Threats

Writing up a threat

1. Give it a name and pick its type.
2. Add it (and its type) to a threat tracker (Homefront, Nearby, or Distant)
3. Give it an instinct (if it doesn't already have one). How does it cause problems for others? Write it as "to __" (e.g., "to enrich himself").
4. Write a quick description, including related threats or NPCs.
5. If it has momentum: write its impending doom and 2-4 grim portents.
6. Optional: write some stakes questions.
7. Optional: pick or write 2-4 GM moves
8. Optional: write custom player moves

Updating threats

Between sessions, review each threat. If...

• … it is no longer a threat, then cross it off.
• … grim portents occurred, then mark them.
• … the PCs foiled it or changed its course, then update its grim portents and impending doom appropriately.
• … it is moving toward something (but wasn't before), then write an impending doom and grim portents.
• … its instinct or threat type no longer ring true, then revise them.
• … any new stakes questions occur to you, then write them down.
• … it got closer or further away, then move it from one threat tracker to the next.

Trackers

The playbook provides three map spreads (the village, the immediate surrounds, the wider region) as threat trackers to write threats onto.

Threat types & moves

Pick a type to see its moves, or suggest one at random for a portent.