already have an appropriate Performer Talent,
than this Talent only costs 10exp. You may use
your Perform Skill instead of Magic Nature for
any Spellcasting and Backlash Checks, and are
Trained in Magic Nature for the purpose of
Magical Backlash DC and learning Spells. Your
Lucidity is based on Willpower as normal.
Performing replaces the need for Somatic and
Verbal components. You also gain three Cantrips,
and one Tier 1 Spell, unless another Talent has
already given you Spells, Blueprints, or Formulae.
Music Magic may be taken multiple times,
applying it to a different Instrument Performance.
If you take this Talent multiple times you can
Perform any Spell or Tune you know with any
Instrument gained via this Talent, but do not gain
more Spells.
Story Magic Cost: 30exp
Gain the Performer Talent and one Verbal
Performance Talent attached to it: Acting, Comedy,
Oratory, or Sing, this is the only type of Verbal
Performance you can use Magic with. If you
already have an appropriate Performer Talent,
than this Talent only costs 10exp. You may use
your Perform Skill instead of Magic Spirit for
any Spellcasting and Backlash Checks, and are
Trained in Magic Spirit for the purpose of Magical
Backlash DC and learning Spells. Your Lucidity is
based on Willpower as normal. Performing
replaces the need for Somatic and Verbal
components. You also gain three Cantrips, and one
Tier 1 Spell, unless another Talent has already
given you Spells, Blueprints, or Formulae. Music
Magic may be taken multiple times, applying it to
a different Instrument Performance. If you take
this Talent multiple times you can Perform any
Spell or Tune you know with any Instrument
gained via this Talent, but do not gain more Spells.
Song of Life Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Music Magic OR Story Magic
You may use Perform rather than Medicine when
attempting to stop a Target from Bleeding. You
also do not need to touch the Target, as long as
they are within 60ft and would normally be able
to see or hear your performance.
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 Drum Solo Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Music Magic OR Story Magic
You may extend the casting time of a Spell to
increase your ability to cast it, gaining a +1 to your
Backlash Roll for every additional Action you
spend Performing, including over multiple turns.
Duet Cost: 5exp
Prerequisite: Music Magic OR Story Magic
If there is another member in your Posse who is
currently Performing, you may add half their
Perform Skill Total to yours.
Additionally, if a member of your Posse has the
Talent Takes Two to Tango, and has used a Dance
Performance Talent between your current and
previous turn you may add half their Perform
Skill Total to your Backlash Roll as long as they
are within 60ft and you can see and hear them.
You may only benefit from one Posse Member.
Magical Tunes Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Music Magic OR Story Magic
These are magical abilities granted through the
sheer skill of your technique. Any DC is
8+Perform Skill. It takes 2 Actions to begin a Tune
unless otherwise stated. Only one Tune may be
Performed each turn. Your first Tune costs 20exp
less.
Ear for Music Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Performer
You gain a +2 Bonus on Perform rolls when using
an Instrument Performance. You also gain a +5
Bonus when identifying music and Songs, and
this Bonus also applies when attempting to play
them yourself.
Ear for Stories Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Performer
You gain a +2 Bonus on Perform rolls when using
a Verbal Performance. You also gain a +5 Bonus
when identifying Acts, Plays, Sketches, Stories
and Songs, and this Bonus also applies when
attempting to repeat them yourself.
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Tune: Countering Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
When you see a Spell being cast, as a Reaction
you may make a Perform Check. If you beat what
they rolled for their Backlash Check, you may
increase the Backlash DC of the Spell they are
casting by your Perform Skill Total, which may
cause them to fail their Check. You may interrupt
a current Tune to perform this Tune, but you end
the effect of the other Tune.
Tune: Deadly Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
You may spend 1 Action to focus your
Performance onto a Target dealing Force Damage
equal to your Moxy.
Tune: Distracting Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
Everyone within 60ft of you who can see or hear
you makes Willpower Save. Failure; Targets gain
the Distracted Condition until you stop playing the
Tune. You must spend at least 1 Action on your
next turn to continue the performance.
Tune: Frightening Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
Everyone within 60ft of you who can see or hear
you makes Willpower Save. Failure: Targets are
Frightened of you until you stop playing the Tune.
You must spend at least 1 Action on your next turn
to continue the performance.
Tune: Inspiring Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
Target gains +2 Bonus to a Skill Check until you
stop performing. You must spend at least 1 Action
on your next turn to continue the performance.
Tune: Soothing Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
You have Soothing Points equal to 3xMoxy, these
can only be spent by Soothing. You may spend 1
Action to select a Target within 30ft and begin
this Performance. At the start of your next turn,
you spend one Soothing Point and the Target
regains 1 Wound. This Tune must be maintained
until the beginning of your next turn in order for
the Target to regain the Wound.
 Tune: Suggesting Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Magical Tunes
Everyone within 60ft of you who can see or hear
you makes Willpower Save. Failure; You gain a +5
Bonus to any Check attempting to convince the
Targets of something.

Spirit of the Instrument Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Music Magic
As an Action you may summon a spiritual version
of an instrument. This instrument is treated as
though it were a real instrument, including Bulk
and all other properties it has, however if it gains
the Broken condition it simply ceases to exist and
must be re-summoned.

Spirit of Storytelling Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Story Magic
As an Action you may summon a spiritual version
of a Soap Box or a lounge chair. This item is
treated as though it were a real and is immobile,
including Bulk and all other properties it has,
however if it gains the Broken condition it simply
ceases to exist and must be re-summoned. While
standing upon the Soap Box or sitting in the
lounge chair, all Verbal based Performance
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 Archetype: Spiritualist
The Spiritualist Archetype is those that
draw their powers from the Gods.
Crusader, Godly Symbol, Oracle, and
Preacher are the Trees contained in the
Spiritualist Archetype. This Archetype is for those
who want a holy type Hat that serves a higher
power for some great purpose.
Trained Skills
Basic Skills:
Athletics, Persuasion, Perception, Sense Motive,
Medicine, Survival, Intimidate, Leadership
Knowledge Skills:
History, Religion
Preacher
Ain't nothin' wrong with a good Preacher.
Channeling the power of the Gods to heal, and
teach. Some don't even carry a weapon, instead
putting their faith that their God will protect them.
The Preacher Tree begins with the
Preacher Talent, which gives them Bonuses when
talking with crowds as well as more knowledge of
religious matters and Spirit Magic. This Talent also
allows a Hat to become a Priest for a specific God,
which much like the Crusader gives them quite a
lot of Bonuses.

Crusader
Power by the Gods, for the Gods.
Honorable, determined, and at times, ruthless to
those against their order. The best of 'em rise to be
Champions of their God, a tool to be used as They
see fit.
A Crusader's beginning Talent is Divine
Power, which allows them to choose which God
they wish to serve and draw power from. Every
God offers a different variety of gifts for a
Crusader, and a Hat can even gain the favor and
gifts of other Gods, but that's up to the Storyteller.

Godly Symbol
Every god has their own symbol, and for
those people Spiritually inclined, they know to use
them to channel their will.
The Godly Symbol Tree starts off with the
Talent Holy Symbol, which allows a Hat using
Spirit Magic to more easily cast Spells. It also
holds boosts for the other Spiritualist Trees.

Oracle
The chosen few, gifted, or cursed, with the
ability to see fleeting glimpses of the future, for
better or worse. Some good ones can bend it so
things turn out in their favor.
The starting Talent for an Oracle is
Oracle's Curse. This gives a Hat a Trouble in
exchange for access to the Tree and Spirit Magic.
An Oracle's Talents lie in catching glimpses of
things that haven't happened yet, and telling others
in order to help or hinder them.

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Divine Power Cost: 30exp
You are gifted with the strength of a God of your
choosing. You gain one of the Champion Talents
without needing to pay it's cost. You can gain the
favor of other Gods and become Champions for
them as well by spending the exp cost. You may
only become a Champion of multiple Gods if there
is in play reasons, and the Storyteller allows it as
it is a very big deal to have multiple Gods on your
side. You also become Trained in Advanced Melee
Weapons, Advanced Armor, gain the Shield
Training Talent listed under Universal Talents,
and become Trained in Magic Spirit and in
Knowledge Law and Warfare. You also gain three
Cantrips, and one Tier 1 Spell, unless another
Talent has already given you Spells, Blueprints,
or Formulae.
Champion of the Mother Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by Divira, Goddess of Creation,
are known as Champions of the Mother.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Radiant Damage equal to half your Magic
Spirit instead of adding Strength. Double your
Magic Spirit Skills Total when using any
Summoning or Conjuration Spells when rolling
for Backlash.
Champion of the Day Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by Solus, God of the Sun and
Sky, are known as Champions of the Day.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Fire or Radiant Damage equal to half your
Magic Spirit instead of adding Strength. You
cannot be blinded by any source of light. During
the Day, or when under Sunlight, you may make a
Basic Attack as a Minor Action.
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Champion of the Night Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by Lunas, Goddess of the Moon
and Stars, are known as Champions of the Night.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Cold or Radiant Damage equal to half your
Magic Spirit instead of adding Strength. You are
unaffected by magical darkness. You gain
Darkvision if you do not already have it. During
the Night, or when in Darkness, you may make a
Basic Attack as a Minor Action.
Champion of the Deep Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by The Deep King, God of
Jewels and Gold, are known as Champions of the
Deep.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Force Damage equal to half your Magic
Spirit instead of adding Strength. When
attempting to Break or Sunder an Object, you may
add your Magic Spirit to the Damage. You gain
Darkvision if you do not already have it.
Champion of the God King Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by JonSong, God King of
Dragons, are known as Champions of the God
King.
You gain Dragon Blood and access to the Draconic
Tree. If you obtain a Breath Attack, you may use it
to imbue a Melee Weapon with the effects and
Damage of your Breath for the next 3 Attacks,
only using up one of the uses if you hit. When it
goes off it acts as though you struck the Square
with your Breath Attack. A Breath Attack that is
single Target cannot be used to imbue a Weapon.
Champion of the Lady Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by the Lady, Goddess of Luck,
are known as Champions of the Lady.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Force Damage equal to half your Magic
Spirit instead of adding Strength. Once per day,
you may automatically succeed at a Luck Roll.
You also gain the Talent Lucky Number for free.
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 Champion of the Scholar Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by Vetusliber, God of
Knowledge, are known as Champions of the
Scholar.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Cold Damage equal to half your Magic
Spirit instead of adding Strength. You gain +1
Points to all Knowledge Skills. You may add your
Magic Spirit to any Knowledge Checks.
Champion of the Tinkerer Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by Savasta, Goddess of
Machines, are known as Champions of the
Tinkerer.
When you make a Melee Attack you may choose
to deal Lightning Damage equal to half your Magic
Spirit instead of adding Strength. If you have
Healing Points they can be used to heal or harm
Gadgets, Machines or Clockwork. Any Firearm or
Explosive that you use gains +1 Damage. You also
gain a Dodge Bonus equal to your Smarts.
Champion of the War Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power
Those few chosen by Durgama, God or Goddess of
War and Victory, are known as Champions of
War, or Valkyries.
You cannot have the Talent Pacifist. Increase your
Melee Damage by half of your Strength score. You
regain 1 Wound if you successfully Down a Target.
Presence of Courage Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power & Holy Symbol
Immunity to following Conditions (magical or
otherwise), Frightened, and Nauseated. Each ally
within 30ft of you gains a +5 Bonus to Saves
against the Condition Immunity given by this
Talent. This Talent functions only while you are
conscious and not Downed.
Presence of Justice Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power & Holy Symbol
Immunity to following Condition (magical or
otherwise), Dominated, and Distracted. Each ally
within 30ft of you gains a +5 Bonus to Saves
against the Condition Immunity given by this
Talent. This Talent functions only while you are
conscious and not Downed.
Presence of Resolve Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Divine Power & Holy Symbol
Immunity to following Condition (magical or
otherwise), Charmed, and Confused. Each ally
within 30ft of you gains a +5 Bonus to Saves
against the Condition Immunity given by this
Talent. This Talent functions only while you are
conscious and not Downed.

Virtuously Armored Cost: 40exp

Prerequisite: Divine Power
You do not suffer the Backlash Penalty from
wearing Armor for Spirit Spells, and instead you
treat all Spirit Spells as 1 Tier higher when
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Holy Symbol Cost: 20exp
You use a symbol of your God as a Spell Focus
and eliminate the need for somatic components
when casting Spirit based Spells, and like a Spell
Focus must be visible in order for you to cast
Spells with it.

Chosen Healer Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Holy Symbol OR Oracle's Curse
You have Healing Points equal to 5+Spirit, these
can be spent to remove Wounds from living
Targets. You must be touching the Target in order
to use Healing Points. Alternatively, you may use
these Points to deal Damage to Undead creatures,
counting each Point spent as 1 Radiant Damage.
These points refresh when you take a Long Rest.

Healing Font Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Chosen Healer & Preacher OR
Oracle's Curse
Double your Spirit Bonus when calculating
Healing Points.

Divine Grace Cost: 40exp

Prerequisite: Chosen Healer
You may add your Magic Spirit Total to your
Dodge. This does not stack if you already add
your Magic Spirit to your Dodge.

Spiritual Leader Cost: 40exp

Prerequisite: Divine Grace
You may add your Moxy Bonus to your Magic
Spirit skill Checks, this does not add your Moxy
to your Dodge. You may also add your Magic
Spirit skill when making Leadership Checks.

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Oracle's Curse Cost: 30exp
You must choose a single Trouble worth between
20 and 30 exp. You do not gain the Bonus exp
from this, and it does not contribute to your
maximum Troubles. Choose and gain either
Oracle of the Gods, or Oracle of Nature. You also
gain three Cantrips, and one Tier 1 Spell, unless
another Talent has already given you Spells,
Blueprints, or Formulae.
Oracle of the Gods
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You gain +1 to the Magic Spirit skill, and you are
now Trained in it.
Oracle of Nature
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You gain +1 to the Magic Nature skill, and you are
now Trained in it.
Runic Inscribe Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You can inscribe a Spell that you know as a Rune
onto an object using Magical Chalk. Backlash
Checks are rolled when inscribing the Rune. The
Spell triggers when a certain condition is met:
touched, passed by, a certain word or phrase is
said, read, or any combination. Inscribing a rune
takes 1 round per Spell tier, making a Backlash
Check every round. Cantrips take 1 action.
Scribe Scroll Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You may inscribe any Spell you know onto a
scroll. The cost is 10x the exp cost in Silver plus
the cost of Magical Paper and Magical Ink.
Making the scroll takes 1 hour per Tier of the
Spell, Cantrips taking half an hour. You require a
Magical Scribe Kit in order to make Scrolls.
Glimpse Danger Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You always act in the Surprise round if there is
one.
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Danger Sight Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You gain a +5 Bonus to Perception Checks and
Awareness to spot traps or ambushes.
Glimpse of the Future Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
After a Long Rest, you may roll four d12's. These
dice may be paired up however you want, and
then record the two numbers. At anytime when a
roll is made you may have the results be one of
the numbers you have recorded. The number can
only be used once, and you can only do this once
per turn. The target must be able to hear or see
you. You lose all recorded numbers at the end of a
Long Rest before rolling for new ones.
Bond of the Material Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You gain a magical bond with an item, acceptable
items are: amulet, ring, book, staff, wand, weapon,
or anything else that the Storyteller allows. The
item has double the HP and DR. The item now
acts as a Spell Focus and eliminates the need for
somatic components when casting Spells, and like
a Spell Focus must be visible in order for you to
cast Spells with it. You must be wearing or
wielding the item or all Spells you cast receive a
+10 to Backlash DC. Anything that can see or
detect magic can tell that the item is magical and
that it is bonded to you. The item regenerates all
Damage when you take a long rest. If the item is
destroyed, you have a +10 to Backlash DC until you
have obtained a new bonded item. It takes 1 week
to form a new bond. You cannot buy this Talent if
you have Bond of the Familiar.
Tightened Grasp Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Bond of the Material
You gain a +10 Bonus to resist having your bonded
item taken away, or disarmed. You also gain this
Bonus when attempting to hide your item or pass
it off as unassuming.
Of the Cloth Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
You gain a +2 Dodge Bonus when not wearing
Armor or Shields. Items or Spells that magically
add Dodge do not negate this Bonus.
 Wild Empathy Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle of Nature
You can immediately gauge the intentions of an
Animal, Beast, or Magical Beast without making a
Check. In addition, you may make a Handle
Animal Check with a +5 Bonus to influence it's
intentions and mood.
Pacifist Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Oracle of the Gods
If you are carrying no weapons and an Attack is
declared against you, you may make a Persuasion
Check against the Targets Sense Motive to
convince the attacker that you are no threat. If
you beat them then they cannot Attack you until
you make a hostile action, such as attempting to
cause Wounds, or Damage, or some sort of
obvious impediment towards the Target or their
group, including assisting their enemies.
Minor Prediction Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Oracle's Curse
This gives you several minor predictions.
Once per turn you may spend 1 Action to predict:
If something is locked.
What food is going to taste like.
The general contents of a container, or hole.
If a weapon is loaded.
What the weather will be like for the next 24
hours.
A Targets name.
The next card that would be drawn in a deck of
cards.
The results of basic games of chance.
Major Prediction Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Minor Prediction
This gives you several major predictions.
Once per turn you may spend 1 Action to predict:
Where the key to a lock is.
If food or water is poisoned.
The exact contents of a container, or hole.
How many bullets are loaded in a weapon and if
they have special properties.
What Spells a Target knows.
What the weather will be like for the next week.
What cards every other player is holding and the
entire makeup of a deck of cards.
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Soft Prediction Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Minor Prediction
Once per round you may add +2 to your Dodge as
a Minor Action. Alternatively you may spend an
Action to give someone else within 60ft, or
yourself, a +5 Dodge Bonus as long as they can
hear or see you.
Hard Prediction Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Minor Prediction
Once per round you may spend 1 Action to give a
Target within 60ft -2 to Dodge until your next
turn.
Efficient Prediction Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Major Prediction
You may take a 3rd action during your turn. If
you already have a 3rd Action, this does not stack.
Third Eye Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Minor Prediction
This eye does not have to be a physical eye on
your Hat, it may simply be a tattoo or strange
manifestation of energy on your forehead. You
may spend an action to gain one of the following
Talents or Spells until you take a Short Rest or
spend an Action to change which you have:
Darkvision (Spell, Page 278)
Comprehend Language (Spell, Page 277)
See Invisibility (Spell, Page 303)
Blind-Fight (Talent, Page 98)
Reveal True Shape (Spell; only for you, Page 301)
Thief Spot (Talent, Page 41 and 63)
Well Studied (Talent, Page 77)
Advanced Tracking (Talent; For as long as active,
Page 64)
Fate Master Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: 100exp spent in Oracle Tree
All is clear. The threads are yours to command.
Soft Prediction now gives +3 to your Dodge as a
Minor Action, and +6 as an Action.
Efficient Prediction gives you a 2nd Minor Action.
Hard Predict gives a -3 to Dodge.
Glimpse Future now has 6 d12's for you to pair.
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Preacher Cost: 20exp
You may roll twice for Knowledge Religion
Checks and use whichever you'd like. You also
gain a +4 Bonus to Persuasion Checks when you
have a crowd. You become Trained in Magic Spirit
and Knowledge Law. You also gain three Cantrips,
and one Tier 1 Spell, unless another Talent has
already given you Spells, Blueprints, or Formulae.
This Talent also lets you become Priests of
specific Gods. Your first Priest Talent costs 20exp.
You may only become a Priest of multiple Gods if
there is in play reasons, and the Storyteller
allows it as it is a very big deal to have multiple
Gods on your side.
Scribe Scroll Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
You may inscribe any Spell you know onto a
scroll. The cost is 10x the exp cost in Silver plus
the cost of Magical Paper and Magical Ink.
Making the scroll takes 1 hour per Tier of the
Spell, Cantrips taking half an hour. You require a
Magical Scribe Kit in order to make Scrolls.
Pacifist Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
If you are carrying no weapons and an Attack is
declared against you, you may make a Persuasion
Check against the Targets Sense Motive to
convince the attacker that you are no threat. If
you beat them then they cannot Attack you until
you make a hostile action, such as attempting to
cause Wounds, or Damage, or some sort of
obvious impediment towards the Target or their
group, including assisting their enemies.
Gospel Sharp Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
Gain a +1 Bonus to Knowledge Religion and
Persuasion Checks.
Of the Cloth Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
You gain a +2 Dodge Bonus when not wearing
Armor or Shields. Items or Spells that magically
add Dodge do not negate this Bonus.
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Morning Prayer Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
You may spend 10 minutes after a Long Rest to
bolster your Posse. For the rest of the day, the
Posse gains a Bonus to all Skill Check rolls equal
to half your Moxy, minimum 1.
Priest of the Mother Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of Divira, Goddess of Creation, can weave
quite a large amount of creations. All Summoning
or Conjuration Spells cost 10exp less, minimum of
5. All Conjuration Spells count as Spirit Magic.
You gain 2 Healing Points whenever you cast a
Conjuration Spell. You cannot go over your
maximum Healing Points this way. If you do not
have the Talent Chosen Healer, you cannot have
more than 2 Healing Points.
Priest of the Day Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of Solus, God of the Sun and Sky, is most
powerful during the day out in the sun. You gain
Dodge equal to half your Magic Spirit, and your
full Spirit amount during the day, you only get this
Dodge Bonus if you are not wearing Armor. You
also gain 2 Healing Points for every hour you
remain under direct sunlight. You cannot go over
your maximum Healing Points this way. If you do
not have the Talent Chosen Healer, you cannot
have more than 2 Healing Points. Any Spell you
cast using Magic Spirit during the day gains a +2 to
the Backlash Roll.
Priest of the Night Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of Lunas, Goddess of the Moon and Stars,
is most powerful at night. You gain Dodge equal to
half your Magic Spirit, and your full Spirit
amount during the night, you only get this Dodge
Bonus if you are not wearing Armor. You also gain
2 Healing Points for every hour you remain
under direct moonlight. Any Spell you cast using
Magic Spirit during the night gains a +2 to the
Backlash Roll.
 Priest of the Deep Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of The Deep King, God of Jewels and
Gold, are more powerful with jewels and gold. You
gain Dodge Bonus equal to your Magic Spirit if you
are wearing an undamaged and clean Extravagant
Outfit, or a Fancy Outfit and 50 Silver worth of
Jewelry (This Bonus stacks with Divine Grace),
you only get this Dodge Bonus if you are not
wearing Armor. While wearing said Outfit you
gain 1 Healing Point every hour. You cannot go
over your maximum Healing Points this way. If
you do not have the Talent Chosen Healer, you
cannot have more than 2 Healing Points. Any
Spell you cast using Magic Spirit while your outfit
is undamaged gains a +2 to the Backlash Roll.
Priest of the God King Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of JonSong, God King of Dragons, gains
the blood of dragons. You gain the Dragon Blood
Talent and have access to the Draconic Tree.
Your Breath Weapon Attacks may use your Moxy
instead of Grit when adding to DC. You gain a
Dodge Bonus equal to your Moxy.
Priest of the Tinkerer Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of Savasta, Goddess of Machines, is more
interested in things than people. If a Gadget you
are using would gain the Broken condition, you
may make a Luck Roll, on a success it is instead
at 1 HP, failing does nothing. If you have Healing
Points they can be used to heal or harm Gadgets,
Machines or Clockwork. Any Firearm or
Explosive that you use gains +1 To Hit, or DC. You
may also add half your Magic Spirit to
Engineering Checks.
Priest of War Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of Durgama, God or Goddess of War and
Victory, are quite the violent sort... You cannot
have the Talent Pacifist. Gain 2 Healing Points
when you or a member of your Posse within 30ft
Downs a Target, or if a Posse member is under the
effects of a Spell of yours and Downs a Target.
You cannot go over your maximum Healing Points
this way. If you do not have the Talent Chosen
Healer, you cannot have more than 2 Healing
Points.

Priest of the Lady Cost: 40exp

Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of the Lady, Goddess of Luck, or beings
of high Luck. Once per day, you may
automatically succeed at a Luck Roll. You also
gain the Talent Lucky Number for free. Your
Backlash DC is decreased by 2. You gain a Dodge
Bonus of +1 for every point your Luck Score is
above or bellow 12 as long as you are not wearing
Armor.

Priest of the Scholar Cost: 40exp

Prerequisite: Preacher
A Priest of Vetusliber, God of Knowledge, is more
a teacher than a Preacher. You gain +1 Points to all
Knowledge Skills. You may add your Magic Spirit
to any Knowledge Check roll. You gain a Dodge
Bonus equal to your Smarts.

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 Archetype: Warrior Toughness
Some Hats are just built tough, or
The Warrior Archetype are those that have toughened through battle. These are the type of
gained their strength through rigorous physical Hats that are at the front, charging ahead at their
training. foes and shrugging off blows from all sources.
Knight, Pugilist, Soldier, Toughness, and The Toughness Tree starts with Tough as
Defense are the Trees contained in the Warrior Dirt, which helps to shrug off Damage. The further
Archetype. This Archetype is for those who prefer you go into the tree, the less Damage you'll take. It's
getting into close combat. also the tree you want if you want to be swinging
around multiple big weapons.
Trained Skills
Basic Skills: Defense
Athletics, Perception, Persuasion, Sense Motive Sure attacking is always a good thing, but
Ride, Intimidate, Brawl, Leadership sometimes you need to know how to block attacks
aimed at you.
Knowledge Skills:
Beginning with Block, the Defense Tree
History, Warfare
offers a few ways to try and negate incoming
Knight Damage by using Actions to prevent attacks from
You want noble, look no further. There's hitting.
nothing more honorable than a Knight. Whether
you're a Dragon Knight or a Wolf Knight, there's
nothing better than the fight to them.
Their beginning Talent is Knightly Order,
which has them choose between being a Dragon
Knight or a Wolf Knight. Dragon Knights gain
access to Dragon Blood, allowing them to take
Talents from the Draconic Tree. Wolf Knights get
access to Talents to make them stealthier, or fight
better in groups. Both get their own armor, and a
flavor of Living Armor, which helps teach them
about the world and keeps them safe.
But be warned, it is possible to fall out of
grace with a Knightly Order.

Pugilist
Doesn't quite sit right fighting someone
unarmed, but that gets beat out of ya real quick
when facing a Pugilist. Quick footwork, and a
couple good jabs will lay out even the toughest.
The starting Talent for a Pugilist is Boxing,
which increases their Unarmed Attack Damage.
This tree is all about fighting without a weapon,
using maneuvers and skill to beat down Targets.

Soldier
With the war over, there's a lot of Soldier's
loafing about. A lot of them pick up mercenary
work, or work at some ranch. Others have gone to
using the skills they learned to take things that
ain't theirs.
The Soldier tree starts off with Military
Training, which gives them Training in both Light
and Heavy Firearms. This tree has quite a number
of Talents suitable for sort of run and gun types,
who want to keep on the move using cover, or fight
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 Knight Tree
Knightly Order Cost: 30exp
You become part of one of the Knights Orders.
You automatically gain either Dragon Knight, or
Wolf Knight. You cannot be a Knight of more than
one Order. You may take the Riders Bond Talent
as if you were a Ranger Archetype. You also
become Trained in Advanced Melee Weapons,
Advanced Armor and gain the Shield Training
Talent, listed under Universal Talents.
Dragon Knight
Prerequisite: Knightly Order
You have devoted yourself to the Order of the
Dragon Knights. The most important thing now is
your Honor, and the thrill of hunting prey larger
and stronger than you to prove your strength and
courage.
This Knightly Order follows the laws placed out
in the land, ever mindful of those around them. A
Dragon Knight must seek to aid those in danger, or
seek to end those that are a threat to civilization.
Constantly seeking to push their limits and prove
their worth of dragonhood.
Dragon Knights, like Dragons, come in all kinds of
colors, all with their own element. You may
choose one of the following Chromatic or Metallic
Dragons as your Order:
Black (Chromatic Acid)
Blue (Chromatic Lightning)
Brass (Metallic Fire)
Bronze (Metallic Lightning)
Copper (Metallic Poison)
Gold (Metallic Fire)
Gray (Chromatic Vampiric)
Green (Chromatic Poison)
Iron (Metallic Fire & Cold)
Orange (Chromatic Fire)
Pink (Chromatic Willpower)
Red (Chromatic Fire)
Silver (Metallic Cold)
Violet (Chromatic Fire & Lightning)
White (Chromatic Cold)
Yellow (Chromatic Fire)
Dragon Scale Armor Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Knight
You gain a finely crafted set of Scale Armor. This
is decorated in whatever color of Dragon you have
chosen.
Living Dragon Armor Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Scale Armor
Your armor is infused with the soul of a Dragon
long past. This Dragon has their own personality,
and thoughts, as well as providing you with
Resistance in accordance with their Magical
Element, they may also be asked questions. They
make all Knowledge Checks at a +5, this Check is
made by the Storyteller. They may become
annoyed if asked too many questions and can be
wrong. In addition the armor is now Magical and
Soaks magical Damage, and regenerates at 1 HP
per hour, even when completely destroyed.
Wolf Knight
Prerequisite: Knightly Order
You have devoted yourself to the Order of the
Wolf Knights. The most important thing now is
The Hunt, the thrill of hunting and taking down
prey larger and stronger than you and are
constantly seeking to prove your strength and
cunning.
The focus of this Knightly Order is the Order
itself. The pack is only as strong as its weakest
wolf, but all wolves must be cared for. Packs are
not hostile towards each other, and are on good
terms overall, often teaming up to take on
challenges. Wolf Knights come in four colors,
which denote which pack they belong to: black,
brown, gray and white.
Wolf Hide Armor Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Knight
You gain a finely crafted set of Hide Armor. This
Armor is decorated and colored in whatever type
of Wolf color you have chosen.

Dragon Blood Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Dragon Knight
You gain access to the Dragon Power Tree.

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 Living Wolf Armor Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Hide Armor
Your armor is infused with the soul of a Wolf
Mother long past. This Wolf Mother has their
own personality, and thoughts, as well as
providing you with Resistance to one Magical
Element of your choice. They may be asked
questions, making all Knowledge Checks at a +5,
this Check is made by the Storyteller. They may
become annoyed if asked too many questions and
can be wrong. In addition the armor is now
Magical and Soaks magical Damage, and
regenerates at 1 HP per hour, even when
completely destroyed.
Pack Fighting Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Knight
If the Target of your Attack has been attacked
between your current turn and your last turn by
someone other than you, you gain a +4 To Hit that
Target.
Pack Hunting Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Pack Fighting
You gain a +2 Bonus To Hit for every member of
your Posse within 15ft of you.
Lone Wolf Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Knight
You have a +5 Bonus To Hit if there are no allies
within 100ft.
Slink Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Knight
You can spend a Minor Action during combat to
make a Stealth Check, instead of 1 Action. You are
Trained in Stealth. This counts as the Slink
Talent at the beginning of the Burglar Tree.
Blind Spot Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Slink
You can use Stealth even against creatures with
unusual senses that normally allow them to see
hidden or invisible things.
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Evasion Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Slink
If you are targeted by an Attack that allows you to
make a Physical Save, if you use your Acrobatics,
you take half Damage if you fail, and no Damage if
you succeed. You do not gain this benefit if you
have the Helpless Condition.
Track Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Knight
You can make a Survival Check to Track a target.
The DC begins at 12 and increases by +1 per hour
the subject passed the area.
Advanced Tracking Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Track
When tracking a Target, the DC is 12 and
increases by 2 per 24 hour period the target has
passed.
Sleeping Dogs Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Wolf Knight
You do not have any penalties to Awareness while
unconscious.
Bigger They Are... Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Knightly Order
When you are wielding a Two-Handed Melee
Weapon, increase your Damage by half of your
Strength score. If you are fighting a Target who is
at least 2 Size Categories larger than you, gain a
Dodge Bonus equal to your Brawl.
...the Harder They Fall Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Knightly Order
When you are wielding a Two-Handed Melee
Weapon, you are treated as if you had a Heavy
Shield, but are not technically wielding a Shield.
If you are fighting a Target who is at least 2 size
categories larger than you, add your Brawl to
Damage. Additionally, you take -2 Damage from all
non-magical Melee Damage dealt by Targets 2 size
categories larger than you.
 Pack Leader Cost: 100exp
Prerequisite: 100exp spent in the Knight Tree,
Must be a Wolf Knight
Only one member of a Posse may benefit from
this Talent. Gain a +2 Bonus to the Leadership
Skill per member in your Posse, this Bonus is
increased to +5 if the member is a Wolf Knight.

Fallen Knight Cost: 0exp

Prerequisite: Knightly Order
If the Storyteller determines that you have not
acted appropriately to your Order too many times,
they may choose to have you banished. You keep
all current Talents you have purchased as part of
this, but can no longer gain Talents from this Tree.
If your acts are severe enough, the Storyteller
may also put a Bounty on you. Depending on the
circumstances, you may also lose your armor if it
has gained sentience from the Living Dragon
Armor or Living Wolf Armor Talents. A Fallen
Dragon Knight cannot take any Talents from the
Dragon Blood Tree. This is treated as a Trouble,
and may be taken as one for +50exp at Hat
Creation. If taken at creation, the Hat may still
take Talents from the respective Trees until Hat
creation is finished, and then immediately gains a
Bounty of 50 Silver. The Storyteller may offer
ways of atonement to the Hat.

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 Pugilist Tree
Boxing Cost: 30exp
You gain a +1 Damage Bonus to Unarmed Attacks.
You cannot have this Talent and the Talent
Barroom Brawler.
Biff Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
Whenever you make an Unarmed Melee Attack
you may take a -2 To Hit to strike a Target in the
face, causing them to gain the Distracted Condition
on a hit.
Close Quarters Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You may occupy the same space as a Target or an
ally.
Cross-Counter Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
When a Target misses with a Melee Attack you
may use your Reaction to make an Unarmed
Melee Attack against them if they are within
range.
Cross-Counter Level 2 Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Cross-Counter
Your first use of Cross-Counter in a Round does
not spend your Reaction.
Cross-Counter Level 3 Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Cross-Counter Level 2
Your first two uses of Cross-Counter in a Round
does not spend your Reaction.
Fancy Footwork Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You gain a +2 Dodge Bonus when in melee range of
a Target, but only against Targets you are in Melee
range with.
Iron Fists Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You always count as armed. You gain a +1 Damage
Bonus to Unarmed Attacks and all unarmed
Damage is now Lethal Damage.
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Knuckle Toughened Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You gain a +4 Bonus to Dodge if you are wearing
no armor. Magic or Gadgets that increases your
Dodge stack with this Bonus.
Tit for Tat Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Knuckle Toughened
When struck from a Melee Attack, you may use
your Reaction to immediately make one regular
Unarmed Melee Attack against the attacker.
Tit for Tat Level 2 Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Tit for Tat
Your first use of Tit for Tat in a Round does not
use your Reaction. Tit for Tat and Redirection are
to be considered separate Reaction Pools and
either one can be used as long as your Reaction
has not been used.
Tit for Tat Level 3 Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Tit for Tat Level 2
Your first two uses of Tit for Tat in a Round does
not use your Reaction.
Redirect Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
When struck from a Melee Attack, you may use
your Reaction to immediately make a Physical
Save, contesting the strike against you. If you beat
their roll, their attack misses. If you beat them by
5 or more you may redirect their strike into that
of a nearby Target or Object.
Redirect Level 2 Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Redirect
Your first use of Redirect in a Round does not use
your Reaction. Redirection and Tit for Tat are to
be considered separate Reaction Pools and either
one can be used as long as your Reaction has not
been used.
Redirect Level 3 Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Redirect Level 2
Your first two uses of Redirect in a Round does
not use your Reaction.
 Sockdologer Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
If your Unarmed Attack is enough to Down your
target, you may immediately gain one Action that
cannot be used as an Attack Action. If you Down a
Target not on your turn, you may still make a
Basic Move Action.
Sucker Punch Cost: 30exp
Uppercut Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You may spend 2 Actions to make an Unarmed
Melee Attack and send a Target one size category
larger than you or smaller sprawling 5 feet back
on a hit. Increase knock back distance by 5ft for
every 5 you beat their Dodge by. They are also
Knocked Prone if you hit. If your Target is
Distracted, you gain a +2 To Hit.

Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler

If your target is Distracted, or unaware of you, you
may use Sucker Punch to make an Unarmed
Attack, causing them to gain the Stunned
Condition on a hit.
...with the Steel Chair! Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You no longer suffer the -4 penalty to Improvised
Melee Attacks, and instead use Brawl To Hit.

Tattooed Fists Cost: 30exp Ballroom Basher Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
When fighting Unarmed, you may treat your
Attacks as Magical for the sake of overcoming
Resistances.
Blazing Palms Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Tattooed Fists
When you gain this Talent, you may choose a
Magical Element. You may have your Unarmed
Attacks do the Element Damage you have selected
instead of Bludgeoning. You may take this Talent
multiple times, choosing a different Element each
time.
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
In any Talent that uses an Unarmed Melee Attack,
you may use an Improvised Weapon instead.
Makeshift Mauler Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
Whenever you are making an Unarmed Attack,
you may instead grab an Improvised Weapon and
use that to Attack instead. This includes Attacks
made as a Reaction.

Trounce Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Boxing OR Barroom Brawler
You may take a Full Action to make 3 basic
Unarmed Melee Attacks. You also gain a -5 Dodge
Penalty until the start of your Next Turn.

Trounce Level 2 Cost: 50exp

Prerequisite: Trounce
You may take a Full Action to make 4 basic
Unarmed Melee Attacks. You also gain a -5 Dodge
Penalty until the start of your Next Turn.

Trounce Level 3 Cost: 50exp

Prerequisite: Trounce Level 2
You may take a Full Action to make 5 basic
Unarmed Melee Attacks. You also gain a -5 Dodge
Penalty until the start of your Next Turn.

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 Soldier Tree
Military Training Cost: 10exp
You are Trained in Firearm (Light) and Firearm
(Heavy).
Advanced Bayonet Training Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
After a successful attack with a bayonet, you may
use a Minor Action to immediately make a
Ranged Attack against the same Target with the
weapon the Bayonet is attached to.
Advanced Combat Training Cost: 35exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
Add half your Knowledge Warfare to Brawl,
Ranged, and Firearm Attacks.
Battle Hardened Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You gain a +5 to Saves to resist the following
Conditions: Confused, Charmed, Dominated,
Frightened, Nauseated, Stun.
Close Quarters Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You may occupy the same space as a Target,
including allies.
Cover Charge Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
When you use a Charge Action, you may ignore
that Targets Bonus from Partial Cover.
Cover to Cover Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You are treated as having Partial Cover when you
use an Action to move from behind cover to cover
in a different location as long as you complete the
movement in 1 Action.
Hunker Down Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You do not lose full cover Bonus when taking the
Peek action.
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High Rank Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You are or were a significant rank during your
Military Service, determined between you and
your Storyteller, gaining a Sabre and are now
Trained in its use.
Flanking Maneuver Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You gain a +2 To Hit a Target who was attacked
between your current turn and your previous turn
by someone other than you.
Forced March Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You do not begin taking Nonlethal Damage from
traveling for more than 8 hours in a day until you
have traveled for more than 20 hours.
Gunnery Training Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
When using Cart Mounted or Fixed Mounted
weapons, you may consider them as Heavy
Firearms, and gain a +2 Bonus To Hit.
Quick Clip Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
Reloading a Rifle Clip does not cost an action.
Rally Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You may spend 1 Action to assist any within 60ft
to break free from Enchantment Spell or effect,
making a Leadership Check opposed by the DC of
the effect.
Rigorous Regiment Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
You take Half Damage from Nonlethal
Environmental Hazards, such as heat or cold.
Trench Fighter Cost: 25exp
Prerequisite: Military Training
When in narrow spaces 5ft or less, you always
have Partial Cover.
 Toughness Tree Defense Tree
Tough as Dirt Cost: 20exp Block Cost: 20exp
You gain a +1 Soak against Non-Magical Damage as You can use 1 Action to Block. While Blocking, the
long as you are not wearing Armor or wielding a next Melee Attack that would hit you deals no
Shield. Damage, this lasts until your next turn

Curly Wolf Cost: 30exp Interception Protection Cost: 30exp

Prerequisite: Tough as Dirt Prerequisite: Block
You take half Damage from nonlethal sources. If someone or something within 5ft of you is
Attacked, you may use your Reaction to intercept
Indomitable Will Cost: 30exp the hit, becoming the Target for the attack instead.

Prerequisite: Tough as Dirt

Deflective Jabs Cost: 30exp
You gain a +5 to all Saving Throws against being
Prerequisite: Block
Disarmed, Distracted, or Tripped.
You now Block the next 2 Melee Attacks made
Tougher than Magic Cost: 40exp against you, causing them to deal no Damage.

Prerequisite: Tough as Dirt

When a Magical Attack would have you make a
Save, you may add your Grit to that Save. You also
apply your Grit to your Dodge when you are the
Target of a Spell.
Two's Better than One Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Tough as Dirt
When Dual Wielding Melee Weapons, the
weapon in your main hand does not have the
Light Property. In addition your off-hand weapon
only suffers a -4 instead of a -10 if it does not have
the Light property.
Strong Grip Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Two's Better than One
When Dual Wielding Melee Weapons, the
weapon in your off-hand does not receive a
penalty to attack if it is not Light, and you add
your Strength to Damage.
Mighty Grip Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Strong Grip
You may Dual Wield any Melee Weapon,
including those with the Two-Handed or Heavy
Properties.
Defensive Posture Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Deflective Jabs
You can take a Full Action to Block All Melee
Attacks made towards you until your next turn,
causing them to deal no Damage.
Shield Defense Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Block
As long as you are wielding a Shield your Block
Action can now apply to Ranged and Firearm
Attacks as well as Melee Attacks. This also
applies to Interception Protection, Deflective Jabs
and Defensive Posture.
Reflective Instincts Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Block
When you take the Parry Action, you may apply
your Dodge Bonus against Ranged Attacks and
Firearms. You may also make Attacks as if you
had Parried a Melee Attack. If the Attacker is not
within range, or if you choose, you may redirect
the shot into another Target that is near you as
long as they are not between you and the
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 Chapter 6: Talents
There are many, many different abilities
that a Hat can obtain. While there are many to be
had from Archetypes, the Talents in this chapter
are available for everyone. Remember that a Talent
can only be purchased at the beginning or end of a
play session.
Other than the Archetype Talents, there
are 4 other categories that Talents fall into:
Backgrounds, Universal Talents, Troubles, and
Crafting Talents.
Background Talents can only be taken at
the start of a new Hat and are covered in Chapter
3. A Background is the basic building block for
what sort of life your Hat had before they set out
into the world. Or maybe it's what they still do, just
doing a little adventuring on the weekends. They
don't cost any experience, but you only get one.
Universal Talents are all the general
Talents that a Hat can take, with the only
restriction being that they have to spend
experience, and follow the color rules.
Now, Troubles are where things can get
interesting. Some are rather tame, while others are
life altering for a Hat. You should choose your
Troubles carefully, as you can pick a maximum of
5. But you don't have to pick any if you don't want
to. So why should you? Well...experience of course.
Every Trouble is worth experience points, and
those points can be used to buy upgrades or
Talents.
Finally, Crafting Talents are the things that
your Hat can make. This usually has something to
do with their Background, but it could also just be a
hobby they have.

Optional Rule: Upgradable Talents

For further customization of a Hat, a
Storyteller may allow the Upgradable Talents rule.
This allows experience to be spent to increase any
Bonus that a Talent gives, using the same upgrade
track as Abilities, as long as it says that it is a
Bonus. The only things that cannot be upgraded is
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 Universal Talents
Universal Talents are your basic Talents,
available to all Archetypes without discount.
Ambidextrous Cost: 20exp
You are skilled at using both hands to perform
tasks, and consider both hands as your main
hand. If you take the Off-Hand Attack Action you
receive a -5 to one of those Attacks, instead of the
-10.
Armor Training Cost: 10exp
You are now Trained in how to use one type of
Advanced Armor and do not take the -4 to Dodge
when wearing it.
Attentive Cost: 20exp
You are generally more perceptive to the world
around you and gain a +1 Bonus to Perception
Checks, as well as a +3 Bonus to Awareness.
Avid Researcher Cost: 20exp
Knowledge Skills cost 5 less experience, to a
minimum of 5.
Backlash Hardened Cost: 30exp
When you take this Talent you are now
considered to be “Trained” in Lucidity, allowing
you to halve the exp cost of upgrading it.
Blind-Fight Cost: 20exp
You can effectively "see" and make Perception
Checks against Targets within 20ft of your square
even when unable to see by normal means.
Book Learning Cost: 20exp
You become Trained in 1 Knowledge Skill and
gain 1 Point in it if it has none. This Talent may be
taken multiple times. You must be able to read.
Brace Firearm Cost: 20exp
You may take a 2-Handed Firearm and as a Minor
Action use a stable surface, such as a table, wall,
or rock, to make Attacks using only 1 hand.
Moving will break your Brace.
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When you take the Charge Action, you may
Shove movable Objects, and any Target your size
or smaller (these are referred to as obstructions).
If you fail the Shove, your Charge stops and you
may make the attack against the obstruction if
you moved 10ft or more. You can continue to
charge through the Target even if you do not move
them from their square, as long as you succeeded
in the Shove. You may begin Shoving obstructions
immediately but the Target of your Charge must be
at least 10ft away.
Improved Bullrush Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Bullrush
This acts exactly like Bull Rush with these
additions: You gain a +5 to Shove Obstructions,
and may shove Obstructions one category larger
than yourself. Double the distance of things
Shoved if they are your size or smaller.
Combat Casting Cost: 30exp
You do not need to make a Concentration Check
unless the Damage dealt is 5 or more. When you
do make a Concentration Check, gain a +2 Bonus.
Cowardly Cost: 30exp
If attacked, you may Take Cover as a Minor
Action on your next turn. If you have the Trouble
Yellow Belly you gain +5 feet of movement for
your next turn.
Hightail Hijinks Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Cowardly
When using the Withdraw Action, gain 10ft to
your movement. If you have the Trouble Yellow
Belly, instead of 10ft, double your movement
when taking the Withdraw Action.
Slippery Wimp Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Cowardly
If you are attacked and do not have cover, gain +1
Dodge Bonus until your next turn for any
subsequent Attacks. Does not stack if attacked
multiple times. If you have the Trouble Yellow
Belly this Dodge Bonus is doubled.
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Prerequisite: Cowardly +5 to using a Machine or figuring out its purpose.
This Bonus also applies when trying to figure out
As a Minor Action, a Target within 5ft must pass
the functions of a Gadget.
a DC 12 Grit save or gain the Distracted Condition.

Family Heirloom Cost: 30exp

Deal with the Devil Cost: 5exp
Take any Talent worth 50exp or less from your
Archetype, Universal Talents, or Crafting Talents,
ignoring prerequisites.
This has severe consequences as you are at the
beck and call of a Devil or Daemon for the rest of
your life. If the Devil or Daemon should die, you
lose the Talent you gained, however this Talent
can never be removed by any other means.
Drag Down Cost: 10exp
If you are Tripped, you may immediately attempt
to Trip the attacker who tripped you. This does
not trigger if you just attempted a Trip.
Driving: Carts Cost: 30exp
You are Trained in how to drive a Cart.
Whenever you need to make a Check, you use
One Agi Skill Total +Ref. (Normally you do not
receive a Bonus, and it is just a straight roll.)
Driving: Ships Cost: 30exp
You are Trained in how to Steer Ships.
Whenever you need to make a Check, you use
One Agi Skill Total +Ref. (Normally you do not
receive a Bonus, and it is just a straight roll.)
Driving: Trains Cost: 30exp
You are Trained in how to drive a Train.
Whenever you need to make a Check, you use
One Agi Skill Total +Ref. (Normally you do not
receive a Bonus, and it is just a straight roll.)
Driving: Airships Cost: 30exp
You are Trained in how to drive an Airship.
Whenever you need to make a Check, you use
One Agi Skill Total +Ref. (Normally you do not
receive a Bonus, and it is just a straight roll.)
You may start with a Common Magic Item.
Alternatively you may spend 50exp on this Talent
to start with a Rare Magic Item.
Famous Cost: 30exp
Any NPC that you come across has a chance to
know who you are, at Storyteller's discretion. If
an NPC knows who you are, adjust their
temperament one step towards Friendly. If they
are already Friendly towards the Hat, then that
Hat receives a +5 Bonus to Moxy based Checks.
Fortune Favors the Bold Cost: 10exp
You may re-roll your Luck. The previous number
now becomes an automatic Luck Failure when
you make a Luck Roll. If you take Twisted
Fortune, this number still counts as a Failure.
Gun Training Cost: 10exp
You become Trained in either of the Firearm
Skills, your choice. This Talent may be taken
multiple times.
Kick Down Cost: 20exp
Use Brawl to make an Attack, if you beat the
Targets Dodge, they are knocked Prone.
Alternatively you can use this on a non-magical
door, or similar non-magical Object or Structure, if
your Check exceeds the combined HP of the door,
lock, and any barricades, it is kicked open
regardless of lock. A Target holding a door closed
adds their Athletics Score to this Check.
This Talent also adds to any Shove Actions you
make, adding your Brawl to your Acrobatics or
Athletics Check for the Shove.

Empathetic Cost: 20exp

If a Target is speaking in a Language that your Hat
does not speak, you can understand the emotion
behind the message, such as if they are mad at the
Hat or asking for help.

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 Lasso Throw Cost: 30exp Magically Competent Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Begin the Hunt Removes the Magically Inept Talent. Gain 1 Point
to the Magic Arcane or Magic Nature skill.
Using a rope and forming it into a Lasso, you may
attempt to get hold of a Target. You make a Ranged
Attack on a Target within 30ft. If you hit the Martial Training Cost: 10exp
Target you the Target and is considered Grappled, You become Trained in either Brawl or Ranged,
and may attempt to break the Grapple as normal, your choice. This Talent may be taken multiple
but they cannot become the Initiator of the times.
Grapple. As the Initiator you may do anything that
you could normally do as part of a Grapple, such
Mechanically Competent Cost: 30exp
as Drag, but you must move to within 5ft of the
Target in order to Restrain them. Removes the Mechanically Inept Talent. Gain 1
Point to the Knowledge Engineering skill.
Linguistics Cost: 10exp
Rider Training Cost: 10exp
You may learn 1 new spoken language of your
choice. You know how to read and write in this You are now Trained in the Ride Skill.
language. This Talent may be taken multiple
times. Rope Savvy Cost: 20exp
Any Check involving rope, such as climbing or
Lip Reading Cost: 20exp
restraining a Target, have a +5 Bonus.
You learn how to read the lips of those speaking.
If a Target is within 60ft and you can see their Shield Bash Cost: 20exp
mouth, you may understand what they are saying
if they are speaking in a language you know. You do not lose your Shields Bonus when you use
it to make an attack.
Look at My Horse Cost: 20exp
Shield Training Cost: 20exp
Gain a Franz Grade Horse. If you already own a
Horse of Franz Grade or higher, this does not give You are now Trained in how to use Shields, and
you a second Horse or lower the Grade of your gain the full Bonus to Dodge and the Soak Bonus.
current Horse, and instead raises your current
Horses Grade one higher. Buckler Expert Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Shield Training
My Horse is Amazing Cost: 20exp
You gain a +2 Bonus to your roll when you attempt
Prerequisite: Look at My Horse a Parry, and you gain both the Dodge Bonus and
Your Horse becomes one Grade higher. have the ability to Parry with a Buckler whether
you are holding it or wearing it.
Lucky Number Cost: 20exp
Medium Shield Expert Cost: 30exp
Choose a number between 2 and 24 and mark it
down. From now on, rolling this number will Prerequisite: Shield Training
trigger a luck roll. You add the Shield Dodge Bonus from Medium
Shields to Physical Saves.
Magical Savant Cost: 40exp
You become Trained in 1 Magic Skill of your Heavy Shield Expert Cost: 30exp
choice. You cannot take this Talent if you have the Prerequisite: Shield Training
Magically Inept Talent. This Talent may be taken
multiple times. You add the Shield Dodge Bonus from Heavy
Shields to Physical Saves.

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 Tower Shield Expert Cost: 30exp Inheritance Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Shield Training Prerequisite: Well Off
You add the Shield Dodge Bonus from Tower +100 starting Silver
Shields to Physical Saves. Additionally your
Tower Shield now counts as Partial Cover for
yourself, as well as others.

Sign Language Cost: 10exp

You learn the unspoken language. You may
communicate by visual means, using hand
gestures, facial expressions and body language.

Thick Blooded Cost: 20exp

You bleed very slowly! So much so that in peril
you may make your Grit saves with a +2 to
stabilize. Vampires find your blood to be like a
thick gravy.

Throw Anything Cost: 30exp

You no longer suffer the -4 penalty to throwing
improvised Objects, and instead gain 1+Ranged To
Hit.

...with the Steel Chair! Cost: 30exp

You no longer suffer the -4 penalty to Improvised
Melee Attacks, and instead use Brawl To Hit.

Twisted Fortune Cost: 20exp

Always looking for that Bad Luck...

Whenever you make a Luck Roll, you count what

would normally be a Failure as a Success and
what would normally be a Success as a Failure.
Talents or Troubles that specify they cause you to
Fail or Succeed a Luck Check are not effected by
this Talent.

Weapon Training Cost: 10exp

You may pick 1 Advanced Weapon to become
Trained in. This Talent may be taken multiple
times.

Well Off Cost: 20exp

+50 starting Silver

Rich Family Cost: 20exp

Prerequisite: Well Off
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 Trick Ride Talents Trick Ride: Dropping Mount Cost: 30exp

These are special riding tricks that can
be performed on or with a mount.
Trick Ride: Cattle-Catch Cost: 30exp
You may make Attacks with a Lasso at no penalty
while Mounted. If you succeed at Grappling with a
Lasso while Mounted you may Drag the Target as
part of your Move Actions. The DC to break free
of this Grapple is increased by 2. A Target Dragged
in this way takes 2 Damage per Speed your
Mount is going.
You may make a Ride Check to leap from a height
down onto your Mount. The DC is 5+Height. Above
10ft you take 1 wound per 5ft over 10, if you do
not have a way of slowing yourself down. The
Mount begins taking 1 Wound at 20ft, increasing
by 1 per 5ft.
Trick Ride: Mounted Combat Cost: 30exp
You suffer no consequences to Attacks caused
from being Mounted, such as from moving at
Speed, but you still require one hand to steer.

Trick Ride: Combat Trained Cost: 30exp Trick Ride: Leaping Mount Cost: 30exp

You can now, as an Action, direct your Mount to
make an Attack using your Ride as the To Hit.
This Attack is either made with its front legs if
the target is in front of the Mount, dealing 4
Wounds per hit. Alternatively if the Target is
behind you, you can have your Mount kick
backwards with one leg for 4 Wounds on hit, or
spend 2 Actions to Attack with both legs, Dealing
8 Wounds on hit. You do not need to be mounted
to direct your Mount in this manner though the
Mount must be stationary.
Double the Jumping Distance of your Mount.
Trick Ride: Mounted Charge Cost: 30exp
If you perform the Charge Action while Mounted,
you gain a +2 To Hit and a +1 to Damage.
Trick Ride: No Hands Cost: 30exp
You do not need a free hand to control your
Mount and now can control it freely with your
knees and heels.

Trick Ride: Controlled Tumble Cost: 30exp Trick Ride: Cost: 30exp
If you fall from a Mount, on purpose or on Quick Mount & Dismount
accident, you can reduce the Damage by making a You can now mount or dismount a Mount as part
Ride Check and reducing the Damage by however of a move action rather than taking an action.
much you got over 12. This takes 5 feet of movement.

Trick Ride: Hideaway Cost: 30exp Trick Ride: Ride or Die Cost: 30exp
You can cling to one side of the Mount, gaining the If you are Downed while Mounted, you may still
benefit of full cover, and you can make a Stealth control your Mount.
Check to go unseen and appear as a riderless
horse.
Trick Ride: Riders Block Cost: 30exp

Trick Ride: Horse Call Cost: 30exp
You have a special call for your Mount. In normal
circumstances it can hear you if it is within
600ft. If the Mount can hear the call it will
immediately begin moving towards the spot you
gave the signal at full gallop or a trot at your
discretion.
If you are wielding a Shield while Mounted, your
Mount benefits from the Bonus of your Shield.
Trick Ride: Ride Down Cost: 30exp
If you are moving at a Canter or Gallop, you may
move through other Targets squares. If you move
through a Targets Square you may make a Basic
Attack against them.

Trick Ride: Riders Tears Cost: 30exp

If you are Drunk, you gain a +4 Bonus to your Ride
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 Trick Ride: Ride-By Attack Cost: 30exp
While Mounted, you may take a Melee Attack
Action during your movement, and then continue
moving with your remaining movement without
suffering an Attack of Opportunity.

Trick Ride: Sidesaddle Cost: 30exp

Riding sidesaddle allows you to wear fancier
clothing without causing Damage to it or
discomfort to yourself. This also allows you to
ride a Mount backwards, with all Checks
no longer receiving 10 to DC.

Trick Ride: Spur Mount Cost: 30exp

Your Mount gains 10ft of extra movement for 2
rounds, and the Mount suffers 1 wound.

Trick Ride: Standing Cost: 30exp

You can stand up on the back of your Mount, you
can do anything that you would normally be able
to do when standing. Your Mount cannot be
steered, but continues forward at Speed.

Trick Ride: Trample Cost: 30exp

While Mounted, you may move through a space
occupied by a Target who is not Mounted. A Target
whose square is moved through must make a
Physical Save, DC 8+Ride, taking 4 Damage if they
fail, or Half if they succeed. If the Target is Prone
when you move through their square, the Damage
is increased to 8.

Trick Ride: Unsaddled Cost: 30exp

You do not suffer a penalty to any Checks if you
are riding a Mount without a Saddle.

Trick Ride: Wheeling Reins Cost: 30exp

You may spend 5ft of movement while mounted
to make a 90 degree turn without slowing

Trick Ride: Neigh Sayer Cost: 30exp

A Target cannot move through your Mounts
Square unless you allow them, even if they have a
Talent that would allow them to do so. If in a
Pursuit, you can use your Mount as an Obstacle
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 Draconic Talents
You can only gain this access to this
tree through other trees.
Dragon Blood
Prerequisite: Dragon Blood
This Talent cannot be purchased and must be
gained from other sources. You become a True
Dragon after spending 500exp in this Tree.
You also gain the Talent Tainted Blood
Tainted Blood
Certain Talents will give you this Talent, locking
you from taking any other Talent that would give
you Tainted Blood.
Darkvision Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Blood
You gain Darkvision if you don't already have it.
Draconic Magic Cost: 60exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Blood
You are now Trained in all 3 Magic Skills. This
Talent costs 20exp less per Magic Skill you are
already Trained in.
Scaled Skin Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Blood
When you buy this Talent, you pick one scale
color to be your Scale Color. You gain scales,
either in patchy patterns or completely covering
your body of the chosen color.
This also effects what Breath Weapon you will get
and Resistances or other benefits you receive.
Resistance halves Damage of certain types.
Breath Weapon types are listed on the next page
and you receive them when you purchase the
Breath Weapon Talent, although you gain the
Resistance immediately upon purchasing this
Talent. Some Dragon types gain multiple breath
types, these are both gained but a Hat only has
one use of Breath before it needs to be recharged.
Violet Scale Color and Iron Scale Color cost an
additional 30exp.
This Talent can be purchased multiple times,
costing 100exp more per Scaled Skin Talent
already owned.
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Breath Weapon Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
You gain the Magical Breath Weapon as indicated
by your Scale Color. A Breath Attack can either
be a 20ft cone or a 40ft line. Targets caught in
your Breath Weapon may make a DC (12+Grt)
Physical Save, taking Half Damage on a
successful Save. Some Breath Weapons have an
additional way to Save, listed next to the Breath
Weapon. Once you have used your Breath
Weapon you must recharge it. At the start of your
turn roll 1d12, on a 12 you recharge the use of your
Breath Weapon. Certain Dragon Scales get
additional Breath types, the DC type and effect are
listed there.
Breath Advancement Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Breath Weapon
Double the range of your Breath Weapon, and
increase it's Damage by 1. Your breath now
recharges on 11 or 12.
This Talent may be taken a second time, costing
100exp, and triples the range of your Breath
Weapon, increases the Damage by an additional 2
and your breath now recharges on 10, 11 or 12.
Draconic Maw Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
Your jaw and head become far more dragon like
You gain a Melee Bite attack that does 3 Damage.
This Damage increases by 2 if you are size Large,
and increases by 2 more for every size increase.
If you are a Kobold this Talent costs 10exp less.
Talons Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
Your Unarmed Damage increases by +1 if you do
not already have an increase to Unarmed Damage.
This bonus increases by +1 for every size category
above Large.
Draconic Horns Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
You gain large horns. This grants you a +1 Natural
Soak Bonus. If you already have horns this costs
10exp less.
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Scale Color: Black (Resistance to Acid)
Water Breathing
Acid Breath: Acid(3/4)
Scale Color: Blue (Resistance to Lightning)
Lightning Breath: 6 Lightning Damage
Scale Color: Brass (Resistance to Fire)
Fire Breath: 4 Fire Damage
Sleep Breath: Grit or Willpower
Failure; Unconscious for 1d12 Rounds
Scale Color: Bronze (Resistance to Lightning)
Water Breathing
Lightning Breath: 4 Lightning Damage
Repulsion Breath: Grit or Willpower Save
Failure; Must move away for 1d12 rounds.
Scale Color: Copper(Resistance to Poison)
Poison Breath: Poison(2)
Slow Breath: Grit or Willpower Save
Failure; May only take 1 Action for 1d12 rounds.
Scale Color: Gold (Resistance to Fire)
Fire Breath: 4 Fire Damage
Weakening Breath: Grit or Willpower Save
Failure; Strength -5 for 1d12 rounds, doesn't stack.
Scale Color: Gray (No Resistances)
Vampiric Bite: Physical Save
Failure; Target takes 4 Damage and you recover
Wounds equal to the Damage dealt. Damage dealt
by this Bite cannot be Healed by conventional
means, including magical. In order to recover these
missing points the Target must spend Wounds they
would have recovered during a Long Rest to
remove this Damage. Only after the Damage has
been removed can they then recover the Wounds.
Spiked Tail: If you take the Draconic Tail Talent,
you automatically gain the Tail Attack Talent, even
if you are not Size Large or greater. Additionally,
any Attack made with your Tail has a +2 Bonus to
Damage.
Scale Color: Green (Resistance to Poison)
Water Breathing
Poison Breath: Poison(3)
Scale Color: Iron (Resistance to Fire&Cold)
Fire Breath: 4 Fire Damage
Metal Manipulation Breath: Physical Save
Failure; You cause any metal Object up to Bulk 5,
even if it is being held, to move up to 10ft in any
direction, including towards or away from a single
point. Targets that are hit by flying metal, or
wearing the metal and are flung as a result, take 4
Bludgeoning Damage. A Target who is holding an
Object that is being moved can choose to let go or be
dragged. Objects more than 5 Bulk, up to 20 Bulk,
can only be moved 5ft.
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Scale Color: Orange (Resistance to Fire)
Sodium Breath: Physical Save
Failure; Coated in Sodium, which explodes in a
5ft AOE for 4 Fire Damage on your next turn.
Anyone caught in the AOE may make a Physical
Save for Half Damage. A Target may only be
affected by one instance of this effect in a Round,
whether that be the initial explosion or an AOE.
Additionally, any Square containing water
immediately explodes.
Scale Color: Pink (Roll Twice on Willpower Saves
and take whichever result)
Bubble Breath: Physical Save
Failure; Target is Blind for 1d12 Rounds.
Additionally, any square hit by the Breath is now
considered a Slick Surface, with the DC being
based off your Breath Weapon. This effect lasts for
2d12 Minutes.
Scale Color: Red (Resistance to Fire)
Fire Breath: 6 Fire Damage
Scale Color: Silver (Resistance to Cold)
Frost Breath: 4 Cold Damage
Paralyzing Breath: Paralyzed 1d12 rounds
Scale Color: Violet (Resistance to Fire&Lightning)
Plasma Breath: 6 Fire/Lightning Damage (Counts as
both for any Weaknesses or Resistances.)
Additionally, you may focus your breath and make
a Plasma Spear Attack using Grit+Ranged To Hit, at
a range of 120ft. The Target does not get a Save.
Plasma Spear expends your use of Breath Weapon.
Scale Color: White (Resistance to Cold)
Frost Breath: 6 Cold Damage
Scale Color: Yellow (Resistance to Fire)
Salt Breath: 4 Fire Damage
Failure; In addition to the Damage, the Target has
a -2 to all Rolls that require movement, and their
movement is slowed by 10ft. This effect lasts until
the salt is washed with water.
 Horn Bash Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: Draconic Horns
Using your horns you may perform a Shield Bash
Action. Attacks with your horns gain a +1 to
Damage.
Ageless Cost: 40exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Blood
You no longer age, even by magical means.
Frightful Presence Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Dragon Blood
As a Free Action you may impose the magic in
your blood against any Target, or Target's, that
come within 60ft of you. These Targets make a
DC (12+Grit) Willpower Save.
Failure; Targets are Frightened of you until they
are more than 120ft from you or break line of
sight for 10min or more. They may also spend 2
Actions making another DC (12+Grit) Willpower
Save to shake the effect once they have gotten
distance. This can only be used on a Target once
per day.
If you are a Pink Dragon, this Talent is instead
called Comedic Presence. Rather than becoming
Frightened, Targets fall under the effect of the
Laughter Spell. If you have multiple Scale Colors,
you can purchase this Talent multiple times to
gain both Comedic Presence and Frightful
Presence, however only one may be used on a
Target within a day, regardless of whether they
Save or not.
Draconic Tail Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
You gain a Tail. This grants you a +2 Bonus to
Physical Saves. If you already have a tail this
costs 10exp less, and it is changed into more
reptilian appearance if it is not already.
Prehensile Tail Cost: 10exp
Prerequisite: Draconic Tail
Your tail is strong enough that it can grab and
manipulate objects, effectively acting as another
hand. Any attacks made with weapons held by
the tail suffer a -5 To Hit and do not add Str or
Agi.
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Tail Attack Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Draconic Tail
You can make a Melee Attack with your tail if
you are size category Large or greater. Damage is
based on Str only. This attack hits all Targets
behind you equal to half the space you take up
and automatically makes a Trip attempt that the
Target cannot make a counter Trip to.
Draconic Wings Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
You gain wings. Dependent on your Size you gain
a Flight Speed. This flight speed starts at 25ft for
Small, and increases by 5ft for every size
category increase.
Wing Attack Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Draconic Wings
You can make an attack with your wings if you
are size category Large or greater. This attack hits
all Targets on one side of you equal to half the
space you take up, Damage is based on Str only.
They must also make a DC 12+Str Physical Save
or be knocked back 5x(Str/2) feet and be
knocked Prone.
Draconic Growth Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
You increase by one size category. If you are Size
Small this Talent costs 40exp and you gain +2
Grit. If you are going from Size Medium to Large,
you gain a Natural Soak of 1, if you do not already
have a Natural Soak. If you are Large category
this costs 100exp. Increase the cost by 100exp for
every size category above Medium, and you gain a
+1 Natural Soak every time you increase in Size.
Natural Soak applies to Magical Damage.
Draconic Immunity Cost: 50exp
Prerequisite: Scaled Skin
You are now immune to Damage from the
Resistance given to you by one of your scale
colors. This can be taken multiple times, applying
to a different scale color each time, and costing
50exp more for ever Draconic Immunity Talent
you own.
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 Draconic Presence Cost: 30exp
Prerequisite: True Dragon
Your presence as a Dragon is truly awe inspiring.
When you take this Talent, you may add your
Moxy to your Grit Score for the purpose of Saves,
DC's, Checks, and maximum Wounds.

Draconic Shapeshift Cost: 50exp

Prerequisite: True Dragon
You may spend 2 Actions to revert yourself into
the form you had before you began to take
Draconic Talents. While in your reverted form
you cannot make bite, claw, tail, or wing Attacks,
and you cannot fly, however you retain all other
benefits. You may spend 2 Actions to change back
into your Draconic form.

A Dragons Lair Cost: 50exp

Prerequisite: True Dragon
As a True Dragon you have the power to establish
a Lair. This takes 1 week. A Lair is a building, or
some sort of complex that you own, such as a
network of caves or a castle or keep. A Lair must
be a fixed position and cannot be moved, although
you may claim a new Lair over the course of a
week. While within your Lair you gain the
following benefits:
-All Abilities are treated as 1 higher.
-You regain Wounds twice as fast.
-You always know who is in your Lair and their
general location, even if you are not inside it.
Furthermore you receive Bonuses depending on
the size of your Hoard. A Hoard is made up of
Items and Objects that are non-essential, such as
Silver, Art Pieces, Books, Misc. Items, Weapons,
Armor, and Magical Items. You receive the
following benefits from having a Hoard:
-You may retrieve any item from your Hoard as
an Action, however you cannot place items or
Objects into the Hoard this way.
-For every 10,000 Silver worth items within your
Hoard you gain a +1 Bonus to Checks.

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 Troubles
A Hat can only have a maximum of 5
Troubles when beginning, though they may be
gained through in-play events. Almost all Troubles
give you experience. A Trouble can only give exp
once, unless it specifies it can be taken multiple
times.
Much like Talents, there are Trouble Trees.
These Trees are just like Talent ones, with the only
exception being that they replace the Trouble,
rather than giving a Hat a new Trouble. However,
you do get to keep the exp gained from the replaced
Trouble.
Many Troubles can be Bought Out, meaning
that a Hat may spend the experience they got from
the Trouble in order to get rid of it. For instance, if
they received 30exp from a Trouble, they may Buy
Out that Trouble by spending 30exp. For some
Troubles there would be no reason to buy it out, for
others they will state they Cannot be Bought Out, or
have special conditions in order to get rid of them.
Accursed +30exp
You cannot gain Bonuses from Allies.
Alcoholic +30exp
You gain a cumulative -2 to Checks for every 24
hours you go without becoming Drunk. This
Trouble can only be Bought Out if the Hat goes 10
Days without getting Drunk.
Ambilevous +30exp
You're an utter klutz when it comes to any task
having to do with your hands. -5 to any Skill
Check you use your hands for. You need both
hands in order to take this Talent.
Bad Luck +40exp
You automatically fail any Luck Roll. The Talent
Twisted Fortune has no effect for you.
Bad Reputation +20exp
You have a -5 to any Moxy Check in any area that
has heard of you. Alternatively you can specify a
race, and all Moxy Checks involving that race are
at -10.
Bad Spender +20exp
You lose half of your Silver. This loss is before
buying equipment.
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Bankrupt +30exp
Prerequisite: Bad Spender
You start with no Silver, a Basic Outfit and only
equipment offered by your Background. This loss
is before buying equipment.
This replaces the Talent Bad Spender when
calculating a Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp
gained from it.
Bleeder +20exp
You bleed quite a lot, quite easily. Make your Grit
saves at a -2 to Stabilize when downed.
Bloodthirsty +20exp
If you Down a Target, you must make a DC 12
Willpower Save. If you fail the Check you must
spend an Action to Coup De Grace the Target.
Covetous +20exp
You must always be wearing undamaged and
clean Fine or Extravagant Clothing and/or
Jewelry worth at least 50 Silver. If you do not
meet these requirements you receive a -5 penalty
to all Skill Checks and Saves.
Child +50exp
Your Hat's age begins 5+ years bellow the Adult
Age of your race. You receive a -1 to Grt, Str, Ref,
Smt, Int, and permanently lose 2 Wounds. You
gain a +1 to Agi and Moxy.
Criminal Brand +30exp
You have a Criminal Brand on the back of one of
your shoulders. You are marked as below society,
and there is a 200 Silver reward for turning you
in to the authorities. This Trouble Cannot be
Bought Out and can only be removed by a quest or
similar great undertaking decided by the
Storyteller.
Cursed +50exp
You receive a -2 to all Checks. This Trouble
Cannot be Bought Out and can only be removed by
a quest or similar great undertaking decided by
the Storyteller.
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 Code of Honor +40exp
Code of the Bullet/Arrow. A Hat under this Code
never kills anyone that they are not paid to kill,
or someone they cannot collect a Bounty on. This
also involves not leaving collateral Damage. Hats
who take this version of Code of Honor lose 10
exp for every unintentional and/or unpaid
murder they commit. Retaliating in self-defense
does not cause them to lose exp.
Code of the Gun/Blade. The Hat who follows this
Code maintains a strict sense of personal honor.
The character will not kill a person who is no
longer a threat to them, take lethal action against
an opponent who is unaware or unprepared for an
attack, or knowingly take an action that could kill
someone who is obviously defenseless. The Hat
loses 10 exp per unarmed or defenseless person
that they knowingly kill or allow to be killed
through their action/inaction. Retaliating in self-
defense does not cause them to lose exp even if
the attacker is unarmed. They lose 20 exp if they
willingly shoot/stab/hit someone in the back.
Code of the Holster/Scabbard. Violence is the last
resort. The Hat must always attempt a nonviolent
end to a problem before attacking, unless being
attacked. If they willingly do not attempt other
avenues to end a conflict, they lose 20 exp.
Debt +0exp
When you take this Trouble it gives you no
experience. However, instead you get a large sum
of Silver. But this Silver comes at at a cost of
owing that Silver to someone or some
organization. The exact details of this Debt, and
how you are to repay it, will be worked out
between you and you Storyteller.
Family Member or Close Friend. Gain 100 Silver.
You owe someone in your family, or perhaps a
close friend, a rather hefty sum of money.
Bank. Gain between 50 and 500 Silver. A Bank
Loan will accrue Interest, as determined by the
Storyteller, and they are liable to put a hefty
bounty on a Hat who they believe is attempting to
skip out on their loan.
Crime Organization. Gain between 500 and 1,000
Silver.
It's dangerous to deal with the criminal
underworld, and the debt you owe to them is going
to be a far heftier price than what they gave. You
can imagine what kinds of things they will do if a
Hat attempts to skip out on this debt.
This Trouble may be taken multiple times.
Cannot be Bought Out, the Debt, and interest, must
be paid in order to remove this Trouble.
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Dependents +10exp
You have family that depends on you for their
survival. This could be children, spouse, or
elderly parents. This requires you to send them
money, and check up on them fairly regularly.
These are also people that may need you at a
moments notice, causing you to drop what you're
doing and go to them. This Trouble Cannot be
Bought Out.
Eye Loss +30exp
Bad news: You're missing an eye
Good news: You get to pick which one!
-5 to Perception, -1 to Both Firearms and Ranged.
This Talent cannot be taken multiple times.
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
Glass Jaw +30exp
You take Double Damage from Nonlethal sources.
Gremlins +20exp
You have a -10 when interacting with Machinery,
Gadgets, or Firearms
Hard of Hearing +20exp
You can't hear very well, -5 on any Checks having
to do with sound. This Trouble Cannot be Bought
Out.
Deaf +30exp
Prerequisite: Hard of Hearing
You permanently have the Deafened Condition.
This replaces the Talent Hard of Hearing when
calculating a Hat's max Troubles, but you still
keep the exp gained from it. This Trouble Cannot
be Bought Out. The Talent Lip Reading and Sign
Language may be bought at Half the exp cost.
Haunted +20exp
Followed by one, or multiple, malevolent spirits
that cause minor mishaps, such as a gust of wind
catching a door and causing it to slam, or
something that you drop rolling absurdly far away
or under an object, or a table shifting in just the
right way and causing you to shin yourself. This
Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
 Heretic +20exp
You have a grudge against a God, or a God has
something against you. You cannot gain any
benefits from that God, Talents involving that God,
or Spells cast using Spirit Magic from someone
who follows that God. On the other side, Spirit
cast Spells from that God that would deal Damage
or cause you some sort of detriment have a +2 To
Hit or any DC's. This Trouble Cannot be Bought
Out and can only be removed by a quest or
similar great undertaking decided by the
Storyteller.
Atheist +40exp
Prerequisite: Heretic
You have a grudge against all the Gods, or all the
Gods have something against you. You cannot gain
any benefits from any Gods, Talents involving
Gods, or Spells cast using Spirit Magic. On the
other side, Spirit cast Spells from any God that
would deal Damage or cause you some sort of
detriment have a +2 To Hit or any DC's
This replaces the Talent Heretic when calculating
a Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp gained
from it. This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out and
can only be removed by a quest or similar great
undertaking decided by the Storyteller.
Illiterate +30exp
You cannot read or write. This Trouble Cannot be
Bought Out, unless the Hat has someone who has
been teaching them to read and write.
Infamous +30exp
Any NPC that you come across has a chance to
know who you are, at Storyteller's discretion. If
an NPC knows who you are, adjust their
temperament one step towards Hostile. If they are
already Hostile towards the Hat, then they receive
a -5 Bonus to Moxy based Checks. (You cannot
have this Trouble and the Talent Famous) This
Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
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Insomnia +30exp
Whenever you take a long rest, you must first
succeed at a DC 12 Check, on a failed roll you do
not gain the benefits of resting, but are still
counted as having slept. After two days of no
sleep you gain the Fatigue Condition. Fatigue from
Insomnia does not stack, however gaining Fatigue
from another source does stack into Exhaustion.
If you are Fatigued the DC is lowered to 8.
Limp +10exp
Well, you have a bit of a limp.
-5 feet of movement. -1 to Ride Checks.
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
Bad Leg +10exp
Prerequisite: Limp
Yeah that's a noticeable limp.
-10 feet of movement, -3 to Ride Checks.
This replaces the Talent Limp when calculating a
Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp gained from
all previous in tree.
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
Missing Foot +10exp
Prerequisite: Limp
Oh, you're foots gone.
-10 feet of movement, -3 to Ride Checks.
This replaces the Talent Limp when calculating a
Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp gained from
all previous in tree.
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
Missing Leg +10exp
Prerequisite: Missing Foot
Uhh...yeah, it's gone now.
-15 feet of movement. -4 to Ride Checks.
This replaces the Talent Bad Leg when calculating
a Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp gained
from all previous in tree.
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
Magically Inept +20exp
Anytime you use Arcane or Nature Magic, you
must succeed a Luck Roll after making your
Backlash Roll. If you fail the Luck roll the Spell
fails, Lucidity Damage is still taken.
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 Magically Inverted +40exp Missing Arm +10exp
Receive the opposite effect of any Spell cast on Prerequisite: Missing Forearm
you, such as Fire doing Cold, Necrotic Healing you,
-4 to Ride Checks, -4 to Sleight of Hand Checks, -4
or Healing dealing Damage. This also includes any
to Brawl Checks.
sort of Buff or Bonus becoming something
Cannot dual wield, use Ranged, or Firearm
negative and vice versa. This Trouble Cannot be
(Heavy). If you have the Talent Runs on All Fours,
Bought Out.
you gain a -10ft of movement and -2 Dodge when
taking the Run Action.
Mechanically Inept +20exp This replaces the Talent Missing Forearm when
Anytime you use machinery, gadgets, or firearms, calculating a Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp
you must make a Luck Roll in order to gained from all previous in tree.
successfully operate it. Failing this roll still burns This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
Fuel, and will cause Damage to it.
Mute +40exp
Missing Fingers +10exp You cannot communicate verbally. The Talent
Missing one, or most...fingers are fingers. Sign Language may be bought at Half the exp cost.
-1 to Ride, -1 to Sleight of Hand, -1 to Firearm
(Heavy), -1 to Ranged, -1 to Brawl. Paranoia +30exp
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out.
At the Storytellers discretion, make a DC 12 Fear
Save! At any time! At any moment!
Missing Hand +10exp
Prerequisite: Missing Fingers Phobia +20exp
-2 to Ride Checks, -2 to Sleight of Hand Checks, You have a phobia pertaining to something.
and -2 to Brawl Checks. Whenever dealing with your phobia, or the cause
Cannot dual wield, use Ranged, or Firearm of your phobia is nearby in the case of it being a
(Heavy). If you have the Talent Runs on All Fours, physical thing, you receive a -5 to all Checks.
you gain a -5ft of movement and -1 Dodge when Alternatively you can take a -10 to all Checks for
taking the Run Action. +30exp Bonus instead of +20. This Trouble may be
This replaces the Talent Missing Fingers when taken multiple times.
calculating a Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp Achluophobia Fear of darkness
gained from both. Acrophobia Fear of heights
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out. Arachnophobia Fear of spiders
Aichmophobia Fear of sharp/pointy stuff
Missing Forearm +10exp Aquaphobia Fear of water
Autophobia Fear of being alone
Prerequisite: Missing Hand Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians
-3 to Ride Checks, -3 to Sleight of Hand Checks, -3 Bibliophobia Fear of books
to Brawl Checks. Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors
Cannot dual wield, use Ranged, or Firearm Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks
(Heavy). If you have the Talent Runs on All Fours, Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces
you gain a -10ft of movement and -2 Dodge when Cynophobia Fear of dogs
taking the Run Action. Elurophobia Fear of cats
This replaces the Talent Missing Hand when Equinophobia Fear of horses
calculating a Hat's max Troubles, but you keep exp Hemophobia Fear of blood
gained from all previous in tree. Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out. Iatrophobia Fear of doctors
Technophobia Fear of technology
This Trouble can only be Bought Out if the Hat
makes a serious effort to get over their fear, or
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 Poor Eyesight +30exp
You can't see very well, -5 on any Checks having
to do with sight. This Trouble Cannot be Bought
Out. You need both eyes to take this Talent.
Blind +30exp
Prerequisite: Poor Eyesight
You permanently have the Blinded Condition.
This replaces Poor Eyesight, but you keep exp
gained from both. This Trouble Cannot be Bought
Out. The Talent Blind-Fight may be bought at Half
the exp cost.
Scarring +10exp
You have a visible Scar somewhere that makes it
easier to recognize you. Any Check made to
identify you receives a +5 Bonus.
Severe Scarring +10exp
Prerequisite: Scarring
You have a visible Severe Scar, or several,
somewhere that makes it easier to recognize you.
Any Check made to identify you receives a +10
Bonus. This replaces Scarring, but you keep exp
gained from both. This Trouble Cannot be Bought
Out.
Scatter Brained +40exp
-5 to Appraise, Investigate, and Perception Checks.
Slow Learner +50exp
When you gain experience points, you only get
half. This Trouble is intended for longer form
games. A Storyteller may choose to not allow you
to take this Trouble.
Single Minded +20exp
Once you make an Attack you cannot change to a
new Target when Attacking until the Target is
Downed. The only time you are able to change
Targets early is if a Target Damages you, or if you
lose track of the Target.
Tenderfoot +30exp
You fail any Check caused by Environmental
Hazards.
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Traumatized +30exp
When you gain this Trouble you choose one of the
following broad categories:
-Warfare
-Critters
-Natural Disasters
-Directional Confusion
-Loud Noises
-Others Getting Hurt
-Authority
-Abandonment
If the Storyteller decides that something happens
that could be connected to your Trauma, they may
call you to make a Trauma Roll. A Trauma Roll is
a DC 12 Check, and you gain a -2 to all rolls if you
fail this roll. This -2 is accumulative per failed
Trauma Roll and does not go away until your Hat
takes either a Short or Long Rest.
You may take Traumatized multiple times.
This Trouble Cannot be Bought Out, but may be
removed with therapy.
Two Left Feet +30exp
Anytime you take the Run Action, or make two
Movement Actions on the same Turn, you must
make a DC 12 Physical Save, if you fail this you
trip and fall Prone after traveling half your
Movement Speed.
If you make a Perform Check you must roll twice
and take the lower roll.
Wanted: Alive +20exp
100 Silver Reward for your capture. This Trouble
Cannot be Bought Out and can only be removed by
a quest or similar great undertaking decided by
the Storyteller.
Wanted: Dead or Alive +20exp
Prerequisite: Wanted: Alive
500 Silver Reward for your capture or corpse.
This replaces the previous Wanted Talent, but you
still gain the exp from it. This Trouble Cannot be
Bought Out and can only be removed by a quest or
similar great undertaking decided by the
Storyteller.
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Prerequisite: Wanted: Dead or Alive
1000 Silver Reward for your corpse.
This replaces the previous Wanted Talents, but
you still gain the exp from them. This Trouble
Cannot be Bought Out and can only be removed by
a quest or similar great undertaking decided by
the Storyteller.
NOTE: Your Hat probably wont last long.

