Westbound

Designer:
John Heffernan
Editors:
Artists: Craig Macleod
A'ang Sulistiawan Michelle Braun
Christopher Bernades Jr
Dimas Raviandra Kickstarter Editors
Gregory Romanov Andrew Schuchman
Liam Maher Darcy Braun
Mario Alberto Diaz Guerra Ian Slocum
Maria Zabina Junsay Xavier Cervantes
Nguyen Quang Canh
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106 . . . The Rebel
107 . . . The Lover
Table of contents 108 . . . The Creator
109 . . . The Comedian
110 . . . The Sage
CHAPTER 1 111 . . . The Visionary
Welcome to Westbound . . . 2 112. . . The Ruler
World of Westbound . . . 5 113 . . . Traits
Dust, The Kingmaker . . . 3 121 . . . Equipment and Arms
Cael, The Broken Kingdom . . . 5 121 . . . Weapons
The West, The Eternal Frontier . . . 5 134 . . . Armor
The Universe . . . 6 135 . . . Gear
How to Play . . . 9 141 . . . Currency
Exploration and Adventure . . . 11 141 . . . Selling Equipment
Combat . . . 13 142 . . . Crafts
Magic . . . 17 143 . . . Alchemy
Social Encounters . . . 19 150 . . . Blacksmithing
157 . . . Runeing
CHAPTER 2 161 . . . Tinkering
Creating a Character . . . 21 164 . . . Prestige Class
Sorts . . . 24 165 . . . The Scout
Gambler . . . 25 166 . . . The Sorcerer
Savage . . . 28 167 . . . The Duelist
Wizard . . . 31 167 . . . The Sentry
Cowboy . . . 36 169 . . . The Duol Dragon
Outlaw . . . 39 171 . . . The Bard
Marshal . . . 42 172 . . . The Dust Knight
Spell Slinger . . . 45 173 . . . The Chosen
Witch . . . 49 175 . . . The Warden
Renegade . . . 54 176 . . . The Liberator
Shaman . . . 57
Breeds . . . 62 CHAPTER 3
Elf . . . 63 177 . . . Complete Rules
Dwarf . . . 67 177 . . . Combat
Half-Breed . . . 71 191 . . . Spell Sculpting
Ogre . . . 75 193 . . . Adventuring
Goblin . . . 79 200 . . . Spell List
Halfling . . . 83 202 . . . Tier 1 Spells
Orc . . . 87 202 . . . Tier 2 Spells
Human . . . 92 204 . . . Tier 3 Spells
Gnome . . . 95 208 . . . Tier 4 Spells
Archetypes . . . 100 216 . . . Bestiary
The Innocent . . . 101 216 . . . Humanoids
The Orphan . . . 102 218 . . . Monsters
The Warrior . . . 103 233 . . . Traps
The Saint . . . 104 235 . . . Game Master’s Guide
The Explorer . . . 105
1 Chapter 1 Index
C hapter 1
Welcome to Westbound Game Master
Westbound is the game of epic adventure The Game Master tells the story of the
in the magical wild west. It is a game of game, directing the world and non-player
imagination and improvisation, where characters. They will describe scenes and
people collaborate to create legendary react to the actions of the players by
stories of gunslingers and wizards. describing the results of their actions. They
Westbound is typically played with one will call for checks to test the abilities of the
Game Master and several Players. player characters, and will often fight
Westbound takes place just following an against the players in combat as dastardly
industrial revolution in a classic fantasy adversaries and strange monsters.
world, where humans, elves, dwarves, and As Game Master, you take on the bulk of
even goblins and ogres are presented with the responsibility in managing and planning
the challenge of wrangling an age that is for the game. It’s important that you
transitioning between archaic traditions and understand the rules of the game, especially
technological marvels. the basics. That being said, being a Game
Westbound is designed to integrate with Master can be tremendously rewarding, and
ongoing campaigns, as well as being a you can create whatever kind of setting,
jumping off point for new campaigns. The from a sandbox world to a railroad
rules are designed around gun-based adventure.
combat, with a grounded character creation
format that keeps players challenged and Game Masters can prepare before the
excited. game starts, creating maps, non-player
characters, and a large world for the players
Players to interact with, or even buying a module
In Westbound, players control a single adventure and following that story.
Player Character within the story, making Alternatively, they can also improvise the
choices, speaking with other characters, game on the spot, responding to the
and assuming the life and desires of a players’ moods and interests. Most Game
westbounding adventurer. Players will Masters do a mix of planning and
create personalized fantasy characters of improvising.
different sorts and breeds, creating their
personality and backstory, and controlling
them in a fantastic adventure. The Game
Master will describe the world and other
characters, while the players interact with
the world.
Each player will need a deck of 52 playing
cards to play, as well as a character sheet,
a pencil, and lined paper for notes.
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K ril l o’ s G u id e to the W est: During combat, players draw hands of
cards and use those cards for both offense
“ I f you’re new to these parts, you might’n be and defense.
hearin’ the word ‘ W estbounder’ thrown your A character's defenses are called
way. N ow there’s a word with history. F oundation and Base F oundation. Base
S tarted out as something to yell at the F oundation is a stack of Face Down cards
ex iles, when the locals got tired of callin’ that represent their health and tolerance for
‘ em ‘ F ilth.’ T hen’n they found magic wands injury. When you take damage and have no
and glowin’ swords in the sand, and all’s a’ Foundation, cards are discarded from this
sudden ‘ W estbounder’ referred to those stack. If your stack is entirely discarded,
good honest folk that’n be comin’ in droves your character becomes wounded.
to be ex cavatin’ and pilferin’ in them F oundation is your character's active
sand-buried tombs. T hese days, defenses and their ability to avoid injury.
W estbounders is them folk with a fire in their Foundation is a stack of face up cards that
hearts and a rumble in their belly, lookin’ to lay on top of your Base Foundation. You
make a name for themselves out in the can temporarily add cards to your
barrens. S o, when someone out there be Foundation stack by placing cards directly
callin’ you W estbounder, be sure’n you from your hand into the stack in a
know what they mean by it, and either buy numerically seq uential and descending
em’ a whiskey or break their j aw.” order; the card at the top of the stack must
-Krillo always be one value lower than the card
below it. When a character takes damage,
they first discard cards from their
Westbound Essentials Foundation before discarding from their
Westbound is a game about telling stories Base Foundation
and playing cards. When your character Characters attack by playing S ets of cards
takes an action in the story, the Game from their hand. A Set is a group of cards
Master may ask you to draw a card from that are similar to each other, such as: a
your deck to C heck if the action is pair of cards of the same value, or five
successful. When making checks you cards of the same suit. For each card
always want a higher value on the card, and discarded in a Set, the target takes damage.
your Game Master will tell you the result of The goal of any battle is to force an
the action based on what you draw for the opponent to discard their Base Foundation.
check. All cards used in checks, attacks, and
discarded from Foundation are sent to the
D iscard P ile. When you run out of cards in
your deck, your character becomes
exhausted, and can no longer perform
actions.
That was the Essential Westbound
gameplay! There are more rules, but these
are all you need to get started."
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Player hand
Here we see the standard setup for a player’s
turn. The player has their deck centered, with
their Base Foundation to the right.
For the purposes of demonstration, the player
hand is displayed and not hidden. The
character is a Gambler Sort, so 5 cards are
drawn. Base Foundation
Deck
With a new hand, foundation should be placed
first as characters have no survivability without
it. The 3 and 2 will give the strongest
Foundation, so they should be added to the
foundation. The Foundation is placed directly on top of the
Base Foundation in a face-up stack, starting
with the highest value. All damage dealt to the
character causes cards to be removed from
the top of this stack.
Now on offence, we see a strong set: A pair of
10’s. When declaring an attack, whether it be
a gunshot, lightning bolt, or a punch, you want
a set with as many cards as possible.
Foundation
The pair of 10’s are send to the discard pile, which

is face up on the left side of the deck.
Before the turn ends, the gambler decides to move
into cover, but slips on oil he didn’t see. The Discard
Game Master asks for a check, which can be Stack
played from the hand or drawn blindly from the
deck. The gambler decides to draw from the
deck, gets a 2, and slips in the oil. The card used
in the check is discarded The gambler ends their turn. Their foe
attacks them back with a High-Card set, a
single King of hearts.
As a reaction, however, the gambler is able
to use their “Cheat Death” ability, by
discarding a Club from their hand; so
by discarding the five of clubs the
gambler loses no foundation this turn.
At the beginning of the gamblers next turn,
they have no hand, so they are able to draw
a new hand of five cards, and the process
starts over again.
How to Play Chapter 1 4

World of Westbound
Cael, the Broken Kingdom
The once great central kingdom, now
shattered like glass into factions and rogue
Dust, the Kingmaker
militias. The Six Hundred year reign of the
Dust is the magical substance of fire and
Buzan monarchs has turned into an all out
force that explodes from gun barrels and
war between all races and counties vying
propels bullets. Once the key component
for power. A once peaceful kingdom of
that ended the Age of Towers and ushered
adventure has been transformed to ruin,
in the Age of Kings, the secret of Dust has
and now many seek the safety of the
been released, and now the Age of Kings
unknown west.
has given way to an Age of War. Formed by
the newly liberated Dust God, and cultivated
Age of Towers
by Witches into uniform bullets which all
The longest age in remembrance, spanning
guns spit. These bullets are uniform and
well over a thousand years, many eternal
small, and a holy icon to those who worship
beings speak of this age with fondness, as
the God of Dust. Weapons like shotguns
an age of beauty and enlightenment. Their
and grenades launch a barrage of multiple
eyes are largely rose tinted, as in reality it
bullets at once, and rifles distances are
was a brutal age of great magics used in
decreased greatly. It’s not uncommon to
savage ways. Wizards ruled as tyrants,
see guns with six or more barrels, and the
splitting the land between themselves and
rare blacksmith has been known to draw out
ruining their borderlands with endless
the dust from bullets to make customized
arcane assaults. The Age of Towers ended
ammunition for specially-designed pistols
with the discovery of Dust, and King Buzan
and rifles.
1st creating a throne and forcing all of Cael
to bend to his will.
Legacy of the Bards
Once the strumming of lutes and beating
Age of Kings
of drums caused the occasional detonation
The Age of Kings, also known as the Age of
of arcane excellence in the light of camp
Adventure, was a time now recalled by
fires. The curiosity and talent of the bards
scholars as a time of safety and security.
have since been filtered through thousands
Although only spanning a half-millennium,
of years to produce weaponized instruments
the Age of Kings was a time of great culture,
that rival both pistol and wand. These flutes,
trade, and forging of powerful relics. Ruled
forks, and drums flare and burst in tones
over by the Buzans until the end of the age,
that reverberate their enemies to strain their
Cael saw a lasting peace, and even
minds and leave their bodies unharmed, but
monitored and restricted the education of
exhausted. They have produce a multitude
wizards to prevent a resurgence of the Age
of other miracles from these instruments,
of Towers. The dethronement of the kings
including whistles capable of propelling
by the released Dust God, who stole the
hundreds of tonnes of steel, and music
grand city of Buzanbard, and massacred the
boxes which can make mechanical men
Buzan family, sparked the Age of War.
move and talk.
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Age of War The Grey Tide
The end of the Buzan family saw an end to The West is forever a frontier for a reason.
Cael’s alliances and the peace that the Every few hundred years, without warning
Buzan family held together. Cael is in a or provocation, strange grey orcs arrive in
state of total war, while the last remaining mass to slaughter every life and stamp out
Queen Buzan lies in an arcane stupor, every light. Ruthless and barbaric, these
hidden deep under the Bulwark Mountains orcs come in endless waves that overwhelm
that were made hollow by her ancestors in armies and fortifications. Little is written
an attempt protect the populace of Cael about where they come from or what dark
from a catastrophic attack. Burning towns master they serve, but it is known that every
now dot the landscape and blacken the sky, time they arrive, the only known defence is
and the clacks of spinning raffles draft the row of dwarven mountains that border
increasingly younger soldiers into endless the west.
wars.
The Universe
The West, The Eternal Frontier The Shattered Span
Long Buried Mysteries Once only two realms mirrored Cael: The
The West is terribly ancient, with ruins Shadow Realm and the Wyld. However, the
spanning back thousands of years, before mirrored realms were shattered by a conflict
the Age of Towers and the age before that. among the gods, and now the incalculable
Archaeologists venture deep into the West shards have planted themselves in reality
in search of ancient treasure beyond time, and grown like mustard seeds, creating a
but most often find the bones of their near infinite span of worlds that mirror our
colleagues from centuries prior. Still, cities own in strange ways.
in the West are built on relics and antiques. The worlds in the Shattered Span were built
Stonefort stands as the most westward town from small shards that regrew into entire
and end of the train line, built on an ancient worlds. Within the span are lands that might
piles of stones and under the looming seem familiar, with streams, forests, and
protection of the guardian. creatures that mirror the familiar world. Other
worlds contain barren deserts and empty
Ghost Towns and Gold Rails oceans, or sights that defy comprehension.
Though there are a few towns and cities Throughout Cael are gateways to other
that have remained strong in the west, most worlds, where the seams of each reality
towns not connected to the railways suffer become aligned and begin to slip. These
from economic busts, attacks from raiding gates often appear as pockets of the
creatures, or completely disappear without a alternate realm, with strange flora and
trace. An unknown number of these Ghost animals appearing out of thin air. However,
Towns now occupy the west, providing some are too subtle to spot, and people
mystery and forewarning danger. have been known to fall through these
cracks like thin ice, dropping into an
unknown world with little chance of returning
home.
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The Shadow Realm
One of the original two mirrored worlds,
the Shadow Realm is the dark realm of law,
death, and rebirth, where souls land when
they shuffle off their mortal coil. The
Shadow Realm is a world of death, and
those who enter are given two choices:
enter the Soul Grinder to be reborn on Cael,
or to wander in search of the bridge that
leads to paradise. Most choose the former,
as the Shadow Realm is populated by
countless shades and shadows that seek to
drag unworthy souls back to the Soul
Grinder. Very few, once powerful nobles
and ancient wizards, possess the
stubbornness to refuse to lose themselves
by rebirth and instead remain at the gates of
Cael for eternity.
The Hells
The Wyld Lands Created by the gods as an asylum for souls
The second of the two original mirrored who are too perverted and corrupt to return
worlds, the Wyld Lands is the land of chaos, to Cael, the hells are nine stacked layers in
growth, and the pursuit of perfect form. The an inverted world. There is no sun or stars,
Wyld has no sun, and is constantly bathed nor ore or forests, and no water or food.
in the orange glow of a morning light, which Under the light of the everpresent crimson
makes long shadows on the many untended crystal, the Hells bathe the world in a
forests and plains. Like the Shadow Realm, necrotic energy that imposes an eternal
the Wyld Lands is a world of spirit, where regeneration. The only renewable resource
beasts are reborn again and again, creating is the flesh and bone wrought from denizens
a never ending cycle of life. The elves and themselves. The sky rains blood as dragons
gnomes are said to have originated in this roar, pierced and torn by smaller wyrms and
world, and are said to live forever while drench the land below in a hot oozing
within its confines. shower.
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Interplanar
Cael sits in a black pool, with a burning fire
elemental that soars from horizon to horizon
lighting the turquoise world. A white ball of
glowing metal wanes and waxes with magic,
and a chromatic ring spins and spits off tiny
worlds into the void beyond.
Cael sits at the center of a small but
vibrant universe. Discovered by the gods
before time began, and crafted with untold
care and creativity, Cael is part of a larger
interplanar existence that spans into the
void.
The Elemental Ring

Far beyond the sky of Cael lies a ring from
which the world was created. The Forge of
Creation, as it was once called, is an ever
spinning band of the elements, intermingling
in a span that defies mortal comprehension.
Within the ever spinning circlet are veins of
ore, endless rivers, impossibly dense
mountains, and an endless trail of clouds
where one could fall for eternity.
Embodiments of all elements are waiting
Arcadia here since before creation, plotting to steal
An accidental offshoot of the Hells, this back the parts of their world the gods have
world is inside out and stacked in nine stolen.
layers, but maintained by a cool blue sun
that sits in the center of the world, eclipsing The Void
its glow to give way to a serene night. The Beyond the sky, the elemental ring, and the
world is sparsely populated by sweet people tiny worlds that float in the aether sea lies
of all races who manage to exist peacefuly an emptiness unparallelled. Here in the Void
in the Edonian landscape. Like the Hells, bounds an endless eternity, free from
there is little to no ore, and weapons of war substance, form, time, and order. The land
seem inconceivable under the gentle blue is so bare that even the laws of nature fail to
sky. stick, and phenomenon are born from far
wandering dreams.
World of Westbound Chapter 1 8

How to Play
The Deck is your Character
In Westbound, your deck is more than just
cards: it is your entire character. It is the life,
Westbound is a role-playing game of
the energy, and the driving force behind
revolvers and rituals, set in the magical wild
every action.
west! Westbound is designed with gun
combat in mind, and utilizes the suits and
Your Deck is your Stamina
values of playing cards during gameplay at
In Westbound, all actions require a card to
every obstacles, cast spells, and defend
be discarded. As a day of adventuring
yourself.
wears on, characters will find themselves
weary from their activities, requiring varying
T radition: Represented by the Hearts suit,
degrees of rest. Your deck is your daily
Tradition is learned and long consolidated ways
stamina, and is slowly whittled down during
and customs, as well as magic, knowledge,
a day until you are forced to make camp.
rituals, study, and all connections to the old
It doesn’t take much to get your breath
world. Those who travel west bring the traditions
back. A Breather will only take five minutes,
of their people with them, along with their magic,
and will restore most of your vitality. A
crafts, and suspicions.
wounded or unconscious ally may require at
least an hour to recover from a wound,
♢F ortitude: Represented by the Diamonds suit,
bandaging lesions and massaging the
Fortitude is the ancient connection to the soil,
stiffness out of muscles. However, there is
drawn out and culminated in instinct and ferocity.
nothing better for the body than a full nights
Those who travel west find the fortitude of the
rest of about 8 hours, which will completely
land waiting for them, with all its untamed,
reinvigorate a character.
enduring brutality.
A Breather takes five minutes, during which
. L uck: Represented by the Clubs suit, Luck is
you perform only lightly taxing tasks, such
the intangible presence of good fortune which
as marching, practicing, and scouting the
blesses a person with opulence, influence, and
area. After the five minutes have expired,
prosperity. Those who travel to the west may
shuffle your discard pile and remove half of
find unexpected fortunes, where chance, talent,
the pile from the game. Shuffle the other
and flattery take on an entirely different meaning.
half of the discard pile into your deck.
A Short Rest takes one hour, during which
G rit: Represented by the Spades suit, Grit is
you perform only lightly taxing tasks, such
the indomitable spirit which forms integrity and a
as cooking, bandaging wounds, or drawing
strong will. Those who travel west will bring their
up plans. After the hour has expired, you
courageous heart with them, or find it among the
may redraw your Base Foundation up to
cruel desert which hungers to test their strength,
your maximum amount; for each Base
discipline, and resolve.
Foundation replaced this way, remove 5
cards from your deck from the game. At the
end of the hour, you may also replenish
your deck as though you had completed a
Breather.
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A Full Rest takes at least eight hours,
during which you are expected to perform
no taxing activities, and instead only sleep,
sit, and eat. After the eight hours have
expired, you may shuffle all 52 cards back
into your deck and draw for Base
Foundation.
Your Base Foundation is your Life

In Westbound, Base Foundation represents
your constitution and tolerance for injury. At
the end of each Full Rest, characters will
draw cards face down to their maximum
Base Foundation. When a character’s Base
Foundation is reduced to zero, they are
wounded, and the injury exhausts them until
they pass out. A wounded character will
require a Short or Full rest to regain their
Base Foundation.
Characters with a Diamond Source Suit
tend to have a higher Base Foundation, but
more base foundation can be gained by
acquiring more Diamond Traits.
The Game Master’s Deck

Similarly to the player, the Game Master
has their own deck, which represents the
world at large. Unlike a Player’s deck, the
Game Master’s deck is continuously
reshuffled, except during battle, where
creatures must rally under leaders to regain
their resolve. The Game Master has one
deck, and during combat only one hand.
Exploration and Adventure Most checks have an associated skill in
The Window into a World which you can be proficient. When you are
The Game Master is your window into the proficient in a skill, you may draw two cards
world of fantasy and adventure. They and add their value together. All face cards
describe the world in sight, sound, and are a value of 10. Proficiency makes checks
touch, and will embody the people you meet easier, while also allowing characters to
on your adventures. They will give you the complete checks that are otherwise impossible
details of a journey or situation, and will for unskilled characters. There are three
occasionally offer actions or checks that tiers of Trained complication: Absurd, Futile,
your character could make in response to and Hopeless.
these details. As a player, you embody a When you are proficient in a skill, you can
single character within the world, and choose to only draw one card, and recycle it
respond to the Game Master with the instead of discarding it, representing how
actions your character tries to take. The easy the check is for the character.
Game Master will tell you the result of your
action with a description of your success or Tier of Complication: Value of Card
failure based on the value of the cards Required to pass: E x ample of D ifficulty
played.
Simple Complication: 4 or Higher
Overcoming Complications with Checks C limb out of a window.
During any adventure, there are sure to be
obstacles that complicate the road ahead: Tough Complication: 7 or Higher
picking a lock, jumping a chasm, or Kick down a wooden door.
investigating a trap to name a few!
You can attempt to overcome an obstacle Severe Complication: 10 or Higher
by making a check, which is done by S wim against the tide.
drawing and discarding a card from the
deck. The value of the card will determine Absurd Complication: 14 or Higher
the success of the action. If the value of the P icking a lock instead of breaking it.
card is higher than the complication of the
check, the action is successful. If the value Futile Complication: 17 or Higher
of the card is lower or equal to the check's Balance on a tightrope.
difficulty, than the check then the action will
fail. Hopeless Complication: 20 or higher
Untrained complications come in three C limb a smooth marble wall.
tiers: Simple, Tough, and Severe. A simple
complication is something that is relatively Drawing Blindly
difficult, with little chance of failure. A Tough Many skills or abilities may ask you to draw
complication is difficult, and has an even #c. This means to draw that number of
chance of success and failure. A Severe cards blindly from the top of your deck.
complication is very difficult, with a low Even while in combat, players must draw
chance of success. and play these cards from the top of their
deck, and cannot play them from their hand.

