Rules As Written

Actions are structured ways to act when your GM tracks Rounds.

Action Points (AP) determine what you can do in a Round.

Action Points (AP) determine what you can do in a Round.

Creatures are animate beings.

Effects are consequences produced by your actions.

Failure is a Test Result that means you don’t achieve your goal.

Your Flat Roll is the number shown on the twenty-sided die face after you roll it.

Fortune is a Modifier that grans a bonus to your Flat Roll.

Your GM narrates the world.

Your GM narrates the world.

High Stakes actions are highly difficult and risky.

Low Stakes actions have low difficulty and risk.

Mid Stakes actions are moderately difficult and risky.

Misfortune is a Modifier that imposes a penalty to your Flat Roll.

Modifiers adjust your Test Total.

Origins are where Effects are created.

A Player is someone who controls a Scribe.

Reach is how far Effects extend from their Origins.

Rounds divide play into 6-second intervals. During a Round, each participant takes or declines one Turn.

Your Scribe is the character you play in the game.

Setback is a Test Result that means your goal gets a mixed outcome.

Stakes describe how difficult and risky an action is.

Success is a Test Result that means you achieve your goal.

A Tabletop Roleplaying Game (TTRPG) is a collaborative story game played through conversation.

Targets are anything that Effects can interact with or affect.

Your GM determines your Test Result by comparing your Test Total to the Stakes of your roll.

Your Test Total is your Flat roll adjusted by relevant Modifiers.

Triggers are what cause an Effect to occur.

A Tabletop Roleplaying Game (TTRPG) is a collaborative story game played through conversation.

On your Turn, or outside you Turn, spend AP to use Actions.