Weak Constitution +30exp

You automatically fail Grit Saves.

Yellow Belly +20exp

Every turn in combat you must make a DC 12
Check, if you fail the only Actions you can take
on your turn are to Take Cover, or move away
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 Crafting Talents
Crafting Talents are things that your Hat
has taken the time to study, and learn. You can
craft or make anything you would like with a basic
roll with a -5 penalty, but having a Crafting Talent
makes you better at it by allowing you to ignore the
penalty and instead add a Bonus to it. This Bonus
uses the totals of two Skills from different
categories. These skills are not what is actually
being used for the Crafting Talent, but more a
reference for a Hats personal experience in the
category. When a Crafting Talent uses a Smarts
based Skill, Knowledge Skills may be used.
Material Costs for crafting is 1/4th the cost
to purchase the item at it's base price. The time it
takes to craft one item is 1 hour times Bulk value. A
Bulk 0 item takes 20 minutes if it's value is under
10 Silver. A Bulk 0 item with a value more than 10
Silver takes 1 hour. Ammo takes 20 minutes for 5
of the item. The DC for crafting is about the quality
of the crafted item in question.
Bellow 3 Horrible Quality.
4-12, Bad Quality.
13-15 Poor Quality.
16-24, Good Quality.
25-30, Superb Quality.
30+ Amazing Quality.
Items are then valued at their quality:
Horrible: 1/10th value
Bad: 1/5 value
Poor: 1/2 value
Good: equal value
Superb: 1.5x value
Amazing: 2x value
Complications: Mundane Crafting only gets
Complications if Bad Luck is rolled, this
Complication is chosen by the Storyteller or by
rolling a D12.
1-5, Mistake. Your Hat made a serious
mistake while crafting, which ended up causing
them to fail and ruin the materials.
6-9, Poor Environment. It wasn't something
your Hat had any control over, but something about
the place they were crafting was off and ended up
causing them to fail.
10-12, Stolen. Either the materials you were
using, or the finished product was Stolen from
your Hat.
While the Crafter would know the Quality
of something made, for someone else to Identify
the Quality and value of an Item requires a DC 15
Appraise Check. Failing this Check makes you
think the value is something that is inaccurate.
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Baking and Cooking Cost: 20exp
You know how to bake and cook. You may use the
Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based
Skill for baking and cooking Checks. Food of Bad
Quality or lower requires a DC 12 Grit Save to be
consumed. If Failed, they gain the Nauseated
Condition for hours equal to how much they failed
the save by.
Brewing Cost: 20exp
You know how to brew alcohol. You may use the
Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based
Skill for Brewing Checks. Alcohol of Bad Quality
or lower requires a DC 12 Grit Save to be
consumed. If Failed, they gain the Nauseated
Condition for hours equal to how much they failed
the save by.
Calligraphy Cost: 20exp
You know how to create interesting pictures and
designs with words. You may use the Total of 1
Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based Skill
Calligraphy Checks.
Carpentry Cost: 20exp
You know how to use Carpentry tools and work
wood. You may use You may use the Total of 1
Smarts based Skill + 1 Strength based Skill for
Carpentry Checks.
Clothier Cost: 20exp
You know how to make clothing, as well as Nets.
You may use the Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1
Smarts based Skill for Clothier Checks.
Glasswork Cost: 20exp
You know how to make things from glass. You
may use the Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1
Smarts based Skill for Glasswork Checks.
Gunsmithing Cost: 20exp
You know how to make Firearms and Bullets. You
may use 1 Smarts based Skill + Firearms (Light or
Heavy depending on which is being crafted) to
craft bullets, or to make Firearms. Firearms and
Bullets of Bad Quality or lower are unusable and
in the case of bullets will cause a gun to jam. You
may also make Firearm Modifications at Half the
cost and take 1 Hour to perform per 10 Silver of
the original price.
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 Jewelry Cost: 20exp Blacksmithing Cost: 20exp
You know how to make Jewelry. You may use You know how to work a forge and make basic
Appraise + 1 other Smarts based Skill for Jewelry metal tools and objects, but not weapons, armor or
Checks. firearms. You may use the Total of 1 Smarts based
Skill + 1 Strength based Skill for Blacksmithing
Leatherwork Cost: 20exp Checks.

You know how to work leather. You may use the

Craft Armor Cost: 20exp
Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based
Skill for Leatherwork Checks. Prerequisite: Blacksmithing
You can craft armor and shields. You must
Masonry Cost: 20exp succeed a 12+Dodge DC Blacksmithing Check
You know how to work stone. You may use the before making a Quality Check.
Total of 1 Smarts based Skill + 1 Strength based Poor quality receives a -1 to Dodge.
Skill for Masonry Checks. Bad Quality receives a -2 to Dodge and -1 to Soak.
Horrible Quality receives -5 to Dodge and -2 to
Soak.
Painting Cost: 20exp
You know how to paint. You may use the Total of Craft Weapon Basic Cost: 20exp
1 Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based Skill for
Painting Checks. Prerequisite: Blacksmithing
You can craft Basic Melee Weapons and Darts.
Pottery Cost: 20exp You must succeed a 16+Damage DC Blacksmithing
Check before making a Quality Check.
You know how to make Pottery. You may use the
Poor quality receives a -1 to Damage.
Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based
Bad Quality receives a -2 to to Damage.
Skill for Pottery Checks.
Horrible Quality receives a -3 to Damage.

Trapper Cost: 20exp

You know how to make traps, hunt and skin
animals. You may use the Total of 1 Intuition
based Skill + 1 Smarts based Skill for Trapper
Checks.
Wood Carving Cost: 20exp
You know how to carve wood. You may use the
Total of 1 Agility based Skill + 1 Smarts based
Skill for Wood Carving Checks. This may be used
to craft Bows, Crossbows, Javelins, Blowguns,
Arrows and Bolts. Any of Bad Quality or lower
are unusable.
Craft Weapon Advanced Cost: 20exp
Prerequisite: Blacksmithing
You can craft Advanced Melee Weapons and
Sharp Cards. You must succeed a 16+Damage DC
Blacksmithing Check before making a Quality
Check.
Poor quality receives a -1 to Damage.
Bad Quality receives a -2 to to Damage.
Horrible Quality receives a -3 to Damage.

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 Chapter 7: Gear
Silver
Every Hat starts out with nothing but some
Silver and the starting equipment they get from
their Background. Specifically 100 Silver. This
Silver can be used to purchase any gear that you
think you're going to need as you travel the world.
What you have on you can be almost as important
as the skills you've chosen. Also listed at the
beginning of the Gear section is Carrying Capacity
and how to calculate how much weight your Hat
can carry.
Any sort of mount that a Hat gains at
creation is assumed to come with a saddle, bit,
bridle and reigns.
Similarly any weapon or Firearm bought
during Hat creation comes with an appropriate way
to carry it, such as a pistol having a holster, or rifle
having a carrying strap.
Remember to buy ammo.
In a physical sense, a Silver is a bit less
than an inch and a half in diameter and very light.
Though not completely made of the mineral silver,
they are mostly silver and are silver in color,
hence their name. They have a stamped or cast
image on one side, depicting special pictures
depending on where they were minted. A Silver
coin gives off a very faint magical aura of
Abjuration, Evocation and Transmutation. There
are quite a lot of permits that need to be acquired
in order to produce coins, as well as very special
machines. The manufacture of fake or unofficial
Silver coins is considered a very serious offense
and all those involved will gain a high Wanted:
Dead or Alive bounty. In order to determine fake
coins, banks have special Coin Brush's that do
nothing to real coins, but will paint a heavy red line
across fake ones.
A more valuable coin than Silver, is called
a King's Piece. A King's Piece is a Bulk 0 item, and
is worth 1,000 Silver. A Coin Brush will also
determine if a King's Piece is authentic.
Bank Notes: When a Hat wants to keep
their money safe, they can go and let it sit in a
bank. Getting a loan from a bank is quite easy,
especially from larger ones. All Bank Notes will
include: the banks name, the amount, interest rate,
date, signature of the teller and recipient, an
approval seal, and a duplicate to be kept at the
bank. Someone caught forging Bank Notes will gain
a Wanted: Dead or Alive bounty.
A bank in a small city will have a few
different methods to try and make sure that it's
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difficult to fake a Bank Note, with markings on the
paper, or a specific phrase. Smaller banks will only
accept Bank Notes given by that specific bank.
Larger banks have many a much tighter
security, such as magical papers and inks. Bank
Notes from large banks tend to be accepted in
every large city, as it's quite easy to contact
another bank and confirm the validity of the Note.
Loans: All loans are given an interest rate
of about 2% per month, and will generally be no
more than 500 Silver.
Banking Silver: Money stored in a larger
bank will slowly increase, though it is only at a
0.05% yearly increase.
Bulk
Bulk is how difficult it is to carry an item.
This takes into account the size and weight of an
item. Larger and more cumbersome items will have
greater Bulk values, while smaller items will have
a 0 Bulk value
10 Bulk 0 items is equivalent to 1 Bulk.
10 Silver count as one 0 Bulk item.
10 Bullets count as one 0 Bulk item.
Items that are being worn, such as clothes and
Armor, do not count against Bulk.
Carrying & Lifting
Bulk Capacity: How much Bulk your Hat
can carry and is dependent on their Size and
Strength. A Small Hat has a Size of 2, Medium has
a size of 4, and a Large has a size of 6. For every
size category greater than Large, add 2. To calculate
your Capacity it is: (Size*2)+Str. So if you are of
Medium Size with a +1 Str, your Carrying Capacity
is 9 Bulk.
Encumbrance: When you are carrying
over your Bulk limit you are Encumbered, your
speed is halved and you take -4 to all Skill Checks.
If you are carrying over twice your maximum Bulk
limit, your speed is 0.
Pushing, Dragging, Lifting: You can push,
drag, or lift up to twice your Bulk. When pushing,
dragging, or lifting something over your Bulk your
speed is decreased by 5ft, and you can only push,
drag, or lift them for an amount of rounds equal to
Grt+2. If you continue the action past your limit,
you will take 1 Nonlethal Damage and gain Fatigue
every round. You must rest for twice the amount of
rounds you were pushing, dragging, or lifting before
this limit resets.
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 Objects
An Object refers to any physical item. This
can be Armor, a Weapon, a Shield, Clothes, a
backpack, Furniture, a wall, a rock, anything that
cannot move on it's own.

Object Dodge, Hardness & HP

Sometimes an Object will take Damage,
either on purpose or on accident. For how hard it is
to hit, an Object's Dodge is equal to the Target
holding, wearing, or wielding if it is over 4 Bulk, +5
if it is 3 or lower, or +10 if the Objects Bulk is 0. If
the object is Unattended, essentially not being held,
used, or moved, it's Dodge is 6 if it over Bulk 4, 12 if
it is 3 or lower, or 20 if it's Bulk is 0.
Hardness is an Objects Soak value. Unlike
Soak, Hardness will also negate Damage from
normally Unsoakable Damage, not including
Damage from a Magical source.
HP is short for Hard Points, this
essentially how many Wounds an Object has. An
Object that is reduced to 0 HP is either broken, or
Destroyed.
The Hardness of Armor, Shields, Firearms,
and Other Weapons is Bulk+1, and any Soak they
have, if any.
The HP of Armor, Shields, Firearms and
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Armor Cost Dodge & Soak Bulk Notes
Basic Armor
Padded Cloth 5S Dodge 11, 1 Soak 1
Hardened Leather 10 S Dodge 13, 1 Soak 1 Includes Padded Cloth

Gambeson 20 S Dodge 14, 1 Soak 1

Armored Duster 50 S Dodge 15, 1 Soak 1
Breast Plate 200 S Dodge 16, 1 Soak 1
Advanced Armor
Hide 115 S Dodge 16, 2 Soak 2
Chain Mail 40 S Dodge 16, 2 Soak 2 Includes Gambeson, -10 to Stealth

Scale Mail 300 S Dodge 17, 2 Soak 3 Includes Gambeson, -10 to Stealth

Plate Armor 1000 S Dodge 18, 2 Soak 3 Includes Gambeson & Chain Mail, -10 to Stealth

Shields
Dodge Bonus if Worn, Soak Bonus if held.
Buckler 5S +1 Dodge OR +1 Soak 1
Light, Parry
Shield, Medium 20 S +2 Dodge & +1 Soak 1 Heavy

Shield, Heavy 50 S +3 Dodge & +2 Soak 2 Heavy, -2 to Stealth

Shield, Tower 100 S +4 Dodge & +2 Soak
Armor
Armor sets you base Dodge up from the
base 10, and Soak up from it's base 0. The increase
above 10 is considered your Dodge Bonus. Dodge is
how hard a Hat is to hit, and Soak is how much
Damage is absorbed by the armor. Soak gained
from armor does not stack, and does not Soak
Damage from magical sources unless the armor is
magical. Worn Basic Armor does not add to Bulk,
but Advanced Armors do.
Basic Armors: Your basic armors are the
type that don't need special training to be able to
move effectively in, and don't need to be custom fit
to a Hat, unless the Hat is smaller than Small or
larger than Large.
The HP and Hardness of Basic Armor is
listed at the end of Object Dodge, Hardness & HP.
Padded Cloth: The simplest type of armor
and the easiest to get hold of, barely more than
simple cloth. Most types of armor use Padded Cloth
or Gambeson in some form or another to give the
armors user padding. Padded Cloth is thin enough
and flexible enough to be worn under normal
clothing. Usually worn by people who aren't
expecting to face lethal combat or any more than a
basic fist fight.
4 Counts as Partial Cover for others. Heavy. Cannot
be used while riding. Counts as a stable surface.
-5 to Stealth
Hardened Leather: Made up of multiple
pieces of leather, boiled to toughen them and
stitched together. Worn over Padded Cloth, both to
increase comfort and improving it's basic defense.
The total Dodge Bonus of these two Armor's is 13.
A bit outdated in modern society and usually only
worn by those either going for some sort of specific
look or wearing it as some part of tradition.
Gambeson: A padded defensive jacket
either worn by itself, or worn under Mail or Plate
as an upgrade to Padded Cloth. With a staggeringly
high thread count and multiple layers all stitched
together, it's good enough to stop arrows.
Armored Duster: A staple of your average
Hat, easy to use, decent defense, and doesn't get in
the way. Some like to wear them long, some wear
them short more like jackets than a true Duster.
Breast Plate: A big piece of hardened metal
to keep those vital organs safe. Often worn
underneath loose clothing, a surprising little thing
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duty armors. If you aren't Trained to use them you
take a -4 penalty to Dodge. Also if they are not
custom fit to you, you take a -2 to Dodge, this is in
addition to the -4 if you're not Trained. A quick trip
to a Blacksmith and 50 Silver is all it takes to get
armor fitted for someone between size Small and
Large. To fit Armor for smaller costs 40 Silver. For
larger than Large, costs 200 Silver per Size
Increase and crafting materials must be provided at
additional cost.
The HP and Hardness of Advanced Armor
is listed at the end of Object Dodge, Hardness & HP.
Hide: A lot better than Hardened Leather,
and a lot easier to move in. Rather than allowing a
pelt to fully dry out, the fur is left on and it is
treated with special chemicals to toughen it
without adding too much rigidity and is the only
Advanced Armor that doesn't require Gambeson.
Much like Hardened Leather, Hide is outdated and
usually only worn by Wolf Knights.
Chain Mail: Hardened steel rings,
interlocked together into a long sleeved shirt, a
coif, and pants. Worn over Gambeson to increase
protectiveness and comfort. The total Dodge Bonus
of these two Armor's is 16. Some incorporate
different colored rings to depict patterns or crests.
This armor gives a -10 to Stealth Checks.
Scale Mail: Thousands of metal scales
woven together, much like Chain Mail but with a bit
of added buffer over the surface. Like Chain Mail it
is worn over Gambeson, and elaborately painted in
one way or another for different purposes. The
total Dodge Bonus of these two Armor's is 17.
Known as the staple of Dragon Knights across the
world, but not exclusive to them.
This armor gives a -10 to Stealth Checks.
Plate Armor: At the height of wearable
armored defense is Plate. Gambeson on the
innermost layer, Chain Mail over that to protect the
joints and gaps in the large solid metal plates that
compose the Plate Armor. The total Dodge Bonus of
wearing all these layers of Armor is 18. Expensive,
sturdy, and definitely shiny. You cannot Squeeze
into tight spaces while wearing Plate Armor.
This armor gives a -10 to Stealth Checks.
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Shields
Shields are for those who want a bit of
extra defense on top of their armor, or they need a
bit more because they don't have any armor.
Shields require Training to use properly, and if you
are untrained in shields you only get half of the
Dodge Bonus, and gain no additional Soak. A shield
can either be held, or worn. A held shield can be
retrieved just as you could a weapon. The downfall
to a shield is that if it is being held your Hat no
longer has the ability to use that hand for other
things. To wear a shield takes one Round to put it
on, but then you are able to hold things in that
hand, but cannot make attacks with things held.
If a Target is wielding 2 shields, they do not
receive the Soak of the lowest value shield and
only half the Dodge Bonus from the higher value
shield. A Target who is wielding a Shield in their
main hand may add their Str Bonus to bashing. See
Attack Actions for making Shield Bashes.
The HP and Hardness of Shields is listed
at the end of Object Dodge, Hardness & HP.
Buckler: A small rounded piece of leather,
sometimes with metal to strengthen it. Usually
worn or held in the off hand to parry incoming
attacks. A Buckler may be Worn and still allow the
wearer to use Two-Handed weapons.
Medium: A fairly large piece of wood, or
metal that has been shaped to be held or worn on
the arm to assist in blocking blows or attacks.
Usually only a few feet in diameter.
Heavy: Usually made from thick metal and
quite large. Often extending from thigh to neck and
wide enough to completely cover from one
shoulder to the other.
This Shield gives a -2 to Stealth Checks.
Tower: Sometimes referred to as The
Mobile Wall, this huge piece of metal is large
enough that even when the bottom is placed on the
ground the user doesn't even need to lower their
head to get behind it. It extends well past the
shoulders of the user. You cannot Squeeze into
tight spaces with a Tower Shield.
This Shield gives a -5 to Stealth Checks.
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Firearms are the bread and butter of Pistol
Dust, and are what you'll most commonly be up
against in combat.
All Firearms count as Machines. There are
Light Firearms, Heavy Firearms, and then Cart &
Stationary Firearms. Light firearms are your one
handed weapons, Pistols. Heavy Firearms are
Rifles and Shotguns and require 2 hands in order
to fire. Cart and Stationary are your really big
weapons, like Gatling guns and cannons.
The HP and Hardness of Firearms is listed
at the end of Object Dodge, Hardness & HP.
In addition to the Damage that Firearms do
normally, if when shooting you beat the Targets
Dodge by 10 or more, you gain +1 to Damage. This
Damage Bonus increases by 1 for every 10 you beat
a Targets Dodge.
Range Band
Range Band is how far a Firearm can shoot
reliably. Every time a shot goes over a Range Band
you get a -1 to your roll at every Increment step.
This is to represent the difficulty of hitting a Target
that is farther away.
So let's say you have a Medium Pistol,
which has a Range Band of 10, and the Target is
10ft away, you have no penalty.
But if they are 15-20ft away, you get a -1 To
Hit. 25-30ft away, -2 To Hit. 35-40ft away, -3 To Hit,
etc.
Taking the Aim Action can allow you to
more easily hit Targets when they are several
Range Bands away.
Pistols
Hold-Out: These are the smallest of pistols,
and the smallest type of any firearm. They don't do
much Damage and hold only a couple rounds, but
they are extremely easy to hide, granting a +20 to
conceal them.
Pistol, Small: On the rather small end as
far as pistols go, but nonetheless still managing to
pack a punch. These are the choice of those who
don't want to look like much of a threat while still
being able to protect themselves. They are also an
exception to the Bulk Limit of Hidden Weapons,
allowing them to be used despite not being Bulk 0.
Pistol, Medium: The typical Firearm, the
one that most carry. The easiest kind of firearm to
find, and considered to be the most reliable.
Pistol, Large: The biggest pistol around. The
end-all be-all shoot-all. It's big, it's loud, and it will
punch holes into things.
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Rifle, Medium: Medium rifles come in two
varieties, single-shot and clipped. Once fired, a
single-shot takes a Minor Action to reload with its
next shot. A clipped-rifle takes one Action to
remove and replace a spent clip. Occupies both
hands in order to be shot.
Rifle, Large: Like Medium rifles, Large
Rifles come in two varieties, single-shot and
clipped. A Large Rifle also boasts a larger Range
Band, allowing it to shoot farther than a Medium
Rifle. Once fired, a single-shot takes a Minor
Action to reload with its next shot. A clipped-rifle
takes one Action to remove and replace a spent
clip. Occupies both hands in order to be shot.
Clips: A clip can be changed out quickly, but
it takes 2 Rounds to fill an empty clip with bullets.
Clips do not cost any extra Silver when purchasing
bullets.
Shotguns
Spread: Rather than becoming harder to hit
a Target, a Shotgun instead deals less Damage. A
Shotgun receives -1 Damage per range band after
the first. This also means that they hit all Targets
in a line until they hit 0 Damage.
Coach Gun: If you want something that
packs the biggest punch, it's a Couch Gun. Two large
barrels, each capable of obliterating whatever is in
front of them. Occupies both hands in order to be
shot.
Special Action: Double Barrel. You may spend 1
Action to make one attack roll firing two shots
simultaneously.
Lever-Action: A Lever-Action is the other
type of basic Shotgun that can be found. Able to
manage the spread better than the Coach Gun while
still packing a good punch.
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Cart Mounted and Stationary Firearms are
large and unwieldy. You do not get to add either
Firearm Skills to Attacks made with either.
Cart Mounted: When a large Firearm is
mounted onto a cart or wagon, it allows it to be
easily moved from one location to another. As well
as taking up their Bulk value in the carts carry
capacity, they also halve the total Bulk that a cart is
able to carry.
Stationary: These have been secured to
their position but can be turned and aimed.
Gatling Gun: This type of Firearm, whether
Cart Mounted or Stationary, requires an Ammo
Belt in order to be fired. An Ammo Belt takes 2
Actions to change out. A Gatling Gun fires 3 shots
per Action spent shooting it, with a maximum of 6
shots per Round. Gatling Guns that are Cart
Mounted or Stationary are most often capable of
turning a full 360 degrees.
Cannon: Whether Cart Mounted or
Stationary a Cannon requires not only a
Cannonball, but also Gunpowder in order to be
fired. It takes all a Hat's Actions to reload a
Cannon. 1 Action must be spent to aim a cannon,
note this is different from the Aim Action. A
Cannon must also be lit before it can fire. Often a
Cannon has its own Cart that allows it to be moved.
This Cart cannot hold anything aside from the
Cannon. A Stationary Cannon tends to only have a
turning radius of 90 degrees.
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Ammunition
All Firearms and Ranged Weapons require
ammunition of some sort. Each type corresponding
to certain kinds of weapons. Ammo is not
interchangeable between types, nor between
Pistols and Rifles.
10 Rounds of Ammunition is equal to a 0
Bulk item.
Magical Ammunition
Many places have access to Magical
Ammunition, which is ammunition that has been
enchanted by a Gun Caster who has an Arcane of
2. When a Hat buys bullets, if they are available,
they can have 10 of the bullets be enchanted with
certain effects as listed, for an increase in cost. A
Hat doesn't need to have all the bullets enchanted
and can have more than just 10 be enchanted. And
for the sake of argument, yes you can enchant a
cannonball, but the price only applies to one
cannonball.
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Firearm (Light) Cost Damage Caliber Shots Range Band Bulk
Pistols
Hold-Out 8S 3 .22 2 5ft 0
Pistol, Small 11 S 3 .26 6 10ft 1
Pistol, Medium 16 S 4 .40 6 10ft 1
Pistol, Large 20 S 5 .50 5 10ft 2

Firearm (Heavy) Cost Damage Caliber Shots Range Band Bulk

Rifles
Rifle, Medium (Single-Shot) 20 S 5 .45 1 20ft 2
Rifle, Large (Single-Shot) 25 S 5 .52 1 25ft 2
Rifle, Medium (Clip) 25 S 4 .36 8 20ft 2
Rifle, Large (Clip) 35 S 4 .42 8 25ft 2
Shotguns
Coach Gun 35 S 5 Shells 2 5ft (Spread) 2
Lever-Action 35 S 5 Shells 7 10ft (Spread) 2

Firearm
(Cart & Stationary) Cost Damage Caliber Shots Range Band Bulk
Gatling Gun 1200 S 3 .36 100 10ft 8
Cannon, Small 4000 S 12 Ball 1 20ft 12
Cannon, Medium 5000 S 20 Ball 1 40ft 24
Cannon, Large 6000 S 35 Ball 1 60ft 36

Ammunition Magical Ammunition

Ammunition Cost Amount Bullet Enchantment Cost Amount
Pistol .22-.36 2S 50 Fire/Ice/Lightning 15 S Per 10
Pistol .40-.50 3S 50 Flare/Tranq 6S Per 10
Rifle .36-.42 3S 50 Tangle/Track 8S Per 10
Rifle .52+ 5S 50 Flash/Ghost 10 S Per 10
Shells 2S 20 Heavy/Pierce 12 S Per 10
Ammo Belt 10 S 100 Shatter 10 S Per 10
Cannon Balls 10 S 1 AP/Explosive 30 S Per 10
Arrows 1S 10 Concussive 30 S Per 10
Bolts/Darts 1S 5 Glass 60 S Per 10

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 Firearm Modifications
Modification Cost Enhancement Drawback
Pistol Mods
Advanced Rifling 100 S Gain +1 To Hit, Increase Range Band
Compensator 30 S Gain +1 To Hit after first shot Bulky
Cosmetic Special Special Easily Recognized
Custom Grip 50 S Gain +1 To Hit Easily Recognized
Extra Chamber 50 S Shots +1 Bulky
Jam Clear 30 S Clear a Jam with 1 Action Bulky
Larger Barrel 100 S +1 Damage, fires Rifle Rounds Bulky, Slow Draw
Long Barrel 20 S Increase Range Band Bulky, Slow Draw
Shell Chambers 30 S -2 Shots, fires Shells Slow Draw
Speed Loader 40 S Load becomes a Minor Action Bulky
Suppressor 20 S Decrease Notice Bulky
Rifle Mods
Advanced Rifling 100 S Gain +1 To Hit, Increase Range Band
Bi-Pod 5S Brace Bulky
Collapsible 100 S Put into smaller spaces Fragile
Compensator 45 S Gain +1 To Hit after first shot Bulky
Cosmetic Special Special Easily Recognized
Custom Grip 50 S Gain +1 To Hit Easily Recognized
Extended Clip 20 S Clip +2 Shots Bulky
Jam Clear 30 S Clear a Jam with 1 Action Bulky
Long Barrel 40 S Increase Range Band Bulky, Slow Draw
Scope 30 S Increase Range Band (Special) Bulky, Fragile
Suppressor 35 S Decrease Notice Bulky
Shotgun Mods
Capacity 40 S Shots +1 Bulky
Collapsible 100 S Put into smaller spaces Fragile
Compensator 45 S Gain +1 To Hit after first shot Bulky
Cosmetic Special Special Easily Recognized
Custom Grip 50 S Gain +1 To Hit Easily Recognized
Jam Clear 30 S Clear a Jam with 1 Action Bulky
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Pistol Enhancements
Advanced Rifling: The inside of this gun
has had a special sort of rifling added to the inside
of the barrel. This has increased the accuracy of
the firearm, and increases the Range Band of this
Firearm by 5ft.
Compensator: A special device that
attaches to the end of a Pistol, helping to prevent
recoil from throwing off the aim of the shooter. A
Pistol with this Modification gains +1 To Hit after
first shot; this Bonus only applies once but it does
apply to all shots. This does make the Firearm
Bulky and you cannot have any other attachments
to the end of the barrel.
Cosmetic: Gold or silver plating, carved
grips and handles made from exotic materials,
perhaps an intricate trigger guard, are just a few
things that can be done cosmetically to a Pistol.
You must spend at least 20 Silver on Cosmetic
Modification, and for this 20 you may gain a +1
Bonus to Bluff, Leadership, Perform, Persuasion or
Intimidation Checks, as long as it is done while
showing off your weapon. The second Bonus can
be gained for an addition 50 Silver, giving you a
total +2 Bonus, and at 100 Silver the Bonus is
increased to +3. However, this makes your Firearm
Easily Recognized.
Custom Grip: The grip of this Pistol has
been custom made for your hand, giving you a +1
Bonus To Hit.
Extra Chamber: A special modification has
been made to the cylinder of this Pistol, allowing it
to hold 1 more bullet. This does make it a bit Bulky.
Jam Clear: An intricate attachment to this
Pistol allows you to spend 1 Action to clear a Jam,
rather than your entire turn. This does make it a
bit Bulky.
Larger Barrel: The barrel and chambers of
this Pistol have been increased so that it can fire
the higher caliber bullets of a rifle, increasing it’s
Damage. Hold-Out now fires .36, Small Pistol now
fires .36, a Medium fires .45, and a Large now
fires .52.
Long Barrel: The barrel of this Pistol has
been lengthened, allowing more rifling along the
inside. You increase the Range Band of this
Firearm by 5ft. However, this does make the Pistol
Bulky and slower to Draw.
Shell Chambers: The barrel and chambers
has of this Pistol have been modified so that they
can be loaded with Shells.
Speed Loader: This Pistol has been made
so that it's easier and faster to load. Loading this
Firearm now becomes a Minor Action. This does
make it a bit Bulky.
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Suppressor: This attachment to the front of
a Pistols barrel makes it far harder to hear the
sound made from it, and while it is still quite loud,
someone who is not actively looking cannot
determine direction or Distance. This does make it
a bit Bulky.
Rifle Enhancements
Advanced Rifling: The inside of this gun
has had a special sort of rifling added to the inside
of the barrel. This has increased the accuracy of
the firearm, and increases the Range Band of this
Firearm by 5ft.
Bi-Pod: An attachment for under the barrel
of a Rifle, allowing you to spend 1 Action to Brace it
on a surface, even on the ground if Prone, which
gives you a +2 To Hit as long as you remain Braced.
Moving will break your Brace. 5 Silver.
Collapsible: By making this Rifle have the
ability to be taken apart and folded into a smaller
area, you may count it as a Bulk 1 Object when it is
collapsed. It takes 2 Actions to collapse, or put
together a collapsed Firearm. This also makes the
Firearm more Fragile.
Compensator: A special device that
attaches to the end of a Rifle, helping to prevent
recoil from throwing off the aim of the shooter. A
Rifle with this Modification gains +1 To Hit after
first shot; this Bonus only applies once but it does
apply to all shots. This does make the Firearm
Bulky and you cannot have any other attachments
to the end of the barrel.
Cosmetic: Gold or silver plating, carved
grips and handles made from exotic materials,
perhaps an intricate trigger guard, are just a few
things that can be done cosmetically to a Rifle. You
must spend at least 20 Silver on Cosmetic
Modification, and for this 20 you may gain a +1
Bonus to Bluff, Leadership, Perform, Persuasion or
Intimidation Checks, as long as it is done while
showing off your weapon. The second Bonus can
be gained for an addition 50 Silver, giving you a
total +2 Bonus, and at 100 Silver the Bonus is
increased to +3. However, this makes your Firearm
Easily Recognized.
Custom Grip: The grip of this Rifle has
been custom made for your hand, giving you a +1
Bonus To Hit.
Extended Clip: This Modification allows
for a rifle to use larger Clips, providing it with an
extra 2 bullets before it needs to be reloaded. This
does make it a bit Bulky.
Jam Clear: An intricate attachment to this
Rifle allows you to spend 1 Action to clear a Jam,
rather than your entire turn. This does make it a
bit Bulky.
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been lengthened, allowing more rifling along the barrel of a Shotgun, not only does it decrease Bulk
inside. You increase the Range Band of this by 1, it now counts as a Light Firearm, though
Firearm by 5ft. However, this does make the Pistol requires two hands. You may hide this Shotgun as
Bulky and slower to Draw. if it were a Pistol, and it even fits in a Pistol
Scope: Attached to the top of a Rifle, a Holster. However the pellets aren't as grouped up
Scope helps hit Targets far away. You may increase anymore and you decrease the Damage of Shells
the Range Band of a Rifle with a scope by 10ft, by 1.
however this increase only applies if the Target is
outside of 50ft, but will retroactively apply once it Drawbacks
is over that threshold. This does make the Firearm Bulky: Increase the Bulk of a Firearm with
a bit Bulky, and the Scope is rather Fragile. this Drawback by 1. Bulky Modifications stack.
Suppressor: This attachment to the front of Damage Decrease: This Firearm deals 1 less
a Pistols barrel makes it far harder to hear the Damage.
sound made from it, and while it is still quite loud, Fragile: Halve the Hardness and HP of the
someone who is not actively looking cannot Firearm that has this Drawback.
determine direction or Distance. This does make it Slow Draw: A Firearm with this Drawback
a bit Bulky. requires 1 Action to Draw or Stow, or it can be
Drawn or Stowed as a Minor Action if combined
Shotgun Enhancements with a Move Action.
Capacity: A special modification has been Easily Recognized: It's hard to forget this
made to the body of this Shotgun allowing it to hold Firearm, and anyone who sees it, or has it
1 more Shell. This does make it a bit Bulky. described to them will have a far easier time
Collapsible: By making this Shotgun have recalling details about the one using it, or
the ability to be taken apart and folded into a recognizing who it belongs to, mechanically giving
smaller area, you may count it as a Bulk 1 Object them a +10 to any Check to remember the gun and
when it is collapsed. It takes 2 Actions to collapse, it’s user.
or put together a collapsed Firearm. This also
makes the Firearm more Fragile.
Compensator: A special device that
attaches to the end of a Shotgun, helping to prevent
recoil from throwing off the aim of the shooter. A
Shotgun with this Modification gains +1 To Hit after
first shot; this Bonus only applies once but it does
apply to all shots. This does make the Firearm
Bulky and you cannot have any other attachments
to the end of the barrel.
Cosmetic; Gold or silver plating, carved
grips and handles made from exotic materials,
perhaps an intricate trigger guard, are just a few
things that can be done cosmetically to a Shotgun.
You must spend at least 20 Silver on Cosmetic
Modification, and for this 20 you may gain a +1
Bonus to Bluff, Leadership, Perform, Persuasion or
Intimidation Checks, as long as it is done while
showing off your weapon. The second Bonus can
be gained for an addition 50 Silver, giving you a
total +2 Bonus, and at 100 Silver the Bonus is
increased to +3. However, this makes your Firearm
Easily Recognized.
Custom Grip: The grip of this Shotgun has
been custom made for your hand, giving you a +1
Bonus To Hit.
Jam Clear: An intricate attachment to this
Shotgun allows you to spend 1 Action to clear a
Jam, rather than your entire turn. This does make
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 Other Weapons
You must be Trained to use an Advanced
weapon. You may choose to deal less Damage with
Simple Melee and Advanced Melee weapons that
you are Trained in.
The HP and Hardness of Other Weapons is
listed at the end of Object Dodge, Hardness & HP.
Simple Melee
Bayonet: A simple Dagger with a special
way to attach to the front of a Rifle, or Shotgun.
Attaching or removing a Bayonet takes 1 Action.
Piercing Damage.
Club: A very basic instrument. Pretty much
anything can be a club, a stick, a pole, a chair, etc. A
Sap is also considered a Club. Blunt Damage.
Dagger: A simple blade of varying length
about a foot long. Piercing or Slashing Damage.
Handaxe: A roughly one foot long handle
with an axe head on the end. Slashing Damage.
Light Hammer: A simple hammer with a
sleek metal head and a striking surface. Blunt
Damage.
Mace: An ornate metal head on a simple
wooden handle or metal shaft. Blunt Damage.
Quarterstaff: A simple piece of wood,
between 5 and 6 feet long. Can be used as a
Walking Stick. Blunt Damage.
Shortsword: A basic and widely spread
sword measuring between one and two feet in
length. Slashing or Piercing Damage.
Sickle: A short handled farming tool with a
semicircular blade. Slashing Damage.
Spear: A sturdy wooden polearm about 5
or 6 feet long either sharpened to a point or tipped
with a metal blade. Can be used like a Quarterstaff
to deal Nonlethal Damage. Can be used as a
Walking Stick. Blunt or Piercing Damage.
Unarmed: The most basic of melee
weapons, nothing but what you got. This includes
punches, kicks, headbutts, shoulder checks, etc.
Blunt Damage.
Advanced Melee
Battleaxe: A long handled axe that can be
wielded in one or two hands. This can have either
one or two axe blades at the top. Sometimes is
strengthened by metal bands. Slashing Damage.
Dagger, Parry: Exactly the same as a Dagger
except that it has a special hook at the front of the
hilt, allowing one to catch and parry a blade.
Piercing or Slashing Damage.
Flail: A heavy weight attached to a handle
via a sturdy chain. Usually a simple ball, but
sometimes spiked, or simply a metal bar. Blunt
Damage.
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Glaive: A rather large blade, about the size
of a Shortsword, on the end of a 7 foot long pole.
Can be used as a Walking Stick. Slashing or
Piercing Damage.
Greataxe: A massive axe, larger than a
Battleaxe to the point it requires two hands to
wield. Slashing Damage.
Greatsword: An immense sword over 5 feet
long that requires two hands to wield. The bottom
of the blade is sometimes dulled in order to provide
better grip. Slashing Damage.
Halberd: A halberd is polearm similar to a
spear bit also has a small axe-like head mounted
near the tip as well as a hook on the other side.
Can be used as a Walking Stick. Slashing or
Piercing Damage.
Lance: A large metal or wooden cone with
a long handle. Most often used while mounted, as it
is quite unwieldy on foot. Piercing Damage.
Longsword: A fairly basic blade of 3 and a
half to 4ft long. Slashing Damage.
Maul: A large tool with a heavy head and a
long handle used for ramming, crushing, and
driving in wedges and spikes. Blunt Damage.
Morningstar: A large spiked ball affixed to
the top of a long handle. Blunt and Piercing
Damage.
Pike: A Pike is much like a spear, but
longer and heavier. Like the opposite of a Lance, a
Pike is often used on foot against Mounts. Piercing
Damage.
Rapier: A thin light blade used for
thrusting, with a large, usually ornate, basket hilt
protecting the handle. Piercing Damage.
Sabre: A long and heavy curved blade,
often used by those of high rank in the military.
Slashing Damage.
Scimitar: Between the length of a
Shortsword and a Longsword, with a curved blade
that broadens towards the point and is only
sharpened on one side. Slashing Damage.
Trident: A spear with three large metal
prongs at the end. Piercing Damage.
War Pick: A large beak like spike on the
top of reinforced handle. Originally used as a
Pickaxe, and can still function as one, but far more
designed for hitting armored Targets. Piercing
Damage.
War Scythe: A long polearm with a large
curved blade at the top, with the cutting edge along
the inner side of the curve. Slashing Damage.
Warhammer: Much like a Maul, but
designed more to be used during combat.
Whip: A long leather wrapped cord, used
more for utility purposes than actual combat,
though it is still quite effective. Slashing Damage.
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Melee Weapons Cost Damage Bulk Properties
Simple Melee
Bayonet 5S 2+Str 0 Special(Bayonet)
Club 1S 3+Str 1 Light, Nonlethal
Dagger 2S 2+Str 0 Light, Throw (5)
Handaxe 5S 3+Str 0 Light, Parry, Throw (5)
Light Hammer 2S 3+Str 1 Light, Throw (5)
Mace 5S 3+Str 1 -
Mallet 5S 4+Str 3 Heavy, Two-Handed
Quarterstaff 1S 3+Str 2 Two-Hand, Nonlethal
Shortsword 10 S 3+Str 1 Light
Sickle 1S 3+Str 1 Light
Spear 1S 3+Str 2 Reach, Throw (5), Two-Hand
Unarmed - 1+Str - Light
Improvised Weapon - Special - Special(Improvised)
Advanced Melee
Battleaxe 10 S 4+Str 3
Dagger, Parry 4S 3+Str 0 Light, Parry, Throw (5)
Flail 10 S 4+Str 2 Special(Flail)
Glaive 20 S 5+Str 3 Polearm, Reach, Heavy, Two-Hand
Greataxe 30 S 6+Str 4 Heavy, Two-Handed
Greatsword 50 S 6+Str 4 Reach, Heavy, Two-Handed
Halberd 20 S 5+Str 3 Polearm, Reach, Heavy, Two-Hand, Trip
Lance 10 S 6+Str 4 Polearm, Reach, Special(Lance)
Longsword 15 S 4+Str 2
Maul 10 S 5+Str 4 Heavy, Two-Handed
Morningstar 15 S 4+Str 3
Pike 5S 5+Str 3 Polearm, Reach, Heavy, Two-Hand, Special(Pike)

Rapier 25 S 4+Str 1 Light, Parry

Sabre 20 S 4+Str 1 Parry
Scimitar 25 S 4+Str 1 Light
Trident 5S 3+Str 3 Polearm, Throw (10), Two-Hand
War Pick 5S 4+Str 2 Light
War Scythe 20 S 4+Str 3 Polearm, Reach, Two-Hand, Trip
Warhammer 25 S 5+Str 3 Heavy, Two-Hand
Whip 2S 3+Str 1 Reach, Trip, Special(Whip)

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Ranged Weapons Cost Damage Bulk Properties
Simple Ranged
Crossbow 25 S 5 2 Ammunition (20), Single-Shot, Two-Hand
Dart (5) 1S 2+Agi 0 Throw (5), Silent
Javelin 1S 3+Str 1 Throw (10), Light, Silent
Shortbow 10 S 3+Agi 1 Ammunition (20), Two-Hand, Silent
Sling 1S 2+Agi 0 Ammunition (10), Silent
Advanced Ranged
Blowgun 10 S 2 1 Ammunition (10), Silent, Special (Blowgun)
Hand Crossbow 75 S 4 1 Ammunition (10), Single-Shot, Light
Longbow 50 S 4+Str 2 Ammunition (30), Two-Hand, Heavy, Silent
Net 1S - 3 Reach, Throw (5), Special(Net)
Sharp Cards (54) 12 S 2+Ref 0 Throw (10), Light, Silent

Simple Ranged Advanced Ranged

Crossbow: Using a fixed bow on a wooden
support, with a groove for the bolt and a
mechanism to hold the string in place with a
trigger for releasing the string. Piercing Damage.
Dart: A small pointed bit of metal that can
be thrown or shot out of a blowgun. Piercing
Damage.
Javelin: Similar to a Spear, but far more
flimsy and shorter, designed to be thrown rather
than in close combat. Can be used like a
Quarterstaff to deal Nonlethal Damage. Piercing
Damage.
Shortbow: A weapon consisting of a
flexible curved piece of wood and a string used to
launch arrows. Piercing Damage.
Sling: A leather cord with a pouch in it.
Used to fling small rocks or similar small Objects.
Bludgeoning Damage.
Blowgun: A hollow tube that is used to fire
darts at Targets. Piercing Damage.
Hand Crossbow: A smaller version of a
crossbow, and a bit trickier to make, and use.
Piercing Damage.
Longbow: Much like the Shortbow, though
it is far larger and can launch arrows much farther.
Piercing Damage.
Net: Cords of rope tied into a diamond like
configuration with weights placed at certain parts
to tangle up Targets.
Sharp Cards: These appear to be a normal
deck of playing cards, but are in fact thin sheets of
metal disguised to appear so. In order for a Target
to determine that they are abnormal requires a DC
25 Perception Check, or a DC 15 Investigation
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Most weapons have Properties.
Ammunition ( )
Requires ammunition to be able to fire. The
number after Ammunition is the Range Band,
similar to a Firearm.
Nonlethal
You can choose to have this weapon deal
Nonlethal Damage.
Single-Shot
This means the weapon can be loaded, but
only has 1 shot before it must be reloaded.
Two-Hand
The weapon requires two hands to wield. If
wielded with 1 hand it receives a -4 To Hit.
Heavy
Size Small, or less, cannot wield this
weapon, nor can the weapon be dual-wielded.
Silent
This refers to weapons that makes little to
no sound when fired or thrown.
Light
Weapons that have the Light Property may
be dual-wielded. Any Melee weapon that is used to
dual-wield that is not Light suffers a -10 To Hit. Off-
hand Attack does not add a Bonus to Damage.
Parry
Can be used to take the Parry Action, note
a weapon that is used to Parry cannot be used to
make Attacks of Opportunity.
Trip
A weapon with this Property allows you to
trip a Target at the range of the weapon. The Target
cannot counter Trip if you fail, unless they are
within 5ft of you.
Throw ( )
Can be thrown. The number in the
parentheses after Throw is the Range Band.
Damage Bonus is based off Strength, but To Hit is
based on Ranged Skill.
Reach
This weapon adds 5ft to your range when
you use it to Attack.
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Polearm
A Polearm is a pole type weapon that
usually uses two hands and sometimes offers the
wielder extra reach.
Special(Improvised)
An Improvised Weapon is anything around
you. Damage is Bulk+1+Str. However you don’t get to
use any Skills when Attacking and suffer a -4 To
Hit. An Improvised Weapon cannot be more than
3+Str Bulk.
Special(Bayonet)
This weapon is usually attached to the
front end of a Firearm (Heavy). You may use
Brawl to make an attack with this weapon without
penalties if it is affixed to a weapon. A Bayonet
may also be used as a dagger if it is not attached to
a weapon.
Special(Blowgun)
You can apply any Poison to the darts.
Darts shot from a Blowgun ignore Soak if you use
the Aim Action.
Special(Flail)
When rolling To Hit a Flail ignores any
Bonus given to the Target because of Shields.
Special(Lance)
If you are using this weapon unmounted,
you receive a -5 To Hit unless you are wielding it
with both hands, and you cannot attack spaces
within 5ft of you.
Special(Pike)
You can spend 1 Action to Brace a Pike. If a
Target is moving or Charging at you as you are
Braced, they take double Damage and if they are
Large or Smaller their movement is immediately
ended.
Special(Net)
You may make a Grapple Check against a
Large or smaller Target. If you succeed the Grapple
Check the Target immediately gains the Restrained
condition, but may make a Grapple Check, DC 16, to
free them self. Someone else may spend their turn
to make this Check. Dealing 5 or more Damage
with a Slashing type weapon destroys it and frees
the Target.
Special(Whip)
A Whip can be used to Disarm at a
distance. A Whip may be “Cracked” to add +5 when
using Intimidation or Handle Animal against a
Critter. In addition, a Whip can be used to pull
Objects towards the wielder.
 Prosthetics Prosthetics, and a far more expensive and complex
version involving Clockwork and Machines called
In a world as brutal as this, sometimes you
Advanced Prosthetics. Both versions have what are
must replace something that you've lost, whether
called Functions, these are the Bonuses that the
it's fingers, a foot, an arm or a leg, a skilled enough
Prosthetic offers.
Artificer can replace it.
Bulk is not added to attached Prosthetics.
Prosthetics come in two varieties, a
Advanced Prosthetics are classified as Machines. A
cheaper, more simplistic version called Basic
Prosthetic must be recharged once a day.

Type Cost Bulk Functions

Basic Prosthetics
Basic Fingers 5S 0 Compartments 1
Hook 3S 1 Half
Basic Hand 10 S 1 Half, Compartments 2
Basic Forearm 15 S 2 Half, Compartments 3
Basic Arm 20 S 2 Half, Compartments 4
Basic Foot 6S 1 Compartments 2
Peg Leg 5S 1 Half, Compartments 3
Basic Leg 20 S 2 Half, Compartments 4
Glass Eye 5S 0 Compartments 1
Basic Ears 6S 0 Compartments 1
Other Cosmetic 5S 0
Clockwork Prosthetics
Clockwork Fingers 80 S 0 Null, Compartments 1
Clockwork Hand 120 S 1 Null, Compartments 2
Clockwork Forearm 200 S 2 Null, Compartments 3
Clockwork Arm 400 S 2 Null, Compartments 4
Clockwork Foot 100 S 1 Null, Compartments 2
Clockwork Leg 400 S 2 Null, Compartments 4
Clockwork Eye 300 S 0 Null, Compartments 1
Clockwork Ears 200 S 0 Null, Compartments 1
Clockwork Cosmetic 20 S 0

Functions Compartments
A Prosthetic with the Compartment
Half Function means that it has room for Prosthetic
A Prosthetic with the Half Function means Enhancements. These Enhancements each take a
that penalties are halved. In the instance of certain number of Compartment Slots and the
Movement Speed, round down to the nearest number after Compartment is how many slots that
multiple of 5. particular type of Prosthetic can use.

Null
This removes the penalties that come from
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 Types of Prosthetics
Basic Prosthetics
Fingers: A Basic Prosthetic that does not
remove any penalties, but it does have 1
Compartment. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Hook: A Basic Prosthetic that allows you to
only take Half the Penalties from the Missing
Hand Trouble, but has no Compartments. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
Hand: A Basic Prosthetic that allows you to
only take Half the Penalties from the Missing
Hand Trouble, and has 2 Compartments. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 10
Forearm: A Basic Prosthetic that allows
you to only take Half the Penalties from the
Missing Forearm Trouble, and has 3
Compartments. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 15
Arm: A Basic Prosthetic that allows you to
only take Half the Penalties from the Missing Arm
Trouble, and has 4 Compartments. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 15
Foot: A Basic Prosthetic that does not
remove any penalties, but it does have 2
Compartments. 6 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 10
Peg Leg: A Basic Prosthetic that allows you
to only take Half the Penalties from the Missing
Leg Trouble, and has 3 Compartments. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
Leg: A Basic Prosthetic that allows you to
only take Half the Penalties from the Missing Leg
Trouble, and has 4 Compartments. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 15
Glass Eye: A Basic Prosthetic that does not
remove any penalties, but it does have 1
Compartment. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Ears: A Basic Prosthetic that does not
remove any penalties, but it does have 1
Compartment. 6 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Cosmetic: If a Hat has an injury that is not
covered by other Prosthetics is counted as
Cosmetic. While Cosmetic Prosthetics have no
Compartments, you can still apply Enhancements
that have a Compartment Cost of 0. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Clockwork Prosthetics
Fingers: A Clockwork Prosthetic that
removes all Penalties from the Missing Fingers
Trouble, and has 1 Compartment. 80 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
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Hand: A Clockwork Prosthetic that
removes all Penalties from the Missing Hand
Trouble, and has 2 Compartments. 120 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
Forearm: A Clockwork Prosthetic that
removes all Penalties from the Missing Forearm
Trouble, and has 3 Compartments. 200 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
Arm: A Clockwork Prosthetic that removes
all Penalties from the Missing Arm Trouble, and
has 4 Compartments. 400 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
Foot: A Clockwork Prosthetic that removes
all Penalties from the Missing Hand Trouble, and
has 2 Compartments. 100 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
Leg: A Clockwork Prosthetic that removes
all Penalties from the Missing Hand Trouble, and
has 4 Compartments. 400 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
Eye: A Clockwork Prosthetic that removes
all Penalties from the Eye Loss Trouble and turns
the Blind Trouble to Eye Loss, unless two are
bought then Blind is negated. This Prosthetic has 1
Compartment. 300 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
Ears: A Clockwork Prosthetic that removes
all Penalties from the Hard of Hearing Trouble and
the Deaf Troubles, and has 1 Compartment. 200
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 10
Cosmetic: If a Hat has an injury that is not
covered by other Prosthetics is counted as
Cosmetic. While Cosmetic Prosthetics have no
Compartments, you can still apply Enhancements
that have a Compartment Cost of 0. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
 Prosthetic Enhancements
When it comes to Prosthetics,
Enhancements are quite useful ways to take
advantage beyond just regaining function.
Every Enhancement uses a certain amount
of Compartments, and it's own cost. An Artificer is
required in order to Enhance Prosthetics, as is a
Laboratory.

Enhancement Cost Compartments Function

Aesthetic 20 S 0 Alters the appearance.
Armored 30 S 1 Increase difficulty for it to break.
Detachable 10 S 0 An Action may be spent to remove the Prosthetic.
Grappling Hook 20 S 2 Built in Grappling Hook and rope.
Grapple Reel 20 S 1 A Reel for the Grappling Hook Enhancement.
Hidden Weapon 30 S 1 Can store a Hidden Weapon.
Reflexive 30 S 2 Gives a Bonus to certain Actions.
Shielded 40 S 2 Prosthetic can act as a Shield.
Steel Reinforced 30 S 1 Increase Melee Damage dealt by the Prosthetic.
Storage 30 S 1 or More Allows storage in the Prosthetic.
Sure Grip 10 S 1 Hand, Forearm, or Arm; makes it harder to disarm.
Weaponize 40 S 1 or More Make a weapon part of the Prosthetic.
Wooden Half Half Prosthetic is cheaply made out of wood and scrap.
Utility 20 S 2 Make a Prosthetic have the functions of a Tool Kit.