Normal Advantage Disadvantage
Draw 2, Draw 2,
Check Draw 1 Discard the lower Discard the higher
Draw 2, Draw 3, Draw 3,

Check with
Discard the lower, Discard the Higher,
proficiency Combine the values
Combine the Values Combine the Values
Advantage and Disadvantage

Situations or abilities may rule that you Drawing early has benefits and detriments.
have a particular edge or difficulty with a If you are surprised by a trap or enemy, you
check. When you have an advantage or will be able to participate in the surprise
disadvantage, you draw an additional card round and will have the Foundation to
from the deck. If you have advantage on a survive the attacks. However, if you were
check, discard the lower valued card; if you wrong in your suspicions, you will have to
have disadvantage, discard the highest discard your hand and Foundation,
valued card. essentially wasting cards for the day.
Because of this double-edged sword, it’s
Recycling Cards always good to have one forward scout who
When tasks are particularly easy or the prepares for danger, while the rest watch
advantages are numerous, you may be able and remain alert.
to recycle drawn cards instead of discarding
them. Recycled cards have their own pile, The H ard E asy: D errek is playing a H uman
and are shuffled into the deck immediately S avage named " D e' rock the T raveler." H e is a
while not in combat. During combat, the close combat fighter, and utiliz es a throwing
hammer with the R eturning rune. A fter battling
recycling pile can be shuffled into the deck
through a skeletal army, he finally arrives at the
as an action, and will automatically be
W ight King, a heavily armored undead with a
shuffled into the deck after combat has massive shield and warhammer. D errek draws
ended. his hand for combat, and after laying F oundation
his hand consists of a pair of sevens and a J ack.
Preparing for a Fight! D errek knows that with the heavy armor and
In Westbound, your defences are dynamic, shield, the W ight King has nothing less than a
not static, and most characters cannot rely S evere A rmor C omplication for S avage A ttacks.
on their constitution alone to protect them A lthough D errek has a pair of sevens, which
would deal 2 damage, he knows that the A rmor
from an impending attack. When kicking
C omplication of the W ight King would cause that
down a door, walking down a suspicious
attack to glance and deal no damage. D errek
corridor, or when you hear rustling in the decides to attack with the J ack, preferring to
nearby bushes, it is often best to prepare for deal a little damage instead of no damage at all.
a tussle and declare that you draw your
weapons.

Combat stressful, and do not require characters to
discard any cards to perform them.
Battle in Rounds, Fighting In Sets Checks are called by the Game Master
Each battle consists of Rounds, Turns, and because an obstacle during an activity must
Actions. A Round is a moment of battle, be overcome before the activity can be
representing six seconds of time. During completed. Checks can be made during an
this moment, each character gets a Turn to Action, Movement, Reaction or Part Action,
act. All Turn’s happen simultaneously during and there is no limit to how many Checks a
this six second Round. character can perform in a Turn. Checks are
A Turn is a character’s activities during the resolved by drawing a card from the deck; a
round. These activities includes their Action, card with a higher Value than the
Movement, as well as any Checks or Part Complication will succeed, while a card with
Actions they make as part of their Action or a Value lower or equal to the Complication
Movement. would result in a failure or another obstacle.
During each round, each player can resolve
An Action is an activity that requires a one check from their hand, but the rest must
great deal of physical or mental be resolved from the deck.
concentration, such as attacking with a As an example, a character can attempt to
sword, casting a spell, or unjamming a run over an oil slick as their movement,
firearm. Actions are exhausting, and require make a Poise Check to not slip on the Oil
a card to be discarded to perform. slick, kick down a door as part of their
Movement dictates the total distance a movement, make a Vigor Check to knock
character can travel during a Round. down the door, be shot by a poison dart
Movement can be used all at once, split up from a hidden enemy’s reaction, make a
between the Action, and even used as a Mettle Check to resist the poison, pull out
reaction to retreat during another their firearm as part of their Action, make an
character’s Turn. Observance check to find their hidden
A Reaction is an activity a character can enemy, and attack the enemy as their
take when it is not their Turn in the Round, Action.
and is always in response to another
character’s actions. Reactions are Characters attack by playing S ets of cards
commonly used to: Advance on an enemy, from their hand. A Set is a group of cards
retreat from an enemy, or complete a that are similar to each other, such as: a
prepared attack. pair of cards of the same value, or five
Part Actions are very quick activities that cards of the same suit. For each card
are done as part of a Movement or Action. discarded in a Set, the target takes damage.
Both Movements and Actions have one Part The goal of any battle is to force an
Action each, which can be used for an opponent to discard their Base Foundation.
associated activity, such as reloading a The number of cards played in this Set is
firearm after you fire it, drawing a weapon the amount of damage the target takes.
before you attack with it, or opening a door Your goal with any attack is to reduce the
as you walk through it. Part actions are not enemies' Foundation until they are
wounded.

Your Game Master may determine other
Sets, such as a “Five of a Kind,” in certain The D ou b l e Tap: Kyle is playing an E lf
circumstances. These are the standard G ambler named H ebi H anz o. H ebi is a savage
Sets in Westbound. melee fighter who uses a pair of short swords.
I n any given battle, Kyle will play no A nte in the
beginning, and do his best to insure that he
H igh C ard: A single card of any suit or value.
attacks after the G ame M aster. D uring the
P air: Two cards of the same value. battle, Kyle increases his ante regularly each
T hree of a Kind: Three cards of the same turn, until his ante is higher than the G ame
value. M aster' s ante. O nce his ante surpasses the
F our of a Kind: Four cards of the same value. G ame M aster' s, he performs what he calls " T he
F ull H ouse: Three cards of one value and two D ouble T ap M anuever." H ebi attacks a tough
cards of another value. enemy, reducing his own hand to z ero and
S traight: Fives cards of sequential value. removing the target' s F oundation. T hen, Kyle
announces that H ebi uses his A nte, and H ebi
F lush: Five cards of the same suit.
goes to the start of the turn order. A s a new
round begins, H ebi is at the top of the order
Ante up and Draw! and immediately takes another turn. T he G ame
Your capabilities in Westbound are not just M aster has not had a turn to increase the
based on the hand you draw, but also how you character' s F oundation, so H ebi is able to draw
play the cards you’re dealt. Your hand his full hand and ex ecute his enemy before
represents your given circumstances in a they could recover from his first attack.
situation, and you are forced to play through
those circumstances. When in battle, if you It’s not your weapon, but how you use it!
have no cards in your hand at the beginning of Damage in Westbound is determined by played
your turn, you draw for cards up to your hand’s sets of cards, and therefor all weapons do the
limit. Immediately after drawing, you may same amount of damage. However, in
discard any unwanted cards and redraw up to Westbound, each weapon has a set of special
your hand limit. This is called a “Redraw” features, such as a pistol’s ability to pierce
At the beginning of combat, and during your armor, or a heavy-axe's ability to sweep into
turn, you may up your Ante. The Ante multiple enemies.
represents your speed and determines the Attacks that hit but do not damage Base
order of a battle. As combat begins, you may Foundation are considered near-misses, grazing g
add any number of cards in your hand to the hits, or flesh wounds. Although these attacks do
ante. As a part action you may add any not deal damage to the Base Foundation, any
individual card or set to your ante. special ability the weapon has, such as bleeding g
Your position in the turn order remains or poison, still take effect.
stagnant until you declare that you want to use Weapons can be found on felled enemies,
your ante. You may do this as a free action purchased from tradesmen, or designed using
during your turn, and your position in the turn the Blacksmithing craft. Weapons will each have e
order will change to reflect the new order, strengths and weaknesses in different situations, s,
although you can only have one turn per and it is the task of the skilled warrior to prepare
round; you can, however, use this if you are for all enemies and eventualities.
last in the turn order and then immediately
become first in the next round.

Protect yourself: Armor and Foundation! Find Cover or Fall!
In Westbound, your defenses are more Attacks from Dust weapons are the most
than a static number, they are an intricate deadly in Westbound. With their ability to
dance of give and take. When in combat, completely ignore Armor Complications,
you may place cards of any value down pistols and rifles dominate most battlefields.
sequentially over your Base Foundation. Defending against Dust weapons means
Your Foundation represents your plan for getting where the attacker can’t see you or
survival, a dynamic dance that involves where they’ll have trouble shooting at you.
dipping, dodging, glancing, and feigning to Hiding behind heavy poles, walls, and
avoid strikes. Any card can be played from boulders will give your enemies attacks
your hand in a stack on top of your Base complications, and make hitting you more
Foundation, but when adding onto an difficult. You can also hide yourself in
already established Foundation, cards can shadows, behind thin walls, or run out of
only be placed sequentially, and only lower your assailant’s range to give yourself a
in value. When you would take damage, you Sensory Complication, which will reduce the
may instead remove cards from the top of total damage dealt to you, or avoid the
your Foundation. attack altogether.
Another way to protect yourself is with Be careful as you walk around corners or
Armor. Although armor can’t stop bullets,
ts, it leave full cover, as enemies with the special
is able to withstand bolts, swords, and ice ability “Quickdraw”
“ Q uickdraw” can take a reactionary
spikes easily enough. Your armor will attack against you!you! AAgainst
gainst these enemies,
provide an Armor Complication, or “AC,”C,” it is best to stay in heavy cover without
which will aid in defending against attacks.
cks. letting them out of your sight.
Higher armor complications often come e with If all else fails, drop to the ground. Going
G oing
detriments, such as a decreased speed. d. prone will give you minimal, but oftenf en life
oft
ft
Knowing what armor to bring with you on a saving protection from bullets.
given adventure is a must if you plan too
survive in the west.
T he D ance: M ichelle is playing G orin the S teel

D warf. D uring her pilgrimage down the tracks, cks k ,
ks
G orin encountered a T roll sleeping on the
hallowed train line. G orin sprung to attack th tthe e
creature, and on M ichelle’s first draw she picke
picked k d
ke
up a King, 7 , 7 , 6 , and an A ce. M ichelle was
as
struck with a hard decision: P lay a pair of
sevens in an attack and attempt to wound th tthe e
T roll before it’s defences raise, or; to play a 7
and 6 into her F oundation, giving her solid
protection for when the T roll strikes back att her. r
r.
M ichelle decided to play the 7 and 6 into G orin’s oririn
riin’s
’
F oundation, favoring her survival to the T roll’s olllll’s
’
death.

Checks in Combat: Resisting Magic
When making a check during combat, in
addition to drawing blindly, you are also
able to discard cards from your hand. You
can discard two cards if you have
proficiency in the check, play one card and
draw another blindly, or draw two blindly as
normal. Similarly, if you have advantage,
you can choose to draw both blindly or draw Counter Card
one card blindly and play one card from
A character can perform a check to resist a spell that
your hand. affects them, but they will need to play a heart card with a
Some checks will be reactive, such as value higher than the lowest mana card used in the spell.
when you are grappled or attacked by
1
magic, and other checks will come as part
other actions, such as an observance check
as part of an attack or a climb check as part
of a movement through a window.
Resisting Magical Effects

Magic is very old in Cael, and mothers sing
protection spells and counter curses to their
children as they fall asleep, hoping to better
prepare them for the dangerous world of
wizards. When a spell directly affects a
character, they can make a check to negate
the effects the spell has on them. The card
If you have a heart in your hand,
must be of a heart suit, and the value of the
you can play it directly from your
card must match or exceed the value of the hand as a check.
lowest valued mana card that was used to 2 or
cast the spell. If a spell has a limited
duration, characters who are still affected by
a spell may make a check during their turn
to end the effects of the spell on them.
You can draw randomly from the

top of your deck as a check.
2
Magic & Spell Sculpting
Western Magic
In ages past, spells were cast by learned
wizards. Through tireless preparation and
memorization, they broke the divide
between dreams and reality, conjuring
burning missiles and dark entities. However,
in an age defined by undisciplined
dust-wielding peasants and dishonorable
sniper fire, the magic user has never been
more vulnerable. Most have therefore opted
When casting a spell in battle, discard to become increasingly dangerous to
a Heart card from your hand. counteract the ever-present threat of Dust.
1 Magic users of the current day use raw
magic drawn from the aether and unwieldy
conjurings of arcane fury. This new type of
magic production is far less controllable
than the arcane arts once taught in
sparkling towers in ages past, but such is
the price of survival.
Spell Sculpting
Magic-Users are able to inhale pure
arcane power from the aether, draw out that
mana from within themselves, and forge it
into a powerful spell. Any character that has
a daily allotment of mana can cast spells.
As an action, a character with mana can
cast a spell. The player must discard a card
Choose which mana cards to use in the spell.
from their hand to cast a spell. If the spell is
Each mana combination makes a different spell.
cast during combat, the discarded card
2must be a Heart suit. When casting a spell,
the Magic-User decides which mana they
are adding to the spell, and the combination
of different types of mana creates the
effects of the spell.
Discard the mana and resolve the spell.

3

Mana with the flavour of each, and casting spells with
h
Characters have a set amount of mana they multiple of the same mana type will create a
can bring into themselves before requiring a full spell more exemplary of that suit.
rest. Characters with the Spellcasting feature
will have a mana capacity equal to their level Spell List and Tiers
+1. Some creatures, such as Elves and There is one spell list from which all
Gnomes, are naturally magical, and so have an magic-users cast from, and the availability of
increased daily mana allotment. Acquiring these spells depends on the mana they draw
tradition traits will also increase the daily and cast with.
allotment of mana available for a character. Spell Tiers are defined by the amount of mana
As an action, characters can draw mana from that is cast into a spell. Creating a spell with
the aether into themselves. Players can draw a more mana is more difficult, and creating a spell
number of cards up to their daily allotment of with four or more mana is reserved for only the
mana, with each card drawn this way placed highest champions of the craft.
into a pile representing the character's current Characters of any level are able to cast spells
mana pool. Mana cards that are drawn that are of Tier 1, which only allow one mana to be used
not of the character's source suit are discarded, at a time. Characters who are level 3 or higher
and do not count towards their daily allotment of can cast Tier 2 spells, which allows for 2 mana
mana. A character’s Sort determines their to be used at once. Tier 3 is reserved for
source suit. It is often wise, especially at higher characters who are level 10 or higher, which
levels, to not draw your entire mana allotment allows users to create spells powered by 3
at the beginning of a day, as it may be very mana. Characters who are level 17 or higher are e
exhausting. able to cast spells using 4 mana, and are able to o
There are four mana types, each use the Spell-Surge ability on Tier 4 spells.
corresponding to a suit: Spades, Hearts, Certain characters, such as Shamans or
Diamonds, and Clubs. When casting spells, Witches, are able to cast spells above their Tier
mixing these mana types together will twist in specific circumstances. However, only
Spells characters that are level 17 or higher are able too
use the Spell Surge ability.
Drawn card does not match Drawn card matches source

the source suit and suit and is added to pool.
is discarded.
Mana Pool
Discard pile

Social encounters Archetypes and You
An Archetype is a broad stroke of
Whether chatting up a bartender for personality from recurring motifs in
information, beating a confession out of a storytelling. Most characters from any story
criminal, or begging for your life before a have an archetype that they fall into, which
dragon, your adventure is sure to involve influences and organizes their actions and
social encounters. A social encounter is the beliefs. Most characters have aspects from
dialogue of an adventure between your many archetypes, but generally fall into one
character and the NPC’s played by the dominant archetype.
Game Master. Similar to alignments that would influence
Similar to battles, social encounters have a character's actions, Archetypes help
goals and obstacles which can sometimes players in roleplaying their characters,
be abstract or silly. outlining the perspective and outlook of a
character.
Skill checks in Conversation Archetypes also include a wealth of
Certain checks can be made in abilities, granting characters special skills in
conversation. These checks are usually to conversation. As a character puts levels into
manipulate someone through some trick or their archetype, they gain certain leverage
ploy. The main proficiencies for in discussions depending on the abilities
manipulation are Coercion and Blandish. they have acquired, giving their words
Coercion checks are made to intimidate or greater weight. It is important for players to
threaten a person, contesting the target’s inform or remind Game Masters that they
ability to stay calm. Among other features, have these abilities as they use them.
this ability can be used to convince others of Archetype abilities rely on a social contract
an impending threat from a nearby between the players and the Game Master:
barbarian horde, or to make a bandit if the player is role-playing their character,
surrender his weapon and run away. the world will conduct itself accordingly.
Blandish checks are made to flatter or Each ability states the circumstance in
charm a person, contesting the target’s which it takes effect, but it is the player’s
better judgement. Among other features, responsibility to ensure the Game Master
this ability can be used to convince knows that theyy have it, and it is upp to the
th, or
someone that a flaw is really a strength, Game
G ame Master's
Master' s discretion if the ability is
to make a barmaid want to help you by appropriate for
f r the circumstances.
fo
listening in on another table.

Creating a Character
Before you begin your adventure in
Westbound, you will need to first create a
character! It’s good to consider the kind of
character you want to play before you begin.
Will you be an arcane gunslinger, mastering
the West through magic and steel, or a
savage outlaw searching for a new home?
Keep these thoughts in your head as you look
through the character creation section, but
allow yourself to be malleable as you may find
your interest pulled in different directions.
Characters each have a Sort, a Breed, and
an Archetype. Your Sort starts at level 1, and
your Breed and Archetype at level 0. These
determine your Base Foundation, Traits,
speed, and most of your abilities. As you gain
experience, not only does you total level
increase, but you also increase the level of
your Sort, Breed, or Archetype each
individually, choosing to increase the level of
one every time your total level increases.
Choosing a Sort: Choosing your Traits
Your Sort is your role in the party and So far, your Sort, Breed, and Archetype
establishes how you play. Each comes with should have awarded you with 5 or 6 Traits.
special skills and talents which help the party Each Trait has a suit associated with it which
and sets your character apart from the pack. determines their potential as a talent or skill.
Your Sort determines the suits of a few of Traits further develop your character’s skills
your Traits, as well as your proficiencies, your and special abilities, defining what they can
source suit, and your Base Foundation. do and what their role in the party is.
Your sort starts at level 1, and you gain all Once your Sort, Breed, and Archetype are
the level 1 abilities of your sort at the start of chosen, go to the Traits section and select an
character creation. ability for each trait you have.
Go to the Sorts section, choose a Sort, and
take the Level 1 abilities of that Sort. Make Choosing your Inventory
note of your Sort on your character sheet. Your Sort will contain options for starting
weapons and equipment. Alternatively, your
Choosing a Breed: Game Master may offer you up to 100 silver
Your Breed is where you come from. It is dollars to purchase items of your preference.
your genetic and cultural history that helps to
define who you are. Your breed determines Gaining Levels:
some of the types of traits that are accessible As you complete tasks and gain experience,
to you, as well as some proficiencies, and your total level increases as well as the
various abilities that are gained as you level individual aspects of your character. When
up. you gain a level, decide whether it will go into
Go to the Breeds section of the book and your Sort, Breed, or Archetype. Each will offer
choose a Breed, taking the level 0 abilities of abilities or a choice between several abilities.
that Breed. In order to reach the maximum level in
Westbound, you will need to spread out
Choosing an Archetype: where your levels are placed. The maximum
Your archetype is how you act. It is a broad level is 20, with 10 levels in your Sort, 5 in
personality that defines how you see your Breed, and another 5 in your Archetype.
situations, as well as giving you social
abilities. Your Archetype will give you a trait of
any suit and a social ability of your choice.
Go to the Archetype section and choose an
Archetype. Archetype abilities are not sorted
by level, so you can take any ability of your
choice and a Trait of any suit.
Character Creation Chapter 2 22

