Rules reference

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Book I: Stonetop

• Welcome to Stonetop
• Expectations
• The setting
• Getting Started
• The Blessed
• The Fox
• Storm-marked
• Soul on Fire
• Wide Wanderer
• 2 Special possessions
• 3 World building
• The Blessed
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Collection
• 4&5 NPC connections
• 6&7 PC connections
• Only two players?
• Playing the Game
• Your principles
• Your character
• Hit points (HP)
• Major arcana
• A MIGHTY WILL
• TULPA
• The moves
• Special moves
• Expedition moves
• … unlock the mysteries of an arcanum
• Playbooks & Inserts
• Running the Game
• The core loop
• 1 Establish the situation
• Examples of GM moves
• Player Moves
• Harm & Healing
• First Adventure
• Goals
• Threats
• Affliction
• Beast
• Example beasts:
• MacGuffin
• Magical entity
• Rabble
• Villain
• Wildcard
• Example threats
• THE PALE CRINWIN (wildcard)
• THE WHITE HAND (institution)
• Expeditions
• If the leg goes through familiar terrain before—then just describe the current
• Ask questions
• Weather tables
• Sites
• Running sites
• Considerations
• Senses other than sight
• Light sources & tags
• Creating sites
• LAST AUTUMN
• DISCOVERIES
• ENVIRONMENT (OUTSIDE)
• 4 Write-up
• Create maps or visuals (maybe)
• Dangers
• Discoveries
• 4 Synthesis
• Creating minor arcana
• Tags and others elements
• Brief description
• Requirements
• Creating major arcana
• NPCs & Followers
• 2 Concept
• For locals or people PCs know well:
• For folks the PCs have heard of but don't actually know:
• 3 Hit points
• Homefront
• Let things burn
• Steading improvements
• Seasons Change
• Making the move
• A Value 0 item is generally worth:
• Writing Moves & Love Letters
• 1 Take stock
• 4 Decide how you'll pick between results
• Check for common pitfalls
• Punch it up
• More examples
• The Game Ongoing
• Between sessions
• Starting a session
• Retiring PCs
• Ending your game
• Driving toward resolution
• Inserts
• The Blessed
• The Fox
• The GM
• The Heavy
• The Judge
• The Lightbearer
• The Marshal
• The Ranger
• The Seeker
• The Steading
• The Would-be Hero