Aesthetic Grappling Hook

This particular Enhancement makes it
look normal at a glance, though if examined it is
revealed that it is not the true missing part. There
are easy ways to hide this further, such as with
clothing, requiring physical investigation to find
that something is amiss.
20 Silver, 0 Compartments.
Armored
Special Armor has been added to this
Prosthetic, Doubling it's Hardness and HP. In
addition, the user gains 1 Dodge.
Detachable
This allows the Prosthetic to be easily
detached or reattached to the user by spending an
Action. This Action can be part of a Basic Move
Action.
10 Silver, 0 Compartments.
A built in Grappling Hook and 30ft of
special Rope that is contained within the
Prosthetic. The Hook and Rope may be detached or
reattached to the Prosthetic as a Minor Action. It is
an Action to put the Hook and Rope back into the
Prosthetic. Longer rope can be attached to the
Hook.
20 Silver, 2 Compartment.
Grapple Reel
An add-on to the Grappling Hook
Enhancement, allowing a mechanical Reel inside a
Prosthetic. The Reel can pull 15 Bulk at 15ft per
Action spent, and a maximum of 20 at 5ft per
Action.
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 Hidden Weapon
Your Prosthetic is outfitted with a Hidden
Weapon Gadget, allowing you to store a Firearm or
Melee Weapon of Bulk 0 within it. Unlike with
Storage, there is nothing that would hint that this
Prosthetic holds anything. Using Hidden Weapon
gives you a +5 Bonus to Hide the Weapon.
Additionally if you are Trained in Hidden
Weapons, you get a +10 Bonus to hide the Weapon,
and you may draw it using a Minor Action.
30 Silver, 1 Compartment.
Reflexive
With this Enhancement, the user may
spend a Reaction or Minor Action to Activate the
Prosthetic to give them a specific Bonus for 1
Minute. When this Enhancement is added, the
Bonus must be chosen from the following:
+1 Strength
+1 Agility
+1 Reflex
A Prosthetic may have multiple Reflexive
Enhancements as long as it has the Compartments
for it, and both can be Activated at the same time.
30 Silver, 2 Compartment.
Shielded
This Prosthetic Enhancement allows the
user to Activate it and it become a Medium Shield.
Activating the Prosthetic is a Bonus Action. This
counts as Wearing a Shield, and having more than
2 Prosthetics with this Enhancement gives no
benefit. Otherwise it acts just as a Shield does.
40 Silver, 2 Compartments.
Steel Reinforced
By adding special reinforcements to
certain areas of a Prosthetic it can increase the
Damage it does when striking. The Prosthetic gains
1 Hardness, and the user gains 1 Melee Damage
when it involves the Prosthetic.
30 Silver, 1 Compartment.
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Storage
The inside of this Prosthetic have been
designed in such a way that you can store Objects
inside it. You can store an amount of Bulk equal to
however many Compartments you allocate to the
Prosthetic, however all Objects must be of Bulk 0.
Storage is counted as if it were a Pouch, giving
additional Bulk to carry the things inside.
20 Silver, 1 or More Compartments.
Sure Grip
This Enhancement can only be added to
Hand, Forearm, and Arm Prosthetics. As a Minor
Action or Reaction the Prosthetic may be Activated
to give the user a +10 Bonus to resist being
Disarmed with the Weapon or Object being held by
the Prosthetic.
10 Silver, 1 Compartment.
Weaponize
Rather than putting a weapon into a
Prosthetic, you build the Weapon into the
Prosthetic itself. This can be done with Firearms,
Melee Weapons and Ranged Weapons. This costs a
number of Compartments equal to the Bulk of the
Weapon being integrated, a minimum of 1. The
Weapon keeps all Properties it had previously, and
still must be Drawn in order to be used.
40 Silver, 1 or More Compartments.
Wooden
Sometimes you don't have the money for
fancy Prosthetics, and have to go the cheaper route.
Since the Prosthetic is made from scraps of things,
its Hardness and HP are Halved, and it loses 1
Compartment.
Half Silver for Prosthetic, -1 Compartment.
Utility
With this Enhancement, you may integrate
anything from the Tools & Kits section in
Equipment except for the Portable Lab and Hidden
Weapon. It does not take any Actions to use the
Utility Enhancement itself. The Utility
Enhancement counts as if it were a Bag containing
the Tool Kit, negating the Bulk from the Tool Kit.
20 Silver, 2 Compartments.
 Equipment Table
Item Cost Bulk Item Cost Bulk Item Cost Bulk
Tools & Kits Adventuring Gear Illuminators
Art Kit 25 S 1 Alchemical Materials 1S 0 Box of Matches (20) 1S 0
Blacksmith Tools 20 S 3 Ball Bearings 10 S 1 Candles (5) 1S 0
Brewers Supplies 20 S 2 Bear Trap 3S 3 Lamp (Oil) 1S 1
Burglar Tools 25 S 2 Bell, Single, Small 1S 0 Lamp (Powered) 20 S 1
Cartographer's Tools 25 S 1 Caltrops 20 S 1 Lantern 12 S 1
Cook's Utensils 20 S 2 Camera Obscura 30 S 1 Lantern (hooded) 20 S 1
Doctor's Bag 25 S 1 Photograph Reel 5S 0 Oil Flask (1 Pint) 3S 0
Disguise Kit 20 S 2 Card Deck 2S 0 Match Lighter 5S 0
Fishing Tools 10 S 1 Chain (10ft) 10 S 2 Lighter Fluid 1S 0
Fire Starter Kit 10 S 0 Climbing Pick 15 S 1 Torch 1S 1
Glassblower's Tools 30 S 2 Compass 10 S 0 Instruments
Gunsmith Tools 25 S 3 Crowbar 3S 1 Accordion 60 S 2
Jeweler's Tools 25 S 1 Healing Potion 40 S 0 Bagpipes 20 S 3
Leatherworking Tools 15 S 2 Holy Symbol 10 S 0 Chimes 4S 0
Mechanic's Bag 50 S 2 Holy Water 5S 0 Cymbals 3S 0
Magic Scribing Kit 60 S 3 Lockpicks 15 S 0 Drum 6S 1
Photographer's Bag 40 S 2 Makeup 5S 0 Flute 12 S 1
Portable Lab Kit 150 S 5 Mirror, Small Steel 10 S 0 Fiddle 80 S 1
Potter's Tools 20 S 2 Pocketwatch 20 S 0 Gong 15 S 3
Stonework Tools 10 S 3 Polish, Armor 2S 0 Guitar 35 S 2
Weaving Tools 11 S 1 Polish, Leather 1S 0 Harmonica 7S 0
Woodcarving Tools 11 S 1 Pressure Tank 20 S 5 Harp 76 S 2
Hidden Weapon 20 S 1 Tesla Jar 100 S 15 Harpsichord 250 S 8
Bags & Pouches Tesla Storage Jar 250 S 3 Horn 3S 1
Backpack 2S +3 Roll of Twine 1S 0 Hurdy Gurdy 60 S 2
Backpack, Waterproof 30 S +3 Rope, Hemp (50ft) 1S 2 Lute 35 S 1
Bandolier 2S 0 Rope, Silk (50ft) 10 S 1 Musical Bells 5S 1
Mailbag 15 S +2 Signal Horn 3S 1 Pan Pipes 2S 1
Pistol Holster 2S 0 Signal Whistle 1S 0 Piano 110 S 10
Pouch, Belt 2S +1 Spyglass 40 S 1 Pipe Organ 900 S 50
Pouch, Hip 2S +1 Walking Cane 5S 1 Trumpet 15 S 2
Quiver 6S 1 Walking Stick 1S 2 Jewelry
Rifle/Shotgun Holster 6S 1 Waterskin 1S 1 Full Bracelets Special 0
Satchel 10 S +2 Canteen 5S 1 Necklaces Special 0
Scroll Case 5S 1 Whetstone 4S 0 Piercings Special 0
Rings Special 0
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 Item Cost Bulk Item Cost Bulk Item Cost Bulk
Clothes Comfort & Shelter Poison & Venom
Outfit 10 S 1 Bedroll 5S 2 Antitoxin 5S 0
Fancy Outfit 50 S 1 Bed 5S 6 Basic Poisons 5S 0
Extravagant Outfit 100 S 1 Blanket 2S 1 Kuluvus Venom 10 S 0
Costume 20 S 1 Folding Chair 25 S 3 Florabee Venom 15 S 0
Bandana 1S 0 Hammock 4S 2 Brass Dragon Poison 50 S 0
Boots 4S 1 Soap 1S 0 Bronze Dragon Poison 50 S 0
Snowshoes 15 S 2 Can Opener 2S 0 Copper Dragon Poison 50 S 0
Belt 3S 1 Tent, Small 10 S 2 Green Dragon Poison 50 S 0
Belt (Bullets) 6S 1 Tent, Medium 20 S 4 Gold Dragon Poison 50 S 0
Cape 30 S 0 Tent, Large 30 S 6 Silver Dragon Poison 50 S 0
Glasses 12 S 0 Tent, Huge 50 S 10 Explosives
Eye Patch 1S 0 Umbrella 25 S 2 Alchemist Fire 20 S 0
Goggles 30 S 0 Locks & Safes Dynamite (Stick) 10 S 1
Sunglasses 20 S 0 Door Lock, Simple 3S 0 Flash-Bang 15 S 1
Hat 9S 0 Door Lock, Complex 12 S 0 Gunpowder (Pouch) 5S 0
Fancy Hat 35 S 0 Padlock, Mild 5S 0 Gunpowder (Keg) 50 S 4
Gloves 5S 0 Padlock, Heavy 8S 0 Gunpowder (Barrel) 100 S 8
Gloves (Fancy) 30 S 0 Home Safe 20 S 5 Nitroglycerin (Bottle) 50 S 0
Gloves (Work) 10 S 1 Office Safe 70 S 6 Tack
Mask 5S 0 Bank Safe 2k S 50 Trail Saddle 30 S 3*
Plague Mask 15 S 1 Manacles 25 S 3 Ranch Saddle 30 S 3*
Scarf 2S 0 Writing Implements Pack Saddle 30 S 3*
Shoes 15 S 1 Chalk 2S 0 Show Saddle 60 S 3*
Cloak 5S 1 Ink 8S 0 Saddle Bag 10 S 2*
Fancy Cloak 40 S 1 Canvas 5S 1 Bit, Bridle and Reigns 5S 1*
Poncho 3S 1 Paper 1S 0 Horse Shoe 2S 1*
Vest 5S 0 Chalkboard 15 S 2 Transportation
Books Paint Pigments 2S 0 Wheelchair, Small 7S 3
Book 30 S 1 Charcoal 2S 0 Wheelchair, Medium 10 S 5
Subject Book 60 S 1 Pencils 1S 0 Wheelchair, Large 15 S 7
Spellbook 50 S 1 Brushes 2S 0 Cart, Hand 10 S 4
Labor Tools Quill 3S 0 Cart, Small 20 S 8
Pickaxe 5S 2 Fountain Pen 30 S 0 Cart, Medium 40 S 12
Scythe 5S 2 Magical Ink 10 S 0 Wagon, Medium 50 S 15
Fishing Net 4S 2 Magical Paper 20 S 0 Wagon, Large 80 S 20
Wood Axe 3S 2 Magical Chalk 5S 0 Stagecoach 100 S 20
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 Equipment
Tools & Kits
Art Kit: This Tool Kit comes in a Mailbag
and includes 7 Paint Pigments, 2 Pencils, 3
Brushes, a small foldable easel, 100 sheets of thick
paper. 20 Silver.
Blacksmith Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Backpack and includes several types of small
hammers, files, heavy gloves, tongs, and Goggles.
20 Silver.
Brewers Supplies: This Tool Kit comes in a
Backpack comes with many different odds and
ends, such as a glass jug, hops, a siphon and several
feet of tubing. 20 Silver.
Burglars Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Backpack, containing a bag of Ball Bearings, a
Crowbar, Lockpicks, a roll of Twine, 5 candles, a
Box of Matches and a Small Bell. 25 Silver.
Cartographer's Tools: This Tool Kit comes
in a Mailbag, containing pencils, a dozen sheets of
paper, a Compass, calipers, and a ruler. 25 Silver.
Cook's Utensils: This Tool Kit comes in a
Satchel, containing a metal pot, a Can Opener,
knives, forks, spoons, a large wooden spoon, and a
ladle. 20 Silver.
Doctor's Bag: This Tool Kit comes in a
Satchel, containing bandages, a small kit for
suturing wounds, stethoscope, medical
thermometer, 5 wooden depressors, and two vials
of Antitoxin. 25 Silver.
Disguise Kit: This Tool Kit comes in a
Satchel with a Costume, Makeup, a few props, and
hair dye. 20 Silver.
Fishing Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Backpack, containing a collapsible fishing pole, a
box containing 20 hooks, 60ft of fishing line, a
small knife, and three bobbers. 10 Silver.
Fire Starter Kit: This Tool Kit comes in a
Belt Pouch, containing 50 matches, a Match Lighter,
extra Lighter Fluid, and 5 small bundles to help in
starting fires. 10 Silver.
Glassblower's Tools: This Tool Kit comes
in a Backpack, containing a blowpipe, a small
marver, 3 blocks, tweezers, and tongs.
30 Silver.
Gunsmith Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Backpack, including a Gun Mat, a Brass Hammer,
magnetized gun screwdriver, tweezers, a bundle
containing cleaning tools, and a few other specific
tools for firearm disassembly and repair, and a
Pouch of Gunpowder. 20 Silver.
Jeweler's Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Mailbag, containing a small saw, a small hammer,
files, pliers, tweezers, and a jewelers glass with 3
different magnifications. 25 Silver.
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Leatherworking Tools: This Tool Kit comes
in a Satchel, containing a knife, a small mallet, an
edger, a leather puncher, thick thread, and several
scrap bits of leather. 15 Silver.
Mechanic's Bag: This Tool Kit comes in a
Satchel, containing several wrenches,
screwdrivers, hammers, mallets, tongs, leather
gloves, and lubricating oil. 50 Silver.
Magic Scribing Kit: This Tool Kit comes in
a Backpack, containing a heavy thick leather mat
carved and painted with magical symbols,
tweezers, pliers, and a pen like instrument used for
carving. 60 Silver.
Photographer's Bag: This Tool Kit comes in
a Satchel, containing a Camera Obscura, five
Photograph Reels, and fluids for developing film.
40 Silver.
Portable Lab: This Tool Kit comes in two
parts, a Backpack and a Satchel. It contains
everything that is needed to set up a Laboratory,
including dozens of instruments, jars, vials, etc. 150
Silver.
Potter's Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Satchel, containing potter's needles, rubs, scrapers,
a knife, and calipers. 20 Silver.
Stonework Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Backpack, containing a trowel, hammer, chisel,
brushes, and a square. 10 Silver.
Weaving Tools: This Tool Kit comes in a
Satchel, containing thread, needles, and scraps of
cloth. 11 Silver.
Woodcarving Tools: This Tool Kit comes in
a Satchel, containing a knife, a few types of gouges,
a small hammer, and a small saw. 11 Silver.
Hidden Weapon: An interesting Tool that
allows you to hide a single Bulk 0 Firearm or
Melee Weapon somewhere, usually up a sleeve, or
behind the back. Using Hidden Weapon gives you a
+5 Bonus to Hide the Weapon. Additionally if you
are Trained in Hidden Weapons, you change this
Bonus to a +10, and you may draw it using a Minor
Action. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
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Bags and Pouches when worn increase a
Hat's total Bulk as listed in the Equipment Table.
The Bulk listed in the descriptions is if a Hat is
carrying Bags or Pouches that they are not
wearing.
Backpacks: Whether a nice cloth or heavy
leather, a backpack is a useful tool when exploring.
It comes in two varieties, your average backpack
and the waterproof type. Disclaimer: Opening a
waterproof backpack under the water will fill the
pack with water. A Hat can only benefit from 1
backpack. Cannot be used for items more than 3
Bulk. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Bandolier: Much like a belt, however it can
also be worn across the chest. Can only benefit
from 2. Can only be used for bullets, and holds a
maximum of 50. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
Mailbag: This bag has several
compartments inside of it, perfect for sorting
letters, small parcels, or keeping items organized.
Can only benefit from 1 and cannot also use a
Satchel. Cannot be used for items more than 0
Bulk. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Pistol Holster: A leather basket like Object
that attaches to a belt to hold a Pistol. A Pistol
Holster will negate the Bulk of a Pistol that is
carried inside it. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Pouches: A Belt Pouch is, as implied by its
name, worn attached to a belt, usually by a cord of
leather that also serves to hold it closed. A Belt
Pouch must be removed from the belt before it can
be opened. A Hip Pouch is much like a Belt Pouch
in it is attached to the belt, however rather than
being tied closed and attached with a leather cord,
it instead has a flap and clasp holding it closed
allowing it to be accessed without removing it and
is rigid and inflexible. Can benefit only from 3 Belt
Pouches and 1 Waist Pouch. Can only be used for
Bulk 0 items.
2 Silver.
Belt Pouch; Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Hip Pouch; Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Quiver: A tube like bit of leather, that can
hold 30 arrows, or 40 bolts. Ignore the Bulk of
arrows and bolts stored inside the Quiver. 6 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
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Rifle/Shotgun Holster: A leather basket
like Object with a strap to sling over your back,
used to hold either a Rifle or a Shotgun. This type
of Holster will negate the Bulk of a Rifle or
Shotgun that is carried inside it 2 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Satchel: A bag carried on the shoulder by a
long strap and typically closed by a flap. Can only
benefit from 1 and cannot also use a Mailbag.
Cannot be used for items more than 2 Bulk. 10
Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Scroll Case: A hard, waterproof, leather
tube used for holding papers, Blueprints, Formulae,
Magic Scrolls and similar things to that. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Adventuring Gear
Alchemical Materials: This is a variety of
different things, vials, both empty or filled with
chemicals, herbs, and other alchemical things to
allow someone to perform alchemy. Due to the
wide variety of miscellaneous things that this
purchase covers, a Hat may not be able to find the
proper supplies they are searching for, which is up
to Storyteller discretion. Such as a small town not
having adequate supplies, or it being very likely a
large city has alchemical supply stores.
1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
Ball Bearings: A Belt Pouch containing
1000 small metal balls. As an Action these balls
can be spilled onto the floor, quickly covering a 10ft
area. It is a DC 18 Perception Check to spot these
balls. The area covered by the balls is considered
an Icy Surface. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 3 HP: 5
Bear Trap: A heavy duty snare type trap. A
pair of large metal jaws, a sensitive pressure plate,
attached to a chain with a heavy duty piton on the
end. A Bear Trap takes 2 Actions to set up, and a
heavy object to pound the piton into the ground. To
spot a set up Bear Trap requires a DC 14 Perception
Check. This DC can be increased by spending 2
more Actions and making a Survival Check to
replace the DC 14 with the Survival Check. A
Target that does not spot a Bear Trap and enters its
square triggers it. They are trapped in the Bear
Trap, take 4 Wounds, and their movement speed
becomes 0. A trapped Target may spend all their
Actions to free themselves from the trap. It takes 2
Actions to retrieve a set up Bear Trap. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 4 HP: 6
 Bells: Hollow brass spheres with slits cut
into them, and a glass bead placed inside. When
jostled or shaken creates a ringing sound. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 3 HP: 2
Caltrops: A Belt Pouch containing 20
pointed bits of metal. As an Action, these pointy
metal things can be dumped into a 5ft square. A DC
18 Perception Check is required to spot these
pointy things. If a Target moves into the square,
they immediately take 3 Piercing Damage, ignoring
any Soak from Shields, and their movement speed
drops to 0 if they took Damage. A Targets speed
remains at 0 until they spend a turn removing the
Caltrops from their feet. A Target may spend 15ft
of movement to move through the square without
taking Damage. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 3 HP: 4
Camera Obscura: This is a Gadget used to
quickly capture the appearance of what it is
pointed at and permanently capturing that second
in time. Comes with one Photograph Reel, which
can capture 10 photos before it is full. Special dark
rooms and chemicals are needed to develop the
Reel into photos. To take a photo takes 1 Action. 30
Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Photograph Reel: A case that is loaded into
a Camera Obscura in order for it to take
photographs. One Reel is able to take 10 photos
before it is full. If a Reel is ever opened under
anything brighter than Dim Light, all photos are
ruined and the Reel becomes useless. Special dark
rooms and chemicals are needed to properly
develop photos from a Reel, and each photo takes
an hour to develop, but all photos may be
developed at the same time. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 2
Card Deck: A pack of 54 playing cards,
including 2-10, an Ace, Jack, Queen and King in
four suits, as well as two Joker cards. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
Chain: A series of connected pieces,
referred to as links made of metal. Flexible as rope
but much heavier and stronger. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 3 HP: 6
Climbing Pick: A small one handed pick
like object with a spike at the bottom of the hilt that
assists someone in climbing. A Hat gains a +5 for
using a Climbing Pick and may use 2 at a time,
gaining an additional +2 for the second Pick. If used
to attack it is considered a simple Melee Weapon
and does 2+Str Piercing Damage, but ignores up to 2
Hardness. 15 Silver.
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Compass: An instrument using the
magnetic field of the world to show the direction of
North. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 3
Crowbar: A large piece of metal designed
for opening things. A Crowbar gives you a +5 to pry
something open. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Healing Potion: A viscous red liquid in a
small glass vial. A Target may drink this Potion as
a Minor Action, and can be combined as part of a
Basic Move Action. Also if you Draw out a Potion,
you may Quaff it as part of the same Action, which
can also be done as part of a Basic Move Action. 40
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 2
Holy Symbol: A carved symbol denoting a
God. Most often used by those of a Spiritual
persuasion to show their faith. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Holy Water: This small bottle contains
water that was purified by someone with Spirit
Magic. If poured onto a Melee Weapon or Firearm,
all Damage dealt by that weapon is treated as Non-
Magical Radiant Damage for 1 Hour. If poured onto
an Undead, it deals 1 Radiant Damage. (Radiant
Damage is Doubled against Undead) 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 2
Lockpicks: Small bits of metal designed for
opening locked things. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 2
Makeup: A small case containing an
assortment of blush, rouge, lipstick, eyeliner, etc. 5
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 2
Mirror: A small piece of metal that has
been polished until it became a reflective surface.
10 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 2
Pocketwatch: A small clock that can be
carried around in ones pocket, allowing someone to
always know what time it is. Usually has a foldable
covering over the clock face and a chain that
attaches to a piece of garment. Must be wound
daily. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 2
Polish: A small bundle that contains a few
things to polish either Armor or Leather. Has five
uses. Armor Polish is 2 Silver, Leather Polish is 1
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 3
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refuel a Gadget or Machine that uses Steam Power.
The tank takes 1 Round to refuel 1 Fuel to a Gadget
or Machine. A Pressure Tank contains 15 charges
of Fuel. A Pressure Tank can be refilled if a Hat
spends 1 hour doing so and has access to a fire and
a gallon of water. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 5 Hardness: 3 HP: 8
Tesla Jar: This large Machine is used to
refuel Gadgets or Machines that use Tesla power.
This Machine takes up a 10ft by 10ft space, or an
entire Medium Cart or Wagon. This Jar takes 1
Round to fully refuel 1 Gadget or Machine that uses
Tesla Power. A Tesla Jar contains 50 charges of
Fuel. A Hat may spend 1 hour replenishing the fuel
stock by recharging it. 100 Silver.
Bulk: 15 Hardness: 4 HP: 6
Tesla Storage Jar: A more portable version
of a Tesla Jar. This Gadget takes 1 Round to refuel 1
Fuel to a Gadget or Machine. A Storage Jar contains
15 charges of Fuel. A Hat may spend 5 hours
replenishing the Fuel stock by recharging it.
Alternatively, a Tesla Storage Jar may also be
refilled by a Tesla Jar as if it were a Gadget. 250
Silver.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 3 HP: 5
Roll of Twine: A roll of string. About
twenty feet worth. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
Rope: A length of strong cord made by
twisting together natural fibers. Hemp rope is the
most commonly used type of rope, but Silk rope is
lighter, much stronger, and easier on the hands.
Hemp Rope is 1 Silver, Silk Rope is 10 Silver.
Hemp; Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Silk; Bulk: 1 Hardness: 3 HP: 6
Signal Horn: The horn of some creature
that has been carved in a way to allow it to be
blown into and emit a very loud sound that can be
heard from 1 Mile away. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
Signal Whistle: A small whistle, usually
made of brass, that emits a very loud noise in order
to alert others up to Half a Mile. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 2
Spyglass: A long collapsible tube,
containing specially curved glass that allows you to
better see things far away. You gain a +10 to
Perception Checks, but only applied to spotting
things at great distance. 40 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
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Walking Cane: A short stick to assist those
with bad legs in walking. A Hat with the Trouble
Limp or Bad Leg may use a Walking Cane to
remove 5ft of Movement penalty. A Walking Cane
occupies a hand in order to use. Counts as a Club
for Melee Attacks. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Walking Stick: A long stick. If a Hat that is
using a Walking Stick has their Movement reduced
due to Environmental Hazards, they may gain an
additional 5ft of movement. A Walking Stick
occupies both hands in order to use. Counts as a
Quarter Staff for Melee Attacks. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Waterskin: A pouch specifically designed
to hold liquids. A full Waterskin contains 1 Gallon
of water, which provides 2 days worth of water for
a Medium sized humanoid. An empty Waterskin
has a Bulk of 0. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 or 1 Hardness: 0 HP: 3
Canteen: A tough container made for
transporting liquids. A full Canteen contains 1
Gallon of water, which provides 2 days worth of
water for a Medium sized humanoid. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 3 HP: 5
Whet Stone: A stone of fine grit used to
sharpen blades and axes. 4 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 3
Illuminators
Matches: A small box containing 20
matches. Each match is a small stick with a dried
chemical compound on one end which will ignite
when friction is applied to it. A Match burns for 3
rounds before it is burned out, and provides a 10ft
AOE of Low-Light. 1 Silver for a box of 20.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
Candles: Mad of wax with a burnable wick.
A candle will burn for 4 hours, providing 5ft of
Light, and an additional 10ft of Low-Light. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
Lamps: A stationary metal or glass base
with a glass frame that provides light via oil and
wick, or with electricity. An Oil Lamp will burn for
6 hours on one pint of oil, while a Powered will run
as long as it has electricity. Both types of lamps
provide 15ft of light, and an additional 30ft of Low-
Light. A lamp goes out very easily to any sort of
wind, and this cannot be used outside. Oil Lamp 1
Silver, Powered Lamp 20 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 3
 Lanterns: A portable metal frame holding a
glass frame, that provides light via oil and wick,
with a loop on top to hold or be hung from
something. A Lantern runs off of oil, lasting 6
hours on the 1 Pint of oil it can hold. A regular
lantern provides 30ft of light, and an additional
60ft of Low-Light. A hooded lantern has a covering
that can, as a Minor Action, be slid down, covering
the glass and making it unseen from a distance,
without snuffing out the actual flame providing
light. A Hooded Lantern that is closed provides 10ft
of Low-Light. A regularly Lantern is 12 Silver, a
Hooded Lantern is 20 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 3
Oil Flask: A small container, made either
from metal or clay, containing 1 pint of oil, which is
used to refill lamps and lanterns. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
Match Lighter: A small metallic rectangle
whose top can open to reveal wick and striker. A
Match Liter can burn for 3 Hours before needing to
be refilled, and provides a 10ft AOE of Low-Light. 5
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 4
Lighter Fluid: A flammable fluid used to
refill a Match Lighter. One container of Lighter
Fluid can refill a Match Lighter ten times. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 2
Torch: A stick whose top has been covered
in rags treated in flammable chemicals. A Torch
will burn for 2 Hours, providing 20ft of light, and
an additional 40ft of Low-Light. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Instruments
Accordion: A Keyboard instrument that
uses metal reeds blown by a manual bellow,
creating different notes depending on the keys that
are pressed. 60 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Bagpipes: A Wind instrument made from a
large bag fulled with air that is squeezed by the
performers arm, having a few different reed pipes
extending from it. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 0 HP: 4
Chimes: A Percussion instrument made of
metal bars or tubes that are tuned to make specific
notes when struck. 4 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Cymbals: A Percussion instrument
consisting of slightly concave brass plate that is
either struck against another Cymbal or with a
stick. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
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Drum: A Percussion instrument consisting
of a barrel type body with a membrane stretched
over one or both ends, struck with either a wooden
stick or hands. 6 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 0 HP: 4
Flute: A Wind instrument consisting of a
long reed with holes in it. Blowing into one end
while covering the holes produces different notes.
12 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 0 HP: 4
Fiddle: A String instrument, also
sometimes referred to as a violin, made with four
strings, tucked against the neck and shoulder and
played with a bow whose strings are usually made
of horse hair. 80 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Gong: A very basic Percussion instrument
consisting of a large metal disk that gives different
notes depending on where it is struck. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Guitar: A Stringed instrument with a
fretted fingerboard, curved sides, and either six or
twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming
the strings. 35 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 0 HP: 5
Harmonica: A Wind instrument that is a
small rectangle filled with rows of metal reeds
down its length, held against the lips and moved
side to side to produce different notes by blowing
or sucking. 7 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Harp: A String instrument, roughly
triangular in shape with 47 strings. 76 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 0 HP: 3
Harpsichord: A Keyboard instrument,
similar to a piano although smaller and plucks the
strings rather than hitting them. 250 Silver.
Bulk: 8 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
Horn: A Wind instrument, usually made
from the actual horn of some critter that when
sounds a loud note when blown into. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Hurdy Gurdy: A String instrument with a
droning sound made by turning a handle that spins
a rosined wheel against strings, worked with keys
to produce different notes. 60 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 0 HP: 5
Lute: A Stringed instrument with a long
neck and egg shaped body that has 15 or 24 strings
that are either plucked or strummed for different
notes. 35 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 0 HP: 4
Musical Bells: A Percussion instrument
consisting of a series of small bells of different
notes that are either shaken, or struck to produce
different notes. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
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series of reeds of different length to produce
different notes when blown across. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Piano: A large Keyboard instrument that
consists of keys that strike corresponding strings
to produce notes. 110 Silver.
Bulk: 10 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
Pipe Organ: A very large Keyboard
instrument that is made of rows and rows of pipes,
using compressed air associated with different
keys to produce different notes. While it could be
argued that a Pipe Organ is a Wind Instrument, it
requires being able to play a Keyboard. When
making a Perform Check with a Pipe Organ, it
requires 1 Additional Action, increases any DC by 1,
and gives you a +1 to any magic cast using it. 900
Silver.
Bulk: 50 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
Trumpet: A Wind instrument consisting of
a brass tube with a flared end, using a set of three
valves to produce different notes. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 0 HP: 5
Jewelry
When it comes to Jewelry, unlike other items the
cost of the item is whatever a person is willing to
spend. Ranging from anywhere between 2 and
10,000 Silver.
Bracelets: Colorful bits of metal, gems, or
other precious stones that are worn around the
wrist or ankles.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Necklaces: A fanciful accessory worn
around the neck. Usually has some sort of pendant
hanging from it.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Piercings: Bits of valuable things that can
be attached to wherever the purchaser wants.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Rings: Circular things worn around the
fingers, usually made from precious stone or
metals and having gems or precious stones
attached.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
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Clothes
All Clothes do not count against a Hats Bulk if they
are wearing them.
Outfits:
Basic: This Outfit consists of cheap Boots, a shirt or
blouse, pants or skirt, and undergarments.
Alternately, a blouse and skirt can be combined to
be a dress. 10 Silver.
Fancy: This Outfit consists of Shoes, a fine shirt or
blouse, a nice jacket or blazer, well put together
pants or skirt, and comfortable undergarments.
Alternately, a blouse and skirt can be combined to
be a dress. A Hat cannot gain any Bonuses from
wearing a Fancy Outfit if they are wearing Armor.
50 Silver.
Extravagant: This Outfit consists of very high
quality Shoes, a very shirt or blouse, an
embroidered jacket or blazer, expensive looking
pants or skirt, and comfortable undergarments.
Alternately, a blouse and skirt can be combined to
be a dress. A Hat cannot gain any Bonuses from
wearing an Extravagant Outfit if they are wearing
Armor. 100 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 7
Bandana: A square piece of cloth worn
around the mouth and nose, around the neck, or
over the head to keep ones hair back. Wearing a
Bandana over the mouth and nose gain a +1 to any
Save against Poisons or Diseases in a gaseous form,
and like a regular Mask allows them to make a
Stealth Check to hide who you are. A Bandana will
increase the time before taking Heat Damage by 10
Minutes. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 5
Boots: A pair of thick and heavy boots is a
common sight, made to protect your feet from the
environment you go traipsing through. 4 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Snowshoes: Though they are called shoes
themselves, these large splayed out basket like
things actually attach to boots or shoes. Someone
wearing Snowshoes ignores any penalties for
moving through Snow. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Belt: A Belt is a long strip of leather with a
buckle to help hold up pants, or to have a place to
put Pouches. A Bullet Belt can hold up to 24 bullets,
and allows the wearer to reload 6 shots instead of
3 if they are loading shots from the belt. 3 Silver,
or 6 Silver for a Bullet Belt.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Cape: A quite fashionable accessory worn
over one shoulder, usually embroidered with a
family crest or some other symbol. 30 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
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have the Trouble Poor Eyesight, you may ignore the
penalty as long as you are wearing the Glasses. 12
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 4
Eye Patch: A piece of cloth or leather with
a strap to wrap around the head to cover a bad or
missing eye. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Goggles: If you are ever hit in one of the
eyes for any reason, your goggles instead take the
hit. Broken Goggles do not protect your eyes. 30
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 3 HP: 5
Sunglasses: Very similar to Glasses, but the
lenses are tinted a darker color to keep light from
getting directly into the eyes. A Hat wearing
Sunglasses gets a +3 Bonus to Saves against being
Blinded. Sunglasses will increase the time before
taking Heat Damage by 10 Minutes. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 4
Hats: Hats come in all sorts of shapes and
sizes, and go on your head. A Hat will increase the
time before taking Heat Damage by 30 Minutes. 9
Silver, 35 for a Fancy Hat.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Gloves:
Basic. A pair of gloves can be a good thing to have,
keeping your hands warm. Basic Gloves add 0.5 to
the time before you begin taking Environmental
Damage. 5 Silver
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Fancy. Fancy gloves are made from fine and often
magical touched materials, offering a +1 to Backlash
Checks. 30 Silver
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Work. Work Gloves are heavy duty things,
absorbing Damage that would effect the wearer.
Any Damage dealt to the hands is instead dealt to
the Work Gloves, and spill over Damage is dealt
normally. 10 Silver
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 3 HP: 5
Mask: A Mask can be anything that covers
the face, such as cloth or shaped wood or plaster.
Wearing a Mask makes it harder to identify who
you are. A Target must make a Perception Check
and beat a DC 15+(Wearers Stealth Total) Check in
order to figure out your identity. Of course,
removing the Mask immediately ends this effect. 5
Silver.
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Plague Mask: A large specialized Mask
with a large beak like front and protective lenses
over the eyes. This not only acts as Goggles but
also like a regular Mask in that it allows you to
make a Stealth Check to hide who you are. In
addition a Hat wearing this Mask also gains a +2 to
any Save against Poisons or Diseases in a gaseous
form. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 7
Scarf: A long piece of cloth worn around
the neck. When worn, you take 1 less Damage from
any Cold source. You may also use an Action to
have a Scarf act as a Mask. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Shoes: A sturdy pair of shoes, made mostly
from leather and can be polished to shine. Usually
worn by more wealthy individuals who don't plan on
getting dirty. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Cloaks: A large piece of cloth held over the
shoulders and body with a clasp, with overhang at
the top that can be used as a hood. You ignore
Nonlethal Damage due to Environmental Hazards
for 5 times longer than listed. A Cloak will also
increase the time before taking Heat Damage by 30
Minutes if the hood is up. You may also use the
hood to hide your identity, treating it as a Mask. 5
Silver, a Fancy Cloak costs 40.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Poncho: A large piece of cloth with a hole
cut into the center, that is worn draped over the
body. You ignore Nonlethal Damage due to
Environmental Hazards for 3 times longer than
listed. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Vest: A fit and small jacket of sorts without
sleeves. You ignore Nonlethal Damage due to
Environmental Hazards for 1.5 times longer than
listed. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Books
Book: Paper usually bound be a thick
leather covering, books contain all sorts of things,
mostly stories and fictional writings. 30 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Subject Book: A Subject Book is a book
that's chock full of information on a particular
Skill or Craft. Someone who has read the book in
its entirety may spend 1 minute skimming through
the book to gain a +2 Bonus to the roll of a Skill
Check or Crafting Check that that book focuses on.
Alternatively this Bonus is a +3 if it is a Knowledge
Skill. 60 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
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forms, from your average Grimoire, to simply notes
shoved into pockets, or intricate carvings on
amulets. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 8
Labor Tools
Fishing Net: A large tightly woven net with
small weights around the edge, as well as a rope
tied to the center. This allows the net to be thrown
out into the water, and as you pull up the net the
weights will tangle and hold in any fish that get
caught in it. 4 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 0 HP: 8
Pickaxe: A heavy iron tool with a wooden
handle. One head is pointed while the other has a
chisel edge. If used to attack it is considered a
simple Melee Weapon and does 3+Str Piercing
Damage, but ignores up to 3 Hardness. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Scythe: A tool used for cutting crops such
as grass or wheat, with a long curved blade at the
end of a long pole that has two short handles
attached. The wielder may spend 1 Action to clear
a square of Awkward Terrain caused by
Overgrowth. If used to attack it is considered a
simple Melee Weapon polearm and does 2+Str
Slashing Damage. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Wood Axe: A rather large and heavy axe
used for chopping down trees and splitting wood. It
takes 1 Minute per foot of tree thickness. If used to
attack it is considered a simple Melee Weapon and
does 3+Str Slashing Damage. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Shovel: A large Spade at the end of a pole
used for digging holes. A person can dig a 6ft grave
in 8 hours, depending on hardness of soil. Roughly
moving 1-cubic-foot of dirt in 4 minutes. If used to
attack it is considered a simple Melee Weapon and
does 3+Str Bludgeoning Damage. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Comfort & Shelter
Bedroll: A large piece of heavy cloth to
keep someone off the ground, a cushioned mat to
make sleeping easier, a Blanket, and a small
cushion for the head to rest on. A Bedroll makes it
comfortable to sleep in all but the worst types of
environments. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Bed: A wooden frame, with a large cushion
to lay on top of, a Blanket, and a smaller cushion
for the head to rest on. Usually kept indoors, or
under cover. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 6 Hardness: 3 HP: 10
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Blanket: A thick, heavy, quilted blanket that
can be used to keep someone warm. Can be used as
a Cloak, but occupies 1 hand when used as such. 2
Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Folding Chair: An odd sort of gadget that
easily folds out and allows someone to sit pretty
much anywhere. 25 Silver.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Hammock: Much like a Bedroll, but instead
keeps the person up off the ground. However it
does require two sturdy objects to be string
between. 4 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Soap: Used to clean stuff and make it smell
nice. 1 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
Tents: Tents are sizable and portable
structures made of poles and canvas. They come in
four transportable sizes of Small, Medium, Large,
and Huge.
A Small Tent can comfortably bed two Medium
Targets, four Small, or one Large. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
A Medium Tent can comfortably bed 4 Medium
Targets, eight Small, or 2 Large. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 4 Hardness: 2 HP: 7
A Large Tent can comfortably bed 6 Medium
Targets, 12 Small, 3 Large or 1 Huge. 30 Silver.
Bulk: 6 Hardness: 2 HP: 9
A Huge Tent can comfortably sleep 10 Medium
Targets, 20 Small Targets, 5 Large Targets, or 2
Huge Targets. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 10 Hardness: 2 HP: 12
Umbrella: A sturdy, and portable, way of
keeping off the rain or snow, or providing yourself
with some shade. An Umbrella must be held in 1
Hand to be functional and requires a Minor Action
to open or close. You ignore Nonlethal Damage due
to Environmental Hazards for 3 times longer than
listed. An Umbrella will increase the time before
taking Heat Damage by 30 Minutes. 25 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 8
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Door Lock: Locks on doors are very
common. A chunk of metal with internal
mechanics to keep the door closed. These can also
be applied to windows.
Simple DC 18 Check to Lockpick. 3 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Complex DC 25 Check to Lockpick. 12 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 3 HP: 6
Padlocks: A Padlock is a portable type of
lock, coming in two types: Mild and Heavy. Used to
connect two things, usually chains, in order to hold
something closed or together.
Mild DC 18 Check to Lockpick. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Heavy DC 25 Check to Lockpick. 8 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 3 HP: 6
Safes: A Safe is a large Object used to
protect valuables. Usually made from heavy duty
bronze or steel and cement. They use complex
locking systems, usually with some sort of number
dial.
Home DC 20 Check to Safecrack. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 5 Hardness: 3 HP: 12
Office DC 25 Check to Safecrack. 70 Silver.
Bulk: 6 Hardness: 4 HP: 15
Bank DC 30 Check to Safecrack. 2k Silver.
Bulk: 50 Hardness: 6 HP: 20
Manacles: A pair of large cuffs combined
by a heavy chain, sometimes including two
additional cuffs for the legs and rarely a fifth for a
tail. A Target who has their hands cuffed cannot
use both their hands and only counts as having 1
hand. A Target with their legs cuffed reduces their
movement speed down to 1/3rd their normal
movement. A Target with their tail cuffed cannot
use their tail and receives no Bonuses for having a
tail if they would normally get one. 25 Silver.
DC 30 Sleight of Hand Check to escape from one
cuff.
DC 30 Check to Lockpick one cuff.
DC 30 Athletics Check to break the chains and
remove the penalties, though the Target is still has
the cuffs on.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 3 HP: 10
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Writing Implements
Chalk: A soft, usually white, porous rock
made up of a type of limestone used for writing or
making marks on wood, metal, or stone. Can come
in different colors, simply double the price. 2
Silver for 3 pieces.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 2
Ink: A small bottle of colored liquid used
with a Quill for writing. A single Ink Bottle has
enough ink to write 200 pages. Not for drinking. 8
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Canvas: A large, heavy sort of cloth used
for painting or making maps. 5 Silver per square
foot.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Paper: A thin sheet of processed and cut
wood that is written on and used to make books.
Can also be folded into interesting shapes. 1 Silver
for 10 sheets.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 2
Chalkboard: A rather large piece of thin
black slate, between 1 and 2 feet in width and
height with a wooden frame. An easy surface to
write or draw on using chalk, and easily erasable.
15 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Paint Pigments: A small jar of colored
powder that is mixed with water in order to paint.
Comes in numerous colors. 2 Silver, some rarer
colors will cost upwards of 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Charcoal: A stick of wood that has been
strongly heated and compressed, similar to chalk,
that leaves behind markings on surfaces. Often
used to make rough sketches before painting, or to
make quick markings on things. 2 Silver for 3
pieces.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 2
Pencils: A piece of wood with a graphite
core, used for writing on paper. The markings are
easily removed by rubbing them with rubber or a
piece of bread. A Pencil can write 150 Pages. 1
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Brushes: A small wooden stick with fibers
attached to one end, usually horse hair, used to
apply paint to surfaces. 2 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Quill: Made from a large feather, a Quill is
used by dipping the tip into Ink and writing with it.
A Quill can write roughly 20 pages before it needs
to be sharpened, and can be sharpened 20 times. 3
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 3
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uses a metal nib to apply ink to paper. A Fountain
Pen can write 50 pages before needing to be
refilled, and one Bottle of Ink can refill a Fountain
Pen 4 times. 30 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Magical Ink: A small bottle of ink made
from magical substances. Used to add Spells into
Spellbooks as well as writing Scrolls. One bottle of
Magical Ink can be used for 5 pages or 5 scrolls. 10
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Magical Paper: Paper made from magical
materials used for making Scrolls, or adding Spells
into a Spellbook. 20 Silver for 5 sheets.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 3
Magical Chalk: Chalk made from magical
stones, used to draw runes or certain magical
symbols for Spells. A piece of Magical Chalk has 5
uses, and can write on anything, including the air. 5
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 3
Poison & Venom
Antitoxin: A small vial filled with a
chemical solution that helps to fight off Poison. By
spending an Action to drink this concoction you
lose the Poisoned Condition. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 2
Basic Poison: A vial of a simple poison
made from flowers and plants. Physical signs of
this Poison vary depending on what is used. This
vial contains 8 Doses. If applied to a weapon, this
Poison only remains potent for 5 hits. A Target
who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck by a
weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed a DC
10 Grit Save, gaining Poison(1) if they fail. This DC
can be increased by 1 for every additional Dose
that is used, up to the amount of doses contained
within the vial. This is an Alchemical Item that
takes 2 hours to make. 5 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
Kuluvus Venom: A vial of venom collected
from the mouths of a Kuluvus. On rather the more
mild side of venom's, it causes erratic heart beat
and difficulty breathing. This vial contains 5
Doses. If applied to a weapon, this Venom only
remains potent for 2 hits. A Target who ingests,
comes in contact, or is struck by a weapon coated
with this Poison, must succeed a DC 12 Grit Save,
gaining Poison(1) if they fail. This DC can be
increased by 1 for every additional Dose that is
used, up to the amount of doses contained within
the vial. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
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Florabee Venom: A vial of venom collected
from the stingers of Florabees. A potent poison that
causes swelling, hives and rashes to break out as
the Target is struck by severe and sudden high
fever. This vial contains 3 Doses. If applied to a
weapon, this Venom only remains potent for 2 hits.
A Target who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck
by a weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed
a DC 13 Grit Save, gaining Poison(2) if they fail.
This DC can be increased by 1 for every additional
Dose that is used, up to the amount of doses
contained within the vial. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
Brass Dragon Poison: A vial of carefully
collected Brass Dragons Sleep Breath filtered into a
Poison. This causes the Targets head to swim and a
dizzy feeling to overtake them before they pass out.
This vial contains 2 Doses. If applied to a weapon,
this Poison only remains potent for 2 hits. A Target
who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck by a
weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed a DC
13 Grit or Willpower Save, falling Unconscious for
1d12 Rounds if they fail. The potency of this Poison
can be increased by 1 to DC and 1 Additional Round
for every additional Dose that is used, up to the
amount of doses contained within the vial. 50
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
Bronze Dragon Poison: A vial of carefully
collected Bronze Dragons Repulsion Breath filtered
into a Poison. This causes the Target to suffer from
hallucinations and to be overcome with fear. This
vial contains 2 Doses. If applied to a weapon, this
Poison only remains potent for 2 hits. A Target
who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck by a
weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed a DC
13 Grit or Willpower Save, or move away for 1d12
Rounds if they fail. The potency of this Poison can
be increased by 1 to DC and 1 Additional Round for
every additional Dose that is used, up to the
amount of doses contained within the vial. 50
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
 Copper Dragon Poison: A vial of carefully
collected Copper Dragons Slow Breath filtered into
a poison. This causes numbness to fill a Targets
body, dulling the reflexes and making tasks more
difficult. This vial contains 2 Doses. If applied to a
weapon, this Poison only remains potent for 2 hits.
A Target who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck
by a weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed
a DC 13 Grit or Willpower Save, or may only take 1
Action for 1d12 rounds if they fail. The potency of
this Poison can be increased by 1 to DC and 1
Additional Round for every additional Dose that is
used, up to the amount of doses contained within
the vial. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
Green Dragon Poison: A vial of carefully
collected Green Dragon breath filtered into a
poison. This is an extremely potent type of Poison,
that if it takes hold can be devastating to any Target
as it causes organ failure. This vial contains 2
Doses. If applied to a weapon, this Poison only
remains potent for 2 hits. A Target who ingests,
comes in contact, or is struck by a weapon coated
with this Poison, must succeed a DC 13 Grit Save,
gaining Poison(3) if they fail. This DC can be
increased by 1 for every additional Dose that is
used, up to the amount of doses contained within
the vial. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
Gold Dragon Poison: A vial of carefully
collected Gold Dragons Weaken Breath filtered into
a poison. This Poison causes the muscles of a
Target to become loose and slack, making it
difficult for them to tighten and move the body.
This vial contains 2 Doses. If applied to a weapon,
this Poison only remains potent for 2 hits. A Target
who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck by a
weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed a DC
13 Grit Save, taking a -5 to Strength for 1d12 rounds,
this effect cannot stack. The potency of this Poison
can be increased by 1 to DC and 1 Additional Round
for every additional Dose that is used, up to the
amount of doses contained within the vial. 50
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
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Silver Dragon Poison: A vial of carefully
collected Silver Dragons Paralyzing Breath filtered
into a poison. A severe Poison that causes the
Targets body to seize and become unable to do
anything. This vial contains 2 Doses. If applied to a
weapon, this Poison only remains potent for 2 hits.
A Target who ingests, comes in contact, or is struck
by a weapon coated with this Poison, must succeed
a DC 13 Grit Save, becoming Paralyzed for 1d12
rounds if they fail. The potency of this Poison can
be increased by 1 to DC and 1 Additional Round for
every additional Dose that is used, up to the
amount of doses contained within the vial. 50
Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 1
Explosives
Alchemists Fire: A small vial containing a
mixture of volatile chemicals that react violently
when exposed to air. If the vial is opened, or
broken, it immediately explodes. The vial explodes
in a 5ft AOE, dealing 2 Fire Damage to all Targets,
who then must succeed a DC 15 Physical Save, only
taking 1 Damage if they succeed, but if they fail
they the Burning(Fire) Condition. The chemicals
burn the square they exploded in for 5 rounds
before burning itself out if there is nothing
flammable in the squares. This is an Alchemical
Item that takes 1 hour to make and 4 Alchemical
Supplies. 20 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
Dynamite: A hollow tube made of ceramic
or paper packed mostly with gunpowder and
topped with a wick. It takes 1 Action to light the
fuse, and may be set to go off between 1 and 10
rounds after being lit, determined by the length of
the fuse. The fuse length can always be shortened
to decrease time, but cannot be lengthened. When
it detonates it creates a 20ft AOE, dealing 3
Damage, Unsoakable, to Targets, and 10 Damage to
Objects. A Target may make a DC 15 Physical Save,
allowing them to Soak Damage on a success. A
Target who is in the same space as lit Dynamite
may spend 2 Actions to put out the fuse. A fuse will
only burn for 1 Round under water before going out,
this does not include rain. This is an Alchemical
Item that takes 1 hour to make, but requires
Gunpowder and Nitroglycerin. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 0 HP: 0
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filled with gunpowder and other chemicals. It takes
1 Minor Action to activate a Flash-Bang and 1
Action to throw, giving a Hat 2 seconds after the
activation to throw it before it goes off. If they do
not throw it, they take 2 Damage, Unsoakable.
Anyone within 30ft who can see the Flash-Bang
when it goes off must succeed a DC 16 Physical
Save, being Blinded for 2 Rounds if they fail. This
is an Alchemical Item that takes 1 hour to make
and 3 Alchemical Supplies. 16 Silver.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 5
Gunpowder: An explosively flammable
substance consisting of several different minerals
and chemicals mixed together. The burnt remains
of which is called pistol dust, and will stain
anything a deep black color with repeated
application.
Pouch of Gunpowder is easy to transport, though
has the issue that it is explosive if it is burned. This
is an Alchemical Item and takes 2 hours to make a
pouches worth. A Pouch of Gunpowder can make
20 sticks of Dynamite. 6 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 1 HP: 6
Keg of Gunpowder is the most used means of
transporting the explosive substance. A Keg can fill
6 Pouches. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 4 Hardness: 2 HP: 6
Barrel of Gunpowder is not typically used, as it is
cumbersome and Kegs tend to be easier, but it is
done occasionally. A Barrel can fill 3 Kegs. 100
Silver.
Bulk: 8 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Nitroglycerin: A highly volatile and
explosive chemical mixture in a small glass vial. A
very much use and carry at your own risk type of
thing. If a vial is hit, thrown against something or
jostled too much (Such as if a Hat moves faster
than a walk, or takes a fall) it will explode in a 5ft
AOE, dealing 5 Damage, Unsoakable, to Targets, and
15 Damage to Objects. A Target caught in this AOE
may make a Physical Save, allowing them to Soak
Damage on a success. This is an Alchemical Item
that takes 4 hours to make. A vial of Nitroglycerin
can make 10 sticks of Dynamite. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 0 Hardness: 0 HP: 1
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Saddles: For most people, in order to ride a
horse requires the use of a Saddle, which is a large
piece of shaped leather, padding, and cloth. All
Saddles cost 30 Silver, except for the Show Saddle
which costs 60.
Trail: This Saddle designed for riding long
distances and speed. You may increase the speeds
of a Mount by 5ft. You cannot have Saddle Bags
with this Saddle. This Saddle does not have a Bulk
for a Mount.
Ranch: A Saddle more designed for working, and
general use. You may have 2 Saddle Bags with this
Saddle. This Saddle is 1 Bulk for a Mount.
Pack: A Saddle more for transport than for riding.
You may have 4 Saddle Bags with this Saddle, but
if you have more than 2 there is not enough room
to ride on the Mount. This Saddle adds 1 Bulk to a
Mount, as it has a built in bag.
Show: This Saddle is incredibly fancy and
comfortable to sit on. Your gain a +5 to Ride Checks
when attempting to perform tricks or jumps with a
Mount. You cannot have Saddle Bags with this
Saddle. This Saddle is 1 Bulk for a Mount.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Saddle Bags: Large leather bags that attach
to the Saddle of a Mount. Not all Saddles can have
them attached, and some can have more than
others. Saddle Bags give a mount a +2 to Bulk for
every bag they have. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 2 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Bit, Bridle and Reigns: While technically 3
different items, all are usually bought together.
Alone one of these items cost 2 Silver, together
they cost 5.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 1 HP: 4
Horse Shoes: A rather heavy and solid but
of curved and shaped metal, nailed into the hooves
of some mounts to ease the stress of walking.
Horse Shoes do not add any Bulk to a Mount. 2
Silver each.
Bulk: 1 Hardness: 3 HP: 5
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Wheelchairs: A rather large, and a bit
bulky construction of a chair with wheels, used by
those who do not have full use of their legs.
Anyone seated in a Wheelchair no longer takes the
penalties from Troubles involving Movement.
However, in order to Move the person in the
Wheelchair must have both hands free. Someone
in a Wheelchair may, as a Minor Action, put what
they are holding into their lap before they begin
moving, and pick it back up at the end or during
their movement. Any Target may, as part of their
Movement, push a Wheelchair as a Free Action. A
Wheelchairs movement is halved when going up
hill, and doubled when going down hill. You move
twice as slow when going through Hazardous
Terrain that slows movement. You cannot go up
stairs with a Wheelchair.
Small, for those of Size Small. 7 Silver.
Bulk: 3 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Medium, for those of Size Medium. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 5 Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Large, for those of Size Large. 15 Silver.
Bulk: 7 Hardness: 2 HP: 11
Carts: A wheeled open box usually made of
wood. Carts are used to transport goods, and
sometimes people. Due to the fact that they are
open to weather, they are used either over short
distances, or with some sort of covering. Each type
of Cart can carry a different amount of Bulk,
which is more determined by the Pulling ability of
what is pulling it, but they do have a maximum.
Hand Carts are small, and while they can be
attached to a Mount, they are usually simply pulled
or pushed by an individual. Someone using a Hand
Cart can Push or Pull double the amount of Bulk, to
a maximum of 15 Bulk. 10 Silver.
Bulk: 4 Hardness: 2 HP: 5
Small Carts are attached to one or more Mounts, to
a maximum of four, allowing them to pull twice
their maximum Bulk, up to a maximum of 30. 20
Silver.
Bulk: 8 Hardness: 2 HP: 10
Medium Carts are attached to one or more Mounts,
to a maximum of 6, allowing them to pull twice
their maximum Bulk, up to a maximum of 60. 40
Silver.
Bulk: 12 Hardness: 2 HP: 15
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Wagons: Much like a Cart, however Wagons
are built a bit sturdier, and come have a cover over
them, allowing an enclosed space safe from the
outside and weather.
Medium Wagons are attached to one or more
Mounts, to a maximum of 6, allowing them to pull
twice their maximum Bulk, up to a maximum of
60. 50 Silver.
Bulk: 15 Hardness: 3 HP: 15
Large Wagons are attached to one or more Mounts,
to a maximum of 8, allowing them to pull twice
their maximum Bulk, up to a maximum of 100. 80
Silver.
Bulk: 20 Hardness: 3 HP: 20
Stagecoach: A large mobile structure,
capable of holding 6 Medium Targets inside, a
Large takes up the space of 2 and a Small takes up
half the space. Often heavily decorated and made
for transporting people more than goods. There are
also places for two people to sit up front to drive,
and two in the back to keep lookout or who can't
afford a seat inside. A Stagecoach is attached to one
or more Mounts, to a maximum of 8, allowing them
to pull twice their maximum Bulk, up to a
maximum of 100. 100 Silver.
Bulk: 20 Hardness: 4 HP: 20
Tumbleweed Wagon: Much like a
Stagecoach, however this is more like a mobile
cage or prison to hold criminals as they are being
transported. A Lawman will ride around to the
smaller towns to collect the criminals that have
been held there, and then bring them to a larger
town that has a Courthouse to stand trial. A
Tumbleweed Wagon can hold up to 15 people in the
back, and has two seats up front and two on top. A
Tumbleweed Wagon is attached to one or more
Mounts, to a maximum of 8, allowing them to pull
twice their maximum Bulk, up to a maximum of
100 150 Silver.
Bulk: 25 Hardness: 5 HP: 20
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Item Cost Bulk Coffee (Cup) 1S 0
Alcohol Milk (Cup) 2S 0
Ale (Mug) 2S 0 Tea (Cup) 1S 0
Cider (Mug) 1S 0 Soda (Bottle) 2S 1
Mead (Mug) 2S 0 Foodstuff
Whiskey (Glass) 3S 0 Bread (Loaf) 1S 1
Whiskey (Shot) 1S 0 Cheese (Wedge) 1S 1
Whiskey (Glass, Fine) 18 S 0 Chocolate (Bar) 3S 0
Absinthe (Shot) 3S 0 Chocolate Powder (Can) 8S 1
Champagne (Glass) 5S 0 Honey (Bottle) 5S 1
Champagne (Glass, Fine) 14 S 0 Ice Cream (Small Carton) 4S 1
Rum (Glass) 2S 0 Maple Syrup (Bottle) 3S 1
Gin (Glass) 4S 0 Meat (Poor Cut) 3S 1
Tequila (Glass) 3S 0 Meat (Fair Cut) 6S 1
Tequila (Shot) 1S 0 Meat (Good Cut) 8S 1
Wine (Glass) 10 S 0 Yogurt (Cup) 1S 0
Wine (Glass, Fine) 50 S 0 Beans (Can) 1S 1
Cocktails Ground Coffee (Can) 5S 1
Boozey Buzzer 9S 0 Tea Block 15 S 1
Frantic Kobold 8S 0 Sugar Syrup (Bottle) 3S 1
Afternoon Death 9S 0 Hot Sauce (Small Bottle) 4S 0
Happy Harpy's Egg Cream 7S 0 Meals
Meal, Good 10 S 3
Meal, Common 5S 2
Meal, Poor 2S 1
Rations
Short Term (1 week) 1S 0
Medium Term (4 weeks) 3S 1
Long Term (15 Weeks) 10 S 4
Mount & Companion Feed
Single Day Meal 1S 2
Short Term Feed (1 Week) 7S 6
Medium Term Feed (4 Weeks) 20 S 10
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Alcohol
Ale: Made with fermented hops, resulting
in a sweet and somewhat fruity taste.
Cider: A drink made from fermented
apples, sometimes with other fruits added in.
Mead: Fermented honey and water,
sometimes with added fruits, spices, grains, or
hops.
Whiskey: A fermented grain mash aged in
a wooden cask that had previously been used for
other alcohol.
Absinthe: Derived from a variety of plants,
including flowers, used in both medical practice
and cooking.
Champagne: A sparkling type of wine most
often used in celebration.
Rum: Sugar that has been fermented in oak
barrels.
Gin: A drink made from fermented juniper
berries, often used in medicine.
Tequila: Fermented blue agave.
Wine: Grapes that have been fermented in
barrels over a long period of time.
Cocktails
Afternoon Death: Absinthe and Champagne
Boozey Buzzer: whiskey spiked with
Florabee honey and lemon juice.
Frantic Kobold: whiskey or tequila mixture
with hot sauce and coca powder. Then egg whites
are added and it is stirred up into a foam.
Happy Harpy's Egg Cream: containing
neither eggs or cream, but containing milk, seltzer,
syrup, a splash of quinine, and fortified with
military mineral powder. Borne from soldiers
attempting to find ways to make quinine potable to
cut down on disease, this often chocolate drink was
named after the harpies that would follow soldiers
around, picking clean the dead and diseased they
left behind on campaign.
Beverages
Coffee: A roasted bean juice drink, usually
served hot. Drinking coffee allows you to ignore
Fatigue for 1 Hour. Coffee will also give you a +5
Bonus to resist any Sleep effects.
Milk: A liquid that comes most often from
a cow, but anything with nipples can be milked if
you're not a coward.
Tea: Hot leaf juice.
Soda: A sometimes carbonated and sugary
beverage.
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Foodstuff
Bread: Ground wheat that is baked. Try
slicing and baking again for a surprise.
Cheese: Milk that has been aged into an
edible mold.
Chocolate Bar: Cocoa is incredibly delicious
and highly addictive.
Chocolate Powder: Ground up cocoa, used
for making chocolate or for baking.
Honey: Delicious bee vomit that keeps
forever.
Ice Cream: Milk that has been prepped in a
special way and frozen. Melts too quickly.
Maple Syrup: Sap collected from maple
trees and made into deliciousness.
Meat: It comes from animals.
Yogurt: Milk that is been processed in a
very specific way and flavored, usually with fruits.
Beans: A magical fruit. Usually baked.
Ground Coffee: A jar of ground up roasted
coffee beans, used to make Coffee. Who would
have guessed? Makes about 50 pots.
Tea Block: A solid block of dried leaves. A
few shavings from this is enough to make a pot.
Makes about 50 pots.
Sugar Syrup: Sugar in it's most syrupy
form. Used for cooking, or adding to cocktails.
Hot Sauce: Add a lot of spice to any meal.
Meals
Good: A good meal consists of quite a high
amount of not only ingredients, but also quality of
said ingredients.
Common: A Common Meal is usually made
with some sort of protein and things that are
filling.
Poor: A Poor Meal usually consists of some
bread and cheese with some water.
Rations
Short Term: Some dried meats, fruits, and
nuts, which is enough to feed a single Medium sized
person for an entire day for up to 1 Week.
Medium Term: Dried meats, fruits, and
nuts, which is enough to feed a single Medium sized
person for an entire day for up to 4 Weeks.
Long Term: Lots of dried meats, fruits, and
nuts, which is enough to feed a single Medium sized
person for an entire day for up to 15 Weeks.
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Single Day Meal: Enough food to feed a
Large sized Mount for 1 Day.
Short Term Feed: Food for a Mount meant
for shorter trips. Enough food to feed a Large sized
Mount for 1 Week.
Medium Term Feed: Food for a Mount
meant for average trips. Enough food to feed a
Large sized Mount for 4 Weeks.
Long Term Feed: Food for a Mount meant
for very long trips. Enough food to feed a Large
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Mounts
Mounts, such as Horses, are one of the
most prominent modes of transportation in the
West. Sure trains may be fast and sturdy, but they
need rails. A Mount can go almost anywhere. But
how good a Mount all depends on it's breeding.
While Mounted, you and your Mount
occupy the same amount of space, even if you are a
different size.
Mount Movement
Many types of Mounts, like Horses, have 4
Movement Speeds, a Walk, a Trot, a Canter, or a
Gallop. If you moved the maximum distance of
your current speed on your last turn, making 2
Basic Move Actions, then you may move up one
Speed at the start of your next turn. To drop
Speeds you must move the amount under a lower
speed, but you cannot slow more than 2 speeds at
one time. Speed is also effected by weight,
explained under Carry Bulk. A Mount without
these Speeds listed, is considered moving at a
Walk when 1 Basic Move Action is spent, and
moving at a Trot if 2 or more Basic Move Actions is
spent. If taking the Run Action a Mount is
considered to be moving at a Canter Speed.
Riding Difficulty: Every speed also
imposes difficulty to combat. At a Walk you receive
a -1 to all rolls. Trot, -3. Canter, -6. Gallop, -10. These
numbers also effect Backlash Checks. This
Difficulty is decreased by your Ride Skill.
Turning: As you increase speed it becomes
more difficult to steer a Mount. Turning your
Mount is part of your move action for that turn,
and you you must completely finish a turn before
you can make another.
At a Walk speed, you can easily have the
Mount make a 90 degree turn, and even have it
turn around, but it requires more room at higher
speeds. You need a different amount of space
depending on the speed, and must travel the
distance listed forward, and then travel that
distance again either left or right, and all spaces
diagonally between your starting point and ending
point must be free of obstructions. These turning
distances are measured in Cones of varying sizes.
A Cone always starts in the square directly in front
of your Mount and you must move into one of the
farthest diagonal squares. You can stop half way to
turn your Mount 45 degrees.
Trot: you require a 10ft Cone to change
your Mounts facing 90 degrees
Canter: you require a 20ft Cone to change
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Gallop: it requires a 30ft Cone to change
your Mounts facing 90 degrees.
It only takes the listed amount of
movement to make the turn as if you had traveled
in a straight line diagonally.
Steering: Your Hat requires at least 1 hand
free in order to hold the reins and steer a Mount. If
you are not steering a Mount, it may begin to drift.
The Storyteller makes a roll, and on a 12 or lower,
the Mount begins to turn in the direction of the
Storyteller's choice. On a roll of 13, the rider must
make a luck roll. On a successful roll the Mount
stays heading the original direction. On a failed
roll, the Mount slows down one step, and depending
on the temperament of the Mount may attempt to
buck the rider off.
Falling Off: Speaking of falling off, when
you fall from a Mount, you take Damage equal to
1/10th of half the speed you were traveling at the
time you fell off and you are Prone. (Speed/2)/10
Charging: Charging works as normal, but
use the Mounts current Speed.
Jumping: A Mount may Jump 5ft high,
halved but a minimum of 5, for every Speed it is
moving, and 10ft in distance and an additional 5ft
for ever Speed level. So a Mount moving at a Walk
can jump a distance of 10ft and a height of 5ft. 15ft
in Distance or 5ft in height at a Trot. 20ft in
Distance or 5ft in height at a Canter. 25ft in
Distance or 10ft in Height at a Gallop.
Run Action: If not in a Pursuit, you may
make a Run Action as normal using a Mounts
current Speed.
Withdraw: You may not perform a
Withdraw Action while on a Mount.
Mount Exhaustion
A Mount cannot go on indefinitely, and can
suffer from Exhaustion, though it a worse for
Mounts when caused by traveling. A Mount can
travel for 12 hours at a Walk. For every increase in
Movement Speed, this time is Halved. If the Mount
goes over this time, the Mount is Exhausted, it's
Wounds are Halved, and it can only move at Half
it's Walking Speed. This limit can be reset by
allowing the Mount to rest for 1 Hour before hitting
the limit, additionally the Mount may Walk if the
rest is for 3 Hours and it carries less than 1 Bulk.
A Mount may be pushed past it's limit for
double the amount of time it could travel. However
if pushed, the rider must make a Luck Check when
they stop traveling, if they Fail the Mount dies of
Exhaustion.
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A Mount can pull the Bulk of a Cart, or
Wagon, plus twice their max Carry Bulk in cargo
and passengers for calculating what speed they can
move at. Multiple Mounts increase this amount,
adding double any additional Mounts Carry Bulk to
the equation. The max Speeds are determined by
the lowest quality Mount. A Mount, or Mounts,
attempting to pull more than the maximum amount
of Bulk they could carry are simply unable to pull
it. Some Hazardous Terrain will also effect if the
Mounts can pull it.
Carry Bulk
A Mount can only carry so much weight
and still be able to move at it's full speed. The only
speed that does not change no matter the weight, is
their walk speed, until they are over encumbered.
The first number under Carry Bulk is their base
carry weight for their maximum speed. Meaning as
long as they are at that number or bellow, they can
Gallop. If they go over that number, their maximum
speed becomes a Canter up to the Bulk of the
second number. Once they go over that second Bulk
number, their max speed is a Trot. If they go over
the third number, they can only walk. If they go
over the last number they are over encumbered
and cannot move, and in fact will be crushed and
take 8 Damage as their legs buckle.
A Rider of Small size counts as 4 Bulk,
plus gear. A Medium Rider counts as 6 Bulk, plus
gear, and a Large Rider counts as 8 Bulk, plus gear.
Anyone who is one category Larger than a Mount
is obviously bigger than the Mount, so no riding.
Barding
Like a Hat, a Mount (and any Companion
or Familiar) can be fitted with specially made
Armor called Barding. The Bulk of the Barding is
applied to the Mount as if they were carrying it. It
costs 5 times the price of the armor, and must be
specifically made for the Mount.
To put Barding on a Mount or Companion is
a DC 15 Animal Handling Check and takes 20
Minutes, a Saddle may also be put on at the same
time. If this Check Fails it adds 10 Minutes onto the
time. If the Companion or Mount is overly excited
or does not like the Target attempting to put the
Barding on, it takes 40 Minutes, but a DC 15 Animal
Handling Check can be made to reduce the time
back to 20 Minutes.
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Riding
Probably the most common thing to do with
a Mount is ride it. In order to properly ride a Mount
it must have a Saddle, or all checks made while
riding receive a -10 penalty.
If you are not properly seated in the Saddle
all Checks receive a -10 Penalty.
All penalties to riding are accumulative.
In order to stand up on your Mount
requires a DC 14 Ride Check, +4 for every speed
above Trot.
In order to make a Melee Attack while
riding a Mount, you must be stationary or moving
the same speed as your Target. You still trigger
Attacks of Opportunity while Mounted.
Saddling & Hitching
To Saddle a Mount is a DC 15 Ride Check
and takes 5 Minutes to do, as long as the Target
putting the saddle on the Mount is on good terms
with them. If this Check Fails it adds 10 Minutes
onto the time. If the Mount is excited, or does not
like the Target attempting to put the Saddle on
them, it will take 15 Minutes. A Horse can be
calmed with a DC 15 Animal Handling Check. A
Saddle must be made appropriately to what it is
being put on, although a Donkey can wear a Horse
Saddle.
To Hitch up a Mount to a Wagon or Cart
takes a DC 14 Handle Animal Check, and takes 15
Minutes for every Mount. If this Check Fails it adds
15 Minutes onto the time. If the Mount is excited, or
does not like the Target attempting to Hitch them, it
will take 30 Minutes. A Horse can be calmed with
a DC 15 Animal Handling Check.
Spooked
Many Mounts are timid and skittish things,
Horses especially, and will take off if something
Spooks them. If a Mount has no rider, if something
Spooks them, such as a nearby loud sound, fire, or
being hit, they must make a DC 16 Check, or gain
the Fear Condition for 5 Rounds. This DC is
increased by 1 for every other Mount nearby, and if
one Mount in the group fails this Check, they all
fail. However, if the Mount has a Rider, the Mount
only needs to make this Check in the Surprise
Round, and the DC is reduced by the riders Ride
Skill. If a Mount is Spooked when it has a rider,
they must make a DC 15 Ride Check or be thrown
from the Horse. Anyone may make a DC 15 Handle
Animal Check to calm a Spooked Mount as long as
they are within 15ft of them.
 Horse Table
Breed Cost Wounds Walk Trot Canter Gallop Swim Carry Bulk
Donkey 20 S 11 ≥ 25ft ≥ 35ft ≥ 65ft ≥ 80ft 15ft 9/13/15/18
Franz 30 S 12 ≥ 30ft ≥ 40ft ≥ 90ft ≥ 100ft 15ft 10/15/17/20
Eclip 70 S 14 ≥ 30ft ≥ 45ft ≥ 100ft ≥ 120ft 20ft 11/16/19/22
Drab 100 S 15 ≥ 30ft ≥ 50ft ≥ 110ft ≥ 140ft 20ft 12/17/21/24
Callo 200 S 16 ≥ 30ft ≥ 55ft ≥ 120ft ≥ 160ft 25ft 13/18/23/26
Bero 400 S 18 ≥ 30ft ≥ 60ft ≥ 130ft ≥ 180ft 25ft 14/19/25/28
Avan 600 S 20 ≥ 30ft ≥ 70ft ≥ 150ft ≥ 200ft 25ft 15/20/27/30

Horses
Horses are Large Critters, averaging over 5
feet to the saddle, and weigh well over a thousand
pounds. They come in all sorts of colors,
temperaments, and breeds. A good breed of horse is
not only fast, but tough. And expensive.
Your most common breed of Horse, and the
lowest Grade, is a Franz; a good sturdy horse for
not much Silver. The breeds then follow to Eclip,
Drab, Callo, Bero, and the highest breed, Avan.
Then of course there's always Donkeys,
which while still considered Large Critters, average
about 3 to 4 feet to the saddle and weigh a few
hundred pounds. But a Donkey is sturdy, and makes
a great companion to carry smaller folks or extra
gear.

Familiars
By using the Spell Familiar Contract, you
can enter a contract and bind a Critter to you.
Some Talents allow you to gain additional benefits
from having a familiar, but anyone can have one if
they take the Spell and gain the Bonuses listed
here. A Familiar requires attention and food, but
does not Age while under Contract. A neglected
Familiar will break their Contract and leave.
All Familiars must be size Small or
smaller, and have at least 5 Wounds due to the
magic of the Spell, if they do not naturally have
more. All Familiars gain Low-Light Vision if they
do not already have it.
Insect Critters are not listed on the
Familiar Table, however any Insect that is under
Contract give a +1 Bonus to a Basic or Knowledge
Skill, and must be larger than 4 inches.
A Familiar costs 10 Silver to purchase.
This price represents what your Hat used to attract
the Familiar.
Animal Companions
Some Talents allow you to take an Animal
Companion. An Animal Companion takes at least 1
week to train, and your Talents represent your
ability to train an animal to act on your commands.
You can only have 1 Animal Companion unless you
have a Talent that says otherwise. Animal
Companions cannot use weapons.
With your Animal Companion you may
also choose to spend your Hat's experience to buy
locked Talents that the Companion has. Any Talent
with an experience cost is locked until it is bought.
An Animal Companion also has a Cost to
obtain it. These costs are listed after the animals
description.
The description of the most common
Animal Companions are listed after the Familiar
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 Familiar Table
Familiar Size Dodge Abilities Boon
Armadillo Tiny 16 Perception +6 +1 to Soak
Badger Small 15 Perception +4 +1 to Soak
Bat Diminutive 16 Blind-Sense, Fly (20), Perception +5 +2 to Hearing Perception Checks
Beaver Small 16 Perception +5 +2 to Physical Saves
Cat Tiny 14 Perception +5 +2 to Stealth Checks
Chicken Tiny 12 Perception +5 +1 to Wounds
Dog Small 14 Perception +6 +3 to Awareness
Duck Tiny 14 Fly (40), Perception +5 +2 to Physical Saves
Fox Tiny 14 Perception +8 +2 to Bluff Checks
Frog Diminutive 15 Perception +2 +2 to Knowledge Checks
Goat Small 13 Perception +3 +2 to Survival Checks
Goose Small 14 Fly (40), Perception +5 +2 to Intimidate Checks
Hamster Diminutive 18 Perception+2 +2 to Investigation Checks
Hare Tiny 15 Perception +1 +2 to Initiative
Hawk Tiny 15 Fly (60), Perception +14 +2 to Sight Perception Checks
Hedgehog Diminutive 18 Perception +1 +2 to Willpower Saves
Iguana Small 16 Perception +8 +2 to Perception Checks
Lizard Tiny 14 Perception +1 +2 to Athletic Checks
Monkey Tiny 14 Perception +5 +2 to Acrobatic Checks
Mouse Diminutive 18 Perception +2 +2 to Knowledge Checks
Opossum Tiny 16 Perception +4 +2 to Stealth Checks
Otter Tiny 15 Perception +1 +2 to Perform Checks.
Owl Tiny 15 Fly (60), Perception +10 +2 to Willpower Saves
Pangolin Tiny 15 Perception +4 +1 Dodge
Penguin Small 11 Perception +8 +2 to Leadership Checks
Pig Small 13 Perception +5 +2 to Persuasion Checks
Raccoon Tiny 15 Perception +3 +2 to Sleight of Hand Checks
Rat Tiny 14 Perception +1 +2 to Investigation Checks
Raven Tiny 14 Fly (40), Perception +6 +2 to Appraise Checks
Skunk Tiny 14 Perception +5 +2 to Grit Saves
Sloth Small 10 Perception +1 +2 to Grit Saves
Snake Tiny 16 Perception +5 +1 Dodge
Squirrel Diminutive 18 Perception +1 +2 to Sleight of Hand Checks
Toad Tiny 15 Perception +5 +1 to Wounds
Turtle Tiny 16 Perception +4 +1 to Soak
Viper Tiny 16 Perception +9 +2 to Bluff Checks
Weasel Tiny 15 Perception +1 +2 to Acrobatic Checks

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 Dragoliz (Companion)
Although it's a bit difficult to call a Dragoliz
a true dragon, but it is difficult to call them
anything else. They are a large lizard, reminiscent
of wingless Dragons, though their colors vary far
wider than that of Dragons.
Cost: 15 Silver.

Dragoliz 0.5
Medium Magical Dragon Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 15 0 30ft, +1
20ft
Swim

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck

3 2 1 1 0 -6 -4 15

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

14 +1 +0 -
Skills Acrobatics +1, Brawl +5, Bluff +1,
Perception +4, Stealth +6
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Armored Scales
If the Dragoliz is struck it may, as Reaction,
increase its Dodge and Soak by 2 if it is struck. If
a Target is Grappling Dragoliz, the Dragoliz may, as
a Bonus Action, cause the opponent to suffer 1
Unsoakable Damage.

Tail Slap 10exp

The Dragoliz may spend 1 Action to make an
Attack with its tail, dealing 2 Damage and
knocking the opponent Prone if it hits.

Mount Training 10exp

You have trained the Companion to be able to
handle riders. A Small, or smaller sized creature
can use this Companion as a Mount. This still
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 Elemental Serpent (Companion) Radiant Element
A big snake, infused with the magical
energy of other Realms of Existence. While not An Elemental Serpent may only have one
true Elementals, they still hold quite a lot of power. Element type.
Cost: 20 Silver. Embodying the magic force of Radiance, an
Elemental Serpent of the Radiant deals an
Elemental Serpent 0.5 additional +2 Radiant Damage when it hits.
Additionally, it is Immune to Radiant Damage.
Medium Elemental Critter
Ice Element
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
5 15 0 20ft, +1 Element type.
20ft Embodying the magic force of Ice, an Elemental
Swim Serpent of the Ice deals an additional +2 Cold
Damage when it hits. Additionally, it is Immune to
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck Cold Damage.
3 2 1 1 0 -6 -4 15
Void Element
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
14 +4 +0 - Embodying the magic force of Force itself, an
Elemental Serpent of the Void deals an additional
Skills Acrobatics +4, Brawl +3, Bluff +2, +2 Void Damage when it hits. Additionally, it is
Perception +4, Stealth +6 Immune to Force Damage.
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +3 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage +Elemental Damage

Air Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the magic force of Lightning, an
Elemental Serpent of the Air deals an additional
+2 Lightning Damage when it hits. Additionally, it
is Immune to Lightning Damage.

Earth Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the magic force of Acid, an Elemental
Serpent of the Earth deals an additional Acid(1/1)
when it hits. Additionally, it is Immune to Acid
Damage.

Fire Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the Magic force of Fire, an Elemental
Serpent of the Fire deals an additional +2 Fire
Damage when it hits. Additionally, it is Immune to
Fire Damage.

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 Kuluvus (Companion) Mount Training 10exp
Kuluvus are large reptilian type Critters You have trained the Companion to be able to
who are fairly amiable and rather intelligent. handle riders. A Small, or smaller sized creature
Cost: 20 Silver. can use this Companion as a Mount. This still
requires the Mount to have a Saddle.
Kuluvus 0.5
Medium Magical Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 15 0 30ft, +3
30ft
Climb

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck

2 1 3 1 2 -6 -4 15

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 +3 +2 -
Skills Acrobatics +3, Brawl +4, Investigation
+4, Perception +6, Sense Motive +1,
Stealth +6
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Venomous
The bite of a Kuluvus carries with it a venom. A
Target bit by a Kuluvus must make a DC 12 Grit
Save, gaining Poison(1) if they fail.

Cold Blooded
A Kuluvus takes twice us much Damage from Cold
attacks. If a Kuluvus is in a cold environment it
will eventually slip into hibernation if not kept
warm. This can be done with clothing or magic.

Stare 20exp
A Kuluvus may spend 2 Actions to lock eyes with
a Target who must succeed at a DC 12 Willpower
Save or become Paralyzed. The Target may spend
2 Actions to repeat this Check every turn, and
also makes Saves whenever it receives Damage. A
Target Paralyzed by Stare cannot be Coup De
Crace'd, and the Kuluvus must spend their turn
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 Wolf (Companion)
Wolves are pack animals, and take easy to
training, making them one of the best candidates
for Animal Companions.
Cost: 15 Silver.

Wolf 0.5
Medium Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 15 0 40ft +3
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
2 2 2 2 -6 1 -4 15

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 2 1 -
Skills Acrobatics +2, Brawl +4, Bluff +1,
Intimidate +3, Perception +6, Stealth +6
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Darkvision
A Wolf can see in non-magical darkness as if it
were daylight. However they cannot see colors in
the dark, instead seeing everything in shades of
gray.

Scent
Receives a +5 when attempting to track a Target,
or can give this Bonus to the Hat it is the
Companion of.

Trip 20exp
When a Wolf hits with an attack it may make a
Trip as part of the attack. The Target does not get
a counter Trip if the Trip fails.

Mount Training 10exp

You have trained the Companion to be able to
handle riders. A Small, or smaller sized creature
can use this Companion as a Mount. This still
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 Chapter 9: Combat
Dodge & Soak
Dodge, quite simply, is how difficult it is to
hit a Hat. A Dodge Score is determined by taking
10, adding the Hat's Agility Score and then adding
in the Bonus they receive from Armor and Talents.
For Soak, there are three types; Soak,
Natural Soak, and Magical Soak. Your Soak is
equal to whatever the highest value of Soak you
have among these three categories. Natural and
Magical Soak will prevent Damage from magical
means, but only up to their value. Meaning if you
have a Magical or Natural Soak of 1, but your
Armor and Shield give you a Soak of 3, you would
Soak only 1 Damage from a magical source, but 3
from a non-magical source.
Saving Throws
Often you will be called to make a Saving
Throw in order to avoid Damage or ill effects.
These are usually based off of an Ability, or a
Skill. The thing you are attempting to Save from
will explain what happens if you succeed and what
happens if you fail.
Grit Save: 2d12+Grit. A Grit Save is usually
paired with either another Save, or the Target must
Hit in order to force the Save.
Physical Save: 2d12+(Players Choice of
Acrobatics or Athletics).
Willpower Save: 2d12+(Highest Mental
Ability, so either Smarts, Intuition, or Moxy).
Combat Rounds
Combat Rounds are fights or intense
situations, where a Storyteller will call for
Initiative to be rolled and the game will shift to less
free form turn format to a more structured type.
The Initiative roll is the turn order, going from
highest roll to lowest. Everyone gets a turn, even
the Bad Guys that your Hats are up against. A
Round is when all those in play, Hats and Bad
Guys, have taken their turn. Rounds will continue
until combat has ended. During your turn your Hat
gets 2 Actions, a Minor Action and a Reaction per
Round. There are four different types of Actions,
either an Attack Action, or a Move Action, each
with their own Special Actions. Then there are
Full Actions, which take all of a Hats Actions, their
Bonus Action and their Reaction for that Round.
There are also Free Actions, which can be used on
very small things, such as speaking or dropping
something.
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A character can take two different actions,
or the same action twice. A Reaction is a special
Action that they can use when it is not their turn as
a result of a Targets Action or a Talent.
All these Actions and Specials are detailed
below.
Attack Actions
Taking a Basic Attack Action is fairly
simple. You roll your 2d12s and add the appropriate
Firearm Skill, or Brawl if it is a melee strike, or
Ranged if you're throwing something or using
something like a bow. Then you take the result of
your roll, and compare it to the Targets Dodge
score. If you meet or beat their Dodge you
successfully hit. You then apply the attacks Damage
value to the Target. They then Soak, or subtract,
from that Damage depending on how much Soak
they have. Anything left after that is then
subtracted from their total Wounds. There is no
limit as to how many Basic Attack Actions may be
performed in a Round, as long as the Hat has the
Actions to perform them.
You must be able to see a Target, or
know/guess it's general location in order to make
an Attack against it. If you cannot see a Target,
such as the Target being Invisible, or you being
Blind, you receive penalties depending on the
Condition in effect.
Example: Say I shoot a Medium Pistol and
roll 15, my Firearm (Light) skill is 2, so my total is
17. My Target has a Dodge of 16, so I have
successfully hit. My Pistol does 4 Damage, and they
have a Soak of 2, so the Target loses 2 Wounds.
The only special case of an attack doing
something special is when you roll a 13. This
triggers a Luck Roll, and is further explained in
Chapter 13.
Skill Checks and Spellcasting are also
considered Attack Actions.
Additionally, you will deal extra Damage
with an Attack if you beat the Targets Dodge by a
lot. You gain 1 Damage for every 10 you beat the
Targets Dodge by.
All of the below are Special Attack Actions.
Aim: You may spend 1 Action to gain a +2 to
your roll To Hit a Target. Aim Actions may be
stacked, and may carry over into the next turn, but
this Bonus only applies to the next turn and if not
used is lost. A Target must be visible in order to be
Aimed at, and if you lose sight of the Target at any
point your Aim Bonus resets.
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Target, due to you being in Full Cover or similar
situation, this is when you make a Blindfire Attack.
A Blindfire is exactly the same as a Basic Attack
but you have a -10 To Hit, and cannot see a Target.
Charge: You may spend 2 Actions to make
a Charge. Your target must be in sight, you must
move in a straight line towards the target, it must be
unobstructed and at least 10ft away. You can charge
a maximum of 1.5x your movement, rounded down
to the nearest number divisible by 5. You can then
make a Melee Attack if you are within range.
Coup de Grace: Spend 1 Action to perform a
Coup de Grace on a Target who you can see, are
Adjacent to, and has the Helpless Condition. You
automatically get a Lucky Shot against the Target,
and can choose the location.
During a Coup de Grace the Target's Dodge
becomes 0 and they lose all benefits to Dodge. This
means all Attacks will do extra Damage from
rolling above their Dodge.
Disarm: You may spend 1 Action to attempt
to Disarm a Target. This Attack has a -6 penalty if
using a Firearm or Ranged weapon. The Target of
your Disarm may make a Physical Save, or simply
use it’s Dodge. They must use their Dodge if they
are unaware of the Attack. If you are successful in
your Disarm, your target drops one item it is
carrying of your choice (even if the item is
wielded with two hands). If your Disarm beats the
Targets defense by 10 or more, the target drops the
items it is carrying in both hands (maximum two
items if the target has more than two hands). If
your attack fails by 10 or more, you drop the
weapon that you were using to attempt the disarm
(unless it is a Ranged Weapon, Firearm, or an
Unarmed Attack). If you successfully disarm your
Target while unarmed, or if you have a free hand,
you may automatically pick up the item dropped,
unless it was done at range.
Drag: You may spend 1 Action to use to grab
hold of an object, or a Helpless Target up to one
size category larger than you as long as you have
one or both hands free. Then you may move up to
half your maximum speed if using both hands, or
one quarter your speed using one hand, always
rounded down. If the creature is one size category
smaller than you, you may move your max speed
with both hands, or half speed with one hand.
Smaller than that, you always move full speed. A
target who is capable of fighting back must first be
Grappled.
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Feint: You may spend 1 Action to attempt a
Feint. You make a Bluff Check, opposed by the
Target's Sense Motive. Success reduces the Target's
Dodge by 5 on any Attack made for the rest of your
turn. In addition, a successful Feint counts as a
successful Attack on the Target, activating any
Talent or Spell that would trigger on an attack,
these are spent or wasted with no consequence to
the attacker.
Grapple: You may spend 1 Action to attempt
to Grapple a Target, hindering their combat options,
by making an opposed Acrobatics or Athletics
Check. If you do not have two free hands when
attempting to grapple a foe you take a -10 penalty
on the Check. If successful, both you and the target
gain the Grappled condition, with you being the
Initiator. Although both Targets have the Grappled
Condition, you can as the Initiator release the
grapple as a Free Action, removing the condition
from both you and the target.
If the Initiator does not release the grapple
on their turn, they must spend 1 Action and make
another opposed Acrobatics or Athletics Check to
maintain the hold. The Initiator has a +5 to all
Checks to Maintain the Grapple. If the initiator
fails a Grapple Check, the Target becomes the
Initiator.
After maintaining the Grapple, the Initiator
may Attack the Target, Drag the Target, or attempt
to Restrain the Target.
The Target only has 1 Action, and that can
only be used to attempt to break free of the Grapple
or become the Initiator, by making an opposed
Acrobatics or Athletics Check. If they succeed they
become the Initiator and can take their actions as
normal.
Off-Hand: If you have a weapon or item in
your off-hand, you may spend a Minor Action to
make an attack with that weapon. This attack
receives a -10 To Hit unless it has the Weapon has
the Light property, and it does not benefit from a
Bonus to Damage if it would get one.
Opportunity Attack: Use a Reaction to
make 1 Melee Attack when a Target willingly
leaves your Melee range.
Parry: If you have an item that has the
Parry Property, you may use a Minor Action to
become Set to Parry and your Dodge against Melee
Attacks increases by 2 until your next turn. While
Set to Parry your movement speed is halved. If an
Attack misses you while you are Set to Parry, you
may use your reaction to make 1 basic Melee
Attack with the weapon with the Parry Property.
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Grapple you may spend an Action in attempt to
Restrain the Target. You make an opposed
Acrobatics or Athletics Grapple Check with a +10
instead of +5. This sets the DC the Target needs to
break in order to break free. One Action must be
spent to maintain the Restraint, but this does not
require contested rolls, nor does the Initiator of the
restraint need to roll a new DC, however they can
choose to do so if they want.
If you have rope, chain, or something
similar you may use it to Restrain the Target,
setting a DC that it must beat in order to escape.
Manacles have a set DC of 30, but may be picked if
the Target has the appropriate Talent and Tools at a
DC 20.
You may also Sleeper Hold a restrained
Target, causing them to pass out in 1+(Targets Grit)
Rounds, minimum of 1 Round. A Target who is
immune to Sleep cannot be Sleeper Holded.
Shove: You may spend 1 action to Shove a
target who is up to one size category larger than
yourself. Make an opposed Acrobatics or Athletics
Check. Target is shoved 5ft for every 4 you beat
them by. Target is also knocked Prone if you beat
them by 15 or more.
Shield Bash: You may spend a 1 Action to
make a Brawl Attack with your shield. This gets
the same penalties as if you had made an Off-Hand
Attack, but does not have to be Light. You lose all
Bonuses from the Shield when taking this action
until your next turn. This attack deals Damage
equal to the shields Dodge Bonus. If you hit you
may also attempt to Shove the Target. Alternatively
you may attempt to Stun the Target rather than
Shove them, forcing them to make a DC (12+Str)
Grt Save, becoming Stunned for 1 Round if they
fail.
Steal: You may spend 1 Action to attempt to
Steal from a Target by making a Sleight of Hand
Check against the Target's Dodge. You must have at
least one hand free. You must select the item to be
taken before the Check is made. Items that are
simply tucked into a belt or loosely attached (such
as brooches or necklaces) are the easiest to take.
Items fastened to a foe (such as cloaks, sheathed
weapons, or pouches) are more difficult to take,
and give the opponent a +5 Bonus to Dodge against
the theft. Items that are closely worn (such as
armor, backpacks, boots, clothing, or rings) cannot
be taken with this Action. Items held in the hands
(such as wielded weapons or wands) also cannot
be taken (See Disarm). The Storyteller is the final
arbiter of what items can be taken. Although this
maneuver can only be performed if the target is
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within your reach, you can use a whip to steal an
object from a target within range with a –4 penalty
on the Check. You must be able to reach the item to
be taken (subject to Storyteller's discretion). Your
enemy is immediately aware of this theft.
Sunder: Instead of attacking a Target, you
may instead attack something they are holding or
wearing. HP and Hardness of an Object is listed in
Chapter 7: Gear. If the Damage you deal would
reduce the object to less than 0 HP, it is destroyed
and gains the Broken condition. A Firearm deals
half Damage when Sundering. Gatling Guns and
Cannons cannot Sunder.
Throw Object: It takes 1 Action to throw an
Object. If the Thrower would rather hit a Square
that does not have a Target, the Dodge of the Square
is 20. If a Square is occupied by a Target, the
Thrower must attempt to hit that Target. If a throw
misses the Target it either continues past, falls
short, or veers left or right and explodes at the new
location. A D12 is rolled on a miss:
1 Lands in the same square as thrower, does not
trigger any effect unless Bad Luck has been rolled.
2 Falls short, traveling 1/4 distance to Target.
3 Falls short, traveling 1/2 distance to Target.
4 Falls short, traveling 3/4 distance to Target.
5 Veers Left 5ft.
6 Veers Left 10ft.
7 Veers Left 15ft.
8 Veers Right 5ft.
9 Veers Right 10ft.
10 Veers Right 15ft.
11 Goes far, Traveling 1.5x distance to Target.
12 Goes far, Traveling 2x distance to Target.
Anything that does not have the Thrown
Property counts as an improvised Object and
receives a -4 To Hit. If you cannot see where you
are trying to Throw an Object, such as by being
behind Full Cover or Blinded, you receive a -10 To
Hit.
Touch: Sometimes you need to Touch to
deliver a Spell or Talent ability. You must make a
Basic Attack using Brawl, or your Spellcasting in
the case of casting Spells, in order to Touch a
Target. A Target may elect to have your Touch auto
succeed.
Trip: You may spend 1 action to Trip a
target. Make an opposed Acrobatics or Athletics
Check. If successful the target is knocked Prone.
On a failure, the Target may spend their Reaction
to attempt a trip on you, if they have the ability to
do so, with a +5 Bonus.
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Taking a Basic Move Action allows the Hat
to use their full or part of their Movement Speed.
The Move Action can be split up however they
would like, and they can take their other Actions at
any point during their movement. In addition,
certain other Actions can be taken during your
Move action, such as Draw or Stow, Interact and
Take Cover.
There are also Special Move Actions that
you can take, listed below.
Apply Poison: It is a Minor Action to use a
Vial an apply a Poison or Venom to something. An
Action may be spent to make a Sleight of Hand
Check to apply the substance without anyone
noticing, going against the Awareness, or Perception
if they are actively watching, of those around.
Several Doses may be applied at the same time.
Crawl: If you are Prone, you may Crawl at
1/4th your movement speed.
Dismount or Mount: It takes 1 Action to
either get up onto a Mount, or down off of a Mount.
Draw or Stow: Taking the Draw or Stow
Action allows you to use a Minor Action to take out
a weapon or item, or to put it away. This action can
be combined with a Basic Move action.
Drop Prone: You can, at any time, Drop
Prone as part of a Move Action. This gives you the
Prone Condition. You do not need to move from
your current spot, and can do anything you could
normally do as part of a Move Action.
Hide: As an Action you can make a Stealth
Check, provided there are things to Hide around or
behind. While Hidden you are considered to have
Full Cover and cannot be seen. A Target must spend
a Minor Action to make a Perception Check in
order to find you, or can rely on their Awareness.
If you Attack or move more than Half of your
Speed you reveal your location.
Interact: Interact is a special type of action
that allows the character to do things with the
world around them. This is things like opening a
door, flipping a table, pulling a lever, those sort of
things. This action can be combined with a regular
Move action at the cost of 5ft of movement.
Jump: From a standing position you
may spend 1 action to jump 5ft. If as part of a Basic
Move Action you jump, increase the distance to
10ft. Leaping from or landing on a flat surface does
not require a Check unless the surface is uneven or
otherwise hindering, for these Checks you make
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Acrobatics or Athletics Check. An uneven surface
has a DC of 15, while an Icy surface would have a
DC of 25. If you fail the Check, you are prone on
the other side, and if you fail by 6 or more you do
not make the jump. See Falling in Environmental
Hazards for jumping down off of things or falling.
Peek: When you are behind Full Cover you
can take a Peek Action, allowing you to spend 1
Action to Move out of Full Cover, and then return
behind Full Cover automatically at the beginning of
your Next Turn. You still have Partial Cover when
Peeking.
Quaff: Drinking a Potion is a Minor Action,
and can be combined as part of a Basic Move
Action. Also if you Draw out a Potion, you may
Quaff it as part of the same Action, which can also
be done as part of a Basic Move Action.
Reload: By spending 1 Action, you can
reload a weapon. Reloading may be done as part of
a Basic Move Action. Each weapon type that uses
ammo is detailed below:
Bow: You do not need to spend an Action, as
reloading is considered part of the Attack Action.
Crossbow: Reload 1 bolt.
Pistol: Reload 3 bullets.
Single-Shot Rifle: Minor Action to reload.
Clipped-Rifle: Remove and replace clip.
Lever-Action: Reload 3 Shells
Coach Gun: Empty spent shells and reload 2.
Roll Chamber: As a Minor Action you may
rotate the chamber of a Pistol to change which
bullet is being fired. This can be done as part of a
Basic Move Action
Skill Check: Skill Checks, unless listed
specifically under other Actions, are counted as
Move Actions. Using any Skill requires 1 Action,
unless listed otherwise under another Action.
Swap Hands: To exchange something from
one hand to another takes a Minor Action. This
can be done as part of a Basic Move Action.
Take Cover: You can spend 1 Action to turn
Partial Cover into Full Cover. This can only be used
at the end of a your movement.
Tie Lasso: You can spend 1 Action to turn a
Rope into a Lasso.
Use Item: Spend 1 Action to use whatever
you are carrying, such as activating a Gadget,
drinking a potion, using a wand, etc.
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A Full Action is something that takes your
entire Turn, using up all of your Actions, your
Bonus Action, and your Reaction for that Turn.
This means that you cannot do anything else aside
from this Action.
Clear Jam: When a Firearm jams it's never
good. It takes a Full Action to clear a firearm that's
been jammed.
Help: Sometimes a person decides that
their turn could be better spent helping someone
else to complete an Action. You may use a Full
Action to give another Target that is with 5ft a
Bonus equal to 1 plus any Bonus that they would
have received in the Check.
Run: You may use a Full Action to move 4x
your movement speed.
Withdraw: You may use a Full Action to
take 1 Basic Move Action without provoking an
Opportunity Attack.

Free Actions
There are a few types of Actions that don't
cost a Hat anything in order to make. These are
very, very small things that can't really fall under
the previous categories.
Speak: Speaking is a Free Action, and can
even technically be done when it is not your turn,
such as if your turn has already passed and
another is directly asking you some sort of
question. Of course if this question would require
some kind of Check, you must wait until your next
turn. This also does not mean that you are able to
have a full on conversation in a Round, but a few
sentences worth of talking is fine.