Sorts: Source: Role Archetype: Summary
Gambler: Luck: Fortunate Striker The Innocent: Caring and empathetic,
Wizard: Tradition: Supreme Magic-User despite a lack of experience.
Savage: ♢Fortitude: Economical Hunter The Orphan: The Everyman, weaponizing
Cowboy: Grit: Consistent Crack Shot the commonplace.
Marshal: ♢Fortitude & Grit: Martial The Warrior: Honorable and powerful,
Controller reaping the rewards of a champion.
Outlaw: Luck & Grit: Multi-attack Master The Saint: Trustworthy and patient, a friend
Renegade: Luck & ♢Fortitude: Wasteful to the weak.
Striker The Explorer: Experienced and determined,
Witch: Luck & Tradition: Forsaken vessel seeking adventure on new horizons.
Shaman: ♢Fortitude & Tradition: Arcane The Rebel: Restless and unruly, seeking
Support justice from those in power.
Spellslinger: Tradition & Grit: The Lover: Friendly and familiar, a social
Counter-Caster spider weaving a web.
The Comedian: Ever hilarious, never
Breeds: Granted Traits: Description serious.
Elf: Luck Tradition: Delicate, eternal, and The Sage: Ancient Wisdom, developed
transcendent. through study and reflection.
Dwarf: Grit ♢Fortitude: As sturdy and The Creator: The inventor, creating
stubborn as mountains. tomorrow today.
Human: Any two: Persistent, adaptable, and The Visionary: The curious dreamer,
naturally diplomatic. searching for deeper answers.
Half-Breed: Grit Luck: The progeny of The Ruler: Confident and privileged, a born
road taverns, borderlands, and star-crossed leader.
lovers.
Orc: Grit ♢Fortitude: Crude and cruel; Leveling Up:
natural warriors and survivors. In Westbound, characters progress in level
Ogre: Grit ♢Fortitude: Massive creatures of by the Milestone System. You level up based
fat and flesh. on the number of sessions played, enemies
Halfling: Luck Grit: Followers of the path and obstacles conquered, and at the
of least resistance, with comfortable beds and completion of story arcs or campaigns. Your
good food. Game Master will tell you when you level up,
Gnome: Tradition ♢Fortitude: Tricksters and you can ask your GM at the end of a
and inventors of unparalleled ingenuity. session if you have gained a level.
Goblin: Luck Tradition: Intelligent and When a character gains a level, the player
devious, with questionable organizational chooses to level up either their Sort, Breed, or
skills. their Archetype. Only five levels can be
placed into the Breed, another five in the
character's Archetype, and ten levels into the
character’s Sort, for a total of Twenty Levels.
23 Chapter 2 Character Creation

Languages Sorts
Although accents and dialects may vary from
region to region, there are only a handful of Your S ort is your role in the party and
widely spread languages in Cael. establishes how you play. Each Sort comes
Each character can speak a common with special skills and talents which help the
language, generally known to scholars as party and sets your character apart from the
Caelarian, but simply called Common by the pack.
average folk. Each character also knows the
language of their race. More languages can Your Sort determines a few of the types of
be learned through traits and abilities. traits that are accessible to you, as well as
proficiency, your source suit, and your Base
Caelarian - Language of Cael and Foundation.
Everyone.
Sylvan - Language of Elves and Gnomes When you choose your Sort, take the level 1
Rubble - Language of Dwarves abilities and equipment associated with it. AAtt
Vile - Language of Ogres and Orcs the second level of your Sort you are inducted
Trifling - Language of Halflings and Goblins
oblins into a Subclass, and at level 7
7 you gain the
Wyrm Tongue - Language of Dragons second ability off
f ered by that same subclass.
ff
offered
Divine
D iv ine - Language of Angels
A ngels and Starss
Dusk
D us k - Language of Fiends and Shadows
Shadoows
Apocalyptic
A poc aly ptic - Language of Demons and
annd
Devils
Character Creation Chapter 22 24

Gambler
♣
A well dressed halfling sits across from an
orc chief and two lackeys with his feet relax ed
propped up on the table. T he dealer sets four
cards in front of the halfling and another four
in front of the orc chief. A s the orc reaches for
the cards, the halfling smirks and ex claims,
‘ A ll in! ’
A human scans the horiz on one final time
before rushing out from under the cover. A s
bullets fly through the air, he takes a long
breath, and releases a solitary, decisive bullet
that ends the gunfight; his cloak is riddled with
bullets, but he doesn’t have a scratch on him.
Gamblers live their lives based on risk and

reward, laying everything on the line for huge
payoffs. Natural strikers, gamblers are able to
use their wild aces and heavy hands to deal
large amounts of damage. The Risky and
Calculating subclasses help the gambler
withstand greater assaults or increase their
resourcefulness on the battlefield.
Suitcase
S and a Trunk snake oil. Most people are suspicious of
The gambler is a master of luck who walks strangers, but the gambler's delicate art is to
through war zones and bar fights with nary a permeate a group and depart with all the
scratch. Gamblers are often travelers, and ill-gotten gains they can.
while some are lost, others are searching for Gamblers are not inherently sordid, but a
a meaning in their lives. Gamblers make good fortuitous life tends to make them seek the
first impressions, but due to their nefarious easiest way around any obstacle, often lying
deeds are often run out of town. Gamblers and cheating, among other iniquitous deeds.
keep moving to protect themselves after their Trustworthy gamblers use their talents for
stealing, lying, counterfeiting and cavorting justice, smooth talking their way through
are discovered, as their charming smile won't negotiations, picking the keys of guards, and
count for much then. sneaking into a wizard’s tower.
Not all who are lucky are gamblers, but all
gamblers are lucky. Gamblers are often very Quick Character Build:
talented and innately capable, coasting far When you take the Gambler Sort, take either
with nothing more than a sly grin and a jar of the Half-Breed or Halfling breed, and take the
Dive, Poise, and Furtive Traits.
25 Chapter 2 Gambler
No Weapon Proficiencies: The Gambler
does not have any inherent weapons
proficiencies. To become combat ready you
should use a Trait to gain proficiency in a
weapon type. However, an atypical
Westbounder may find having more utility
skills to be a better option.
♣Cheat Death: When you choose the

Gambler as your Sort, you gain the benefit of
the Cheat Death ability. As a reaction, you
may reduce oncoming damage by discarding
cards with the club suit. You reduce the
oncoming attack’s damage by one for each
card discarded this way.
When you create a Gambler at level 1,
choose between the options provided for each
section: Weapon, Sort Specific and Pack.
Equipment:
Weapon: Leather Baton or Ol’ Faithful Pistol
Sort Specific: Sound Wave or Frostbrand
Wand
Pack: Gambler's Pack or Burglary Pack
Aces Wild
Level 1: Aces Wild
Level 2: Subclass At level 1, your indomitable luck allows you to
Level 3: Trait steal victory from the most dire of
Level 4: Divorce circumstances. When making an attack,
Level 5: Trump Card adding to foundation, making a save or check,
Level 6: Trait, Professional an Ace can be used as a wildcard and can
Level 7: Subclass ability substitute for any card in the deck.
Level 8: Fluke
Level 9: Trait Subclass
Level 10: Long Sleeves
At level 2, you can choose a subclass. This
Proficiencies: None subclass affects the abilities you gain at level
Base Foundation: 1 7. Subclasses for the Gamblers are R isky and
Hand Size: 5 C alculating.
Traits: 3 Luck
Ability: Cheat Death
Source Suit: Clubs
Gambler Chapter 2 26
Trait Long Sleeves
At levels 3, 6, and 9; you gain an additional Starting at level 10, your luck just never
trait of your choice of suit. seems to run out. Whenever you take a
breather, all discarded aces are reshuffled
Divorce into the deck.
Sometimes, you gotta know when to walk Subclasses

away. At level 4, Gamblers may discard their Calculating: Gamblers who prefer to
entire hand to avoid an enemy attack. The calculate the odds are more likely to survive.
gambler must have at least one card in their These are the gamblers who think ahead and
hand, and will avoid one point of damage per look before they leap.
card discarded this way. P lan B: Everything going wrong never
stopped you before. At level 2, you have
Trump Card access to a second Foundation, and may add
cards to the pile as if it were your foundation.
At level 5, you can save some of your luck for You do not remove cards from the second
when you really need it. You may play an ace foundation when you take damage. As an
as a Hold’em as a part action during an action, you can discard your foundation and
attack. Once this hold’em card is paired with replace it with the secondary foundation.
another set, or when the battle ends, it is D ual M ind: Starting at level 7, your ability to
discarded. adapt on the fly is unparalleled. As a reaction,
you can discard your foundation and switch to
Professional your secondary foundation.
Starting at level 6, you really look like you Risky: Fortune favors the bold, and there is
know what you’re doing. When you draw a no reward without risk.
Crown card during skill check that you are not F lourish: At level 2, you can lay it all on the
proficient in, you may draw an additional card line to get it right. You can redraw twice every
and use it as the crown card’s pair, as if you round instead of just once.
were proficient in the skill. D efy: Starting at level 7, you can throw
caution to the wind without a second thought.
Fluke When you redraw, send the cards to the
Recycling instead of the discard pile.
Starting at level 8, things just seem to fall into
place for you. When starting a round with
cards in your hand, you can redraw the cards
in your hand as if you were doing a redraw.
27 Chapter 2 Gambler
Savage
♢
“ A n armored knight roars as she digs her
broadsword into the orc' s chest. C atching her
breath, she leans on her hilt as she stands
herself up. T he whooping of goblin ravagers
rises; the knight wipes her blade and prepares
for the nex t round.”
“ A n orc approaches a wounded colt and
begins to ex amine its bleeding leg. H e does
what he can to stop the bleeding, and puts his
ear to the ground to listen for the herd, feeling
the faint rumblings in the distance. H e braces
himself against the young horse, supporting
the weakened leg and begins to haul it to its
family.”
Savages are strong and independent with

incredible endurance and strong ties to
nature. Savages have a kinship with the soil
and the wilds, which culminates in different
ways. Some become animalistic in combat,
transforming into masters of battle and
employing swords, axes, and bows in a flurry
of steel. Others tend gardens, fields, and
creatures, becoming wardens of the wilds and
guiding the lost through strange lands.
Quick Character Build:

When you take the Savage Sort, take either
the Elf or Orc Breed, and take the Hunter and
Mettle Traits.
Savage Chapter 2 28
Improved Foundation
Level 1: Improved Foundation
Level 2: Subclass At level 1, you can outlast anyone in a fight.
Level 3: Trait You can play Foundation cards to the top or
Level 4: Endurance bottom of your Foundation stack. Cards
Level 5: Buttress played on the bottom must be numerically
Level 6: Trait, Increased Speed higher and sequential to the bottom card.
Level 7: Subclass Ability
Level 8: Mending Subclass
Level 9: Trait
Level 10: Bedrock At level 2 you can choose a subclass,
Perseverance or Vigilance.
Proficiencies: Savage Weapons
Base Foundation: 2 Trait
Hand Size: 5
Traits: 2 Diamonds ♢♢ At levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional
Ability: Withstand trait of your choice of suit.
Source Suit: Diamond
Endurance
♢Withstand: When you choose the Savage
as your Sort, you gain the benefit of the Starting at level 4, your stamina increases
Withstand ability. As a reaction, you may dramatically. When resting, you can keep
reduce oncoming damage by discarding cards three-quarters of your discard stack instead of
with the Diamond suit. You reduce the half after taking a breather.
card discarded this way. Buttress
When you start a Savage at level 1, choose At level 5, you can go on the defensive
between the options provided of Weapon, without tiring yourself. Unused foundation is
Sort Specific and Pack. no longer discarded at the end of a battle, but
Equipment: is instead reshuffled into the deck.
Weapon: Sword of Striking, or Bloodthirsty
Battle Axe Increased Speed
Sort Specific: Bow, or Breastplate Armor
Pack: Settlers Pack, or Wilderness Pack Starting at level 6, your trained muscles and
endurance allow you to outpace anyone. You
can travel 20ft further per turn.
29 Chapter 2 Savage
Subclasses
Perseverance or Vigilant
Perseverance
Pers ev er
Take your you time and study the situation, and
let others play the fool. Those who take the
Perseverance subclass are more resourceful,
Persever
battling the th slow intrusions of the road with a
calm resolve.
reso
atititence: At level 2, you can take your time
P atience
to make sure s you do the job right. When
making checks, c you can spend an extra
minute performing
pe the action to give yourself
advantage
advantag on the draw.
E x perienced
peri re
ri : At level 7, with a calm mind
and a little littl time, you can accomplish great
things. When W you use your patience ability,
you may choose to be proficient in the skill
instead of o having advantage on the draw.
Vigilant
V ig ilant::
Make your you eyes your shield, and you will need
less armor.
armo Those who choose the Vigilant
subclass are warriors with a supreme
awareness of combat.
awarenes
Battle
Battltlte S tance
ta : At level 2, you can enter a
Mending
Mending state of b battle readiness where your
awareness of the battlefield gives you a
awarenes
Starting at level 8,
8 , your body heals and Severe AArmor Complication, as you parry,
mends itself more easily. When you take a dodge,
dodge a and deflect your enemies attacks. You
short rest, you only have to remove 1c from enter this state as part action. When you enter
the game, instead of 5, to regain Base this state, discard 10 cards from your deck.
Foundation. This state of readiness lasts until you are
Exhausted or until you exit battle.
Bedrock
D iamond S tance: At level 7, you’re not only
Starting at level 10, When a Diamond is aware of your enemies blades, but also their
removed from your Base Foundation, all bullets. When you enter your state of
additional damage from the same source is awareness, your AC bonus now ignores all
reduced to nothing. piercing, as you sidestep bullet trajectories
before your foes can pull the trigger.
Savage Chapter 2 30
Wizard
T he gnome furrowed his brow in mock

confusion at the bandit' s words.
‘ O utnumbered? ’ his voice echoed, with his
hands flex ing into arcane gestures. T he
bandits leapt back and gasped, as their
weapons drew themselves from their sheaths
and began to assail their own masters.
T he child roared with ex citement as she
sparked the fluffy thing into being. S he
pressed her body onto the mound of fur and
fuz z , rubbing her nose along its fragrant hide
as she pondered what to name it. Before she
fell asleep against the great thing, she had
narrowed the name down to M r. F loppy, or
Bullet-E ater.
T he goblin walked nervously, head low, as he
approached the ogre chief. ‘ O nly strongest
lead,’ the ogre bellowed, ‘ and I strongest of
all! ’ T he goblin started to whisper and wave
his hands, pressing bright pulsing magic into
the massive stone pillar. H e gripped the rough
rock with his delicate fingers, and lifted it
skyward to the cheers of his clansmen.
No one comes closer to mastering the

chaotic nature of magic than wizards. A
wizard learns to aim the wild arcane forces
that flow through and binds the world. There
are many magic-users throughout Cael, but a
Wizard is a dedicated student who seeks to
grasp all sources of magic.

When you take the Wizard sort, take either
the Elf or Gnome breed, and take the
Schooling and Cognizant Traits.
31 Chapter 2 Wizard
Arcane Implements: You are proficient in
the use of Arcane Implements. Arcane
Implements are magical items, such as wands
and orbs, which allow the owner to cast
various cantrips. Unlike spellcasting, using an
Arcane Implements ability only has a somatic
component. Arcane Implements require mana
to activate, which allows it to be used for 24
hours.
Spellcasting: When you choose the

Wizard at level 1, you gain the Spellcasting
ability. Each day, you can draw for mana
cards equal to your total character level plus
1. You regain the use of all expended mana
after a long rest. The mana cards drawn this
way can be of any source suit.
When you start a Wizard at level 1, choose

between the options provided for the Weapon,
Sort Specific and Pack.
Equipment:
Weapon: Orb of the Arcane Assault or Illusory
Scepter
Sort Specific: Sacrificial Dagger or Any Craft
Level 1: Improved Spellcasting Kit
Level 2: Subclass Pack: Wizard's Pack or Seeker's Pack
Level 3: Trait
Level 4: Surge Improved Spellcasting
Level 5: Durable Magic
Level 6: Trait, Reclaim Effort Unlike other spellcasters, you’ve mastered all
Level 7: Subclass ability four sources of magic. Starting at level 1,
Level 8: Integrate when drawing for mana at the end of a Full
Level 9: Trait Rest, you can take spells of any suit.
Level 10: Controlled Chaos
Subclass
Proficiencies: Arcanic Implements
Base Foundation: 1 At level 2 you can take a subclass. Your
Hand Size: 5 choices are Chronomancy,Lazaration, and
Traits: 2 Hearts Universal.
Ability: Spellcasting
Source Suit: Hearts
Wizard Chapter 2 32
Trait Subclasses
You may select your choice of one of three
You gain an additional trait of your choice of subclasses: L az aration, C hronomancy, or
suit at levels 3, 6, and 9. U niversal.
Surge U niv ersal : The longstanding tradition of

wizards is in the Universal school which
At level 4, your expertise allows you to pull manipulates the fabric of the universe, and is
mana from the aether much more quickly. the ancient heritage of all wizards.
You can draw mana as a part action. Study: Starting at level 2, the Wizard no
longer requires Arcane Implements. The
Durable Magic Wizard can mimic any arcane implement they
have used, and can make attacks or cast
At level 5, you can forge spells effortlessly. spells as if they were using that implement.
Your heart cards that are used to cast spells This ability takes an action and requires the
or that are used as the mana of a spell are wizard to discard one mana, similarly to
recycled instead of discarded. activating an arcane implement. This ability
fforr one hour.
lasts fo
Reclaim Effort GGraduate:
raduate: AAtt level 7,7 , the effects
eff
f ects of Study no
ff
longer require mana to activate, and the
At level 6, you know how to conserve your benefits last forf r 24
fo 2 4 hours after
f er activation.
aft
ft
energy to stay in the fight. You can shuffle
your recycling into your deck as a part action.
on.
Integrate
Starting at level 8, you are a conduit for the

e
flow of magic. Your Arcane Implements no
longer require mana to activate. You can use se
this to activate allies' Arcane Implements as s
well.
Controlled Chaos
Starting at level 10, you gain more control of

the mana you pull from the aether. When
drawing for mana, you can choose to discardard
any drawn card and draw again. You can do
s
this multiple times, but cards discarded this
way cannot be recycled.
33 Chapter 2 Wizard
Chronomancy: Chronomancers are students L az aration: The school of life and creation,
of the flow of time, channeling the abstract Lazaration generates new and unique beasts
tangle of the Wyld and focusing it like a lens. designed and personalized for both utility and
combat.
T ime S tep: At level 2, you can take a step As an action, the creature will appear out of
into the past or the future. Discard a mana as the air within 5ft of you.
a part action, and decide if you are reversing The creatures are personalized with an
or forwarding time. aesthetic chosen by their creator at the time
If you are reversing time, take note of your of the spellcasting, such as slimy, scaly, furry,
Foundation, equipment, statuses and location. etc. Most wizards have a theme from which all
At the start of your next turn, you return to that their creatures derive their aesthetic features,
location with that amount of Foundation, such as furry with big eyes or slimy and
equipment and statuses; this effect can tentacled.
reverse death. Magical consumables, such as These creatures cannot use items, wield
bullets, alchemy, and mana do not return with weapons, or attack. They have a walking or
you, and are still consumed. Any spell-effect swimming speed of up to 30ft, chosen by the
that persists, such as Levitate or Hex, that is creator at the time of casting. Creatures are
cast on you before you reverse time will created without mouths and cannot eat or
persist as normal. breath to sustain themselves, and they will die
If you are moving forward in time, you of exhaustion after one minute. These
disappear at the end of your turn. At the start creatures are made of dense, solid air that is
of your next turn, you reappear at the same indistinguishable from the touch, but they will
spot you left, regardless to how the terrain slowly evaporate after death.
changes around you. If the space is occupied The created creature will naturally try to
when you return, both you and the object or survive as best they can, and have the limited
creature occupying the space take 5c damage intelligence of a gnat, dog or dolphin, which is
and are both knocked prone. chosen by the creator at the time of
spell-casting. The creature weighs between
T ime F lash: Starting at level 7, you can 50lbs and 100lbs,
00lbs, is Small, and has basic
suddenly reverse or repeat specific events. sensory capabilities
pabilities such as sight and sound.
Discard a mana as a reaction to a creature’s
action, and decide if you are reversing or
repeating time.
If you are reversing time, the effects of that
creature’s action, including damage inflicted
and healed, are nullified. The creature can
take another action of the same type, but they
do not recover any of the cards they
discarded from the action.
If you are repeating time, the creature is able
to repeat their action. The creature gains a
second action, but it must be the same type of
action as the original action.
Wizard Chapter 22 34
Beastial Creations: At level 2, you can Brutal Mutations: At level 7, your creatures
create small creatures of simple ambition. As can now enter combat, with larger size and
a spell, you can create a creature with one of sharper claws.
the following traits; adding more traits to the
same creature means expending more spells Brutal Mutations allow your creation to have
on the same casting. the following traits:
Beastial Mutations allow your creation to have Larger: Your creature is now one size larger,
the following traits: going from small, to medium, to large, to
Enormous, to Vast. Each size increases the
Designed Instinct: You can give the creature creature’s Base Foundation by 1. Larger
a one sentence command which it will follow creatures tend to have a longer stride, and
instinctively. Designed Instinct can override increase their base land speed by 10ft per
their natural survival instincts. You can take size.
this trait multiple times for more commands. Ivory: Your creature develop natural weapons
An example of an instinct is: Collect walnuts in the form of claws, horns, and tusks. Your
and place them in trees, or jump into fire. creature is now able to fight in combat, and all
Enduring: Your creature can breathe and of its attacks are savage. Taking this feature
consume nutrients, allowing it to last the again will give the creature the Keen weapon
number of years of your choosing; if your ability, or allow them to deal Elemental
creatures consumes its weight in organic damage.
material they will no longer evaporate after Raptor: Your creature develops wings. It now
death, and instead leave edible flesh. You can has a flight speed of 30ft. Taking this trait
choose this trait again to give the creatures again will increase the speed to 60ft.
the ability to breed; their gestation time is 1
month for every spell slot spent during their
creation, and only fully substantial creatures
can breed. The newly born creature is
identical to the parent, but requires an equal
time to their gestation period to mature. The
Game Master may circumvent the gestation
period and allow creatures a smaller gestation
time if born in eggs or litters.
Enhanced Senses: You can give your
creature enhanced senses, such as: Black
Sight, Echolocation, Gutsight, or Tremorsense
up to 30ft. You can use this spell multiple
times to broaden their senses or to double the
range of an existing sense.
35 Chapter 2 Wizard
Cowboy
.
“ A gnome j ams a screwdriver under the
debris and twists. A s the protrusion is
removed the gears and barrels begin to spin
in her hand, she aims her T rivolver at the
walking corpse and pumps it full of lead.”
“ A D warf yawns over the burning coals,
hitting again the glowing ingot until it forms a
long and j agged hook. E x amining it closely,
she bathes it in holy water until only a dull
shine remains in the moonlight. S he grips the
new blade and tears into the pig carcass, the
hook reaching deep and digging behind the
bones; this time the hellion will not escape her
grasp.”
Cowboys are independent and courageous -

bastions of civilization and watchmen from the
encroaching wilderness. They are honorable,
and take on hardships for the good of society.
Some cowboys choose partners, allies in
which to share the burdens of their charge.
Some choose a lonesome independence,
becoming isolated even among allies, to
reduce the hardships of their friends.
Cowboy Chapter 2 36
Quick Character Build: Hold'em High
When you take the Cowboy Sort, take either
the Human or Ogre breed, and take the Vigor Starting at level 1, at the end of a full rest, the
and Coercion Traits. Cowboy draws a Hold'em, which can applied
to any attack the Cowboy makes this day.
Level 1: Hold'em High When the Cowboy plays a set, the Hold’em is
Level 2: Subclass treated as part of that set, and will increase
Level 3: Trait the damage of the attack if it can increase the
Level 4: Hair Trigger size of the set.
Level 5: Composed
Level 6: Trait, Deadeye Subclass
Level 8: Overcome Starting at level 2, The Cowboy can choose
Level 9: Trait between the Independent and Hero
Level 10: Superior Hold'em Subclasses.
Proficiencies: Gunpowder Weapons Trait