Delay: At the start of your turn before

taking any other Actions, you can move yourself to
last in the Initiative order and take your turn later.
Drop Item: You can at any time, even if it is
not your turn, drop whatever it is you are holding.
Saves: Any time you are required to make
a Save it is a Free Action, and can take place on
other peoples turns.
Release Grapple: If you are the Initiator in
a Grapple, you can at any time, even if it is not your
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 Surprise Round an Object in the way, then the Target has Partial
Cover.
Every now and then, usually immediately
as Combat starts, there is a Surprise Round due to Full Cover
an Ambush or they believe that they are not in When you or a Target are fully obstructed
danger. This special Round takes place before from view, either by being behind an Object that
Combat starts. Only those aware that Combat is completely hides them from sight, or have taken
about to start get to act in the Surprise Round. the Take Cover Action, they cannot be Targeted. A
Everyone rolls Initiative as normal, however only Target who has Full Cover also must treat all other
those that are participating in the Surprise Round Targets that it has Full Cover from as having Full
may take a Turn. Cover.
Those who are not in the Surprise Round
cannot take any Actions. However, once a Target
who is not in the Surprise Round has their turn Other Things
they are no longer Surprised, and may use their
Reaction after that point.
Size
Space: How much area something takes up.
Quick Draw Rounds This is not how much space it physically takes up,
Then you have Quick Draw Rounds, these but it's Area of Control in Combat. You cannot move
happen before or during the Surprise Round. through the Area of Control a Target has unless it
Having the Quick Draw 1 Talent puts you in Quick allows you, but it also means you only need to be
Draw Round 1, which runs parallel to the Surprise able to hit one of the squares that it controls in
Round, meaning you act in the Surprise Round, but order to hit it.
are not considered part of it. You still roll Initiative Space also tells you how much room the
if there are others who are acting in the Surprise Target needs to fight effectively and it cannot
Round or Quick Draw Round 1. Quick Draw Rounds occupy a space that already has a combatant.
still take place even if there are no Surprise Squeezing: A Target may squeeze into a
Rounds. space one size category smaller than itself, and
If you have Quick Draw 2, you act in Quick suffers a -5 to Attacks, Dodge, Physical Saves and
Draw Round 2, this takes place before Quick Draw Acrobatics or Athletics Checks. It also moves at
Round 1, and you act first in the Surprise Round no half speed through the space.
matter what your Initiative is, unless someone else
also is in Quick Draw Round 2, then it goes to Size Space Typical Height
whoever has the higher Initiative. Fine 1/2ft 6in or less
Finally there is Quick Draw Round 3. This
takes place before the Surprise Round, additionally Diminutive 1ft 6in to 1ft
you have 1 Action during the Surprise Round, if Tiny 2-1/2ft 1ft to 2ft
there is one. If there is no Surprise Round, you
take 3 Actions, 2 during Quick Draw Round 3, and 1 Small 5ft 2ft to 4ft
Action during Quick Draw Round 1, based on your Medium 5ft 4ft to 8ft
Initiative.
Large 10ft 8ft to 16ft
Cover Huge 15ft 16ft to 32ft

Partial Cover Gargantuan 20ft 32ft to 64ft

A Target with Partial Cover gains a +6 to Colossal 30ft 64ft to 128ft
Dodge. Partial Cover is whenever there is some
Titan 50ft 128ft or more
sort of Object between two Targets that obscures
line of sight. Partial Cover applies to both Ranged
Temporary Wounds
and Melee Attacks. However if an attacker is
Some things, usually Spells, will offer you
within 5ft of an Object that gives them Partial
Temporary Wounds. These are always subtracted
Cover, that Object does not give others Partial Cover
from first when receiving Damage. These Wounds
if the other Target is further than 5ft away. Two
do not stack from multiple sources, instead you
forms of Partial Cover stack into Full Cover. A
take whatever is higher. These Wounds cannot be
simple way of determining of a Target has Partial
recovered, but can be replaced by a different
Cover is if you cannot draw a straight line from a
source, or replenished from the initial source if it is
corner of a square to the other four corners due to
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 Experience Enemies, Hordes & Villains
Experience is the main currency as far as Of course the West is chock full of
your Hat is concerned. You use experience to Adversaries to beat, and your Hats are gonna go
upgrade Abilities and Skills, as well as buying through their fair share of them, and all of them
Talents. There are quite a few ways to gain are worth their own experience, though not much.
experience, the easiest one is just playing the game. The most common you'll be fighting is Goons,
You also gain experience through completing Story which are barely more than walking Targets, but
Arcs, or Major Events and Quests. You even gain there are usually a lot of them. A rough rule of
experience for defeating Adversaries, though not thumb is to reward exp based on the Tier of the
as much. All Experience is gained at the end of a foe, such as a Tier 1 being worth 2exp, a Tier 4
session, allowing the players to buy upgrades for being worth 8exp, etc.
their Hats. Of course there are also penalties to A Horde is a group of Enemies that are not
experience. Sometimes these can be from in play quite as strong as individuals. A Horde is worth
effects, or due to Troubles. Players should be wary, half the experience of all the individuals that make
as experience can go negative because of penalties, up its composition.
and you cannot make purchases if it would put you Villains are technical monsters on their
in the negatives. own. A Villain should be worth however much exp
The total amount of experience gained in a you spent on them divided by 100.
session should be divided equally among all those Enemies, Hordes, and Villains are covered
that participated, this includes NPC's who have in more detail in Chapter 12: Adversaries.
joined up with the player's Posse. All exp that is
"Too Easy"
gained at the end of a session should be kept track
The rule of Too Easy can be quite a brutal
of as Total Exp Gained. Also, a Hat gains 1 Bonus
one. If a Storyteller has seen that a certain fight or
Wound for every 50exp they have in their Total
challenge wasn't...well, challenging, they can choose
Exp Gained section.
to reward lowered, or no experience points. Now
For longer form games, a Storyteller may
this doesn't mean if the Hats just got lucky on rolls,
want to slightly reduce the amount of Experience a
or the Bad Guys just rolled bad, this means that if a
Hat gains over time. Simply applying a -1exp for
situation wasn't challenging, the Hats didn't learn
every Bonus Wound a Hat, or the Posse, has is a
anything, so wouldn't get as much experience, if
simple method.
any.
Play Time
Special Experience
Just playing the game earns a Hat
There may be special circumstances that
experience, but only if their player is at the game.
would prompt a Storyteller to give special
A Hat's Player who isn't there to play doesn't gain
experience. Such as a Hat using a tool, or
experience.
instrument that they are not trained to use and
Experience for a Posse is gained at 2exp
have no appropriate Talent for. In these sorts of
per hour of play if there was Combat that session,
cases the Storyteller can choose to award them
and 3exp if there was no Combat. Hours are
experience specifically towards the Talent that
rounded up or down as the Storyteller sees fit. So
would allow them to do it, depending on the Checks
if you play for 5 hours, that's 10exp right there if
the Hat makes. This is to express a sort of “self
there was Combat, and 15exp if there was none.
taught” element to learning. Special Experience
The time spent in Hat creation, and buying
may also be earned by one Hat teaching a
upgrades for your Hat before or after the session
Language, Skill or Talent they know to another.
does not count towards this time.
Special Experience is most often rewarded in low
Play Time Experience is not divided like
numbers, such as 2exp or less.
other sources of Experience.
Special Experience does not get added to
Story Arcs, Events, & Quests Total Exp Gained.
These are bit more loose as to how much
you should be rewarded with. It's really up to the
Storyteller to decide how much they think certain
tasks should be worth. As a Storyteller you can be
as stingy as you want, though it should feel
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 Chapter 10: Adventuring
All Hat's seek adventure, for some reason
or another. Sometimes for money. Sometimes for
glory. Sometimes they're forced to. But whether it
was their choice or not, there's a lot of things that a
Hat, and by proxy their player, needs to be aware
of.
Rest & Recovery
Your Hat can Rest in order to regain
Wounds. Taking a Short Rest will recover 1
Wound, and takes 1 hour of non-stressful and
minor activities such as reading or eating, and you
cannot make use of Talents during this time unless
the Talent specifies otherwise. A Short Rest can
only be taken twice in a day.
Alternatively you can take a Long Rest.
This takes 10 hours and will recover 4 Wounds.
Usually this is when a Hat is asleep, or keeping
watch, eating or doing something of very low
physical activity. A Target must spend at least 6
hours of their Long Rest asleep. Like a Short Rest,
Talents cannot be used during a Long Rest unless
the Talent specifies otherwise. In order to receive
the benefits of a Long Rest, a Hat must have a
comfortable place to sleep, food, and water.
Lucidity Damage is regained in the same
way as Wounds, however a Long Rest only
recovers 2 Lucidity, and a Short Rest only recovers
1.
A Hat that goes more than 40 hours
without taking a Long Rest must make a DC 18 Grit
Save, failing gains the Fatigued Condition. This
Check must be made again every 5 hours. If they
fail this Check by more than 10, they do not gain
Fatigue and instead pass out and gain the
Unconscious Condition. A Hat who passes out in
this way does not gain the benefit of a Short or
Long rest. To wake up someone who has passed out
takes 1 Action, and they may subtract the time slept
from the 40 hours if that is the reason they passed
out. A Hat may also pass out from taking Lucidity
Damage. This is done in the exact same way, but
they do not gain Fatigue. Nearby Explosions or
Firearms being discharged nearby also wake an
Unconscious Hat.
Keeping Watch
When Resting or trying to keep alert in a
fixed location for an amount of time, such as a
Short or Long Rest, 1 or more Hats may be
assigned to Keep Watch. All Hats Keeping Watch
may make 1 Perception Check for the entire
duration of the Watch, or alternatively may use
their Awareness for this Check.
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Those Keeping Watch do not lose out on
the benefit of a Short Rest.
When taking a Long Rest, Keeping Watch
must be split among the Posse. A Hat can only
spend a maximum of 4 hours during a Long Rest
Keeping Watch.
Eating & Drinking
A Hat requires not only rest, but also food
and drink. And while alcohol may be plentiful, that
is not necessarily the type of drink being talked
about. A Hat who is forced to go 1 day without food
gains Fatigue, and continues to gain Fatigue every
day they do not eat. A Hat who does not drink for a
day gains 2 levels of Exhaustion, and 2 additional
levels for every day after. These Exhaustion levels
stack. A Gallon of Water will last a Hat two Days.
Holding Your Breath & Suffocating
A Hat can hold their breath for a number
of minutes equal to 1+Grit. When a Target hits the
maximum time of holding their breath they begin
Suffocating. If the Hat has a negative Grit, subtract
15 Seconds from a minute for ever negative Grit, so
if a Hat has -2 Grit, they can only hold their breath
for 30 seconds.
Hanging is a very similar effect, but
instead of being divided into minutes, you have a
number of Rounds. A Target who is hanged begins
to Suffocate after 1+(Targets Grit) Rounds,
minimum of 1 Round.
When Suffocating, a Hat takes 5
Temporary Wounds per round. These Wounds go
away when the Suffocation ends, but the Hat is
Stunned for 1 round. While Holding Your Breath,
or Suffocating, a Target may not speak.
A Target who is Downed due Suffocation
does not gain the Bleeding Condition, and instead
takes 2 Wounds per round until they are removed
from what is causing them to Suffocate and a
successful DC 16 Medicine Check is be performed
on them. If no Medicine Check is made but they are
removed from what they were Suffocating on they
will still continue to Suffocate. The only thing a
Hat can do on their turn once they are removed
from the cause of the Suffocation is make a Luck
Roll to stop this effect. On a successful Luck Roll
they begin to sputter up whatever they had
Suffocated on and are Stunned for 1 Minute, but
lose all Damage dealt by Suffocating.
 Awareness
Awareness is an important little thing
though it is not really used by players. A Hat's
Awareness is 10+Perception, and is used for how
passively perceptive a Hat is at noticing things. A
player doesn't do anything with this number, but a
Storyteller must be aware of these numbers for
many circumstances. Think of Awareness as a
Hat's DC for Targets when they're trying to cheat in
a game, sneak past them, or steal from them. It is
also for making Perception Checks when the Hat is
not actively making a Check. The purpose of
Awareness is to help things run at a better pace,
and remove the need for players to constantly have
their Hat's make Perception Checks to notice things
when they're not looking for something. It also
allows the Storyteller to do things without alerting
their players to potential Targets doing sneaky
things around them.
Social Interactions
Hats interacting with NPC's is mostly about
temperament. An NPC's temperament begins at
either Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile.
Temperament can be influenced by the
interactions of a Hat.
When a Hat is trying to get an NPC to help
them or get them do something for them, it will
require a roll, but before that the Hat has the
opportunity to actually speak with them and
attempt to influence their temperament. It is up to
the Storyteller to decide if the words of a Hat have
helped or hurt their temperament, but take note
that a temperament cannot be changed more than
once in a single interaction and cannot move more
than one step except in extreme circumstances,
such as Hats being incredibly rude and nasty to a
Friendly NPC.
The temperament of an NPC will give
Bonuses or penalties to a Hat who is trying to
persuade them into doing something.
Friendly: +5 Bonus to Social Checks.
Indifferent: No Bonus to Social Checks.
Hostile: -10 to Social Checks.
A few other things that could influence a
Social Check. A few examples are listed here:
Busy: -3 to Social Checks.
Wants to Help: +2 to Social Checks.
Bribed: +5 to -5 depending on who Bribed
this NPC and how much.
Moral Obligation: +5 to -5 depending on the
NPC's personal morals.
Shop Keep: An NPC's still gotta make a
living, and usually wont just hand out free stuff no
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The Difficulty of the Challenge, shortened
to DC or Difficulty, is the target number for most
Checks and Saving Throws. This will always be a
number, followed by information on what modifies
it, and then will say if there is a Saving Throw for
the effect and what that is based off.
The difficulty of certain things and
modifiers are listed in this Chapter in the
appropriate category.
If you’re looking for a rough estimate of a
Difficulty:
Very Easy: 2-10
Easy: 11-14
Medium: 15-20
Hard: 20-24
Very Hard: 25-29
Impossible: 30+
Of course as a Hat gains and spends exp
these numbers will fluctuate fairly rapidly, but
these should be mostly accurate to a starting Posse.
Traveling
In such a big world, of course traveling
would be important. On foot, by horseback, on a
cart, train, boat or even an airship, there's a lot of
ways to get around. A Hat may travel on foot for 8
hours before they must rest. A Hat who pushes that
must succeed at a Grit Check, DC 14+(Hours past 8).
If they fail they are Fatigued. This Check must be
done every hour they have traveled past 8. In those
8 hours, a Hat travels 3 miles per hour.
Mounted works the same way, although
Mount speeds vary and they may travel for 10
hours instead of 8.
Costs of Transportation:
Stagecoach: 1 Silver per 5 Miles.
Train: 30 Silver per ticket.
Train, Private Car: 50 Silver.
Train: Sleeper Car: 40 Silver add-on.
Ship: 1 Silver per 5 Miles.
Airship: 10 Silver per 5 Miles.
Carts, Wagons and Stagecoaches are highly
depend on what type of thing is pulling them,
usually a Mount, and their travel speed and
distance is determined by that. However a Cart,
Wagon or Stagecoach only moves as fast as the
slowest thing pulling it. This is also covered under
Companions, but it will be explained here as well.
A Mount can pull the Bulk of a Cart, Wagon, or
Stagecoach, plus twice their max Carry Bulk in
cargo and passengers for calculating what speed
they can move at. Multiple Mounts increase this
amount, adding double any additional Mounts
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determined by the lowest quality Mount. A Mount,
or Mounts, attempting to pull more than the
maximum amount of Bulk they could carry are
simply unable to pull it. Some Hazardous Terrain
will also effect if the Mounts can pull it.
Trains are a very common and speedy way
to get around, but they have one major restriction:
tracks. A Train travels between 40 and 65 miles an
hour depending on the model. A Train consists of 5
employees, a Conductor who runs the Train, a
Trainman, or Brakeman, in the caboose, and
Engineer in the front of the train, and a Fireman
who keeps the engines fire going. Larger Trains, or
Trains going farther may double up on Engineers,
Trainmen, and Firemen, but there's only ever one
Conductor, they will also have a dining car with a
Chef and sleeper cars.
Boats and ships are rather scary things
when The Storm looms off in the distance, but it's
a good way to transport goods on coastal cities, or
up and down rivers, or even across lakes. Then
there's fishing to be considered, which is an
abundant food source. A rowboat or small fishing
vessel can get up to about 4 miles an hour. The
average sailboat, depending on size, travels between
4 and 8 miles an hour, while a larger ship built for
speed can reach nearly 20 miles an hour.
Airships are large crafts built to be flown
through the sky. They are rather restricted, as they
can only land at Airship Docks, unless the ship has
been specifically modified to land anywhere or in
water. An Airship can reach a speed of over 70
miles an hour. Some Airships have been built to be
for pure speed and can travel 100 miles an hour.
Playing Cards
When it comes to playing cards, it really
depends on how much time and effort the
Storyteller and the PC's want to invest in it. If it's a
PC vs. NPC and no one wants to really spend the
time to play. In these more quick games it can be as
simple as the Hat making a Luck Roll, winning on
Good Luck, or losing on Bad Luck.
However if PC's and Storyteller want a
more in depth and involved way playing cards, and
don't want to break out an actual deck of cards,
may use the following rule set.
All rolls are made in secret if multiple
Hat's are involved, only letting the Storyteller see
the rolls. All the Hat's and NPC's in a Card Game
are called Players. The Blind Bet is how much they
put into the betting pot before getting their cards. A
Pass means that the Player is not increasing the
bet, if the Player before them Bet they must Call,
matching the amount, Raise, increasing it, or Fold.
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play. In a step that has Betting in it, all Players must
Pass before it goes to the next step.
These are the steps for playing a game of
Cards:
1. All Players first put up a Blind Bet.
2. All Players make a Luck Roll, or a Sleight
of Hand Check to Cheat, this determines
how good their hand is.
3. All Players then roll a Perception Check to
see if they catch anyone cheating. They
must beat the cheaters Sleight of Hand
Check to notice.
4. All Players then make a Bluff check.
5. Players then present either their Luck Roll
or their Bluff Check.
6. Players then make a Sense Motive Check
to determine if another player is using
their Luck Roll or Bluff Check. This Check
is made against the Players Bluff+12.
7. All Players either Bet, Pass, or Fold. If all
other Players Fold, the one remaining wins
that hand.
8. Players now have the opportunity to either
make another Luck Roll to improve their
hand, or a Sleight of Hand Check to cheat
in order to improve their hand.
9. All Players make a Perception Check to see
if they catch anyone cheating.
10. Players then repeat step 4, 5 and 6.
11. Players then either increase their Bet,
Pass, or Fold.
12. Players then “Reveal their Hand” and the
one with the highest number wins.
Pursuits
A Pursuit is similar to Tracking, though far
more involved for all Targets. Rather than being a
set DC it is instead a series of contested Checks. A
Pursuit is treated much like a Combat encounter.
When a Target is fleeing, and another Target
engages in Pursuit all Targets roll for Initiative,
though the Target, or Targets, Fleeing always get set
5 ahead of the Pursuers if they do not roll higher.
Pursuits may take place on maps, or simply
be theater of the mind. In either case you must
keep track of how much distance has been made.
There are two main types of Pursuits,
Endurance and Finish Line. An Endurance Pursuit
is when the Fleeing Target is simply trying to get
away, but has no clear goal or location in mind.
Finish Line Pursuits are when the Fleeing Target
knows where it is going, whether this be a location
of allies, a safe house, or some sort of transport.
A Run Action cannot be performed during
a Pursuit.
A Fleeing Target may use the following
Actions:
 Create Space. One of the most important
things during a Pursuit; getting away. The Fleeing
Target may spend 1 Action to make a Basic Move
Action. A Bonus Action may be spent during a
Pursuit to make a Move Action at Half Speed. The
main goal of Create Space in a Pursuit is to Break
Line of Sight for long enough that the Pursuer does
not know where the Fleeing Target has gone. Climb
Checks are important during a Pursuit, and it must
be noted it costs twice as much movement to Climb
a surface.
Hinder Pursuer. Hindering comes with a
few options. By spending 1 Action a Fleeing Target
may do one of the following:
Create an Obstacle from the environment.
Use something that is being carried.
Make an Attack at a -5.
Request Assistance by making a
Persuasion Check on nearby NPC's.
Make a Stealth Check if they have Broken
Line of Sight.
While attempting to Hinder, the Fleeing
Target may still move Half Speed as part of that
Action. A Fleeing Target who casts a Spell cannot
move as part of that Action and cannot use their
Bonus Action to make a Half Move.
A Pursuer Target may use the following
Actions:
Catch Up. Much like Create Space, Catch Up
allows the Pursuer to spend 1 Action to make a
Basic Move Action with the purpose of catching up
to the Target. A Bonus Action may be spent during
a Pursuit to make a Move Action at Half Speed.
Hinder Fleeing Target. Hindering comes
with a few options. By spending 1 Action a Pursuer
may do one of the following:
Use something that is being carried.
Make an Attack at a -5 To Hit.
Request Assistance by making a
Persuasion Check on nearby NPC's.
Make a Perception Check to follow the path
of a Fleeing Target that has Broken Line of Sight.
Block Path by making yourself an Obstacle
that the Fleeing Target must get by if you are ahead
of the Target.
Cut off Fleeing Target by taking a shorter
route if one is available and known.
Tackle the Fleeing Target if you are within
10ft, by making a Grapple Check, however if you
fail you lose any leftover Movement and are Prone.
While attempting to Hinder, the Pursuer
may still move Half Speed as part of that Action. A
Pursuer who casts a Spell cannot move as part of
that Action and cannot use their Bonus Action to
make a Half Move.
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Breaking Line of Sight. There are multiple
ways to Break Line of Sight; blending into a crowd,
climbing up a building or over a wall, or simply
rounding enough corners that the Pursuer doesn't
know which way the Fleeing Target has gone.
Obstacles. Creating an Obstacle during a
Pursuit is as simple as knocking over something to
attempt to block the Pursuer. When a Fleeing
Target creates an Obstacle, they spend an Action to
make a roll to set the DC of the Obstacle. Now, an
Obstacle isn't always about trying to stop a Pursuer,
but they always hinder them to give the Fleeing
Target time to escape.
When making an Obstacle, you may
choose one of the following things if they would
make sense:
Trip: -2 to Obstacle DC, but Target is
knocked Prone if they fail to get through this
Obstacle.
Slow: Target moves at Half Speed for the
rest of their next Move Action.
Hurt: Deal 2 Unsoakable Damage to the
Target.
Of course, some Obstacles exist already,
and must be overcome by the Fleeing Target first.
An Obstacle could simply be some sort of
Environmental Hazard, a crowd of people that
slows movement, or a wall that needs to be
Climbed.
The Storyteller can determine when a
Pursuit has come to an end, if the Fleeing Target
has not been caught. In the case of Finish Line
Pursuits the end is quite obvious, the Fleeing Target
either gets to their goal or doesn't. But when it
comes to Endurance Pursuits it becomes a bit
trickier. A simple way to decide, is not allowing a
Pursuit to last longer than 10 Rounds. At 10 Rounds,
if the Fleeing Target is far away enough, than they
escape, or if the Pursuer is close enough than they
are caught. Of course, a Storyteller can have their
Pursuits be as long or as short as they want.
Tracking
Sometimes you need to find a Target but
they've gotten a lead on you, or recently left a
location; that's when Tracking comes into play.
When attempting to Track a Target, the DC is 12
and increases by 1 for every hour that has passed
since the Target left the area. There are several
Talents that assist this Check, including those that
allow you to add Skills to it, and decrease the
difficulty.
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 Sneaking
Stealth can be very important, and is
sometimes a life or death scenario. For ease of
reference, the Target, or Targets doing the sneaking
will be called Sneakers. All Sneakers move at half
speed. When a Sneaker makes a Stealth Check, it
is made against other Targets Awareness. If their
Check beats the Targets Awareness, then they go by
unnoticed. Alternatively, a Target may be Keeping
Watch, and instead of their Awareness, the Check
is being made against the Perception Check that
they made for their Watch.
There are certain restrictions to sneaking,
such as you need things to actually hide behind or
use to break line of sight. These can be something
as simple as a crate, or other people, or simply
getting behind a Target. When in Combat, making a
Stealth Check requires 1 Action, and cannot be
done if the Target is actively Attacking you, unless
you break line of sight, or the Target is Distracted.
When multiple Sneakers have to make
Stealth Checks to move in a group, the group has
two options:
The group elects one Sneaker to make the
Stealth Check, with a -2 per Sneaker in the group,
including the Sneaker making the Check. A
Sneaker in the group that has a Stealth of 2 or
more only gives a -1, and a Sneaker with a 5 or
more does not add a penalty. A Group Sneak
cannot be done in Combat.
Alternatively all Sneakers may make
individual Checks.
If the group of Sneakers, or an individual
Sneaker is attempting to sneak past multiple
Targets, the difficulty is set by the highest
Awareness, or Watch Check, and the Target
receives a +1 per other Target assisting them, this
Bonus increases if the assisting Targets have high
Perception, giving a +2 if they have 2 or more in the
Perception Skill, and +3 if they have 5 or more.
Targets who are Distracted have a -10
penalty to Awareness and Perception.
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Climbing
There are many different surfaces that a
Hat would need to climb, all with their own
difficulties and challenges. When Climbing a Hat
moves at Half Speed and will have to succeed at a
Climb Check using either Athletics or Acrobatics to
make this Check. Several example climbable
surfaces are as follows:
-Rocky: DC 20
-Smooth: DC 30
-Rope: DC 14
-Knotted Rope: DC 12
-Rope Ladder: DC 10
-Ladder: DC 6
-Wooden Wall: DC 18
-Stone Wall: DC 22
If a surface is wet, slippery, icy, crumbling,
etc. add between 5 and 10 to the DC depending on
the severity.
Swimming
On occasion a Hat might find themselves in
the water and be forced to Swim. When swimming
a Hat moves at 1/4th their Speed and will have to
succeed at a Swim Check using either Athletics or
Acrobatics to make this Check if the water is 1/4th
their height or more. Unless there is some reason, a
Hat will only need to make this Check once every
Minute. Checks will not need to be made if a Hat
can touch the bottom. Failing a Check means no
progress is made, but failing by 5 or more means
the Hat goes underwater and must begin Holding
their Breath.
-Still: DC 8
-Slow Moving: DC 13
-Choppy: DC 18
-Rushing Water: DC 18
Rushing Water is very bad and also
considered an Environmental Hazard on top of
making it difficult to Swim.
A few things can complicate a Swim Check
and make it more difficult:
-Freezing: DC +5
-High Winds: DC +5
-Stormy: DC +10
Near-Death
If a Hat should Die, but the Player truly
wishes to keep playing that Hat rather than make a
new one, the Storyteller may instead give them an
appropriate Trouble that fits with how they would
have Died. The Hat is still unable to act in the rest
of the encounter, or situation, until they have taken
a Long Rest, even if they receive Healing, which
returns them to 1 Wound.
 Retiring a Hat
Sometimes you want a new Hat, either
because you get bored, want to try something new,
or you have your Hat Die. You should always
discuss with your Storyteller and prepare for a Hat
change together.
As far as creating your new Hat, you go
through the basic creation, and then give them exp
equal to your now retired Hats Total Exp Gained.
For clarification, Total Exp Gained does not include
exp gained from starting, their race, or from
Troubles, nor does it include Special Experience.
Total Exp Gained is only the exp gained from
playing.
Storytellers may award Special
Experience for new Hats, of course, but they are
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 Downtime Activities
Sometimes there are lulls in a Hats
adventuring, but they gotta keep themselves busy
doing something. There are quite a few different
things that a Hat can do indefinitely on their
Downtime: Carousing, Fighting, Gambling, Relaxing,
and Work a Day Job. Then there are options that
either can't be done repeatedly or take a very long
time, such as Crafting, Researching, Training, and
Illegal Operations.
While performing Downtime Activities, a
Hat does not benefit from Long Rests. This means
they do not regain Wounds or Lucidity while doing
most of these Activities, with Relaxing being the
exception.
Of course, Downtime Activities also come
with their own risks, some more than others.
These come in the form of things called
Complications. Sometimes these are odd things that
prevent you from completing your Activity and
could even involve a Trouble if the Storyteller so
wishes.
Basic Downtime Activities
Carousing
Going out, celebrating, partying, drinking,
and generally trying to have the best time possible.
Carousing leaves little time for your Hat to do
anything besides basic self care, as they spend all
of their nights and evenings at bars, saloons, or
taverns, and cannot do anything else for every Day
spent Carousing, costing 10 Silver per Day. At the
end of the Hats Carousing, they must make a DC 18-
(Days) Persuasion or Leadership Check, Carousing
does different things depending on what is chosen.
This DC also decreases for every Day the Hat
spends Carousing in a row, and up to a 7 may be
spent at one time.
If Persuasion is rolled for the Carousing
Check, the Hat gains the Favor of 1 NPC in town.
The amount of NPC's will increase by 1 every 5
that the DC is beaten by. A Hat who has the Favor of
an NPC can do a few things, such as borrow up to
20 Silver, have the NPC gather information for
them, or gain access to places that outsiders
normally would not be able to get to. To specifically
attempt to Carouse with a certain NPC, the DC is
increased by 5.
If Leadership is rolled for the Carousing
Check, the Hat gains 1 NPC Follower. The amount of
NPC's will increase by 1 every 5 that the DC is
beaten by. This Follower is counted as a Goon.
Followers must be paid for tasks, but at half the
cost as normal.
If you roll Good Luck on your Check, you
gain 1 additional Favor or Follower.
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Complications: If you fail the Carousing
Roll, or Bad Luck is rolled, a Complication is
Triggered, as chosen by the Storyteller or by
rolling a D12.
1-7, Bad Time. It really just was not a good
time for any party involved. No Favor or Followers
are gained. Your Hat loses Half their Wounds or 20
Silver, your choice. You lose both if the Check was
failed due to Bad Luck.
8-10, Wrong Words. You said something
that you shouldn't have. You failed to earn anyone's
Favor or any Followers, and in fact have earned the
hatred of an NPC, two NPC's if this failure was
caused by Bad Luck.
11-12, Arrested. Things got a bit too out of
hand, and your Hat ended up getting picked up by
the local Sheriff. Bail is set at a Silver amount
equal to the amount you failed the Check by; 30
Silver if the Check was failed due to Bad Luck.
Fighting
Some folks just wanna go look around and
pick fights. Some larger towns have places to do
this, other smaller towns tend to just have little
scraps for fun. It takes time to look for a fight, and
doesn't allow your Hat to do anything else on the
Days spent fighting. Fighting requires 3 Checks.
The first Check is a DC 20-(Days) Physical Save.
The Second is a DC 18-(Days) Grit Save. The final
is another DC 20-(Days) Physical Save. The DC of
these Saves is decreased by the amount of Days
spent preparing for the fight, up to a maximum of 7
Days.
If you succeed at all 3 Saves, your Hat
gains 20 Silver that they got from bets, or took
from their opponents pocket.
If you succeed at 2 of the Checks but fail 1,
you only get 10 Silver, and if the Check failed is the
Grit Save, your Hat takes 2 Damage.
A Good Luck Roll doubles the Silver you
gain. However, a Bad Luck roll halves the Silver
and counts as a Failed Check. Rolling more than 2
Good Luck Rolls does not double the Silver amount
again.
Complications: If you fail 2 out of the 3
Checks, or roll 2 Bad Lucks, a Complication is
Triggered, as chosen by the Storyteller or by
rolling a D12.
1-6, Rough Time. Something happened and
your Hat lost 10 Silver.
7-11, Horrible Show. Just picked a fight with
the wrong person and got severely knocked around.
Your Hat loses Half their Wounds.
12, Arrested. Things got a bit too out of
hand, or your Hat ended up picking a fight with the
wrong person, and got picked up by the local law.
Bail is set at 20 Silver.
 Gambling
A good way to get a lot of Silver, or lose a
lot of Silver, is Gambling. While some think of
Gambling as a simple Game, it takes time to work
your way into a good group and get in at the big
tables, making a Hat spend all Day on it and not
allowing them to do anything else. Gambling as a
Downtime Activity costs 10 Silver per Day, and
consists of a series of Checks, this process starts
with a DC 25-(Days) Sense Motive Check, followed
by a DC 25-(Days) Bluff, and finishes with a DC 25-
(Days) Perception Check. Any, or all, of these
Checks may be replaced with a Sleight of Hand
Check, meaning your Hat is cheating, however
failing a Check using Sleight of Hand by 5 or more
immediately triggers the 6-9 Complication. The DC
of these Checks is decreased by the amount of
Days spent Gambling, up to a maximum of 7 Days.
If you only succeed at 1 Check, you lose the
money you spent Gambling. Succeeding at 2
Checks allows you to break even, regaining the
Silver you spent on Gambling. If you succeed at all
3 checks, you gain back double the Silver you
spent Gambling. If you roll Good Luck while
Gambling, you gain half the amount of Silver you
spent on Gambling in addition to any other
winnings, and gain half again for every Good Luck
roll you get.
Complications: While Gambling, if you fail
all 3 Checks, are caught cheating, or roll Bad Luck,
a Complication is Triggered, as chosen by the
Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-5, Lost it All. Your Hat either had a severe
run of Bad Luck, or got cheated by a group better
than them, and ended up losing all the Silver they
had on them in addition to what they spent
Gambling.
6-9, Accused of Cheating. Whether your
Hat actually cheated or not, they got accused of it
and unfortunately, it stuck. Your Hat takes 3
Damage and loses half their Silver in addition to
what they spent Gambling.
10-12, Arrested. Things got a bit too out of
hand, and your Hat ended up getting picked up by
the local Sheriff. Bail is set at 20 Silver.
Relaxing
Sometimes you just need to do nothing, or
you need to just spend time recovering from
something. When Relaxing the Hat spends the
whole Day not doing anything, this generally
means sleeping in, taking care of themselves,
eating some meals, but really nothing beyond that.
The Hat cannot do anything that would be
considered work for every Day they are Relaxing.
While Relaxing a Hat regains Double the amount
of Wounds and Lucidity, and gains a +5 to any
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Saving Throws they make. At the end of a Hats
Relaxing time, a DC 16 Check must be made. This
Check gains no Bonuses, but the DC is decreased by
1 for every Day spent Relaxing, up to a 7 Days.
If you roll Good Luck on your Relaxing Check, you
regain double the amount of Wounds, and Lucidity,
and any Saves are made at +10.
Complications: If a Relaxing Check is
failed, or Bad Luck is rolled, a Complication is
Triggered, as chosen by the Storyteller or by
rolling a D12.
1-6 Interruption. Something rather
mundane has interrupted your Relaxation, causing
you to not gain the Bonus from Relaxing.
7-11, Harassed. Someone, or something,
would just not leave your Hat alone, preventing
them from getting the Bonus from Relaxing.
12, Bad News. Something happened that is
extremely stressing to your Hat, and either
prevented them from Relaxing, or made them have
to go and do several things in order to fix the
situation.
Working a Day Job
The most basic of the basic, working a job.
While spending the Day going about your job, your
Hat has no time for anything else. Working gives
your Hat a 3 Silver gain per Day, this is what is left
over after all of their daily expenses, such as a
place to live and food. Your Hats earnings are
increased to 5 Silver gain if they have one of the
following backgrounds, and can find that sort of
work: Artisan, Banker, Barkeep, Coachman, Cook,
Courier, Courtesan, Cowboy, Doctor, Farmer, Hired
Gun, Lab Technician, Librarian, Mechanic, Miner,
Performer, Photographer, Priest, Rail Worker,
Stable Hand, or Teacher.
At the end of every Week you must make a
DC 14 Check to determine how the week went. If
Good Luck is rolled, you gain double the amount of
Silver for that week.
Complications: If you fail the Check, or Bad
Luck is rolled, a Complication is Triggered, as
chosen by the Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-3, Slow Season. They wont rehire you
next Week and you have to find somewhere else.
4-6, Theft. There was a theft while you
were working and they could not afford to pay you
for your work.
7-8, Dangerous. Something bad happened,
not only did you not get paid, you take 4 Damage.
9-10, Robbed. Someone, or something, took
your pay, leaving you with nothing.
11, Fired. Whether it was your fault or not,
something went really wrong. Not only did they not
pay you, but they spread it around and now people
in the area are reluctant to hire you. If you get this
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will hire you.
12, Left Holding the Bag. Apparently the
people you were working for weren't all that clean.
And you were left to take the blame. You cannot do
any Downtime Activities for the next two weeks
while it is investigated and you defend yourself.
Crafting Downtime Activities
Mundane Crafting
Crafting of items is explained in the
Crafting Talent Section (Page 114). A brief
summery will be placed here:
Material Costs for crafting is 1/4th the cost
to purchase the item at it's base price. The time it
takes to craft one item is 1 hour times Bulk value. A
Bulk 0 item takes 20 minutes if it's value is under
10 Silver. A Bulk 0 item with a value more than 10
Silver takes 1 hour. Ammo takes 20 minutes for 5
of the item. The DC for crafting is about the Quality
of the crafted item in question. Quality is in the
Crafting Talent Section.
Complications are listed in the Crafting
Talent Section (Page 114).
Brewing, Making Machines and Gadgets
While they are considered Downtime
Activities, Brewing and making Machines and
Gadgets are explained under the Alchemist Talent
Brew Potion (Page 72), and the Artificer Talent
Spark of Invention (Page 74). They would take up
far too much room to be explained once again here,
so they wont be.
Complications are listed in the Talent
themselves, the Alchemist Talent Brew Potion
(Page 72), and the Artificer Talent Spark of
Invention (Page 74)
Magical Item Crafting
The Crafting of Magical Items requires the
Wizard Talent Craft Magical Item (Page 59), or the
Artificer Talent Magic Schmagic (Page 76).
Craft Magical Item: The Magic Item is
created at Half the cost in Silver, and takes 1 Day
per Rank of the Magic Item.
Magic Schmagic: BP Cost is doubled, a
Common Magic Item counts as a Tier 2, A Rare
Magic Item is Tier 4, a Grand Magic Item is Tier 6,
and an Artifact is Tier 8. Gadgets made from
Magical Items that are Always Active are active for
24 Hours per Fuel they have.
Complications are listed in the Talent
themselves, the Wizard Talent Craft Magical Item
(Page 59), or the Artificer Talent Magic Schmagic
(Page 76).
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Building
Sometimes the reason for Downtime is the
Posse is waiting for something to be built.
Occasionally building can be done while the Posse
is off on Adventures, but it does mean that there is
no one to assist in case of Complications.
Hiring Workers: A Worker costs 1 Silver
per Day, and a minimum of 10 Workers must be
hired. These Workers are considered Goons. A Hat
may replace 1 Worker, and an additional 1 for ever
2 Strength they have. Of course, this does not apply
to Laying Track, which has it's own Worker needs.
Basic Wood Building: Any Basic Wooden
Building takes 1 Day for every 10ft Square that it
Making a building requires Material, either
purchased for 10 Silver per 5ft Square worth of
structure, or sourced from nearby Trees which
adds 1 Day to the total construction time per 20ft
Square.
Basic Log Cabin: A Basic Log Cabin
requires logs that must be sourced nearby. It takes 5
Days to collect the Logs, and an additional 5 Days
to construct the Cabin. The final Cabin is a very
basic 30ft Square building, comprised of 1 to 3
rooms.
Fort Construction: A Fort requires Logs
sourced nearby for the wall. Every 10ft of wall
requires 1 Day of collecting Logs, and 1 Day to put
up the wall. You can then follow the Basic Wood
Buildings information for inside the walls.
Watch Tower: Usually built as part of Forts,
this is a basic wooden structure that takes 1 Day to
collect the materials, and 1 Day to Construct.
Laying Track: Tracks can be laid at a rate
of 8 Miles a day, given proper workers, supplies,
easy terrain and good weather. Hazardous Terrain
slows progress down to 1 Mile a week. A tunnel is
dug at 5ft per day. Crossing a river or ravine is 5ft
per week. A proper work team consists of 300
people working one of 3 shifts, getting paid roughly
20 Silver for 6 weeks of work, but also must be
provided food. A Hat may replace 2 Workers, and
an additional 2 for ever 1 Strength they have.
Building Complications: Once a Week
during Building one Posse member must make a
Luck Check. Once chosen, that Posse member
cannot be chosen again until all other members
have made this Check. If the Posse member Fails
this Check, then one of the following Complications
happen, chosen by the Storyteller or the one who
Failed the Check:
Fire: A Fire has broken out during
Construction. The Posse may put out the Fire as
normal, and it starts as a 5ft Square and spreads
normally. If the Posse is not present, all Workers
 must make a Luck Roll. Every Success saves 2
Days of Work, however a Failure by 5 or more
means that Worker Dies.
Quitters: All of your Hired Workers have
decided to Quit for some reason, and the Posse
must find new Workers, or negotiate with the old
ones, but they are considered Hostile, in order to
continue work. If the Posse is not there, not only do
they not know their Workers have Quit, but the
Workers also take all supplies and anything
valuable.
Raiders: A group of Adversaries shows up
equivalent to the Posse. If they are intelligent they
can be negotiated with, but start as Hostile. If the
Posse is not there, every Worker must make a
Luck Check, if they Fail they are killed, but get
away if they Succeed. The Raiders will then take
anything of value, and may burn the structure if
they have reason to.
Downtime Researching
Gather Information
It can take time to learn information,
especially of a very specific or even in general
nature. A Hat may spend 1 Day and 2 Silver to give
themselves a +5 Bonus to any Knowledge Check,
provided they have access to something like a
library, people of relevant skill, or some form of
suitable knowledge to pull from. This may be done
repeatedly to increase the Bonus. However the Hat
must make a DC 20-Days Investigation Check every
Day spent Gathering Information, but may group up
to 7 Days in a row; they do not gain Bonus if they
fail this Check, but the Silver is still spent.
Whether they fail or succeed their Check, they
may spend more time to make another Check
immediately after, but they cannot split up a 7 Day
stretch into multiple Checks.
Magical Research
Sometimes a Hat is in a position where
they cannot find a Spell Scroll for the Spell they
are looking to purchase to learn, or a Blueprint or
Formulae they want to use, so they must figure it
out on their own. In order to convert or gain new
Blueprints, Formulae, and Spells that a Hat has not
learned yet, they must spend Downtime performing
Magical Research. By spending 1 Day and 5 Silver,
a Hat may gain 1exp towards a Spell for every Day
spent. However the Hat must make a DC 20+Tier-
Days Occult Check, or Engineering Check in the
case of Blueprints, and Medicine for Formulae,
every Day spent Researching, but may group up to
7 Days in a row; they do not gain exp if they fail
this Check, but the Silver is still spent. Whether
they fail or succeed their Check, they may spend
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more time to make another Check immediately
after, but they cannot split up a 7 Day stretch into
multiple Checks.
Making Spell Scrolls or converting them to
Blueprints or Formulae requires specific Talents;
Scribe Scroll (Page 57), Chemical Decipher (Page
72) or Mock Up (Page 75). Scribe Scroll lets you
make Scrolls out of the Spells that you know,
Chemical Decipher allows the converting of
Blueprints or Spell Scrolls into Formulae, while
Mock Up allows the converting of Formulae or
Spell Scrolls into Blueprints. Converting these
things takes 8 Hours per Tier, Cantrips take 4
hours, and the original thing used is destroyed in
the conversion process. Furthermore, copies may
be made of Blueprints, Formulae, and Scrolls at the
cost of 10x the exp cost in Silver, plus the cost of
Magical Paper and Magical Ink in the case of
copying a Scroll. Making the Blueprint, Formulae,
or Scroll copy takes 1 hour per Tier of the Spell,
Cantrips taking half an hour.
Downtime Training
Training Abilities
Spending Downtime to Train your Abilities
is the most time consuming and costly of ventures
in regards to Training. You will gain 1exp towards a
single Ability for every 1 Week spent. This 1 Week
also costs 500 Silver. You can gain an additional
2exp per Week by hiring a Trainer. Hiring a
Trainer is an additional 100 Silver per Week, and
the Trainer must have the level of Ability Score
you are going for, or higher.
Training Skills
While Training Skills is not as costly as
Abilities, it does still take time and Silver. You gain
1exp towards a single Skill for every Day you
spend Training it. This Day also costs 100 Silver.
You can gain an additional 2exp per Day by hiring
a Trainer. Hiring a Trainer is an additional 50
Silver per Day, and the Trainer must have the Skill
Points you are going for, or higher.
Training Talents
Much like Training Skills, Training a
Talent gives you 1exp for every Day spent, and also
costs 100 Silver per day. You can gain an additional
2exp per Day by hiring a Trainer. Hiring a Trainer
is an additional 50 Silver per Day, and the Trainer
must have the Talent.
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 Illegal Operations
Blackmail
Looking for information on a certain NPC,
something that you can use to leverage to get them
to do what you want. There are 5 steps to
Blackmail Downtime: Investigate Mark, Case the
Joint, Trespass, Obtain Information, Escape. All of
these steps have their own rolls and take different
amounts of time. The DC of any Check, or how
much it costs, may be increased or decreased by
the Storyteller. The Storyteller also does not need
to tell you if your Hat has succeeded or not in the
first two steps.
Investigate Mark. The first step is to find
the Target, referred to as the Mark, and gather
information about them. This is a DC 20
Investigation Check, which can be lowered by 1 for
every Week spent investigating, up to maximum of
8 Weeks. Alternatively, a Hat may make a DC 16
Outlaw Check to find someone with the
information they need, and spend 50 Silver to
purchase it, which eliminates the time needed to
gather the information and the risk of being found
out. Failing this Check alerts the Mark to your
presence and increased any further DC by 2. If
Good Luck is rolled, all further DC's are lowered by
2. If Bad Luck is rolled for either the Investigation
or Outlaw Check, all further Checks are increased
by 4.
Case the Joint. Next is to find out the
optimal place where you could find something to
use as Blackmail. This is a DC 20 Perception
Check, which can be lowered by 1 for every Week
spent investigating, up to a maximum of 8 Weeks.
Alternatively, a Hat may make a DC 16 Outlaw
Check to find someone with the information they
need, and spend 50 Silver to purchase it, which
eliminates the time needed to gather the
information and the risk of being found out. . If
they used Outlaw during the Investigate Mark
Check, they do not need to make this Check again
and merely need to pay the Silver. Failing this
Check alerts the Mark to your presence and
increased any further DC by 2. If Good Luck is
rolled, all further DC's are lowered by 2. If Bad
Luck is rolled for either the Perception or Outlaw
Check, all further Checks are increased by 4.
Trespass. Now that you've gotten
information on the who and the where, it's time to
get into the place. This is a DC 18 Lockpick Check
to pick a lock, followed by DC 18 Stealth Check.
Alternatively, the Lockpick Check can be replaced
with an Acrobatics or Athletics Check. The Stealth
Check can be lowered by 2 for doing it at Night,
however it doesn't effect the Lockpick, Acrobatics,
or Athletics Check. Good Luck on these roll means
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that the Escape DC decreases by 2. Rolling Bad
Luck on these Checks increases the Escape DC by
4. Failing this Check triggers a Complication.
Obtain Information. Now that you're in, you
have to locate the information. You must make a DC
18 Investigation Check. Failing this Check results in
your being unable to find anything in this location,
and skip to the Escape Step, but you want to try
again you can start over on the Case the Joint Step.
Good Luck means that you find more information
that you thought you would. Bad Luck triggers a
Complication.
Escape. Now that you have found what
you're looking for, or haven't, you must get out. This
is a DC 18 Stealth Check, which is is decreased by 2
if it is Night. Good Luck means you got away
without any problems, and if you didn't find
anything and must go back to the Case the Joint
Step, all DC's are decreased by 2. Failing this Check
or rolling Bad Luck triggers a Complication.
If you successfully get a piece of Blackmail
on a Mark, you may treat them as Friendly,
regardless of actual feeling, and Wants to Help in
any Social Interactions. However, depending on the
type of Blackmail, the Mark may hire Adversaries,
as if they were a Villain, to send after the Posse.
Complications: If you failed or got Bad Luck
during the Trespass, or Escape Step, or rolled Bad
Luck during the Obtain Information Step, a
Complication is Triggered, as chosen by the
Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-5, Nothing. There's not a speck of
Blackmail to be found on the Mark, and anything
you thought you had turned out to be useless.
6-9, Spotted. Someone saw you, and you
had to run away before you were able to finish,
leaving anything you got behind. All DC's against
this Mark are increased by 2.
10-11, Caught. The Mark, or one of the
guards, caught you red handed. You lose any
information that you had on you. You may either
pay them 50 Silver, or take 6 Damage, Unsoakable,
to get away. All DC's against this Mark are
increased by 2.
12, Arrested. You got caught by the local
law and got turned over to the local Sheriff.
 Burgle
Sometimes you just want to spend your
time robbing a place, and that's where the Burgle
Activity comes in. There are 6 steps to Burgle
Downtime: Investigate Mark, Case the Joint,
Trespass, Take Stuff, Escape, Fence. All of these
steps have their own rolls and take different
amounts of time. The DC of any Check, or how
much it costs, may be increased or decreased by
the Storyteller. The Storyteller also does not need
to tell you if your Hat has succeeded or not in the
first two steps.
Investigate Mark. The first step is to find
the Target, referred to as the Mark, and gather
information about them. This is a DC 20
Investigation Check, which can be lowered by 1 for
every Day spent investigating, up to maximum of 7
Days. Alternatively, a Hat may make a DC 16
Outlaw Check to find someone with the
information they need, and spend 20 Silver to
purchase it, which eliminates the time needed to
gather the information and the risk of being found
out. Failing this Check alerts the Mark to your
presence and increases any further DC by 2. If
Good Luck is rolled, all further DC's are lowered by
2. If Bad Luck is rolled for either the Investigation
or Outlaw Check, all further Checks are increased
by 4.
Case the Joint. Next is to find out the place
where the Mark keeps most of their valuables.
This is a DC 20 Perception Check, which can be
lowered by 1 for every Day spent investigating, up
to a maximum of 7 Days. Alternatively, a Hat may
make a DC 16 Outlaw Check to find someone with
the information they need, and spend 20 Silver to
purchase it, which eliminates the time needed to
gather the information and the risk of being found
out. If they used Outlaw during the Investigate
Mark Check, they do not need to make this Check
again and merely need to pay the Silver. Failing
this Check alerts the Mark to your presence and
increases any further DC by 2. If Good Luck is
rolled, all further DC's are lowered by 2. If Bad
Luck is rolled for either the Perception or Outlaw
Check, all further Checks are increased by 4.
Trespass. Now that you've gotten
information on the who and the where, it's time to
get into the place. This is a DC 18 Lockpick Check
to pick a lock, followed by DC 18 Stealth Check.
Alternatively, the Lockpick Check can be replaced
with an Acrobatics or Athletics Check. The Stealth
Check can be lowered by 2 for doing it at Night,
however it doesn't effect the Lockpick, Acrobatics,
or Athletics Check. Good Luck on these roll means
that the Escape DC decreases by 2. Rolling Bad
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4. Failing this Check triggers a Complication.
Take Stuff. Now that you're in, you have to
figure out what stuff to take. The first step is to
make an Appraise Check minus 10, this is the
amount of valuable Objects found that you could
sell. You can only take an amount of Objects equal
to your available Bulk. If you are slowed due to
being Encumbered you take a -5 to the Escape Step.
Good Luck on this roll means that you Double the
amount of Silver during the Fence Step. Rolling
Bad Luck on these Checks means you don't find
anything worth selling. Failing this Check triggers a
Complication.
Escape. Now that you got your loot, or
haven't, you must get out. This is a DC 18 Stealth
Check, which is decreased by 2 if it is Night. Good
Luck means you got away without any problems,
and Double the amount of Silver during the Fence
Step. Failing this Check or rolling Bad Luck triggers
a Complication.
Fence. The final step is getting rid of what
you stole, which is easier said than done. You must
make a DC 18 Outlaw Check to find someone to sell
your goods to. Failing this Check just means you fail
to find a Fence. The good news is that you can
make this Check in every town you come across if
you don't find one in the current town, and once
you find one you always know how to find them.
Each Valuable Object will sell for a base of 5
Silver. Failing this Check just means you fail to find
a Fence. If Good Luck is rolled on this Check, the
Fence will buy your Objects for double the price. If
Bad Luck is rolled, this triggers a Complication.
Complications: If you failed or got Bad Luck
during the Trespass, or Escape Step, or rolled Bad
Luck during the Take Stuff or Fence Step, a
Complication is Triggered, as chosen by the
Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-3, Nothing. Well, it turned out that the
Mark didn't actually have anything valuable and all
you did was waste your time.
4-7, Spotted. Someone saw you, and you
had to run away before you were able to finish,
leaving anything you got behind.
8-10, Caught. The Mark, or one of the
guards, caught you red handed. You lose any
Objects that you had on you. You may either pay
them 50 Silver, or take 6 Damage, Unsoakable, to
get away.
11-12, Arrested. You got caught by the local
law and got turned over to the local Sheriff. Bail is
set at 50 Silver.
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 Create Alibi 10+their Sense Motive, but you only need to make
When you or another member of your the Check once against a specific NPC. If you fail to
Posse are performing an Illegal Operation, Blend, or roll Bad Luck, you trigger a Complication.
sometimes it's a good idea to have an Alibi in case Exit. To Exit an Organization, you must
the Law comes knocking. This requires a DC 20 make a DC 18 Stealth Check to slip away. Good
Persuasion Check, or paying 20 Silver, to give a +1 Luck means you get away without any in the
Alibi Bonus to one roll made while doing an Illegal Organization even realizing you were there and
Operation. This can be done a maximum of 5 times, gone. Failing this Check or rolling Bad Luck triggers
and the Bonus stacks for every success. An Alibi a Complication.
Bonus can be split among different Checks, or Complications: If you rolled Bad luck on
lumped together into one Check. your Investigation Check, failed or rolled Bad Luck
If a Hat is Arrested, as long as the Alibi on any Bluff Check or your Stealth Check, a
Bonus is 2 or more, they can be released without Complication is Triggered, as chosen by the
difficulty or having to pay Bail. Storyteller or by rolling a D12.
1-4, Found out. You got caught by the
Infiltrate Organization and they did not like it. You are
Sometimes you want to get into a group or barred from the Organization and they're keeping
Organization for some reason or another, that's an eye out for you.
when you commit to Infiltrate. To Infiltrate, above 5-10, Suspicion. While you didn't get
all, takes time, and has 3 Steps: Entry, Blend, Exit. outright caught, something you did was very
The DC of any Check, or how much it costs, may be suspicious. All DC's are increased by 2.
increased or decreased by the Storyteller. The 11-12, Arrested. Something went very
Storyteller also does not need to tell you if your wrong, and you ended up getting turned over to the
Hat has succeeded or not in the first two steps. Sheriff. Bail is set at 10 Silver. But at least you
Entry. Probably the most complicated Step didn't break your cover?
when it comes to Infiltrate. First, you must make a
DC 20 Investigation Check, or pay 50 Silver. The
Investigation Check can be decreased by 1 for every
Week spent searching for information, up to a
maximum of 8 Weeks. Next is a DC 20 Bluff Check,
or paying 50 Silver. The Bluff Check may be
decreased by 2 if you have a Disguise Kit, and is
decreased by 1 for every 2 Weeks you spent
searching for information. If you roll Good Luck on
your Investigation Check, you halve the time it took
to search for the information. If you get Good Luck
on the Bluff Check, the DC's in Blend are decreased
by 2. If you fail the Investigation Check, you must
try again. If you fail the Bluff Check, or roll Bad
Luck for either Check, you trigger a Complication.
Blend. Now that you are in the
Organization, few will question you belonging.
However you must make a DC 20 Bluff Check
before proceeding, and every Week spent blending
into the Organization. This Bluff Check may be
decreased by 2 if you have a Disguise Kit, and is
decreased by 1 for every 2 Weeks you spent
searching for information. If you get Good Luck on
this, or subsequent Bluff Checks, you will gain a +1
Bonus to any subsequent Bluff Checks when trying
to Blend, to a maximum of 5. You can stay in this
Step indefinitely, until you are either found out or
go to the Exit Step, and you may do other
Downtime Activities while in the Blend Step.
However, once you exit Downtime Activities, Bluff
Checks must be made anytime you interact with an
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 Conditions
There are many different things that can
effect your Hat and their belongings, these are
called Conditions.
Bleeding
A Bleeding Target suffers 1 wound every
round at the start of their turn, and continue to do
so until the Bleeding is stopped.
A Bleeding wound can be stopped with a
DC 15 Medicine Check.
Also any Magical/Technological healing
heals all Bleeding Wounds and ends all Bleeding
Conditions.
Bleed effects stack, and each Bleed effect
must be dealt with individually, unless
Magical/Technological healing is applied.
Any creature with regenerative abilities
cannot gain the Bleeding Condition.
Bleeding cannot be applied if the cause did
not actually cause the Target to lose Wounds.
Blind
You cannot see and automatically fail all
Checks that require sight.
Being Blinded gives a -5 to Dodge, and -10
To Hit.
This Condition can be gained by bright
flashes, blindfolds, etc.
Broken
A Broken weapon revives a -5 to attack and
deals half Damage.
Broken Armor or Shield grants half the
Dodge, rounded down and no Soak Bonus.
A Broken Firearm cannot shoot.
A Broken tool gives -5 to any Check using
it.
Wands and Staves use 2x the charges.
A Broken Machine or Gadget ceases to
perform it's function unless a DC 25 Engineering
Check is made.
A Clockwork gains the Broken Condition
when it is reduced to 0 Wounds. A Clockwork can
no longer take Actions when it is Broken. A
Clockwork may be repaired with a DC 25
Engineering Check, by an item, Spell, or Talent that
allows for an alternate.
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Burning, Fire
There are two types of burning conditions:
Fire, and Acid.
A Fire Burning Condition deals 3 wounds
per Round at the end of the Targets turn, and can
be extinguished by spending 2 Actions, Minor
Action, and Reaction attempt to smother one
square of fire with a cloak or blanket, or dousing it
with a nonflammable liquid. If a Target is on fire,
they may spend 2 Actions, Minor Action, and
Reaction to drop prone and stop, drop, and roll. Fire
will spread at 5ft per 2 rounds if there are
flammable things in the nearby square. Fire will
auto extinguish if it has burned all the fuel it has.
Burning, Acid
An Acid Burning Condition will list its
strength and burn time in a (strength/burn time)
format, such as (2/4). An Acid with only one
number has no burn time and burns indefinitely.
The strength of the Acid is how many Wounds it
deals per Round, at the beginning of the turn of the
Target being burned, while burn time is the amount
of Rounds before it loses potency. When an Acid
loses potency, its strength is reduced by half,
rounded down. Acid may be removed by spending
All Actions, Minor Action, and Reaction washing it
with any liquid, or by scrubbing it with mud, dirt,
or sand. If the Acid allows a Save, Strength and
Burn time are both halved if the Save is met.
Charmed
A charmed Target cannot attack the
Charmer or Target the Charmer with any negative
abilities or Spells. The Target becomes Friendly to
the Charmer and the Charmer only, not to their
allies.
The Charmer has a +10 to any Moxy based
Checks aimed at the Target, and can be more easily
convinced of things. If in the middle of a fight, a
Charmed Target wont just throw down their
weapons.
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 Confused
A Confused Target has their mind
befuddled and does not think or act intelligently.
They cannot determine friend from foe, and if they
attack, they attack the nearest Target or the last
Target who attacked them. At the beginning of their
turn they must roll on the following chart to
determine their Action on their turn.
Confused Table:
1d12 Behavior
1-3 Attacks the nearest Target.
4-6 Attacks itself.
7-9 Does nothing but babble incoherently.
10-12 Act Normally.
A confused Target who cannot perform the
Action does nothing but babble incoherent. A Target
does not gain any special advantages on a Confused
Target, and the Confused Target attacks the last
Target that attacked them the instant it is capable.
The Target cannot make Reaction Actions.
Dead
When a Target or Hat is reduced to a
negative number equal to their total Wound count,
they're Dead. If you need an explanation on what
Dead means, I'm sure someone would be glad to
explain it to you.
Alternately, they may gain the Condition
Near-Death, which is explained later.
Deafened
The Target cannot hear, and automatically
fails any Check requiring hearing.
Distracted
The Target may either take 1 Action at no
penalty, or take All Actions, Minor Action, and
Reactions available to them at a -10 to all rolls.
Target receives a -10 to Awareness and
Perception.
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Dominated
A Target who is Dominated loses control of
their ability to do things. Instead, the Target or
Object that Dominated them has control of their
Actions.
Someone who Dominates another does not
know anything about the Target other than what
they have seen or know ahead of time.
A Dominated Target makes another Save to
break free at the beginning of their turn. They also
get a Save if they take Damage.
A Successful Luck Roll during a Dominated
Targets Save means they cannot be Dominated
from that source again for the next 48 Hours.
Downed
A Target is Downed when they hit 0 or less
Wounds.
A Downed Target gains the Bleeding
Condition. This Bleeding effect may be stopped
with a Medicine Check, Magical Healing, or if the
Target makes a DC 15 Grit Save. If the bleeding is
stopped, the Target is still considered Downed until
it returns to positive Wounds, they're just no longer
bleeding out.
A Downed Target does not benefit from a
Short Rest, and must take a Long Rest in order to
regain Wounds naturally.
A Target who is Downed by Nonlethal
Damage does not gain the Bleeding Condition.
The Target has the Helpless Condition.
A Downed Target cannot use any Actions
on their turn aside from making one Grit Check to
stop their bleeding, and automatically fails any
saving throws.
The Target cannot move or speak, and is
unaware of its surroundings.
The Target immediately falls Prone and
drops any items it is holding.
A Goon cannot be Downed, and instead
dies immediately at 0 Wounds
If a Downed Target receives Healing in the
form of a Medicine Check, they return to 0 Wounds
if a DC 12+(Negative Wounds) Medicine Check. If
they are healed by Magic, they immediately heal
that amount of Wounds as if they were at 0
Wounds and are no longer Downed.
A Successful Luck Check when Bleeding
puts you back at 1 Wound, and you can take your
turn as normal, however you are Prone. A Failed
Luck Roll adds another Bleeding Condition.
 Drunk
After consuming a fair amount of alcoholic
substances (1+Grit within 1 Hour), the Target
becomes Drunk, receiving a -4 to all Skill Checks
and Saves. Every time a Target who is Drunk
consumes another Alcoholic drink they must
succeed at a DC 14+Drinks Grit Check, or pass out.
The Drunk Condition lasts 6 hours from when they
stop drinking.
Exhausted
Exhaustion comes from a few different
sources: Special Talents, Environmental Hazards,
Self Neglect. They are treated in levels, every level
compounding on top of the others. I.E. if a Target
has level 3 exhaustion, the Target also suffers the
effects of level 2 and level 1.
1. -5 to all Checks and Saves. Cannot take multiple
move actions unless mounted.
2. An additional -5 to Checks and Saves. Speed is
halved.
3. Target can only take 1 Action per turn.
4. Wound Total is halved.
5. Speed reduced to 0.
6. Target is Dead.
In order to reverse levels of Exhaustion,
the Target must take a Long Rest, in which they
have suitable food and drink, they then have their
exhaustion level reduced by 1. There are also
magical means to reverse Exhaustion.
Fatigued
Target cannot take multiple Move actions
per turn, unless mounted.
Target receives a -2 to all Checks and
Saves.
If the Target would become Fatigued again,
they instead gain a level of Exhaustion.
The Target must take a Long Rest in order
to get rid of their Fatigue.
Frightened
A Frightened Target receives a -5 to all
Checks while within sight of the cause of fear.
The Target cannot willingly move closer to the
source of Fear.
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Frozen
A Frozen Target has the Paralyzed
Condition.
Target may make a DC 25 Physical Check
to break free.
Any source of heat decreases the DC of
breaking free depending on how hot it is. A few
examples:
Torch within 5ft lowers the DC by 1.
Campfire within 5ft lowers the DC by 3.
A Square that is on fire lowers the DC by 5.
Lava within 10ft lowers the DC by 20.
Frozen Targets cannot be Coup de Grace'd.
Grappled
A grappled Target has a speed of 0.
Cannot use both hands.
Cannot use Stealth.
The Initiator may perform a Drag Action
on the Target.
The Initiator can attempt to Restrain the
Target it is Grappling by spending 1 Action and
making an opposed Acrobatics or Athletics Check
at a +10. If the Initiator has chain or rope, or
something similar, this sets the DC the Target needs
to make and the Grapple no longer needs to be
maintained to keep them restrained.
If the Target is Manacled, the DC is 30, and
may only be picked open with the appropriate
Talent and Tools at a DC 20.
Helpless
A Helpless Target is one who is either
Downed, Paralyzed, Restrained, Unconscious or
otherwise at their opponent's mercy.
Anyone who is adjacent to the Target can
spend 1 action to perform an Attack to Coup de
Grace a Helpless target.
Nauseated
Target cannot make Attack Actions, do
anything that requires focusing, and moves at half
speed.
Immune
The Target takes no Damage of the
associated source of Damage, whether being a
Damage type, or a Magical Element. This can also
be in reference to Conditions which cannot effect
the Target.
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The Target and everything they are
wearing or carrying cannot be seen.
Target gains a +10 to Dodge.
Target gains a To Hit +5 if within 20ft of
Target.
Target gains a +40 to Stealth Checks if they
are not moving, reduced to +20 if they move.
Target does not trigger Attacks of
Opportunity.
A Target does not get this Bonus against
other Targets with unnatural abilities to see, or see
with other methods other than sight.
Any object the Target puts down appears,
and anything they pick up disappears.
Any light source they are carrying is
invisible, but still emits light.
Performing a task or Action that requires a
lot of movement or interactions, draws attention
and negates the Stealth Bonus received from being
Invisible.
Paralyzed
Cannot take any actions.
It may spend it's turn to attempt to break
free of the Paralyzation.
Automatically fails any Ability Checks.
The Target has the Helpless Condition.
The Target cannot move or speak.
Attacks against the Target have a +5 To Hit.
If attacked they may make another Save to
break the Paralyzation.
Petrified
Target is turned to stone.
Target is considered Paralyzed.
Target us unaware of its surroundings and
fails all Awareness Checks.
If broken, Target may be put back together
before being undone with no ill effects. If a piece of
what would be flesh is lost, Target will take
Damage appropriately. Limbs may be lost.
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Poisoned
A Target with the Poisoned Condition takes
Damage each round equal to the strength of the
poison, the number or effect in the parenthesis
immediately after the word Poison. Every poison
also lists it's DC, which gains a +5 after the first
Check is failed.
Example: DC 17 Poison(2), which increases
to DC 22 after the first failure. The Target may
make a Grit Save every round after they receiving
the Damage from the Poison. If they manage to
make their Save, they have shaken off the Poison
and cannot be Poisoned from the same source for
24 hours. Poison can also be cured with a Medicine
Check, beating the DC of the poison. Alternatively
if the Target ingests Antitoxin, or is healed by
magical means, the Poisoned effect immediately
ends.
Prone
Can only crawl at 1/4th movement, or stand
up as a Move Action. It takes half of your
movement to stand up.
-5 to Brawl.
+10 to Dodge if the attacker is farther than
10ft away.
Attackers within 10ft get a +5 To Hit.
Resistance
A Target with Resistance to something
takes half Damage from any source dealing that
type of Damage. Resistances do not stack with
themselves unless the source specifies otherwise.
Restrained
Speed becomes 0, unless legs are
purposefully left unbound.
Target is Helpless.
Cannot use either hand.
If gagged, cannot speak clearly.
May spend All Actions, Minor Action, and
Reaction to attempt to break the restraint, making
an opposed Acrobatics or Athletics Check against
the Target restraining them.
If they were restrained by rope or chain
the difficulty is instead based the DC set by the
Target that restrained them.
Manacles have a set DC of 30, but may be
picked with the appropriate Talent and Tools.
Stunned
Can only take 1 Action.
-5 to ability Checks and Saves.
The Target moves at half speed.
Target cannot speak clearly.
Attacks against the Target have a +5 To Hit.
 Unconscious
A Target is Unconscious when they have
been Downed, are asleep, have been knocked out,
or have passed out as a result of not sleeping or
from taking too much Lucidity Damage.
Target is Considered Blind and Helpless.
-10 to Awareness.
Cannot take Actions.
A Hat that goes more than 40 hours
without taking a Long Rest must make a DC 18 Grit
Save, failing gains the Fatigued Condition. This
Check must be made again every 5 hours. If they
fail this Check by more than 10, they do not gain
Fatigue and instead pass out. A Hat who passes out
in this way does not gain the benefit of a Short or
Long rest. To wake up someone who has passed out
takes 1 Action, and they may subtract the time slept
from the 40 hours if that is the reason they passed
out. A Hat may also pass out from taking Lucidity
Damage. This is done in the exact same way, but
they do not gain Fatigue. Nearby explosions or
firearms being discharged nearby also wake an
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 Environmental Hazards
Awkward Terrain
Icy Surface: If a Target moves more than
half their movement speed in a turn they must
make a Physical Save, DC 20, or else fall prone.
Mud: While in mud movement is halved. A
horse cannot go faster than a Trot. Clothes are
considered ruined, but may be cleaned. Bulk is
increased by 1 until the mud is cleaned off.
Overgrowth: Tall grass, or thick vegetation
count as Overgrowth Terrain. A Targets movement
is halved when moving through Overgrowth. A
Target may crouch, halving their speed again, to
gain Partial Cover and a +10 to Stealth. A Target
who Drops Prone gains Full Cover and +20 to
Stealth and halves their Prone speed.
Sand: A Target moves 5ft slower through
Sand. If a Target falls Prone on a hill that is
covered in Sand, they slide 20ft downhill per
round.
Uneven Terrain: If a Target moves more
than half their movement speed in a turn they
must make a Physical Save, DC 10, or else fall
prone.
Wet or Slick: If a Target moves more than
half their movement speed in a turn over terrain
that would be slippery they must make a Physical
Save, DC 10, or else fall prone.
Snow Covered: A surface that is covered in
less than 6 inches of snow is considered Slick. If
the snow is greater than 6 inches a Targets
movement is halved. Dropping Prone increases the
Dodge Bonus against attackers that are more than
10ft away by 5, if the snow is over 6 inches. Horses
and Large Targets are not slowed by snow unless it
is over 3 feet tall.
Brambles & Brush
Brambles: A Target moving more than 10ft
through Brambles in one turn suffers 2 Damage.
Furthermore if a Target falls Prone in Brambles
they take 2 Wounds. If a Target would take Damage
from Brambles, whether they Soak the Damage or
not, their clothes are considered Ruined.
Otherwise treat Brambles as Thick Brush.
Thick Brush: Movement is halved when
moving through Thick Brush. Thick Brush also
provides Partial Cover if it is over 10ft thick.
Blackberries: Act the exact same as
Brambles, however a Hat may take 1 Hour to gather
enough berries to feed one Medium Target.
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Rushing Water
A rushing river is not something to be
taken lightly. If a Target moves into rapidly moving
water more than 1/4th their height they must make
a DC 20 Physical Save or else immediately be
washed away. A Target may willingly enter the
water if their plan is to cross or be swept away.
Either purposefully or accidentally they move
down the waterway at the same pace as the water.
They must make DC 20 Physical Save every round
they are in the water. Failing these Saves in a
causes the Target to take 1 Non-Lethal Damage,
Unsoakable, for every Save they fail. Any Target
with the Helpless condition begins Suffocating.
Falling
There's plenty of times that you're up high,
and falling off those high up places can be quite
detrimental to a Hat's health. A Hat who falls 10ft
does not take Damage, but must make a Physical
Save, DC 14, or be unable to continue their
movement.
Falling more than 10ft deals 1 Unsoakable
Damage per 5ft fallen above 10. A DC 12+(1 per 5ft
above 10 fallen) Physical Save to halve this
Bludgeoning Damage. Then they must make the DC
14+(1 per 5ft above 10) Physical Save or lose the
rest of their movement.
Fall Damage maxes out at 200ft, which
would deal 38 Bludgeoning Damage. Water adds
30ft to the height before taking Damage.
Lava
Lava is technically a liquid. A very, very
hot liquid. It may have the properties of Rushing
Water if it is moving. If a substantial amount of
water is poured onto Lava it will become a solid,
and create an effect similar to the Spell Incendiary
Cloud for 3 rounds, and then Fog Cloud for an
addition 7 Rounds before clearing.
A Target or Object that is within 10ft of
Lava takes 4 Fire Damage per round, Unsoakable. A
Target or Object that is in, or touches Lava takes 10
Fire Damage per round, Unsoakable. A Target who
is Resistant to Fire Damage does not take Damage
from being near the Lava.
Light Levels
Something to keep in mind is how much
light is available to a Hat in a given circumstance.
There are four different levels of light, Normal,
Bright, Low-Light, Darkness.
Normal: This is the average light level,
something like being outside during the day, or in a
well lit room. This light level does not give
penalties.
 Bright: If there is too much light in an area,
such as a place hit by a spotlight, something under
the effect of certain Spells, or similar to that. A Hat
who has Low-Light Vision or Darkvision is
considered to have the Blinded Condition in
situations of Bright Light Levels. Other Hats suffer
a -5 to any Check requiring sight.
Low-Light: For dim lighting, such as during
the night or in a poorly lit room. Those with Low-
Light Vision or Darkvision are not at penalty.
Otherwise a Target suffers a -5 to any Check
requiring sight.
Darkness: If there is no light, such as a
cloudy night, a night with no moon, or a room with
the lights off. Only those with Darkvision can still
see. Otherwise all Targets have the Blinded
Condition.
Glass
A common, and often overlooked piece of
an environment is things that are made of Glass.
Whether it is a window, a bottle, a mug, a display
case, or perhaps a fancy table, glass is persistent
around. Though it is quite brittle, and dangerous
once broken.
-Window: Hardness: 1 HP: 1
-Glass Bottle: Hardness: 3 HP: 2
-Shot Glass: Hardness: 1 HP: 1
-Glass Mug: Hardness: 3 HP: 2
-Display Case: Hardness: 2 HP: 2
-Glass Table: Hardness: 2 HP: 2
Additionally, when anything made of glass
is broken, it creates a hazardous space 5ft in all
directions. While moving through a space covered
in glass does not have any effect, being knocked
prone or attempting to crawl over a space covered
in glass inflicts 2 Damage and causes the Target to
Bleed. It takes 2 turns to clean up one square of
Broken Glass.
An Object made of Glass that is used as a
weapon deals Damage equal to the Strength of the
one making the Attack. This Attack also causes the
Object to shatter and cover the square with Broken
Glass. This Attack may use Brawl if it is done in
Melee, or Ranged if it is thrown.
As an Action, a handful of Broken Glass
may be scooped up, dealing 2 Damage, and thrown
as an Action at a Target with 5ft Range Band.
Wearing Gloves negates the Damage from picking
up the Glass. A Target struck by the Broken Glass
takes 2 Damage and causes the Target to Bleed.
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Locks & Doors
Probably more of a benign hazard for a Hat
to come across, but still something can impede
progress. In order to pick locks, a Hat must have
Lockpicks in order to make a Check, and receives
no Bonus to this roll unless they have a Talent that
says otherwise.
The Difficulty of picking locks is listed
underneath the type of Lock bellow.
Of course, a locked door may always
simply be broken down, though depending on what
it is made from this can vary in difficulty, and
while you may ignore the Lock when breaking
down a door, a Barricade adds to the difficulty.
A barricaded or blocked door will require a
Strength Check to open. If it is the only thing that is
keeping the door shut, you use the first DC,
however if the door is also Locked it instead
increases the base Breakdown Check of the type of
door.
-Wooden Door: Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Breakdown DC 15 Strength Check
-Reinforced Wooden Door: Hardness: 3 HP: 12
Breakdown DC 18 Strength Check
-Magical Wooden Door: Hardness: 5 HP: 10
Breakdown DC 20 Strength Check
-Stone Door: Hardness: 3 HP: 18
Breakdown DC 22 Strength Check
-Reinforced Stone Door: Hardness: 5 HP: 22
Breakdown DC 26 Strength Check
-Magical Stone Door: Hardness: 7 HP: 25
-Wooden Barricade: Hardness: 2 HP: 4
Breakdown DC 15 Strength Check
OR Breakdown DC Increase by 4
-Iron Barricade: Hardness: 3 HP: 6
Breakdown DC 20 Strength Check
OR Breakdown DC Increase by 6
-Magical Barricade: Hardness: 5 HP: 10
Breakdown DC 25 Strength Check
OR Breakdown DC Increase by 10
-Simple Lock: Hardness: 2 HP: 8
Lockpick DC 18
-Complex Lock: Hardness: 3 HP: 6
Lockpick DC 25
-Simple Magic Lock: Hardness: 5 HP: 10
Lockpick DC 23
-Complex Magic Lock: Hardness: 7 HP: 15
Lockpick DC 28
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Most Weather Environment Hazards do
Nonlethal Damage if someone is out too long in
them. This Damage is assuming they are properly
dressed. Halve the time if a Target does not have
boots or shoes. Halve the time if they are half
dressed, and halve the time again if they are not
wearing clothes at all. These two effects stack.
Armor is counted as clothing for the purpose of
this Damage.
Heat: A Target who is in a place with
extreme Heats will take what is called Heat
Damage. A Target can take Heat Damage equal to
their Total Wounds. Once Heat Damage is maxed,
all further Heat Damage will add a level of Fatigue
to the Target. Heat Damage can be removed by
getting into shade or a cool area and drinking
water, removing 2 Heat Damage over the course of
a Short Rest or 5 Heat Damage over a Long Rest.
There are three levels of Heat: Stifling, Sweltering,
and Boiling.
Stifling: a Target must consume twice the amount
of water as normal. A Target only takes Heat
Damage if they are doing heavy physical labor at 1
Heat Damage per Hour.
Sweltering: a Target must consume twice the
amount of water as normal. A Target takes 1 Heat
Damage per Hour.
Boiling: a Target must consume twice the amount of
water as normal. A Target takes 1 Heat Damage
every 30 Minutes.
Rain: There are three types of Rain: Light,
Heavy, and Downpour. Heavy and Downpour Rains
will put out unprotected Fires, and the Burn, Fire
Condition cannot be applied.
Light Rain: a Target will have Partial Cover if they
are over 120ft away, and Targets cannot be seen
past 240ft. Someone who spends more than 8
hours out in this weather takes 1 Nonlethal
Damage, Unsoakable, per 8 hours spent out. Targets
suffer a -2 to any Check requiring sight.
Heavy Rain: a Target will have Partial Cover if
they are over 60ft away, and Targets cannot be
seen past 120ft. Someone who spends more than 4
hours out in this weather takes 1 Nonlethal
Damage, Unsoakable, per 4 hours spent out.
Targets suffer a -5 to any Check requiring sight.
Large Fires will go out, and the Burn,
Downpour: a Target will have Partial Cover if they
are over 20ft away, and Targets cannot be seen past
60ft. Any surface that is rained on either becomes
Slick, or becomes Mud. Someone who spends more
than 30 minutes out in this weather takes 1
Nonlethal Damage, Unsoakable, per 30 minutes
spent out. Targets suffer a -10 to any Check
requiring sight.
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Fog: There are three types of Fog: Thin,
Mild and Thick.
Thin Fog: Target receives no penalties, but sight is
limited to a few miles.
Mild Fog: a Target will have Partial Cover if they
are over 60ft away, and Targets cannot be seen past
120ft. Targets suffer a -2 to any Check requiring
sight.
Thick Fog: all Targets within the fog receive Partial
Cover and Targets cannot be sees more than 20ft
through the fog. Targets suffer a -5 to any Check
requiring sight.
Snow: There are three types of Snow:
Light, Heavy, and Blizzard.
Light Snow: a Target will have Partial Cover if they
are over 120ft away, and Targets cannot be seen
past 240ft. Someone who spends more than 8
hours out in this weather takes 1 Nonlethal
Damage, Unsoakable, per 8 hours spent out. Targets
suffer a -2 to any Check requiring sight
Heavy snow: a Target will have Partial Cover if
they are over 60ft away, and Targets cannot be
seen past 120ft. Someone who spends more than 4
hours out in this weather takes 1 Nonlethal
Damage, Unsoakable, per 4 hours spent out. Targets
suffer a -5 to any Check requiring sight
Blizzard: a Target will have Partial Cover if they
are over 20ft away, and Targets cannot be seen past
60ft. If snowfall persists, the terrain will become
Snow Covered. Someone who spends more than 30
minutes out in this weather takes 1 Nonlethal
Damage, Unsoakable, per 30 minutes spent out.
Targets suffer a -10 to any Check requiring sight
Wind: Wind can be classified to three
categories: Strong Breeze, Heavy Breeze, Stormy
Breeze.
Strong Breeze: any Light Object that is thrown
suffers a -5 To Hit, and flying Targets must succeed
a DC 12 Physical Save or be unable to fly properly,
they are pushed in the direction of the wind 10ft
and lose 10ft of altitude. A Strong Breeze also
applies during Light Rain or Snow
Heavy Breeze: any light Object that is thrown
suffers a -15 To Hit, and flying Targets must succeed
a DC 20 Physical Save or be unable to fly properly,
they are pushed in the direction of the wind 25ft
and lose 15ft of altitude. A Heavy Breeze also
applies during Heavy Rain or Snow
Stormy Breeze: any light Object that is thrown
suffers a -30 To Hit, and flying Targets must
succeed a DC 30 Physical Save or be unable to fly
properly, they are pushed in the direction of the
wind 40ft and lose 20ft of altitude. Also applies
during a Downpour or Blizzard.
 Traps
Ball Bearings: A thousand small metal balls
covering a 10ft area. It is a DC 18 Perception Check
to spot these balls. The area covered by the balls is
considered an Icy Surface.
Bear Trap: A heavy duty snare type trap. A
pair of large metal jaws, a sensitive pressure plate,
attached to a chain with a heavy duty piton on the
end. A Bear Trap takes 2 Actions to set up, and a
heavy object to pound the piton into the ground. To
spot a set up Bear Trap requires a DC 14 Perception
Check. This DC can be increased by spending 2
more Actions and making a Survival Check to
replace the DC 14 with the Survival Check. A
Target that does not spot a Bear Trap and enters its
square triggers it. They are trapped in the Bear
Trap, take 4 Wounds, and their movement speed
becomes 0. A Foe may spend all their Actions to
free themselves from the trap. It takes 2 Actions to
retrieve a set up Bear Trap. A Bear Trap may be
Disabled with a DC 15 Sleight of Hand Check,
failing this check triggers the Trap.
Boulder: A rather simple trap, a large rock
set precariously to roll in a direction once
triggered. In order to create a Boulder Trap a
Medium size boulder, or larger, is required, and also
takes several Targets to do. It takes roughly 20
Minutes to setup. To spot a Boulder Trap requires a
DC 15 Perception Check. A Target in the path of a
triggered Boulder Trap must make a DC 15 Physical
Save to get out of the way. If they fail, they take 5
Wounds and must attempt the Save again. Failing a
second time, they take another 5 Wounds as the
Boulder runs them over.
DC 40 Strength Check to stop the boulder. A
Boulder Trap may be Disabled with a DC 20 Sleight
of Hand Check, failing this check triggers the Trap.
Caltrops: 20 pointed bits of metal cover a
5ft square. A DC 18 Perception Check is required to
spot these pointy things. If a Target moves into the
square, they immediately take 3 Piercing Damage,
ignoring any Soak from Shields, and their
movement speed drops to 0 if they took Damage. A
Targets speed remains at 0 until they spend a turn
removing the Caltrops from their feet. A Target
may spend 15ft of movement to move through the
square without taking Damage.
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Explosive: An Explosive Trap is a usually
machine that sets off an explosive device using
either a pressure plate or simply dropping it from
above. Explosives can consist of Alchemist Fire,
Dynamite, Nitroglycerin, or an Alchemical Potion.
Requires 2 Minutes to setup and a properly made
area to house the contraption. To spot an Explosive
Trap requires a DC 14 Perception Check. This DC
can be increased by spending 2 more Minutes and
making a Survival Check or an Engineering Check
to replace the DC 14 with the rolled Check. An
Explosive Trap may be Disabled with a DC 20
Sleight of Hand Check, failing this check triggers
the Trap.
Log: A Log Trap is a large log, or similar
type object, suspended above and designed to swing
down at high speeds. A Log Trap deals 4 Wounds to
all Targets in a 15ft Line who fail a DC 15 Physical
Save in order to duck or move out of the way. Also,
Targets who fail this Save are flung following the
line a distance depending on their Size; If the
Target is larger than Large they are not moved,
Size Large is simply moved to the end of the Log
Traps Line, a Medium Target is launched 10ft past
the Line, a Small Creature is launched 20ft past the
line, and those smaller are launched back an
additional 10ft per size category bellow Small. To
set up a Log Trap requires 10 Minutes. To spot a Log
Trap requires a DC 14 Perception Check. This DC
can be increased by spending 2 more Minutes and
making a Survival Check or an Engineering Check
to replace the DC 14 with the rolled Check. DC 40
Strength Check to stop the Log. A Log Trap may be
Disabled with a DC 20 Sleight of Hand Check,
failing this check triggers the Trap.
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covered up in some manner to appear as the
ground. This hole is typically 10ft deep, but could be
hundreds if the one making the trap decides to.
When a Target walks over the Pitfall they must
make a DC 15 Physical Save, falling into the hole if
they fail. To set up a Pitfall Trap requires 5 days
and a shovel, this time may be halved per Target
assisting with a shovel, and then 10 minutes
disguising the dug hole or an already existing hole.
To spot a Pitfall Trap requires a DC 14 Perception
Check. This DC can be increased by spending 2
more Minutes and making a Survival Check or an
Engineering Check to replace the DC 14 with the
rolled Check. A Pitfall Trap that is mechanical in
nature may be Disabled with a DC 20 Sleight of
Hand Check, failing this Check causes the one
attempting to disarm it to fall in. In addition, there
are multiple varieties of a Pitfall aside from just a
basic hole.
A Spiked Pitfall is a Pitfall containing many spikes
at the bottom. In addition to Fall Damage, a Target
who falls into the pit takes 4 Wounds from the
spikes.
A Crushing Pitfall is a mechanical trap that after
being triggered, the walls begin to close in. Any
Target in the pit after 3 Rounds will begin to take 1
Damage per round. The Crushing Pitfall cannot
close if there is an Object with a Hardness of 3 or
more. The crushing may be halted with a DC 20
Strength Check, this Check must be made every
round to keep it from closing. The Trap may still be
disabled even as it is closing.
Poison Dart: A rather complex mechanism
that shoots out a small Dart that is coated with
Poison. The poison varies from Poison(1) to
Poison(4). This trap is most often used on locked
things, such as doors or chests, though it is
sometimes implemented to shoot out from walls.
To setup a Poison Dart trap requires a DC
20 Engineering check, 10 minutes to make and set
the device, as well as materials to craft it. It is a DC
18 Perception or Investigation Check to discover a
Poison Dart Trap. The DC to disable requires a DC
20 Sleight of Hand, or a DC 25 Knowledge
Engineering. Failing to disable the trap causes it to
be activated and the one attempting to disable it to
be struck.
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Snare: One of the simplest type of traps,
but very effective. Usually used to trap critters or
small game, but they can be made on a bigger scale
to try and catch larger things. Composed of a rope,
cord, or string, the trap consists of a noose that is
held in place under tension. A Snare takes 1
Minute to setup, but requires something to keep the
trap under tension. To spot a Snare requires a DC
14 Perception Check. This DC can be increased by
spending 2 more Minutes and making a Survival
Check to replace the DC 14 with the rolled Check. A
Snare Trap may be Disabled with a DC 14 Sleight of
Hand Check, failing this check triggers the Trap.
Trip Wire: A very simple type of trap is
the Trip Wire, which comes in two varieties:
Impede or Trigger. Both types requires a DC 18
Perception Check in order to spot. If a Target
notices a Trip Wire they can simply avoid it. A
Trip Wire may be set at any height, simply
requiring two points to set up between.
Impede: A Target who does not see an
Impede Trip Wire and attempts to move through
it's square immediately ends their Movement and
falls prone. An Impede Trip Wire may be Disabled
by simply cutting the wire.
Trigger: Much like an Impede, a Trigger
Trip Wire is set off when a Target who has not
seen it attempts to move through the square it is in.
A Trigger Trip Wire can have many effects, such as
causing an explosion, sounding an alarm, releasing
poison, or something along those lines.
 Chapter 11: The World
This chapter is describing the world of
Pistol Dust, but by no means is any of this set in
stone. If you don't like something, change it. That's
the beauty of a game like this. All this chapter is is
a setting, that can be torn apart and built anew to a
Storytellers desire. That's why they're called
Storytellers.
The West
Some call it lawless. Others say it is a place
of death. A place only those with no other choice
go, and to some who live there, that is truly what it
is. But to some, it is nothing but opportunity. Hope.
A chance to become great.
Of course, the West is no stranger to death.
From Critters that want a Hat dead, to other people
who also want a Hat dead, there's a lot of things
that can kill a Hat. Sometimes it feels like even the
world itself wants a Hat dead. But if a Hat wants to
make a living out in the West, they're gonna have to
deal with it.
The West itself is a vast expansive land,
called the West because it is on the Western side of
the Spine of the World. To get from the Eastern
world to the Western, a person has to take a train
that goes through the mountain range, as going over
is a feat that no one has ever accomplished.
Notable Cities in the West:
Orfa. The Elven capital, resting in the
North-Western coastal forest of Oraphana.
Offersyde. Largest human city on the
Western side of The Spine, built fairly close to The
Spine itself, as it is has the large train tunnel
heading from one side to the other.
Zilm. Largest of the Gnomish cities, located
near the middle of the West.
Valdra. Once the largest port city in the
West, devastated by The Storm Surge.
The Spine of the World
No one, not even Demigods, dare cross over
The Spine of the World. Five-hundred miles of the
most hostile land ever attempted to be explored.
Separating the West and East of the World, only
connected by the Dwarves and their tunnels.
A brutal environment that can shift
between blistering heats and bone chilling colds.
Throw in some of the most dangerous critters that
have somehow adapted to survive there, and you
have an impossible crossing.
The only way to cross is to take one of the
trains that travel through the Dwarven lands or to
traverse the frozen seas to the North. To the South,
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no one has ever found a way around the Spine, as
The Storm claims the waters there. Although some
have attempted to make the crossing over the top
via airships, none have been successful. In the Age
of Science when trains began to rise throughout the
world, it didn't take long before there was a plan set
into motion of large train tunnels through the
Spine.
However the Spine was not always there,
and the land was not always separate. It came into
existence at the end of the Age of Creation, splitting
the continent in half and caused the death of many,
as well as giving rise to many new and dangerous
creatures. It was Divira who made it as she
breathed her second breath of life into the world,
but as for the reason, She has never told. Some say
it was a by product of her breathing life into the
World a second time and not done on purpose.
Notable Cities (Under) the Spine:
Chapazcopo to the North.
Tenozcopt in the center. The largest,
situated in a cavern so large that it has its own
weather.
Huitzopal to the South.
The East
The Eastern world is where the bulk of
civilization rests.
Notable Cities in the East:
Auser. The home of JonSong, the Dragon
God King. Mostly Kobold in population, but
welcoming of all races.
Heimsford. The largest, oldest and most
industrial city in the world, ruled by The Immortal
King Heimsford. Populated mostly by humans but
also the most diverse in its population.
Tiftalla. The expansive home of the
Halflings, built across an immense rolling planes
between the city of Auser and Heimsford.
The Frozen Seas
Covering the North of the world is the
Frozen Seas, an endless expansive of harsh cold
and deep oceans that no one has fully explored.
Notable Cities in the Frozen Seas:
Corrolock. An expansive over and
undersea city that at one point was the peak in
technological advancement in the World.
Bandarla. A wandering sort of nomadic
city, consisting of many Orck tribes and other
races.
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 Realms
Central Realm. The realm at the center of
it all, containing all of the known world and the
living things that inhabit it. The West, The East,
The Spine of the World, The Frozen Seas, The
Storm, all of these are contained within the Central
Realm.
Gods Realm. The place where most of the
Gods live. Separated into expansive territories,
where those that devoted themselves to a God and
have died go.
Hell. The place for all those that have died
and remain unclaimed by a God. Made up of 9
circular planes of existence stacked on top of each
other. A more detailed explanation follows later in
this Chapter.
Realm of Knowledge. Sometimes called the
Realm of Magic, this is the prison made by Divira
to contain Vetusliber. A vast expansive of floating
library like cities, above an endless pool of ink and
lost knowledge.
Realm of Air. A near empty expanse of the
sky, endless as far as anyone is concerned. Near
solid clouds make up the only place that could be
considered ground, and on some of these Cities can
be found.
Realm of Fire. An endless sea of molten
rock, with few places of solid ground, and even
fewer civilizations, though they do exist. Harshest
of the Realms, as the air is hot enough to burn
those unprepared.
Realm of Earth. An endless cavernous
realm, full of riches and monstrous beings, some
claim. Dark and foreboding, there are quite a lot of
beings that call this realm home in sparse caves or
lavish cities.
Realm of Water. Almost entirely made up
of a cold ocean that has no bottom. Deep within its
depths are where true monsters come from.
Immense glaciers roam the surface, equally as
dangerous as the ocean they inhabit. Yet many
beings have made their homes, either on those
glaciers, or in underwater bubble cities.
Astral Realm. The most mysterious of the
realms. Nearly empty space that makes up the area
between the other realms and what lies beyond
them. Dotted with pocket dimensions and things
that people have lost.
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Fae Realm. A mystical place of endless life
and magic. Many nigh immortal beings inhabit this
realm, and many have been touched and twisted by
its strange magic.
Languages
Common: The Common Language is the one
spoken by the Gods, and was said to be the first
language to exist before species began to speak
their own tongue.
Daemon: The language of Devils and
Daemon. A deep and guttural language, made up of
long, harsh sounding words that are disturbing to
both hear and utter.
Deep Speech: The language spoken by
those that live deep underground. It is a very
hushed language, mostly consisting of hand
motions and body language.
Draconic: The language of Dragons, which
is a flowy and wordy language with a mixture of
hard consonants and drawn out vowels.
Dwarven: Spoken by Dwarves, it is a rough
language full of hard consonants and guttural
sounds, and those tend to carry over into whatever
a Dwarf is speaking.
Elven: A complex language spoken by
Elves, it mixes almost musically noted
pronunciations with intricate grammar and more
words for things than is necessary.
Fungaloid: This is the language of the
fungus, a soft language made up of hums and other
small noises. Only a speaker of Fungaloid may
hear it, and while all types of fungi and such know
the language, most refuse to speak.
Gnomen: The Gnome language, which is a
soft and fast, accompanied by many gestures to
convey a large range of emotion.
Lehaf: The language of plants, flowers, and
the earth. The language sounds airy, made up of
what sounds like wind blowing and leaves rustling.
Orocks: Spoken by Orcks, it's a rather
harsh, rough sounding language with more curse
words than all other languages combined.
Primordial: The language spoken by
Elementals. It is an odd language that has no verbal
parts, and is instead a sort of mental
communication of emotions and feelings.
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is a very quiet language, made up of soft squeaks
In the Central Realm, there are 4 seasons,
and hand gestures.
Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring. Every Season is
Swalmp: The language spoken by those split in half, such as Early Summer, Late Summer,
that live in swampy or marshy areas. It is a low, Early Autumn, Late Autumn, etc. Every half
rumbling language that can be spoken without Season is 56 days, a total of 8 weeks, meaning a
opening their mouth when underwater. full year is 448 days. Every half Season also has
it's own name and holidays.
Sylvan: Is the language spoken by Fae and Early Summer: Aestivay
Fae adjacent things. It is a wispy language that most 1st: Full Moon
would describe as the sound of wind chimes or 29th: Full Moon
bells. Late Summer: Aster
1st: Summer Solstice, Full Moon
Notable Companies 29th: Full Moon
Throughout the world there are many Early Autumn: Havrest
different large companies that make things for the 1st: Full Moon
shops around towns. Of course, there are many 3rd: Harvest Festival
smaller companies, but these are the big names 25th: Gilded Celebration (Dwarven)
around. 29th: Full Moon
Humperdinck Guns. A Firearm Late Autumn: Fall
manufacturer, whose company headquarters is 1st: Hallows Eve, Full Moon
located in Heimsford. You can't go anywhere 29th: Full Moon
without seeing at least a few Humperdinck's Early Winter: Slumbry
firearms. 1st: Full Moon
13th: Day of the Lady
Miranda's Munitions. This companies main 29th: Full Moon
export is magical ammunition, though they do sell 56th: Wintry Night
regular ammo and firearms as well. Their Late Winter: Snowslyde
company headquarters is located in Offersyde. 1st: Winter Solstice, Full Moon
12th: Twelfth of Night
Joyce. The largest train manufacturer in
29th: Full Moon
the world. Their main headquarters is located in
56th: Death of Winter
Heimsford, but they have branches in Auser and
Early Spring: Diviris
Offersyde.
1st: Celebration of Life. Full Moon
29th: Full Moon
Penative. A fairly big manufacturer of
Late Spring: Astereae
Gadgets, Machines, Clockwork and Airships in the
1st: Full Moon
East. Their products are well sought after in the
29th: Full Moon
West and they have a smaller branch in Offersyde.
56th: Celebration of Solus
High Flier. A company focused on the
manufacture and repair of Airships. They also Holidays
have the largest flight training school, teaching
people how to drive Airships. Full Moons: The full moon is always
celebrated, though in many different ways by
Demijohn Decanters. Potions and different people. These are sometimes as simple as
Alchemical supplies are their focus. While they a fancy meal, or telling a specific story, or having a
don't have any large buildings, they do have many friendly get together.
smaller shops scattered throughout the East and Summer Solstice: The longest day, when
West. the sun commands the sky for the majority of the
Wrathwell Corporation. A mining company day. There is often large celebrations during this
that supplies most of the coal throughout the world. time, with large feasts and fairs throughout.
Harvest Festival: A time of celebration of
Busy Bodhi Chocolates. A rather large the end of the Harvest Season, when those with
company whose major good is, obviously, more than they have give to those who have less. It
chocolates, and other confectioneries. A large is a time well celebrated in farming villages who
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 Gilded Celebration: A Dwarven Holiday to
celebrate The Deep King, for this is the recorded
day of his arrival. It is a sacred day to all Dwarves,
even if they have not bound themselves to the God
of Dwarves.
Hallows Eve: Sometimes called The Day of
Souls, or something similar to that, it is a day to
celebrate those who have passed and honor those
gone. Although some believe it is a day to be feared,
a day when monsters become strengthened and
emboldened.
Day of the Lady: Usually a day only
celebrated by those down on their luck, when they
beg the Lady to help them, or for those who have
had good streaks, begging the Lady that it doesn't
end. This is also the day that the Lady is most
often seen wandering the world.
Wintry Night: The mark of the end of the
year. A night that is spent together with family or
friends, exchanging gifts.
Winter Solstice: The longest and coldest
night of the year. Not often celebrated, though some
consider it a continuation of Wintry Night.
Sometimes called The Night of Lunas, a day to
honor Her and the beautiful night, it is also the
First Night of the Twelve Nights.
Twelfth Night: The Twelfth Night is the
end of the Twelve Days that it is said it took for
King Heimsford to take control of what is now
Heimsford. It is said that his campaign began on the
1st and it only took twelve days for him to beat all
those around him and create his Kingdom. It is
usually only celebrated by those from Heimsford,
or people just looking to celebrate something.
Death of Winter: The last day of Winter,
which people celebrate as the beginning of the
planting season and begin to prepare for the
coming seasons.
Celebration of Life: While the Death of
Winter is mostly celebrated by farmers and
smaller villages, The Celebration of Life is about
surviving the Winter and to thank Divira for
giving them the life that they have.
Celebration of Solus: A festival of the God
that brought them the light of the sun that bathes
them in warmth and helps their crops grow.
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History
The history of the World is separated into
five Ages: Creation, Discovery, Magic, Science, and
Renewal.
Age of Creation. There was nothing, then
Divira created the World and breathed life into it.
All of time before the Age of Discovery falls under
this Age and no one is quite sure how long it
actually was. In this Age is where the vast majority
of creatures came into existence, as well as most of
the Gods. Magic also came into existence and was
harnessed by those that lived throughout. This Age
came to an end when the Elves left the West and
Divira breathed new life into the World, including
bringing the Spine into existence. With this second
breath came plants and hundreds of different types
of Critters.
Age of Discovery. The world was now
completely different then the one before. Now the
World had plants and Critters crawling all over it.
It was at this time that the intelligent races had to
discover their place in the World.
When the Elves left it created quite a large
power void throughout the World, as the oldest and
one of the most powerful of the intelligent races
was gone. They also took their magic with them,
leaving an immense gap in the magical capabilities
of the remaining races. The new magic was
different and far more difficult then the Elves, as
they had to build the structure of it from practically
nothing. This led to many turning to the power of
the Gods, and the first Crusades that ran through
the world. There were also thousands of new
places and environments do find and explore. This
Age lasted roughly fifty-thousand Years and ended
when advances in magical theorem made it easier
to use magic.
Age of Magic. Finally there was a magical
breakthrough, returning the World to the level of
Magic that it had had before the Elves had left.
Though by now, the Elves were long forgotten; just
another extinct race that no one cared to
remember. In this age gave rise to the invention of
the firearm and Gun Casters, as those who were
magically inclined sought easier ways to cast their
magic. Firearms nearly replaced the wand, as they
were safer casting implements. Though in the
beginning they were crude, single shot pistols that
took quite a long time to load. As time went on,
firearms evolved, but they would not reach their
current form until the Age of Science. However the
Age of Magic was not to last forever, though it did
last roughly forty-thousand years, it ended with the
invention of the Steam Engine.