Base Foundation: 1
Hand Size: 5 At levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional
Traits: 2 Spades trait of your choice of suit.
Ability: Quickdraw
Hair Trigger
Quickdraw: You have been gifted with the
Quickdraw Ability. As a reaction, you may At level 4, the Cowboy is able to outdraw their
discard a Spade Suit card and make an attack enemies. You can now use your Quickdraw
on an enemy who leaves Full Cover. You ability against enemies who attempt to attack
must play a set along with the discarded you. Your attack is resolved first, and their
Spade, and the spade cannot be included in attack is lost if your attack causes them to
the set. become wounded.
When you start a Cowboy at level 1, choose Composed

between the options provided of Weapon,
Sort Specific and Pack. Starting at level 5, any set paired with your
Hold'em is sent to the recycling instead of the
Equipment: discard pile.
Weapon: Tinkspark Trivolver, or Witchbane
Fancannon Deadeye
Sort Specific: Marksman Rifle, or Tinkspark
Trivolver Starting at level 6, you ignore one sensory
Pack: Seekers Pack, or Settlers Pack complication. You have advantage on
Observation checks.
37 Chapter 2 Cowboy
Subclass
Independent or Hero
Independent
I nde :
S overeign
o : At level 2, at the beginning of
your turn, you can play Foundation from the
top of your deck. Any Foundation cards drawn
that are not numerically smaller and
sequential are discarded.
sequ
P repared
r : At level 7, at the end of combat,
remaining foundation cards are recycled
rem
instead of discarded.
inste
Hero
H er :
P artner
a : At level 2, During a short rest, you
and an ally can train together. After the short
rest is over, you and your ally discard 10c and
until the next time you take a Breather, your
ally benefits from your Hold'em.
C oompany: At level 7, during a full rest, you
and your allies can train together. After the
Full Rest, you and the allies who participated
in ththe
he training discard 110
0 cards from your
deck,
deck k, and until your next short rest, those
allies
allie Hold'em.
es benefit from your Hold' em.
OOvercome
v erc om e
At level 8, You are able to discard your

Foundation to remove a Status from yourself.
Superior Hold'em
Starting at level 10, you draw an additional

Hold'em after every full rest. This Hold'em can
be used to increase the set of any of the
Cowboy’s attacks.
Cowboy Chapter 22 38
Outlaw
♣
“ A masked elf brandishes his twin pistols in
the air as the teller loads his backpack with
cash. W hen she finishes the packing, the elf
dons the stolen loot and beckons her to stand
with the other seven facing the wall. T he elf
smiles and unloads into the crowd until the
pistols smoke and hammers strike empty
barrels. W hen the teller wakes from her faint,
she finds that the robber had written his
signature in bullets through the wall; a great
artist will always sign his work.”
“ A dwarf lights his last cigarette and leans his
head against the hot stone wall, resting his
shattered leg as comfortably as possible. T he
sound of his companions falls softer and
softer as they reach further into the cave, and
skeletal hands reach over the burning Quick Character Build:
wreckage of the train. T he dwarf pours the When you take the Outlaw Sort, take either
cleric’s water over his mechanical bow, the the Goblin or Dwarf breed, and take the
liq uid mix ing with the clips, spinning gears, Performer, Furtive, and Coercion Traits.
and gnashing machinery. N ot one undead will
enter the cave this day.” Level 1: Desperado
Level 2: Subclass
Lawless agents of the cities of the west, Level 3: Trait
Outlaws are masters of the multi-shot, dual Level 4: Pistol Whip
wielding weapons with supreme accuracy. Level 5: Thousand Yard Glare
Often anarchic and mercurial, the outlaws Level 6: Trait, Disguise and Conceal
operate in criminal organizations and guard Level 7: Subclass Ability
the underbelly of civilization, charging a Level 8: Patsy
modest premium for their efforts. Level 9: Trait
Level 10: Smoking Barrels
39 Chapter 2 Outlaw
When you create an Outlaw at level 1,
choose between the options provided of
Weapon, Sort Specific and Pack.
Equipment:
Weapon: Tinkspark Revolver, or Demagogue
Pistol.
Sort Specific: Tinkspark Revolver, or Wooden
Shield.
Pack: Gambler's Pack, or Raider's Pack
Desperado
At level 1, you account for the spray and

recoil of your weapons, and deftly wield two
weapons at once. When using the Multi-shot
feature, you can draw the multi-shot cards
from the deck before deciding on an attack
card to pair with it.
Subclass
Proficiencies: Gunpowder Weapons At level 2, Outlaws may choose a subclass:

Base Foundation: 1 Robber or Dastardly
Hand Size: 4
Traits: 1 Spade, 2 Club Trait
Ability: Quickdraw, Cheat Death
Source Suit: Clubs, Spade At levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional
trait of your choice of suit.
Quickdraw: When you choose the Outlaw
at level 1, you gain the Quickdraw Ability. As Pistol Whip
a reaction, you may discard a Spade Suit card
and make an attack on an enemy who leaves At level 4, you can use ranged weapons in
Full Cover. You must play a set along with the melee. You are proficient in using the
discarded Spade, and the spade cannot be weapon, and it is considered a savage
included in the set. weapon.
♣Cheat Death: When you choose the Outlaw Thousand Yard Glare
as your Sort, you gain the benefit of the Cheat
Death ability. As a reaction, you may reduce Starting at level 5, you have a keen sense for
oncoming damage by discarding cards with what comes next. During combat, after you
the Club suit. You reduce the oncoming draw your hand you can look at the the top
attack’s damage by one for each card card of your deck.
discarded this way.
Outlaw Chapter 2 40
Disguise and Conceal Subclass:
Dastardly & Robber
Starting at level 6, you become proficient at
disguising and concealing yourself. In order to Dastardly
avoid recognition, you are proficient in making S uppressive F ire:
disguises, as well as concealing weapons. In At level 2, as an action, you can discard a
addition, while disguised, you have advantage Crown card in your hand and enter a Trance
on Hide checks. to give your allies covering fire. While in this
Trance you cannot move and you do not have
Patsy a reaction, but you are able to attack any
character you can sense that takes an action
You understand the importance of having a or movement, as if you were using your
“fall guy.” Starting at level 8, attacks against Quickdraw ability. This Trance ends at the
you while you are within 5ft of an ally or start of your next turn.
cohort suffer from a sensory complication.
H ailili of Bullets:
Smoking
S m ok ing Barrels
B arrels Starting at level 7, when using your
Suppressive Fire ability, you can draw your
Suppres
1 0, you can keep shooting all attacks blindly from your deck instead of your
day. Cards that are added to an attack by the hand.
Multiattack feature are recycled instead of
discarded. Robber
Rob b er
P ilfer
ili fe
f r
AAtt leve
level 2, you are a master of stealing from
people, dead or alive. As an action, you can
take any item you can sense off of an enemy
unless tthey are holding or wearing it.
Additionally,
A ddition You are proficient in investigating
bodies, treasures, vaults, and treasure
containers,
containe and you are proficient in picking
locks and an cracking safes.
D ragoon
r goo
ra
At
A t level 7, you gain a commanding presence
that forces
f rc non-combatants into the fray.
fo
Non-com
Non-combatant npc’s within 30ft act as your
cohorts, regardless of their allegiances. These
cohorts can be coerced into doing any action,
assumin they are not immune to fear.
assuming
41 Chapter 2 Outlaw
Marshal
♢
A human raises his eyebrow, watching the
bandit eye the gun between them. T he human
adj usts his weight, preparing to leap with his
back foot. A s the bandit dives for the gun, the
human leaps forward, and matches his boot
with the bandit’s face.
A n ogre sheriff keeps his gaz e straight, as
the half-orc flips the table and sends cards
and coin flying. T he ogre remains calm as he
stands to his full height, and the half-orc
spouts out insults and challenges to the entire
saloon. T heir eyes meet, and by the time the
half-orc draws his rifle, the ogre has already
pumped him full of steel and dust.’
T he halfling raises his hand towards his
posse, steadying their j ittering arms as they
point their rifles at the balking giant spider. H e
approaches cautiously, pulling a club from his
belt and grabbing a rock from the ground. N o
need to kill a lost beast, but best to teach it
why it shouldn’t come back.
Marshal Chapter 2 42
♢Withstand: When you choose the Marshal
Marshals occupy the barrier between the as your sort, you gain the benefit of the
wilds and civilization. They are capable, Withstand ability. As a reaction, you may
durable, and accustomed to getting their reduce oncoming damage by discarding cards
hands dirty without scuffing their suit. with the Diamond suit. You reduce the
Marshals are consistently team oriented, oncoming attack’s damage by one for each
providing leadership, experience, and card discarded this way.
strategy. They are able to see weakness in
their enemies, anticipating their actions and When you start a Marshal at level 1, choose
exploiting them. between the options provided of Weapon,
Quick Character Build: Equipment:
When you take the Marshal Sort, take either Weapon: Demagogue Pistol, or Alchemical
the Human or Orc breed, and take the Vigor Lance.
and Observant Traits Sort Specific: Chain-mail, or Bow.
Pack: Seeker's Pack, or Wilderness pack.
1: Fish for Trouble
2: Subclass Fish for Trouble
3: Trait
4: Improved Initiative Starting at level 1, you can defeat your
5: Hard Counter enemies more easily by predicting their
6: Trait, Bullseye actions. Once per round, when an enemy
7: Subclass ability within your senses draws a hand, you may
8: Posse name a value or a face card. The target
9: Trait places all suits of the named card in their
10: Long Arm of the Law hand into your Hold’em. At the end of your
turn, the Hold’em is sent to the owner’s
Proficiencies: Dust Impliments, Savage discard pile.
Weapons
Base Foundation: 2 Subclass
Hand Size: 4
Traits: 1 Spade, 1 Diamond ♢ At level 2 you can take a subclass: Chief or
Ability: Quickdraw, Withstand Commander.
Source Suit: Diamond, Spade
Trait
Quickdraw: When you choose the Marshal
at level 1, you gain the Quickdraw Ability. As At levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional
a reaction, you may discard a Spade Suit card trait of your choice of suit.
and make an attack on an enemy who leaves
Full Cover. You must play a set along with the
discarded Spade, and the spade cannot be
included in the set.
43 Chapter 2 Marshal
First Strike Posse
At level 4, you are better able to draw the first Starting at level 8, your cohorts attacks can
blood. During the ante phase of your first use your Hold’em.
round of initiative, you can place cards into
your ante directly from your deck. Long arm of the Law
Hard Counter Starting at level 10, you become a master of

undermining your enemies. Enemies who
Starting at level 5, you are better able to have their hand reduced by your Fish for
maneuver your enemies’ momentum to your Trouble ability have their speed reduced to
favor. When you use your Withstand ability to half until the end of their next turn. Your
reduce the damage from an attack, add all the attacks on a character whose hand you’ve
cards that were reduced from the attack into reduced will also make them vulnerable.
your Hold’em. At the end of your turn, the
Hold’em
Hold em is sent to their owner
owner’s
s discard pile. Subclass
Chief or Commander
BBullseye
ulls ey e
CChief
hief :
6 , you ignore one sensory uscle T hrough: At level 2, you can use
M usc
complication. YYou
ou have advantage on your W Withstand ability to automatically
Observation
O bserv
r ation checks.
rv succee
succeed a check against a Spell.
C halllll
hallenger : Starting at level 7, the target of
your F Fish for Trouble ability has a sensory
complication against all targets that are not
compli
you while
wh you are within the target’s senses.
CCommander
om m :
F ri
rriendly
ien W aters: At level 2, When your ally
makes an attack, you may use your
Quickdraw
Q uickd reaction to allow that ally to use
your H Hold’em until the start of your next turn.
des of J ustice: At level 7, when you use
T iides
your Friendly
F Waters ability, all allies can use
your H Hold’em until the start of your next turn.
Marshal Chapter 2 44
Spell Slinger
“ A n elf whispers incantations as she steps

into the frigid marsh water. T he banshee wails
in the distance, and the elf’s gun begins to
glow with eldritch fury.”
“ A human stands up and draws his pistol as
the sorcerer continues his monologue. H e
winds his hand cannon and ex tends his open
palm towards the sorcerer, who carelessly
chants and lobs a spell towards him. W ith
lightning fast hands, the human springs his
gun into the flowing magic, reshaping it as it
lands into a new spell. H is pistol begins to
glow a bright blue, and with a single gleaming
shot the sorcerer’s speech is cut short.”
“ A n ogre is pushed into the cell and the
deputy nervously locks the door behind him.
A s the deputy leaves, the ogre stares out the
barred window facing towards the tall cliff’s
edge where far below the “ marriage” takes
place in plain view and open air. H is hand
vanishes as it reaches into the shattered
span, and reappears with a long, runed rifle in
his heavy grip. H e directs the barrel towards
the suited mayor and fires three times for
good measure.”
45 Chapter 2 Spell Slinger

Spell Slingers are the arcane gunmen of the Spellcasting: When you choose the Spell
west, utilizing Grit and Magic together to form Slinger at level 1, you gain the Spellcasting
a hardened guard against the ethereal and ability. Each day, you can draw for mana cards
mystic threats of the badlands and cities. equal to your total character level plus 1. You
Often misunderstood for their strange rituals, regain the use of all expended mana after a full
spell slingers are heroes that fuse the arcane rest. The mana cards drawn this way can be
into steel to banish ghosts, elementals, and Hearts or Spades, and all others drawn are
other magic-users. discarded.
Quick Character Build: When you start a Spell Slinger at level 1,

When you take the Spell Slinger Sort, take choose between the options provided of
either the Halfling or Gnome breed, and take Weapon, Sort Specific and Pack.
the Judgement and Schooling Traits. Equipment:
Weapon: Orb of the Arcane e AAssault, or
Level 1: Counterspell Witchbane Fancannon n
Level 2: Subclass Sort Specific: Leather
eather AArmor,
rmor, or Branch
B of
Level 3: Trait Wonderous s Motion
Level 4: Curve Pack: Seeker's Wizard's
Seeker' s Pack, or Wizard' Pack
s Pa
Level 5: Mana Burn
Level 6: Trait, Craftsman
Level 8: Bullet Catch
Level 9: Trait
Level 10: Mana Drain
Proficiencies: Gunpowder Weapons, Arcanic

Weapons
Base Foundation: 1
Hand Size: 4
Traits: 1 Spade, 1 Heart
Ability: Quickdraw, Spellcasting
Source Suit: Grit, Tradition
Counter Spell
Quickdraw: When you choose the Spell
Slinger at level 1, you gain the Quickdraw At level 1, you can use your reaction
react and discard
Ability. As a reaction, you may discard a a mana to disrupt a nearby spellcaster. When a
Spade Suit card and make an attack on an target you can sense casts a spell, you can
enemy who leaves Full Cover. You must play remove one Mana from the spell being cast
a set along with the discarded Spade, and the within your sensory range. If the spell no longer
spade cannot be included in the set. has any mana, it is completely countered and
has no effect. If the spell has mana remaining, it
functions as if it was cast with the new mana
combination.
Spell Slinger Chapter 2 46

Mana Burn
SSubclass
At level 5, you can force an enemy’s mana to
AAt level 2, Spell Slingers choose a subclass: return to the Aether. When you successfully
Armorer
A or Arcane Puppeteer. damage a target with an unarmed melee attack,
you can discard a mana and force that target to
TTrait discard all mana cards of a suit chosen by you.
AAt levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional trait Craftsman

of your choice of suit.
o
At level 6, you learn to craft your own weapons.
CCurve You learn how to build Dust Implements and a
foundry as if you had the blacksmithing craft.
AAt level 4, you can twist ranged attacks such to You also learn one craft of your choice, such as
avoid
a enemy cover. When making a ranged tinkering or alchemy.
attack,
a choose an area you can sense within
range, and you may target enemies as if you Bullet Catch
were
w at that position. You do not see as if you
are from that area, so you must still sense your
a Starting at level 8, you can use your mana to
St
enemy.
e stop
st or slow a bullet. As a reaction, you can
discard
di a mana card to reduce the damage
from
fro a ranged attack. You can discard any
number
nu of mana cards, and reduce the damage
from
fro the attack by that much.
Mana
M Drain
AAtt level 10, you can siphon an enemy’s mana into

yourself.
yo When you successfully damage a target
with an unarmed melee attack, you can discard a
w
mana card and force the target to discard the
m
la
largest set in their mana pool. If there are multiple
sets of the same size, you decide which is
se
discarded. You can draw mana for each card
di
discarded
di this way, and the mana drawn must be
of one of the target’s source suits.
47 Chapter 2 Spell Slinger

Subclass
Armorer or Arcane Puppeteer
Armorer:
A rmory: At level 2, you have access ss to an
extraplanar armory in which you can n store items.
The armory is a large extra-dimensionalional space
capable of holding a room full of items.
ms.
As part of an action, the Spell Slinger
ger can
discard a mana card and withdraw or deposit an
item from the space. Items deposited ed inside must
be carried by the Spell Slinger.
very item in
You are aware of the location of every
the armory, and never need to make e a check to
find an item.
W alk-in C loset: At level 7, you can physically

enter the armory. As part of your movement,
ovement, you
can discard a mana to slip into yourr armory.
The armory appears as a large floating
ating island in
a jet black lake, with a door returning
ng to the place
you left. You can use this space to train, prepare,
or hide. When you leave, you reappearpear at the
location you entered.
Arcane Puppeteer:
S pell S teal: At level 2, you can steal
al magical
effects from another creature.
As an action, you can discard a mana ana card to
remove a magical effect caused by a spell or
Arcane Implement from a creature you can
sense. You then apply this spell or eff f ect to
ff
effect
yourself. The duration of this effect remains the
same, as if it were still affecting the original
creature.
C ontrol M agic: At level 7, you can redirect a spell

as it is being cast. When you can sense
ense a spell
being cast, you can use your Quickdrawdraw ability to
change the target of a spell to a target you can
sense.
Spell Slinger Chapter 2 48

Witch
♣
T he glow from the bubbling pot bathes the
goblin’s hut in a sickly green light. H e stands
at a distance, keeping away from the nox ious
fumes, while a black crow darts back and
forth, plunging nefarious components into the
concoction.
A robed dwarf points his fist at the rolling
train. F rom his bags, bullets begin to pour out
and swirl around his arm in braids. H e points
a single finger at the locomotive, and
unleashes a torrent of steel and dust that
perforates the train.
A halfling sits, hands bound, and waits as
the deputies puz z le over the missing sheriff.
A s the one leaves, the other unlocks the door
to feed the halfing, a simple meal of ripe
bread on a broken plate. A s he puts down the
plate, the halfling’s gut bloats, and a
needle-toothed maw opens at his abdomen to
swallow the deputy, j oining him once more
with his beloved sheriff.
Witches are the dark and occult magic users
of the west, combining ancient evils with
modern revelations. Witches make deals with Level 1: Pact Magic
powerful entities to gain their powers, and Level 2: Subclass
control the battlefield with hexes and spells. Level 3: Trait
Witches are often lost or misguided, often Level 4: Dark One’s Blessing
either foolish or desperate to make deals with Level 5: Pact Magic
such powerful beings. Such folk are often Level 6: Trait, Blink
searching for redemption for crimes or Level 7: Subclass Ability
salvation for their bargained soul. Witches are Level 8: Regenerate
a fine addition to any team willing to fight Level 9: Trait
hellfire with hellfire. Level 10: Pact Magic
Quick Character Build: Proficiencies: Arcanic weapons

When you take the Witch sort, take either Base Foundation: 1
the goblin or elf breed, and take the Eldritch Hand Size: 4
Lore, Blandish, and Furtive Traits. Traits: 1 Heart, 2 Club
Ability: Spellcasting, Cheat Death
Source Suit: Clubs, hearts
49 Chapter 2 Witch
Equipment:
Weapon: Rod of the Thunder Cracker, or
Illusory Scepter
Sort Specific: Leather Armor, or Sacrificial
Dagger
Pack: Gamblers Pack, or Wizard's Pack.
Pact Magic
Starting at level 1, Witches make a deal with a

powerful entity and choose a Pact. You gain
the benefit of your Pact again at level 5 and
level 10.
Subclass
Starting at level 2, the Witch can choose a

subclass: Brewer or Host.
Trait
AAtt levels 3, 6,
6 , and 9,
9 , you gain an additional
trait of yourr choice of suit
♣Cheat Death: When you choose the Witch h
as your sort, you gain the benefit of the Cheat
eat Dark
D ark One’s
e’ s BBlessing
O ne les s ing
Death ability. As a reaction, you may reducee
oncoming damage by discarding cards with Starting at llevel
ev
vel 4, when you use Queen
Q ueen as
the Club suit. You reduce the oncoming part of an attack,
attaack, it is recycled instead of
attack’s damage by one for each card discarded.
discarded this way.
Spellcasting: When you choose the Witch h

as your sort, you gain the Spellcasting ability.
y.
Each day, you can draw for mana cards equal ual
ain
to your total character level plus 1. You regain
st.
the use of all expended mana after a full rest.
The mana cards drawn this way can be
Hearts or Clubs, and all others drawn are
discarded.
When you start a Witch at level 1, choose

Witch Chapter 22 50
Blink C reate Bullets: At level 5, those who choose
the Dust pact gain the ability create bullets
Starting at level 6, you can wrap yourself in with magic. As an action and a spell, you can
shadows and move through the aether. When create 10 bullets. This spell can be cast as a
you use your Cheat Death ability, you can higher tiered spell to generate more bullets,
teleport 30ft as if you had cast the Shadow creating 100 bullets at Tier 2, 1,000 bullets at
Step spell. Tier 3, and 10,000 bullets at Tier 4.
Regenerate C easeless A ssault: Starting at level 10, The

Dust Witch becomes a master of Dust. While
Starting at level 8, your wounds will in the favor of their pact master, attacks made
mysteriously close themselves. When placing with bullets are sent to the Recycling pile
down Foundation, you can place a Crown instead of the Discard.
card face down to replace a Base Foundation.
You cannot do this if you have foundation Devil Pact:
over your Base Foundation. You make a pact with a devil, and harness
the powers of the hells.
Pact Magic
P
D espair: Starting at level 1, your attacks
At level 1, the Witch makes a deal with a
cause your foes to despair. While you are in
powerful entity and may choose from the
the favor of your pact master, targets you deal
following: Dust Pact, Devil Pact, and Dragon
damage to discard a card from their hand at
pact.
random for each damage dealt. If the enemy
Many pact abilities require the favor of their
has no cards in their hand, the cards are
pact master to activate, although, these
removed from their next hand after they draw.
entities are often fickle and listless. When the
Witch reveals a Queen in their hand, they are
D eal with the D evil: Starting at level 5, you
considered in the favor of their pact master
can craft a Pact tool. Pact tools allow you to
until the start of their next turn.
make bargains with actual and immediate
consequences for those who enter into the
D u st P act:
bargain.
You make a Pact with the God of Dust, and
When you and another creature make an
learn the secrets of it’s ways. The bullet
agreement, or another creature swears an
becomes your holy symbol.
oath or makes a promise, you can create a
magical Pact Tool to enforce that agreement.
L iving W eapon: Starting at level 1, The Dust
The pact tool is a small, mundane trinket.
Witch no longer requires guns to fire bullets
When you create a Pact, conditions must be
while in the favor of their pact master. While
set, both for what constitutes completing the
within 5ft of ammunition, the Witch can control
pact and what is breaking the pact.
and fire the bullets it telepathically. The Witch
When you create a Pact, cast a spell. The
can mimic any gun they have used, and make
effects of that spell do not activate unless the
attacks as if they had that gun.
conditions of the bargain are broken.
51 Chapter 2 Witch
When a pact is complete, the Pact Tool Dragon Pact:
breaks and the spell cast at the creation of the You make a pact with a dragon, and are
Pact Tool is dispelled. Additionally, if the Pact granted the might and dominance of dragons.
Tool is destroyed, the pact is considered R eactive S cales: Those who take the
complete, and the spell cast at the creation of Dragon pact gain the ability to reactively grow
the pact tool is dispelled. scales. While you are in your pact master’s
For Example, a prisoner may swear that he favor, you are treated as if you have heavy
won't try to escape. You may choose to armor, with a Severe Armor Complication but
solidify that oath with a pact tool, casting the no movement penalty.
Hex spell on him if he attempts to take up Brimstone: Starting at level 5, you begin to
arms or attack. Another character may make grow claws and learn to spit fire. These
a deal with you, claiming that he will not tell natural savage weapons deal both Physical
the sheriff your location for a gold coin. You and Elemental damage, and you are proficient
can solidate this with a Pact Tool, casting the in using them. You can spit fire up to 60ft.
Change Form spell on his son, that he would EEnemies
nemies hit
h by these attacks become
transform
f rm into a newt if his father betrayed
transfo
fo vulnerable until the start of your next turn.
you to the sheriff.
sheriff
f.
ff D ragon Blood: Starting at level 10, you can
r gon B
ra
use magic to emulate the blood of dragons.
W asted
asted P otential:ial: Starting at level 10,
otentititia 1 0, while By discarding
discard a mana, you are considered in
you are in your pact master'
master'ss favor, all of your the your p pact masters’ favor until the start of
attacks cause creatures to discard their your next turn.
recycling pile when they take damage from
you. Subclass
Brewer or Host
BBrewer:
rew er:
r w:: AAtt level 2, you can craft a brew to
Brew
Bre
re
unleash a powerful spell. It takes you one
hour and a alchemical equipment to craft a
brew, and this causes a thick noxious gas to
pour into tthe air which is visible from miles
away.
AA brew a allows a spell to be cast at a higher
level than you can normally cast. At the end of
the hour, d draw a card and cast a spell. Add
the drawn card to the mana from the cast
spell, and a new spell is cast from the
combined mana. If no spell is cast after the
brew is co complete, the drawn card is discarded
and the brew
br spoils.
Witch Chapter 2 52
T oil and T rouble: Starting at level 7, you can H ost S eer: Your maximum mana pool is
curse people without being near them. When reduced by one permanently and gain an
you cast a spell with a brew, you can target extra eye. This eye does not sleep and is
any creature, as long as you have a always vigilant. Observance checks made now
possession of that creature. A possession is go to the Recycling.
anything that belongs to that creature, such
as a beloved necklace or a lock of their hair. H ost S hell: You lose your skin and your
maximum mana pool is reduced by two
Host
H : permanently as you become host to a Shell.
P ossession: At level 2, you become a host The Shell replaces your skin and hangs
for your pact master, allowing you to sacrifice loosely off your flesh. Upon command, the
parts of yourself for a greater cause. When Shell can thrust itself onto an enemy,
you pick this feature, you can choose one or grappling and then restraining it. The Shell
more hosts. Each host comes with a cost and moves 20ft per round. While the Shell is not
a benefit, and are generally disfiguring and attached to your skin, you become Staggered
should be hidden. at the beginning of each round.
L iving N ightmare: At level 7, you find favor
with your pact master, and your sacrifices are H ost D evourer: You lose your stomach and
returned. Your hosts lose their negative costs your maximum mana pool is reduced by two
and anything lost is regained, including limbs. permanently, as your abdomen is replaced
with a gaping maw. You gain the Gut Magic
When you take the Host subclass, you may y feature,, and the Gut magic
g ability:
y Consume,,
choose any and all of the following abilities to as if you had the Consume Trait. YYou
ou are able
gain permanently. Most of these abilities to use your stomach as a Savage Melee
come with grotesque deformities which can weapon with the Bleeding feature, and you
be covered up, and each resemble your Pact ct are proficient in making attacks with your
of choice. Stomach.
H ost S oar: You lose your legs and gain the e

ability to hover and fly. You hover at 15ft perr
round, maintaining a height up to 15ft above e
the ground and descending 15ft per round
when above that height. As a Rush action,
you can fly 30ft per round and are not limited d
to the ground.
H ost Bastion: You lose your non-dominant

arm and gain a large flesh shield. This shield
d
A C
is magical and is immune to piercing. Your AC
my
has a Severe complication for the last enemy
you attacked this turn.
53 Chapter 2 Witch
Renegade
♢
“A human approaches the knight, swinging
his blade wildly in one hand as he charges.
T he knight slams his sword into the humans
blade, shattering it into pieces. T he knight’s
smile is cut when his eye is punctured by the
blade the human was hiding behind his back.”
“ T he company watches as the sepulcher
detonates, the marbled roof thrown to the sky
in broken hunks. F rom the collapsed stairway
walks a goblin, burned and bruised, but still
calmly heading towards the party. I f they ever
face a problem he cannot ex plode, they will 1: Blind Fire
be in true peril.” 2: Subclass
3: Trait
Renegades are the ultimate survivors of the 4: Human Shield
west, balancing a reactive defense with a 5: Blindfolded
powerful offence. Renegades are easily 6: Trait, Volatile
excitable, but their durability keeps them 7: Subclass Feature
unconcerned of the destruction they so easily 8: Brisk Bastion
cause. If one could manage to direct a 9: Trait
Renegade in a company, the damage they 10: Cardsharp
wreak on the enemy will far surpass the
damage they wreak on their allies. Proficiencies: Savage Weapons
Base Foundation: 2
Quick Character Build: Hand Size: 4
When you take the Renegade sort, take Traits: 2 Club, 1 Diamond ♢
either the Goblin or Human breed, and take Ability: Cheat Death, Withstand
the Mettle, Furtive, and Poise Traits. Source Suit: Clubs, Diamonds
Renegade Chapter 2 54
The target may challenge your declaration,
♣♢Withstand Death: When you use either the claiming it to be false. If they choose not to
Cheat Death or Withstand feature, you can challenge the declaration, they accept the
use both Clubs or Diamond cards to reduce damage as it is declared, regardless of the
damage. You still only gain the effects and actual set the cards represent. The cards
benefits of either Cheat Death or Withstand, discarded as part of this attack can be placed
and must declare which you are using. at the bottom of the discard pile instead of the
top.
♣Cheat Death: When you choose the If they do challenge the declaration, and the
Renegade as your Sort, you gain the benefit declaration was false, the damage of the true
of the Cheat Death ability. As a reaction, you highest scoring set is halved, and is always
may reduce oncoming damage by discarding rounded down.
cards with the Club suit. You reduce the If they do challenge, and the declaration was
oncoming attack’s damage by one for each true, then the damage of the true highest
card discarded this way. scoring set is doubled.
♢Withstand: When you choose the Renegade Subclass

as your sort, you gain the benefit of the
Withstand ability. As a reaction, you may At level 2 you can take a subclass: Rake or
reduce oncoming damage by discarding cards Daring.
with the Diamond suit. You reduce the
When you start a Renegade at level 1,

choose between the options provided of
Weapon, Sort Specific and Pack.
Equipment:
Weapon: Sacrificial Dagger, or Flail
Sort Specific: 3 Grenades, or Chainmail
Armor
Pack: Raider's Pack, or Burglar's Pack
Blind Fire
Your brashness on the battlefield can shock

your enemies into dropping their defences, or
rouse them into overcompensating.
When you make an attack, you may play the
attack cards face down instead of face up.
When you do, declare the highest scoring set,
including the highest value in the set. The
declaration does not need to be the truth.
55 Chapter 2 Renegade
Trait Subclass
Rake and Daring
At levels 3, 6, and 9; you gain an additional
trait of your choice of suit. Rake:
W asteless: Starting at level 2, when you
Human Shield use the Blind Fire ability and the enemy
accepts the bluff as truth, recycle those cards.
Starting at level 4, when you are grappling a S neak A ttack: Starting at level 7, you can
creature, ranged attacks against you suffer completely undermine an enemy’s defenses.
from a sensory complication. On a successful Blind Fire attack, where the
target guesses you are lying and is wrong,
Backswing you may ignore their Foundation and deal
damage directly to their Base Foundation.
Starting at level 5, a failed attack only makes
the next attack stronger. When you bluff with Daring:
the Blind Fire ability and the set is challenged, Brisk Bastion: Starting at level 2,
you can place the attack cards into your during your turn you can use Diamonds or
Hold’em. These cards are discarded at the Club suits to place temporary Foundation face
end of your next turn. down on top of your Foundation stack. At the
beginning of your next turn, discard your
Volatile temporary Foundation.
O ffensive D efence: Starting at level 7, your
Starting at level 6, your erratic behavior is successful attacks can prevent your enemies
able to escalate the violence of explosions. from retaliating. When you make a successful
You gain a Hold’em that can only be used to attack, you can add the cards discarded from
increase the damage of an area attack. the attack to your Foundation. The cards must
still be numerically lower and sequential.
Reckless Abandon
Starting at level 8, once per round during your

turn, you can discard your remaining hand
and redraw one card for each card you
discarded.
Cardsharp
Starting at level 10, when using your Blind

Fire ability, you no longer have to name the
high card in the set, but merely the set itself.
Renegade Chapter 22 56
Shaman
♢
“ A s she drives the wolf away, the half-orc

kneels to the rabbit and ex tends a gentle
hand. S he strokes the rabbit soothingly,
before she draws his dagger and sheaths it
into the sq uirming critter. A s the meat feeds
the wolf, the rabbit’s blood shall empower her
rituals.
“ A human begins to chant as the sorcerer
starts to sway and prompt the eternal spirit
that flows around them. A s his foe finishes his
spell, sending a crimson sphere of violent
elements towards him, the human folds his
own spirit into the oncoming spell, which
bursts in a succulent green that pastes the
desert circle with grass and tubers.”
Shamans are the mystics and medicinemen

of the west, as wise and cruel as nature
herself. Shamans are supportive, while also
being powerful strikers and magic users. They
regenerate the life and energy of their allies,
while rending their foes with exposing attacks,
allowing the team to become an endless
assault of nature.

When you take the Shaman sort, take either
the Orc or Human breed, and take the
Observant and Cognizant Traits.
57 Chapter 2 Shaman
Spellcasting: When you choose the
Shaman at level 1, you gain the Spellcasting
ability. Each day, you can draw for mana
cards equal to your total character level plus
1. You regain the use of all expended mana
after a full rest. The mana cards drawn this
way can be Hearts or Diamonds, and all
others drawn are discarded.
♢Withstand: When you choose the Shaman

as your Sort, you gain the benefit of the
Withstand ability. As a reaction, you may
reduce oncoming damage by discarding cards
with the Diamond suit. You reduce the
When you start a Shaman at level 1, choose

Equipment:
Weapon: Staff of the Fire Warden, or Scepter
of Glorious Lights
Sort Specific: Chainmail Armor, or Wooden
1: Escalate Spell Shield
2: Subclass Pack: Wilderness Pack, or Wizard's Pack.
3: Trait
4: Blood Ritual Escalate Spell
5: Escalate Foe
6: Trait, Rejuvenation Sphere At level 1, you can mold the energies you
7: Subclass ability control to flow into another's mana and form a
8: Rend new spell. If an ally you can sense casts a
9: Traits spell, as a reaction you can add a mana card
10: Reckless Escalation to that spell. The spell becomes the new
combination of mana, and can be of a higher
Proficiencies: Savage Weapons, Arcanic tier than normally available to the original
weapons spellcaster.
Base Foundation: 2
Hand Size: 4 Subclass
Traits: 1 Heart, 1 Diamond ♢
Ability: Spellcasting, Withstand At level 2 you can take a subclass: Spirit
Source Suit: Diamond, Hearts Walker or Medicine Man
Shaman Chapter 2 58
Trait Rend
At levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional Starting at level 8, you are effective at
trait of your choice of suit sundering the flesh of your enemies. When
you deal damage to an enemy with a savage
Blood Ritual weapon, they become vulnerable.
Starting at level 4, you can draw spiritual Reckless Escalation

energies from a creature’s very life force
through sacrifice. As a part action when Starting at level 10, you can pour wild spiritual
casting a spell, you can cast a spell using the energy directly from the aether into another’s
Base Foundation of a willing or incapacitated spell. When using the Escalate Spell ability,
creature as mana. instead of adding a mana from your mana
A savage weapon is required to draw aw the pool, you can draw a card from the top of your
blood from the creature. A Spell cast
ast this way deck and add it to the spell as if it were mana.
cannot contain more mana than the e highest The spell becomes the new combination.
tier the Shaman can normally cast..
Escalate Foe
Starting at level 5, you can force the

he energies
you control to crash upon another’s s mana and
change the nature of a spell. As a reaction,
you can use the Escalate Spell ability
lity on an
enemy you can sense who is casting ng a spell.
The spell becomes the new combinationnation of
mana, and can be of a higher tier than
han that
spellcaster can normally cast. The spellcaster
is unable to change the target of the
he spell.
Rejuvenation Sphere
Starting at level 6, you can call forth

th the
energies of the land to allow your allies to
on, you can
fight through their pain. As an action,
use a Crown card to cast a spell-likeke ability
“Rejuvenation Sphere”, which covers ers a 15ft
1 5ft
f
ft
square you can sense. Creatures in n this
sphere who lose Foundation to damage mage may
recycle that Foundation instead of discarding
it. The sphere exists for one minute,e, and then
vanishes.
59 Chapter 2 Shaman
Me
Medicine Man: These Shamans manipulate
the natural energies of the aether to ease the
fatigue
fat of their allies.
I nvigorate
n : At level 2, you can use your spirit
energy to keep an ally on his feet. As an
en
action, the Shaman may discard a mana card
ac
and
an allow a target creature to reshuffle up to
ten random cards from their discard pile into
te
their deck.
the
R einvigorate: At level 7, you can use your
spirit
sp energy to grant an ally repose in mere
moments.
mo As a spell, target takes half his
discard
dis pile and shuffles it back into his deck
and
an removes the other half from the game.
They
T h may also shuffle their recycling pile back
into their deck.
int
Subclass:
Spirit Walker or Medicine Man
Spirit Walker: Shamans train their spirit as

well as their body, allowing them to shrug off
the effects of hostile magic.
A rcane S hield: At level 2, Using sheer

strength of spirit, you can withstand magical
effects as your strong body would a sword.
You can use your Withstand ability to defend
against a spell targeting you, ignoring all
effects.
A rcane S helter: At level 7, the effluence of
your spirit can extend its protection to those
nearby. You can use your Withstand ability to
ignore the effects of a spell that is affecting
you, and your allies within 5ft ignore the
effects of the spell as well.
Breeds
A breed is more than a character’s genetic
makeup. It is their past, their experiences,
their culture, and the entire history of their
people. A character’s breed is an expedition
into that character; as you learn about their
past, they learn about themselves.
As your character levels up their breed,
they will discover the power of their people,
gaining supernatural abilities, undiscovered
talents, and on occasion a couple of extra
limbs.
When you choose a Breed, you start at

level 0, and you gain all benefits and
abilities of of that breed.
Each breed has two paths representing the
cultural or genetic identity of the breed.
When leveling up your breed, you choose
from one of the two options provided at
each level. Mixing of people and culture are
common between species, and when a
character levels up, the player can choose
either power regardless of what ability they
chose before.
When you reach level 3 in your breed, you

gain an Archetype ability of your choice
from your Archetype.
Elf
Delicate, eternal, and transcendent, the
elves stand among the most ancient and
influential races of the world. Fleet of foot,
elves are well known for their grace and
agility, as well as wisdom derived from their
incredibly long lives. However, their
venerable traditions have not kept up well
with the modern world, and they have been
forced to sacrifice and ally with external
powers they had once hoped to avoid. They
now live in cities and on borderlands,
defending what remains of their identity and
traditions.
Country Elves
Although seen as ignorant and ignoble by
the city elves, country elves are
experienced, shrewd, and free, living in the
borderlands and swamps of their once
treasured forests. Country elves are more
adaptable than their city cousins, becoming
creative in the weapons and tactics they use
to survive the wars that drift back and forth
over their land.
City Elves Stolen Childhoods

For elves, cities are bastions of learning. Most elvish parents can no longer afford
However, not all lessons are learned in the the hundred year period their children
spiraling classrooms of wizard towers. In the typically take to mature. Many young elves
streets and on factory floors elves learn to now suffer fates as bonded laborers,
stay on their toes. City elves are intelligent working in factories and assembly lines for
by necessity, as all manner of grifters sit in eighteen hours a day. These elves suffer
the shadows, seeking to make a rube out of dangerous conditions for only a few steel
any passers-by. City elves learn to better coins, with few alternatives besides
access their innate magic abilities to defend starvation or joining the militia. They are
against the sneak-cheats that stand on uneducated and inexperienced, sometimes
every corner, and help them to dodge the suffering deformities, and are often foolish
ever-persistent draft. and desperate enough to make deals with
bandits, warlords, and demons.
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Worship:
Elves tend to primarily worship Azurath
and Forjah. Forjah is largely celebrated for
the association with freedom and nature,
and worshipers of Forjah will often call out
the sky for guidance from the stars when
lost. Those elves who enjoy studying the
world or the magical arts will often come to
worship Azurath, believed by many to be
directly responsible for the shifts in magic
over time that allows for the discovery of
new spells and the fading of old ones.
The worship of Deelug, the god of death
and the Shadow Realm, is a strange notion
to the elves of Cael who see death as an
unreachable horizon. Those elves who live
with the mortal races will often revere
Deelug, however, and pray for the souls of
their countless dead friends.