Age of Science. With the invention of the
Steam Engine there was an incredible spike in
technological advancement. Where as Magic was
something that not everyone could use, Machines
and Gadgets gave the ability to near anyone being
capable of using things that performed magic. The
rise of Artificers and Alchemists turned the use of
firearms from a magical casting device into a
weapon that anyone could use, without many
modifications.
Trains, Airships, Clockwork Dolls,
Electricity, many thought that this would be the Age
that lasted forever. And it probably would have, if
not for the catastrophic event that happened about
two-thousand years into it; The Storm Surge.
Age of Renewal. The current Age, the Age
of Renewal, was brought to the beings of the world
by The Storm Surge, a disaster that nearly wiped
out every living thing in the West. It was a brutal
week, as The Storm came from the sea and
blanketed the entire West in its murderous wrath.
Then there was the Elves, coming over the sea
when the Storm abated for a few months, claiming
the West was theirs and always had been, and
declared war on those that lived there now when
they refused to leave. Thirty years of brutal war
was to follow. Where as the Elves had their own
way of casting Magic, the rest had their magic and
Firearms to combat them. Eventually it was clear
that neither side would win, and so they signed a
truce, which has so far lasted twenty years. Some
moved on and began to welcome the Elves, while
others openly kept their grudges.
Elven History
In the time of ancients, according to the
history of the Elves, the West was where the
Goddess Divira placed them. They created their
civilization, signs of which are long since gone. The
only thing that can be confirmed is the ever
existence of The Storm. The Elves claim they were
bothered by how difficult all the work was, and so
the one known as The First Queen, who had
witnessed the Goddess Divira creating other races,
used her power to create the Gnomes.
For a long time their civilization prospered,
until they made a horrifying discovery. Some of
them were beginning to grow old. It took dozens of
years before they discovered the cause; their own
laziness. In trying to make their lives easier, they
made them shorter. They debated what to do for
quite a long time, and if to answer their prayers for
an answer, The Storm subsided for the first time.
The Elves seized this opportunity, boarded boats
and left The West, leaving behind the Gnomes and
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As quickly as it had opened, The Storm
closed behind them. It was not until the catastrophe
of The Storm Surge came to pass and The Storm
subsided again did they return. The Elves claim
that The West is their home, as they lived their
nearly a hundred-thousand years ago. But there is
no proof of that, not even the Elves have any proof
aside from their own stories of their birth land.
Wars
The Dragon Wars. Nothing is truly known
about this time of history as Dragons never kept
track of their history. From what has been
uncovered of this mysterious war, at one point
Dragons outnumbered all other races, but due to the
nature of Dragons, territory became scarce. It is not
known how long the war went on for, or how many
died, but in the end only nineteen Dragons
remained. The estimated number of Dragon deaths
is constantly increasing as battlegrounds are
discovered, unearthing the bones of dozens of long
dead Dragons.
Crusades. Wars fought throughout History,
driven by those that believe their God superior to
others. Holy Wars, they were sometimes called,
have happened all throughout existence, but the
first instances that could be called Crusades
happened during the Age of Discovery. Holy
Knights, known as Crusaders, would wage intense
wars against Crusaders of other Gods.
While every Age has had it's share of
Crusades, Crusader in the Age of Science and
Renewal is more simply a title given to warriors
that have been given power by a God.
The Wars of Magic. The first large scale
Wars that are recorded happened during the Age of
Magic, though their exact start was never properly
written down and no one quite knows when or
even if they ever truly ended. Great and powerful
Spellcasters created sprawling Dungeons and sky
piercing Towers are scattered far and wide. Though
they were called Wars, fighting was fairly
uncommon, as battles were more a focus of who
could one up the other; such as “Who has the larger
Tower” or “Who has the bigger Dungeon.”
A Dungeon is a massive complex, usually
built underground, with twisting halls, mazes and
labyrinths, traps galore, and quite unfriendly
inhabitants. Though it is quite rare to find the
original denizens of a Dungeon still roaming about,
it's not uncommon for new ones to move in, and
sometimes there are entire civilizations of
creatures living in Dungeons, having created their
own sort of ecosystem beneath the ground.
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 The peak of battling came about when the
first firearm was invented by the first Gun Casters,
allowing Spellcasters to imbue chunks of iron and
lead with magic and use that to cast their Spells
rather than use their own body. These firearms
were crude, only holding one Spell at a time, but it
revolutionized how Spells were handled and
allowed those without the ability to use magic to
cast Spells.
It was during this time that in the East rose
a single man, from rather humble origins, who
slowly wormed his way up the ranks. Once he had
gained what he felt was enough renown, he
assaulting a castle alone and proclaimed himself as
the new King after murdering the previous. No one
could stop him, though many tried. Thus began the
rule of The Immortal King Heimsford.
With his rise to Kingship, the fighting in
the East came nearly to a complete stop, but that
was not the case in the West. Due to the fact it took
weeks, if not months, of traveling through tunnels
to cross The Spine, it was impossible for anyone to
influence the other side.
Machine Wars. With the birth of the
Spark, came new ways of perceiving the world. Of
course, with these new views rose conflict, but it
wasn't till the first Clockwork took its first steps
did true conflict rise. People verses mad creators
and their death machines. There were too many
factions to list, hundreds, if not thousands of small
pockets lead by those possessing True Sparks.
Technological advances soared, bringing
about the first use of Firearms without magic.
Many Sparks had come to the conclusion that a
chunk of metal fired at high speeds was just as
effective as a Spell. But it wasn't until near the end
of the war that revolvers would make their debut.
No, it was not firearms that the vast
majority of Sparks focused on. It was Machines,
and Gadgets. Things capable of breaking the laws
of the world and wield power comparable to magic.
Immense laboratories design to churn out
Clockwork soldiers armed with Gadgets to wage
battles with other factions.
The war came to a peak with the creation
of the most dangerous thing to have ever been
thought of; The Clockwork Titan. In secret, an
alliance was formed among dozens of factions, and
they poured all of their time, research and
resources into the construction never heard of
previously. It was the end, or so many thought.
Nothing could stop it. Until the second Clockwork
Titan showed up. With so many in on the plan, it
had leaked, and many Sparks had come together
and made their own Clockwork Titan to counter
the one being built.
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The battle between the two lasted days,
and scarred the area around heavily. And in the
end it ended in a draw as both Titans broke at the
same time due to the stress of prolonged battle,
something neither side had compensated for. The
two still stand, locked forever in frozen combat at
the center of what is known as The Titan Sea.
Then something happened that no one, not
even the greatest of Sparks, saw coming. Sentience.
Some Clockwork gained a mind of their own, their
own intelligence. They began to question their
creators. They began asking “Why?” And this
quickly became a problem. Now the machines were
talking back. Of course, some were still loyal to
their creators, but having a machine capable of
thinking for themselves was a scary thought to
many. Many of the Factions turned against their
own machines practically overnight.
But it wasn't Clockworks gaining sentience
that ended the Machine Wars. It was King
Heimsford. He had waited for the opportune
moment, and the factions turning on themselves
was what he was waiting for. It was quick and
ruthless. That week is called The Spark Purge.
Thousands of Sparks, rounded up and sentenced to
death. Laboratories were torn down, or collapsed.
Most Clockwork and Gadgets destroyed. The ones
that were sentient were allowed to live, so long as
they did not cause problems.
Of course this was quite a heavy double
edged sword. The war was over, but the
advancement of technology came to a stop, and has
yet to get going again. Of course, the Storm Surge
happening a mere 10 years after the war had ended
did not help matters.
Elven Wars. It was the Elves that struck
the first blow. They believed themselves above all
the other creatures inhabiting the West, and
demanded their land be returned to them. When
the other races refused, the Elves began their
campaign of conquest, forcing the majority of races
to retreat, or die. Within 5 years they had control
of nearly the entire West. They would have
succeeded in completely conquering the West if not
for their severe underestimation of the things they
had never seen before: Firearms.
The Elves had never seen anything like a
pistol before, as they had magic, why would they
need technology? The push pack was almost as one
sided as the Elves initial push as they met the first
technological advancement since the end of the
Machine Wars: the Gatling Gun. Swaths of Elves
gunned down before they even knew what was
happening.
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as there were less than a hundred thousand of
them that landed, and the other races outnumbered
them drastically. They could kill dozens, but their
numbers were quickly filled with dozens more. At
that rate, the Elves would soon be completely
wiped out, but they had a secret, one that which
very few of the other races know about, and the
Elves dare not speak of. Revival Magic.
Few Elves truly died during the war, even
as it stretched into its second decade. But the
younger Elves began to question those in charge.
Why were they fighting for all this land? There
was more than enough for everyone to live there,
why did they want it all? But the Generals
dismissed them and ordered them to keep fighting.
The only leader who opposed the war
since the beginning was The Queen. She didn't
want war. She didn't want to fight, and she made
this clear from the beginning. But The Queen only
has so much sway, and she was outvoted by her
own Council. She made her disdain for the war
obvious by being very vocal about it, and blatant
sabotage.
In the 23rd year is when the war hit a
stalemate. The Elves could only be pushed back so
far before their numbers became enough to hold
their own, and the front line was too far away to
properly supply. Seven long years of small
skirmishes, sabotage, subterfuge, and politics. The
Council and war Generals refused to back down,
even though there was no end in sight to the war.
But that didn't matter to Elves, they could wait it
out. The could wait hundreds of years. At least,
that's what they thought.
King Heimsford had not been idle during
this time. Airships took quite a long time to
construct after all. In the 30th year of the war,
dozens of Airships attacked the front line,
puncturing through and ruining the Elves
headquarters. It was then that the second turning
point hit. The Elves turned against themselves in
the disarray, and every single Elf that supported
the war was executed. Thousands of Elves dead,
never to be revived.
A Shaky peace was established between
The Queen and King Heimsford, who had built a
sort of secret friendship over the course of the war.
30 years of brutal war had come to an end, and it
has been 20 years of peace since then in the Age of
Renewal, as both sides attempt to get along with
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 Dragons
Dragons are ancient beings, the first of
which came to life after an unknown creature
drank from the Hellfire Blood Pool and ascended
to dragonhood. Many different races drank from
the pool to become the first generation of dragons
before the pool was lost. Each of the races
producing a different kind of dragon. They
struggled to find a way to preserve and add to
dragon kind, as partnering with other races did not
produce dragons. However, this soon led to the
discovery that those who had a dragon as a parent
were imbued with their blood and could ascend.
This led to the second generation of dragons, which
was more than ten times larger than the first.
The sheer amount of dragons, their size,
and drive for power led them to fight. And fight
they did. No one quite knows how many dragons
died, but there were nineteen that remained by the
end of it. This group decided they must be far more
strict with choosing who would be allowed to
ascend. Trials were held to find those of
appropriate character. These claw chosen few
became the third generation.
The only notable thing that happened with
the fourth generation is that two dragons sired a
dragon by the name of JonSong into the fifth
generation. The dragons lazily lived out their lives,
watching as the Elves slowly established their
civilization. Few dragons questioned where the
Elves had come from, JonSong being one of them.
Then the Elves created the Gnomes. The dragons
were confused, as they were not capable of creating
a new race. Or that is how most thought. One
dragon traded his blood with the elves in exchange
for this knowledge. The red dragon Volkolbold
sought to create something different than the
Gnomes, something containing the blood of dragons
and more akin to their lineage. Thus the creature
that became known as Kobolds came to be.
After witnessing this creation, the dragon
known as JonSong was filled with even more
questions, and left to seek not how such magic
worked, but what power allowed it to be possible.
He returned hundreds of years later as a God.
Not much else is really discussed in the
history of Dragons. As their numbers slowly grew,
the diversion of types became larger and larger.
Some dragons attempted to dabble in creating their
own species like the Kobolds, bringing Drakes,
which were like smaller wingless Dragons, and
Wyverns who were not quite unlike Dragons, and
instead of forelegs had wings. A few others came
and went, unable to gain a foothold in the world
and propagate properly. Eventually the knowledge
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of this type of creation magic was lost, mostly due
to the ones knowing it being slain by their
creations.
In the current age there are sixteen types
of True Dragons, separated into Chromatic and
Metallic categories, categorized by the color and
sheen of their scales. The Chromatic Dragon types
are Black, Blue, Gray, Green, Pink, Red, Violet,
White and Yellow, while Metallics are Brass,
Bronze, Copper, Gold, Iron, and Silver. Some truly
powerful dragons have a mixture of scale colors.
Actually running into a Dragon is rare,
especially as they are prone to taking unassuming
forms and making their way through life in
disguise. Though younger ones are prone to remain
in their form, boasting or showing off themselves,
older Dragons are wise enough to know that that is
foolish as it's easier to accomplish their goals when
they're not some hulking huge Dragon.
Chromatic Dragons
Chromatic Dragons come in nine different
types, Black, Blue, Gray, Green, Pink, Red, Violet,
White and Yellow. Overall they have rough
personalities and are generally difficult to get along
with. They tend to be stronger than their Metallic
counterparts in sheer strength and physique, but
Metallics have them beat in magic.
Black Dragons are foul-tempered,
ferocious, and easily annoyed. Many would
describe them as the grumpy type who just wants
to be left alone and not bothered. Prefer swamps
and bogs for their homes, but can be encountered
anywhere there is water and dense vegetation,
such as thick forests, like jungles, rain forests or
moors. They do their best to treat other dragons
with respect, but tend to more follow the “You leave
me alone, I leave you alone” type of thinking.
In more civilized areas, Black Dragons are
the type to live more reclusive lifestyles, often in
regal buildings, though often run down with
overgrown properties. They keep to themselves,
but are prone to making grandiose appearances to
parties, whether they were invited or not. Of
course, when a Dragon shows up to your party you
let them stay.
Blue Dragons are vain, territorial, and
oddly chatty. Often seen as more strange than
anything else, as they tend to go out of their way to
interact with others. Unless that other happens to
be a Dragon of a different color. A Blue Dragon is
without a doubt the type who would pick a fight
with another dragon for no other reason than the
fact that they're not a Blue Dragon, or they're
attempting to assert themselves as stronger than
 the other Blue. This is especially the case when it
comes to Brass Dragons, though their battles tend to
be of wit and eloquence of speaking, rather than
physical. They prefer to live in hot arid places,
such as deserts, but can be found anywhere that
has high temperatures and little moisture.
When it comes to more civilized places, a
Blue Dragon lives in extravagant buildings with
open air concepts. They often throw parties,
celebrating the smallest of things, but always
expect gifts and praise from all those that they
invite.
Gray Dragons are rather enigmatic,
although they are quite zealous when it comes to
hunting. Physically they are the strongest of
Dragons. This comes at the cost of being less
magical, but this doesn't detract from their primary
joy in life; hunting. A Gray Dragon loves to hunt and
challenge themselves with battling strong foes. For
them it's all a game, something to spend time on
and obsess over. They obsess so much over it in
fact, that they will hunt and stalk their prey for
days, maybe weeks or months, just to learn the
perfect time to strike. As for their Lairs, they're
hardly ever in them, but they do prefer barren and
rocky or mountainous terrain. Their hoards are
filled with trinkets and trophies that it has
collected from it's hunts.
In society they most often take up the
position of Bounty Hunters, taking jobs for the
biggest and baddest of foes to hunt down and do
battle with. Of course with a Gray Dragon there's
no such thing as “Alive” when it comes to hunting.
Green Dragons are haughty, conniving,
and arrogant. Oddly playful in nature, though
perhaps in a bit of a dark and sadistic manner. It's
unlikely that a Green Dragon will kill you without
giving you the chance to explain yourself, but make
no mistake they're just waiting for you to slip up.
They are a fan of games, and surprisingly are
gracious losers, but most games turn into who can
cheat who. They prefer hot and humid places to
make their lairs.
In more populated areas a Green Dragon
can often be found running a casino or gambling
house. They're the type to have a maze like
structure to confuse both guest and servants alike.
Often they will throw parties, that have some sort
of special prize for the best dressed, best costume,
most ludicrous hat, etc. And maybe the occasional
“The one who solves the murder wins!” or “Last
one alive gets to go home!”
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Orange Dragons are brutal, calculative, and
patient. Probably the strangest of all Dragons,
Orange Dragons are just as likely to charge into a
fight without thinking as they are to lure their
enemies into a trap. Their actions depend on which
is most tactically advantageous. They prefer to
make their lairs in areas with a lot of water or
moisture, to take full advantage of their breath
attacks.
Orange Dragons are rather scattered when
it comes to the places they seek in society. Some
find themselves as aloof eccentrics, living in
ornate mansions with lots of water features, or
gangster types running illegal operations on the
docks. Whatever the place, you can be assured that
it's going to have a lot of water nearby.
Pink Dragons are jovial, egotistical and
extremely friendly. The most friendly, outspoken,
and outgoing of Dragons, the Pink Dragon finds
themselves trying to make everyone feel better
about the world, while also being the center of
attention. Their living spaces are often odd places
that confuse those that enter with strange almost
“fun house” type things to be found within. But all
of this does not mean that a Pink Dragon is any
less dangerous than other Dragons. It is still a
powerful Dragon. The fastest way to get on a their
bad side would be to criticize them, or worse; not
laughing at their jokes. Such a travesty of a non-
reaction is the fastest way to get eaten.
When it comes to others, the Pink Dragon
is most often in a place where they can be looked
at and given praises. They are often musicians, or
performers, working in or running traveling fairs
or circuses. Any place that they can bring joy to,
while also being the center of attention, is where
they like to be.
Red Dragons are extremely covetous,
narcissistic, and aloof. The type that immediately
springs to mind when thinking a The Big Bad
Dragon, Reds are the largest and strongest of
Dragons. While not all Reds are the type wage war
on every living thing in their territory, the majority
of the downright evil Dragons have been Reds.
They hoard anything that is of value, including
people. There's a rule of thumb when dealing with
Red Dragons, and that is to do whatever you can to
be useful to them. Red Dragons prefer hot and
mountainous places, or hilly badlands type areas.
When found in cities, Red Dragons tend to
be the very definition of aloof, not friendly and
distant. They are polite in high society, not prone to
ruffling anyone's petticoats, but if insulted or if
they find they are being purposefully excluded,
entire family lines are known to be snuffed out in a
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decorated with many expensive things, and they
keep only a small handful of trustworthy servants
who know that to go against them means not just
their death, but the death of everyone they care for.
Violet Dragons are meticulous, calculative,
and manipulative. Considered the smartest and
most powerful of the Dragon species, they almost
always have a plan. They have the innate ability to
communicate with anyone they say, allowing them
to amass large followings of monstrous beings.
However they are slow to act, and sometimes
forget to plan for the short lived nature of other
species when concocting their master plans. They
make their lairs deep underground, in large
labyrinthine tunnels that are chalk full of their
minions.
Usually not found actively living in society,
you can always bet that they have control of
several, if not all, small governments that are near
their territory. As long as they can be useful to
them, a Purple Dragon is keen to let someone live
rather than kill them.
White Dragons are animalistic, cruel, and
belligerent. While White Dragons are not the
smartest of Dragons, they are not dumb. They
simply prefer to live off their instincts to eat and
hunt, rather than think. This is not to say that they
are incapable of using tactics or laying traps, they
simply don't like to spend the effort to think of
elaborate plans. This being the case they are
usually the easiest to deal with among the
Chromatic dragons, as they are easily appeased
with simple gifts of meat or valuables. They make
their homes anywhere that is cold, preferably a
place that has snow all year round.
They are not often found in populated
areas, but on the rare occasion they are they live in
surprisingly humble abodes, decorated sparsely
with trinkets they have collected from hunts they
found particularly entertaining. They refuse to
show up to any sort of party, unless there are
particularly rare foods there or some sort of
hunting competition involved.
Yellow Dragons are self-centered, cunning,
and cautious. Without a doubt the fastest of any
Dragon, whether this is on land, in the water, or in
the air. They are also the longest and most serpent
like, with smaller scales compared to all other
dragons, and shed them often, littering their
territory with little yellow scales. They prefer
anywhere that contains high amounts of salt for
places that they make their lair, such as seasides,
salt marshes, or salt flats.
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Many believe the Yellow Dragons to be
cowards, however they simply hold their own life
in higher regard than they do anything else. This
leads them to have no regard for honor or social
norms, and the fastest of Dragons to begin
bargaining for their life if they cannot flee. Of
course this means that in society they are often
reclusive and extremely untrusting of others.
However despite this nature, they often take to
sailing, though falling into piracy is very tempting
for them.
Metallic Dragons
Metallic Dragons, like Chromatics, come in
five different types: Brass, Bronze, Copper, Gold,
Iron, and Silver. Most Metallics have a superiority
complex, but are generally not overbearing about it
and genuinely enjoy the company of others. While
not as physically capable as their Chromatic
counterparts, they posses far more magical
capabilities.
Brass Dragons are gregarious, jovial, and
cheerful. Easily the most friendly and generous of
Dragons, Brass tend to be the most social of
Dragons. They have an almost insatiable need for
conversations and will not hesitate to talk on
length on any subject they know of, or listen to
others talk to learn a new subject. Brass are one of
the few Dragons that does not mind the company of
other Dragons, and in fact welcomes them,
especially other Brass. The only exception to this
is Blue Dragons, as they often find themselves in
heated discussions over differing opinions, and are
often in close proximity due to their similar
interest in where they want to live. They prefer hot
and arid places that get lots of sun, as sunning
themselves is a Brass Dragons favorite hobby.
When in places of civilization a Brass
Dragon will do their utmost to place themselves in
a position where they can meet and converse with
the most people possible. This tends to lead them to
disguising themselves into more humble positions,
such as a barkeep or barmaid whose always ready
to talk someones ear off or give the latest gossip.
Though that doesn't stop them from living lavish
lifestyles either, constantly inviting others over to
talk at length about some subject or another.
Bronze Dragons are righteous, confident,
and just. The most righteous thinking of Dragons,
Bronze are often seeking to right wrongs and undo
evil deeds. Many would be bandit, pirate or robber
have met their sudden end to a Bronze Dragon in
disguise. Their righteous nature often leads them to
being good choices for Dragon Knights who are are
the justice seeking type. Bronze Dragons are also
 quite inquisitive, especially when it comes to the
activities of other, shorter lived races as they find
them fascinating. They have the habit of disguising
themselves as small, friendly animals in order to
get up close and study the activities of others. They
prefer areas near bodies of water, and places of
more tropical climate.
It is often quite difficult to know if a
Bronze Dragon has taken up residence nearby, as
they spend most of their time in the form of some
other race or creature in order to be close and to
observe others. Though their homes are not
extravagantly large, they are usually packed full of
random trinkets and knickknacks that they have
found interesting or amusing.
Copper Dragons are sly, mirthful, and
joyous pranksters. Tentatively known as trickster
Dragons, they delight in playing pranks and telling
jokes or riddles. A good joke, to a Copper Dragon, is
worth more than their weight in Silver. It's hard
for them to take anything seriously. They are
easily one of the most sociable of Dragons, about as
much as Brass, constantly seeking out
companionship in the form of anything that isn't a
Copper Dragon. They try to avoid other Copper
Dragons, as they tend to fight over the spotlight of
who has the better jokes or riddles, or get into
battles of who can play the better prank, much to
the horror of those around them. They prefer
environments that dry and rocky terrain and
mountains.
The most common to be found in populated
areas due to their nature, they often take the guise
of odd eccentrics. Their homes are often adorned
with harmless traps and pranks, ready to be sprung
on any unsuspecting guest or a servant who has
not yet acclimated. They often throw parties,
especially when they come across new jokes and
need to tell them. They'll also show up to other
peoples parties, invited or not, telling jokes or
riddles, and playing pranks on those in attendance.
Gold Dragons are noble, kind, and regal.
Known to work in positions of power, where they
can lead others. It's usually a good thing when a
Gold Dragon is in charge, as they are known to be
fair and work for bettering what they are put in
charge of. Though they tend to be reclusive in their
position, such as a Mayor who is hardly seen
outside of events, the head of some business that is
kind to their employees but stays in his office, or
the kind old man who leaves near the forest and
comes to buy from the shops in town once a week.
They really aren't picky about what sort of
environment they are in, but they do prefer places
of seclusion, or places that are not easy to get to.
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In society they almost always hold high
positions, as previously mentioned. Occasionally
they may even become the sheriff in a town,
seeking to dole out justice and uphold the law.
Though in high society they can be quite aloof,
hardly attending parties or rarely holding one of
their own, usually simply for the sake of
appearances and a reminder that they are still
there.
Iron Dragons are steadfast, protective, and
shrewd. A rather forgiving type of Dragon, as they
would rather subdue their enemies instead of
killing them. Even with their forgiving nature there
is no doubt in the minds of other Metallic Dragons
that Iron Dragons are the strongest due to their
ability to manipulate metals. They like to make
their lairs in hills and mountains, usually near
large deposits of iron.
When the urge to live in more civilized
locations takes them, they are often found as
blacksmiths, eccentric collectors of weapons and
armors, and even simple saloon owners. They have
been known to construct elaborate adventures and
snatch up would-be-heroes to put them on a path of
danger and glory.
Silver Dragons are stoic, affable, and
wise. Silver Dragons enjoy the company of other
races and often take the appearance of kindly old
men or fair damsels. They are often quite eager to
assist others who are in genuine need or have lofty
goals. Though they are not ones to go out of their
way to find someone who needs their help and will
wait for them to come and ask. The only exception
to this is if through their inaction something truly
horrible would come to pass. They despise unjust
or cruel acts, though rather than hunting down the
ones responsible they would rather spend their
time assisting those who are affected by it. They
prefer rather lofty places, mountains or places
where there is a lot of sky to gaze upon.
They do not often appear in high society, as
they would rather spend their time down with the
regular populace, assisting them in their needs.
Often in charge of charities, or of places that serve
the people around them. They are probably the
most likely of Dragon that someone would happen
across as they wandered the streets. Of course,
they would never know.
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One of the only two remaining Knightly
Orders left in the world. The Knightly Order of
Dragons follows the laws placed out in the land,
ever mindful of those around them. They are often
put in positions to enforce the laws, or protecting
towns from the threats around. Part of the Dragon
Knights code is they must seek to aid those in
danger, or seek to end those that are a threat to
civilization. These Knights are constantly seeking
to push their limits and prove their worth of the
blood they received and reach further into
Dragonhood.
Dragon Knights, like Dragons, come in all
kinds of colors, all with their own element. Knights
tend to seek out Dragons that match their own
personality to some extent, or are what they
someday hope to be. Of course the Dragon Blood
that they receive also has the effect of influencing
their personality, pushing them more towards the
disposition of their Dragon.
Becoming a Dragon Knight is not an easy
task. A potential Knight must prove themselves to
either a Dragon or some Branch of the Order. To
appeal to a Dragon Knight Branch, one must usually
slay some powerful beast that was a threat, or
track down a particularly powerful Bounty and
bring an end to them. On the more rare occasion a
Dragon might see potential in someone, and want to
rise them up further towards greatness be offering
them their blood. The rarest occasion is if a Dragon
wishes to pass on, and may force their blood and
power upon an individual.
The easiest way to spot a Dragon Knight is
by their Scaled Armor. A true symbol of the
Knightly Order. Knights take care of their Armor,
as they hope to someday draw in a Dragon of old to
become their companion. The few that reach a
certain point, or gain the interest of a Dragon of
Old, will have their armor inhabited by such a
being. These wise Dragons help to lead their new
charge, trying to take them to even greater heights.
Of course, it's not a luxurious lifestyle,
constantly seeking the challenges and fighting for
what the Order seeks as right. Those who forsake
their Order or the Blood within them are known as
Fallen Dragon Knights. Considered tainted and foul
Blooded, cursed beings to roam the world. A Knight
will not seek out a Fallen to slay them unless they
are actively seeking to harm the world around
them, but they do not welcome them. However a
Dragon Knight will not hesitate to do battle with a
Fallen and leave them a mess on the side of the
road, believing it is part of their punishment for
whatever wrong they committed to taint their
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 Wolf Mothers
Great beings of near godlike power. Often
called beasts, a Wolf Mother is in fact an
embodiment of nature. Where They come from, or
how They come into existence is quite a mystery.
They are often seen at the changing of seasons,
massive shapes meandering through the world as
if bringing the change. Though They are not all tied
with specific things, there are many famous Wolf
Mothers, that are most active during certain times
of the year.
Flora, heralded as the Wolf Mother of
Spring, who Herself is gray and often seen covered
in flowers, is the most talkative of the Wolf
Mothers. Much was learned from Her about the
other Wolf Mothers through conversation.
According to Her, She does not rule over anything,
but was born of the flowers, came into being
through them. Of course, it has been observed that
Wolf Mothers can come from any natural source,
not simply flowers. Trees, bushes, grass, some Wolf
Mothers have even claimed to come from rivers,
dirt or stone.
Wolf Mothers can be killed, though They
are very powerful, They are not immortal. Some
are aggressive towards other species, attacking
with little regard to anything that is said, though it
is apparent that They understand all forms of
speech. Yet They do not attack critters, and in fact
many species will congregate around and in the
territories They have claimed, and take on the
personality of the Wolf Mother, becoming docile or
hostile depending on Her temper.
The one thing that all Wolf Mothers have
in common, They are extremely powerful and
Gargantuan in size. Their powers are always based
on what They are born of. One born of plants will
have a high affinity towards them and control of
them. Those born of water can manipulate it and
can even cause entire rivers to come to life.
A Wolf Mother tends to stay around what
They were born from, such as claiming areas near
rivers or lakes if They were born of them. Some
few can be even found underground, having been
brought into the world from the stones. As well as
keeping near their elements, Their fur also tends
to match. This can mean that some Wolf Mothers
have quite the vibrant colors, though They are
mostly black, brown, gray and white with colorful
highlights and streaks.
They are revered by Wolf Knights, and
some of Their packs include connections to Them.
Occasionally a Wolf Mother's spirit will take
interest in a Wolf Knight and infuse Themselves
into the Knight's armor.
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Wolf Knights
One of the two remaining Knightly Orders
is The Order of the Wolf Knight. The focus of this
Knightly Order is the Order itself. The pack is only
as strong as its weakest wolf, but all wolves must
be cared for. Different colored armors depict which
Pack a Wolf Knight belongs to, but Packs are not
hostile towards each other, and are on good terms
overall. Often Packs will team up to take on
challenges. Wolf Knights come in four colors,
which denote which Pack they belong to: black,
brown, gray and white.
Becoming a Wolf Knight is not a difficult
thing, though remaining one is where the struggle
begins. They take in all sorts and shape them to
become strong individuals that can help the Pack
grow stronger. Many orphans or those who have
fallen on particularly hard times will go to the
Wolf Knights seeking to be accepted. This Order
has a saying, “Welcome all with open arms. But for
those seeking comfort, be prepared for claws.” It is
a harsh lifestyle, as all Wolf Knights are expected
to contribute and blood for their Pack. One does not
become a Wolf Knight until they have proven they
can support themselves and their Pack. Once
having done that, they swear an Oath to a Wolf
Mother to always put the Pack before themselves,
knowing that breaking the Oath will hold dire
consequences.
Hunting and subtlety is the main focus of a
Wolf Knight, working together with their Pack, and
they train appropriately. Though their teamwork
and tactics, Wolf Knights are great at taking down
prey of any type. If a particular Knight has proven
themselves enough, their armor will become
inhabited by the soul of a Wolf Mother who had
passed away. These old Wolves are wise, and seek
to help as much as they can.
Sometimes someone does not succeed to
become a true Wolf Knight, or have done
something to harm their Pack. These are Fallen
Wolf Knights. Cast out from their pack, and
shunned for what they have done. It is a harsh
world for a Fallen Wolf Knight, as any Wolf Knight
will go out of their way to make life more difficult
for them.
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 Gods & Death
In the Great World there are 9 Gods who
stand above all. Some were created, some came
from nothing, and few rose from the Realm of
mortals to ascend into Godhood. There's quite a lot
of debate on specific details of where Gods came
from, and their appearance, and many followers of
a God have quite a lot of issue with certain other
Followers.
Divira
Goddess of Creation
Divira, often called The Mother, is the most
powerful of all Gods. Those who have claimed to
have seen Her, and the art that depicts Her, show
Her as a softly tanned, beautiful woman having
long green hair that drags along the ground behind
her, full of berries and flowers, with tears flowing
from Her brown eyes.
Though many pray to Her, Divira is quite
removed from the everyday business of mortals.
Though She does on the rare occasion show
Herself or assist those who follow Her devotedly,
She is quite content to watch the world and
interfere very little.
Her holy symbol is that of a large tree, with
its roots clutching at a rock.
Before Divira there was nothing. And then,
for some reason unknown to anyone, She created
everything. She created the world, from her flesh
she created the dirt, the water from her tears, the
plants from her hair, and animals from her breath.
But apparently for Her, it was not enough. She had
created a beautiful world, but She was not satisfied.
She was...lonely. So She created beings to inhabit
the world that She had created, thus the Elves and
some other races were born, and for a time it was
good.
But She soon found that without purpose or
direction, the Elves became lazy and believed they
were better than every other creature on the world
that they had been placed on. Out of anger at seeing
how they treated what She had given them, She
took from them their true immortality and let
them feel pain, and loss. With their endless lives
gone, they soon realized that they must keep
themselves busy to keep living.
Still She felt lonely, and so She sought to
make contact with Her creations, and saw them as
they lived their lives. Though She had created
them, they had evolved into something completely
different. She saw how they had friends, and
family. Then She realized that maybe that would
fill the void She felt. So She gave birth to twins,
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Solus and Lunas. She gave them both a fraction of
Her power, making them Gods.
She soon found out that they had minds of
their own, and aspirations, and they soon left Her
to create what they thought the world deserved.
Solus created the Sun and the sky, while Lunas
made the Moon and filled the sky with Stars. This
Angered Solus, and He sought to destroy the stars
and Moon that Lunas had created, but Divira
stepped in before they could truly do Damage and
separated them forever as she split the sky into the
night and day.
Yet her loneliness did not subside, and so
she tried once more as she gave birth to another
son, Vetusliber. But when She gave him some of
her power, an insatiable hunger emerged that
consumed Him, and so she sealed him within a
realm adjacent to the world She had made, but His
influence leaked into Her world, creating Magic.
Solus
God of the Sun & Sky
Solus is the first born son of Divira, given
His Godhood by her and is considered one of the
more powerful Gods. Those who have seen Him
and the art that depicts Him show He is of dark
skin, tall and muscular, His shaved head wreathed
in a halo of flames, dark brown eyes, and always
laughing.
It's said that Solus shows up to every
celebration in some form or another. He often gives
visions to his followers on how they can be even
greater, and how to achieve their goals. He meddles
with mortals almost as much as The Lady.
His holy symbol is a ring of fire.
When Solus was born and given His divine
powers by Divira, He looked out at the world that
She had created and decided that it was too dark.
So he gathered his strength and rose high, gathering
up all the light in the world and created the Sun
then He blanketed everything else in the sky. He
was very proud of himself, as he could now see so
much more of the world that his Mother had
created.
To Him, Divira seemed pleased at his
actions, and He was pleased with Himself. That is
until His sister Lunas created the Moon, and filled
his sky with darkness and stars. He was furious
that she had undone so much of his work, and he
set out to destroy what she had made. But Divira
stepped in and put a stop to it, suggesting a
compromise. They would share the sky, and so
Divira split it into two, separating the things that
they had made.
 Though not the outcome that He had
wanted, He had to accept the decision of Divira. He
resented His sister for what He felt was favoritism
and an unfair outcome that He should share what
He created.
Lunas
Goddess of the Moon & Stars
The sole daughter born of Divira, Lunas is
one of the weaker Gods. Those who have seen Her
and the art that depicts Her show Her as tall, lithe,
pale skinned woman of stark white hair that
shines of moonlight. Her eyes are a pale gray, and
She always appears stoic and unemotional aside
from a soft smile.
She hardly ever appears to Her followers,
perhaps even less than Divira, but She is far more
invested in them and their plans, helping them in
numerous little ways.
Her holy symbol is an eight pointed star,
with a crescent moon at the center.
Lunas has been quite quiet since She was
born, but very observant. She liked to watch the
actions of others, watch as they strive for things,
but never really put much thought into doing
anything herself. She saw as Solus made the Sun
and sky, and watched as the creatures of the world
reacted. But there was something wrong.
Those that lived on the world had no light
of their own. They only had the Sun that Her
brother now controlled, and the harshness of its
constant light. So She gathered some of the light
and power She had within her and attempted to do
something similar to Her brother, creating the
moon. But She could not control it very well, and
lost much of the light that She had collected from
within herself and it scattered across the sky as
stars.
She knew immediately that Her brother
was angry with Her and Her mistake. She saw that
His intent was to destroy what She had made, and
waited for it to happen. But Divira saw Her intent
and came to Her side and compromised with Solus.
She split the sky into day and night, letting Lunas
rest in the dim light of her moon. Of course Lunas
is quite aware that Solus holds a grudge, but all of
her attempts to make amends have been met with
contempt.
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Vetusliber
God of Knowledge & Magic
The last born son of Divira, Vetusliber is
arguably one of the most powerful of Gods, only
bellow Divira and Durgama. He is consumed with
the hunger for knowledge and power. Those who
have seen Him and the art that depicts Him show
Him as a cloaked figure, with indiscernible features
hidden under a hood.
He is almost a constant harassment to the
few followers He has, constantly wanting more
knowledge from them. Though he cannot
physically appear in the world, as He is sealed
within His own Realm known as the Realm of
Knowledge. He often speaks to those who seek
Him, though He is difficult to comprehend.
His holy symbol is an open book with a
furled scroll resting down its spine.
It is said that when Divira gave power to
Vetusliber, in order to make Him a God the same as
His siblings, He took in too much. He pulled the
power out of Divira before She had realized it. It
twisted within Him and gave Him a hunger for
even more power and knowledge. So much so that
it hurt.
Seeing the state that Her son was in, She
knew She could not release Him upon the world,
and so She created a Realm for him, and sealed
him inside. Though He could not leave this new
Realm, his influence forced its way into the world,
giving those that lived within it the ability of magic.
The Deep King
God of Jewels & Gold
Something that Divira had not thought of
when She created the world, was the possibility of
other Gods coming into existence without her
influence. The Deep King was the first, rising up
somewhere from deep within the world that had
been created, and with Him, came the Dwarves.
The Deep King would be hard to discern
from your average Dwarf, if not for the fact His
hair and beard are made of gold, with a bright ruby
for His right eye and an emerald for His left. He
will on occasion interact with his followers,
usually demanding some sort of offering whenever
he does.
His holy symbol is that of a pickaxe,
usually made of gold with some sort of jewel
affixed to the top.
From deep within the world came the
Dwarves, seeking riches, and with them came their
God. It is said that The Deep King did not create the
Dwarves, but instead the Dwarves created Him. He
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prayed to, asking for riches and good fortune, or
perhaps power, and made offerings in exchange.
Other races may worship The Deep King as
well, as He does not care who his followers are as
long as they offer him tribute.
The Lady
Goddess of Luck
The most mysterious of the Gods is The
Lady. With so many mortals inhabiting the world,
She seemed to come with them and with Her came
Luck. The twisted nature of Good and Bad luck,
impossible occurrences that changed the manner of
the world.
The Lady is always depicted as a beautiful
woman, though no one is quite sure of Her race or
features, red hair seems to be the only consistent
thing that the mortal races can decide on.
Her holy symbol varies, a pair of six sided
dice showing a one and a six, an ace of spades and
a joker, or a large strange coin.
The Lady can be your best friend, or your
worst enemy. There are many debates on where
She had come from, but there is no one who doubts
Her power. She can save the worst of plans, or
make the best fall to ruin on merely a whim. She
has no name, and if She did, none would speak it
for the fear of getting her attention.
Savasta
Goddess of Machines & Invention
As the Spark of Invention sprang to life, so
too did Savasta. Similar to Vetusliber in forms of
intelligence, Savasta seeks instead for the creation
of knowledge rather than in its gathering.
Savasta appears to be a darker skinned
Human in race, though it is unclear if She herself
was ever a human. Depicted with dark hair and
coppery eyes, She always appears wearing dirtied
work clothes, covered in grease and oil, tools in
Her hands and a large grin on her face. She is
often caught out of the corner of a persons eye as
they are working, simply observing them or
sometimes offering whispers of advice.
Her holy symbol is of several gears
meshed together, usually purposefully in a way that
they would not function.
It is said that Savasta first appeared when
Humans discovered the explosive nature of
gunpowder and how to harness it in the Age of
Magic. There is often debates on whether She
herself made this discovery before She ascended
to Godhood or coaxed someone else into finding it.
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Either way She has been present in some way at
every major invention made throughout the world.
Housed in Her main temple in Heimsford is
supposedly the first photograph ever taken, with
Her standing in the center of it.
She cares quite a lot for those of an
inventive nature, whether they follow Her or not.
Often She goes out of Her way to save a
prospective inventor from death if an invention
goes awry.
JonSong
God King of Dragons
The first mortal to ascend into true
Godhood, JonSong. Though not the first dragon, he
was the first, and only, to achieve Godhood among
his peers. Many other dragons have tried, but none
have succeeded. The methods of becoming a God
are a secret He plans to never tell anyone.
JonSong is an immensely large being of the
Titanic scale, covered in shimmering scales of
shifting colors. Seven horns adorn His head,
creating almost a crown like shape. He does not
often visit His followers, but it is not impossible to
get an audience with Him if one is to visit Auser.
When he does travel, it is usually as an
unassuming Kobold, or a Human on rare occasion.
His holy symbol is that of a dragon skull,
sometimes decorated with multicolored jewels.
JonSong was born in the fifth generation of
The First Dragons, born from two powerful
dragons. As he grew He quickly asserted himself as
stronger and smarter than the average dragon. He
was the first being to question the world that they
lived in and sought out how, and found the Gods.
It is said that he spoke with Divira for
nearly four hundred years, before returning to the
world, this time as a God. Many think that it was
Divira who granted him Godhood, but when She is
asked, She will only smile and say that He figured
it out on His own.
Durgama
God or Goddess of War & Victory
For They were undefeated in all their
undertakings, not even Death could take Them.
The greatest champion that the world has ever
known. Many claim They were Human, but no one
is quite sure as no one has seen what They look
like. They are depicted as an androgynous figure
clad in armor, holding a Greatsword
They often appear to their followers,
urging them to keep fighting even when there is
little chance of winning. Many catch glimpses of
Them wandering battlefields, personally collecting
 those who fought bravely to help them on their
way.
Their holy symbol is a rather plain, empty
plate armor helmet with a sword stabbed upwards
through it. In paintings the sword is often dripping
with blood.

Durgama is considered to be the most

powerful of Gods, rivaling Divira Herself. Often
called the God bathed in blood and death. Stories
are written of the warrior Durgama slaughtering
armies of hundreds, alone, in the Age of Magic.
They are a force to be reckoned with.
Not much is known about Durgama's past.
The few stories about Them before Their
ascension speak of someone who was not afraid of
Death. Someone who sought glory not only for
Themselves, but for Their long gone empire. Some
called Them brutal and savage, but honorable. Yet
there are few writings of Their kindness, and how
They never killed anyone who was unarmed or
who surrendered.

Death
The being known as Death is often one of
the most feared beings, yet They are no more then
a guide. It is Death's job to collect the souls of those
that have died and bring them to Judgment. Those
who worship a particular Deity will be brought to
them, and if the God should take them, they will
live in Their realm. However if a God should not
take interest, or forsake their follower, they will
instead be brought to Judgment like the rest.
It is not Death's job to kill. Nor is it his job
to Judge. He merely helps those to move on from
the mortal world.
The Judgment takes a look at a beings life
and how they lived, and decides where to send
them accordingly; either to the Realm of some God
that would most suit them, or to one of the Nine
Circles of Hell.
Death is often depicted as a skeleton in
tattered dark robes, wielding a scythe.

Death is not alone in his task as They

cannot be everywhere at once and are often
assisted by odd beings known as Reapers. Those
who are truly lost, have nowhere to go, or refuse to
go to or wont be accepted by one of the Realms of
the Gods, become Reapers. A Reaper is often
compared to a Gods Deva in terms of power.
A Reaper who abuses the authority given
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Counter to Gods are Devils, and though not
as powerful as Gods, they are numerous. The
inhabit the realm of Hell and one of it's Nine
Circles. Those who are sent here cannot die, though
they still feel pain, hunger, and thirst.
Circles of Hell
First Circle: Also called Purgatory or
Limbo, the First Circle of Hell is rather tame when
compared to all the other Circles. It is where those
that are not collected by a God go, but their
Judgment has declared they did nothing to warrant
suffering in one of the other circles.
This Circle is the largest circle, and is very
similar to the Central Realm, in fact it is a near
reflection of it. It is the place that has the fewest
Devils, and it is rare to find anything more
powerful than an Imp.
It is a place for those that lived decent
lives, but did nothing of note, or have chosen this
Circle over going to a Gods Realm, or have ended
their own life. It is possible for those that live in
the First Circle to ascend, or descend, by their
actions and choices. The Judgment is never
finished for those that live in the First Circle.
Second Circle: It is here that the
punishment of the Circles of Hell begin. This Circle
is to punish those that fell to their carnal desires,
those that let their appetites sway their reason.
Those that constantly cheat on lovers, or steal the
lovers of others.
This Circle is not much smaller than the
First, but it is a bleak and desolate place, buffeted
by constant winds and harsh, rainless storms.
Compared to the punishment of other Circles, the
Second is rather benign. However, it contains many
Devils. Doll Devils make their home in the Second
Circle, trying to tempt those there with further
corruption for their own amusement and
satisfaction.
Third Circle: Putrid slush covers the Third
Circle, constantly produced by ceaseless and foul
icy rain. This Circle is to punish those that
devoured beyond their need, who let their appetite
rule their life. Those that sat and grew fat off the
work of others call the Third Circle home. Now
they must grovel and beg in the filthy slush to feed
their insatiable appetite.
There are few Devils that make this Circle
their home, as it is inhospitable even to them. For
some reason Ice Devils call this Circle home, and
are the most commonly found Devil here.
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Fourth Circle: Those that held wealth over
others, who were avaricious and miserly in their
life, who hoarded and squandered their life in
nothing but the pursuit of things end up in this
Circle. The Fourth Circle is mostly made up of
immense pools of boiling gold, and those that are
sent there are forced to push immense boulders
they are chained to out of these pits.
There are many Bone Devils and Fire
Devils that call the Fourth Circle their home. Many
of whom delight in pushing boulders back into the
pits.
Fifth Circle: The actively wrathful fight
each other as if their life depends on it in murky,
slimy water, while those that let anger burn within
them and cursed their fellows lay at the bottom,
gurgling on the putrid waters. It is a foul smelling
swamp, though not as foul as the slush of the Third
Circle, filled with those that let their rage rule their
life.
The waters crawl with Bone Devils, who
join in the fights, and drag down any victors.
Rarely there are boats that sail through this swamp,
going to or from the one of the only cities within
the Nine Circles, known as Epine. However, the
inhabitants are not those that suffer in the swamp,
they are Devils and Daemons.
Sixth Circle: Raging seas of flame cover the
landscape of this Circle with a heat that could boil
rock. Those who denounce, or actively seek to
oppose the Gods are sent to this Circle.
The Sixth Circle is where the majority of
Devils live, Fire Devils, Pit Fiends, and Imps being
the vast majority. In the center of this Circle is the
Palace of Pain, though Devils and Daemons call it
the Palace of Pleasure, an immense structure the
size of a large city. It's the perfect vacation spot for
the denizens of the Circles.
Seventh Circle: Those that step beyond
anger and turn to violence are sent to the Seventh
Circle. Whether this be against thy fellows, or to
anothers property or even against the world
around them. Murderers, war-makers, plunderers
and tyrants, all are thrown into the boiling pool of
blood that make up this Circle.
This is where Blood Devils call home.
Living in dens beneath the blood, waiting for those
that are unsuspecting, or eagerly looking for their
next kill.
Eighth Circle: The ones sent to this Circle
are those who live fraudulent lives, or are actively
malicious in their intent towards others. Those
who pander and flatter others without sincerity in
order to raise their own status, and hypocrites. The
 worst of thieves, liars, those that use their position
to sell favors, and corrupt politicians. They are all
thrown into this deep, dark place.
Any light is dimmed, and those that could
normally see in darkness find themselves unable
to. It is here that the Shadow Devils make their
home, as well as some Pit Fiends.
Ninth Circle: An immense frozen lake is
the Ninth Circle, a place reserved for those that
have betrayed the trust of others. Frozen in the ice,
stuck in place at depths according to the severity of
their treachery.
The majority of Ice Devils call the Ninth
Circle their home. Though Pit Fiends can also be
found on this Circle as well.
Devils
The natural denizens of the Nine Circles
are Devils. Powerful beings that tend to be rather
dark and malicious in personality. There are a
near limitless type of Devils that exist, but there
are eight that make up the majority of their
populace; Blood Devils, Bone Devils, Doll Devils,
Fire Devils, Ice Devils, Shadow Devils, Pit Fiends,
and Imps. A Devil who is killed in any Realm
outside of Hell, does not stay dead, and instead
returns to their Circle, and recovers in a certain
amount of time, depending on the type of Devil.
Imp: The most common of all Devils, and
by far the weakest. The resemble small humanoids
with odd skin colors, wings, and long whippy tails
that sometimes have a stinger on the end. They are
usually seen as nothing more than a nuisance
rather than a threat, and actually make good
Familiars for those so inclined.
Blood Devil: Born from the blood on the
Seventh Circle, a Blood Devil can shape its
appearance to that of anything it has the blood of.
Because of this, the true form of Blood Devil's is
rather odd, as they appear as vaguely humanoid
masses of blood if they are not disguised. Not only
do they have the ability to mimic the appearance of
others, but they may also control blood, and cause
those near it to begin hemorrhaging blood.
Bone Devil: Varying in appearance, a Bone
Devil has an appearance of anything from a mass
of moving bones, to a humanoid with bones jutting
from beneath the skin. A Bone Devil uses its own
bones as weapons, and gains strength by devouring
the bones of others.
Doll Devil: As dangerous as they are
beautiful, a Doll Devil feeds upon the life force of
others. Though not strong by themselves, they are
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of others.
Fire Devil: Born from fire and flames, a
Fire Devil appear as hulking things, wreathed in
flame. They can use their fire to not only attack,
but to defend against others.
Ice Devil: Crawling out from beneath the
ice, Ice Devils are lanky things with pale or blue
skin. The air around them is always cold and they
can cause ice to form around them and use it to
attack.
Shadow Devil: A living shadow, born from
the shadow of those that are truly evil or powerful.
They resemble the appearance of those that they
arose from, but give a hollow impression. They
have all the knowledge and experiences of those
they reflect.
Pit Fiend: An immense figure of power. The
strongest of all Devils, the Pit Fiend is a horrific
sight to behold for most. Bulky frame, immense
flame-seared wings, eyes that smolder like embers,
and a brutal nature.
Daemons
The only thing scarier in the Nine Circles
than a Devil is a Daemon. A Devil who gains
enough power, or influence, or simply just gets
lucky, may evolve and change into a Daemon. The
gap between Devils and Daemons is immense, as
the weakest of Daemons are stronger than the most
powerful of Devils.
Once a Devil becomes a Daemon, they are
no longer a Devil and they cannot be categorized as
they have changed into something that is unique. It
is possible to tell what sort of Devil a Daemon was,
but they are incomparable to what they were.
Despite being on a completely different
level, a Daemon will sometimes masquerade as a
Devil so that they are underestimated. Although the
majority cannot help but flaunt their superior
status and get upset if they are referred to as a
mere Devil. Of course, the opposite is also true.
Devils will claim that they have advanced to the
stage of a Daemon in order to threaten and
intimidate others.
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 The Storm
Five-hundred miles from shore, and
blanketing the Southern part of the world, The
Storm surges. Dark clouds, constant lightning of all
colors, a fractured sea. A wall of broiling clouds
that stretch up into the sky. Winds impossible to fly
through. Rain that falls so hard it is painful.
From what has been observed, said by
those few that have survived, and magically retold
through the bodies that have escaped it's
treacherous waters, it is a place of insanity and
death. A place where waves can reach dozens of
miles into the sky, or pitch down so steep and far
that the edge disappears out of sight.
Some believe that it is a living thing, a
being whose only purpose is to churn the sea and
batter all those that enter. There are even those
that believe it is possible to commune with it.
Others think that is a curse on the world
from Vetusliber, His final attempt to throw the
world into chaos before he was sealed away.
A few others hold that it is merely a thing
that exists, just as the land and sky exist, so must
the Storm.
But with all the varying theories and
beliefs surrounding The Storm, the only thing that
is sure is that it has always existed and will
continue to do so.
In all of its history that have been only two
times that it has subsided. The first being long ago,
when the Elves decided to leave the West and sail
to unknown lands. The second is known as the
greatest catastrophe to have ever hit the world.
They called it The Storm Surge.
It was sudden and very few were aware of
anything that was coming. The Gods merely told
their Oracles “The Storm is coming.” And then it
came. It rushed from the sea, until it pressed itself
against The Spine, threatening to push over. But
before it could manage, it retreated and for a time, it
vanished. No one is sure of what caused The Storm
Surge. Many blamed the Elves, and that was one
thing since in the calm they returned to the West,
but of course they deny it was them.
There are no ways of getting across The
Storm, not even Minor Gods have the power to
cross it, and no magic can transport someone from
one side to the other. Some have even tried to
travel through the Realms to get to the other side,
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 Chapter 12: Adversaries
There's a lot of things going against your Hordes
Hat, and these some of the more physical threats
A group of five or more identical
are known as Adversaries. These can range from
Targets may be grouped into what is known as a
monsters and beasts, to other people your Hat may
Horde. Called a Pack when they are Critters, and a
come across. An Adversary is counted into two
Swarm when referring to Insects. The Targets
categories, Critters and Foes. A Critter is any
within the Horde are called Mobs.
animal, beast (magical or otherwise), or insect.
A Horde starts at 0 Wounds and gains 1
While a Foe is any other type of Adversary. An
Wound for every Mob in it. Additionally, the Horde
Adversaries Soak does not count as Natural Soak
loses Mobs as it loses Wounds. Every mob in the
unless specified in a Talent.
Horde counts as one of the Hordes Wounds, and
once the Horde falls bellow 5 mobs or Wounds, the
Adversaries follow this template for their remaining 4 mobs are made into individual Targets
stat block: and any remaining Damage is dealt to one of those
Targets.
Name of Adversary Tier
The Horde uses the Dodge score of the
Size and Type of adversary it is mobs that make it, however for every 5 mobs it has
over the initial 5 it loses 1 Dodge, meaning at 10
Mobs it loses 1 Dodge, at 15 Mobs it loses 2, etc.
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
A Horde has 2 Actions, and 3 Reactions. It
Wound Dodge Damage Move Initiative can use these Actions as a normal Target could.
Count Score Soak Speed Bonus When the Horde spends an Action to make a Basic
Attack, it may Attack up to 3 times with that
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck Action, and gains 1 additional Attack for every 5
Wounds it has over the initial 5, meaning it gets it's
- - - - - - - - first extra attack at 10. Each Mob in a Horde does
not have Soak, but the Horde as a whole has Soak
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity equal to Half the Targets base value.
Base Physical Willpower Lucidity If a Horde is of decent size, it may split into
Awareness Save Save Total two different Hordes, though only one of these split
Hordes count as the “true” Horde, so only one will
Skills This is where skills are listed split into 4 Targets when it reaches 4 Wounds.
However, two Hordes that combine together do not
Languages Languages that it speaks, if any contain 2 “true” Hordes, so if they split again they
will only have 1 “true” Horde.
Attack What sort of weapons or attacks the A Horde always starts as one size category
adversary has at it's disposal. larger than the mobs that it contains, and occupies
more space depending on the amount it contains,
After the stat block of an Adversary, their roughly containing 4 mobs per space (Therefore a
Talents will be listed. If there are no Talents listed Horde of Medium Targets can reach a total of 16
then it does not have any. Of course, a Storyteller mobs before needing to be increased in size). A
can always give it some. Horde that breaks over the threshold of squares
that can contain it increases in size category. Do
note a Horde is not a single creature, and therefore
can move through an area where a single mob
could move through, however such a space will
halve the movement of the Horde, but will
otherwise give it no disadvantage. A Horde may
occupy the square of other Targets, and vice versa.
All Attacks made against a Horde deal Half
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 Creating Combat Encounters
When figuring out what to challenge Posse
with you first must figure out their Challenge
Rating. A Posse’s Challenge Rating applies an
equivalent stat to a Hat that mostly translates to the
Tier of that Hat. A Hat immediately counts as a
Challenge Rating of 1, and then increases by 1 for
every 100exp that they earn. The amount earned
includes things like Troubles, and extra exp from
certain Races. That means a starting Hat is at least
a Challenge Rating of 2.

Hat Challenge Rating: Starts at 1, increases

by 1 for every 100exp the Hat has Earned.

When building a combat encounter, you

add all of the Hat’s Challenge Ratings together, and
aim for the total Tier’s of the Adversaries to be
around that number. A combat encounter must
consist of at least as many Adversaries as Hats to
be better balanced.
Something to keep in mind is that the more
Adversaries thrown at a Posse increases the
difficulty exponentially due to Action Economy. To
briefly explain Action Economy, the side with
more Actions has the advantage in any given
situation. So it is generally a good idea to stagger
very large groups of Adversaries, or to use the
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 Goons Ranged Goon 0.5
The most common enemy your Hat will
probably be facing are known as Goons. Goons are Medium Humanoid
your fodder enemies, the kind who put up a bit of a
fight but aren't a major threat to a Hat. They come Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
in a few variants, and equipped with one type of
attack from whatever weapon the Storyteller 5 14 0 30ft +3
wants to give them. Of course, these are all just
examples to be easy to pull from. Goons can be GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
altered and modified in any way, including giving 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14
them Talents.
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity
Melee Goon 0.5
Medium Humanoid
12 0 0 -

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative Skills Firearm (Light & Heavy) +3, Ranged
+3, Perception +2
5 14 0 30ft +3 Languages Common, and one other

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck Attack Pistol, Medium. Firearm: +3 To Hit,
1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 one Target. Range Band: 10ft.
Hit: 4 Damage
Rifle, Medium. Firearm: +3 To Hit, one
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity
Target. Range Band: 20ft.
10 +2 +0 - Hit: 4 Damage
Coach Gun. Firearm: +3 To Hit, Spread.
Range Band: 5ft Spread.
Skills Brawl +3. Ranged +2
Hit: 5 Damage Spread
Languages Common, and one other Crossbow. Ranged: +3 To Hit, one
Target. Ammunition (20)
Attack Unarmed. Melee: +3 To Hit, one Target. Hit: 5 Damage
Hit: 3 Damage Short-bow. Ranged: +3 To Hit, one
Club. Melee: +3 To Hit, one Target. Target. Ammunition (20)
Hit: 5 Damage, Nonlethal. Hit: 4 Damage
Shortsword. Melee: +3 To Hit, one
Target.
Hit: 5 Damage
Spear. Melee: +3 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 5 Damage

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 Church Grim
A large black dog with deep red eyes
wanders among the graves. They say that the first
to be buried in a graveyard becomes bound to it,
forced to protect it and lead those that come after it
to pass on. Many did not like the idea of their loved
ones being bound to this fate forever, and so they The Grave Keeper
chose to bury a dog. This dog then comes back as a As a protector of the dead, a Grim is always aware
Grim, a benevolent undead whose purpose is to of all living things inside the cemetery or
protect the graveyard and nearby church. graveyard, and any attached churches or
buildings. A Grim is unaffected by the Hallow
Church Grim 4 Spell. Additionally if a Grim is destroyed, it may
make a Luck Check every Sunrise, reforming and
Small Undead Critter
returning to full Wounds on a success. To
permanently destroy a Grim, it's corpse must be
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
dug up and burned.
15 16 2 40ft +3
Restrictive Domain
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck A Grim is restricted to the cemetery or graveyard
3 2 2 0 -2 3 1 12 it protects, as well as any connected grounds, such
as churches or buildings. It must remain within
it's domain and cannot leave. Any sort of thing
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity
that would create undead cannot function within
15 7 5 - the Domain of a Grim. Anyone infected with an
undead disease is cured if they come into contact
with a Grim, and will fail to rise as an undead if
Skills Acrobatics +5, Brawl +4, Bluff +1,
they die without being cured within the Domain.
Intimidate +2, Perception +5, Stealth +8
The Grim is immediately aware of any attempts to
Languages Understands All, Cannot Speak create undead within it's Domain.

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target. Unearthly Howl

Hit: 4 Radiant Damage
As an Action a Grim may let out a Howl, effecting
any Target that it wishes that is inside, or within
Darkvision
400ft of it's Domain. All those Targets must make
A Grim can see in non-magical darkness as if it a DC 16 Willpower Save, or become Frightened of
were daylight. However they cannot see colors in the Grim.
the dark, instead seeing everything in shades of
gray.

Undead
An Undead does not need to eat, breath, or Sleep.
Wounds can only be recovered through
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant Damage. An Undead
is immune to the following Conditions: Bleed,
Exhaustion, Deafened, Frightened (Unless
Turned), Nauseated, and Poison.

Undead: Regen
This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
Damage from a magical source, they do not
regenerate that Round.

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 Chupacabra

An odd lizard like creature that

stands on it's hind legs. Gray, almost sickly
looking in color, with large spines running
down it's back. It has a wide and elongated
muzzle filled with long, broad, oddly
curved teeth.
Found either solo, or hunting in
small packs. A Chupacabra is a menace to
farmers that have cattle, as they prefer to
hunt weak or slow prey, and have a
particular taste for goats.

Chupacabra 2
Medium Magical Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

12 14 0 40ft +2
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
-1 1 1 0 -6 4 -2 14

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

13 2 4 -
Skills Acrobatics +2, Brawl +4, Perception +3,
Stealth +2
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 2 Damage

Darkvision
A Chupacabra can see in non-magical darkness as
if it were daylight. However they cannot see
colors in the dark, instead seeing everything in
shades of gray.

Blood Drinker
A Chupacabra may spend a Bonus Action after
hitting with a Bite Attack to deal 2 Damage and
regain 2 Wounds.

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 Coywolf
A Coywolf appears as if someone took a
wolf and elongated all of it's features and stretched
out all of its limbs. Like wolves they are pack
animals, but they are far smarter and will use
tactics in combat, as well as retreating if they are
losing.
Coywolf
Scent
Receives a +5 when attempting to track a Target.
Tail Between it's Legs
If the Coywolf should fall bellow 7 Wounds, it
immediately runs away if it is able. It will always
spend at least 1 Action to move as far away as
2 possible or escape from its current situation.

Large Magical Critter

Tail Sweep
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative May spend it's first Action to make a Trip attack
against all Targets within 10ft. If the Trip Fails it
15 15 3 50ft +8 cannot Attack this turn. Targets may not make a
counter Trip attempt.
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
5 4 4 6 2 -1 -6 16

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 +4 +2 -
Skills Acrobatics +4, Bluff +1, Brawl +4,
Intimidate +3, Perception +6, Sense
Motive +2, Stealth +4
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 5 Damage

Darkvision
A Coywolf can see in non-magical darkness as if
it were daylight. However they cannot see colors
in the dark, instead seeing everything in shades
of gray.

Jump
If the Coywolf moves more than 10ft, it may use
any additional movement to jump a maximum of
40ft, this includes up or down. They do not take
fall Damage until they have fallen more than 50ft.

Pin
May use an Action to make an opposed Grapple
Check on a prone Target. If successful the
Coywolf gains a +3 To Hit, and the Target is unable
to take Move Actions. This is not a grapple, but
may be broken as if it was one and the Coywolf
must repeat this Action every turn to maintain the
Pin.

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 Dragoliz
Although it's a bit difficult to call a Dragoliz
a true dragon, but it is difficult to call them
anything else. They are a large lizard, reminiscent
of wingless Dragons, though their colors vary far
wider than that of Dragons.

Dragoliz 0.5
Medium Magical Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 15 0 30ft, +1
20ft
Swim

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck

3 2 1 1 0 -6 -4 15

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

14 +1 +0 -
Skills Acrobatics +1, Brawl +5, Bluff +1,
Perception +4, Stealth +6
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Armored Scales
If the Dragoliz is struck it may, as Reaction,
increase its Dodge and Soak by 2 if it is struck. If
a Target is Grappling Dragoliz, the Dragoliz may, as
a Bonus Action, cause the opponent to suffer 1
Unsoakable Damage.

Tail Slap
The Dragoliz may spend 1 Action to make an
Attack with its tail, dealing 2 Damage and
knocking the opponent Prone if it hits.

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 Elemental Serpent
A big snake, infused with the magical
energy of other Realms of Existence. While not
true Elementals, they still hold quite a lot of power.
Elemental Serpent
Medium Elemental Critter
Radiant Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the magic force of Radiance, an
Elemental Serpent of the Radiant deals an
0.5 additional +2 Radiant Damage when it hits.
Additionally, it is immune to Radiant Damage.

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative Ice Element

20ft, An Elemental Serpent may only have one

5 15 0 20ft
+1 Element type.
Swim Embodying the magic force of Ice, an Elemental
Serpent of the Ice deals an additional +2 Cold
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck Damage when it hits. Additionally, it is immune to
Cold Damage.
3 2 1 1 0 -6 -4 15
Void Element
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
14 +4 +0 - Element type.
Embodying the magic force of Force itself, an
Skills Acrobatics +4, Brawl +3, Bluff +2, Elemental Serpent of the Void deals an additional
Perception +4, Stealth +6 +2 Force Damage when it hits. Additionally, it is
immune to Force Damage.
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +3 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage +Elemental Damage

Air Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the magic force of Lightning, an
Elemental Serpent of the Air deals an additional
+2 Lightning Damage when it hits. Additionally, it
is immune to Lightning Damage.

Earth Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the magic force of Acid, an Elemental
Serpent of the Earth deals an additional Acid(1/1)
when it hits. Additionally, it is immune to Acid
Damage.

Fire Element
An Elemental Serpent may only have one
Element type.
Embodying the Magic force of Fire, an Elemental
Serpent of the Fire deals an additional +2 Fire
Damage when it hits. Additionally, it is immune to
Fire Damage.

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 Florabee
A brightly colored insect called the
Florabee. Their name comes from their
appearance, a big bumblebee with a sort of flower
collar around its neck. Their bodies are covered in
yellow and black fuzz, while their flowers can be a
large variety of colors and types. Usually those
from the same hive will have matching flower
types as their Queen. A Florabee only lives for one
year.
They live in large mound like hives that
extend underground, serving their Queen. They are
docile and friendly, but will become hostile if
harmed or if their flower fields are purposefully
Damaged.
Curious of other creatures, they often
attempting to interact and trade for items,
especially sugar or other sweets. Their main
resource is Florabee Honey, which is much like
regular honey, but will also trade things that they
have found or previously traded.
Florabee Drone
Tiny Magical Insect
Poison Stinger
Unlike regular bees, stinging does not kill a
Florabee, though they can only make this attack
once, and must wait for a new stinger to grow,
which takes a week. The stinger caries a potent
venom, and those struck must make a DC 12 Grit
Save or gain Poison(2).
Floral Nature
A Florabee may cast Harvest Season once per
month without having to roll for Backlash.
Swarm Special: Heat Ball
A Swarm of Florabees may spend an Action to
Grapple a Target. They gain a +2 to this Check for
every 5 Florabees in the Swarm. A Target
Grappled by a Swarm of Florabees may not
become the Initiator. As an Action, a Florabee
Swarm may deal 2 Fire Damage to the Target they
are Grappling, gaining 1 Additional Fire Damage
1 for every 5 Florabees in the Swarm. The Florabee
Swarm loses 1 Wound every time they use this
Action.

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

6 15 1 10ft, +5
40ft Fly

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck

2 1 5 5 2 2 3 19

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 +6 +3 -
Skills Acrobatics +6, Investigation +4,
Perception +6, Sense Motive +4,
Survival +4
Languages Buzz

Attack Bite. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage
Sting. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 4 Damage, DC 12 Poison(2)

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 Florabee Warrior Interception Protection
A more advanced version of a Drone, If someone or something within 5ft of a Florabee
trained for combat and protection, is a Florabee Warrior is Attacked, it may use it’s Reaction to
Warrior. Their purpose is to protect the hive and intercept the hit, becoming the Target for the
make sure that the Queen and Drones are safe. Attack instead.
They appear much like Drones, however they are
easily denoted as they instead of red and black
Swarm Special: Heat Ball
fuzz, rather than the Drones yellow and black.
A Swarm of Florabees may spend an Action to
Grapple a Target. They gain a +2 to this Check for
Florabee Warrior 2 every 5 Florabees in the Swarm. A Target
Tiny Magical Insect Grappled by a Swarm of Florabees may not
become the Initiator. As an Action, a Florabee
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative Swarm may deal 2 Fire Damage to the Target they
are Grappling, gaining 1 Additional Fire Damage
10 17 2 10ft, +6 for every 5 Florabees in the Swarm. The Florabee
40ft Fly Swarm loses 1 Wound every time they use this
Action.
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
2 1 6 5 2 2 3 19

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 +7 +3 -
Skills Acrobatics +7, Investigation +4,
Perception +6, Sense Motive +4,
Survival +4
Languages Buzz

Attack Bite. Melee: +6 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 5 Damage
Sting. Melee: +6 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 4 Damage, DC 14 Poison(2)

Poison Stinger
Unlike regular bees, stinging does not kill a
Florabee, though they can only make this attack
once, and must wait for a new stinger to grow,
which takes a week. The stinger caries a potent
venom, and those struck must make a DC 14 Grit
Save or gain Poison(2).