When you take the Elf breed, take either
the Sage or Saint Archetype, and take the
Cityslicker and Antiquarian Traits.
You have Black Sight up to 60ft and a

movement speed of 35ft.
Age:
You gain 1 Luck and 1 Tradition trait.
Elves take a long time to reach maturity
Every time you level up your breed, choose
relative to the other races, usually about 80
either ability for that level.
years, and typically choose a new name
once reaching adulthood. Elves are one of
Intuitive: You may add one mana to your
the few immortal races of Cael and as such
mana pool. This mana must be of the
are not known to die of old age. However,
Tradition suit. You are proficient in Arcanic
war and disease are able to cripple elf
Implements.
societies as easily as other civilizations, and
Savage Tradition: After each full rest you
elves are not able to recover easily. At this
gain a Hold’em, and may apply it to Savage
time there are less than a hundred known
Attacks. You are proficient in Savage
living elves in Cael who have lived longer
Weapons.
than a thousand years.
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Country Elf
Navigate Terrain: Deft and nimble in the

field, you let little block or slow your course.
Your movement speed is no longer reduced
by difficult terrain.
Knife Ears: Your hearing is so keen that

you can fight blindfolded. You gain an
Echolocation sense of up to 30ft.
Sleepless: You are completely aware

Country Elf
during the night, although you must still rest
your body for an extended period to gain the
benefits of a full rest.
Navigate Terrain
Animal Amity: Knowing your tactics and
I
strategies, your animal cohorts can work
with you in concert. Animal cohorts, pets,
and mounts no longer require verbal or Knife Ears
somatic commands to take actions, as long
as they are within 60ft of you.
II
Unyielding Motion: You move like the Sleepless

wind, both ceaseless and tenacious. You
have advantage on checks made for III
Movement or as part of a Movement.
Animal Amity
IV
Unyielding Motion
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City Elf
Weapon Training: Intense weapon training

for innumerable years will yield results. You
become proficient with one type of weapon,
such as Arcanic Implements, Dust
Implements, or Musical Implements. When
you play a Crown Card while making an
attack with that weapon type, you can
ignore Sensory Complications.
City Elf
Innate Spellcaster: You are naturally gifted
in the arcane arts. When drawing mana, all
cards discarded because they are not of
your source suit are Recycled. In addition,
Weapon Training the mana added to your pool by your
‘Intuitive’ ability can be of any suit.
I
Starlit Eyes: Your eyes glow with the
Innate Spellcaster brightness of a star. Your Black Sight
increases to 120ft.
II
Mana Flare: An overload of energy has
Starlit Eyes been known to flush out existing magic. As
a spell, cast with a crown tradition card, you
III can end a spell effect you can sense.
Mana Flare Feedback: You can remind others of

magic’s volatile nature. When you are
IV targeted by a spell, you can use a reaction
to make an immediate attack against the
spell-caster. The attack must use an
Feedback
Arcanic Implement, and affects the target as
V if in prime range regardless of the physical
distance.
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Dwarf
As sturdy and stubborn as mountains,
Dwarves are a hearty race that enjoy strong
ale, loud songs, and rowdy battles. They are
a race of warriors and craftsmen, with an
ancient tradition in both. Dwarves are well fit
for the industrial age, and have forges from
antiquity that still rival that of the surface
world.
Legacy of Stone
Dwarves have a rich culture of art, industry,
and war. In the deep burrows under
mountains, glorious bearded statues carved
into pillars stand behind notched walls of
battered stone. Those who honor the
traditions of their forefathers are known as
Stone Dwarves, and they participate in a
legacy of durable crafting, creating
legendary weapons and immortal walls
within their charted domains.
The Path of Steel

Some dwarves are not charmed by the
Railway Industrialists
antiquated traditions of their Stone
The Steel Road dissects the lands into neat
ancestors who would imprison themselves
portions, crossing in and out of territories,
in tombs of mountain stone. The lack of
and remaining stationary as the tides of war
ingenuity and creativity has driven a new
shift borderlines. Dwarves own, maintain,
type of dwarf to emerge from steam and
and operate these roads, transporting
steel. These new Steel Dwarves are more
anything of value: food, weapons, and even
accepting of new styles, ideas, and
soldiers. The rails are often harried by
technology. They have attached themselves
pirates and rogue militias, so trains have
heavily to the Steam Engine, seeing it as
been outfitted with weapons of dwarvish
the future of the dwarven race. Steel
ingenuity. The appearance of these lines is
dwarves are far less likely to hold a grudge
often a blessing for the governments of the
than their stone cousins, and will generally
lands they travel through, as they bring
shave their head bare, revealing their face’s
fresh, often desperately needed supplies
rigid architecture.
into the war effort; but those daring to stop
the trains, harm the tracks, or attempt to
stifle the powerful engines must beware
becoming blacklisted by the rail industry.
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around ledgers devoted entirely to the
documentation of vendettas. As a
consequence of this, dwarves with the
Warrior Archetype are often careful not to
offend others enough to end up in their
ledgers.
Dwarves with the Ruler Archetype are
excellent leaders, although successful rulers
often fall into the trap of seeking power,
gold, or influence. These dwarves are
especially good at creating clans and uniting
banners, although a tendency towards
xenophobia often slows their acquisition of
allies of different races.
Dwarves also fit well in the Creator
Archetype. Dwarves with this Archetype will
try to create something spectacular and
long lasting, although they are not
necessarily craftsmen; They are as likely to
found a great city as they are to design a
powerful weapon. Living as long as they do,
dwarves take the slow and long approach,
crafting and designing for decades and
mastering their trade.
Age: Cast Iron Stomach: You have advantage

Dwarves tend to reach full maturity at the on Mettle checks to resist poison.
age of 20, which is plenty of time to build Breaker: When making a Savage Attack,
their extremely dense muscles. Dwarves the armor complication of the target is
are tough, with tremendous constitutions decreased by one tier.
and a tendency to isolate themselves into You have Black Sight up to 60ft
small, closed communities, so it's no You have a Movement speed of 30ft.
wonder that so many of them manage to You gain 1 Grit and 1 ♢Fortitude Trait.
reach the grey old age of 300.
Archetypes: When you take the Dwarf breed, take either
Dwarves tend to be bold, brazen, and the Warrior or Creator Archetype, and take
defiant which makes them perfect for the the Blacksmithing and Pack Mule Traits.
Warrior and Ruler Archetypes. Warrior
dwarves are fearless and honor-bound with
long memories, often holding grudges for
those who have harmed them or their
friends. Some dwarves are known to carry
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Stone Dwarf
Stone Body: When you chip away stone,

you might only find more stone. When you
discard a Base Foundation that is a Crown
Card, you may immediately place down
another Base Foundation.
Industrious: A legacy of crafting is in your

blood. You learn a craft such as Smithing,
Runing, Tinkering, or Alchemy. Stone Dwarf
Ancient Hate: You have learned to speak
Vile, and when battling against ogres,
giants, or orcs, may call out one number of
your choice and have all cards of that Stone Body
number removed from their hand after
I
Drawing.
Toughen Up: Victory is as simple as Industrious

denying defeat. You gain an additional Base
Foundation.
II
Crush Diamonds: Anything can crack with Ancient Hate

enough pressure. All your Savage Weapons
have piercing. III
Toughen Up
IV
Crush Diamonds
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Steel Dwarf
Leadership: Organisation is the keystone to

any military victory. One of your cohorts
loses the Uncoordinated trait when within
20ft of you.
Tune Out: When drawing to resist magic,

you may draw two cards instead of one.
Steel Dwarf Prodigy: Some find the sound inside

themselves. You are proficient in Musical
Implements and all Instruments.
Steel Mind: You do not become hardened

Leadership to the sound, but learn to appreciate it’s
I beauty. You have an Impossible Armor
Complication from attacks made with
Musical Implements.
Tune Out
Seismic Sense: You commune with the
II
stone and let it tell you its secrets. You gain
a Seismic Sense up to 60ft.
Prodigy
III
Steel Mind
IV
Seismic Sense
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Half-Breed
Where there are road taverns,
borderlands, and star-crossed lovers, there
will be Half-Breeds. Often love-childs or the
children of diplomats, Half-Breeds are the
result of two different races procreating.
Half-Breeds are often troubled, with neither
parent truly able to identify with their child's
situation, until they find communities of
Half-Breeds who understand their struggle.
With their dynamic heritage, Half-Breeds
are often more powerful than both parents,
combining the benefits of both races. Bullies and Diplomats
Half-Breeds are often isolated and singled
Torn between worlds out for their apparent differences, as they
Half-Breeds are often raised in strange usually mature in environments that are
and confusing circumstances. They almost culturally stagnant. They are generally at
always stand out among their peers, often the center of conflict, regardless of whether
too tall, or too short, or a strange color that they are the aggressor or not, and learn to
matches neither of their parents. They must respond in different ways. Some become
also deal with the constant clashing diplomats, with silver tongues and sharp
between the cultures of their parents, wits, able to avoid hostility and quickly
developing a pride in both but a true home gather favor. Others become violent and
in neither. It is this lack of acceptance that learn to meet animosity with greater
sends most Half-Breeds on the road, in animosity, often striking before others have
search of a place they can find peace. the chance to sleight them.
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Archetypes:
Half-Breeds tend to have difficulty finding
acceptance, even in areas with lots of racial
mixing. Their response to this heavily
influences the Archetype that they become.
Orphans typically become hostile to laws
and lobby for further equality, while Ruler
Archetypes will manipulate the laws for their
own benefit.
Half-Breeds often move towards the
Orphan Archetype as a result of receiving
unfair treatment from authority figures. They
respond by forming tightly knit groups of
friends and family, fiercely defending them
from all who would oppress them.
Ruler half-breeds learn to make their own
rules rather than suffer the pure blood's
nepotistic laws. These Half-Breeds are sly
and particular, challenging only the laws
that impair them personally, and reinforcing
the ones that assist them.
Some Half-Breeds opt out of the system
entirely, becoming Explorer Archetypes who
find their own path. These Half-Breeds see
the law as an obstacle to overcome rather
than moral quandaries, and tend to avoid it
whenever it comes in their way.

Age: When you choose Half-Breed as your
Half-Breeds are unpredictable and often breed, take either the Orphan or Lover
strange when it comes to aging. There's no Archetype, and take the Point Blank and
guarantee as to which parent species a Drive Traits.
half-breed's maturity will most closely
resemble, even among siblings. Linguist: You learn one additional
Some half-elven races have been known Language.
to mature at the rate of their mortal parent Synergy: Any feature that both your parent
but cease aging for hundreds of years after breeds have, you have as well.
that, while other half elves have grown old You have a 30ft movement speed.
and grey while never maturing either You gain 1 Luck and 1 Grit Trait.
intellectually or physically.
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Bully
Quarrelsome: Violence comes easy to

some. You are proficient in Arcanic
Implements, Savage weapons, Musical
implements, and Dust Implements.
Heredity: Embracing your lineage makes

you the master of two worlds. You gain the
Level 0 abilities of both of your ancestor
races, but do not gain any bonuses that Bully
have already granted. If a character gains
both the Large and Small benefit, they can
choose one, but not both.
Feint: You can fake out your opponents. Quarrelsome

When making an action with a Crown Card,
I
you may declare after the action is resolved
that the action was a feint. The action itself
has no effect, and uses no resources, but Heredity
can cause enemies to waste reactionary
cards and reactions.
II
After you make the feigned action, you may
immediately take another action, but you Feint
cannot Feint with that action.
III
Toughen Up: Victory is as simple as
denying defeat. You gain an additional Base
Toughen Up
Foundation.
IV
Rowdy: You gain a Hold’em at the start of
day, and may apply that to all of your
attacks. Rowdy
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Diplomat
Heritage: You are proficient in the History of

both your parents, and have advantage on
Blandish and Coercion checks when
speaking to a member of your one of your
parent breeds. You learn both languages of
your parents breeds if you do not already
know them.
Diplomat Envoy: You are a cunning linguist. Learn 3

additional languages.
Network: You are able to make contacts

easily, and recall gathered information. You
Heritage can make knowledge checks with Blandish
or Coercion as long as the difficulty for the
I
check does not exceed Severe.
Envoy Talkative: When you talk enough, it

becomes easy. You have advantage on
II Blandish and Coercion checks.
Network Imitate: While you can see or hear a

creature, you can use their known
III Archetype abilities as if you had them as
well.
Talkative
IV
Imitate
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Ogre
Ogres are massive creatures of fat and
flesh. Capable of great feats of strength and
cruelty, they are notable as one of the larger
sentient races of Cael. They are known
widely for their unique mutations that
manifest as extra appendages: hands,
hearts, and heads. They are one of the few
breeds in possession of the rare “Gut
Magic” ability, which converts the caloric
energy in food into a raw magical force
which is harnessed and expelled through
the ogre’s stomach. This, and their love of
food in general, has linked the halflings and
ogres together.
Modern Ogres are often exploited for their
large size and their dim-witted reputation;
However, those ogres who are clever and
hardworking will find uses for their size
beyond manual labor.
Enormity and Vanishing Litters the higher castes, including strange bone
It is a well known fact that Ogres have deformities, additional arms, and on rare
only one child per pregnancy, and twins or occasions, an extra head that would so
triplets are unheard of; however, recent often bless that ogre with a position as
autopsies from ogres in the early stages of shaman. Many ogre tribal gods have been
pregnancy reveal a multitude of children. It known to have these mutations, including
seems that during these stages, one of the six-armed war gods and fertility idols.
children will absorb the others over the year Others are blessed with an impressive
long gestation period. This would explain enormity, strength and size beyond that of
the enormity of the ogres, as well as the other ogres, which often raises them to
strange mutations that often appear among positions of great power as captains or as
warchiefs.
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Age:
Unlike other races, Ogres mature rapidly,
growing as quickly as they are able to
consume nutrients. Ogres typically take 3
years to come to their full size, but this can
vary depending on the availability of food in
the area. Their quick breeding cycle has
been used repeatedly throughout the ages
to develop large armies of massive soldiers.
Ogres bodies tend to mature faster than
their minds can develop, which has led to a
stereotype of Ogres being stupid. An ogre's
mind will be fully mature at 14 years of age
with plenty of room to develop further.
Ogres tend to live a meager 60 years, due
largely to complications caused by their
constant mutations. Some will develop
internal limbs which press against the lungs
and must be removed, while others form
bones within their hearts which cannot be
removed. If the growths can be staved off
consistently, ogres can last up to 120 years.

When you take the ogre breed, take either
the Orphan or Warrior Archetype, and take
the Cityslicker, Gatherer, and Composed
Demolition Traits.
Rite of Excision Large: You are a large creature. Your

Those who have been discovered to have backpack can hold 5 more items, and you
an internal mutation are known to go are not affected by your armor’s movement
through the “Rite of Excision.” Although the penalty if the penalty is 5ft or under. You
details vary from tribe to tribe, the staples of also gain an additional Base Foundation.
the rite include the ogre tearing at his own Gut Magic: You can use Gut Magic. After
flesh and ripping out the extremities in a Consuming 100lbs of food, you can use a
frenzy of blood. Not all survive the ordeal, Gut Magic ability that you have previously
and some have been known to undergo it acquired.
needlessly, suffering from a “Phantom Limb” You have a movement speed of 30ft.
syndrome, where mutations are felt by the You gain 1 Grit and 1 ♢Fortitude Trait.
ogre but do not exist.
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Giant Ogre
Thick: With your thick skin, you have a

Tough Armor Complication from attacks.
Regeneration (Gut magic): At any time

within a week of consuming at least 100lbs
of food, you can use an action to heal
yourself 1 Base Foundation. This then
empties the Gut Magic reservoir.
Giant Ogre
Eat Magic: Instead of consuming 100lbs of
food to gain the use of a Gut Magic, you
may consume a single mana.
Ferocious: At the beginning of the day, Thick

draw a Hold'em and apply that to all your
I
Savage Attacks.
Enormous: You gain an additional Base Regeneration

Foundation. The inventory of your
backpacks and harnesses double, you can
II
hold and use Large weapons with a single
hand, and you can use Huge weapons as Eat Magic
2-handed weapons.
III
Ferocious
IV
Enormous
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Mutant Ogre
Extra Organs: You have advantage on

checks to resist exhaustion. You gain a
second stomach, which can be used to
store a second casting for Gut Magic.
Acid Breath (Gut magic): At any time within

a week of consuming at least 100 lbs of
food, you can use an action to spray acid at
Mutant Ogre a 10ft square of enemies within 5ft. This
acid spray deals 5c damage among all
targets. This then empties the Gut Magic
reservoir.
Extra Organs Horns/Teeth/Claws: You become

overgrown with natural weapons, and your
I
body becomes a Savage Weapon with
which you have proficiency.
Acid Breath
Extra Head: You gain a second head. This
II head can assist in Observance checks,
breathing, and casting spells with a verbal
Horns/Teeth/Claws component, giving advantage to the ogre in
all related checks. This head is subject to
III the original, and cannot take control of the
body or rebel.
Extra Head
Extra Arms: A pair of vestigial hands
IV emerge from your body. You now can
control four hands and use them for
multi-attacks or other actions, although you
Extra Arms still only have one action per turn.
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Goblin
Intelligent, devious, with questionable
organizational skills, goblins are the tiny
creature often associated as the cousins of
the orcs. Goblins are just as violent as orcs,
but lack the size and strength to be as much
of a threat; goblins therefore have relied on
their intelligence in setting up devious traps,
ambushes, and relying on an alchemical
arsenal. Goblins rarely play fair, and are at
great advantage when they get the drop on
an enemy.
The Art of the Pile

Goblins often live in large, lopsided towers
of mixed trash and treasures. A testament
to organized chaos, goblins often know the
exact composition of their pile and are
learned in climbing, digging, and clambering
through piles in search of what they need.
Goblins are very rarely claustrophobic, and
most enjoy tight spaces.
Goblin caves are known for large piles in
the center of the network, with the goblin
leader’s stash containing a mix of treasures,
weapons and guards. Similarly, goblins will Intelligent and Daring Alchemists
make make use of trash yards and dumps, A mistake in an alchemical process can
constructing makeshift homes and easily result in loss of life and limb;
workshops underneath the rotting mass. however, the curious, reckless, and almost
They often find a use for anything, and will suicidal nature of goblins makes this a
save anything that their sticky hands find on non-issue. Inspired by all aspects of
the street, from a corpse, or in someone's alchemy, especially the dangerous ones,
pocket. They rarely throw anything away, goblin tribes will encourage every member
and can find a use for anything, even if only of the clan to participate, creating a clan of
as ammunition. alchemists, analysts, and taste testers.
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When you take the goblin breed, take either
the Innocent or Rebel Archetype, and take
the Dive and Alchemy Traits.
Small Size: Your small stature makes you a

hard target. Enemies have a simple
complication when attacking you.
Nasty: You gain a Hold'em in any battle in
which you received a surprise round. This
Hold'em is discarded at the end of the
battle.
You have Black Sight up to 60ft and a
movement speed of 25ft.
You gain 1 Luck and 1 Tradition Trait.
Worship:
To goblins, death is not an enemy to fear
but a prince to impress. Goblins typically
have short lives, not due to the natural
restrictions of their race but rather their near
suicidal tendencies, a death wish that
Breeding Pools seems to be shared by almost all goblins.
Goblins gestate for a brief two months Traditional goblins worship Deelug, the
before being birthed into a breeding pool. god of death and rebirth. This worship
This bath of questionable fluids encourages comes in the form of constant celebrations
the growth of the child, increasing muscle and the construction of shrines to celebrate
density and overall size. Particularly small the life and death of their fellow goblins.
goblins are said to have “missed their bath,” Goblins honor death in varying ways
as goblins who do not spend time in the depending on their tribe, with some creating
breeding pool are often meager in size. individual monuments, lighting large pyres,
Goblins spend another two months in the or even consuming the bodies of the fallen.
breeding pool, watched over by clan While some speculate that goblins
matriarchs until their size peaks, or until the understand their own sorry plight and wish
clan suffers too many losses and requires a to be reborn quickly and possibly as
boost in members. something greater, others believe that they
The breeding pool’s composition is better understand the great cycle of rebirth,
questionable and thought to be a mix of and therefor do not fear crossing the veil
alchemical salves, ingredients from dark into the next world.
magic rituals, and amniotic fluid. As
abominable as this may seem, the breeding
pool has well documented healing
properties.
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Pile Goblin
Clamber: Your crawl speed is equal to your

move speed, and you can squeeze through
tight spaces without taking any penalties.
Heap: Your excellent memorization and

inventory management was necessary to
traverse the piles of your home. You know
where everything in your backpack and
harnesses, and you can take an item out of Pile Goblin
your own pack as a part action without
taking it off.
Sty: You are accustomed to the unhealthy

nature of a pile. You have advantage on Clamber
checks to resist Poison and Disease.
I
Clutter: Due to the chaotic nature of your

home pile, you are extremely aware of Heap
details. You have advantage on
Observance checks.
II
Stockpile: You instinctively prepare for Sty

adventures, and when you leave a space
empty in your inventory there is a chance III
you may have stockpiled something useful.
When in need of a mundane item or tool, it
Clutter
may already be in your inventory. Draw a
card, and if it's from the Clubs suit and the IV
value is lower than the number of unused
spaces in your inventory, then you will find
the item in your inventory. Stockpile
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but on an unrelated note, you also become
proficient in Sleight of Hand checks.
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Alchemical Goblin
Mixer: A cocktail with nitroglycerine is still

just a cocktail. You are proficient in using
Alchemical Equipment, and your Keystones
are fresh for twice as long as normal.
Chemical Resistance: Dangerous

experimentations have left your body
callused to the elements. You now have a
Alchemical Goblin sensory complication from elemental
damage.
Change State: You can change the state of

an alchemical good to a solid, liquid, or gas.
Mixer The effects of the alchemical good remain
the same, and the state of the alchemical
I
good must be decided at the time of
creation.
Chemical Resistance
Pitcher: Accuracy matters when you’re
II tossing around volatile alchemicals. When
drawing for scatter distance on a thrown
Change State object, draw three cards and discard one of
your choice.
III
Efficiency: Uncertainty is the enemy of
efficiency, and you are confident in your
Pitcher
elixirs. All cards discarded when
IV determining alchemical effects go to the
Recycling instead of the discard pile.
Efficiency
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Halfling
Heavy and short, halflings are well known
for their love of fine food and leisure. A good
hearth and home keep these creatures from
venturing outside of their communities, but
when they do, they are known to be
durable, courageous, and full of surprises.
Love of Feasts
If there is one thing that Halflings love
above all, it is feasting. Halfling celebrations
are known to last days, and include loud
music, dancing, and food that rivals a king’s
court. They will find any excuse to
celebrate, whether it be for a long awaited
guest, the arrival of goods, or whenever the
moon crowns.
Halfling are known to have large kitchens
and pantries, stocked with preserved meats,
cheeses, and jams. The preservation of
food is a time-honored tradition among
halflings, and many gatherings are held by
communities small and large to jar, bottle Lucky
and pickle as much food as they can get Halflings are some of the most fortuitous
their hands on. Oddly, the halflings never folk in all of Cael. Their towns, culture, and
seem to mind that they’ve eaten more food entire lives seem to follow the path of least
than they’ve jarred or salted. resistance, with comfortable beds and good
Far from being without purpose, the great foods.
feasts of the halflings seem to imbue them Those special halflings who choose to
with special gifts that some have dubbed leave the comfort of their hearths find luck in
“Gut Magic.” Although most just enjoy the abundance on their travels, often stumbling
pleasant feeling of an expanded stomach, blindly into good friends and safe taverns.
others have used this magic to perform Some begin to push their luck, taking
feats thought impossible greater risks until they eventually overstep
their bounds and wind up in a deep
dungeon or hot water.
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Halflings with the Lover Archetype share
the hospitality of the saints towards friends
and allies, but do not share the same
courtesy towards strangers or enemies.
These halflings are less likely to be leaders
or be too active in the affairs of their expoits,
preferring to drift along the scene and only
participate in activities they enjoy.

When you take the halfling breed, take
either the Comedian or Orphan Archetype,
and take the Cityslicker and Calm Traits.
Gut Magic: You can use Gut Magic. After

Consuming 100lbs of food, you can use a
Gut Magic ability that you have previously
acquired.
Small Size: Your small stature makes you a
hard target to hit. Enemies have a simple
complication when attacking you.
You have a Movement speed of 25ft.
You gain 1 Grit and 1 Luck Trait.
Archetypes:
Halflings are arguably one of the friendliest
and most accepting races within Cael, and it
is no surprise that this is reflected in their
common Archetypes. The halfling culture of
gratitude and hospitality largely creates
people of the Saint and Lover Archetype.
Halfling Saints are inherently hospitable,
even to their enemies. They are the first to
offer an olive branch and will invite the
defeated for a drink at the local saloon.
These halflings are obsessed with food, and
keep a stocked larder to make sure that
everyone is eating enough, often bringing
food in place of weapons or equipment on
long journeys.
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Lucky Halfling
Lucky Number: Choose a Suit and

Number. That card from your deck is
considered Wild for you, and becomes any
Suit or Number of your choosing when you
play it. If this number is chosen as a
Hold’em, you must choose what the suit and
number it is as it is drawn.
Neglect (Gut Magic): At anytime within a Lucky Halfling

week after eating at least 100lbs of food,
you can use an action to have enemies
ignore you for greater threats for one
minute.
Your enemies aim for larger foes, or may Lucky Number
forget you altogether. Enemies attacks
I
suffer from two sensory complications, and
they have disadvantage on checks to
observe you. Neglect
This effect stops if you cast a spell, make
an attack, or otherwise draw attention to
II
yourself.
Fortuitous
Fortuitous: Luck becomes a skill when it’s
this consistent. You are considered III
proficient in all forms of gambling and
games of chance.
Stealthy
Stealthy: You become proficient in Hiding IV
and Moving Silently. Checks you make to
be stealthy go to the Recycling instead of
the discard pile. Get Away With Anything
V
Get Away With Anything: If you do not
have Luck as a source suit, you can now
use Cheat Death as if you did. If you do
have Luck as a source suit, you can use a
card of any suit to use the Cheat Death
feature.
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Feasting Halfling
Store: Those aren’t lumps, they’re humps.

You can consume up to a month of food
and gain sustenance from it later.
Sumptuous Spread: (Gut Magic) At

anytime within a week after eating at least
100lbs of food, you can use an action to
cause all creatures within 15ft to become
Feasting Halfling drunk for one hour. Drunk creatures have
disadvantage on all checks and a sensory
complication to attacks.
Courage: When you’re as vulnerable as a

Store newborn colt, it’s takes bravery just to walk
out your door. You have advantage on Calm
I
checks.
Sumptuous Spread Second Breakfast: Instead of consuming

100lbs of food to gain the use of a Gut
II Magic, you can consume a 5lb meal to gain
the use of Gut Magic. You can only use this
Courage ability once every Full Rest.
III Bite the Bullet: When you are attacked with

a Dust weapon, as a reaction, you can
catch the bullet or bullets with your teeth,
Second Breakfast
reducing the damage by 1. If you have the
IV Quickdraw ability, you can use it to spit the
bullet at a new target within 30ft.
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Orc
The crude, cruel, and green orcs are
natural warriors and survivors. They thrive
in war and combat, and have built an entire
society based on struggle. They are
frequently seen as quick tempered and
violent, but these are simply the results of
their naturally antagonistic nature.
Brutality
The ferocity and barbarism of the orcish
race are famous and their ancestry of
savagery makes them especially deadly in
melee skirmishes. It is unknown what has
caused their recent movement into a more
civilized caste. Some theorize that the
warrior gene has died out and been
replaced with only breeders, while the
theologians suspect that the entire species
has now become chosen for the endowment
of souls. Regardless of the reason, although
still headstrong, blunt, and easily agitated,
orcs are functioning as members of society
to a degree far surpassing any time in
recent memory. is a cemented practice, and is now fueling
the modern use of this ancient ability.
New Orcs: Rituals in Blood It is wise to beware these new orcs. As
The new orcs from the west have strange they partake in their dark rituals, they
rituals in blood. Rumors of orcs stealing appear more and more like the creatures
people from their beds have been from whom they steal, gaining the
confirmed, leaving behind ghost towns and sharpened ears of elves or the extended
tubs stained with blood. feet of halflings. If you find yourself
It has been discovered that they have speaking to one that reminds you more of a
ability to steal features from other races human than an orc, remind yourself that
through their blood, and that these new orcs they have bathed in the blood of hundreds
are doing this en mass to adapt and evolve to become that way. Modern orcs, like so
to the oncoming foreign hordes. many others, find themselves as assembly
Some of the eastern orcs have picked up line workers or soldiers in foreign wars. The
on this ability too. Though the method of more entrepreneurial orcs are able to
stealing people in droves is hardly tolerated harness their aggression and survival skills
by the more enlightened eastern cities, the to become self-made businessmen,
extraction of blood for alchemical purposes mercenaries, and frontiersman.
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Worship:
Like goblins, orcs are obsessed with
death, but deny rather than accept its
inevitability. Defeating death is the primary
purpose of orc worship. Celebrations often
include trials of combat, and donning masks
designed to scare away shadows and
demons.
Deelug, the god of death, is often seen by
orcs as the god of the final challenge. In orc
lore, after an orc dies they are assaulted by
the minions of Deelug in the Shadow
Realm. If an orc can hold them off then they
will be able to return to their world
regardless of how damaged their body is.

When you take the orc breed, take either
the Innocent or Ruler Archetype, and take
the Calm and Gatherer Traits.
Savage Tradition: After each full rest you

gain a Hold’em, and may apply it to Savage
Archetypes: Attacks. You are proficient in Savage
Orcs are typically arrogant, rude, and Weapons.
temperamental. They consider their pride to Relentless: When you become wounded,
be their greatest strength, fueling them with you may immediately take an attack action
unending motivation for recovery, power, as a reaction.
and revenge. The average orc will take up This breed has Black Sight up to 60ft.
the Warrior Archetype. This breed has a 30ft movement speed.
Orcs of the Warrior Archetype will typically This breed gains Grit and 1 ♢Fortitude
develop pride based on strength, and tend Trait.
to think of themselves as the strongest
combatant. Their pride makes them vigilant
and dedicated in their training, always
seeking to climb to greater heights and
never submitting to despair over any
hardship. These orcs are likely to challenge
powerful individuals to duels and single
combat, but will rarely kill such a foe when
their victory is due to a surprise attack or
required the assistance or intervention of
their allies.
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Brutal
Quarrelsome: You are proficient in Arcanic

Implements, Savage Weapons, Musical
Implements, and Dust Implements.
Bloodthirsty: After making an attack that

causes an enemy to go unconscious, you
may make another attack as a part action.
Roughhouse: You are proficient in Brutal

unarmed and improvised weapons.
Rebuke: If you take damage, you may

immediately take a reaction to make a
Savage Attack against the enemy who Quarrelsome
damaged you.
I
Hold Off: If you do not have Fortitude as a

source suit, you can now use Withstand as Bloodthirsty
if you did. If you do have Fortitude as a
source suit, when you use the Withstand
II
ability, ignore double the incoming damage
per card. Roughhouse
III
Rebuke
IV
Hold Off
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Blood
Steal Blood (level 1): As a ritual, you can

steal the level 1 breed power of another
breed. You require a drop of their blood and
one hour to perform this ritual. You
permanently gain the level 1 ability of your
choice from the target regardless of the
target’s actual level or if they have chosen a
different breed ability at that level. The
Blood blood is consumed during this ritual, and
you can only perform this ritual once to gain
a level 1 ability.
Steal Blood (level 2): As above, you can

Steal Blood 1 permanently steal the breed power of
another breed. You instead steal a level 2
I
ability, but require a pint of their blood to
perform this ritual.
Steal Blood 2
II permanently steal the breed power of
Steal Blood 3 ability, but require a gallon of their blood
and one hour to perform this ritual.
III
permanently steal the breed power of
Steal Blood 4
IV ability, but require 10 gallons of their blood
Steal Blood 5 Steal Blood (level 5): As above, you can

V permanently steal the breed power of
ability, but require 100 gallons of their blood
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Blood rituals by classification
Orcs can take the blood from more than Undead
their sentient counterparts, and are capable L evel 1 : Blight: You have advantage on
of stealing from beast, the undead, and Mettle checks to resist poison.
even demons. L evel 2 : Dark Hunger: Your hunger for flesh
These rituals are often more accessible guides you as much as your vision. You gain
and less bothersome to the other citizens of an Gut Vision sense of up to 30ft.
the west than performing the rituals on the L evel 3 : Sleepless: You are completely
common and friendly breeds. aware during the night, although you must still
When extracting blood from a rest your body for an extended period to gain
non-humanoid creature of the west, their the benefits of a full rest.
exotic nature condenses the entire family of L evel 4 : Death’s Door: While you are
creatures into a single set of features. wounded, you only discard 5c at the beginning
When stealing from a creature from a of your turn instead 10c.
non-humanoid classification, you can use L evel 5 : Corruption: When you cause a
the charts below to determine the acquired creature to become wounded with an unarmed
feature. melee attack, that creature becomes a zombie
cohort of the same species. This creature
Beast: follows you and will try to attack any creature
L evel 1 : Navigate Terrain: Deft and that you attack. The original creature can use
nimble in the field, you let little slow your these cohorts to attack as a horde.
course. Your movement speed is no longer
reduced by difficult terrain. Demon
L evel 2 : Sharp Hearing: Your ears are L evel 1: Magic Initiate: The amount of mana
keen enough to keep you out of trouble. you can draw per Full Rest increases by 1.
You gain an echolocation sense of up to The type of mana drawn this way must be a
30ft. Heart.
L evel 3 : Fur: You are adaptable to your L evel 2: Elemental Resistance: Hellish skin
environment, growing delicate hair for protects from the elements. You gain a
warmth and protection. After one week in a sensory complication from elemental Damage.
new environment, your skin develops a L evel 3: Horns/Teeth/Claws: You become
protective coating that negates local overgrown with natural weapons, and your
environmental hazards, such as the cold, body becomes a savage weapon of which you
the sun, or rain. are proficient in.
L evel 4 : Ferocious: At the beginning of L evel 4 : Tough: You gain an additional Base
the day, draw a Hold'em and apply it to all of Foundation.
your Savage Attacks. L evel 5 : Eternal: You can no longer be killed,
L evel 5 : Versatile: A swift reply to danger either from old age or wounds. You can
is it’s surest deterrent. You gain a second become wounded and exhausted, but can
reaction per turn. never die unless you are beheaded or erased.
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Human
Of all the goodly folk that inhabit the west,
the humans are the most common. They
are one of the most prosperous peoples, Adaptable
whether because of their wanderlust or their One of the humans’ most admirable traits
prolific nature, but many believe it is is their ability to adapt and adopt cultures.
because they are instinctively diplomatic They are not shy about becoming part of an
and uncommonly adaptive, especially orcish warband, or sitting on an elvish
compared to the immortal races. council. They are flexible and versatile, and
Humans are common in almost all biomes, will either excel in the social body as an
from highest mountain to deepest cave. ordinary member or by finding an
They are so widely spread that their unexplored niche to fill.
language, Caelian, has become known as
“Common,” and is the universal language of Quick Character Build:
commerce within Cael. When you take the human breed, take
either the Lover or Explorer Archetype, and
Diplomatic take the Cityslicker and Calm Traits.
Humans persistence in the realm is largely
due to their natural diplomacy. They are as Adaptable: You have two traits of any suit.
furtive as they are coercive, and capable of Half-Breeds with at least one parent who
negotiating through political landmines long has this ability can take this in place of the
set between races. Humans are short-lived, traits they would normally gain from their
with a short memory, and there is such breed..
variance within the race that it is impossible Linguist: You learn one additional
to judge a human based on their kin’s Language.
actions. This breed has a 30ft movement speed.
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Adaptable
Malleable: When drawing to resist magic,

you may draw two cards instead of one.
Flexible: As a reaction, you can draw a

random card and add it to your Foundation.
If it is not sequential, it is discarded instead.
Curious: You have advantage on

Knowledge checks. Adaptable
Diligent: During the first draw of combat,
your hand is one card larger.
Versatile: A swift reply to danger is it’s Malleable

surest deterrent. You gain a second
I
reaction per turn.
Flexible
II
Curious
III
Diligent
IV
Versatile
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Diplomatic
Leadership: Organisation is the keystone to

any military victory. One of your cohorts
loses the Uncoordinated trait when within
20ft of you.
Industrious: Hard work and devotion pays

off. You learn a Craft, such as tinkering,
blacksmithing or runing.
Diplomatic
Mediator: You can allow your allies who
can sense you to perform social checks as if
they had your social traits.
Leadership Talkative: You have advantage on social

checks, and all cards that normally would be
I
discarded are sent to the Recycling pile
instead.
Industrious
Imitate: While you can see or hear a
II creature, you can use their known
Archetype abilities as if you had them as
Mediator well.
III
Talkative
IV
Imitate
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Gnome
At the base of woodland trees you will
occasionally find a small door that leads to a
cozy underground cottage, complete with a
hearth, workshop, and small creature with a
multichromatic hairdo. Gnomes are a small,
joyful, and naturally magical people with
blood ties that go all the way back to the
Wyld. They are renowned craftsmen in both
diamond cutting and tinkering and have
adapted the use of Dust to both fields.
Tricksters
Gnomes are in a constant state of flux
between their desire for consistency and
risk. Its no surprise that many turn to illusory
antics and arcane hijinks to satiate a lust for
danger while remaining in a sphere of
comfort.
Gnomes are naturally mischievous, and
often have low impulse control when making
jokes or causing shenanigans. Lighthearted
breeds will often welcome the gnome’s
comedic stylings, but the high strung and
stodgy breeds may return the jokes with
enmity.
Tinkers and Gemcutters

When seeking comfort and familiarity,
gnomes often enjoy work that is slow and
meticulous. Gnomes are patient with their
crafts, and are able to derive years of
enjoyment from a single task, such as
cutting a diamond flawlessly or drafting a
perfectly tinkered design.
Intelligence and patience make gnomes
perfectly suited for not only these vocations,
but other careers as well. There are
legendary gnome assassins who, through
fastidious planning, have slain kings,
demons, and dragons.
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Worship:
Gnomes are known to worship more than
the trinity of gods of Cael. There are seven
divine earth elementals that are worshiped
by Gnomes. These divine creatures are
often slow in the disbursement of their
blessings, and some must be passed to the
relatives of the requester. However, the gifts
that these elementals bestow upon their
followers are long-lasting and powerful.
Below is a list of some of the gods of the
earthen elemental ring.
A urum, Elemental of gold and plenty.
A damas, Elemental of diamonds and
protection.
L atum, Elemental of clay and construction.
Borallus, Elemental of porcelain and art.
F errum, Elemental of iron and combat.
L lapis, Elemental of stone and stamina.
H arena, Elemental of sand and stealth.

When you take the gnome breed, take
either the Explorer or Creator Archetype,
and take the Pack Mule and Tinkering
Traits.
Age:
Gnomes are an immortal race that matures Small Size: Your small stature makes you a
quickly. It takes only 10 years for a gnome hard target. Enemies have a simple
to reach physical maturity, and they exist for complication when attacking you.
their first 30 years as youthful and plucky Intuitive: You may add one mana to your
with wild and colorful hair. At the age of 40, mana pool. This mana must be of the
gnomes begin a rapid aging process as they Tradition suit. You are proficient in Arcanic
enter their "pale years," which will last as Implements.
long as they live. In only a handful of years, This Breed has a 25ft movement speed.
a gnome will quickly wrinkle, with their skin This breed gains 1 ♢Fortitude and 1
becoming more pale and translucent, and Tradition Trait.
their hair will grow white and lose its size This breed has Black Sight up to 60ft.
and volume. Those gnomes who envy their
youth will wear large and colorful pointed
hats which resembles their hair when they
were younger.
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Diamond
Trickster: You’ve become adept with

illusory magic. You are able to casts spells
as if you were wielding the Illusory Rod. You
do not need to expend mana to use these
abilities.
Dense Skull: Your skull is composed of

diamond-like crystal. You are able to use
your skull as a savage weapon. You are Diamond
proficient in using your skull as a weapon,
and your skull has the Keen feature.
Thinker: Cards discarded from checks

made to remember knowledge are instead Trickster
Recycled.
I
Chip Away: Savage attacks cause the
target to become vulnerable. Dense Skull
Facet Armor: You are able to craft diamond II

armor studded to protect against bullets.
You learn how to use Blacksmithing Tools Thinker
to give an existing set of armor the Diamond
Facet property. Weapons that have the III
Piercing property are unable to ignore the
Armor Complication of armor with the
Chip Away
Diamond Facet property.
This requires 1lb of small diamonds and IV
eight hours of work for every pound of iron
in the set.
Facet Armor
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Tinker
Method Tinker: You are proficient in using

Tinkering equipment for repairs. When
determining random properties for tinker
designs, draw for two and apply one of your
choice. You can only do this once per
design.
Innate Spellcaster: When drawing magic