Flanking Maneuver
A Florabee Warrior gains a +2 To Hit a Target who
was attacked between their current turn and their
previous turn by someone other than that
Warrior.

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 Florabee Queen Florabee Queen Magic
A Florabee Queen is much like your A Florabee Queen knows these Nature Spells:
average Florabee, but much much larger. A Queen Acid Arrow, Fog Cloud, Glitterdust, Hallow,
births ten Florabees over the course of a week, Harvest Season, and Know Direction.
which reach maturity in one month. The average Additionally a Florabee Queen may cast Oasis
Hive has hundreds of Florabees. A Florabee Queen once in her lifetime. This Oasis will persist for as
lives for fifty years. long as the Queen lives.
Every ten years a new Queen will be born.
If the old Queen is injured, or near death, the new
Queen will take over. Otherwise the new Queen
will leave to find, or create, a suitable place for a
new hive.

Florabee Queen 5
Small Magical Insect

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

20 15 4 10ft, +1
15ft Fly

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck

5 1 2 2 5 5 4 19

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 +4 +5 5
Skills Acrobatics +4, Investigation +5,
Perception +6, Sense Motive +7,
Leadership +10
Magic: Nature +5
Languages Buzz

Attack Bite. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage
Sting. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 4 Damage, DC 12 Poison(2)

Queens Poison Stinger

Unlike regular bees, stinging does not kill a
Florabee, though they can only make this attack
once, and must wait for a new stinger to grow,
which takes a week. The stinger caries a potent
venom, and those struck must make a DC 16 Grit
Save or gain Poison(2).

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 Ghosts
This is a Ghost template that can be added
to any previously living Adversaries. A Ghost
Template does not change most of anything to a
Target, however it adds a few Talents that make
them extremely deadly. Anything listed as (T) or
(Target) remains the same as the what the template
is being applied to.
Sometimes the soul does not pass on, or
something binds it to the Central Realm and keeps
it there. If this should happen, you get a Ghost.
Ghosts only have a vague memory of who they
were when they were alive, just enough to act like
their living self.
Undead Regen
This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
Damage from a magical source, they do not
regenerate that round.
Sunlight Sickness
A Ghost does not like to be in direct Sunlight. If
they are exposed to natural Sunlight, they have
the Stunned Condition. Any magically created
Sunlight deals 2 Damage, which is Doubled the
source also deals Radiant Damage.
Ghostly Visage

Ghost of a (Target) +2 As a Ghost does not have a physical form, it is

immune to all forms of Non-Magical Damage. It
Undead (Target) can also pass through any physical thing, such as
walls or other Targets.
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
Disguised Humanity
+5 +2 (T) (T) (T)
It is not immediately apparent that a Ghost is
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck undead, and will appear quite normal until those
around realize that something is not right. A Ghost
(T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) may not even be aware that they themselves are
dead until it is pointed out to them.
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity
Soul Drain
(T) (T) (T) -
As an Action a Ghost may touch a living Target.
Skills (Target) having a +4 to this Attack. If they are successful in
this Attack, the Target loses 1 Grit. A Ghost cannot
Languages (Target) use this Talent more than once on a Turn, but they
can use it as a Reaction in the case of Attacks of
Attack (Target) Opportunities.
Soul Drain.

Darkvision
A Ghost can see in non-magical darkness as if it
were daylight. However they cannot see colors in
the dark, instead seeing everything in shades of
gray.

Undead
An Undead does not need to eat, breath, or Sleep.
Wounds can only be recovered through
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant Damage. An Undead
is immune to the following Conditions: Bleed,
Exhaustion, Deafened, Frightened (Unless
Turned), Nauseated, and Poison.

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 Ghost Train
Although it does not happen often, it does
happen. Horrible accidents, or sometimes sabotage.
All it takes it takes is a Train to get a little off the
rails and catastrophe will strike. In those horrible
events of there being no survivors, there is a
chance that the Train will return with it’s
passengers.
While it is possible to do battle with a
Ghost Train, it is more a set piece.
Ghost Train
Undead Regen
This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
Damage from a magical source, they do not
regenerate that round.
Sunlight Sickness
A Ghost Train does not like to be in direct
Sunlight. If they are exposed to natural Sunlight,
they have the Stunned Condition. Any magically
created Sunlight deals 2 Damage, which is
8 Doubled the source also deals Radiant Damage.

Gargantuan Undead Machine

Ghostly Train
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative A Ghost Train is immune to all forms of
Non-Magical Damage. Any Non-Magical Attack
80 20 4 80ft 0 that would cause the Train Damage simply passes
through it, or is met with resistance that cannot be
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck bypassed.
A Ghost Train can be made up of any number of
- - - - - - - 13 Cars. All Cars are treated as separate Ghost
Trains, but all are Destroyed if the Engine Car is
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity Destroyed. If a Car is Destroyed, the two cars on
either side come together to replace the space.
- +10 +5 - The Train is not restricted to tracks and has a Fly
speed equal to it’s movement speed.
Skills None A Ghost Train is inhabited by those that died on it.
Languages None This includes at least 2 engineers, 5 staff of some
sort, and any number of passengers.
Attack None

Undead Machine
A Ghost Train does not need to eat, breath, or
Sleep. Wounds can only be recovered through
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant and Lightning
Damage. An Undead is immune to the following
Conditions: Bleed, Exhaustion, Deafened,
Frightened (Unless Turned), Nauseated, Petrified,
and Poison. A Ghost Train that would gain the
Downed Condition is instead Destroyed. A Ghost
Train cannot be Coup de Grace, but may instead be
Disabled via a Disable Device Talent if the attempt
is made in the engine.

Hidden in Plain Sight

A Ghost Train appears to be a regular Train. A Hat
must make a DC 25 Perception Check, or a DC 20
Investigation Check, in order to determine that
something is not right. A Hat that sees the Ghost
Train so something that a regular Train cannot do
automatically succeeds this check.

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 Glass Bird
Swarms of Glass Birds claim The Spine of
the World as their own. Very rarely found outside
of the massive mountain range, they are small and
deadly critters. Throw in the fact that they are
extremely hostile to anything that isn't a Glass Bird
and tend to travel in swarms of a dozen or more,
cause running into them to practically be a death
sentence. They appear vaguely reminiscent of very
large sparrows made of glass, though other bird
types have been documented.
Horde Special: Colony
When Glass Birds combine into a Horde they are
referred to as a Colony. When a Colony suffers
Damage, Explosive Death is triggered an
additional 5 times, and loses 5 Wounds. However,
at the start of every Round the Colony gains 2d12
Glass Birds.

Glass Bird 6
Small Magical Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 25 0 50ft Fly +7
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
-5 0 7 7 0 0 3 14

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

18 +9 +3 -
Skills Acrobatics +9, Brawl +5, Perception +8,
Sense Motive +2, Stealth +5
Languages None

Attack Peck. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Explosive Death
A Glass Bird who is Downed immediately
explodes and scatters shards of shrapnel. Any
Targets within 10ft, including other Glass Birds,
may make a Physical Save, DC 18. Failure; 5
Damage, nothing on a success.

Flyby
A Glass Bird cannot be targeted by Attacks of
Opportunity.

Flock
A Glass Bird that is within 20ft of another Glass
Bird at the start of it's turn can choose to take it's
turn simultaneously with that Glass Bird.

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 Ink Splotch Forceful Knowledge
Something that crawled from the depths of A Target that tastes the Ink Splotch, including
the realm of Vetusliber. Vaguely humanoid in when the Ink Splotch uses Smother, must make a
shape, they are odd creatures, and unpredictable. DC 12 Grit Save. On a fail they are Nauseated for 2
They are made entirely from ink, and leave a dark rounds. Whether they succeed or fail, they must
inky residue on any surface they come into contact also make a Luck Roll if it is the first time this
with. They are curious and aimless, wandering in Ink Splotch has been tasted. Succeeding this Luck
spaces and taking in information by observing. Roll gives the Target good or useful knowledge,
They are drawn towards light if they can see it. while failing this Luck Roll gives a bad or useless
When killed, rather than die they simply lose the bit of knowledge. An individual Ink Splotch
ability to maintain a physical form and become always gives the same bit of knowledge, it being
high quality ink. good or bad is always determined by the first
Luck Roll.
Ink Splotch 1
Medium Humanoid Outsider Smother
May spend 1 Action to perform a grapple against a
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative single Target. If successful the Target begins to
Suffocate. Cannot Bash Targets it is using
20 16 2 30ft +4 Smother on, but may use it on other Targets
within range. A Target who is being Smothered
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck will take Damage from Attacks aimed at the Ink
0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 Splotch only if Bad Luck is rolled. A Target may
not become the Initiator in a grapple against an
Ink Splotch.
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

10 0 0 - Seep
An Ink Splotch can fit into any gap greater than 1
Skills No Bonuses inch over the course of 1 minute. If the gap is
Languages None greater than 1 foot it only takes 1 round. This is a
Move Action, and cannot be taken mid move.
Attack Bash. Melee: +0 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 3 Damage, Unsoakable Water Weakness
An Ink Splotch takes 2 Damage if in water per
Attitude round they are in it, including being rained on.
Every Ink Splotch has a different Attitude, or This Damage is not Soaked.
personality when it enters the world. To
determine Attitude, roll 1d12. Horde Special: Conglomeration
1-2: Docile, will not react even if attacked.
An Ink Splotch Horde is less a group of
3-4: Docile, becomes hostile if attacked.
individuals and more an inky mass of lashing
5-6: Docile, becomes hostile if physically
tendrils and grasping hands. This Horde is always
interacted with.
Hostile, and may use its Smother against as many
7: Docile, becomes hostile if it physically sees a
Targets as it has Wounds. Forceful Knowledge is
Target.
rolled every turn that Target is being Smothered.
8-9: Friendly, will attempt to assist Targets, hostile
if attacked.
10-11: Hostile, will attack any Target.
12: Aggressively hostile, will hunt down Targets
and investigate noises.
Will never attack other Ink Splotches.

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 Jackalope Jump
A rather large jackrabbit, with the horns of If the Jackalope moves more than 10ft, it may use
an antelope, and a speed that cannot be matched. any additional movement to jump a maximum of
The Jackalope is a rather rare critter to encounter, 40ft, this includes up or down. They do not take
however they are quite dangerous if they are fall Damage until they have fallen more than 50ft.
underestimated. Extremely fast, hard to hit, and
brutally aggressive if riled up, they are far more
Throw Voice
than just a funny looking bunny. One of their
oddest pastimes is to sing along with those that like A Jackalope can make it sound as if it’s voice
to sing around a campfire, usually in harmony or comes from a source 30ft away.
providing a bassy accompaniment. If you want to
get on the good side of a Jackalope, whiskey is your
best choice. Some like it better if you mix it with
milk.

Jackalope 4
Small Magical Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

14 18 2 70ft +4
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
2 2 4 0 -4 2 1 14

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

15 +8 +2 -
Skills Acrobatics +8, Brawl +5, Perception +5,
Sense Motive +2, Stealth +5
Languages Common, can also mimic things that it
has heard

Attack Gore. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 4 Damage
Kick. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 3 Damage, Kick Off

Darkvision
A Jackalope can see in non-magical darkness as if
it were daylight. However they cannot see colors
in the dark, instead seeing everything in shades
of gray.

Kick Off
If the Jackalope hits with a Kick Attack, it may
Disengage as a Minor Action as part of that Kick
as it uses it’s Target as a springboard.

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 Kuluvus
Kuluvus are large reptilian type Critters
who are fairly amiable and rather intelligent. They
have the appearance of a Gecko mixed with a
Lazarus lizard, though this varies depending on
region.
Kuluvus
Medium Magical Critter
Stare
A Kuluvus may spend 2 Actions to lock eyes with
a Target who must succeed at a DC 12 Willpower
Save or become Paralyzed. The Target may spend
2 Actions to repeat this Save every turn, and also
makes Saves whenever it receives Damage. A
Target Paralyzed by Stare cannot be Coup de
0.5 Crace'd, and the Kuluvus must spend their turn
maintaining eye contact with the Target.

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 15 0 30ft, +3
30ft
Climb

GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck

2 1 3 1 2 -6 -4 15

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 +3 +2 -
Skills Acrobatics +3, Brawl +4, Investigation
+4, Perception +6, Sense Motive +1,
Stealth +6
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Venomous
The bite of a Kuluvus carries with it a venom. A
Target bit by a Kuluvus must make a DC 12 Grit
Save, gaining Poison(1) if they fail.

Cold Blooded
A Kuluvus takes twice us much Damage from Cold
attacks. If a Kuluvus is in a cold environment it
will eventually slip into hibernation if not kept
warm.

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 Wolf
Wolves are pack animals, and take easy to
training, making them one of the best candidates
for Animal Companions. However, there are also
wolves in the wild and they hunt in packs.

Wolf 0.5
Medium Critter

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

5 15 0 40ft +3
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
2 2 2 2 -6 1 -4 15

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

16 2 1 -
Skills Acrobatics +2, Brawl +4, Bluff +1,
Intimidate +3, Perception +6, Stealth +6
Languages None

Attack Bite. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.

Hit: 3 Damage

Darkvision
A Wolf can see in non-magical darkness as if it
were daylight. However they cannot see colors in
the dark, instead seeing everything in shades of
gray.

Scent
Receives a +5 when attempting to track a Target.

Trip
When a Wolf hits with an Attack it may make a
Trip as part of the Attack. The Target does not get
a counter Trip if the Trip fails.

Pack Special: Wolf Pack

A Pack of Wolves covers twice the amount of
space that a Pack normally would. Any Attack
made against a Target that is Prone has a +5 To
Hit.

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 Clockwork
This is a Clockwork template that can be
added to other Adversaries or Objects, as long as
they are between size Small and Large.
Clockworks are usually non-hostile unless
programmed otherwise. Anything listed as (T) or
(Target) remains the same as the what the template
is being applied to.
A Clockwork is a mechanical being, that is
often modeled off of some other creature, be it
critter, insect or humanoid. Of course, inanimate
objects can also become Clockworks as well. An
Object that becomes a Clockwork has a Speed of
10ft. Object based Clockworks have Ability and
Skill scores of 0.
Hidden in Plain Sight
A Clockwork who is based on an Object and is not
moving or performing an Action, appears to be
that Object. A Hat must make a DC 25 Perception
Check, or a DC 20 Investigation Check, in order to
determine that it is a Clockwork.
Voice Box
Sometimes a Clockwork comes with a Voice Box.
This is a simple device that is meant to repeat
certain phrases, or reply to certain things.

Clockwork (Target) +2
Clockwork (Target)

Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative

+3 +3 +2 1/2 -1
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
(T) +2 1/2 (T) 1/4 1/4 (T) (T)

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

(T) (T) (T) -

Skills (Target)
Languages (Target)

Attack (Target)
Bash. Melee: +4 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 4 Damage

Clockwork
A Clockwork does not need to eat, breath, or
Sleep. They cannot regain wounds unless
repaired. A Clockwork is immune to the following
Conditions: Bleed, Exhaustion, Deafened,
Frightened, Nauseated, Petrified, and Poison. A
Clockwork that would gain the Downed Condition
instead gains the Broken Condition. A Clockwork
cannot be Coup de Grace, but may instead be
Disabled via a Disable Device Talent. A
Clockwork takes Half Damage from Necrotic and
Radiant, and takes Double Damage from
Lightning.

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 Tiny Clockwork Hidden in Plain Sight
This is a Clockwork template that can be A Clockwork who is based on an Object and is not
added to other Adversaries or Objects, as long as moving or performing an Action, appears to be
they are size Tiny or Smaller. Clockworks are that Object. A Hat must make a DC 25 Perception
usually non-hostile unless programmed otherwise. Check, or a DC 20 Investigation Check, in order to
Anything listed as (T) or (Target) remains the determine that it is a Clockwork.
same as what the template is being applied to.
A Clockwork is a mechanical being, that is
Repair
often modeled off of some other creature, be it
animal, beast or humanoid. Of course, inanimate A Tiny Clockwork may spend 1 Action to attempt
objects can also become Clockworks as well. An to repair a Clockwork. This is a DC 15
Object that becomes a Clockwork has a Speed of Engineering Check. This may be done multiple
10ft. Object based Clockworks have Ability and times in a round, and may be done on themselves.
Skill scores of 0. If they are successful the repaired Clockwork
regains 1 Wound.
Tiny Clockwork (Target) +1
Voice Box
Clockwork (Target)
Sometimes a Clockwork comes with a Voice Box.
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative This is a simple device that is meant to repeat
certain phrases, or reply to certain things.
+2 +7 +1 (T) -1
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
(T) -1 (T) (T) 1/4 1/4 (T) (T)

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

(T) (T) (T) -

Skills (Target)
Languages (Target)

Attack (Target)
Bash. Melee: +5 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 2 Damage

Clockwork
A Clockwork does not need to eat, breath, or
Sleep. They cannot regain wounds unless
repaired. A Clockwork is immune to the following
Conditions: Bleed, Exhaustion, Deafened,
Frightened, Nauseated, Petrified, and Poison. A
Clockwork that would gain the Downed Condition
instead gains the Broken Condition. A Clockwork
takes Half Damage from Necrotic and Radiant,
and takes Double Damage from Lightning.

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 Giant Clockwork Hidden in Plain Sight
This is a Clockwork template that can be A Clockwork who is based on an Object and is not
added to other Adversaries or Objects, as long as moving or performing an Action, appears to be
they are size Huge or Larger. Clockworks are that Object. A Hat must make a DC 25 Perception
usually non-hostile unless programmed otherwise. Check, or a DC 20 Investigation Check, in order to
Anything listed as (T) or (Target) remains the determine that it is a Clockwork.
same as what the template is being applied to.
A Clockwork is a mechanical being, that is
Inner Space
often modeled off of some other creature, be it
animal, beast or humanoid. Of course, inanimate A Giant Clockwork is large enough to have space
objects can also become Clockworks as well. An inside of it for other Targets to move around,
Object that becomes a Giant Clockwork has a depending on the size category of what it is based
Speed of 20ft. Object based Clockworks have on determines how much space it has within it.
Ability and Skill scores of 0. Roughly half of the amount of Space it takes up.
Unless it is an Object whose purpose is to be some
Giant Clockwork (Target) +5 sort of container, then it would have the
appropriate amount of space inside.
Clockwork (Target)
Voice Box
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
Sometimes a Clockwork comes with a Voice Box.
+20 +5 +5 (T)2 +2 This is a simple device that is meant to repeat
certain phrases, or reply to certain things.
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
+5 +5 (T) (T) 1/4 1/4 (T) (T)

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

(T) (T) (T) -

Skills (Target)
Languages (Target), or Creator

Attack (Target)
Bash. Melee: +7 To Hit, one Target.
Hit: 5 Damage

Clockwork
A Clockwork does not need to eat, breath, or
Sleep. They cannot regain wounds unless
repaired. A Clockwork is immune to the following
Conditions: Bleed, Exhaustion, Deafened,
Frightened, Nauseated, Petrified, and Poison. A
Clockwork that would gain the Downed Condition
instead gains the Broken Condition. A Clockwork
takes Half Damage from Necrotic and Radiant,
and takes Double Damage from Lightning.

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 Skeleton
This is an Undead template that can be
added to other Adversaries. Undead are always
hostile to living Targets. Anything listed as (T) or
(Target) remains the same as the Adversary that
the template is being applied to.
A Skeleton is a common Undead made
from bones, commonly found in places that have
been touched by Necromancy, or intense Spirit
Magic. Though they are weaker than what they are
spawned from, they tend to collect in groups
making them quite dangerous. They also are quite
unaffected by most non-magical means, shrugging
off most hits. Throw in the fact that it can
regenerate Damage caused to it, or simply get back
up after being downed can create quite a threat if
not dealt with. Other than that, a Skeleton is
extremely dumb, unable to come up with a basic
plan or even figure out how to open a door.
To create a generic Undead, treat
everything as 0, and give them a Basic Weapon or
a Firearm. A Skeleton with a Firearm that is not
near a Greater Zombie or a Zombie Lord does not
know how to reload their gun. Roll 1d12 and halve
it to decide how many bullets they have loaded.
Skeletal (Target)
Undead (Target)
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
1/2 +3 (T) (T)
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
(T) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4
Undead
An Undead does not need to eat, breath, or Sleep.
Wounds can only be recovered through
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant Damage. An Undead
is immune to the following Conditions: Bleed,
Exhaustion, Deafened, Frightened (Unless
Turned), Nauseated, and Poison.
Undead: Regen
This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
Damage from a magical source, they do not
regenerate that round.
Undead: Rise Again
When this Undead is Downed, it must make a DC
15 Grit Save, if it succeeds it regains 1 Wound. If it
fails, it is destroyed. If the Damage that Downed
this undead was done by a magical source the DC
increases to 22. If the source of an Undead going
down is Spirit Magic, or Radiant Damage, they
automatically fail this Save.
Horde Special: Rattled Bones
x0.5 A Horde of Skeletons makes a lot of noise, and
can be noticed from quite a distance. Horde does
not gain the benefit of Undead: Regen. However,
Undead: Rise Again now activates 5 times at the
start of the Hordes turn.
(T)
(T)

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity

(T) (T) (T) -

Skills (Target)
Languages (Target) Cannot Speak

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 Zombie
This is an Undead template that can be
added to other Adversaries. Undead are always
hostile to living Targets. Anything listed as (T) or
(Target) remains the same as the Adversary that
the template is being applied to.
A zombie is a common undead commonly
found in places that have been touched by
Necromancy, or Spirit Magic. They are stronger
than their source, though slower. What makes
them truly terrifying is their toughness and their
infectious nature. Zombie's will prioritize Coup de
Grace's on a Target who is infected in order to
increase their numbers. Other than that, a common
zombie is extremely dumb, unable to come up with
a basic plan or even figure out how to open a door.
To create a generic Undead, treat
everything as 0, and give them a Melee Weapon or
a Firearm. A Zombie with a Firearm that is not
near a Greater or a Lord does not know how to
reload their gun. Roll 1d12 and halve it to decide
how many bullets they have loaded.
Zombie (Target)
Undead (Target)
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
+5 (T) +2 1/2
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
+2 +2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity
(T) (T) (T)
Skills (Target)
Languages (Target) Cannot Speak
Attack (Target)
Undead
An Undead does not need to eat, breath, or Sleep.
Wounds can only be recovered through
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant Damage. An Undead
is immune to the following Conditions: Bleed,
Exhaustion, Deafened, Frightened (Unless
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Undead: Regen
This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
Damage from a magical source, they do not
regenerate that round.
Undead: Rise Again
When this Undead is Downed, it must make a DC
15 Grit Save, if it succeeds it regains 1 Wound. If it
fails, it is destroyed. If the Damage that Downed
this undead was done by a magical source the DC
increases to 22. If the source of an Undead going
down is Spirit Magic, or Radiant Damage, they
automatically fail this Save.
Undead: Infection
A Target that is hit by a Melee Attack by this
Undead suffers a DC20 Poison(Zombie Infection)
Grit Save. A Target suffering from Zombie
Infection does not show symptoms of being
poisoned, but if they have this condition and Die,
they rise as a Zombie after 1d12 Rounds. This
+1 may be removed by Remove Curse, Heal, Miracle,
or Wish, or by drinking Holy Water.
Horde Special: Living Dead
A Zombie Horde does not gain the benefit of
(T) Undead: Regen. However, Undead: Rise Again now
activates 3 times at the start of the Hordes turn,
and adds to the Hordes Wound pool. Additionally,
Rise Again may also Target those that have Died
(T) and been Infected without having the time delay.
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This is an Undead template that can be
added to other Adversaries. Undead are always
hostile to living Targets. Anything listed as (T) or
(Target) remains the same as the Adversary that
the template is being applied to.
More horrible than a Zombie, is a Greater
Zombie. When a hoard of Zombie's reaches a
certain number, 20 or more, one will evolve into a
Greater Zombie. These are tougher and far more
grotesque monstrosities; the thing of nightmares.
As the hoard grows, so do the number of Greater
Zombies, gaining another for every 20. Though
they are once again capable of speech, negotiating
with them is pointless as they hate the living more
than anything. In addition, a Zombie who evolves
to a Greater regains all Talents they had in life,
including Spellcasting capabilities. In fact, those
who knew Spells are the first to evolve into
Greaters. They also increase the general
intelligence of basic Zombie's and Skeletons,
allowing them to perform simple tasks and follow
instructions
To create a generic Undead, treat
everything as 0, and give them a Basic Weapon.
Greater Zombie (Target) +3
Undead (Target)
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
+10 +4 +3 1/2 (T)
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck
Undead
An Undead does not need to eat, breath, or Sleep.
Wounds can only be recovered through
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant Damage. An Undead
is immune to the following Conditions: Bleed,
Exhaustion, Deafened, Frightened (Unless
Turned), Nauseated, and Poison.
Undead: Regen
This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
Damage from a magical source, they do not
regenerate that round.
Undead: Rise Again
When this Undead is Downed, it must make a DC
15 Grit Save, if it succeeds it regains 1 Wound. If it
fails, it is destroyed. If the Damage that Downed
this undead was done by a magical source the DC
increases to 22. If the source of an Undead going
down is Spirit Magic, or Radiant Damage, they
automatically fail this Save.
Undead: Infection
A Target that is hit by a Melee Attack by this
Undead suffers a DC20 Poison(Zombie Infection)
Grit Save. A Target suffering from Zombie
Infection does not show symptoms of being
poisoned, but if they have this condition and Die,
they rise as a Zombie after 1d12 Rounds. This
may be removed by Remove Curse, Heal, Miracle,
or Wish, or by drinking Holy Water.

+2 +2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 (T) Undead: Noxious Fumes

Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity Any Target within 30ft of this Undead suffers a
DC20 Poison(Zombie Infection). A Target
(T) (T) (T) - suffering from Zombie Infection does not show
symptoms of being poisoned, but if they have this
Skills (Target) condition and Die, they rise as a Zombie after
1d12 Rounds.
Languages (Target)

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 Zombie Lord Undead Regen
This is an Undead template that can be This Undead regains 1 Wound per round. If dealt
added to other Adversaries. Undead are always Damage from a magical source, they do not
hostile to living Targets. Anything listed as (T) or regenerate that round.
(Target) remains the same as the Adversary that
the template is being applied to.
Undead Rise Again
When a hoard reaches 100, the oldest
Greater Zombie evolves once more, into a Zombie When this Undead is Downed, it must make a DC
Lord. Not only are they far tougher and smarter, 15 Grit Save, if it succeeds it regains 1 Wound. If it
they can also control other Zombie's, making them fails, it is destroyed. If the Damage that Downed
more difficult to deal with. Add in their terrifying this undead was done by a magical source the DC
Presence Talent's, and a Zombie Lord can easily increases to 22. If the source of an Undead going
destroy cities. There are rumors of Zombie Lords down is Spirit Magic, or Radiant Damage, they
disguising themselves as regular people and automatically fail this Save.
sneaking into towns or cities. They also increase
the general intelligence of basic Zombie's and Undead Infection
Skeletons, allowing them to perform simple tasks
and follow instructions. A Target that is hit by a Melee Attack by this
To create a generic Undead, treat Undead suffers a DC20 Poison(Zombie Infection)
everything as 0, and give them a Basic Weapon. Grit Save. A Target suffering from Zombie
Infection does not show symptoms of being
Zombie Lord (Target) +5 poisoned, but if they have this condition and Die,
they rise as a Zombie after 1d12 Rounds. This
Undead (Target) may be removed by Remove Curse, Heal, Miracle,
or Wish, or by drinking Holy Water.
Wounds Dodge Soak Speed Initiative
Presence of Fear
+15 +6 +3 (T) (T)
All non-Undead creatures within 60ft of this
GRT STR AGI REF SMT INT MOX Luck Undead must make a DC 16 Grit Save, Gaining the
Fear Condition towards the Undead if they fail.
+2 +2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 (T) This effect immediately ends if this Undead is
Downed. The Undead may spend 1 Action to
Awareness Physical Willpower Lucidity suppress or reactivate this ability.

(T) (T) (T) - Presence of Reaper

Skills (Target) All Undead creatures within 60ft of this Undead

that are Downed have their Undead Rise Again
Languages (Target) Talent DC decreased to 10. This effect
immediately ends of this Undead is Downed.
Attack (Target)
Presence of the Dead
Undead
Any Target that dies within 600ft of this Undead
An Undead does not need to eat, breath, or Sleep. rises as a Zombie after 1d12 rounds, regardless of
Wounds can only be recovered through whether they have Zombie Infection or not.
regeneration or magical means. An Undead takes
double Damage from Radiant Damage. An Undead
is immune to the following Conditions: Bleed,
Exhaustion, Deafened, Frightened (Unless
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 Making a Villain
A Villain is very similar to a Hat, and a
Posse should only ever be facing one or two
Villains at a time. Villains, like all Adversaries,
come in Tiers.
Making a Tier 1 Villain is a simple process
of giving them 100exp and 1000 Silver. While a
Tier 2 Villain will have 200exp and 2000 Silver.
Tier 3 will have 300exp and 3000 Silver. This
process repeats, exp rising 100 for every Tier, and
Silver being ten times their worth in experience.
Villains, like Hats, may take Troubles to increase
their exp.
The Silver that a Villain receives is used
not only to buy their equipment, but to hire Goons
and/or build lairs. For a Villain to hire a Goon or
other Adversary is 10 times their Tier value. These
hirelings can be anything, from Undead to Critters,
or even Clockwork. However Adversaries that are
hired to make up a Horde cost Half as much.
Note that unless you are making a Horde
you should not bunch up every hireling that a
Villain gets, unless you want impossible odds
against a Posse.
Villains also do not have to be any of the
base races, they can be anything. Of course the
Tier of whatever you make them out of is
important, as using a higher Tier Adversary raises
the Tier of the Villain. They don't get more exp for
this Tier increase, but they get their Silver as
normal, based on their overall Tier.
It is possible to have a Villain have other
Villains under them, but be cautious of grouping up
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 Chapter 13: Luck
Luck is one of the most important things Lucky Shot: Lots of interesting things can
that will happen to your Hat. Whether it's good or happen when you roll Good Luck, referred to as a
bad, is all up to chance. Lucky Shot. Whoever rolled the Lucky Shot then
rolls 2d12 for the following chart to see what
Every time your dice total comes up as 13 happens to the Target:
this triggers a Luck Roll. Whether you failed the
2 Right Ear Deafened 3 Rounds (loses ear)
Check or not, you now get to make a Luck Roll. You
must meet or beat your Hats Luck Score for it to be 3 Cheek Bleeding (Permanent scar)
Good Luck. If you fail to meet or beat your score, 4 Crotch Stunned, Prone (Infertile)
it's Bad Luck.
5 Stomach Distracted 2 Rounds
The aftermath of this success or failure is
heavily based around what the Storyteller wants to 6 Right Eye Blinded 2 Rounds (Loses eye)
do with something, or they can make it simple and 7 Right Foot Move -5ft (Loses foot)
have it count as an automatic success or failure
dependent on what the Luck Roll was triggered 8 Left Hand Drops Item (Loses hand)
from. 9 Right Shin Prone, Move -10ft (Loses leg)

Good Luck 10 Left Leg Prone, Move -15ft (Loses leg)

When you manage to get a Good Luck Roll 11 Right Forearm Drops Item (Loses arm)
on a Skill Check it means something good happens, 12 Left Arm Drops Item (Loses arm)
even when you fail the Check. Say you're picking a
lock and don't beat it's difficulty, but get a good luck 13 Torso -2 to all Checks, stacks
roll; well would you look at that, you noticed that 14 Right Arm Drops Item (Loses arm)
it's actually unlocked, or you spotted the key 15 Left Forearm Drops Item (Loses arm)
dropped nearby, or hey they just noticed this isn't
the door they wanted. Say you succeeded the 16 Right Leg Prone, Move -15ft (Loses leg)
Check, and rolled Good Luck, well maybe someone 17 Left Shin Prone, Move -10ft (Loses leg)
who had noticed you doing so decides not to alert
18 Right Hand Drops Item (Loses hand)
the authorities, or happens to knock the door into
someone who would have attacked them. It's all 19 Left Foot Move -5ft (Loses foot)
heavily situational. 20 Left Eye Blinded 2 Rounds (Loses eye)

Bad Luck 21 Chest Distracted 2 Rounds

On the other hand you have Bad Luck, this
is the trying to do something on horseback and
falling off, or stubbing your toe while trying to
sneak through a room, or accidentally offending
the wrong person in a room. Small little
hindrances, such as giving a Target -5 or more to a
Check depending on what they were doing are good
go-to Bad Luck consequences if you can't think of
anything.
Luck in Combat; Lucky Shot
Luck Rolls when concerning Attack rolls
act a bit differently than they do with other skill
Checks. These are special circumstances, that even
the playing field from White Hat to Black Hat.
Bad Luck: A Bad Luck Roll when making
an attack usually involves your gun jamming, or a
weapon slipping from your hand when going for a
swing. This usually hinders the Hat, rather than
benefiting a Target.
22 Nose Stunned (Losses nose)
23 Throat Bleeding (Permanent scar)
24 Left Ear Deafened 3 Rounds (loses ear)
After rolling on the chart, the Target does
not Soak any Damage dealt from the weapon used,
and must make 2 Luck Rolls. If both rolls are
failed, they suffer the effect within the parenthesis,
if any. When a hand, leg, arm, etc. is lost it does not
necessarily mean that it is physically lost, but the
use of it is, and it cannot be healed by conventional
or basic magical means. These types of wounds
cannot be healed aside from a Regeneration,
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 Chapter 14: Magic Items, Gadgets & Potions
Throughout the land are scattered magical
and mechanical items that a Hat could find, or
perhaps make for themselves. Of course as they
are quire abundant, they are also regulated. Any
sort of shop that wishes to sell such trinkets and
oddities must have a license from the governing
body to do so. This license varies from a few
hundred Silver to a few thousand, depending on
how many shops are currently in the area; more
shops, more expensive license.
Scrolls: Magic, Blueprints & Formulae
Magic Scrolls, Blueprints and Formulae are
very expensive things, and are all referred to as
Scrolls. Someone who has the Talent Scribe Scroll,
Mock Up, or Chemical Decipher, may transcribe a
Spell that they know as a Scroll pertaining to the
Talent at the cost of double the exp cost in Silver.
This cost is just what it costs them, in paper, inks,
supplies, testings, etc. In addition it takes time, 1
hour per Tier of the Spell, Cantrips taking half an
hour.
Places that sell Scrolls will often charge up
to double what it cost them to make it and will
usually purchase for a quarter of it's crafting value.
Not to mention that higher tier scrolls are
extremely regulated and difficult to find.
Magic Items & Gadgets
A Hat can only have so many magical or
mechanical items before their natural generating
field begins to conflict with each other. These are
described as Item Slots for a Hat. A Hat has the
following Item Slots: Head, Eyes, Ears, Neck, Body,
Cloak, Gloves/Arms, 4 Ring, Belt, and Boots.
Weapons, Staves, Wands, Potions, and Misc., do not
fill Slots. If a type of item takes a Slot but the Slot
Type can vary, it will simply list Slot.
Unless otherwise stated, Magic Items do
not require Backlash Rolls or Concentration.
All Magic Items have a Bulk matching their
non-magical counterparts, unless otherwise stated.
If a Magic Item does not have an obvious Object,
you may treat it as a Bulk 0 Object. All Magic Items
also have 50 HP and a Hardness of 10 if it is not
listed in their description.
Magic Items have their own type of
classification. You have Common, Rare, Grand, and
Artifacts. A rough market pricing for Magical
Items, which may vary at Storyteller discretion:
Common Magic Item are 250 Silver.
Rare Magic Items are 500 Silver.
Grand Magic Items are 1,000 Silver.
Artifact Magic Items are 10,000 Silver
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Magic Items that give the user Talents do
not allow you to purchase Talents that require that
Talent.
In addition, there are Gadgets, which are
far more complicated because they must be made
by an Artificer who has the Talent Magic
Schmagic. A Gadget will only function
mechanically differently than it's Magical
counterpart by the fact it needs fuel and is more
fragile.
Potions
Any Spell with a range of Touch or Self
are the easiest and most common things to be made
into a potions. Of course, a skilled Alchemist can
use the Brew Potion Talent to turn any Formulae
they know to make them into a potion.
As the Potion increases in Tier, it is
increasingly harder and harder to find as well as
far more expensive. Potion Prices are determined
by the Spell they emulate:
Tier 0 or 1 costs 2 times the exp cost in Silver.
Tier 2 to 4 costs 5 times the exp cost in Silver.
Tier 5 or 6 costs 10 times the exp cost in Silver.
Tier 7 costs 20 times the exp cost in Silver.
Tier 8 costs 50 times the exp cost in Silver.
Tier 9 costs 100 times the exp cost in Silver.
Enchanting Weapons
Getting a weapon enchanted, or finding an
enchanted weapon is a different type of magical
item that doesn't quite fit in the other categories. A
rough market pricing for Enchanting Weapons, but
these may vary at Storyteller discretion:
+1 Weapon: 500 Silver
+2 Weapon: 400 Silver
+3 Weapon: 400 Silver
+4 Weapon: 700 Silver
+5 Weapon: 1,500 Silver
Weapons must be enchanted in order. You can't
take a +1 weapon to a +3, you must first get
enchanted to +2. More information on enchanting
Weapons is listed under the Wizard Tree.
 Identifying
The easiest and simplest way to Identify
something is to use the Spell Identify. However,
that is not always an option. Identifying an Item
takes 1 Hour and can be done over a Short Rest,
and requires a Check as determined by the type.
Scroll: Someone without the Talent Scribe
Scroll must make a DC 10+Tier Occult Check to
Identify a Scroll.
Blueprint: Someone without the Talent
Mock Up must make a DC 10+Tier Engineering
Check to Identify a Blueprint.
Formulae: Someone without the Talent
Chemical Decipher must make a DC 10+Tier
Medicine Check to Identify a Formulae.
Potion: A Non-Alchemist must make a DC
10+Tier Medicine Check to Identify a Potion to
Identify a Potion.
Item: Identifying a Magical Item requires a
DC 12+(Twice Grade Value) Occult Check.
Alternatively, the magical properties can be
determined with a DC 15+(Tier, or Twice Grade
Value) Appraise Checks.
Charges/Uses: Some Magic Items have
Charges or Uses, while Gadgets will have Fuel. A
Magical Item will either recharge itself at Midnight,
or some other time, require some specific Action in
order to regain Charges, or simply cease to function
when it runs out. The amount of Charges or Uses
and whether they can be recharged will be
described in the items description. Alternatively,
Gadgets have Fuel, which must be recharged in a
specific way determined by what type of Fuel they
need. In other Realms where time is different,
Charges and Uses refresh every 24 hours.
Broken: A Broken Magic Item is a very
dangerous thing. While being sturdier than regular
Objects, they can still be broken, and they can be
repaired, but the type of repair needs to be magical
in order to truly restore its magical capabilities.
When a Magic Item is Broken, it
completely ceases to function. If the Item has
Charges, all Charges remaining go off at once.
A Magic Item that is repaired by non-
magical means can be used, but a successful Luck
Check must be made. If this Check fails, then the
Item breaks once again.

Using Magic Items & Gadgets

A Magic Item and all Gadgets have an
Activation Method; these methods are Always
Active, Activation, and Command Word. Items that
have an Activation or Command Word often also
have Charges or Uses, which is how many times
they can be activated. And of course, Magic Items
can be Broken just like other Objects.
Always Active: This Magical Device is
Always Active, meaning that as long as it is worn
or held its magical effect is happening. Gadgets
cannot be Always Active. A Magic Item that does
not describe how it is Activated can be assumed to
be Always Active.
Activation: A Magical Device or Gadget that
has an Activation means that there is a certain
thing that needs to be done with the Object, such as
moving it a certain way, throwing it, twisting or
turning something, or pressing a button.
Command Word: When it comes to Magic
Items and Gadgets with Command Words, they
Activate only when a specific word or phrase is
spoken by the User. This word or phrase is decided
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 Common Magic Items Marble Marble
Orb of Shielding
A Hot Dress Periapt of Wound Closure
A Very Real Fake Beard Poisoner's Jacket
Alarm Bells Portable Knocker
Assisting Gloves Powdered Darkness
Bag of Holding Priest's Gloves
Bandages of Recovery Prismatic Spectacles
Bane of Trees Protective Chalk
Billowing Cloak Rat Flute
Book of Boundless Knowledge Resplendent Uniform
Boots of Striding and Springing Ring of Climbing
Bracers of Archery Ring of Countering
Brawler Gloves Ring of Crafting
Bubble Pipe Ring of Dodging
Burglar's Boots Ring of Jumping
Burglar's Buckler Ring of Mage Hand
Burglar's Gloves Ring of Saving Grace
Burglar's Mask Ring of Shielding
Cap of Knowledge Ring of Swimming
Cape of Gliding Ring of Table
Challenger's Gloves Ring of Water Breathing
Choker of the Fae Ring of Water Walking
Circlet of Magic Robe of Blending
Cloak of Shielding Robe of Needles
Coin Brush Robe of String
Collapsing Pole Rod of Extinguishing
Colored Lantern Rod of Grounding
Commanding Gloves Rod of Light
Concealing Pocket Rope of Climbing
Dancer's Bangles Runner's Shirt
Dancer's Slippers Secure Belt
Dancer's Veil Sending Parchment
Darksight Goggles Sensational Bandolier
Deadshot Vest Shadow Belt
Deep Quiver Shifting Symbol
Detecting Spectacles Shining Weapon
Duelists Gloves Skill Items
Dust of Illusion Slippery Armor
Elven Boots Spell Coins
Elven Chain Spell Staff
Equestrian Belt Spell Wand
Escape Ladder Staff of Music
Escape Vest Surgeons Coat
Floating Candles Sword With Your Name on It
Fog Horn Tool Vest
Friendship Bracelets Toughened Spellbook
Gambler's Dice Tumblers Belt
Glove of Applause Unbreakable Arrow
Grand Instrument Vaguely Sword Shaped Stick
Gritty Amulet Wand of Wanding
Gunslinger's Poncho Weasel Belt
Hand of a Mage
Hat of All the Hats
Illusionary Weapon
Invisible Ink
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 Rare Magic Items Mithral Weapon
Mug of a Drunk
Ability Increase Mug of Infinite Water
Amulet of Armoring Mug of Sobriety
Amulet of the Deathless Phenomenal Pigments
Armor of Speed Pocket Zipper
Bag of Lizards Poisoner's Gloves
Bag of Spices Prismatic Armor
Bird Whistle Puppetry Limb
Bleeding Weapon Ring of Elemental Resistance
Boots of Flight Ring of Invisibility
Boots of Hovering Robe of Eyes
Boots of Running Rod of Countering
Boots of Speed Rod of Dispelling
Bracelet of Mercy Rod of Silence
Brawler's Bracers Rod of Storage
Broach of Glamour Sash of Flowing Water
Broom of Flying Sash of Wood/Iron
Caltrop Boots Shadow Armor
Canteen of Endless Water Shapechange Weapon
Catching Cape Shield of Dragons Breath
Champions Armor Skill Items
Charm Bracelet Sleepless Amulet
Choromagnetic Rod Snipers Spectacles
Circlet of Souls Spell Coins
Cloak of Human Guise Spell Staff
Coin of Certainty Spell Wand
Crystal Ball Staff of Souls
Cube of the Realms Stained Blouse
Dancer's Corset Throwers Belt
Dancing Weapon Training Weapon
Deadly Weapon Twilight Weapon
Deathless Armor Vigilant Armor
Engineer's Gloves Warped Weapon
Featherweight Umbrella
Foldable Tower
Fortress Shield
Garment Sleeves
Gem of Seeing
Giants Chef Knife
Gunman's Duster
Hat of Disguise
Helm of Fear
Horseshoes of Battering
Horseshoes of Speed
Horseshoes of the Pegasus
Immovable Rod
Impervious Armor
Lantern of Healing
Last Chance Hourglass
Lightning Javelin
Living Shield
Magical Top Hat
Magicians Hat
Mirror of Scrying
Mirrored Armor
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 Grand Magic Items
Ability Increase
Animated Portrait
Boots of the Cat
Charlatan's Cape
Cloak of Invisibility
Crown of Blades
Everlasting Floating Candle
Flying Carpet
Fountain Pen of Literacy
Goggles of Seeing
Head of the Wolf
Indestructible Armor
Insistent Doorknocker
Invincible Armor
Mask of Dreams
Portable Hole
Purple Gem Eye
Ring of Anti-Magic
Rings of Resistance
Rod of Resurrection
Silver Pouch
Skill Items
Spell Coins
Spell Staff
Spell Wand
Talking Skull

Artifact Magic Items

Ability Increase
Chaos Emerald
Crown of the Gods
Gauntlet of Mastery
Gems of Mastery
Luck Blade
Mystic Chess Pieces
Painted World
Ring of Regeneration
Ring of Telekinesis
Ringmaster's Saddle
Ruby Boots
Shield of Magic Deflection
Skill Items
Spell Coins
Spell Staff
Spell Wand
Titanic Hammer
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 A Hot Dress
Common Body.
A striking red dress that flows and swooshes with
even the tiniest of movements. The wearer of this
dress gains a +1 Bonus to Perform. Additionally, all
Fire Damage done by Dance Performances is
increased by 1.
A Very Real Fake Beard
Common Misc.
This item appears to be a poorly made fake beard,
however when put on it appears as a very real
beard. The beard is shaped to whatever the wearer
wants, and cannot be removed by anyone except
the wearer. Alternatively, the beard may be shaved
off, which destroys the magic properties of the
item.
Ability Increase
Rare/Grand/Artifact Slot.
This item gives a Bonus to a specific Ability. This
Bonus varies from what grade the Magic Item is:
Rare; +1 Bonus, Grand; +2 Bonus, and Artifact; +3
Bonus. This item can be something that occupies
any Slot, but you cannot have more than 2 Items
that give a magical Ability Bonus, and these
Bonuses do not stack with other Ability increase
Items.
Alarm Bells
Common Misc.
A pair of small silver bells that are normally
silent, until they are placed. When one bell is held
against something and the Command Word is
spoken, the bell will harmlessly cling to what it is
against. The second bell is setup in an identical
manner, as long as the other position is within 10ft
of the original. If anything of size Small or larger
moves between the bells they ring out loudly for 1
Minute, or until the command word is spoken.
Speaking the command word before crossing
between them causes them to not trigger, and they
may be retrieved in the same way they were
placed. Additionally, if the bells are attached to
something that can move, the bells will also trigger
if one is moved more than 10ft away from the
other.
Amulet of Armoring
Rare Neck.
This silvery amulet increases the wearers Dodge
by 2, however it does not function if the user is
wearing Armor.
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Amulet of the Deathless
Rare Neck.
Once per day if the wearer is reduced to 0 Wounds,
they are instead put at 1.
Animated Portrait
Grand Misc.
A phenomenally realistic painting of a person or
critter that acts and moves just like the real thing.
This Item is 2 Bulk, but may be rolled up or folded
to be only 1 Bulk. The figure knows only knows
what it's subject knew at the time of being painted,
and things that it has seen with it's own eyes. To
make an Animated Portrait, the subject must be
within 30ft of the artist, who must use 10 Uses of
Phenomenal Pigments and make a Crafting Check.
Only Portraits of Good or higher Quality can be
conversed with. An Animated Portrait has a
Hardness of 2, and takes triple Damage from all
Elements.
Armor of Speed
Rare Body.
This enchantment can apply to any type of Armor.
The user gains a +2 to Initiative.
Assisting Gloves
Common Gloves.
This pair of ornately embroidered gloves are made
to assist their user in tasks. As a Bonus Action the
user may clap and cause the gloves to leap from
their hands and perform the Help Action for the
user for 1 Minute, giving them a +1 Bonus to Skill
Checks. Assisting Gloves may only be used once
per day, and their use resets at Midnight.
Bag of Holding
Common Misc.
This appears as a regular sack, though it shows
magical properties. It is a 2 Bulk Bag that can
magically hold up to 15 Bulk worth of stuff. An
Action must be used to pull an item out of the Bag,
but you must know the contents of the Bag in order
to pull it out. Alternatively, you may spend a Minor
Action when attempting to pull out an Item, but
must succeed at a Luck Check in order to get the
item you wanted. There is no air in the Bag, and
anything organic does not rot, and metals will not
oxidize. If the bag is turned inside out, everything
inside spills out harmlessly. If a Bag of Holding is
placed within a Bag of Holding, a Bag of Devouring,
or a Portable Hole, all of both Objects contents are
scattered throughout the Astral Realm and the Bag
and what it was placed into are destroyed.
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 Bag of Lizards
Rare Misc.
Once per day the owner may pull out 2d12 lizards.
This refreshes at Midnight.
Bag of Spices
Rare Misc.
This pouch may be used twice a day to pull out the
perfect spices to apply to a meal.
Bandages of Recovery
Common Body.
These Bandages may be worn under armor and
clothing. When the user would regain Wounds,
they regain 1 Additional Wound. If these Wounds
would be from a Short of Long Rest they regain
double the amount of Wounds.
Bane of Trees
Common Wood Axe.
This Magical Wood Axe was made to fell the
mightiest of trees. When wielding this Wood Axe
you may cut through 5 feet tree thickness per
minute instead of 1.
Billowing Cloak
Common Cloak.
This cloak or cape magically billows constantly as
if brushed by a light breeze. If a command word is
spoken, the wearer can either increase the strength
of the “breeze” or stop it.
Bird Whistle
Rare Misc.
A small whistle that summons nearby birds. Twice
a day you may make a request to one of the birds
summoned by the whistle, but the request must be
one that the bird is capable of. Once a week you
may make a request to all birds summoned. Bird
adjacent things that are intelligent may make a DC
10 Willpower save to resist the effect.
Bleeding Weapon
Rare Slashing Weapon.
This enchantment can only be attached to a
weapon that does Slashing Damage. When a Target
is Hit, if the die total is over 20, the Target gains the
Bleeding Condition. Bleeding Conditions stack.
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Book of Boundless Knowledge
Common Misc.
This book is stuffed with knowledge on every
subject imaginable. Someone who spends 1 minute
skimming through the book may gain a +2 Bonus to
the roll of a Skill Check or Crafting Check.
Alternatively this Bonus is a +3 if it is a Knowledge
Skill.
Boots of Flight
Rare Boots
Large boots with wing designs on the outer sides.
As an Action the user may click their heels
together and gain a Fly Speed equal to their
Movement Speed. The wearer may click their
heels together again as a Free Action to deactivate
the Boots. The Boots can be activated a total of 3
times, for an overall of 10 Minutes in a day, and this
time resets at Midnight.
Boots of Hovering
Rare Boots.
Large boots with metallic soles. The wearer is
treated as having the Elven Talent Light Footed,
never leaves footprints, and does not trigger
pressure sensitive traps they walk over, as these
boots allow the wearer to hover about an inch
above the ground. Additionally, the wearer may
move 10ft over open air, across gaps, or over liquids
as if they were ground before falling or sinking in.
It takes an additional 5ft to begin any movement
and the wearer also slides an additional 5ft after
they stop moving. Getting up from being Prone
costs an extra 5ft of movement. If the wearer must
come to a complete stop quickly, they must make
an Acrobatics Check, DC is how far they moved,
Failing this Check causes them to slide an
additional 5ft from where they wanted to stop. Any
failed Luck Checks involving movement end with
the wearer falling Prone. If the wearer is Shoved,
they are Shoved twice as far.
Boots of Running
Rare Boots.
A pair of boots with a horseshoe design above the
heel. These Boots can be Activated by using a
Minor Action to click the heels together. When
active, the wearer gains an additional 30ft to the
Movement Speed. Additionally, when a Target
would get an Attack of Opportunity against the
wearer while the boots are active, they receive a -5
To Hit. The wearer may click their heels together
again as a Free Action to deactivate the Boots. The
Boots can be activated a total of 3 times, for an
overall of 10 Minutes in a day, and this time resets
at Midnight.
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Rare Boots.
Rather tight boots with a lightning bolt design on
the outer sides. The user gains a +2 to Initiative,
and gains an additional 10ft to the Movement
Speed.
Boots of Striding and Springing
Common Boots.
A pair of boots with a spring depicted on the back
above the heels. The user of these boots doubles
their jumping distance, and gains an additional 10ft
to the Movement Speed.
Boots of the Cat
Grand Boots.
A pair of boots covered in cat paw designs. The
always lands on their feet, and cannot become
Prone due to Falling. Additionally all Fall Damage
halved, rounded down to a minimum of 0. Any
Check that requires the user to balance or prevent
themselves from falling prone, such as a slippery
surfaces or being tripped, is done so with a +5
Bonus.
Bracelet of Mercy
Rare Arms.
This golden bracelet is designed to look like an
olive branch wrapped loosely around the wrist.
This Bracelet may be used as a Holy Symbol. The
wearer is counted as having the Talent Chosen
Healer. If they have they Talent they may double
their Spirit score when calculating Healing Points.
Any Spirit Spell used to help a Target that is not a
member of your Posse doubles in effect. If the user
heals a Target who is Hostile towards the Posse for
more than half of their total Wounds, that Target's
temperament becomes Indifferent.
Bracers of Archery
Common Arms.
A set of leather bracers meant for those that use
Ranged Attacks, imprinted with a bow and several
arrows. The user gains a +2 Bonus to all Ranged
Attacks.
Brawler Gloves
Common Gloves.
A pair of fingerless leather gloves, with brass studs
over the knuckles. If the user does not have the
Talent Boxing, they are considered to have it. If
they have they Talent they gain a +1 Damage Bonus
to Unarmed Attacks.
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Brawler's Bracers
Rare Arms.
A set of thick leather bracers with brass plates on
the upper part of their forearms. If the user does
not have the Talent Redirect, they are considered
to have it. If they have they Talent they may treat
Redirect as one Level higher than the level they
currently have. If they already have Redirect Level
3, they gain a third use of Redirect that does not
use their reaction.
Broach of Glamour
Rare Neck.
Twice a day can completely clean and repair your
outfit, do your hair, and makeup. Cannot repair
armors made of metal. This items use recharges at
Midnight.
Broom of Flying
Rare Misc.
An odd Broom, given life and the ability to fly. The
Broom has a fly speed of 40ft, and can hold up to
13 Bulk of rider and their equipment. If two people
attempt to ride on the Broom, it will attempt to
protest and can only fly at a speed of 15ft. There is
not enough room on the Broom for more than 2
people. The Broom does not like others, and will
only allow those who it is Friendly towards to ride
it. Animal Handling Checks are required to get on
the Broom's good side. Attempts to ride it made by a
Target that the Broom does not know or does not
like may cause the Broom to attack if there are no
Targets nearby that it does like, and it will refuse to
fly, even if threatened, although it may be
Intimidated. The Broom understands all languages,
and any insults or strikes aimed at it will not be
forgotten. The Broom will hold grudges. On the
opposite spectrum, compliments or affectionate
interactions will when making Handle Animal
Checks will improve it's opinion. The Broom, if
bored or asked politely, will perform the functions
of a regular Broom, but will get into mischief if left
alone too long. The Broom makes Attacks at a +3,
and deals 4 Bludgeoning Damage on a Hit.
Bubble Pipe
Common Misc.
This magical pipe can be used as normal, however
if the user so desires they may blow into the pipe
and create bubbles in any shape the desire, as long
as they are smaller than 1ft in any direction.
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 Burglar's Boots
Common Boots.
These black leather boots have extra cushions on
the bottom. The user's footsteps make no noise, and
give them a +2 Bonus on Stealth Checks.
Burglar's Buckler
Common Buckler.
A Buckler wrapped in a black cloth. This Buckler
is a magical container in addition to being a regular
Buckler, with the following items: A Crowbar,
Lockpicks, and a roll of Twine. These items can
only be found by the user when the Buckler is
worn. The Buckler cannot hold any other Objects,
and the Objects that it contains do not count for
Bulk.
Burglar's Gloves
Common Boots.
These black leather gloves have a design of
lockpicks on the palms. The user gains a +2 Bonus
to Sleight of Hands Checks.
Burglar's Mask
Common Eyes.
A black painted Mask. This item not only grants
the user the effects of wearing a Mask, it also gives
the wearer Darkvision.
Caltrop Boots
Common Boots.
A seemingly normal pair of boots with a hidden
space within them. These boots can be loaded with
either Caltrops or Ball Bearings, filled as an Action.
These Boots can be Activated by using a Minor
Action to click the heels together, and immediately
cover the square the user is standing in with
whatever is loaded. The boots also make the user
unaffected by Caltrops and Ball Bearings.
Canteen of Endless Water
Rare Misc.
This appears as an ordinary ragged Canteen.
However it is never empty, and actually connected
to the Realm of Water, allowing it to continue to
pour out water indefinitely.
Cap of Knowledge
Common Head.
An odd checkered flat cap that grants the wearer +1
Bonus to all Knowledge Checks.
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Cape of Gliding
Common Cloak.
A short cape that looks like a large feather. Once
per day if the wearer falls more than 10ft, the Cape
activates and casts Feather Fall on the wearer.
However they fall at a rate of 30ft rather than 60ft,
and can move in any direction 30ft as they fall, but
they cannot gain height. This items use recharges at
Midnight.
Catching Cape
Rare Cloak.
A wispy blue cape that has a net like pattern in
black thread. Three times per day, as a Reaction,
the wearer of this Cape may catch anything that is
thrown or fired at them. This items use recharges
at Midnight.
Challenger's Gloves
Common Gloves.
These gloves have a crossed sword design on the
back of the hand. As an Action the wearer may
declare a Target that is within 60ft of them that
they can see and throw a glove in their direction.
The Target may make a DC 15 Willpower Save, if
they fail they are compelled to dual with the
wearer and become unable to Attack anyone else
until the glove is retrieved by the wearer or the
wearer, or Target, is Downed.
Champions Armor
Rare Armor.
This Armor depicts a crowd cheering for a fighter
who is surrounded by defeated foes. Whenever the
wearer of this Armor Downs a Target they regain 2
Wounds and their next Attack receives a +2 Bonus
To Hit.
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Artifact Misc.
This Bulk 1 fist sized Emerald throbs and crackles
with chaotic magical energy. As an Action the user
of the Emerald may raise it into the air and use the
Command Word, they then roll 1d12 and cause one
of the following Spells to be cast, with the Origin
Point centered on the users square:
1. Hallucinatory Terrain (Terrain appearance is
decided by Storyteller)
2. Darkness
3. Daylight
4. Pyrotechnics (Effects all fire sources within
60ft)
5. Gust of Wind (In the direction user is looking)
6. Confusion (All Targets within 30ft for 1min)
7. Haste (All Targets within 30ft for 1min)
8. Slow (All Targets within 30ft for 1min)
9. Levitate (All Targets and Objects within 30ft, all
Targets may control their own movement)
10. Fog Cloud
11. Globe of Invulnerability
12. Anti-tech and Anti-magic Field (They are cast
simultaneously and do not interfere with each
other)
All of these casts do not require the user to
Concentrate on them, and last for their listed
duration. The emerald can be used 3 times per day,
however rolling an 11 or 12 will burn all 3 Charges,
and if the Emerald has less than 3 when these are
rolled the user must re-roll. The Emerald may be
used as a Spell Focus. This item recharges at
Midnight.
Charlatan's Cape
Grand Cloak.
This red velvet colored cape is decorated with gold
designs of odd masked harlequins. As an Action
the wearer may speak the Command Word and
teleport up to 400ft. This Cape may be activated 3
times per day, and recharges at Midnight.
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Charm Bracelet
Rare Arm.
This thin gold chain is decorated with different
little charms, allowing the wearer to do different
things. The Charm Bracelet has 1d12 of a specific
Charm, rolling for each Charms amount separately.
A Charm may be activated by spending a Minor
Action to speak a Command Word and pull one of
the charms off. When a charm is used, it dissipates
into dust.
Balloon. Allows the user to cast Featherfall or
Levitate.
Bow. Gives the user a +5 To Hit for that turn.
Box. User may cast Hold Target.
Clover. Allows the User to make their next roll a
Luck Roll.
Dove. All Targets within 30ft that are Hostile are
now Indifferent.
Heart. One Target has their temperament
immediately changed to Friendly.
Star. Lets the user cast Make Whole on an Object.
When all of the Charms are used, the chain loses
its magical properties.
Choker of the Fae
Common Neck.
This tight fitting choker is made from a green cloth
with the texture of leaves. Any Fae that you come
across has their Temperament raised to Friendly.
Choromagnetic Rod
Rare Rod.
This odd rod made of wood has intricate leaves
carved into it and a button on the side. When the
button is pressed, the next Object the rod touches
attracts leaves within 30ft, and gathers them like a
magnet would gather metal shavings. This includes
rotted leaves, the ashes of leaves, and anything else
that used to be or is similar to leaves. Those leaf-
entities can only be removed by spending 2
Actions to scrape them off, which ends the effect.
These leaves impede the use of the item depending
on how many leaves are gathered, such as
decreasing the effectiveness of a weapon,
increasing the difficulty of moving in armor, or
making a tool impossible to use. The rod has 2
charges and regains these charges at midnight. The
rod is a foot long and 1 Bulk.
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Common Head.
A silver or gold circlet inlaid with gems which
correspond to the type of Magic they effect; Blue
for Arcane, Green for Nature, and Yellow for Spirit.
The wearer gains a +1 Bonus to the corresponding
Magic Skill.
Circlet of Souls
Rare Head.
A circlet made of dark wrought iron, and dotted
with twelve gray gems. When a Target Dies within
30ft of the wearer, one of the gems changes to red.
If the wearer is Downed, and all the gems are red,
they may allow the magic of all the gems to be
released, turning them back to gray, and leaving the
wearer at 1 Wound instead. Once used, the Circlet
cannot empower gems for 24 hours.
Cloak of Human Guise
Common Cloak.
This nondescript gray or brown Cloak allows the
wearer to take on the appearance of a human for
as long as they are wearing it. The human
appearance is static and unique to the individual
wearing it.
Cloak of Invisibility
Rare Cloak.
A thin, light gray cloak. The wearer of this Cloak is
Invisible as long as they are wearing it. If they
would break the Invisibility the Cloak ceases to
function until the next dawn.
Cloak of Shielding
Common Cloak.
A rather normal looking cloak with silver
hemming. Once per day as a Reaction the wearer
may cast the Shield Spell. This items use recharges
at Midnight.
Coin Brush
Common Misc.
Brushing over a Silver coin shows if it is fake by
leaving a black mark.
Coin of Certainty
Rare Misc.
This Silver coin comes in two varieties, Heads or
Tails. If it is Heads, the coin will always land on
Heads, and if it is the Tails variety it will always
land on Tails.
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Collapsing Pole
Common Misc.
This odd silver cylinder hides quite a secret. As an
Action the user may speak the Command Word,
causing the small cylinder to suddenly expand into
a 10-foot pole.
Colored Lantern
Common Misc.
This comes in both Lantern and Lamp varieties
and appears like a simple Lantern or Lamp.
However, when turned on the light it gives off is a
specific color.
Commanding Gloves
Common Gloves.
These dark gray gloves have a shield emblazoned
on the back with impressive cuffs. The wearer of
these gloves gains a +2 Bonus to Leadership.
Concealing Pocket
Common Misc.
This magical pocket is sewn into clothing, pack, or
a satchel/mailbag. The pocket can hold up to 1 Bulk
worth of Bulk 0 Objects. Only the user can find the
Pocket and retrieve items from it.
Crown of Blades
Grand Head.
This silver crown has points depicting swords. As
an Action the wearer may speak the Command
Word, causing one of points to leap off and become
a Dancing Weapon, specifically a Longsword. This
Dancing Longsword lasts for 1min before returning
to the Crown. The Crown has 3 Charges, and they
may be activated simultaneously. This item
recharges at Midnight.
Crown of the Gods
Artifact Head.
A golden crown with depictions of the Gods
symbols adoring it. This item may be used as a
Holy Symbol. The wearer of this crown doubles
any Bonus they receive from a God for being a
Priest or Crusader. Additionally, this crown may be
used to cast Miracle once a year.
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Rare Misc.
A 2 Bulk translucent orb made of some sort of
unknown crystal. This Item has 12 Charges that
may be spent to cast the following Spells:
0 Charges; Detect Magic
0 Charges; Know Direction
1 Charge; Find Traps
1 Charge; Identify
2 Charges; Locate
2 Charges; Sending
3 Charges; Guiding Star
5 Charges; Scry
The orb regains 1D12 Charges at Midnight. These
Spells require Concentration as normal, but the
user does not need to make a Backlash Check to
use the Orb. This orb may be used as a Spell Focus.
Cube of the Realms
Rare Misc.
This 1 bulk cube has depictions of different
Realms, as decided by the Storyteller. One side
depicts the Central Realm, while the other 5 have
the depictions of either the Gods, Hell, Knowledge,
Air, Fire, Earth, Water, Astral or Fae Realm. The
user may activate one of the sides as an Action,
sending all those willing within 30ft of the user to
be transported to that Realm. The location in that
Realm can be a specific location, or just a random
place, as decided by the Storyteller. The same goes
with the one leading back to the Central Realm, it
either puts them where they were, to a specific
location, or a random location, as determined by
the Storyteller.
Cubic Puzzle Box
Grand Misc.
This small box has intricate symbols and pictures
carved into it that can be moved and shifted. There
are a total of 8 puzzles on the box, each one
requiring a DC 20 Investigation Check in order to
solve. Someone who has solved one puzzle can
solve it again without needing to make a check.
When a puzzle is Solved it allows the person who
solved it to put an Object up to Bulk 2 into the box,
or to take it out.
Dancer's Bangles
Common Arm.
A set of many golden and shiny bangles that have
intricate designs on them. The wearer of these
bangles are treated as having the Talent Jingly
Jangly. Additionally, if the wearer already has this
Talent, the Bonus to Perform Checks is increased to
+4.
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Dancer's Corset
Rare Body.
A brightly colored full corset with swirling designs
on it. The wearer of this The wearer of this corset
is treated as having the Talent Flexible and Mobile.
Additionally, if they already have this Talent they
may increase the Bonus to Physical Saves to +3,
and gain 5ft of Movement.
Dancer's Slippers
Common Boots.
A pair of fine slippers meant for those who are
dancing for long periods of time. The wearer
increases their Movement by 5ft, and gain a +1
Bonus to Perform Checks.
Dancer's Veil
Common Head.
A thin veil worn over the nose and mouth. As well
as acting like a Mask, the wearer gains a +2 Bonus
to Persuasion and Deception Checks.
Dancing Weapon
Rare Weapon
The weapon is decorated with ribbons and bells,
and intricate Magic Runes are carved throughout.
By using an Action and speaking the Command
Word you cause the Weapon to spring to life. It
remains active for 1min, or until the user grabs
hold of it. On their turn, the user may spend a
Minor Action to command the Weapon to move
and Attack. The weapon has a Fly Speed of 20ft,
and has a Strength of 2. It's Dodge is 15, a Soak of
2, and if it takes a total of 10 Damage it cannot be
activated again until Midnight.
Darksight Goggles
Common Eyes.
Dark lens goggles with Runes crafted around the
outer edge. Not only do these count as extremely
hard to break Goggles, they also give their wearer
Darkvision.
Deadly Weapon
Rare Weapon.
A +1 weapon carved with dark Runes. A Target
Downed by this weapon gains 2 Bleed Conditions
instead of just one. Additionally a Coup de Grace
performed with this weapon immediately kills the
Target.
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Common Body.
A roughly made vest made of the skin of black
snakes and decorated with rawhide tassels and bits
of animal bones or small skulls. The wearer of this
vest is treated as having the Crack Shot Talent. If
the wearer already has the Crack Shot Talent,
when they Hit they may treat their total as 5
higher when calculating Bonus Damage from
hitting above the Targets Dodge.
Deathless Armor
Rare Armor.
This armor is painted with dark runes. The wearer
of this Armor is not Downed when they hit 0
Wounds, although they still gain the Bleed
Condition.
Deep Quiver
Common Misc.
This quiver has an odd repeating pattern running
from the top to the bottom, getting smaller and
smaller the farther it goes down. This quiver
allows the storing of 10 times the normal amount
of a quiver, though it appears to hold a maximum of
ten. The user may draw any type of arrow or bolt
from the quiver as they would normally.
Detecting Spectacles
Common Eyes.
A pair of violet spectacles with runes etched into
the frame. While acting as spectacles, these glasses
have the added feature of constantly having Detect
Magic active for the wearer.
Duelists Gloves
Common Gloves.
These dark gray gloves have a pair of pistols
emblazoned in gold on the back. The wearer of
these Gloves may treat their Reflex as if it were 1
higher.
Dust of Illusion
Common Misc.
A small container that appears to contain
powdered graphite. The container has 10 Pinches
contained within. As an Action the user may take a
Pinch and cast Disguise Self on themselves or
another Target that is within 5ft.
Elven Boots
Common Boots.
These magical boots allow the wearer to mimic the
Elven Talent Light Footed. The wearer also gains a
+2 to Acrobatics and Stealth rolls.
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Elven Chain
Common Body.
A magical set of Chain Mail made with a special
technique known to Elves. This armor is exactly
the same as regular Chain Mail, but has no penalty
to Stealth. Additionally, there is no Backlash
Penalty when wearing this Advanced Armor,
instead treat every Spell as if it were 1 Tier higher.
Only an Elf with the Blacksmithing Talent can
create this item.
Engineer's Gloves
Rare Gloves
These heavy shoulder length gloves are made to
assist those working on Machines or Gadgets. The
wearer of these gloves may use the Engineer's
Gloves as a Mechanic's Bag. Additionally the
wearer has a +2 to any Engineering Checks.
Equestrian Belt
Common Belt.
A long leather belt with a horseshoe belt buckle.
The wearer of this belt gains a +3 to Ride Checks.
Escape Ladder
Common Misc.
A small miniature ladder that can fit in the palm of
the hand. When the Command Word is spoken, the
ladder can become a real ladder and extend up to
60ft.
Escape Vest
Common Body
This worn out red vest has Runes sewn into the
hem. Once per day, if the wearer is Hit by a Melee
Attack, they may use their Reaction to teleport 15ft
and take no Damage from the Attack.
Everlasting Floating Candle
Grand Misc.
This candle acts identically to a Floating Candle,
but it never goes out. If it is snugged out it will
remain where it is. If it is ever touched, lit or not, it
will slowly float to the ground.
Featherweight Umbrella
Rare Misc.
An Umbrella that allows the user to cast
Featherfall on themselves once per day.
 Floating Candles
Common Misc.
This candle, once lit, will remain floating in the
place it is left, unaffected by gravity. While lit the
candle can be grabbed and moved anywhere,
remaining where it is when it is let go of. When it
burns out its remnants will slowly float to the
ground.
Floating Rock
Grand Misc.
This magical rock defies gravity. The rock can vary
in size and holds an amount of Bulk equal to the
Bulk of the rock.
Flying Carpet
Grand Misc.
A beautiful, immaculate, and sentient, Carpet with
all sorts of colors and designs sewn into it. The
Carpet has a fly speed of 60ft, and can hold up to
35 Bulk of riders and their equipment. There is
enough room to hold 6 Medium Sized people, if too
many people or if it is over it's Bulk limit it will to
protest and can only fly at a speed of 15ft. The
Carpet does not like others, and will only allow
those who it is Friendly towards to ride it. Animal
Handling Checks are required to get on the Carpet's
good side. Attempts to ride it made by a Target that
the Carpet does not know or does not like may
cause the Carpet to attack if there are no Targets
nearby that it does like, even if threatened,
although it may be Intimidated. Sometimes the
Carpet will allow them to ride, but will simply fly
up to several hundred feet and simply drop their
would-be rider. The Carpet understands all
languages, and any insults or strikes aimed at it
will not be forgotten. On the opposite spectrum,
compliments or affectionate interactions will when
making Handle Animal Checks will improve it's
opinion. When it Attacks, the Flying Carpet will
make a Grapple Attack with a +7 Bonus. Once it has
succeeded, the Target of the Grapple will begin
Suffocating as the Carpet squeezes the life out of
them. Alternatively, the Carpet will fly upwards
several hundred feet and drop their victim.
Fog Horn
Common Misc.
A horn made from some odd creature. As an Action
the user may blow into the horn, causing fog to
broil out from the point, casting a 20ft-Square AOE
Fog Cloud with their square being the Center Point.
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Foldable Tower
Rare Misc.
This odd bundle of sticks can, over the course of 10
minutes, by unfolded into a lookout tower. The
tower is quite basic, taking up a 10 by 10 area and
reaching up 30ft. There is a ladder extending to the
top, and a trap door for access to the platform at the
top. The upper platform has a simple railing and a
roof that will protect those in it from rain or snow.
It takes 3 consecutive DC 25 Strength Checks to
knock the tower over. It takes another 10 minutes
to fold the Tower back down.
Fortress Shield
Rare Shield.
This special Shield has the ability to transform
into any type of Shield when the user spends a
Minor Action to speak the command word.
Additionally, when in the form of a Tower Shield,
the shield also covers the square to the left and
right of the user, granting Partial Cover to anyone
in those squares.
Fountain Pen of Literacy
Grand Misc.
This pen does not require ink and allows you to
write in any language, and read anything that has
been written by the pen.
Friendship Bracelets
Common Misc.
This pair of small bracelets is made of interwoven
cloth and string. The wearers of these bracelets
always know the location and condition of the
other.
Gambler's Dice
Common Misc.
A set of dice that appear completely normal.
Whenever you make a Gambling roll, you may re-
roll once. This is considered cheating.
Garment Sleeves
Rare Arms.
These colorful sleeves allow the user to change the
appearance of what they are wearing. As an Action
the wearer may cause their entire outfit to change
into whatever they want.
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 Gauntlet of Mastery
Artifact Gloves.
A large golden gauntlet has eight slots on the back
for gems to be embedded into. Any Gem of Mastery
that is combined into the Gauntlet of Mastery adds
it's effects onto the Gauntlet, but may only have one
of each type of Gem. The Gauntlet can be used as a
Spell Focus. Any Spell cast using the Gauntlet gains
a +2 Bonus to Backlash Checks, all Damage is
increased by 2, and any DC's are increased by 2.
Gems of Mastery
Grand Misc.
These gems come in one of eight varieties, each
tied to a different School of Magic. Gems of
Mastery may be used as Spell Focuses, and if they
are will having the following effects when Spells
are cast using them:
Yellow, Abjuration: All Abjuration Spells have
their Casting Time Halved and Duration doubled,
and you may treat your Magic Skill as 2 higher for
these Spells.
Orange, Conjuration: All Conjuration Spells have
their Casting Time Halved and Duration doubled.
Anything summoned has it's Wounds or HP
increased by 5 and Damage increased by 1.
White, Divination: The Casting Time for all
Divination Spells is halved, any DC's are increased
by 2, Range and any distances are doubled, and a
Target being Scryd receives a -5 to their Save.
Cyan, Enchantment: All Enchantment Spells
Casting Times and Durations are doubled, and DC's
are increased by 2.
Crimson, Evocation: When casting Evocation all
Damage, Range, and AOE's are doubled.
Purple, Illusion: All Illusion Spells Casting Times
and Durations are doubled, and DC's are increased
by 2.
Lime, Necromancy: All Necromancy Spells have
their Healing or Damage doubled.
Gray, Transmutation: All Illusion Spells Casting
Times and Durations are doubled, DC's are
increased by 2, and all amounts and Bonuses are
doubled.
Gem of Seeing
Rare Misc.
A small translucent gem that when held up to the
eye as a Minor Action allows the user to see
Invisible Targets, see the true form of Targets that
are transformed or shapechanged, and secret
passages.
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Giants Chef Knife
Rare Greatsword.
This massive knife is the equivalent of a
Greatsword to a Medium Target. This Knife
magically prepares meat and other foodstuffs as
though a great Chef had prepared them, though it
does not cook them. If a Target is Killed by this
weapon, they are immediately prepared if the
wielder would consider eating them.
Glove of Applause
Common Gloves.
While wearing this glove saying the word Bravo, or
other similar words, causes the sound of applause
to erupt from the surrounding area.
Goggles of Seeing
Grand Eyes.
A simple set of goggles with clear lenses that
allows the user to see Invisible Targets, see the true
form of Targets that are transformed or
shapechanged, and secret passages.
Grand Instrument
Common Instrument.
This item must be an Instrument. Any Perform
Check made with this Instrument gets a +2 Bonus to
this Check.
Gritty Amulet
Common Neck.
The wearer of this Amulet gains 2 Grit for as long
as they are wearing it. Additionally, as a Minor
Action the wearer of this Amulet may sacrifice 1
Grit to regain 2 Wounds, lowering their Grit and
Total Wound count. The wearer regains 1 sacrificed
Grit at Midnight.
Gunman's Duster
Rare Body.
A magical Armored Duster that gives it's wearer a
+2 Bonus to any Firearm Checks. Additionally, the
wearer is treated as if they had Quick Draw 1. If
they already have Quick Draw 1, or any other level
of Quick Draw, they count themselves as having 1
level higher. If they already have Quick Draw 3,
they gain an additional Action in the Surprise
Round as well as a +1 to Initiative.
Gunslinger's Poncho
Common Body.
This magical Poncho gives the wearer a +2 Bonus to
any Firearm Checks.
 Hand of a Mage
Common Neck.
The shriveled hand of a magic user on a chain. The
wearer of this necklace gains a +1 to Backlash
Checks. This may be used as a Spell Focus.
Hat of All the Hats
Common Head.
This magical hat can take on the appearance of any
other hat that the wearer wishes. The wearer must
spend a Minor Action to change the appearance of
the hat.
Hat of Disguise
Rare Head.
This hat allows the wearer to cast Disguise Self on
themselves. The wearer must Concentrate on this
Spell.
Head of the Wolf
Grand Head.
The most revered possession of the Wolf Knights;
the head of a Wolf Mother. The user of this Head
gains Darkvision and is treated as a Wolf Knight,
and is treated as having the Talent Pack Fighting. If
the user is a Wolf Knight, the head will fuse with
their armor, granting them Living Armor Talent if
they do not already have it. For a Wolf Knight, they
are treated as having the Talents Pack Fighting,
Pack Hunting, and Lone Wolf. Any of these Talents
that they already have gain additional +2 To Hit in
their situations.
Helm of Fear
Rare Head.
This sinister helm made of dark metals hides the
wearers face behind a dark shadow, acting as if it
were a mask, and makes the users eyes glow red.
As an Action the user may spend 1 Charge and cast
a DC 14 Cause Fear. The Helm of Fear has 5
Charges and they recharge at Midnight.
Horseshoes of Battering
Rare Horseshoes.
A set of four Horseshoes with reinforcements
around the horses hoof. A horse wearing these
Horseshoes gets a +2 Bonus to Damage.
Horseshoes of Speed
Rare Horseshoes.
A set of four Horseshoes with little lightning bolts
stamped into it. A horse wearing these shoes
doubles it's Speed.
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Horseshoes of the Pegasus
Rare Horseshoes.
A set of four Horseshoes with winged emblems
giving the appearance of the horses hooves having
wings. A horse with these horseshoes can fly at a
speed matching it's Movement Speed, following all
other movement rules but now having the option of
going up and down.
Illusionary Weapon
Common Weapon.
This weapon when inactive is nothing but a handle,
but if a Command Word is used, it turns into the
weapon it was designed to represent. All Damage
dealt by this weapon is Non-Lethal.
Immovable Rod
Rare Rod.
A 2 Bulk, foot long silver rod with a button on the
end. When pressed the rod becomes stuck in place,
even if it would defy gravity by doing so. It can
support up to 100 Bulk, if this limit is exceeded the
Rod turns off. It requires a DC 30 Strength Check to
move the rod 10ft while it is activated. Anyone may
press the button to activate or deactivate the rod.
Impervious Armor
Rare Armor.
This Armor has been magically reinforced and has
it's Soak increased by 1.
Indestructible Armor
Grand Armor.
This armor cannot be destroyed.
Insistent Doorknocker
Grand Misc.
An odd Doorknocker that appears to be a smaller
door. Once per day as an Action the user may place
the Doorknocker against a surface and cast
Passwall to a depth of 30ft. The Doorknockers use
recharges at Midnight.
Invincible Armor
Grand Armor.
This magical Armor halves all Damage dealt to the
wearer after Soak.
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Common Misc.
A small vial of Ink that disappears 10 minutes after
being written. The words on the page can only be
read by effects that would allow someone to see
Invisible things. The vial has enough to write 10
pages.
Lantern of Healing
Rare misc.
The light given by this lantern is soft and warm.
This acts like a regular Lantern, burning oil as it
should. However, when it is lit, all Targets within
the light are healed 1 Wound every 10 Minutes. A
Target cannot go over it's maximum Wound Count.
Last Chance Hourglass
Rare Misc.
A small hourglass filled with red sand. If the user
of this item is Downed, they may activate the
Hourglass as a Reaction. When activated the user
is placed at 1 Wound and all Damage they receive is
temporarily suspended for 1 minute as the sand of
the hourglass runs. Suspended Damage is Soaked
normally and the Damage that would cause the
user to lose Wounds is what is kept track of. At the
end of the minute the user is Downed, putting them
at 0 Wounds, and then takes all suspended Damage.
Any healing done to the user removes suspended
Damage, however all healing is halved.
Lightning Javelin
Rare Javelin.
This magical weapon appears to be an ornate
Dagger at first appearance and has a Bulk of 0
while in this form. When the Command Word is
spoken, it extends into a Javelin. When thrown in
Javelin form it immediately turns into a Lightning
Bolt, traveling in a 120ft-Line. This bolt travels
120ft from you in a direct line, hitting everything in
it's path. It ends if it cannot overcome the HP of an
Object, or reaches its 120ft distance. All Targets in
this line may make a DC 14 Physical Save, taking 4
Lighting Damage if they fail, or half that if they
succeed. Once it reaches the end, or is stopped, it
reverts back into a Javelin.
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Living Shield
Rare Shield.
If the magic words are spoken while holding the
Living Shield it springs to life and defends the one
who awakened it. Awakening the Living Shield is a
Minor Action. It hovers around the awakener,
granting them the Bonus as if they were wearing a
Heavy Shield, they do not need to know how to use
a Shield to gain the Bonus. The Living Shield will
remain awakened for 1 minute, but this may be
extended by spend another Minor Action to speak
the magic words again. The awakening may be
ended at any time if the awakener grabs the Living
Shield. If the Living Shields time is not extended, it
may be caught by anyone within 5ft as a Reaction,
and if no one chooses to grab it, it simply falls.
Living Shield cannot awaken if the user is using
any other Shield.
Luck Blade
Artifact Weapon.
This weapon is imbued with the power of the
Goddess of Luck. It contains 3 Charges. If the user,
or anyone within 10ft of the user, has to make a
Luck Check, the User may use one of the Charges
to have that Check automatically succeed. The
weapon regains all Charges at Midnight.
Magical Top Hat
Rare Head.
Allows the wearer to cast Prestidigitation.
Magicians Hat
Rare Head.
Once per day a rabbit may be pulled out of the hat.
The rabbit summoned is always the same rabbit
and disappears at sunrise, or if it is killed. The
Rabbit may be placed back into the Magicians Hat
at any time, which refreshes its use, allowing the
rabbit to be pulled out again.
Magnetic Gloves
Common Gloves.
A set of Gloves with metal caps over the fingertips.
The wearer of these Gloves may cast Magnetic
Grasp.
Marble Marble
Common Misc.
A small marble made of marble that always tries to
roll North.
 Mask of Dreams
Grand Head and Eyes.
If put on before going to sleep, it allows the wearer
to use the Oracle Talent Glimpse of the Future over
the course of the next day.
Mirror of Scrying
Rare Misc.
A 3 Bulk silver Mirror with intricate Runes and
symbols carved around the side. This Mirror
allows the user to cast Scry.
Mirrored Armor
Grand Armor.
Once per Round as a Reaction this Armor may be
used to deflect a Spell that would hit the wearer. As
part of the deflection, the wearer may choose to
have the Spell be aimed at any other Target. If the
Spell is an AOE, the wearer of the Armor may
choose a new space for the Spell to go off if they
would be hit by it, as if they had cast the Spell,
though the Range is halved.
Mithral Shirt
Rare Body.
A Shirt made from a magic created metal known
as Mithral, this shirt acts as a Breast Plate,
however it is technically not Armor and therefore
is not treated as such. Additionally, the wearer
gains a +1 Bonus to any Saves against Spells.
Mithral Weapon
Rare Weapon.
A Weapon made from a magic created metal
known as Mithral is extremely tough while being
light. A weapon made from Mithral counts as Magic
for overcoming Soak and Resistances.
Additionally, A weapon that does not have the
Heavy or Two-Handed Property gains the Light
Property, and a Weapon that does have the Heavy
or Two-Handed Property loses those Properties,
but this does not mean it also gains the Light
Property.
Mug of a Drunk
Rare Misc.
Much like the Mug of Sobriety, this mug or glass
appears ordinary. However any drink poured into
it becomes alcoholic, but does not taste any
different.
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Mug of Infinite Water
Rare Misc.
This mug or glass appears ordinary. However when
the command word is spoken it fills with water.
Mug of Sobriety
Rare Misc.
This mug or glass appears ordinary. However any
alcoholic drink poured into it becomes non
alcoholic, but does not taste any different.
Mystic Chess Pieces
Artifact Misc.
Scattered throughout the world are mythical little
trinkets known as Mystic Chess Pieces. No one is
quite sure how many sets were made, but putting
together a full board is considered impossible.
Mystic Chess Pieces come in either White Opal or
Obsidian, although they can very rarely be found
in other gemstones. All Mystic Chess Pieces belong
to one of six classes; Pawn, Rook, Knight, Bishop,
Queen, and King. Of the Mystic Chess Pieces,
Pawns are the most common, while Queens and
Kings are the rarest. A Mystic Chess Piece must be
held out in front of a user and have its Command
Words spoken, it will then spring forth and
transform into a particular thing depending on
their type.
Pawn: When the Command Word is
spoken, a Pawn will become a protector for the one
who summoned it, appearing within 10ft of the
user. A Pawn becomes a 15 Wound Goon with 2
Grit, 2 Strength, 2 Agility, a +4 Perception, and +4
Brawl. They are wearing Plate Armor and wielding
a Tower Shield, giving it a total Dodge of 24 and 4
Soak. They have a Movement Speed of 30ft, and
cannot speak. They wield a Longsword, and have a
+6 To Hit, dealing 6 Damage on a Hit. A Pawn takes
its turn Before or After its user. If the user is
within 10ft of the Pawn, they may speak the
Command Word to cause the Pawn to turn back
into a Mythic Chess Piece and leap back into their
hand. A Pawn regains 3 Wounds at Midnight.
When a Pawn dies, they transform back into a
Mystic Chess Piece, cannot be used for 5 Days, and
immediately return to the user if they are within
10ft.
Rook: When the Command Word is
spoken, a Rook will turn into a mighty towering
fortress in front of the user. A Rook becomes a
small Keep, measuring 50ft by 50ft, and reach up
60ft, with a 15ft by 15ft tower on the roof reaching
up an addition 20ft. The walls of the Keep are 5ft
thick, giving a usable space inside of 40ft, and
consists of 6 floors, a basement, a roof, and the
tower. The first floor is a stone area, consisting of
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stairs to the basement, and a room with a staircase.
The second floor is an overlook of the lower floor,
allowing all rooms and corners to be seen from the
second floor. The third floor is a recreation and
mess hall room, including a basic kitchen. Floor 4
is more recreation, as well as storage and an
armory. Floors 5 and 6 are both made of 3 rooms
connected by a hallway to serve as quarters and
barracks. The basement is large and empty, used
for storage, training ground, or medical. The tower
is a plane roofed platform, made for visibility.
While the first floor does not have them, the
second, third and fourth floor have arrow slits, 3 to
each side. The fifth and sixth floors have heavy
shuttered windows, two in each room. When the
Rook is summoned, all those that currently occupy
the space it would take up are harmlessly placed
inside the main room, if they can fit, if they cannot
fit they are instead harmlessly moved out of the
way. If the Rook would not fit in the current area it
cannot be summoned. Everything inside of the
Rook when it is turned back to a Mystic Chess
Piece, everything placed inside remains where it
was, suspended in time, although any living things
are harmlessly placed in the area that it occupied.
The Rook leaves no trace that it was there. A Rook
does not fall due to gravity, but at least 1/8th of the
floor must be on solid ground.
Knight: When the Command Word is
spoken, a Knight will become a gallant Crusader,
riding upon a mighty steed. A Knight becomes a 16
Wound Goon with 2 Grit, 2 Strength, 2 Agility, a +4
Perception, +4 Ride, and +4 Brawl. They are
wearing Plate Armor and a Heavy Shield, giving it
a total Dodge of 22 and 4 Soak. 2 riding upon Bero
quality Horse. They have a Movement Speed of
30ft if knocked from their Horse, and cannot
speak. They wield a Lance, and have a +6 To Hit,
dealing 8 Damage on a Hit. They also have the
following Talents: Presence of Courage, Presence of
Justice, Presence of Resolve. A Knight takes its
turn Before or After its user. If the user is within
10ft of the Knight, they may speak the Command
Word to cause the Knight to turn back into a
Mythic Chess Piece and leap back into their hand.
A Knight regains 3 Wounds at Midnight. When a
Knight dies, they transform back into a Mystic
Chess Piece, cannot be used for 5 Days, and
immediately return to the user if they are within
10ft.
Bishop: When the Command word is
spoken, a Bishop will turn into a holy Priest, to
help those on the side of their user. A Bishop
becomes a 15 Wound Good with 2 Agility, 2
Intuition, a +4 to Perception and a Spirit of +4. They
are wearing Extravagant robes, no Armor or
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Shield, but have a Dodge of 18 and 0 Soak. They
have a Movement Speed of 30ft, and cannot speak.
They have no weapons, but carry a holy symbol of
a God. They have the following Talents: Of the
Cloth, Morning Payer, Holy Symbol, Chosen Healer,
Healing Font, and Divine Grace. Their Healing Font
gives them 17 Healing Points. They have a Lucidity
of 6 and posses the following Spells: Aid, Bless,
Bless Water, Cleanse, Hallow, Heal, Raise Dead,
Remove Curse, and Sanctuary. A Bishop takes its
turn Before or After its user. If the user is within
10ft of the Bishop, they may speak the Command
Word to cause the Bishop to turn back into a
Mythic Chess Piece and leap back into their hand.
A Bishop regains 3 Wounds and 3 Healing Points at
Midnight. When a Bishop dies, they transform
back into a Mystic Chess Piece, cannot be used for
5 Days, and immediately return to the user if they
are within 10ft.
Queen: When the Command Words are
spoken, a Queen turns into an immensely powerful
warrior. A Queen becomes a 20 Wound Goon with
5 Grit, 4 Strength, 2 Agility, a +4 Perception, and +4
Brawl. They are wearing Plate Armor, giving them
a total Dodge of 20 and 2 Soak. They have a
Movement Speed of 40ft, and can speak, mostly to
spit threats and scream insults during battle. They
wield two Greatswords, and have a +8 To Hit,
dealing 10 Damage on a Hit. They also have the
following Talents: Tough as Dirt, Indomitable Will,
Tougher Than Magic, Two's Better than One,
Strong Grip, and Mighty Grip. A Queen takes its
turn Before or After its user. If the user is within
10ft of the Queen, they may speak the Command
Word to cause the Queen to turn back into a
Mythic Chess Piece and leap back into their hand.
A Queen regains 3 Wounds at Midnight. When a
Queen dies, they transform back into a Mystic
Chess Piece, cannot be used for 10 Days, and
immediately return to the user if they are within
10ft.
King: When the Command Words are
spoken, a King turns into an immaculate figure. A
King becomes a 20 Wound Goon with 5 Grit, 2
Strength, 2 Agility, +4 Moxy, a +4 Perception, +4
Brawl, and +6 Performance. They are wearing Plate
Armor, giving them a total Dodge of 20 and 2 Soak.
They have a Movement Speed of 20ft, and can
speak, using words to encourage the allies of his
user and discourage their enemies. They wield a
Greatsword, and have a +6 To Hit, dealing 8 Damage
on a Hit. They also have the following Talents:
Story Magic: Oratory, Song of Life, Magical Tunes,
Tune: Countering, Tune: Inspiring, Tune: Suggesting,
and Spirit of Storytelling. A King takes its turn
Before or After its user. If the user is within 10ft of
the King, they may speak the Command Word to
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Piece and leap back into their hand. A King regains
3 Wounds at Midnight. When a King dies, they
transform back into a Mystic Chess Piece, cannot
be used for 10 Days, and immediately return to the
user if they are within 10ft.
Orb of Shielding
Common Misc.
A 2 Bulk yellow Orb with orange streaks
throughout. This Orb may be used as a Spell Focus.
Once per day the user of this Orb may cast Shield,
this use recharges at Midnight.
Painted World
Artifact Misc.
Another world just inside the frame. Inside is a
living, breathing world that has been created. The
user must spend 1 Action to touch the Painting in
order to enter, the exit appearing behind them as a
large window back to where they had entered. The
exit will disappear if the painting is placed against
a solid surface, rolled up, or folded, trapping all
those within. All things within the painting are
very real to those within, and can be interacted
with as normal. The rules of reality may not be
entirely the same inside the painting.
To make a Painted World requires 200 uses of
Phenomenal Pigment and 5 Painting Checks, the
lowest of which determines the Quality of the
world within. The Painter who creates the world
has 1 mile by 1 mile to work with to design a world
that they wish, which can be expanded by half a
mile in all directions by adding 50 more uses of
Phenomenal Pigment. Any building painted is fully
furnished and things drawn are functional within
the world. Living things are only capable of moving
if the Painting is of Good Quality or higher, and
will go about their lives full well knowing they are
simply a painting although they are quite accepting
of this as they would not exist otherwise.
Periapt of Wound Closure
Common Neck.
A small Periapt in the shape of a blood drop. When
the wearer would take Damage from Bleeding, they
instead take no Damage and lose the Bleeding
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Phenomenal Pigments
Rare Misc.
This set of Paint Pigments comes in little silver
colored jars. The user may make Painting Checks
to produce real Objects with these Pigments. It
costs 1 charge per Bulk for Painting Objects and
takes 10 Minutes per Bulk, the Object also cannot
be magical. The Painting Check also influences the
Quality of the object Painted, and while it appears
and functions as if it were the real Object it is
obviously a painted Object brought to life and is
worth at most 10 Silver. Food or Drink created by
the Pigments is edible and tastes as it should,
however it will looking like you're drinking paint.
Phenomenal Pigments have 50 Charges, and once
all Charges are spent the Pigments lose their
Magical properties.
Pocket Zipper
Rare Misc.
This small zipper can be used on any surface to
create a small pocket space inside that can store up
to 1 Bulk worth of Bulk 0 items. The Zipper cannot
be removed until all items are removed from the
space.
Poisoner's Gloves
Rare Gloves.
A pair of black silk Gloves. Any Poison that the
wearer prepares has it's DC increased by 2.
Additionally, Poison may be applied to the Gloves
and delivered to a Target or onto another substance
without anyone being aware.
Poisoner's Jacket
Common Body.
A very unassuming jacket with lots of straps and
holders on the inside for holding poisons and
potions. Once per turn the wearer may Apply
Poison, or Quaff or retrieve a Potion as a Free
Action. Additionally an Alchemist may create a
Bottle Bomb as a Minor Action.
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Grand Misc.
A thin sheet of black cloth, that when folded up is 1
Bulk. If the sheet is spread out, it covers a 10ft by
10ft area. If the Command Words are then spoken,
the sheet becomes solid and opens a pocket
dimension that is 10ft on each side and goes 30ft
down. If the Command Words are spoken again, the
hole turns to cloth once again. Anything placed in
the hole when it is active remains in the pocket
space. The pocket dimension of a Portable Hole
has air in it, so organic material will rot and metals
will oxidize. It takes 2 Action to spread out or
collect the cloth sheet. A Portable Hole may be
opened on odd surfaces, and when opened all
objects inside will be subject to gravity. A Portable
Hole cannot be activated or deactivated from
inside. A magical weapon that slashes the cloth
causes the portable hole to open and unravel,
spilling out all its contents as it is destroyed.
Otherwise, things will Damage the cloth as if were
simple cloth but it will repair itself at midnight as
long as the largest piece is more than 60% of the
original material. If it cannot repair itself due to
losing too much, everything contained within the
Portable Hole spills out somewhere in the Astral
Realm. If a Portable Hole is placed within a Bag of
Holding, a Bag of Devouring, or a Portable Hole, all
of both Objects contents are scattered throughout
the Astral Realm and the Bag and what it was
placed into are destroyed.
Portable Knocker
Common Misc.
An odd Knocker in the shape of a Key. As an
Action the user may hold the Knocker against a
door and cast the Knock Spell.
Powdered Darkness
Common Misc.
A small jar of what appears to be charcoal. As an
Action the user may pull out a small piece of
charcoal and cast the Darkness Spell. The Jar has
10 Charges and regains 1 Charge at Midnight.
Priest's Gloves
Common Gloves.
A pair of immaculate white Gloves. The wearer is
counted as having the Talent Chosen Healer. If they
have they Talent they may double their Spirit
score when calculating Healing Points.
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Prismatic Armor
Rare Armor.
This Armor shimmers and shines in countless
colors. When the wearer is struck the one who hit
must make a DC 12 Willpower Save, coming under
the effect of Hypnotic Pattern if they fail. This
Hypnotic Pattern only applies to the single Target,
and they are counted as having left the area
immediately.
Prismatic Spectacles
Common Eyes
These spectacles shimmer and shine with moving
swirls. As well as acting as Spectacles, the wearer
may cast a DC 12 Hypnotic Pattern once per day,
this use recharges at Midnight.
Protective Chalk
Common misc.
A yellow piece of chalk with magical effects. This
chalk has 10 Charges, and one charge can be used
to draw a single 5ft line. Once the line has been
drawn, no Target may cross the line, and it is
treated as a solid wall. A line lasts for 24 hours.
Puppetry Limb
Rare Special.
This magical limb replaces one that has been lost,
removing all penalties for having lost the limb as
long as it remains attached.
Purple Gem Eye
Grand Eyes.
This gem must be placed into the socket of a
missing eye in order to function. Not only does this
gem magically restore the sight of the missing eye
and remove the penalties, but also grants a few
other magical abilities. The user has the following
effects always active:
User has Darkvision, but this Darkvision allows
them to see color.
User halves the duration of any Blinding effects.
User gains a +2 to Willpower Saves when seeing
through Illusions.
User gains a +2 to all Sight Perception Checks.
As an Action the user may activate one of the
following effects:
User may cast Detect Magic without rolling for
Backlash.
User may cast Dispel Magic once per day against
an Illusion based Spell, without rolling for
Backlash. This recharges at midnight.
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Common Misc.
A flute that summons all rats that can hear the
sound, who follow the player as long as they
continue to play. Rat adjacent things that are
intelligent may make a DC 10 Willpower save to
resist the effect.
Resplendent Uniform
Common Body.
A Uniform, usually of Military origin, that is
extremely well kept. This Uniform counts as an
Extravagant Outfit. The wearer may, as a Minor
Action, cast Prestidigitation and Mending to clean
and repair the Uniform.
Ring of Anti-Magic
Grand Ring.
This ring creates a small (About a foot in
diameter) field of Anti-Magic. Any magical item
held in the hand that the ring is on ceases to
function, including cursed items. This item is
mostly used by Burglars to get around magical
locks.
Ring of Climbing
Common Ring.
This ring appears to be a loop of Rope made of
gold, and gives the wearer a +5 Bonus to any Climb
Checks.
Ring of Countering
Common Ring.
This ring has a small Rapier or Saber engraved
into a bezel on the front, and gives the wearer a +2
Bonus to any Parry Checks.
Ring of Crafting
Common Ring.
This ring has a variety of small Crafting Tools
engraved into a bezel on the front, and gives the
wearer a +3 Bonus to any Crafting Checks.
Ring of Dodging
Common Ring.
This ring has a small leaf engraved into a bezel on
the front, and gives the wearer a +1 Bonus to Dodge.
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Ring of Elemental Resistance
Rare Ring.
This ring comes in 1 of 7 different varieties, each
type pertaining to a specific Magical Element; Acid,
Cold, Fire, Force, Lightning, Radiant, or Necrotic.
The ring grants the wearer Resistance to the
element it pertains to. Resistances from rings do
not stack.
Ring of Invisibility
Rare Ring.
This golden ring has a translucent crystal
embedded in the front. As an Action the wearer
may cast Invisibility on themselves.
Ring of Jumping
Common Ring.
This ring has a small frog engraved into a bezel on
the front, and doubles the Jump Distance of the
wearer as well as allowing them to fall an extra
10ft without taking Fall Damage.
Ring of Mage Hand
Common Ring.
Allows the user to cast Mage Hand. This allows the
user to have multiple instances of Mage Hand
active, and does not require Concentration as the
Ring is what focuses the Spell.
Ring of Regeneration
Artifact Ring.
A ring made of twisted vines. The wearer regains 1
Wound per Round, and can even regenerate
missing limbs as if from the Regenerate Spell.
Ring of Saving Grace
Common Ring.
This ring has a small swirled cane engraved into a
bezel on the front, and gives the wearer a +1 Bonus
to any Saving Throw.
Ring of Shielding
Common Ring.
This ring has a small Shield engraved into a bezel
on the front. Once per day the wearer of this ring
may cast Shield, this use recharges at Midnight.
Ring of Swimming
Common Ring.
This ring appears to be a fish made of gold, and
gives the wearer a +5 Bonus to any Swim Checks.
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Common Ring.
This odd ring has a small table engraved into a
bezel on the front. As a Minor Action the wearer of
this ring may summon a table that is 8ft by 4ft and
adjacent to the wearer. This Table may be
summoned standing up to provide a solid surface
or on it's side to give cover to the wearer.
Ring of Telekinesis
Artifact Ring.
This ring has a several small stones engraved into
a bezel on the front in a manner that makes them
appear to be floating. This ring has 5 Charges
which are recharged at Midnight. The wearer of
this ring may spend one charge to cast Telekinesis
with a DC of 14. Additionally the wearer may use
more than one Charge to increase the Bulk by 2 or
DC by 1 for every extra Charge spent.
Ring of Water Breathing
Common Ring.
This ring appears to be a fish made of silver, and
allows the wearer to breath in salt or fresh water.
Ring of Water Walking
Common Ring.
This ring has a small pair of sandals engraved into
a bezel on the front, and allows the wearer to walk
on the surface of liquids as if they were solid.
Ringmaster's Saddle
Artifact Saddle.
An extravagant and highly decorated saddle. The
horse and rider that are using this Saddle may
perform any Trick Ride's as if they had the Talent.
Rings of Resistance
Grand Ring.
Much like a Ring of Elemental Resistance, this ring
gives the wearer Resistance to one type of Magical
Element. However, what sets this apart is that the
user may spend a Minor Action to change what
Magical Element they have Resistance to.
Resistances from rings do not stack.
Robe of Blending
Common Body.
This odd colored robe shifts and blends into it's
surroundings. As an Action the wearer may gain a
+10 to Stealth as long as they remain still.
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Robe of Eyes
Rare Body.
A crimson red robe with hundreds of eyes sewn
into it. The wearer gains a +2 to Perception Checks,
and additionally cannot be Surprised.
Robe of Needles
Common Body.
This unassuming robe has quite a few tricks for
those unprepared. Anyone who Grapples the
wearer of this Robe suffers 1 Damage, Unsoakable
by mundane things.
Robe of String
Common Body.
This robe has numerous loose threads. As an
Action the wearer or other Targets may pull 2 feet
of String per Action and 1 foot of String as a Minor
Action. All strings break off when the wearer
wants them to.
Rod of Countering
Rare Rod.
A golden twisted rod with Runes climbing up from
its base. As a Reaction the user of this Rod may
cast Counter Spell with a Magic Skill of 2.
Rod of Dispelling
Rare Rod.
A silver twisted rod with Runes climbing up from
its base. As an Action the user of this Rod may cast
Dispel Magic with a Magic Skill of 2.
Rod of Extinguishing
Common Rod.
A red rod with a button at one end. As an Action
the user may press the button, causing a jet of
white foam to spray out the other side and put out a
square that is on Fire. The button may be held
down and further Actions can be spent putting out
other squares. This Rod has 10 Charges, each
Charge puts out 1 square, and this Rod recharges at
Midnight. The foam is harmless to everything else.
Rod of Grounding
Common Rod.
A large copper Rod with Runes around the top. As
an Action the user may slam the rod into the
ground to Activate it. While Active all sources
within 500ft that deal Lightning Damage are forced
to Target the Rod, completely nullifying any other
effects, unless there is a Target between the
Lightning source and the Rod, in which case that
Target is hit.
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Common Rod.
A very simple Silver Rod, that when Activated
casts the Light Spell on itself.
Rod of Resurrection
Grand Rod.
A Rod made from the gnarled branch of a very old
tree. Once per Quarter Season, as an Action, this
Rod may be used to cast the Spell Resurrection. It's
use recharges at the roll over of a Quarter Season.
Rod of Silence
Rare Rod.
A dull silvery rod, that when Activated casts
Silence focused around the Rod. This Rod may be
used once a day and recharges at Dawn.
Rod of Storage
Rare Rod.
A golden Rod with a small box on the end. As an
Action the user may tap an Object whose Bulk is 10
or less, and cause it to be captured inside the Rod.
The user may spend an Action to cause the Object
to harmlessly appear in front of them, pushing
other things gently out of the way.
Rope of Climbing
Common Misc.
This normal looking rope is constantly under the
effect of the Spell Animate Rope.
Ruby Boots
Artifact Boots.
A pair of shiny ruby red, thigh high leather boots.
If the wearer clicks their heels together, they leave
a yellow path wherever they go. Clicking them
again returns the wearer to the beginning of the
path.
Runner's Shirt
Common Body.
A red button up shirt that has Runes sewn into the
hem. The wearer of this shirt may multiple their
movement by 5 when taking the Run Action.
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Sash of Flowing Water
Rare Belt or Body.
A long blue Sash that can be worn around the waist
or wrapped around the body. If the wearer does not
have the Talent Redirect, they are considered to
have it. If they have they Talent they may treat
Redirect as one Level higher than the level they
currently have. If they already have Redirect Level
3, they gain a third use of Redirect that does not
use their reaction.
Sash of Wood/Iron
Rare Belt.
This sash grants the user Barkskin or Ironskin
depending on the type. The Ironskin's Soak pool
regains 1 point every 10 minutes to its maximum of
10. However, if someone wears the Sash for more
than 3 hours in a 24 hour period, they begin to turn
into wood or iron depending on the Sash. If they
wear the Sash over the 3 hours, and again for
every hour after, they take a -1 to Moxy, as they
find it more difficult to speak and their features
begin to generalize and flatten. After 10 hours the
transformation is permanent whether the Sash is
removed and the effects can only be undone by
Remove Curse, Heal, Miracle or Wish. If the Sash
is removed before it becomes permanent, it takes a
full 24 hours to reverse 1 hour of the effect.
Secure Belt
Common Belt.
A heavy leather belt with latches to attach pouches.
Any attempt to Steal from the wearer receives a -5
penalty.
Sending Parchment
Common Misc.
Ten slips of magical paper, that a message can be
written on and when burned will magically appear
to the Target it is addressed to.
Sensational Bandolier
Common Belt or Body.
This Bandolier is enchanted to allow for it's
wearer to hold onto more bullets. The Bandolier
can hold up to 100 Bullets, and these Bullets do not
add to the wearers Bulk.
Shadow Armor
Rare Armor.
This special armor is covered in dark clothes and
made of a dark metal. These Armors give no
penalty to Stealth Checks, and instead give a +2
Bonus to Stealth.
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Common Belt.
A magical belt made of wispy thin black cloth that
gives the wearer a +2 to Stealth Checks.
Shapechange Weapon
Rare Weapon.
As well as being a magical +1 Weapon, if the
Command Word is spoken, the weapon shifts into
any other type of weapon the user desires.
Shield of Dragons Breath
Rare Medium Shield.
This shields front is emblazoned with one of the
ten types of Dragons. One per day as an Action, the
user may use the Breath Weapon of the type of
Dragon that is on the front. The DC of this Breath
Weapon is 14, and the use recharges at Midnight.
Shield of Magic Deflection
Artifact Medium Shield.
Once per Round as a Reaction this Medium Shield
may be used to deflect a Spell that would hit the
wearer. As part of the deflection, the wearer may
choose to have the Spell be aimed at any other
Target. If the Spell is an AOE, the wearer of the
Shield may choose a new space for the Spell to go
off if they would be hit by it, as if they had cast the
Spell, though the Range is halved.
Shifting Symbol
Common Misc.
This oddity of a Holy Symbol allows the user, as a
Minor Action, to change which Gods symbol it
appears as. This may be used as a Spell Focus, and
gives a +1 to Backlash Checks for Spirit Spells.
Shining Weapon
Common Weapon.
A simple enchantment that makes the weapon,
when drawn, give off light as though it were a
Torch.
Silver Pouch
Grand Misc.
An ordinary looking belt pouch that produces
Silver coins. These coins are not created, but
instead are collected from lost Silver that's
scattered throughout the Realms. The Silver Pouch
generates 2 Silver every sunrise, and can hold a
maximum of 100 Silver. If all the Silver Coins are
removed from the Silver Pouch, the pouch loses it's
magical properties and can no longer gather coins.
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Skill Items
Common/Rare/Grand/Artifact Slot.
This item gives a Bonus to rolls pertaining to a
specific Skill. The amount depends on what Grade
the Item is: Common; +1, Rare; +2, Grand; +3,
Artifact; +4. This item can be something that
occupies any Slot, but you cannot have more than 4
Items that give a magical Skill Bonus, and these
Bonuses do not stack with other Skill increase
Items.
Sleepless Amulet
Rare Neck.
A symbol of an eye on a silver chain. The wearer
of this Amulet does not need to Sleep when taking
a Long Rest and may do similar activities as when
taking a Short Rest.
Slippery Armor
Common Armor
This Armor has an oily or slimy appearance. Any
attempt to Grapple the wearer suffers a -2 Penalty,
and the wearer gains a +2 to escape a Grapple.
Snipers Spectacles
Rare Eyes.
A pair of Spectacles with telescopic attachments.
As well as acting as Spectacles, this item also gives
it's wearer the Distant Shot Talent and acts as a
Scope.
Spell Coins
Common/Rare/Grand/Artifact Misc.
These magical coins are single use items used to
cast a Spell, with a Magic Skill of 4. The Tier of
Spell depends on the Grade of Coin: Common; Tier
0 Spell, Rare; Tier 1 Spell, Grand; Tier 2 Spell,
Artifact; Tier 3 Spell.
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Common/Rare/Grand/Artifact Staff.
Spell Staffs are infused with the capability of
casting Spells. Spells in the Staff are cast at a
2+Grade (Common is +1, Rare is +2, etc.) Magic Skill
and Backlash is rolled as well, any Lucidity
Damage is dealt to the Staff and is not Soaked. The
Tier of Spell the Staff can cast depends on the
Grade of Staff: Common; three Tier 0 or one Tier 1,
Rare; two Tier 1 or one Tier 2, Grand; two Tier 2 or
one Tier 3, Artifact; two Tier 3 or one Tier 4.
A Spell Staff has 50 Charges and recharges 1d12
Charges at Midnight. If a Spell Staff hits 0 Charges
it breaks and loses it's magical property. If a Spell
Staff breaks when it still has Charges, all
remaining Charges are immediately spent casting
the strongest Spell in the Staff. A Spell Staff may
be used as a Spell Focus.
Spell Wand
Common/Rare/Grand/Artifact Wand.
Spell Wands are infused with the capability of
casting Spells. Spells in the Wand are cast at a
2+Grade (Common is +1, Rare is +2, etc.) Magic Skill
and Backlash is rolled as well, any Lucidity
Damage is dealt to the Wand and is not Soaked.
The Tier of Spell the Wand can cast depends on
the Grade of Wand: Common; three Tier 0 or one
Tier 1, Rare; two Tier 1 or one Tier 2, Grand; two
Tier 2 or one Tier 3, Artifact; two Tier 3 or one
Tier 4.
A Spell Wand has 50 Charges and recharges 1d12
Charges at Midnight. If a Spell Wand hits 0 Charges
it breaks and loses it's magical property. If a Spell
Wand breaks when it still has Charges, all
remaining Charges are immediately spent casting
the strongest Spell in the Wand. A Spell Wand may
be used as a Spell Focus.
Staff of Music
Common Staff.
This wooden staff is adorned with musical notes
and what appears to be figures dancing. As an
Action the user may Activate the Staff, which
springs to life and begins to play music. The music
matches any music or dancing that the user is
Performing. The user gains a +1 Bonus to Perform
while the Staff is Active. The Staff will remain
Active for a total time of 1 Hour in a Day and
recharges at Midnight. This Staff may be used as a
Spell Focus.
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Staff of Souls
Rare Staff.
When a Target is Killed within 60ft of this Staff it
gains 1 Charge. As an Action 1 Charge may be spent
to give a Target within 5ft 1 Wound. This Staff may
be used as a Spell Focus.
Stained Blouse
Rare Body.
A beautiful white dress, however it has been
horribly stained. The stains cannot be removed,
and ruin the overall appearance of the wearer not
allowing them to get any Bonus from Talents that
require they have high quality outfits. The dress
grants the wearer a +2 to Deception, Persuasion,
and Performance.
Surgeons Coat
Common Body.
A long white coat used by those in the medical
field, and occasionally by mad scientists. The
wearer of this Coat gains a +2 Bonus to Medicine
Checks.
Sword With Your Name on It
Common Weapon.
This magical weapon deals 2 additional Damage to
a Target whose name is carved into it.
Talking Skull
Grand Misc.
The skull of some humanoid creature enchanted to
remain conscious. The life of the humanoid has
been infused into the skull, and while it seems to
be alive, the skull is nothing but an interactive
book. It knows all that it knew in life, and anything
that has happened to it since.
Throwers Belt
Rare Belt.
Four weapons with the Light and Thrown
Properties can be attached to this Weapon. When
one of the attached Weapons is Thrown it
immediately teleports back to it's position on the
belt after it Hits something. The wearer may
choose as a Free Action to not have the weapon
return.
Titanic Hammer
Artifact Hammer.
This hammer immensely huge Maul is 20 Bulk,
and designed for use by massive beings. However it
also has a secondary effect. Everyone within 1
Mile has a +2 Bonus to Strength, and has a +5 Bonus
to resist any and all Exhaustive effects.
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Common Body. Rare Weapon.
This brown vest allows any Tool Kit to be loaded This weapon ignores any attempts to Block or
into it, and the Tool Kit does not count towards Parry it, and ignores any Bonus granted by Cover
Bulk. 3 Kits may be stored in the vest. or from Shields.

Toughened Spellbook Weasel Belt

Common Misc.
A magically reinforced Spellbook, giving it 50 HP,
10 Soak, immunity to Fire, and water does not
harm it.
Training Weapon
Rare Weapon.
This weapon always does Non-Lethal Damage.
Every time the user Downs a Target with this
weapon they gain 1exp to Brawl.
Tumblers Belt
Common Belt.
A fancy and brightly colored belt. The wearer of
this belt has a +2 to Acrobatic Checks.
Common Belt.
This oddly fuzzy belt made from what appears to
be a weasel. When Prone the wearer does not have
any movement penalties, and other Targets do not
gain any Bonus To Hit against the wearer for him
them being Prone.
Well of Worlds
Artifact Misc.
An odd well that has been infused with Magic. The
well links to another Realm, as decided by the
creator or Storyteller. The location can be chosen
if the creator knows of a spot in the other Realm,
otherwise it is randomly chosen by the Storyteller,
however it always leads to the same place.

Twilight Weapon
Rare Weapon.
This counts as a +1 Weapon. Additionally, during
the Day all Damage dealt is Radiant Damage, and
during Night all Damage is Necrotic.

Unbreakable Arrow
Common Arrow.
While it's name is rather misleading, an
Unbreakable Arrow is near unbreakable due to
having 50 HP and 10 Soak.

Vaguely Sword Shaped Stick

Common Weapon.
A magical stick that acts like a sword, dealing
Damage as if it were real.

Vigilant Armor
Rare Armor.
This Armor is designed to make it easier for the
wearer to react. The wearer gains a +2 to
Awareness, and additionally cannot be Surprised.

Wand of Wanding
Common Wand.
This wand is single use, and creates a Wand of
Wanding within 5ft of the caster. After being cast,
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 Cursed Items
A Cursed Item is probably one of the most
dangerous thing to come across when it comes to
an item. Usually, it is layered under a magical
effect, and Identify does not pick up on curses. A
Cursed Items effect is triggered when it is touched,
unless it states otherwise. A curse can only be
removed if Remove Curse combined with
Permanency, Miracle, or Wish are cast on the item.
Like Magic Items, Cursed Items may be crafted. It
costs 500 Silver to Craft a Cursed Item, or 250
Silver to add a Curse to some other Magical Item
during crafting. Curses cannot be added to Magical
Items that have been completely crafted.
Ability Penalty Item
Cursed Slot.
This appears to be an item that gives a Bonus to an
Ability, however it actually gives a penalty to that
Ability of -1 to -4.
Bad-Luck Blade
Cursed Weapon.
This weapons curse does not show itself until the
user has to make a Luck Check. When they make a
Luck Check while using this weapon, they
immediately gain the Trouble Bad Luck. Even if the
weapon is gotten rid of, the curse remains. This
curse can only effect one Target at a time.
Bag of Devouring
Cursed Misc.
This appears as a regular sack, though it shows
magical properties and if it is Identified, it shows
as a Bag of Holding. In fact, the Bag of Devouring
works exactly like a Bag of Holding, with a few
exceptions. Anything organic, such as plants or
animal products, is eaten by the Bag after 24 hours
and can never be retrieved. This Bag has a very
low intelligence, can understand languages but
cannot speak, and can think to an extent, usually to
lull the user into a false sense of security. At a
random time after a few days of being used, when
it believes that the user is not paying attention, or
vulnerable, it will Bite Down and attempt to eat the
hand of the one using it. If a Luck Roll is ever
failed when attempting to retrieve an item from the
Bag, the Bag Bites Down. If a Bag of Devouring is
placed within a Bag of Holding, a Bag of Devouring,
or a Portable Hole, all of both Objects contents are
scattered throughout the Astral Realm and the Bag
and what it was placed into are destroyed.
Bite Down: The Target must make 2 DC 14 Physical
Saves, that others may Help as a Reaction if they
are within 5ft. If the Target succeeds both, they
take 2 Unsoakable Damage, but suffer no other
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effects. If they Fail 1, they take 1 Unsoakable
Damage, and must make the Saves again. If they
fail both, they take 1 Unsoakable Damage and are
pulled more into the bag, and must make the Saves
again; the pulling begins at the wrist, then goes to
elbow, then to shoulder, then chest, then to waist,
after that they are pulled into the Bag and
Devoured. A successful Luck Check while
attempting to escape the Bag means the Target
escapes unharmed, but a failed Luck Check means
the Bag Chomps, severing their arm at it's current
depth.
Boots of Dancing
Cursed Boots.
These cursed boots disguise themselves as either
other magical boots, or as non-magical boots. They
act like the type of boots they are mimicking, up
until the wearer attempts to use them in combat, or
after a few Rounds have passed. Then the curse
reveals itself, as the wearer is forced to dance, as if
under the Irresistible Dance Spell. The Boots only
activate once per day, and once the curse has been
activated they cannot be removed until Remove
Curse, Miracle, or Wish is cast on them.
Cowardly
Cursed Armor or Shield.
This armor or shield is completely functional up
until its wearer is hurt. If Damage is ever dealt to
the wearer, the Armor or Shield squeals in pain
and spontaneously teleports up to 60ft away from
the source that dealt the Damage, leaving the
wearer where they were. This curse can add itself
onto the effect of other magical Armor and
Shields.
Curse of Belief
Cursed Any.
This item's only magical effect is to convince the
wearer and those who interact with it that it is a
specific magical item, and that any effects it doesn't
manifest just require additional binding, sacrifice,
or goals to be met.
Curse of Wanting
Cursed Any.
This appears as a non-magical item. However upon
contacting it the one who touched it must make a
DC 20 Willpower Save. If they fail this Save, the
Target may not willingly give up the item. This
Save is repeated every Round until the succeed,
growing more obsessed with the item with every
failure. After 3 Failures, Target will become violent
if anyone attempts to take the item from them.
After 5 Failures the Target will attempt to use the
item on themselves, attacking themselves with the
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decreases one level for every hour they are not in
contact with the item.
Dagger of Healing
Cursed Weapon.
This weapon appears to be a +2 weapon if
Identified. What it actually does, is heal more
Damage than it does. The weapon gives (Damage
dealt)+1 Wounds to the Target.
Glowing Rock
Cursed Misc.
This rock shines and sparkles, giving off light as if
it was a torch. It is the only Cursed Item that if
Identified says that it is Cursed. Anyone who sees
the rock is either compelled to take it, or believes
that it is extremely cursed or a trap. A DC 18
Willpower Save must be made upon seeing the
rock for the first time on a given day. Failing the
Check lets the Target know immediately that it is
Cursed. However if the Target fails by 5 or more,
they immediately attempt to retrieve the rock. It is
just a shiny rock.
Hallucinatory
Cursed Ring.
If the wearer has a Phobia, or a member of the
wearers Posse has a Phobia, they catch glimpses of
that Phobia throughout a given day, triggering their
penalty for 1 Minute. The ring only ever effects one
person and prioritizes the wearer. This curse adds
itself on to the effect of other magical Rings.
Mask of Sleep
Cursed Head and Eyes.
This item looks exactly like a Mask of Dreams and
appears to be so if Identify is cast on it. If the
wearer falls asleep with the mask on, or the mask
is put on a sleeping person, they cannot wake up.
They do not age, or need food. The mask can only
be removed by someone else.
Mirror of Trapping
Cursed Misc.
This item appears exactly like a Mirror of Scrying,
however if anyone attempts to use it the become
trapped within it. If there is already someone stuck
within it, their places are swapped. A Target who is
trapped within the Mirror can see and hear outside
and can choose to be seen within the mirror, and
can even communicate with those outside, allowing
them to either warn others or attempt to trick them
into using the Mirror.
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Ominous Duck
Cursed Misc.
This small yellow duck made of rubber chooses it's
victims based on whoever touches it, this person is
now referred to as the Subject. The small yellow
duck may change Subjects any time someone new
touches it, and may have multiple Subjects if it
chooses. When the Subject makes a Perception
Check the Storyteller may add in that they see the
small yellow duck. If the Subject cannot see, they
instead hear a soft quack. The Subject may also
find the small yellow duck while making
Investigation Checks. The small yellow ducks
appearance is always in addition to other things
that the Subject would have gotten from their
Check. Someone who attempts to locate the small
yellow duck on purpose does not find it, even if
they have recently seen it. The small yellow duck
is a Bulk 0 Item with 2 HP, but destroying it will not
prevent it from showing up.
Phantom Phobia
Cursed Neck.
Twice a day, or once a day at the higher Penalty,
the wearer gains a Phobia for 1 Hour related to
something currently happening. This curse adds
itself on to the effect of other magical items that
use the Neck Slot.
Skill Penalty Item
Cursed Slot.
This appears to be an item that gives a Bonus to a
Skill, however it actually gives a penalty to that
Skill of -1 to -4.
The Hot Potato
Cursed Misc.
This 2 Bulk Potato, doesn't rot, is inedible, is as
hard as a rock, and once per day randomly
teleports into the pack, bag or pouch of another
Posse member. If left somewhere, it will teleport
into the pack, bag or pouch of one of the posse
members of the person that touched it last.
Two-Ton Tunic
Cursed Body.
This piece of clothing or armor appears normal
and non-magical. However, if the wearer of this
item is submerged in water, the weight of the
clothing increases dramatically, causing it and the
wearer to sink.
 Unfashionable Hat
Cursed Head.
This hat appears non-magical or attaches itself to
some other magical hat. If worn for more than an
hour, this hat magically messes up your hair, giving
you a -1 to any Moxy based Checks until you have
properly fixed your hair.

Unknottable Rope
Cursed Misc.
This ordinary looking rope gives off no magical
presence. An Unknottable Rope, as its name
suggests, cannot be knotted or tied in any manner.
On rare occasions the rope may be truly malicious,
acting as a normal rope and remain tied for a
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 Chapter 15: Spell Casting
Magic flows through everything, and a few
Hats can manipulate it and use it to their
advantage. But it is not without risks.
Casting
Using magic isn't for everyone, and it can
hurt more than help depending on how things go. In
order to first cast a Spell, you make a Backlash
Check, only after you make this Check do you
actually roll To Hit with a Spell, or force a Saving
Throw, or whatever the effect of the Spell is. A
Backlash Check is not a Skill Check. If you Fail a
Backlash Check, the Spell still goes off, unless you
are knocked Unconscious by the failure, or the
failure was due to a Bad Luck roll. All Spells are
composed of Verbal and Somatic components.
Verbal meaning all Spells have words that must be
spoken. Somatic is a specific hand movement or
gesture that must be made, meaning you need both
hands, and both of them unoccupied, in order to
cast a Spell. With certain Talents, Familiars, Bound
Objects, Holy Symbols and Catalysts, things
become Spell Focuses and allow you to cast Spells
without needing these Verbal or Somatic
components. Some Spells also have a Material
component, listed at the end, which must be paid
even if the caster has a Spell Focus.
You may only cast 1 Spell in a round, the
exception being Spells that are cast as a Reaction
or a Minor Action. Also, a Cantrip may be cast in
addition to another Cantrip or one other Spell of
Tier 1 or higher.
Backlash & Lucidity
Spellcasting is not an easy task, and it
bears consequence on the body. In this world, this
strain is called Backlash. Every time you cast a
Spell using Arcane, Nature, or Spirit magic, there is
a chance of harming yourself. If you fail to cast a
Spell, for any reason, the Damage done to you is
done to your Lucidity. Your personal Lucidity is
separate from your Wounds and is equal to the
highest of your Magic Ability (Smarts, Intuition,
Moxy), plus the amount you have purchased if any,
and Talents that raise or lower Lucidity. When
purchasing Lucidity, you treat its cost as an Ability
but do not count your Magic Abilities into it when
purchasing. In that way it is treated as a Skill, and
your Magic Ability is added on top of what you
have purchased to get your Total.
If you have one of the 3 Magic Skills
Trained, your base Backlash DC for a Spell in that
Trained Skill is 12+(Spell Tier). If you're not
Trained in the Skill the base DC is 20+(Spell Tier).
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These Checks are made by rolling and adding your
total in the appropriate Magic Skill. You must meet
or beat the Backlash DC in order to not take
Lucidity Damage.
Failing the Backlash Check causes you to
take 1+Spell Tier in Lucidity Damage. You also add
in any additional modifications that you have made
to the Spell, such as increasing its Damage or AOE.
Metamagic effects also increase this Damage by
their Backlash Number. The Spell still goes off as
long as you don't hit 0 Lucidity. If you hit 0 Lucidity
due to failing a Spell, you pass out, falling
Unconscious, the Spell fails, and if you take more
Lucidity Damage than you have Lucidity the
overflow Damage is dealt as Unsoakable Damage to
your Wounds, ignoring temporary Wounds if you
have any. Unconscious is a Condition explained un
the Conditions section.
If you are Concentrating on one or more
Spells, you add the Spell Tier of all Concentration
Spells to the Backlash DC. This is explained more
under Concentration.
If you are wearing armor or wielding a
shield, add double the Dodge Bonus, the amount
above 10, for Armor plus the Dodge granted by a
shield, to the Backlash DC.
Spell Attacks and Saves
To make an attack against a Target with a
Spell you make an Attack as normal, but use your
Arcane, Nature, or Spirit for your roll, depending
on what Type of Spell the magic is. This is your
Spell Attack. Spells with range count as a ranged
attacks and follow similar rules to Firearms, so the
Target gains the benefit of Cover and things that
would effect a Hat's Firearm or Ranged Skill also
effect their Ranged Spell Attacks.
Touch Spells can be used on yourself and
use the Touch Attack option in the Combat section,
but they use your Spell Attack instead of Brawl.
The DC for Spell Saves is 8 plus the casters
Arcane, Nature, or Spirit Total, depending on what
Type of Spell the caster used.
A Target who fails a Save on a Spell and
did not see it being cast is unaware of the Spell cast
unless its effect is obvious. If the Target saw the
Spell being cast they may use their Reaction to
make a Knowledge Occult Check against the
Spellcasters Save DC to determine what the Spell
was.
Partial Cover grants its +6 Dodge Bonus to
any Save Checks against Spells, and Full Cover
blocks Spells and AOE's, unless the Spell specifies
otherwise.
 Cantrips
Tier 0 Spells, also known as Cantrips, do
not trigger a Backlash Check if you are Trained in
the appropriate Magic Skill. Meaning If you have
one of the 3 Magic Skills Trained, a Cantrip has no
Backlash if it belongs to the Skill you are Trained
in. If you attempt to cast a Cantrip from a Magic
Skill you are not trained in, the Cantrip is treated
as being a Tier 1 Spell.
If you modify a Cantrip, such as with a
Talent, it triggers Backlash like any other Spell and
is treated as a Tier 1.
Concentration
A Spell with the (C) in the Duration section
means that your Hat must focus in order to
maintain the Spell. Concentrating on Spells add
their Spell Tier to the Backlash DC of any other
Spell you cast. You can break Concentration on a
Spell at almost any time, ending it immediately;
this includes during others turns but not while
casting a Spell. If you lose any Wounds, from
Damage, Nonlethal Damage, Lucidity Damage, or
some other source, you must make a DC
10+Damage+(Spell Tier of all Spells being
Concentrated on) Concentration Check, failing this
Check ends that Spell and it does not add to any
other Concentration Checks. For this Check you
add your Grit to your roll. If your Hat is
concentrating on multiple Spells you must make
Concentration Checks for every Spell, starting with
the highest Tier, but otherwise in any order they
want.
Example: If a Hat has to make a
Concentration Check, and is Concentrating on the
Spells Confusion (Tier 3), Saddle Surge (Tier 2),
and Haste (Tier 2), and takes 3 Damage. They must
then make a DC 20 Concentration Check for all 3
Spells. DC=10+(3 Damage)+((Tier 3)+(Tier 2)+(Tier
2)).
If they fail the first Check for Confusion, the DC
then lowers to 17 for the other two Checks.
Area of Effect
Abbreviated to AOE, this is the area that a
Spell effects. This is most often a number, which is
the area that will be effected by the Spell. All
Spells have an Origin Point, all depending on
which type of AOE it is. There are four types of
AOE: Cube, Cone, Line and Sphere. The Origin
Point must be within the Range of the Spell, but the
AOE may effect outside of the Spells Range.
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face of the cubic effect within the range of the
Spell. The number listed in a cube’s AOE is the
length of each side and it's height. The Origin Point
must be a corner of a square, but the length and
height may be shifted along this point.
Cone, the Origin Point is one of the corners
of the casters square. The Spell then extends
straight ahead for the distance listed, increasing
left and right one square for every square it moves
forward.
Line, the Origin Point is centered on the
caster, though the caster is unaffected by the Spell.
It then extends in a straight line from it's Origin
Point for the distance listed as Range and fills a
space of 5ft, effecting all Targets in the line. When
using odd angles, the line must cover more than
25% of a square for a Target in that square to be
effected. A Line Spell always goes for the
maximum distance and cannot be cut short.
Sphere, extends in all directions from the
Origin Point to the number listed, which is always
the radius. The Origin Point of a Sphere must be on
the corner of a square. Most Sphere AOE's are
blocked by walls and large pieces of cover and
cannot move past them.
Schools of Magic
Abjuration: The school of protection. Spells
in the Abjuration School focus on protecting ones
self or allies, as well as preventing others from
using magic.
Conjuration: The school of making things
from nothing. Spells from the Conjuration School
focus on creating physical things purely from
magic.
Divination: The school of expanding ones
senses. Spells from the Divination School make
ones sight or hearing better, helping them to
discover things that they would not have been able
to normally.
Enchantment: The school of bending the
will of those around you. Spells from the
Enchanting School are focused on manipulating the
minds of those around the caster, making them
believe whatever the caster wants them to.
Evocation: The school of controlling the
elements. Spells from the School of Evocation are
all about taming the pure and raw elements that
exist in the world and shaping them to the casters
will.
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appear differently. Spells from the Illusion School
are all about fooling the senses, making others hear the language that is
or see things that aren't there. magic is not something to
be underestimated or
Necromancy: The school of controlling life looked down on
and death. Spells from the Necromancy School it is difficult to learn
focus on harming or healing, meddling with life and even more difficult
and death by restoring Wounds or raising the dead. to decipher for the
uninitiated
Transmutation: The school of making yet it holds immense
things into other things. Spells from the power in the creation of
Transmutation School are all about taking one the magic that persists
thing and making it into something else, or making around the world
a specific thing act in a certain way. many fear it
others do whatever it
Elements of Magic takes to wield it
it is something that was
When it comes to Damage, the Elements of created to be used
Magic come in many flavors. Things can either be a gift from the goddess
Resistant, Immune, or Vulnerable to specific types for the things that she
of flavors, but most will not have any of these. created
While the colors are the usually those listed, it is
not uncommon for these colors to vary immensely.
Acid. When created by magic, Acid is
viscous and clingy as it burns away at what it grabs
onto. Colors vary from clear to greenish tints.
Cold. All sorts of Cold effects leave
anything in its area lightly or heavily frosted. Cold
magic varies from white to blues.
Fire. Destruction is practically in its name,
and it wants to live up to that. Vibrant reds,
yellows, and oranges leaving singe marks on any
place that it has touched.
Force. It is hard to describe exactly what
type of Element this is, as it is not quite substance,
but it is instead more the gravity of magic being
harnessed. When it does show color, it is usually
shades of purple or pink.
Lightning. Where Fire is rampant and
random destruction, Lightning is precision
destruction. A focus of charged magical power
unleashed to a precise point. Lightning is usually
white, blue, or yellow.
Radiant. The Holiest of Elements, often
assigned to Spirit Magic and Necromancy. Always
brightly colored, usually bright golds, yellows, or
whites.
Necrotic. Tied to sickness and exhausting
type magic that suck the life out of their Targets.
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 Chapter 16: Spells
Here's a list of the Spells that anyone can take, as Description is the effects of the Spell,
long as they have the experience. such as Damage, effected AOE area, Saves and
other things that it does, including if the Spell can
Spells are organized like so:
be made Permanent. Very rarely a Spell will also
list any Materials that it needs in this section.
Spell Name Tier
School Skill Exp Cost
Cast Time Range Duration
Description

Spell Name is the name of the Spell.

Tier refers to the Tier level of the Spell,
which will be what adds to Backlash when casting.

School is what School of Magic the Spell

belongs to.

Skill denotes which of the Magic Skills

you can use to cast the Spell, either Arcane, Nature,
or Spirit. Many Spells have multiple Magic Skills
listed, and a caster may use any of the Skills listed
when casting that Spell. A Spell with All as it's
Skill means that it can be cast using any of the
three Magic Skills.

Cost is how much Exp it costs in order to

gain the Spell.

Cast Time is how long your Spell takes to

Cast, usually broken up into a type of Action that
you can take or an actual time in minutes, or hours.

Range is how far the Spell can reach, or

how far you can put the Origin Point of a Cube of
Sphere AOE, this is always counted from the
square you are in and does not need to go it's
maximum distance. An AOE will list it's effected
area in it's Description. Touch means you must
make a Touch Attack on the Target using your
Spell Attack. Self means the Spell originates at the
location of your Hat and is cast on your Hat.

Duration is how long a Spell lasts, Spells

listed as Instant go off immediately and do not
linger. Other Spells are either in rounds, seconds,
minutes, hours, days, or years. This is also where
you tell if the Spell requires Concentration (C). If it
has nothing but a (C) it means that the Spell lasts
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 Arcane Spells Hide Campsite Pillow Talk
Tier 0 (Cantrips) Hypnotism Hypnotic Pattern Ray of Exhaustion
Acid Splash Icicle Dagger Image, Minor Riding Possession
Air Manipulation Identify Invisibility Sabotage Machine
Bleed Image, Silent Invisibility Purge Sending
Detect Magic Jitterbugs Knock Sleet Storm
Earth Manipulation Jump Laugh Tattoo Potion
Fire Manipulation Jury-Rig Levitate Telekinesis
Firebolt Keep Watch Make Whole Tiny Hut
Ghost Sound Mage Armor Merge with Familiar Water Breathing
Grasp Negative Reaction Neutral Buoyancy
Light Obscuring Mist Obscure Tier 4
Mage Hand Open or Shut? Pyrotechnics Air Mastery
Magnetic Grasp Pistol Shot Raven's Flight Animate Dead
Mending Ray of Enfeeblement Recharge Earth Mastery
Open-Close Reloading Hands Reveal True Shape Fire Mastery
Prestidigitation Returning Weapon Scorching Ray Fire Shield
Ray of Frost See Invisible Shackle Frost Aura
Read Magic Shield Shatter Ghost Wolf
Snowball Shocking Grasp Silence Hallucinatory Terrain
Technomancy Thunder Stomp Slow Ice Storm
Water Manipulation Unseen Servant Squeeze Malfunction
Tongues Mindwipe
Tier 1 Tier 2 Modify Memory
Alarm Acid Arrow Tier 3 Phobia
Animate Rope Anti-Summoning Field Confusion Poison
Cause Fear Blur Counter Spell Pup Shape
Comprehend Languages Darkness Daylight Reboot
Costume Change Darkvision Dispel Magic Rebuke Technology
Damp Powder Find Traps Fireball Scry
Disguise Self Fire Breath Fly Secure Shelter
Erase Flurry of Snowballs Frost Fall Shadow Step
Fairy Fire Fog Cloud Gaseous Form True Form
Familiar Contract Force Sword Gloomblind Bolt Water Mastery
Featherfall Ghoul Touch Gullibility
Floating Disk Glitterdust Ice Spears Tier 5
Glue Coat Gust of Wind Image, Major Fabricate
Grease Haste Lightning Bolt Faithful Watchdog
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 Hungry Earth Tier 9 Nature Spells
Icy Prison Gate Tier 0 (Cantrips) Hypnotism
Impenetrable Veil Meteor Swarm Acid Splash Icicle Dagger
Interposing Hand Time Stop Air Manipulation Identify
Passwall Tsunami Delay Poison Image, Silent
Permanency Wish Detect Magic Inflict Wounds
Polymorph Earth Manipulation Jitterbugs
Polymorph, Baleful Fire Manipulation Jump
Rapid Repair Ghost Sound Keep Watch
Release the Hounds Grasp Longshot
Suffocation Guidance Negative Reaction
Teleportation Circle Know Direction Obscuring Mist
Light Open or Shut?
Tier 6 Magnetic Grasp Pass Without a Trace
Anti-magic Field Mending Produce Flame
Anti-tech Field Open-Close Reloading Hands
Elemental Brand Prestidigitation Returning Weapon
Flesh to Stone Ray of Frost See Invisible
Freezing Sphere Read Magic Thunder Stomp
Gaes Resistance
Globe of Invulnerability Snowball Tier 2
Heroes' Feast Water Manipulation Acid Arrow
Stone to Flesh Anti-Summoning Field
Vision Tier 1 Barkskin
Animal Messenger Cleanse
Tier 7 Cause Fear Darkness
Finger of Death Comprehend Languages Fire Breath
Insanity Costume Change Flurry of Snowballs
Magnificent Mansion Cure Wounds Fog Cloud
Polymorph, Greater Damp Powder Force Sword
Teleport Disguise Self Frigid Touch
Fairy Fire Glitterdust
Tier 8 Familiar Contract Guiding Star
Fire Storm Featherfall Gust of Wind
Incendiary Cloud Frostbite Harvest Season
Irresistible Dance Fumbletongue Hide Campsite
Ride the Lightning Glue Coat Hunter's Eye
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 Insect Scouts Jester's Jaunt Tier 5
Invisibility Lightning Bolt Faithful Watchdog
Invisibility Purge Locate Find the Path
Ironskin Meld into Stone Hallow
Laugh Pillow Talk Hold Target
Levitate Riding Possession Hungry Earth
Magic Arrow Sabotage Machine Hunter's Blessing
Make Lost Sending Impenetrable Veil
Make Whole Sleet Storm Oasis
Merge with Familiar Tattoo Potion Polymorph
Neutral Buoyancy Water Breathing Polymorph, Baleful
Obscure Water Walking Release the Hounds
Pale Flame Suffocation
Pyrotechnics Tier 4
Raise Companion Air Mastery Tier 6
Raven's Flight Earth Mastery Anti-magic Field
Reveal True Shape Fire Mastery Anti-tech Field
Riversight Frost Aura Flesh to Stone
Saddle Surge Ghost Wolf Heal
Shackle Hallucinatory Terrain Heroes' Feast
Shatter Ice Storm Stone to Flesh
Squeeze Modify Memory Vision
Tar Ball Phobia
Tongues Poison Tier 7
Tree Shape Pup Shape Polymorph, Greater
Raise Dead Regenerate
Tier 3 Rebuke Technology
Confusion Repel Vermin Tier 8
Counter Spell Scry Irresistible Dance
Create Food & Water Secure Shelter Rain of Arrows
Daylight Shadow Step Resurrection
Dispel Magic Stoneskin Ride the Lightning
Fly True Form
Frost Fall Water Mastery Tier 9
Glibness Tsunami
Gullibility
Ice Spears
Image, Major
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 Spirit Spells Riding Possession Tier 6
Tier 0 (Cantrips) Tier 2 Searing Light Anti-magic Field
Air Manipulation Aid Sending Anti-tech Field
Bleed Anti-Summoning Field Water Breathing Gaes
Delay Poison Cleanse Water Walking Heal
Detect Magic Find Traps Heroes' Feast
Earth Manipulation Fire Breath Tier 4 Stone to Flesh
Fire Manipulation Force Sword Air Mastery
Ghost Sound Guiding Star Animate Dead Tier 7
Grasp Healing Token Earth Mastery Finger of Death
Grave Words Invisibility Fire Mastery Regenerate
Guidance Invisibility Purge Fire Shield
Light Ironskin Ghost Wolf Tier 8
Magnetic Grasp Levitate Healing Flames Rain of Arrows
Mending Life Pact King's Castle Resurrection
Prestidigitation Magic Arrow Poison
Ray of Frost Obscure Raise Dead Tier 9
Read Magic Raise Companion Reboot Implosion
Resistance Reveal True Shape Rebuke Miracle
Water Manipulation Riversight Repel Vermin
Saddle Surge Scry
Tier 1 Shackle Stoneskin
Bless Shatter Water Mastery
Bless Water Silence
Cause Fear Spiritual Weapon Tier 5
Comprehend Languages Tongues Find the Path
Costume Change Hallow
Cure Wounds Tier 3 Hold Target
Damp Powder Create Food & Water Oasis
Familiar Contract Daylight Rapid Repair
Featherfall Dispel Magic
Fumbletongue Fly
Glue Coat Gaseous Form
Inflict Wounds Glibness
Longshot Gullibility
Reloading Hands Halt Undead
Returning Weapon Locate
Sanctuary Meld into Stone
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 Acid Arrow Tier 2 Air Mastery Tier 4

Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 30exp Evocation All Cost: 50exp

1 Action 400ft Instant 1 Action 120ft Instant (C)

You shoot forth an arrow made of acid towards Much like Air Manipulation, Air Mastery allows
your Target, making a Spell Attack. If you hit, the you to effect the air around you, but with far
Target receives the Burning Condition, Acid(2/3) larger effect and a greater affected area. These
can last up to 8 hours, and the maximum affected
area is a 15ft AOE Cube. Some examples of what
Acid Splash Tier 0 you can do is:
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp -Push gases out of the area.
-Put out all fires and torches within the area.
1 Action 25ft Instant
-Create colored clouds and shapes in the area.
You create a small cloud of acid and fling it at a -Knock all Medium Targets in the area Prone,
Target, making a Spell Attack. If you hit, the which also blows any Small Target out of the
Target receives the Burning Condition, Acid(1/1) area.
-Create a single focused burst of air, flinging 1
Aid Target of size Large or smaller 30ft up into the
Tier 2
air. Target Saves against Falling as normal.
Enchantment Spirit Cost: 25exp -Control winds, creating updrafts, downdrafts, or
1 Action Touch 1 min rotational winds.
-Fill the area with breathable air.
You Touch a Target, granting them a +2 Bonus to -Move, create, or shape clouds you can see within
all Skill rolls and 2 Temporary Wounds until the range.
Spell expires.
Alarm Tier 1
Air Manipulation Tier 0
Abjuration Arcane Cost: 10exp
Evocation All Cost: 10exp
2 Actions Touch 8 Hours
1 Action 30ft Instant
You touch a spot, creating a circle with a 20ft
Using this Spell allows for the most basic AOE Cube. Anything above size Tiny that enters
manipulation of the air around you. You can or exits that area, aside from Targets you
effect anything within a 5ft square, and effects designate, triggers the alarm. You can choose
only last at most 1 Hour. Nothing you can do with either a Mental or an Audible alarm.
this Spell is forceful enough to actually cause Mental: This alerts you, and only you, as long as
Damage. Some examples are: you are within 1 mile of the area designated. This
-Push gases out of a square. wakes you from normal sleep, but does not
-Put out a candle. otherwise disturb you.
-Create colored cloud shapes in the air. Audible: Produces the sound of a loud bell, which
-Cause a cape or cloak to billow anyone within 60ft can clearly hear, reduce this
-Create a small pocket of breathable air, which is distance by 10ft when going through doors, and
enough for 1 Target for 1 Round. 20ft for through walls. (P)

Animal Messenger Tier 1

Enchantment Nature Cost: 10exp
1 Action 30ft 7 days
You compel a Tiny or smaller Critter to go to a
spot you designate, or a Target you are familiar
with. You can attach a message to this animal
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 Animate Dead Tier 4 Anti-tech Field Tier 6
Necromancy Arcane/Spirit Cost: 50exp Abjuration All Cost 60exp
2 Actions Touch Instant (C) 2 Actions 100ft 1 Hour
You create a Zombie or Skeleton from a body that Within a 20ft AOE Sphere, Gadgets and
you touch. The body must be mostly intact for a Machines cease to function. Any effect created by
Zombie, though replacements may be made. a Gadget or Machine that enters the effected area
Skeletons must have all bones, though also ceases function. You may increase the
replacements may be made. When casting this duration and AOE by increasing Backlash DC. For
Spell, add the Tier of the Target to the Backlash every point of Backlash you add increases the
Check and Lucidity Damage, lower the Tier by 2 AOE by 5ft and the duration by 1 hour. A
for Skeletons. The Tier is not added in when Clockwork who is completely within an Anti-tech
calculating for Concentration. Field must make a Grit Save or become
Paralyzed. This does not effect things caused by
Animate Rope Magic.(P)
Tier 1
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 10exp
Anti-Summoning Field Tier 2
1 Action 100ft 1 Round
Abjuration All Cost 20exp
You animate a nonliving rope, or rope-like object
2 Actions 100ft 1 Hour (C)
to spring to life and obey your commands. The
commands are “coil” (form a neat, coiled stack), Within a 20ft AOE Sphere, all attempts to cast a
“coil and knot,” “loop,” “loop and knot,” “tie and Conjuration or Summoning Spells receive a +10 to
knot,” and the opposites of all of the above their Backlash Check. You may increase the
(“uncoil,” and so forth). You can also have it duration and AOE by increasing Backlash DC. For
Grapple and Bind a Target. It has an Athletics every Backlash you add increases the AOE by 5ft
score equal to your Arcane skill. and the duration by 1 hour. (P)

Anti-magic Field Tier 6 Barkskin Tier 2

Abjuration All Cost 60exp Transmutation Nature Cost: 30exp
2 Actions 100ft 1 Hour 1 Action Touch 1 Hour
Within a 20ft AOE Sphere, Spells cannot be cast, This Spell toughens a Targets skin, giving them a
and any Spells currently active are Dispelled. total of 2 Natural Soak for the duration. This does
Any Spell entering the field is also Dispelled. not stack with any Natural Soak the Target
Summoned Creatures and Objects, excluding already has, or any Spell that gives them Natural
Familiars, are also Dispelled. Magical items do not Soak.
function within the field, but retain their magical
properties. You may increase the duration and Bleed Tier 0
AOE by increasing Backlash DC. For every point
of Backlash you add increases the AOE by 5ft Necromancy Arcane/Spirit Cost: 10exp
and the duration by 1 hour. This does not effect Minor 30ft Instant
things caused by Gadgets or Machines. (P)
You cause a Downed Target who has Stabilized,
or been Stabilized, to resume Bleeding.

Bless Tier 1
Abjuration Spirit Cost: 20exp
2 Actions Self 1 Min
Everyone in your Posse, who is within 50ft,
receives a +1 to all Skill Check rolls for the
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 Bless Water Tier 1 Costume Change Tier 1
Abjuration Spirit Cost: 10exp Conjuration All Cost 10exp
1 Action Touch Instant Minor Self Instant
You touch a container that is holding no more You touch a suit of Armor or an Outfit that is not
than 1 pint of water, and imbue it with Spirit currently in use and it is instantly donned. If
Magic, turning it into Holy Water. what you were wearing cannot fit under the new
outfit, it is placed, neatly folded, where the
Blur previous Armor or Outfit was.
Tier 2
Illusion Arcane Cost: 25exp
Counter Spell Tier 3
1 Action Touch 1 min
Abjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 30exp
You increase the Dodge of the Target you touch by
Reaction 100ft Instant
+2 for the duration.
When you see a Target casting a Spell or
Cause Fear activating a Gadget, if they are within range you
Tier 1
may use your Reaction to increase the Backlash
Enchantment All Cost: 20exp Check of the Spell being cast by your Magic Skill,
1 Action 50ft Instant which may cause them to take Lucidity Damage.
If they still succeed in casting the Spell, if the
The Target of this Spell must make a Willpower Spell is Tier 2 or lower it does not take effect. If
Save, or be Frightened of the caster. the Spell is above Tier 2 the Caster of the Spell
and the Caster of Counter Spell must make an
Cleanse Tier 2 opposed Magic Skill Check, the Caster using
whatever Magic Skill they used to cast the Spell
Abjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 30exp and the caster of Counter Spell using the Skill
1 Action Touch Instant that was used to cast Counter Spell. If the caster
of the other Spell loses the opposed Check the
Immediately end a single negative Condition that Spell fails, otherwise the Spell goes off as
the touched Target is suffering from. normal. Counter Spell can be Counter Spelled, but
not by the caster of the Spell being Counter
Comprehend Languages Tier 1 Spelled.
Divination All Cost: 10exp
1 Action Self 10min (C)
Create Food & Water Tier 3
Conjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 30exp
You can understand any spoken language, as well
as read any form of writing. However you cannot 10 min 30ft Instant
speak or write those languages. Any writing can
You create enough food and drink to feed 12
only be understood in the most literal of way and
Medium Targets for a day. A Large Target counts
does not give you the ability to break codes.
as 2. The food is bland. The food becomes
inedible and the water evaporates after 24 hours.
Confusion Tier 3
Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost 30exp
1 Action 100ft 1Min (C)
You cast a 15ft AOE Cube, all living Targets within
the AOE make a Willpower Save. Failure; Targets
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 Cure Wounds Tier 1 Delay Poison Tier 0
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp Abjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 5exp
1 Action Touch Instant 1 Action Touch 1 Hour
You place your hands on a Target, returning 2 Any Poison effect that the Target is under is
Wounds to them. This cannot raise them above suspended for the duration of the Spell, but
their maximum Wounds. An Undead Target continues when it expires. The Target under the
instead receives 2 Damage. You may Increase the Poison effect does not make Saves against the
amount of Wounds that a Target regains by Poison while it is suspended.
increasing Backlash, granting 1 additional Wound
for every Backlash added. Undead also take 1 Detect Magic Tier 0
additional Damage for every 2 Backlash added.
Divination All Cost 10exp
Damp Powder Tier 1 1 Action Self 10min (C)
Transmutation All Cost: 20exp This Spell allows you to see any magical object or
magical area within 60ft of you. Any object or
1 Action 40ft Instant
area gives off a soft shimmery glowing aura. A
You target a Firearm within range, the subject magical area, which is anything under the effects
makes a Willpower Save to negate, if they fail, of a Spell, including people, also gives off a
the next shot in their Firearm is a dud and their shimmering aura. You can easily tell the
attack automatically fails and causes their gun to difference between a magical object or a magical
Jam. area. Focusing on the aura for 1 Round allows you
to determine the School of Magic it belongs to, if
Darkness it belongs to one. Yellow is Abjuration. Orange is
Tier 2
Conjuration, White is Divination, Cyan is
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp Enchantment, Crimson is Evocation, Purple is
1 Action Touch 1min Illusion, Lime is Necromancy, Gray is
Transmutation. This Spell cannot see through 1ft
This Spell causes an object or point to radiate a of wood, 6in of stone, 1 inch of metal, or any
20ft AOE Cube of magical darkness. All Targets thickness of lead.
within gain +10 to their Dodge. (P)
Disguise Self Tier 1
Darkvision Tier 2
Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost 15exp
Divination Arcane Cost 20exp
1 Action Self (C)
1 Action Touch 24 Hours
You make yourself and everything you are
The Target that you touch gains Darkvision for wearing and carrying, appear as something else.
the duration of the Spell. (P) You can appear 1 foot shorter or taller, and any
body shape. If a Target becomes suspicious of
Daylight Tier 3 your appearance, or are on high alert, they may
make a Perception Check against your Magical
Evocation All Cost: 30exp Skill +15 in order to see through your disguise.
1 Action Touch 10 min Any Target who touches you or investigates
physically immediately becomes suspicious and
You touch an object and it begins to radiate gains a +10 for seeing through the disguise.
Daylight in a 60ft AOE Sphere. (P)

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 Dispel Magic Tier 3
Abjuration All Cost 40exp
1 Action 100ft Instant
You immediately end any Spell of Tier 3 or lower
within range. If the Spell is above Tier 3 the
Caster of the Spell and you must make an
opposed Magic Skill Check, the Caster using
whatever Magic Skill they used to cast the Spell
and you using any Magic Skill that you used to
cast Dispel Magic. If the caster of the other Spell
loses the opposed Check the Spell ends,
otherwise the Spell remains as normal.
Elemental Brand Tier 6
Transmutation Arcane Cost 50exp
Minor 30ft 1 Hour
All those that you designate within range receive
a rune of an element that you choose, on a
location that can be seen. This rune gives off light
as if it were a torch. All Targets marked by your
Elemental Brand receive no Damage from any
Spell you cast that deal that type of Damage.
Additionally all Targets gain a +2 to Damage of the
element you designate, and gain Resistance to the
type of Damage from other sources.

Earth Manipulation Tier 0 Erase Tier 1

Evocation All Cost: 10exp Transmutation Arcane Cost: 10exp
1 Action 30ft instant 1 Action 30ft Instant
Using this Spell allows for the most basic You remove the writing off of about 1 pages worth
manipulation of the dirt or sand around you. You of surface. Magic writing must be Touched to
can effect anything within a 5ft square, and erase.
effects only last at most 1 Hour. Nothing you can
do with this Spell is forceful enough to actually Fabricate Tier 5
cause Damage. Some examples are:
-Cause the ground to jut up, effectively creating Transmutation Arcane Cost: 50exp
cover. Special 30ft Instant
-Excavate the area.
-Cause shapes or patterns to appear on the You convert raw material into a product that is of
ground, or even on stone. the same material. The quality of the item is of
-Make the area difficult terrain, or make difficult Poor Quality, but can be increased one quality
terrain normal. category for ever 2 Backlash added. The casting
time is equal to 2 Rounds per 5 cubic ft. of
material. This also requires the caster to draw a
Earth Mastery Tier 4 crude example of the object on the material with
Evocation All Cost: 50exp a piece of Magical Chalk.
1 Action 120ft Instant (C)
Fairy Fire Tier 1
Much like Earth Manipulation, Earth Mastery
allows you to effect the dirt and sand around you, Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp
but with far larger effect and a greater affected 1 Action 400ft 10 min (C)
area. These can last up to 8 hours, and the
maximum effected area is a 15ft AOE Cube. Some All Targets within a 20ft AOE Cube of the point
examples of what you can do is: you designate are surrounded by pale lights that
-Raise the area up to the limit of the Spells AOE. shed the same light as a candle. Targets effected
-Excavate the area. take a -20 to Stealth Checks, and Invisible Targets
-Create tunnels through the area. do not gain the benefit from their invisibility.
-Cause a 5ft square of stone to turn into sand or You can choose what color Faerie Fire is when
dirt, or to turn that same area of sand or dirt into casting.
stone.
-Make the area difficult terrain.
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 Faithful Watchdog Tier 5 Find the Path Tier 5
Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost 60exp Divination Nature/Spirit Cost: 40exp
1min 30ft Special 1 Action Self Instant
You conjure a magical ethereal Watchdog. You You immediately know the shortest, most direct
mentally designate anyone the Watchdog is to route to any destination that you know of, even if
allow in it's area, and alternatively you can it is just by name or a picture. This can also be
specify certain Targets who cannot. You can vague, as in finding the nearest cave, or clean
modify and alter this list, and the Watchdog is water source. This does not work on Objects or
mentally linked to you and can make decisions as living things, though it does work for plants.
you would as to who is friend or foe. This
Watchdog lasts 10 Hours, unless it enters combat. Find Traps Tier 2
Once it enters combat it will only last for 1
minute. It guards only the area that it is Divination Arcane/Spirit Cost: 10exp
summoned, a 30ft AOE Cube. The Watchdog has 1 Action Self (C)
an Awareness of 25 and sees invisible and
Ethereal Targets, but cannot see through solid You gain a +10 Bonus to Awareness, Perception
objects. If the Watchdog sees a Target of Small and Investigation Checks to find any traps.
size or larger that you have not designated as
allowed to pass, it begins barking loudly. If a Finger of Death Tier 7
Target who is not allowed into the area comes
within 5ft of the Watchdog, it stops barking and Necromancy Arcane/Spirit Cost: 80exp
attacks the Target. It has a Bite of +10 To Hit, and 1 Action Touch Instant
deals 4 Damage. This Damage is Magical and
bypasses the Soak of mundane armor. You make a Touch Attack against the Target, if
you succeed you deliver 20 Necrotic Damage to
the touched Target. The target may make a Grit
Familiar Contract Tier 1 Save, if they succeed they only take 10 Necrotic
Conjuration All Cost: 10exp Damage. If the Target is Undead, they instead
regain 20 Wounds, but they cannot go above
1 Hour 10ft Instant maximum Wounds this way.
You create a magical bond with one Critter, Insect,
or Vermin of size Small or smaller. Further Fire Breath Tier 2
explanation and examples for Critter Familiars
are listed in the Companions Chapter. Evocation All Cost: 25exp
Additionally, if the Critter you want is not listed, 1 Action Self Special
you may work it out with your Storyteller on
what its Bonus would be. You may spend 1 Action to breath a 15ft-Cone of
fire, dealing 1 Fire Damage to all those caught in
the cone. You may do this up to 3 times. When
Featherfall Tier 1 you have used all charges, or take a Long Rest, the
Transmutation All Cost: 10exp Spell ends. All unattended objects also take this
Damage, and lights flammable objects on fire. You
1 Minor 30ft 1 hour can increase the Damage by adding Backlash. For
The Target falls slowly, moving at 60ft per round, every 2 Backlash added it increases its Damage
and takes no Damage on landing, provided they by 1. Those caught in the Cone may make a
land before the Spell ends. The Spell is Physical Save, receiving Half Damage on a
immediately ended upon landing. If the Target is Success. You may cast this Spell multiple times,
still in the air when the Spell ends, they resume increasing how many charges you have, but the
falling as if falling from their current height. You Backlash increases by 1 for every charge you
may have this Spell effect multiple Targets by currently have, you also add in Backlash from
increasing the Backlash. You may select 1 more increasing Damage if you have done so.
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 Fire Manipulation Tier 0
Evocation All Cost: 10exp
1 Action 30ft instant
Using this Spell allows for the most basic
manipulation of fire around you. You can effect
any fire within a 5ft square, and effects only last
at most 1 Hour. Nothing you can do with this Spell
is forceful enough to actually cause Damage.
Some examples are:
-Expand the flame to another square.
-Extinguish all flames within a square, including
those on a Target who is on Fire.
-Double or halve the light cast be a flame, change
its color, or both.
-Shape the flame into simple shapes, such as
vague objects, places, or creatures. You may also
animate these shapes.
Fire Mastery Tier 4
Evocation All Cost: 50exp
1 Action 120ft Instant (C)
Much like Fire Manipulation, Fire Mastery allows
you to effect the fire around you, but with far
larger effect and a greater affected area. These
can last up to 8 hours, and the maximum affected
area is a 15ft AOE Cube. Some examples of what
you can do is:
-Cause unattended flammable Objects to combust.
-Expand the flame in all directions.
-Triple a light source, or cause it to give off no
light at all.
-Take control of any magical fire within range.
-Increase the intensity of a flame, effectively
making it burn faster and hotter, dealing Double
Damage.
-Cause a Target who is on fire to be unable to
extinguish themselves, except by water or
magical means.
Fire Shield Tier 4
Evocation Arcane/Spirit Cost: 40exp
1 Action Self 10min (C)
You create a large shield that hovers around you.
This is treated as a Heavy Shield, granting you a
+3 to Dodge and +1 Soak. You are not holding this
shield, you do not need to be trained in Shields to
receive the Bonus, and it stacks with any other
shield you are holding. Any Target who hits you
with a Melee Attack takes 4 Fire Damage, and
may make Physical Save, taking Half Damage on
a successful Save. The shield sheds light as a
Torch.
Fire Storm Tier 8
Evocation Arcane Cost: 90exp
2 Actions 100ft 1 Min (C)
You create a storm of raining fire that covers a
50ft AOE Sphere, or two 25ft AOE Spheres.
These origin of these storms are 40ft in the air,
All those within who are not under cover take 5
Fire Damage. All those caught in the rain must
also make a Physical Save. Failure; Targets gain
the Fire Burning Condition.
Fireball Tier 3
Evocation Arcane Cost: 30exp
1 Action 400ft Instant
A Fireball deals 1 Fire Damage in a 20ft AOE
Sphere Spread, meaning it snakes around
corners, down hallways, and around cover, from a
point you designate until it fills all squares it
would normally, overlapping if they cannot
spread out. Casting indoors is not recommended.
All unattended Objects also take this Damage, and
lights flammable Objects on fire. You can increase
the Damage by adding more Backlash. For every 1
Backlash you add it increases its Damage by 1.
Those caught in the AOE can make a Physical
Save, taking half Damage if they succeed.

Firebolt Tier 0
Evocation Arcane Cost: 10exp
1 Action 100ft Instant
You make a Spell Attack at a Target, dealing 1 Fire
Damage if it hits. If the total number on your die
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 Flesh to Stone Tier 6 Fog Cloud Tier 2
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
2 Actions 100ft Instant 1 Action 100ft 10min
You select one Target and force them to make a You create a thick fog bank that immediately
Grit Save. Failure; Target and everything they are billows out from the point you designate, filling a
carrying is Petrified. The Target must be alive in 20ft AOE Cube. All Targets within the fog receive
order to be affected. The Petrified Target is not Partial Cover and Targets cannot see more than
Dead, but it is not technically alive either. 20ft through the fog. You may increase the
duration and AOE by adding Backlash. For every
Floating Disk 1 Backlash you add increases the AOE by 5ft and
Tier 1
the duration by 10min.(P)
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 10exp
2 Actions 10ft 1 Hour Force Sword Tier 2
You create a slightly concave disk of force that Conjuration All Cost: 25exp
floats 3ft above the ground. The disk is 3ft in
1 Action Self 10min
diameter and 1in thick. It can hold up to 10 Bulk. It
follows you, moving at a maximum speed of 40ft, You summon a +1 Longsword made of pure force.
and maintains a distance that you designate, with This item has no bulk value and immediately
a maximum of 10ft. The disk treats liquids as reforms if it should be destroyed. For every 2
ground. At the end of its duration, or if you move Backlash you add when casting, you increase the
outside of 30ft and it cannot move to keep up, the weapon Bonus by +1.
disk winks out of existence, and anything that
was on it falls to the ground. Freezing Sphere Tier 6
Evocation Arcane Cost: 65exp
Flurry of Snowballs Tier 2
2 Actions 400ft Instant
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
You create a frigid globe of cold energy at the
1 Action Self Instant
location you designate, where it explodes in a
You create a 30ft-Cone flurry of snowballs, filling 40ft AOE Sphere. This deals 4 Cold Damage to all
up the cone and battering all Targets within. All Targets within the AOE, who may make a Grit
Targets within the cone take 1 Cold Damage. You Save, on a successful Save the Target takes Half
can increase the Damage by adding more Damage. Failure; Target is Frozen for 3 rounds. A
Backlash. For every 2 Backlash you add it Target may only be Frozen by this Spell once per
increases its Damage by 1. A Target in the Cone day. This Spell also freezes all liquids to a depth
may make a Physical Save, taking Half Damage of 6 inches within range. You may also hold the
on a success. Spell for 5 Rounds. Firing the held Spell takes 1
Action. If you fail to fire the Spell or are Downed
Fly while holding it, the Spell immediately goes off
Tier 3
and you automatically fail the Save.
Transmutation All Cost: 40exp
1 Action Touch 10 Min (C) Frigid Touch Tier 2
The Target touched gains a fly speed of 60ft if Evocation Nature Cost: 30exp
their Bulk is under 6. If their Bulk is over 6, they
1 Action Touch Instant
have a fly speed of 40ft. You treat every 5ft as
10ft when ascending, and treat every 10ft as 5ft You deal 3 Cold Damage to the Target, and they
when descending. If you are not on a solid surface are Distracted.
when the Spell expires you are immediately
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 Frost Fall Tier 3 Gaseous Form Tier 3
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 30exp Transmutation Arcane/Spirit Cost: 40exp
1 Action 30ft 2 Rounds 1 Action Touch 5 Min (C)
You create a 5ft AOE Sphere that deals 2 Cold The Touched Target must be willing, or the Spell
Damage to all Targets within it and gives them the fails automatically. The Target and all of their
Distracted Condition. Those caught in the Sphere gear becomes an insubstantial, misty, and
may make a Grit Save, Halving the Damage and translucent shape of themselves. They cannot
preventing the Distracted if they Succeed. You attack or interact with Objects, and gain a Soak of
can increase the Damage by adding more 5 against Magical Damage. All non-magical forms
Backlash. For every 2 Backlash you add it of attack deal no Damage. The effected Target can
increases its Damage by 1. move at a rate of 20ft in any direction and can
pass through small holes or narrow openings,
Frostbite even cracks. Winds effect the Target, and they
Tier 1
cannot enter liquids. The Target under the effects
Transmutation Nature Cost: 20exp of the Spell can end it at any time. If there is not
1 Action Touch Instant enough room for the Target to fully form, they
suffer 20 Damage and are forced into the nearest
You deal 3 Nonlethal Cold Damage to the Target. A space that they can fit.
Target can only be effected by this Spell once.
Gate Tier 9
Frost Aura Tier 4
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 100exp
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
1 Min 100ft Instant
1 Action Self 1 Min (C)
Casting a Gate Spell has 2 effects but you do not
You gain the Cold subtype and become immune to need to activate the second.
Cold Damage. You cannot be Frozen. You are First, it creates an interdimensional portal
Resistant to Fire Damage. If you already have the between The Realms of Existence to a Realm that
Cold Subtype you emit a 10ft AOE Sphere of cold you specify, allowing travel between the two. This
centered on you. Anyone who enters the AOE Gate can be held open for 1 Min. You may also
suffers 2 Cold Damage and must make a Grit choose a location on that Realm if you have been
Save. Failure; Target is Frozen for 3 rounds. A to that location or have seen it.
Target may only be Frozen by this Spell once per Second, you may call forth a particular individual
day. The effects of this Spell stack if cast multiple or being that you know of that exists in that
times, counting as a different Spell each time. Realm through the Gate.
The Gate itself is an upright ring 5ft to 30ft in
Fumbletongue Tier 1 diameter.(P)
The Gate needs to be drawn using two pieces of
Enchantment Nature/Spirit Cost: 10exp Magical Chalk, expending all uses both pieces
1 Action 30ft 1 Min have.
The Target makes a Willpower Save. Failure; the
Target is unable to speak intelligibly. Every
attempt to talk, in any language, comes out as
useless gibberish. This also includes casting
Spells or saying command words to activate
magic items. The Target may spend 2 Actions to
make another Willpower Save if they are aware
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 Gaes Tier 6 Glibness Tier 3
Enchantment Arcane/Spirit Cost: 70exp Enchantment Nature/Spirit Cost: 30exp
10 Min 30ft Special Minor Self 10 Min
The Target must succeed at a Willpower Save or You gain a +10 to Moxy Checks involving
come under the effects of the Spell, a Target may speaking. If you are magically or chemically
automatically fail this Save. being forced to tell the truth, you may lie.
You force a magical command on a Target to
carry out some service or to refrain from some Glitterdust Tier 2
action or course of activity for a certain amount
of time, as desired by you. The Target must be Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
able to understand you. While a Gaes cannot 1 Action 100ft 1 Hour
compel a Target to kill itself or perform acts that
would result in certain death, it can cause almost You create a 5ft AOE Cube burst of sparkling
any other course of activity. The Target must glitter at a point you designate. Anyone caught in
follow the given instructions until the Gaes is the burst must make a Willpower Save or be
complete, no matter what. If the subject does not Blind for the duration. A Target Blinded by
obey the Gaes, it receives an accumulating -2 to all Glitterdust may spend an Action to make another
Ability Scores per 24 hours they do not attempt Save attempt to end the Blind effect. All those in
the task. These penalties are removed 24 hours the effected area are also covered in irremovable
after the Target resumes obeying the Gaes. glitter for the duration regardless of if they Saved,
the glitter outlines invisible things, eliminating
their Bonus for being invisible. Any Target
Ghost Sound Tier 0 covered in the glitter receives a -20 to Stealth
Illusion All Cost: 10exp Checks. All Targets hit, and the caster, will find
bits of glitter on themselves for the next several
1 Action 30ft Instant
weeks.
You create one sound of your choice from a
selected square. You can control the volume of Globe of Invulnerability Tier 6
this sound, though you cannot make it loud
enough to cause discomfort. You can have the Abjuration Arcane Cost: 60exp
sound last for a maximum of 1 min. Targets who 2 Actions Self 1 Min
hear the noise make a Willpower Save to
disbelieve.(P) You create an immovable shimmering 10ft AOE
Sphere around you. All Spells of Tier 5 and
lower automatically fail if cast within the sphere,
Ghost Wolf Tier 4 and any Spell of those Tiers that contact the
Conjuration All Cost: 40exp sphere do not enter it, nor do they continue past
it. Also any Magical Item ceases to function
10 Min 5ft 24 Hours
within. No one receives Damage from any source,
You create a Large semi-real wolf-like creature unless it is from a Spell above Tier 5. (P)
made of dark smoke. The wolf may be ridden by
it's caster. The wolf is treated as the Wolf Gloomblind Bolt Tier 3
Companion, but is size Large, has 10 Wounds, has
a +8 To Hit Bite Attack and has the Trip Talent. Evocation Arcane Cost: 35exp
Once the Wolf makes it's first Bite attack, it will 1 Action 100ft Instant
only last for 5 rounds before the Spell ends.
You create a bolt of dark energy that deals 2
Necrotic Damage to the Target. The Target must
Ghoul Touch Tier 2 make a Physical Save, coming Blind for 1 Round
Necromancy Arcane Cost: 30exp if they fail. You may cast additional bolts by
adding 2 Backlash per bolt, the Targets of these
1 Action Touch Instant
new Bolts must be within 30ft of the initial
You make a Touch Attack, if you hit the Target Target.
must make a Grit Save. Failure; Target is Stunned
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 Glue Coat Tier 1 Grease Tier 1
Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 15exp Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp
1 Action 30ft 1 Min 1 Action 30ft 1 Min
You coat a 5ft solid surface, or an Object in a You cover a 5ft AOE Cube of solid surface with a
thick layer of invisible glue. A Target who is in layer of invisible slippery grease. Any Target
the area at any point must make a Physical Save, entering or moving in the area must make a
becoming Grappled on a failed Save. You cannot Physical Save, falling Prone on failure. An object
Drag a Target Grappled this way. may also be covered by the grease, forcing anyone
If it is an Object, the Target must make the same attempting to hold or pick up the item to make a
Physical Save to try to keep from becoming stuck Physical Save, dropping the item on a failed roll.
to the object. If they grabbed the object, they Grease is flammable.(P)
cannot use that hand for normal actions. An
object covered in the glue is not considered stuck Guidance Tier 0
to whatever surface it is on.
The Target may attempt to break the Grapple as Divination Nature/Spirit Cost: 10exp
normal against your Magic DC.(P) 1 Action Touch 1 Min
You grant the touched Target a +2 to a single die
Goodberry Tier 1 roll. The Target may choose to apply this Bonus
Transmutation Nature Cost: 10exp after the roll is made. Guidance cannot be
stacked.
1 Action Touch 24 Hours
You can touch up to 5 freshly picked berries to Guiding Star Tier 2
turn them into magical berries. These magical
berries are treated as a full meal, and recover 1 Divination Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp
Wound. Berries last for 24 hours before they rot 1 Min Self Special
and lose their magical properties.
You form a special bond with a certain area that
you can see when you cast this Spell. This
Grasp Tier 0 location may occupy up to a 50ft Sphere. You
Abjuration All Cost: 5exp always know the direction of that area and how
far away it is, unless you are in another Realm of
Minor Self Instant
Existence. You cannot fail to Teleport to the
If you fail an Acrobatics or Athletics Check, you location, or to Scry on it. You can only bond with
may immediately cast this Spell and attempt one area, and if you cast the Spell at another spot
another Check, with a +10 Bonus. you lose the original location.

Grave Words Tier 0 Gullibility Tier 3

Necromancy Spirit Cost: 10exp Enchantment All Cost: 30exp
1 Min Touch 1 Round Minor 30ft 10 Min
You touch a corpse, and if it was able to speak The Target makes a Willpower Save to negate, if
when it was alive it begins to recount the last few they fail they receive a -10 to any Sense Motive
minutes of it's life. It must have an intact jaw to Checks. The Target wants to believe any lie told
speak and speaks the racial language that it knew to them, no matter how far-fetched, and will
in life. This does not work on undead Targets and automatically fail any Saves to determine
cannot be cast on the same corpse twice. illusions.

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 Gust of Wind Tier 2 Halt Undead Tier 3
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp Necromancy Spirit Cost: 35exp
1 Action 60ft 2 Rounds 1 Action 100ft 2 Rounds
You create a severe blast of wind, reaching about You target up to 3 Undead Targets. They make a
50 mph. This blasts Origin Point originates from Willpower Save, if they fail they are Paralyzed.
you, effecting all Targets in its 60ft path. All
flying Targets must make a Physical Save, being Hardening Tier 6
blown back 5ft multiplied be however much they
failed the Save. All Targets on the ground must Transmutation Arcane Cost: 50exp
also make a Physical Save. Tiny or smaller 1 Action Touch Permanent
creatures are blown back 5ft multiplied by
however much they failed the Save. Small You touch an object with a volume less than 10
creatures are knocked Prone. Medium creatures cubic feet, and increase the objects HP by 10, and
cannot move towards the wind. Large or larger its Hardness by 5. This can only be cast on an
creatures are unaffected. The Spell cannot move Object once. This also costs a gem worth at least
a Target beyond its range. All Targets also receive 1000 Silver.
a -5 to Perception. Any unprotected flame is
automatically extinguished. Otherwise this wind Harvest Season Tier 2
can do anything you would expect a wind of this
speed to do, such as spraying up sand and dirt, Transmutation Nature Cost: 20exp
fanning a large flame, blowing away gases and 1 Min 30ft Instant
vapors, or filling the sails of a ship.(P)
You select one plant within range. The plant
immediately flourishes, going through its cycle
Hallow Tier 5 until it bears fruit, or grain. If the plant normally
Abjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 50exp does not bear fruit, it instead produces tasty
edible flowers. Foods that are normally poisonous
24 Hours Touch Permanent are safe to be consumed. The plant produces
You create a 40ft AOE Cube from the spot that enough food to feed 10 Medium size creatures,
you touch. This AOE is now Hallowed ground. Large creatures eating the equivalent of 2
Undead cannot enter the area, and any undead in Medium, and Small creatures eating half and
the area immediately flee if they are under Tier increases or decreases in the same manner for
3. An undead cannot be created within the area. other sizes. This Spell nourishes, fertilizes, and
Any healing Spell cast within the area heals pollinates the plant, not harming it in any way.
twice the amount Wounds. Curses cannot effect
Hallowed ground. Nature and Spirit Spells Haste Tier 2
decrease their Backlash Check by 5. The area can
be increased by 5ft for every additional 2 Transmutation Arcane Cost: 20exp
Backlash added. 1 Action 30ft 1 Min (C)
The Target gains a +2 to Dodge and all Saves, and 1
Hallucinatory Terrain Tier 4 additional Action per turn for the duration. Their
Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp movement speed is increased by 1.5x. If the
Target is being affected by the Slow Spell, casting
10min 400ft 2 Hours Haste on them dispels it and gives them Haste. A
You select a 40ft AOE Cube, and completely alter Target is Stunned for 2 Rounds when the Haste
its appearance, including sounds and smells in the Spell ends.
area. A Target must make a Willpower Save to
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 Heal Tier 6 Hidden Blades Tier 2
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 65exp Illusion Arcane Cost: 20exp
1 Action Touch Instant Minor Touch 10min
You immediately end all Conditions on the You render all the weapons that a Target is
Touched Target and return them to their carrying invisible. The Target receives a +20 to
Maximum Wound count. If cast on an Undead Sleight of Hand Checks to hide their weapons.
creature, it must succeed at a Grit Save, or suffer The Target also gains a +5 when attempting to
10 Wounds. An Undead Target Downed by this is Feint.
Destroyed.
Hide Campsite Tier 2
Healing Flames Tier 4
Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp
Necromancy Spirit Cost: 50exp
1 Min 30ft 12 Hours
1 Action Self Instant
You create a 20ft AOE Sphere that appears from
You create a 10ft AOE Sphere burst centered on the outside to be impassible and dangerous
yourself. All Targets within the burst heal 3 terrain. Those outside cannot smell any
Wounds. Undead Targets must succeed a Grit campfires or cooking, they cannot hear
Save or receive 3 Radiant Damage, Halved if they conversations, loud noises, or Spells being cast,
succeed. and they cannot even feel heat or wind from the
area. Those inside see a softly shimmering
Healing Token sphere around them at the boarder, but otherwise
Tier 2
it appears as if there is nothing out of the
Necromancy Spirit Cost: 20exp ordinary. Anything in the area cannot be found
1min Touch 24 Hours with the Locate Spell. Also any attempt to Scry a
Target within the area gives the Target a +10 to
You touch up to 3 Objects, imbuing them with their Willpower Save.(P)
your magical abilities. Each Object holds 2
Healing Points. It is an Action to use these
Healing Points, and anyone can use these Healing
Hold Target Tier 5
Points if they know they are there. This Spell Enchantment All Cost: 55exp
cannot be cast again until all charges have been
1 Action 100ft (C)
used, or the Spell expires.
You select one Target, who may make a
Heroes' Feast Willpower Save, becoming Paralyzed if they fail.
Tier 6
The only thing the Target may spend their
Conjuration All Cost: 60exp Actions on is using 2 to repeat their Save, they
10min 10ft 12 Hours also get a Save whenever they receive Damage.

You create a grand feast, including tables, chairs,

invisible servants, food and drink. The feast
Hold Portal Tier 1
takes 1 hour to consume, and feeds up to 20 Abjuration Arcane Cost: 10exp
Medium creatures, Large creatures eating the
1 Action 100ft (C)
equivalent of 2 Medium, and Small creatures
eating half and increases or decreases in the You concentrate on a door, gate, or window,
same manner for other sizes. All Targets eating holding it shut. This adds a +20 to the DC to force
are cured of all Poisons and Diseases they are the Target open, or to pick a lock on the Target.
under the effect of, and heal 5 Wounds. For the Knock or Dispel Magic immediately end Hold
next 12 hours after finishing the meal, all Targets Portal. (P)
gain an addition 3 Temporary Wounds, and gain
+4 to all Skill Checks and saving throws. If the
feast is interrupted for any reason, the Spell is
ruined and all effects are negated. This Spell
requires a Goblet worth 200 Silver, which is
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 Hungry Earth Tier 5 Hypnotic Pattern Tier 2
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 55exp Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 30exp
1 Action 100ft 10min (C) 1 Action 100ft 1min (C)
You focus on a 20ft AOE Cube, the ground You create a 10ft AOE Cube of twisting patterns
becoming seemingly sentient, hungrily devouring and shifting colors, that Distract all Targets
any living thing that walks across it. Immediately within. Every Target within the area must make a
at the beginning of each of your turns, any living Willpower Save, gaining the Distracted Condition
creature on the ground in the area, or any living if they fail. The AOE lingers and effects any
creature on the ground that enters the area at any Target that moves through it, or ends their turn
time, must succeed at an opposed Grapple Check, inside it. Moving out of the AOE does not end the
the ground uses your Arcane or Nature to make Targets Distraction, but they may spend 1 Action
its Check. A Grappled creature is pulled 3ft down to attempt another Save to remove the condition
and 5ft towards the center down. A creature who once they are out.(P)
is fully buried must Hold Their Breath or begin
Suffocating. If a Target succeeds the Grapple Hypnotism Tier 1
Check they may move as normal if they are not
buried. If the Target is buried and succeeds, they Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp
may move back up 3ft. Hungry earth continues to 1 Action 30ft 5 Rounds (C)
pull a Target down to a maximum depth of 50ft.
When the Spell ends, the DC for escaping You gesture and speak to a Target in a droning
becomes 10.(P) voice, causing the Target to make a Willpower
Save. Failure; Target is Stunned for the duration.
Hunter's Blessing Tier 5
Ice Spears Tier 3
Enchantment Nature Cost: 50exp
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 35exp
1 Action 60ft 24 Hours
1 Action 30ft Instant
You may select up to 5 Targets, all of which must
be within 30ft of each other. All Targets gain a +2 You summon 5 spears made of ice that float
to all Checks and Saves, including Initiative rolls. around you, these will remain floating above you
You also gain a +5 to Tracking the Targets. for 3 Rounds before melting. You may spend 1
Action to command any number of spears to
shoot at any Target or Targets within range,
Hunter's Eye Tier 2 making an attack roll against them. These spears
Divination Nature Cost: 20exp deal 2 Cold Damage if they hit.
1 Action 100ft 10min
You mark one Target that you can see, and for the
duration the Target cannot hide from you, even if
it is invisible or ethereal. You also ignore any
concealment for the Target, such as granted by fog
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 Ice Storm Tier 4 Image, Silent Tier 1
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp
1 Action 100ft 10min (C) 1 Action 400ft (C)
You create a storm of heavy hail that covers a You create a basic illusion of an Object, Target, or
50ft AOE Sphere, or two 25ft AOE Spheres. The force that fits within a 5ft square. This illusion
origin of these storms is 40ft in the air. All those creates no sound, smell, texture or temperature.
within who are not under cover take 3 Cold You can move the image within the limit of the
Damage, which is only taken when the Spell is range. A Target must make a Willpower Save in
first cast. All those caught in the hail must also order to see through the illusion. The image
make a Physical Save, gaining the Stunned immediately disappears when struck, unless you
Condition if they fail. Vision and hearing within use your Reaction to make it act appropriately.(P)
the storm is reduced to 20ft. Any Target who
attempts to move through the storm moves at Half Image, Minor Tier 2
Speed. If a Target attempts to move more than
half their movement, such as taking multiple Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp
move actions or Running, they must make a 1 Action 400ft (C)
Physical Save every 10ft, falling Prone if they
fail. This Spell acts Silent Image, but you increase the
area to a 10ft Cube and you can include minor
sounds, but nothing complex, such as
Icicle Dagger Tier 1 understandable speech. A Target must make a
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp Willpower Save in order to see through the
illusion. The image immediately disappears when
Minor Self 10mins
struck, unless you use your Reaction to make it
You create a single dagger, made of ice. This act appropriately.(P)
functions as a +1 Dagger that deals Cold Damage.
For every 3 Backlash you add when casting, you Image, Major Tier 3
increase the weapon Bonus by +1.
Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 30exp
Icy Prison Tier 5 1 Action 400ft (C)
Evocation Arcane Cost: 60exp This Spell acts as Silent image, but you can create
sounds, smells, and thermal illusions within a
1 Action 100ft 1min (C)
20ft cube. A Target must make a Willpower Save
You trap a Target in ice. The Target may make a in order to see through the illusion. The image
Physical Save. If they fail the Save, they are immediately disappears when struck, unless you
considered Helpless for the duration. If they use your Reaction to make it act appropriately.(P)
succeed, they become Grappled, being forced to
make their Grapple Checks against your Arcane Impenetrable Veil Tier 5
skill in order to escape. The encased Target gains
Full Cover. The ice has 5HP and a Hardness of 10, Abjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
and if it is broken the Target is freed. 2 Actions Touch 1 Hour
The Touched Target becomes utterly impossible
Identify Tier 1 to detect by mundane or magical means. Though
Divination Arcane/Nature Cost: 15exp they are not invisible, they gain a +20 to Stealth
Checks, and their Stealth also applies to Targets
1 Action 60ft 5 Rounds
who can see by unnatural means, even Talents, or
You focus on an item, and once the Spell expires True Sight.
you know every magical or mechanical property
the item has, if any. You also know many details
about the object, such as what it is and what it is
made of, as well as how much it is worth. You do
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 Implosion Tier 9
Evocation Spirit Cost: 100exp
2 Actions 30ft Instant (C)
You focus on a Target and cause a destructive
resonance on the very life force within a
corporeal Target's body, who must make a Grit
Save. If the Target is Undead, they must make this
Save twice. If they fail the Save, they receive 10
Damage, or half as much if they Saved. You may
cast this Spell again on your next turn without
spending an Action, but you must choose a new
Target who has not been effected by Implosion
during this casting chain and is within 30ft of the
last Target. The cascading nature of this Spell
ends if you do not, or cannot, cast it one turn, or
you become unable to cast Spells. This Spell does
not effect Targets in a gaseous form or
incorporeal Targets. Undead Targets Downed by
this Spell are Destroyed.
Incendiary Cloud Tier 8
Evocation Arcane Cost: 90exp
1 Action 100ft 1min (C)
You create a 20ft AOE Cube of a sparking and
burning smoke. The smoke acts as Fog Cloud in
all aspects, and in addition does 6 Fire Damage to
all Targets who begin their turn in the smoke.
Physical Save halves the Fire Damage on a
successful Save.
Inflict Wounds Tier 1
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp
1 Action Touch Instant
You make a Touch Attack against a Target, dealing
2 Necrotic Damage to them on a successful Touch.
An Undead Target instead receives 2 Wounds.
This cannot raise them above their maximum
Wounds. You may Increase the amount of Damage
that a Target takes by increasing Backlash,
granting 1 additional Wound for every 2 Backlash
added. Undead also regains 1 additional Wound
for every Backlash added.
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Insanity Tier 7
Enchantment Arcane Cost: 80exp
2 Actions 100ft Instant
The Target makes a Willpower Save, if they fail
they gain the Confused Condition. The only way
to end this Condition is to cast Remove Curse,
Heal, Miracle, or Wish.
Insect Scouts Tier 2
Conjuration Nature Cost: 20exp
2 Actions 30ft 8 Hours
You summon up a smattering of insects all of Fine
size, who over the course of 8 Hours scout out the
surrounding area to a distance of 10 Mile. They
inform you of any Targets, structures, bodies of
water, and natural hazards within the 10 Mile
radius, though they cannot give you specific
details on any of these. For instance they cannot
tell you what a Target is, or how big a building is,
but they can tell you if the Target is bigger or
smaller than you, or if water is drinkable.
Insect Spies Tier 3
Conjuration Nature Cost: 30exp
2 Actions 30ft 12 Hours
You summon a single Fine sized beetle or other
insect, which has a small bit of intelligence.
When within 30ft of you, you can telepathically
give it commands, to which it follows to the best
of its ability. It can communicate to you in the
same manner, it can repeat speech it has heard or
writing it has seen but is not smart enough to
discern someones emotional state or determine
who is in charge among several people. It can give
you basic numbers of how many, and general
equipment or items in the area. It can also locate
specific items that you have seen, or have had
described to you. You have a small magical link to
the beetle, and can sense the direction they are
and you know immediately if it has been killed.
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 Interposing Hand Tier 5 Ironskin Tier 2
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 50exp Transmutation Nature/Spirit Cost: 30exp
1 Action 100ft 1 Min (C) 1 Action Self 24 Hours
You create a Large magical hand between you and You have a Natural Soak of 4 and gain a -2 to
a Target. The hand remains between the two of Dodge while the Spell is Active. Natural Soak
you, no matter how much you or they move. Soaks Magical Damage. Ironskin ends once it has
Nothing fools the hand, not darkness, not soaked 10 points of Damage. Ironskin always
invisibility, nor illusions. The hand does not Soaks Damage before other sources. This does
pursue the Target. It counts as Full Cover for you not stack with any Natural Soak the Target
against the Target, has a Dodge of 20, no Soak, already has, or any Spell that gives them Natural
and as many Wounds equal to your maximum Soak. Ironskin cannot be applied again until 8
Wounds. The hand prevents the Target from hours have passed after it has ended.
getting any closer to you than it already is, but
you can move towards the Target without issue. Irresistible Dance Tier 8
Moving towards the Target does not cause the
hand to push the Target. You may spend 1 Action Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 90exp
to change the Target of the hand. If the Target is 1 Action Touch 1min (C)
Gargantuan or larger, it may make an apposed
Strength Check against your Arcane Skill in The Touched Target is overcome with the
order to move closer. undeniable urge to dance. The Target may make a
Willpower Save to negate the effect. The Target
can do nothing on its turn but dance in place. The
Invisibility Tier 2 Target also suffers a -10 to Dodge and
Illusion All Cost: 35exp automatically fails Physical Saves. Every time
the Target is dealt Damage it may attempt the
1 Action Touch 10 Min (C)
Save again.
You give yourself or a Target the Invisible
Condition. The Spell is immediately ended if you Jester's Jaunt Tier 3
cast a Spell that does Damage or effects someone
other than you, or make an Attack that would Transmutation Nature Cost: 30exp
deal Damage. 1 Action Touch Instant
Make a Touch Attack against a Target, if
Invisibility Purge Tier 2 successful it is immediately teleported 30ft to a
Abjuration All Cost: 25exp spot of your choosing. The spot must be on solid
ground and cannot be in a space that is hazardous
1 Action Self Instant
to the Target.
You create a 50ft AOE Cube around you,
immediately Dispelling any and all forms of Jitterbugs Tier 1
Invisibility, whether they be magical or natural
abilities. Any Target effected by this burst cannot Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 15exp
become invisible again for 8 hours. 1 Action 30ft 3 Rounds (C)
The Target must make a Willpower Save. If they
fail they perceive themselves being covered in
creepy crawly insects and gain the Distracted
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 Jump Tier 1 Know Direction Tier 0
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp Divination Nature Cost: 5exp
Minor Touch 1min Minor Self Instant
The Touched Target gains a +10 to any jumping You immediately know the direction of North to
Physical Check. They also triple their jump your current position. This Spell does nothing in
distance. a Realm without a North.

Jury-Rig Tier 1 Laughter Tier 2

Transmutation Arcane Cost: 15exp Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
Minor Touch 5 Rounds (C) 1 Action 30ft 1min (C)
The Target of this Spell must be something that The Target of this Spell must make a Willpower
has the Broken Condition. For the Duration, the Save. If Target Fails they begin to laugh
object loses the Broken Condition. If the object is uncontrollably. This laughter causes the Target to
dealt Damage it is immediately broken, and the fall Prone and become unable to take any Actions,
Spell ends immediately. aside from spending 2 Actions to attempt to break
free from the Spell.
Keep Watch Tier 1
Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 15exp
Levitate Tier 2
Transmutation All Cost: 25exp
1 Action Touch 8 Hours
1 Action 30ft 1 Min (C)
You touch a Target, allowing them to remain
awake during a Long Rest and keep watch You allow yourself or a Target to suddenly
without any ill effects. They do not gain Fatigue, become weightless. The Target must be willing, or
and regain Wounds as if they had taken a Long if it is an Object it must be unattended. You
Rest. Wounds and any Item or Talent that control the speed and direction of the Levitation,
requires a Long Rest are not regained until the moving at 20ft per round. The Levitated Target
end of the 8 Hours. suffers a -5 to Dodge and Attack Rolls.

King's Castle Tier 4 Life Pact Tier 2

Transmutation Spirit Cost: 40exp Necromancy Spirit Cost: 20exp
Minor 120ft Instant 1min 30ft 8 hours
You swap places with a willing Target within You select any number of Targets within range at
range. the time of casting. As long as this Spell is active
you may spend 1 Action to give your Wounds to
Knock one of the Targets under the effect of your Spell,
Tier 2
no matter their current range. This does not count
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 20exp as you receiving Damage and cannot be Soaked. A
1 Action 100ft Instant Target cannot go above their maximum Wound
count. Alternately if one of the Targets receives
This Spell opens any stuck, barred, or locked Damage, you may instead receive it as
door, chest, box, etc. This Spell also opens secret Unsoakable Damage. If you are Downed by this
doors, and doors or boxes with 'trick' locks, but Spell, you do not gain the Bleed Condition.
does not work on Puzzle Boxes. If cast on
something being held closed with Hold Portal, the
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 Light Tier 0 Mage Armor Tier 1
Evocation All Cost: 10exp Abjuration Arcane Cost: 20exp
1 Action Touch 1 Hour Minor Self 8 Hours
You touch an Object and cause it to shed light as You create an invisible but tangible armor that
though it were a Torch. You may only have up to surrounds you, giving you a Dodge of 15 Dodge and
your Magic Skill in Light Spells active at any Soak of 1, as long as you are not wearing armor
time, and any castings after that immediately already. This does not actually count as armor
ends the oldest effect.(P) when it comes to Backlash Checks, but applies to
other armor restrictions.
Lightning Bolt Tier 3
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 35exp
Mage Hand Tier 0
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 10exp
1 Action Self Instant
1 Action 30ft (C)
You release a 120ft-Line bolt of lightning from
your hand, dealing 2 Lightning Damage. This bolt You can lift and move any object from a distance,
travels 120ft from you in a direct line, hitting as long as it is a 1 Bulk or less Object. By spending
everything in it's path. It ends if it cannot an Action, you can throw the object 15ft in any
overcome the HP of an Object, or reaches its 120ft direction and the Spell ends.
distance. You can increase the Damage by adding
more Backlash. For every 2 Backlash you add it Magic Arrow Tier 2
increases its Damage by 1. Targets struck may
make a Physical Save, halving the Damage if they Evocation Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp
succeed. Minor Touch Instant
As you fire an arrow, or crossbow bolt, you may
Locate Tier 3 imbue it with one of the elements of magic. All
Divination All Cost: 30exp Damage dealt by the arrow or bolt is now dealt as
the element you choose.
1 Min 10 Miles 10min
You immediately sense the direction of a Target, Magnetic Grasp Tier 0
whether it be a person, critter, or object. If you do
not have a very good description of the Target you Conjuration All Cost: 10exp
must succeed at a Luck Roll, otherwise the Spell 1 Action 30ft 1 Round
immediately fails. If you have a detailed
description, have personally seen the Target and You create a small magical field, attracting any
been within 30ft of them, or have a photo of the Bulk 0 Objects that are magnetic to a point that
Target, you do not need to make a Luck Roll. you designate in a 30ft AOE Sphere. These
Running water blocks this Spell, as does a thin Objects must be unattended.
sheet of lead and certain Spells.

Longshot Tier 1
Transmutation Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp
Minor Touch 1min
You touch a weapon and increase its Range Band
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 Magnificent Mansion Tier 7
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 80exp
1min 30ft 24 Hours
Using two uses of a piece of Magical Chalk, you
draw up a magical door that leads to an extra-
dimensional mansion. The door can only be
entered on one side, appearing as a solid surface
on the back, and can be any shape that you desire.
The entrance is Invisible to everyone but you
when the door is closed, and only those who you
designate can enter. The layout of the mansion
can be whatever you desire, with a floor space of
100 cubic feet, with two beds in a bedroom. There
are 10 Unseen Servants who exist only within
the mansion. It is furnished and contains enough
food to feed 200 people 3 large meals. Food and
furniture cannot exit the mansion. Outside
conditions do not effect the inside. Windows on
the mansion can show anything you want but are
not real areas. The only exception is that you can
choose to have them show area around the door
as long as the window is within 30ft of the door.
Everyone is harmlessly placed outside when the
spell ends, but the Mansion may be recast before
ending.(P)
Make Lost Tier 2
Enchantment Nature Cost: 30exp
1 Action 30ft Instant
The Target must make a Willpower Save. If they
fail, they immediately lose their sense of
direction and recent memories of travel. They
forget the route that they took within the last
hour and become lost, though they do not forget
the events that happened during their travel.
Make Whole Tier 2
Transmutation All Cost: 30exp
2 Actions 30ft Instant
This Spell functions just like Mending, except it
can repair an Object of 10 Bulk or less, and
returns 4 HP to it. A Magical Item that is not
Grand or higher regains it's magical abilities. If
used on a book or paper, writing, ink and colors
are restored.
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Malfunction Tier 4
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 50exp
1 Action 30ft Instant
You cause a Machine or Gadget to malfunction,
and cease its regular function. The next time the
item is used it is treated as if the user has failed a
Luck Roll. If it's effect is currently being used it
immediately ends. A Clockwork hit by
Malfunction is Stunned for 2 Rounds. A Target
may make a Knowledge Engineering or Occult
Check in order to determine that it has been
tampered with, the DC of this is 12+ your Arcane
skill.
Meld into Stone Tier 3
Transmutation Nature/Spirit Cost: 40exp
1 Action Self 10min (C)
You gain the ability to move into stone as if it
were water. You do not need to hold your breath.
The stone must be large enough for your to fit
into, and interconnected stones or stones pressed
against each other count as one stone. You must
always be in contact with the surface of the stone,
though nothing can see you from the other side.
You cannot see outside the stone, but can interact
with anything you are carrying and cast Spells on
yourself. Your movement through the stone is not
hindered, though you must remain in contact with
the surface. You can at any time step out of the
stone and end the Spell. If you do not exit before
or when the Spell expires, you are Dead. If the
Spell is forcefully ended by Dispel Magic or some
other effect, you are immediately shunted out of
the stone. Entering the stone slows all momentum
and you do not take Fall Damage.
Mending Tier 0
Transmutation All Cost: 5exp
1 Action 10ft Instant
The Spell repairs Damage to an Object with a
Bulk value of 2 or less, removing the Broken
Condition if it has it. Every casting of Mending
gives the Object 1 HP. Magical items can be
repaired, but it does not regain its magical
properties. If a book or paper is destroyed,
Mending will repair it but does not return the ink
or colors to the pages.
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 Merge with Familiar Tier 2 Miracle Tier 9
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp None Spirit Cost: 100exp
1 Action Touch 8 Hour 2 Actions Special Instant
If your familiar is at least one size category With this Spell you make a request to the Gods
smaller than you, it harmlessly merges into your and powerful beings within the world, asking
body. It may remain within you for the duration, them for a miracle, something that defies the
and can leave at anytime as a Move Action. Any conventional means of the world.
effects that are on your Familiar are transferred With this Spell you may do one of the following:
to you. They cannot be Targeted and cannot be -Duplicate any Spirit Spell of Tier 8 or lower.
Damaged. It does not have to exit even if you die. -Undo any Spell that is Tier 8 or lower.
Your Familiar cannot be Targeted. If you Familiar -Undo any unfortunate event within the last 48
is your Spell Focus, you may still cast Spells as if hours.
your Familiar were present. -Create an effect similar in power to the above
effects, at the Storytellers permission.
Meteor Swarm -Summon an Avatar of your God
Tier 9
Evocation Arcane Cost: 100exp
Modify Memory Tier 4
2 Actions 400ft Instant
Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
The pinnacle of destructive magic is Meteor
2 Actions 30ft Permanent
Swarm. You select up to four spots that you can
see. From your hands rise molten globules of The Target must succeed at a Willpower Save or
destruction, which streak towards the points you come under one of the following effects that you
designate, each one explodes at the point, creating choose:
20ft AOE Spheres, AOE's may not overlap more Eliminate all memory of an event the subject
than 10ft. Every Target within these AOE's must experienced. This cannot negate other Spells.
make a Physical Save. Failure; Target takes 10 Recall a specific event that the Target
Damage, half if they succeed. A Target can only be experienced with perfect clarity.
effected once, even if there is overlap. Cover, and Change the details of an event the Target
unattended Objects receive 20 Damage. experienced.
Implant a memory of an event that the Target
Mindwipe never actually experienced.
Tier 4
The only way to undo this is to cast Remove
Enchantment Arcane Cost: 50exp Curse, Heal, Miracle, or Wish.
2 Actions 30ft 1 Hour
Target must succeed at a Willpower Save, or lose
Negative Reaction Tier 1
a large chunk of their life experience. They must Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 15exp
make a Luck Roll for every Talent and Spell they
1 Action 30ft 1min (C)
know, being unable to recall or use any that they
fail the Save for the duration. Can be removed The Target receives a -10 to all Moxy related
with Remove Curse, Heal, Miracle, or Wish. (P) Checks.

Neutral Buoyancy Tier 2

Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp
1 Action Touch 10min
The Touched Target loses all buoyancy and floats
neutral in the water, regardless of weight. They do
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 Oasis Tier 5 Open-Close Tier 0
Conjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 50exp Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp
30min 30ft Permanent 1 Action 30ft Instant
You select a spot on the ground within range and You open or close a door, chest, box, window, bag,
concentrate for 30 minutes, causing water to pouch, bottle, barrel, etc. If anything resists this
swell up from deep bellow the ground, creating a action, such as a bar on a door, a lock on a chest,
natural and maybe permanent spring. The spring or a knot around a bag the Spell fails. Something
is quite sizable, and pulls 20 gallons of water as simple as a latch does not stop this Spell. The
initially and 5 gallons of water per hour after Target cannot be larger than Bulk 3.
that. The water is drinkable. If the surrounding
terrain is suitable to hold a pond, it forms one. In Pale Flame Tier 2
a desert, the initial pulled water is 5 gallons, and
it only pulls 1 gallon per day. In dry areas, the Evocation Nature Cost: 30exp
spring may not last depending on it's 1 Action Self (C)
environment, or in a cold area the water may
freeze. This flame works like Produce Flame, except that
it's not as bright. It offers half the light of a torch,
and cannot be seen more than 100ft away. You
Obscure Tier 2 can spend 1 Action to grab someone with your
Abjuration All Cost: 30exp flaming hand with a Touch Attack, dealing 2 Fire
Damage to them. Against plants and plant based
1 Action Touch 8 Hours
Targets, this is 5 Fire Damage. You may also
This Spell hides the touched Target or Object, it is throw the flame 120ft with the same Damage
hidden from any divination, such as Scry or effect. Grappled Targets do not receive Damage
Locate. These Spells automatically fail if it is unless an action is spent to make a Touch Attack.
trying to locate the Target, or if it Targets
something in the area they cannot see the Target. Pass Without a Trace Tier 1
(P)
Transmutation Nature Cost: 20exp
Obscuring Mist Tier 1 1min Touch 8 Hours
Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp Every Target that you Touch during the Cast Time
gains the benefits of this Spell. All those under
1 Action Self (C)
the effect of this Spell for the duration leave no
You create a 20ft AOE Cube that spreads out from footprints, or scent, or any indication they passed
around you. All Targets who are more than 5ft through the area for the duration. Those under
within the fog have Partial Cover, and a Target the effects cannot be tracked by non-magical
who is behind more than 10ft of fog cannot be means. Each Target also gains a +10 to Stealth
seen or Targeted.(P) Checks.

Open or Shut? Tier 1 Passwall Tier 5

Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 15exp Transmutation Arcane Cost: 50exp
Minor Touch 10min 1 Action Touch 1 Hour
You alter the appearance of a door, chest, box, You create a passage through wood, plaster, or
window, bag, pouch, bottle, barrel, etc. and disguise stone, but not harder materials. The passage is 5ft
whether it is open or shut. You make the object wide, 8ft tall, and 10ft deep. If the walls thickness
appear either open, or shut, regardless of whether is more than 10ft, you may add Backlash to
it is actually open or shut. You may use 1 Action increase it, increasing the depth 5ft per 1
to change whether the object appears open or Backlash added in this way. If the Spell effect
shut.(P) ends, or is Dispelled while Targets are within the
passage, they are immediately ejected out the
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 Permanency Tier 5 Polymorph Tier 5
None Arcane Cost: 50exp Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 60exp
1min Touch Permanent 1 Action Touch 5min (C)
You make one Spell with (P) at the end of it You Touch a willing Target, turning them into a
permanent. You must cast Permanency before Critter, Race, or Elemental of your choosing. This
casting the other Spell. When you cast Spell cannot turn a Target into anything larger
Permanency the Spell triggers when you cast than them.(P)
another Spell, which is made permanent if it is
able. If the Spell is not able to be made Polymorph, Greater Tier 7
permanent, the cast of Permanency is wasted.
The Hat no longer needs to Concentrate on a Spell Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 80exp
that is made Permanent. 1 Action Touch (C)
This works as Polymorph, except the Target may
Phobia Tier 4 be turned into something up to 2 size categories
Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp larger, or 3 categories smaller, than itself.(P)
1 Action 30ft Special
Polymorph, Baleful Tier 5
One Target that you choose makes a Willpower
Save, and is given one of the Phobia Troubles at Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 60exp
the -5 level. This Phobia remains until triggered, 1 Action Touch 5min (C)
and leaves the Target when they no longer are
receiving the penalty from their Phobia. This works as Polymorph, except it may be used
against any Target. The Target must make a
Physical Save, or be turned into the thing of your
Pillow Talk Tier 3 choosing. They must then make a Willpower
Enchantment Arcane/Nature Cost: 30exp Save, if they fail they lose their mind and gain the
Abilities and Talents of what they are turned into,
10min Touch 10min
and lose their previous ones. If they succeed at
This Spell can be cast only on a sleeping Target, the first Save, they automatically succeed the
which must succeed at a Willpower Save. If they second. If they fail the first but succeed the
fail, they remain asleep and will answer any second, they keep their Abilities and Talents.(P)
questions asked for the duration. A Target can
only be effected once a week by Pillow Talk. Prestidigitation Tier 0
All All Cost: 10exp
Pistol Shot Tier 1
1 Action 10ft 1 Hour
Evocation Arcane Cost: 15exp
The most basic of minor magical tricks all fall
1 Action 100ft Instant
under this Spell. With it you can create a
You make a ranged attack, this attack is the harmless sensory effect, such as faint music, a
equivalent to a Medium Pistol and deals 4 Force puff of wind, harmless sparks, or an odd odor.
Damage. This Damage can be Soaked by non- You can chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of
magical armor. Pistol Shot may be cast multiple material. You can color, soil, or clean items in a
times in a turn unlike other Tier 1 Spells. 1-foot cube each round. You can light or snuff out
a candle. You can make a small mark or symbol
Poison appear on an object for the duration. You can
Tier 4
slowly lift up to 1lb of material. You can create
Necromancy All Cost: 50exp small non-magical trinkets, or small illusions as
1 Action Touch Instant long as they are under 1 bulk. Any item you make
is extremely fragile, and crumbles into nothing
If you succeed at a Touch attack, the Target must after the duration. You can also make an
make a Poison Save vs your Magic DC. If the unlocked door or window open.
Target fails they gain Poison(Half your Magic
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 Produce Flame Tier 1
Evocation Nature Cost: 20exp
1 Action Self (C)
You create a bright flame in your hand, giving off
the same brightness of a torch. These flames do
not harm anything that you do not want it to. You
can spend 1 Action to grab someone with your
flaming hand with a Touch Attack, dealing 1 Fire
Damage to them. Against plants and plant based
Targets, this is 4 Fire Damage. You may also
throw the flame 30ft with the same Damage
effect. Grappled Targets do not receive Damage
unless an action is spent to make a Touch Attack.
Additionally, if you make an Unarmed Attack
against a Target with the flaming hand, they
receive the Damage.
Pup Shape
Tier 4
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
1 Action 30ft Special
Your Target must be an Animal, Beast or Magical
Beast. The Target must make a Physical Save, or
be turned into an infant of their species. They
must then make a Willpower Save, if they fail
they lose their current mind and regress to the
age they are turned into and, gaining the Child
Trouble. This lasts for 1min. If they succeed at the
first Save, they automatically succeed the second.
If they fail the first but succeed the second, they
keep their Abilities and Talents and return to
their regular form in 2 Rounds. This Spell can be
broken by Remove Curse, Heal, Miracle, or Wish.
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Pyrotechnics Tier 2
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
1 Action 400ft Special
Pyrotechnics offers you the capability of doing 2
different effects, Fireworks or Smoke Cloud. You
must select a fire source within range, such as a
campfire, a torch, or an Object that is on fire.
Fireworks: You cause the fire to coalesce into a
single explosive moment. All those within 10ft of
the fire must succeed at a Physical Save or
receive 2 Fire Damage. Also, all those within 120ft
who can see the blast must succeed at a
Willpower Save, or be Blinded for 2 Rounds. The
flame is used up after this effect.
Smoke Cloud: You cause the fire to billow thick
smoke in all directions, forming a 20ft AOE
Sphere of smoke. This Smoke lasts for as long as
you Concentrate on it (C). All those within the
smoke suffer a -5 to any Check relying on Sight,
such as Perception and To Hit. All those within
the smoke have Partial Cover, and all those
behind more than 10ft of smoke cannot be seen or
Targeted.
Rain of Arrows Tier 8
Conjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 90exp
1 Action 400ft Instant
You conjure up a large cloud of magical arrows.
You target one spot, creating a 15ft AOE Sphere
that these arrows begin to pelt. All those within
must make a Physical Save, being dealt 15
Damage on a failed Save, or 7 Damage on a
successful Save. This Damage can be Soaked by
mundane armor. You can increase the AOE by
adding more Backlash. For every 2 Backlash you
add it increases its AOE by 5ft.
Raise Companion Tier 2
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 25exp
1 Action Touch Instant
You touch a dead Companion, or Familiar, and
return it to life, giving it 1 Wound.
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 Raise Dead Tier 4 Ray of Frost Tier 0
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 50exp Evocation All Cost: 10exp
1 Action Touch Instant 1 Action 30ft Instant
You return life to a Dead Target. The Spell only You fire a ray of freezing air and ice. You make a
works if the Target has been dead for less than Spell Attack, and deal 1 Cold Damage if you hit. If
25 hours, and you have more than 90% of the the number on the die is 20 or more, the Targets
body. The Target is returned to life with 1 Wound. speed is halved for 10 Rounds.
The Target is Stunned for 2 Rounds, and has 4
levels of Exhaustion. Read Magic Tier 0
Divination All Cost: 10exp
Rapid Repair Tier 5
1 Action Self 10min (C)
Transmutation Arcane/Spirit Cost: 50exp
You can read any magical runes and writing, such
1 Action Touch Instant
as books, scrolls, runes on weapons, etc. This
You Target a Clockwork, Machine, or Gadget and does not activate any magical effect, unless the
heal it to full HP. The Target loses the Broken magical effect is triggered by reading.
Condition if it has it.
Reboot Tier 4
Raven's Flight Tier 2
Transmutation Arcane/Spirit Cost: 40exp
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
1 Action 30ft 1min
Minor Self 1 Round
This must Target a Destroyed Clockwork,
You must cast this Spell at the beginning of your Machine, or Gadget, and returns it to 1 HP for the
turn and you cannot do anything but make Basic duration. When this Spell hits the end of its
Move Actions during your turn, but you duration, the Target returns to it's Destroyed State.
immediately gain a fly speed of 50ft. You cannot The Target may be healed back to function before
be Targeted as you become a black massive shape this Spell effect ends with any Spell that would
of blurred feathers and raven shaped shadows. heal it.

Ray of Enfeeblement Tier 1 Rebuke Tier 4

Necromancy Arcane Cost: 20exp Abjuration Spirit Cost: 40exp
1 Action 30ft 1min (C) 1 Action Self Instant
A sickly ray springs from your hand, making a You shout out powerful words, centering a 20ft
magical attack against the Target. The Target must AOE Sphere burst on yourself. Every Target
make a Grit Save. If they fail they suffer -5 to within the AOE must make a Physical Save,
Strength. taking 4 Wounds if they fail and becoming
Stunned for 1 Round. If they succeed, they take 1
Ray of Exhaustion Wound. Targets do not actually need to hear the
Tier 3
words to be harmed, but magical silence does
Necromancy Arcane Cost: 40exp prevent it from being cast. Undead within the
1 Action 30ft 1min (C) AOE instead make a Grit Save, taking 8 Damage if
they fail, undead killed by this Spell are
A black ray shoots from your pointing finger, Destroyed.
making a magical attack against a Target. If the
Target is hit, they may make a Grit Save. If they
fail the Grit Save they suffer 1 level of
Exhaustion. This stacks with any previous levels
of Exhaustion, but they lose exhaustion gained
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 Rebuke Technology Tier 4 Reloading Hands Tier 1
Abjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 40exp Conjuration All Cost: 10exp
1 Action 100ft Instant Minor Touch Instant
You target a Machine, or Gadget. It makes a Save, A phantom hand appears and performs the
adding it's Soak. If it fails the Save, it immediately Reload Action on whatever you are holding.
gains the Broken Condition, but does not lose HP.
A Clockwork who is Struck makes a similar Remove Curse Tier 3
Save, becoming Paralyzed for 2 Rounds if they
fail. Abjuration Spirit Cost: 30exp
1 Action Touch Instant
Recharge Tier 2 You remove any and all Curses, Enchantments
Evocation Arcane Cost: 25exp and Conditions on a Target. Any Spell from the
Necromancy or Enchanting School with a lasting
1 Action Touch Instant
effect is considered a Curse. Remove Curse may
You touch a Machine or Gadget, immediately also be used to suppress the Curse effect on a
returning half of it's Fuel to it. You must have the Magical Item for 24 hours. The suppression can
appropriate Fuel Talent in order to Recharge a be made permanent with the use of the
Gadget, and it must be charged with the Permanency Spell.(P)
appropriate Fuel Type. You cannot use Recharge
on a Gadget that also has the capability to use Repel Vermin Tier 4
Recharge.
Abjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 30exp
Regenerate Tier 7 1 Action Touch 10min (C)
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 80exp An invisible barrier holds back any Insect or
Critter, that is of Size Tiny or Smaller, referred to
3 Rounds Touch 10min (C)
by this spell as Vermin, to a distance of 10ft. This
The Target begins to regenerate for however long aura is centered on the object or Target touched
you remain concentrating. Every round they and follows it. Any Vermin who is within the
regain 1 Wound. Any lost limbs, broken bones, aura when the Spell is cast will immediately flee.
ruined organs, and things of that nature begin to If it does not spend all of it's available actions
regrow over the course of 10 Minutes. fleeing, it must make a Willpower Save, if it fails
it suffers 5 Wounds. (P)
Release the Hounds Tier 5
Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 55exp
Resistance Tier 0
Abjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 10exp
1 Action 30ft 1min (C)
1 Actions Touch 1 Hour
This summons a pack of five magical canines that
only respond to the commands of the Caster. The The Target that you touch is infused with
pack can attack only 1 Target, who gains the protection. The Target gains a +1 to saving throws
Distracted Condition. The canines make 5 attacks and gains Resistance to the Element of the
against the Target, using the Casters magical skill Casters choice.
to attack, dealing 2 Damage each Hit. If one
canine hits, they may attempt a trip attack, again
using your magical skill for this. Each Canine has
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 Resurrection Tier 8 Ride the Lightning Tier 8
Necromancy Nature/Spirit Cost: 90exp Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 90exp
1min Touch Instant 2 Action Self Instant
This Spell works much like Raise Dead, with a You immediately travel 120ft-Line, you are unable
few exceptions. The Spell works on a Target who to pass through solid objects of a thickness of
has been dead for 200 years. You only need a more than 3ft and are instead deflected off. You
small piece of the body, as small as a hand, in can stop anywhere in this path, and Targets do
order for the Spell to work. The Target returns at not gain Opportunity Attacks against you as you
full wounds, with 1 level of Exhaustion. If their move. Any Targets you travel through must
body was incomplete, they regenerate all of their immediately make a Physical Save, taking 12
missing limbs and parts as if under the Lightning Damage on a failed Save, or half on a
Regenerate Spell. Your Target cannot have died of success.
old age. You cannot Resurrect Clockworks,
Elementals, Fae or Outsiders. If your Target is Riding Possession Tier 3
Undead, they must be killed before the Spell can
be cast on them, they then return to their original Necromancy All Cost: 30exp
form before they died with memory of being an 2 Actions 100ft 5 Hours (C)
undead.
You project your soul into a Target, referred to as
the Host, with an ability to slightly influence
Returning Weapon Tier 1 them. The Host must make a Willpower Save,
Enchantment All Cost: 15exp unable to detect the Spell if they fail, but if they
succeed they are unsure of what Spell was cast
Minor Touch 1min
on them, but know that magic was attempted on
You touch a weapon, and for the duration, if you them. If they fail you see through their eyes as if
throw the touched weapon, it immediately you are them, but you have no strong influence.
reappears in your hand after it has hit, either the You may make Persuasion Checks to attempt to
intended Target or the ground.(P) influence them, and guide their decision making.
You may break the Spell at anytime, returning to
Reveal True Shape your body. Though the Target must be within 100ft
Tier 2
at the time of casting, you may continue
Divination All Cost: 20exp possessing them no matter where they go,
1 Action 30ft 10min including other Realms.

You reveal the true shape of a Target, whether the

transformation is physical, such as with
Riversight Tier 2
Polymorph, or with illusions, such as with Divination Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp
Disguise Self. It does not force them into their
1min Special (C)
true shape, but it creates an illusionary effect of
their true shape. For the duration, if the Target You touch a body of water, and becoming apart of
attempts to transform or disguise itself, observers it. You can travel along it as if you were walking
can still see its true form. on the shoreline, and move anywhere on the
water as if you were on top of it. You may travel
along the water to a maximum of 5 miles from
your location, moving at a rate of 600ft per round.
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 Sabotage Machine Tier 3 Scry Tier 4
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 35exp Divination All Cost: 40exp
1 Action 100ft 1min (C) 1 Hour No Limit 10min (C)
You cast a 15ft AOE Cube, This effects all You observe a living Target anywhere. The
Machines, Gadgets, and Clockwork. All effected subject receives a Willpower Save with modifiers
Objects do not function for the Duration. listed bellow:
Clockwork Targets within the AOE may make a Casters knowledge of the Target:
Willpower Save. Failure; Target is Confused. None: +10
Heard of the Target: +5
Saddle Surge Met the Target: 0
Tier 2
Know the Target well: -5
Transmutation Nature/Spirit Cost: 20exp Connections:
1 Action Self 10min (C) Full Name: -1
Portrait or Picture: -2
For the Duration you are considered to have 2 Possession or Garment: -5
Trick Ride Talents of your choice. Body part, lock of hair, bit of nail, etc: -10
You must have one of the Connections listed in
Sanctuary Tier 1 order to cast the Spell. If the Target fails their
Save, you can view the Target and their
Abjuration Spirit Cost: 15exp surroundings up to 10ft away from them. This
1 Action Touch 1min (C) view follows them for as long as you hold the
Spell. The Target is unaware they are being
The Target touched becomes the Subject of this observed unless they have an item or ability that
Spell. Any Target attempting to attack, harm, or tells them. If the Spell fails, the Target becomes
hinder the Subject under this Spells influence aware that a Spell has been attempted on them
must first succeed at a Willpower Save. If they and has failed. You cannot cast Scry on a Target
fail, they lose the Action or Actions spent, and more than once in a 24 hour period.
nothing happens. The Spell immediately ends if
the Subject makes an attempt to attack, harm, or
hinder another Target. Searing Light Tier 3
Evocation Spirit Cost: 35exp
Scorching Ray Tier 2 1 Action 100ft Instant
Evocation Arcane Cost: 30exp You make a ranged Spell attack, firing a Divine
1 Action 30ft Instant ray of Sunlight from your palm. The ray does 3
Radiant Damage. Clockworks, Gadgets and
You summon up 3 searing beams of fire. These 3 Machines take 2 Radiant Damage.
beams may be aimed at the same Target or a
number of Targets within range, making Spell
Attacks for each ray. Each beam does 1 Fire
Damage. If multiple beams are aimed at the same
Target, the Damage stacks together for each one
that hits. You can increase the number of beams
by adding more Backlash. For every 2 Backlash
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 Secure Shelter Tier 4
Conjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
10min 30ft 48 hours
You draw a box with 3 uses of Magical Chalk and
create a sturdy cottage or lodge made up of
material that is common for whatever area the
Spell is cast. The area must be devoid of large
obstructions. Any living creature that is within
the area of the building when it is made is
harmlessly placed inside and medium or smaller
obstructions are pushed to the side. The building
is a 20ft square structure, the floor is level, it is
clean and dry inside. The building has 1 or 2
sturdy doors on sides that you decide, between 2
to 8 shuttered windows in locations of your
choosing, and a small fireplace in the center. The
building does not heat itself, but is lit with soft
light. It is secured with magical locks on all the
doors (DC 35 Strength to Force open, DC 25 to
pick) and windows (DC 30 Strength to Force
open) as well as a sturdy grate over the top of the
chimney (DC 35 Strength to Force open). The
door, windows, and upper grate are additionally
protected with the Alarm Spell that lasts for the
duration of the Spell, although they me be opened
without a key, or setting off the alarm, by anyone
the caster designates. There is also an Unseen
Servant who must remain inside the building.
The building is crudely furnished with eight
bunks, a table, eight chairs, and a writing desk. All
the furniture and building disappear at the end of
the duration, unless it is cast again before the
Spell expires. The building is near indestructible,
as an Attack must do 10 Damage to it in a single
hit in order to deal Damage, and the Shelter has
50 HP and 5 Hardness.(P)
See Invisible Tier 1
Divination All Cost: 15exp
1 Action Self 1 Hour (C)
While under the effects of this Spell you can see
any Target who is invisible within your range of
vision. This also allows you to see Ethereal
Targets. You can always discern the difference
between an invisible and Ethereal Target.(P)
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Sending Tier 3
Divination All Cost: 30exp
10min No Limit Instant
You must be familiar with the Target of this Spell,
having met them or have a photograph of them. If
the Target knows who you are in a similar way,
they are aware you are the one sending the
message. A Target who can cast Spells will
recognize this message as Magic. You may send a
message of no more than 25 words to the Target,
and they may reply with the same word limit.
Shackle Tier 2
Conjuration All Cost: 30exp
1 Action Touch (C)
You summon a set of restraints, these restraints
can only work on a Small, Medium, or Large
Target. The Target makes a Physical Save, if they
fail they gain 1 of the following Shackle Effects of
your choice:
Legs: Target's movement is Halved.
Hands: Target cannot use 2 hands.
Mouth: Target cannot speak.
If a Target has all 3 Shackle Effects, they are
Restrained.
If they succeed, you still have the restraints for as
long as you concentrate on the Spell. You also
summon the key to the restraints. The difficulty
to break out of these restraints is based on your
magic DC. You can increase the DC of this Spell
by adding more Backlash. For every Backlash
you add, you increase the DC of this Spell by 2.
Shadow Step Tier 4
Illusion Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
Minor Self Instant
You must touch a shadow that does not belong to
you in order to cast this Spell. You enter the
shadow and emerge from any shadow you can
see. If you are in an area of little to no light, you
can enter and emerge anywhere in the darkness
up to 300ft away.
 Shatter Tier 2 Silence Tier 2
Evocation All Cost: 25exp Enchantment Arcane/Spirit Cost: 30exp
1 Action 30ft Instant 1 Action 400ft 1min (C)
You create harsh air vibrations in a 5ft AOE Cube. The Target of this Spell cannot make any sound.
All Targets in this AOE may make a Physical They may spend 1 Action to make a Willpower
Save, taking 2 Damage if they fail and none if Save to try and cancel this Spell. Nothing the
they succeed, while Clockworks take 5 Damage or Target interacts with makes noise, such as if they
2 Damage even if they succeed. This Spell throw something or attempt to smash something.
immediately destroys any non-magical The Target cannot cast Spells unless they do not
unattended Object made from crystal, glass, need the verbal component.
ceramic, or porcelain within the AOE. You may
also Target other unattended Objects in the AOE Sleet Storm Tier 3
that are made of other material and under 3 Bulk,
dealing 5 Force Damage to them. You may also Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 40exp
focus the Spell onto a single Object or Target, only 1 Action 400ft 1min (C)
dealing Damage to that thing specifically.
Additionally you may increase the Damage You pelt a 40ft AOE Cube with heavy sleet. The
towards an Object by 1 for every 2 additional area is heavily obscured, blocking sight after 10ft.
Backlash that is added. If a Target attempts to move more than half their
movement through the icy ground, they must
succeed at a Physical Save, falling Prone on
Shield Tier 1 failure.
Abjuration Arcane Cost: 15exp
Reaction Self 1 Round Slow Tier 2
If you are struck with an attack a Hat may use a Transmutation Arcane Cost: 20exp
Reaction to use this Spell, possibly causing it to 1 Action 30ft 1 Min (C)
miss. This is a Magical Heavy Shield, giving you
+5 Dodge and +1 Soak, does not add to Backlash The Target must make a Willpower Save, if they
and remains until the end of your next turn. fail they gain a -2 to Dodge and Saves, lose 1
Action per turn for the duration, and cannot make
Reactions or take Minor Actions. Their
Shocking Grasp Tier 1 movement speed is halved. If the Target is under
Evocation Arcane Cost: 20exp the effect of the Haste Spell, casting Slow on
them dispels it and gives them Slow.
1 Action Touch Instant
You make a Touch Attack against a Target, dealing Snowball Tier 0
2 Lightning Damage to them if you hit. If the
Target is wearing metal armor, or wet, they Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 10exp
receive an additional 2 Lightning Damage. If 1 Action 60ft Instant
touched to a metallic or wet surface, it effects all
Targets in contact with that surface within 30ft, You make a Spell Attack against a Target within
who may make a Physical Save, taking no range. If hit the Target takes 1 Cold Damage. If the
Damage on a success. You can increase the total number on your die roll is above 20, the
Damage by adding more Backlash. For every 1 Target is Distracted for 1 Round.
Backlash you add it increases its Damage by 1.

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 Spiritual Weapon Tier 2 Tar Ball Tier 2
Evocation Spirit Cost: 30exp Evocation Nature Cost: 25exp
Minor 100ft 1min (C) 1 Action 30ft Instant
You summon up a weapon made of force, taking You make a Ranged Attack against a Target who
on the appearance of your choice. The weapon then must make a Physical Save if you hit. If they
can make an attack the turn it is summoned. You fail they take 2 Fire Damage and become
may command your Spiritual Weapon with a Grappled by the Tar. They receive 1 Fire Damage
Minor Action to move or attack, or move and every round they are Grappled by the Tar. They
attack. It has a fly speed of 30ft. It makes attacks may spend their turn to attempt to break the
using your Magic Spirit Skill, and deals 4 Radiant Grapple, contested by your Magic Nature Skill, or
Damage, that does not bypass Soak. The weapon they may cool the Tar and no longer receive
cannot be attacked or Sundered, but can be Damage from it.
Dispelled or Counter Spelled.
Tattoo Potion Tier 3
Squeeze Tier 2
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 25exp
Transmutation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp
1min Touch Instant
1 Action Touch 1min (C)
You touch a potion and focus on it for the casting
You allow the Touched Target to squeeze into time. Once cast the potion begins to bubble and
areas as though it were 1 Size Categories smaller. fizz, and if no one drinks it within 1 minute of the
This effect stacks with any natural Talent the Spell being cast it evaporates. The Target who
Target has to Squeeze. drinks the potion does not immediately come
under the effect of the potion, instead they gain a
Stone to Flesh magical tattoo representing the potion somewhere
Tier 6
on their body. They may, at any time, spend 1
Transmutation All Cost: 70exp Minor Action to touch the tattoo and activate its
1 Action 100ft Instant effect. A Target may only have 5 magical tattoos
from this Spell at any given time and may only
You return one Target who has been Petrified activate 1 per turn.
back to it's normal state.
Technomancy Tier 0
Stoneskin Tier 4
Divination Arcane Cost: 10exp
Abjuration Nature/Spirit Cost: 50exp
1 Action Self 1min (C)
2 Actions Touch 1 Hour
This Spell allows you to see any Clockwork,
The Target Touched gains resistance to all Gadget, and Machine within 60ft of you. Any
Damage. They gain a Natural Soak of 4 and 10 Object or area gives off a soft shimmery glowing
Temporary Wounds. These Temporary Wounds aura. An area under the effects of one of these,
cannot be healed, and once they are gone they do including people, also gives off a shimmering
not return unless the Spell is cast again. Once aura. You can easily tell the difference between
these Temporary Wounds are gone, the Spell an object or area, and if you focus on the object
ends. This does not stack with any Natural Soak for 1 Round you can determine the School of
the Target already has, or any Spell that gives magic it belongs to. This Spell cannot see through
them Natural Soak. 1ft of wood, 6in of stone, 1 inch of metal, or any
thickness of lead.
Suffocation Tier 5
Necromancy Arcane/Nature Cost: 60exp
1 Action 30ft (C)
The Target must succeed at a Grit Save or begin
Suffocating for as long as the Spell is
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 Telekinesis Tier 3
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 40exp
1 Action 300ft (C)
You exert your magical will on an Object or
Target, causing it to move or levitate. You may
increase the Bulk limit by adding 1 Backlash for
every 1 Bulk added. There are 3 major functions
of Telekinesis, and you may switch between them
as a Minor Action as long as you maintain
concentration.
Sustained Force: You cause a Target or an Object
of up to Bulk 2 to move at a slow rate of 20ft, or
less, per round. This movement costs 1 Minor
Action on your turn and you must spend a Minor
Action to change the Objects speed or direction.
The Object cannot move outside of the range of
this Spell. If the Spell is ended, the Object
immediately falls. If this Spell is cast on a Target,
their Speed is halved, they make a Willpower
Save every turn to break free.
Combative: You force your Spell will onto a
Target, choosing to Disarm, Drag, Grapple (which
can be turned into a Pin), Shove, or Trip them.
The Target may make a Physical Save against the
casters Spell DC in order to avoid the effect.
Fling: You pitch an Object or Target of Bulk 2 or
less 30ft. A Target may make a Physical Save to
prevent this movement. Any Target or Object
struck by another being Flung takes Damage
equal to the Bulk of what is being thrown.
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Teleport Tier 7
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 80exp
1 Action Self Instant
The Hat who cast this Spell, along with all of its
equipment, and any willing Target of the casters
choice within 10ft are immediately transported to
a location. Any object that completely fits within
10ft can also be teleported. If the Hat casting the
Spell has been to the location, can see the
location, or knows the runes of a Teleportation
Circle at the location there is no Location Penalty.
But if they have not been there they must make
three Luck Rolls. If they fail 1, they successfully
teleport but all suffer 5 Damage, Unsoakable. If
they fail 2 all suffer 5 Damage, Unsoakable and
they are 5 miles off the intended location plus an
additional distance in miles equal to the amount
they failed the Luck Roll by, direction is
determined by random direction roll. Additionally
all other Targets must succeed a Luck Roll, failure
means they end up a distance of miles equal to
the amount they failed the Save. If all 3 fail they
do not go anywhere and instead all suffer 5
Damage, Unsoakable.
Teleportation Circle Tier 5
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 50exp
10min Special Instant
As this Spell is cast, the Hat draws a 10ft circle on
the ground using all 5 uses of a piece of Magical
Chalk, inscribing it with runes, giving it an
Address. Using this circle a caster who knows
Teleportation Circle can use it to Teleport them
self and up to 10 other Targets to a Permanent
Circle that they know the Address of as long as it
is in the same Realm. It takes 1min of study to
learn the Address of a new circle. A Circle lasts
for 24 hours. The circle may be made Permanent
by casting it in the same location every day for 1
month, or with the Permanency Spell.
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 Thunderstomp Tier 1
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 20exp
1 Action Self Instant
You stomp the ground and make a Trip Attack
against every Target within a 30ft AOE Sphere
centered on you. This Trip Attack is made using
your Magic Arcane or Nature, dependent on what
you cast the Spell with. This does not affect any
Target not touching the ground, but shakes nearby
structures and effects those on them if the entire
structure is within the AOE.
Time Stop
Tier 9
Transmutation Arcane Cost: 100exp
2 Actions Self Special
You momentarily freeze time for everyone except
you. You may take an additional 2 Turns, with all
your Actions before the Spell ends. You cannot
effect Targets who are still in normal time, but
they may be attacked as normal and receive the
Damage when the Spell ends, they do not receive
any penalties to Dodge when attacked in this way.
Any object that leaves your possession
immediately freezes in time. Objects not currently
being held by a Target may be interacted with.
Things fired or thrown in this manner maintain
their momentum and all Attack Rolls are made
when the Spell ends, Spells also work in this
way. You do not take Damage from environmental
effects, aura's, or cloud effects. You may increase
this Spell in certain ways by adding Backlash.
You may add Backlash to have this Spell effect
one other Target for every 2 Backlash added in
this way, though they must be within 10ft of you.
You may also add 2 Backlash to give yourself and
those effected an additional Turn per 2 Backlash
added in this way.
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Tiny Hut Tier 3
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 30exp
2 Actions 20ft 8 Hours
Using 2 uses of a piece of Magical Chalk you draw
a circle, creating an unmoving sphere of force of
any color of your choice. You must be in the
sphere when it is cast, and if you leave the sphere
the Spell immediately ends. There is enough
space for 9 Medium Targets besides yourself, who
you give permission to enter. A Large Target
counts as 2 Medium, a Huge counts as 2 Large, etc.
A Small Target counts as Half a Medium, a Tiny
counts as Half a Small, etc. Anyone who does not
have permission to enter, cannot do so. The
Temperature inside the sphere is 70 F. The sphere
is indestructible by non-magical means, and a
Spell must do 10 Damage to it in a single hit in
order to break it. The interior of the sphere may
be lit with dim light, but light does not travel
outside the sphere unless you wish it to. Those
outside the sphere cannot see or hear things
inside the sphere. Those inside can see and hear
outside without problems. Spells and projectiles
can travel out of the sphere without issue.(P)
Tongues Tier 2
Divination All Cost: 20exp
1 Action Self 10min (C)
You gain the ability to speak and understand any
language. In order to understand or speak to a
Target, it must actually have a language.
Tree Shape Tier 2
Transmutation Nature Cost: 20exp
1 Action Self (C)
You assume the shape of a Large tree, shrub, or
Large dead tree trunk of the type that would be
natural in the area. Other than the restriction of
the area, all other aspects of the tree are up to you
when cast. You can only be seen with a True
Shape Spell, or Detect Magic, though Detect Magic
does not tell who you are, merely that you are a
Tree with Transmutation magic cast on it. While
in tree form you can observe everything around
you but cannot speak or perform any Action
other than reverting back. Reverting back is a
Minor Action. Your Dodge and Speed becomes 0,
but you gain a Soak of 10. All held Objects change
with you. You take double Damage from Fire,
unless the type of tree says otherwise.
 True Form Tier 4
Abjuration Arcane/Nature Cost: 50exp
1 Action 100ft Instant
You immediately transform a Target into it's true
shape, whether it's transformation be from
Polymorph or other such Spells. If the
transformation is from a Supernatural Talent, the
Target must succeed at a Willpower Save in order
to negate this Spell.
Tsunami
Tier 9
Evocation Arcane/Nature Cost: 100exp
2 Actions 400ft 1min (C)
You conjure up a massive wave, which is 10ft
deep, 50ft wide, and 10ft high. It moves in a
direction determined by you at its casting at a
speed of 60ft per round. Any Target hit by the
wave must make a Grit Save, taking 10 Cold
Damage on a failed Save, or half that on a success.
If they are Huge or smaller they must then make
a Physical Save in order to remain where they
are. If they fail, they are swept up by the wave
and dragged with it. Huge or smaller Objects are
also swept away by the wave. A Target who is
swept up by the wave may take their turn to
attempt to escape by making another Physical
Save. Any Target who is in the wave at the end of
their turn must make a Grit Save. Failure; 4 Cold
Damage, or half that on a success.
Unseen Servant Tier 1
Conjuration Arcane Cost: 10exp
1 Action 30ft 8 Hours
You create an invisible, mindless, and shapeless
being that obeys your command. The Unseen
Servant can lift up to 5 Bulk. It cannot attack.
Does not trigger traps or other motion sensitive
Spells. They count as the same type of creature
as you. It cannot perform any task that would
require a Skill Check with a DC higher than 10.
The Unseen Servant has a speed of 15 and cannot
climb, fly, or swim but can walk on water. Though
it must be cast within 30ft of you, it can move to a
distance of 120ft. It has a Dodge of 20, 1 Wound,
and is unaffected by anything that makes it make
a Willpower Save, but automatically fails
Physical Saves. You may have multiple servants
at the same time.
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Vision Tier 6
Divination Arcane/Nature Cost: 55exp
2 Actions Self Special
You ask a question as you cast the Spell
pertaining to a person, place, or object, referred to
as the Subject. You take 2 Nonlethal Damage for
every piece of information of the Subject that you
wish to know. You do not need to know much of
anything about the Subject, and could simply have
had the Subject described to you or have seen the
Subject at a glance. If something would block a
Scry Spell, it also blocks this Spell.
Water Breathing Tier 3
Transmutation All Cost: 25exp
1 Action Touch 24 Hours
When you cast this Spell you may Touch a
Target, granting them the ability to breath
underwater unhindered. This does not make a
Target unable to breath air. You may add more
Backlash to have this Spell effect another
creature for every Backlash you add in this
manner.(P)
Water Manipulation Tier 0
Evocation All Cost: 10exp
1 Action 30ft instant
Using this Spell allows for the most basic
manipulation of water or snow around you. You
can effect anything within a 5ft square cube, and
effects only last at most 1 Hour. Nothing you can
do with this Spell is forceful enough to actually
cause Damage. Some examples are:
-Move, or change the flow of the water within the
effected area.
-Shape the water or snow into simple shapes,
such as vague objects, places, or creatures. You
may also animate these shapes.
-Change the water or snows color or opacity.
-Freeze or unfreeze water provided there is
nothing inside. Frozen water naturally unfreezes
in 1 hour unless the environment is cold enough.
-Cause water or snow to jut up, effectively creating
Partial Cover.
-Cause snow in the area to melt.
-Cause an area covered in water or snow to
become Wet or Slick.
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 Water Mastery Tier 4
Evocation All Cost: 50exp
1 Action 120ft Instant (C)
Much like Water Manipulation, Water Mastery
allows you to effect the water or snow around
you, but with far larger effect and a greater
affected area. These can last up to 8 hours, and
the maximum effected area is a 15ft AOE. Some
examples of what you can do is:
-Cause the water level of standing water to
increase by as much as 20ft. Alternatively if the
water source is large, you create a 20ft tall wave
that travels inland.
-Push all water or snow out of the effected area.
Targets on or in are also pushed out if they fail a
Physical Save.
-Redirect the path of flowing water inside the
area.
-Create a whirlpool in the area. If the whirlpool
covers more than 20ft any Target within 10ft of
the whirlpool must make a Physical Save, being
pulled to the bottom if they fail. A Target at the
bottom is Suffocating and takes 2 Damage at the
end of their turn. Physical Save allows a Target to
move 10ft away from the center of the whirlpool.
-Create structures or tunnels through snow or ice.
-Freeze or unfreeze water in the area provided
there are no Targets inside.
Water Walking
Tier 3
Transmutation Nature/Spirit Cost: 25exp
1 Action Touch 1 Hour (C)
You allow the Touched Target to walk on any
liquid surface as if it were normal ground. If the
Spell is cast while underwater all those effected
are immediately launched towards the surface at
60ft per round. You may add more Backlash to
have this Spell effect another creature for every
Backlash you add in this manner.
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Wish Tier 9
None Arcane Cost: 100exp
2 Actions Special Instant
What some consider the mightiest of Spells,
Wish allows you to bend the very fabric of
reality through sheer might of magic.
When casting, you may choose one of the
following effects:
-Duplicate any Arcane Spell of Tier 8 or lower.
-Duplicate any Spell of Tier 6 or lower.
-Undo or dispel any Spell of Tier 8 or lower.
-Give a Target +1 to any Ability or Skill, this may
be done a total of 10 times for any one Target.
-Revive any Target as if using the Resurrection
Spell.
-Heal all Wounds and instantly regenerate all
missing limbs from up to 5 Targets that you can
see.
-Undo any event that happened within the last 48
hours.
-Create one Object worth up to 1,000 Silver.
-Permanently grant one type of elemental
Resistance to a Target, this may only be done
once for a Target but does stack with other
sources of Resistance and if the Target already
has Resistance to that element they become
Immune to it.
-Grant up to 10 Targets immunity to a Spell or
magical effect for 8 hours.
-Create an effect similar in power to the above
effects, at the Storytellers permission.
To cast this Spell requires a gem worth 1,000
Silver, which is consumed by the casting of the
Spell.
 Archetype Background Player Name
Character Name
Experience Total Exp Gained Race Age Height Weight Hair Eyes Gender

Awareness Physical Save Willpower Save

GRT Wounds Dodge Soak Initiative Speed Luck

Total Current

Skills Points Total Bonus Knowledge Points Total Bonus

STR ❐ Athletics ❐ Engineering
❐ Brawl ❐ Geography
❐ Intimidate ❐ History

AGI ❐ Acrobatics ❐ Law

❐ Ride ❐ Occult
❐ Stealth ❐ Outlaw

REF ❐ Firearm(Light) ❐ Religion

❐ Firearm(Heavy) ❐ Warfare
❐ Ranged ❐ Wilds
❐ Sleight of Hand

SMT ❐ Appraise Magic Points Total Bonus

❐ Investigation ❐ Arcane
❐ Medicine ❐ Nature

INT ❐ Perception ❐ Spirit

❐ Sense Motive

❐ Survival Lucidity
MOX ❐ Bluff Total Current
❐ Handle Animal
❐ Leadership
❐ Perform
❐ Persuasion

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Bulk Limit Bonus Bulk Total Bulk Current Bulk

Equipment Bulk Notes Equipment Bulk Notes

Total Total Total

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