Tinker cards, all cards discarded in this way are
Recycled. In addition, the Magic Card
added to your pool by your Intuitive trait can
be of any suit.
Method Tinker Sabotage: If you deal damage to a target,

you can cause a Tinkered item on their
I
person that has the Sensitive trait to break.
Innate Spellcaster Quick Repair: All tinkered items you create

have the “Quick Repair” feature. The Quick
II Repair feature allows tinkered items that are
broken by the “Sensitive” trait to be repaired
Sabotage by an single action without cost.
III Grease Monkey: You are able to create an

item instantly without drafting it. To do this
you require one hour, tinker’s tools, and 20
Quick Repair
silver dollars worth of miscellaneous parts.
IV Choose a small mundane item and one
augmentation, and randomly draw for one
powersource, trigger, and fault. The item is
Grease Monkey created after one hour and uses all the
V miscellaneous parts.
The item can be taken apart and the
miscellaneous parts can be reclaimed and
reused. However, the item has no draft and
cannot be replicated.
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Archetypes
Archetype Abilities
The abilities you gain from your Archetype
are uniquely social. They will not grant you
a numerical or combative bonus, but instead
A fugitive presses his outstretched finger
an intangible ability to influence non-player
into the deputy’s back, telling him to ‘ drop
characters by role-playing your player
his shootin’ iron and mosey on.’
character.
T he outlaw looks at the crook and lowers
Each ability offers a suggestion of how to
his gun. ‘ M aybe you are more useful alive
play your character, and when you conform
than dead.’
to this suggestion the non-player characters
T he surrounded gunslinger looks up with
will react accordingly. Aggressive
surprise as the sheriff offers her hand. H e
characters will appear more alarming, pitiful
would have surrendered to none other.
characters would evoke more empathy, and
the intelligent will sound more rational.
Archetypes are how your character
Archetype abilities rely on a social contract
interacts socially with other characters. Your
between the players and the Game Master:
Archetype helps you understand your
if the player is role-playing their character,
character better, giving them a grand theme
the world will conduct itself accordingly.
to which you, the player, can roleplay, as
Each ability states the circumstance in
well as the character’s moral compass and
which it takes effect, but it is the player’s
social abilities.
responsibility to ensure the Game Master
When you pick your archetype, choose
knows that they have it, and it is up to the
one of its available abilities. When you level
Game Master's discretion if the ability is
up, you can choose to level up your
appropriate for the circumstances.
Archetype and choose another one of the
available abilities.
Changing Archetypes
Unlike Breeds or Sorts, there is no order in
Characters are capable of evolving out of
which you acquire archetype bonuses.
their archetypes and into different ones. The
Archetype bonuses offer little in the way of
Innocent hardly remains innocent forever,
combat enhancements, and tend to be skills
and a player character acting out of their
used by social characters and people who
normal character may mean that they are
prefer to be the Party Face. Leveling up
changing to a different mindset and a
your Archetype will grant you generic
different way of interacting with the world.
bonuses based off entire character level,
Changing your Archetype should be done
such as daily mana allotment.
only to show character progression, or to
correct a mistaken character choice. The
decision to change should not be made
lightly, and should always be discussed with
the Game Master first.
When a character levels up, they are able
to change their archetype. All levels transfer
to the new archetype, and new abilities are
chosen.
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The Innocent Establish Character
Caring and empathetic, despite a lack of “W e are W estbounders, heroes for hire.”
experience, the Innocent acts on what they You are better able to establish your
feel is right, but is often unable to define or character and individual aspect. You are
articulate their opinion. Often a gentle able to establish motivations and abilities in
idealist, the Innocent is likely to ignore the a single meeting, regardless if this is your
natural order and attempt to keep the wolf true character. This works well at first
from eating the cat, and keep the cat from meetings, but poorly as people get to know
eating the vole. Innocents detest violence you better.
for the sake of acquiring power, but revel in
fighting an objective evil. The Innocent Appeal to Emotion
hates subjectivity and moral ambiguity. An “W on’t you think of the children? ”
innocent is likely to believe in free will and You can better instill an emotional
fate interchangeably, and does not believe response to become more convincing. This
in no-win-situations, sacrifices, or works well with the easily riled, but works
compromises. poorly with drifters and the apathetic.
Pity Appeal to Paradise

“ T here' s no honor in killing an already “ I f we don’t find heaven, we’ll j ust build it
wretched soul.” here.”
You are more able to convince other to You can better make an appeal for a
have sympathy. This works well on the utopian vision. This can be to either get to a
compassionate, but poorly on the merciless better place or to make the current world
or hateful. better. This works well with hopeful people,
but less so on the cynics or the despairing.
Hooligan
“ A pparently, the guard found it completely Mercy
reasonable for you to take your favorite “T o fight takes courage, but to surrender
shovel out for a midnight stroll.” takes trust.”
You are better able to convince others that You are better able to get others to submit
you have harmless intent. This works well to you, trusting in your sincere mercy. This
on strangers, but poorly on the suspicious works well for the frightened, but poorly
and the alert. against the prideful and the distrustful.
Confidence
“T his conversation won' t leave this room.”
People are more willing to trust you with
secrets or sensitive information. This works
well for those you've established a
relationship with, but poorly for those who
are distrustful or see you as a gossip.
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he OOrphan
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weak, the Saint is a caregiver, not only to You can better shame others for their
their allies but to all who are in need. They actions or inaction. This works well on the
are compassionate and enjoy helping penitent, but poorly on the righteous and the
others. The Saint is selfless and generous, shameless.
giving without any thought of how they could
benefit, or even if the recipient can repay Appeal to Structure
them. The Saint believes in mercy and “ O ne people with one q uest.”
forgiveness, even when it's not convenient. You can better make an appeal to create
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allies, and will try to assist them even if designate tasks. This works well with
there is no reward. organized people, but poorly on the lazy or
The Saint is emotional and makes disorganized.
arguments based on these emotions. They
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others, regardless of whether they are “T o fight takes courage, but to surrender
friends, strangers, or even enemies. takes trust.”
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believe in cynicism. They believe in second to you, trusting in your sincere mercy. This
chances, and that no one is beyond works well for the frightened, but poorly
redemption. against the prideful and the distrustful.
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and that we’ll clean up the mess.” W estbounder j ust like us.”
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people, but poorly on skeptics and people are able to reassure others that someone is
who have been betrayed. a part of your group, but this works poorly if
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talents of an individual or group. This works to something.”
well on people who have particular talents You are better able to influence people by
or skills, but poorly on those who are appealing to an authority or commanding
already established or having ambiguous organization. This works well with the lawful,
talents. but very poorly with criminals or the
uncivilized.

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adventure on new horizons, Explorers are we' re the bad guys.”
independent and self-directed. They are You are better able to help others see from
motivators of action, and do not enjoy sitting different points of view. This works well for
still or being without a task. Explorers do not the open minded, but poorly for the
enjoy getting sidetracked, and will do their stubborn or entrenched.
best to steer their allies towards their
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prepare for perceived obstacles and don’t You are better able to instill a sense of
fret over events that do not affect them or urgency from others. This works well with
that they cannot prevent. They are men and the bold, but poorly with perfectionists and
women of action who enjoy uncertainty in the careful.
the wild, but not among their allies.
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either because they are useful, because “ W hen you speak of dragons, listeners can
they will bolster their reputation, or just feel the heat of the dragon’s breath.”
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preparedness, and dedication. The Explorer heed the message of your narratives. This
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poorly on skeptics and people with similar
Control Social Energy experiences.
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more likely to be convinced by you. This benefits of being first, pioneering, and being
works well in an angry mob, but very poorly a trailblazer. This works well with the
within the quiet chambers of a council. expeditious, but poorly with the passive and
the cautious.
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“ I don’t know these people.” Appeal to Paradise
You can establish yourself as independent “ I f we don’t find heaven, we’ll j ust build it
from a group, or as an outlier to society. here.”
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reputation of a larger group, but this works utopian vision. This can be used to either
poorly if you've established yourself get to a better place or to make the current
amongst them. world better. This works well with hopeful
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masters of creative solutions. They are paradigm shift before it escalates.”
often learned, either self taught or schooled, You can easily confuse people with jargon.
and have a deep craving for knowledge. This works well on the unintelligent, but
They enjoy efficiency, and will experiment poorly on the informed and the attentive.
until they have a set routine both in the
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to solve problems, even if they aren’t “I offered you a beautiful ring, so allow me
“traditional” problems, and will often spend a to ring this bell for you.”
hundred hours to save themselves five People are more likely to honor the deals
minutes during their day. made by you that have alternate
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something is useful or has a purpose, it is to work well on the lawful, but not on
worthy of their attention. They will often view pragmatic or dishonest.
people in regards to how useful they can be,
labeling them as advantageous or not. Appeal to Reason
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and backup plans. A Creator would prefer to defeat the sheriff, and if you don’t want to
spend a lot of time planning for the perfect go at him alone, you’ll need to help me first.”
solution, and precisely execute that solution. You can make an appeal to reason, facts
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efficiency. They do not believe in abstract outcome, people are more likely to agree
ideas, irrationality, or guessing. with you. This works well on intelligent and
rational people, and very poorly with the
Scheme uneducated or insane.
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arguments for intricate plans. This works You are better able to establish your
well with the intelligent, but poorly on the character and individual personality. You
inattentive or dimwitted. are able to establish motivations and
abilities in a single meeting. This works well
Vocation at first meetings, but poorly as people get to
“ You are a dwarf, and your hands belong know you better.
in the forge, not on the battlefield.”
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talents of an individual or group. This works “ O ne people with one q uest.”
well on people who have particular talents You can better make an appeal to create
or skills, but poorly on those who are social order, to establish leaders and
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talents. organized people, but poorly on the lazy or
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The Comedian fully realizes the disparity Warning
between morality, justice, and law; they act “Your theater troupe entertained the king
as living reminders of our absurd reality. triumphantly, and the guards will be doubled
They are often foolish, making light of tonight.”
perilous situations, and adore the freedom People will be more likely to heed the
of truth, often speaking other’s truths for warnings in your words. This works well on
them. Comedians will try and show the truth the suspicious, but poorly on the dim and
of others to demonstrate their folly, often compliant.
with extreme displays that can cross the
line. Invoke Group Reputation
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understanding that the difference between know what they say about elves… ”
ally and foe is simply circumstance. They You are better able to invoke the
are likely to tend to an enemy’s ailment, and reputation of a group, culture, or breed. This
at the same time comically berate an ally for works well for those who know of the group
becoming wounded. Still, Comedians care or of the deeds of the group, but poorly for
deeply for their allies, and are often the those who are unaware of them.
voice of reason when others are forced to
bargain and compromise. Control Social Energy
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consistency, but they do not believe in You can better manipulate and sway an
despair, manipulation, or seriousness. already-present social energy. People who
are already excited, angry, or hysterical are
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interconnectivity between people. This can
be used to add members to an organization, Hooligan
to allow refugees into a city, or have two or “ A pparently, the guard found it completely
more teams start working together. This reasonable for you to take your favorite
works well with the cooperative, but poorly shovel out for a midnight stroll.”
with the antagonistic or rebellious. You are better able to convince others that
you have harmless intentions. This works
Clever well on strangers, but poorly on the
“I offered you a beautiful ring, so allow me suspicious and the alert.
to ring this bell for you.”
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made by you that have alternate “ W ait, I don' t remember what we were
interpretations or applications. This is likely talking about.”
to work well on the lawful, but not on the People are more likely to let you distract
pragmatic or dishonest. them. This works well on the bored, but
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The Ruler Intrigue
Rulers have to live by two sets of morality: “ I heard the D uke say something very
a personal, private code, and a public code. interesting about you today.”
Rulers are able to put their private moral You are better able to provoke a person’s
code aside in order to serve a public curiosity and interest. This works well on
interest, and are capable of doing what no gossips, but poorly on the withdrawn and
good person can do. the unconcerned.
Rulers dictate the laws, but do not need to
live by them. To a Ruler, laws apply to Protector
certain people in certain situations, and they “P eople tend to see a walking shield when
generally don’t abide by any they don’t set they look at you.”
themselves. A Ruler would say it is immoral People are more likely to believe you are
to murder, and then later hang a thief. there to help them, and that you have their
Rulers are natural leaders, and will always safety in mind. This works well for the weak
choose the most competent companions; and vulnerable, but poorly for the strong and
The Ruler will find uses for those who are fearful.
incompetent. They prefer to do everything
themselves if they can, or know that the Establish Character
best person is handling the situation, such “W e are W estbounders, heroes for hire.”
as having the strong man lift the boulder You are better able to establish your
and the bard do the research. They are character and individual aspect. You are
excellent delegators, and make it their duty able to establish motivations and abilities in
to make sure everyone has a purpose. They a single meeting. This works well at first
are always concerned about the future, but meetings, but poorly as people get to know
prefer to act quickly and boldly rather than you better.
to attempt to calculate every option and
eventuality. Appeal to Authority
“ G ods, kings, or councils, everyone bows
Value to something.”
“ W here they see vagrants and street rats, You are better able to influence people by
you see spies and informants.” appealing to an authority or commanding
You are better able to convince others of organization. This works well with the lawful,
the usefulness of undesirable people and but very poorly with criminals or the
organizations. This works well on the uncivilized.
open-minded, but poorly on the pompous
and bigoted. Appeal to Structure
“ O ne people with one q uest.”
You can better make an appeal to create
social order, to establish leaders and
designate tasks. This works well with
organized people, but poorly on the lazy or
disorganized.

Traits ♢Fortitude Traits
Traits are defining abilities of a character, ♢Mettle: Your body and mind are
and include their skills, talents, training, and accustomed to danger and stress. You are
any tricks they have up their sleeves. proficient in withstanding poisons, illnesses,
A character gains Traits of different suits and prolonged external forces such as
based on their Sort, Breed, and Archetype. extreme weather.
For every Trait a character has, the player
should assign a Trait ability or skillset based ♢Observant: You quickly see what others
on its suit. do not, with honed senses able to detect all
kinds of subtleties. You are proficient in
Triple Bonus investigating for details, searching, and
When you have 3 traits of the same suit, spotting creatures.
you get a “Triple Bonus” from that suit. A
triple bonus provides a passive upgrade to ♢Fury: You just don’t know when to quit,
the character based on the suit. and continue to fight through pain and
You can get a Triple Bonus multiple times injury. When you become wounded, you
from the same suit, and they will give continue to draw hands, move, and take
increasing bonuses. attack actions until you are completely
exhausted. You cannot lay down
F ortitude T riple Bonus: Your vitality Foundation in this state until you regain a
booms. For every Fortitude Bonus, your Base Foundation.
Base Foundation increases by one
permanently. ♢Savage Weapons Training: You are
proficient in all Savage Weapons.
G rit T riple Bonus: Your strikes become
more deadly. Your attacks ignore one tier of ♢Painful Resolve: Every wound is a
the target’s complication, as if they had the reminder of why you are fighting. When you
Keen feature. For every Grit Triple Bonus, use the Withstand ability, you may remove 5
this targets complication is reduced by random cards from your discard pile from
another tier. the game, and then shuffle 5 random cards
from your discard pile into your deck.
L uck T riple Bonus: Fortune favors you.
You gain a Simple complication. For every ♢Hunter: You are a champion of surviving
Luck Triple Bonus after the first, the in the wild by killing game. You are
Complication increases by one tier. proficient in hunting, tracking, and trapping
animals. You are knowledgeable about
T radition T riple Bonus: You abound in beasts, and proficient in harvesting and
magic. For every Tradition Triple Bonus, preserving parts from creatures.
your mana pool permanently increases by
one. This mana can be of any suit.
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♢Gatherer: You are a survivor who lives off ♢Carve: With a simple knife, you can create
the soil. You are proficient in cartography, makeshift weapons from wood. You can
gathering food and supplies from nature, craft Savage weapons as if you were a
and you become knowledgeable about flora. Weaponsmith with a Master Forge. All
weapons crafted this way lose their
♢Wrangler: You are a bronco who is a requirement for Iron, but wood and stone
friend and protector of animals. You are must be plentiful in your surroundings.
proficient in making friends with and training Because they are made of simple wood, the
beasts, which includes riding, training, and weapons made this way have the Sensitive
fighting on and alongside beasts. You do property, and break if dropped or
not suffer a complication for being mounted mishandled.
on a trained beast.
♢Chase: You run down anything that tries
♢Pharmaceutics: You are trained in to get away. As a reaction, when a creature
non-magical healing and surgery. When you ends its movement further away from you,
take an action to stabilize a creature who you can immediately move up to your full
has been reduced to 0 Foundation, the movement speed, ending adjacent to the
check automatically succeeds. After a short target. You cannot use the ability again until
rest, you can discard 10c to assist yourself you have ended a round and not used any
and others in recovering health. Creatures movement.
restore twice the foundation for the same
amount of cards discarded. ♢Conquered Lycanthropy: Using your Gut
Magic ability, you are transformed into a
♢Mad Dog: You don’t need a weapon to be beast of your choice as if the Change spell
dangerous. You are proficient in unarmed had been successfully cast upon you. This
combat and improvised weapons. effect lasts for the next six hours, and at the
end you are returned to your humanoid
♢Animal Companion: You often have an form. If you die while in the lycanthropic
animal sidekick who assists you. When you form, you return to life as your body reforms
have only one beast as a cohort, the beast's into your humanoid form at the end of the
attacks are sent to the recycling pile. In six hours.
addition, the beast only requires verbal
commands to perform a basic task and ♢Pack Mule: You have a strong back that
loses the Uncoordinated trait. supports extra gear. You are able to wear
two backpacks instead of one. This second
♢Parry: Knock your enemy off balance with backpack does not decrease your speed.
a preemptive strike. When you use the
Withstand ability while in melee with the ♢Early Riser: If any effects or abilities
attacker, you ignore all damage from the caused you to discard cards after a full rest,
attack. then after the full rest you can choose five of
the cards that were discarded and shuffle
them back into your deck.
Traits Chapter 2 114

Grit Traits Dust Implement Training: You are
proficient in using all Dust Implements.
Vigor: You are strong and well toned.
You are proficient in athletic feats, including Close Quarters Fighter: You thrive in the
jumping, climbing, grappling and swimming. thick of battle. While fighting in melee with a
melee weapon against an opponent who is
Judgment: You are a good judge of not using a melee weapon, their attacks
character. You are proficient in seeing suffer a sensory complication.
others’ moods and feelings, as well as When an opponent moves while within your
discerning lies. melee attack range, if you have the
Quickdraw ability, you can use it to make a
Coercion: You are well-versed in hostile melee attack on the enemy.
forms of negotiation. You are proficient in
making others do what you want through Calm: You are composed and
force, threats, and intimidation. levelheaded. You are proficient in
withstanding mental and social pressures.
Rally: You are a leader. You are proficient
in inspiring, leading, and organizing others. Demolisher: There no problems you
If you have two or more cohorts, during a can’t solve by breaking them. You are
short rest you are able to Inspire your proficient in destroying traps, doors, locks,
cohorts with a rallying speech. Discard 10 walls, and objects.
cards after the speech is over. During a
combat, as long as you have two or more Catch: Your hands are lightning fast. As
unwounded cohorts who witnessed your a reaction, you are able to catch an object
speech, you are able to rally your forces. thrown at you or within 5ft of you. If the
When your forces are being rallied, remove object deals damage as part of an attack,
half the cards in your discard pile from the the damage is reduced by one. If you have
game, and shuffle the other half into your the Quickdraw ability, you can use it to
deck. You cannot use this ability again until throw the object as part of the reaction,
you take a full rest. making an attack against a target with the
weapon.
Point Blank: You understand that the
“minimum required distance” is just a Ruminate: Your head gets cluttered if you
suggestion. Melee is considered prime don't take the time to clear it. After a long
range for your Dust Implements. rest, you may look through your deck and
remove any and all cards of your choosing
Maneuver Master: You are deft and from the game. After the cards are
skilled in combat. You have advantage with removed, shuffle your deck.
combat maneuvers, including disarm,
shove, grapple.

Armament: A little maintenance goes oes a
long way. During a short rest, you can n
clean, sharpen, and restring your weapons
apons
and your allies weapons. After the shortortt
rest, discard 10c. When you or anyone e who
was present during the short rest redraws,
raws,
the cards discarded from the redraw go to
the recycling pile. This effect lasts untilil the
affected creature take a Breather.
Mage Slayer: The best defence againstainstt

the dark arts is abrupt steel. When a
creature you can sense casts a spell, if you
have the Quickdraw ability you can usese it to SSynchronizing
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T raits
make an attack against them. If this causes
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the creature to become wounded, the spell right, some are able to work together to t
has no effect. become especially powerful.
powerfr ul. The Vigor
rf V igo and
Manuever Master Traits can be combi combined to
Blacksmithing: You learn the become especially adept with maneuvers.
Blacksmithing craft, and know how to create Similarly, the Dive and Force Jam Traits can
a basic forge, foundry, and anvil. be used in conjunction to both jam an
enemy weapon and dive 10ft every time you
Arcane Rebuke: Sorcery with a hair use the Cheat Death ability.
trigger. When you use your Quickdraw There are also abilities that work poorly
ability, you can cast a spell instead of together. Although the Early Riser Trait can
making an attack. be used effectively with the Planned
Takedown, Rally, or Wary Traits as they
Growth: Using your Gut Magic ability, allow you to recycle cards regardless of the
your form doubles in size as if the Giant ability, it is also limited, so having more than
Growth spell was cast on you, except your one of these Traits together will negate the
non-magical clothes and equipment stay on bonuses. It is also important to remember
you and increase in size with you. At the that you only have one reaction per round,
end of the hour, you and your clothes return so instead of getting one Trait for your
to their normal size. Withstand, Quickshot, and Cheat Death
abilities, you can opt for the one you plan to
use most often.
All crafts are useful as individual abilities
and when they collaborate. Furthermore,
they can be effectively combined by teams
of people, and two characters with the same
craft often make a good pair.

♣Luck Traits finding information, sowing rumors, and
navigating within a city.
♣Poise: You are well balanced and
composed. You are proficient in acrobatics,
balance, and moving around silently. ♣Crouch: You know how to make yourself
a hard target. You are considered small and
♣Furtive: You are sly and shifty, with attackers suffer a simple complication
illegal methods. You are proficient in hiding, against you in combat. This does nothing if
sleight of hand, picking locks, general you have the Small feature already.
thievery, skullduggery and up to
no-do-goodery. ♣Flinch: You always have a plan, even if
it’s just to duck. When you are surprised in
♣Blandish: Embellishment is an artform. Combat, you may still draw and add cards
You are proficient in manipulation through to your Foundation during the first phase,
charm, flattery, and non-aggressive although you may not participate in the
coaxing. surprise round.
♣Coachman: More like a chauffeur of ♣Dive: Surviving means being a hard

destruction. You are proficient in target. When using your Cheat Death ability,
maintaining and operating carts, trains and you can immediately move up to 10ft.
other vehicles. In addition to proficiency with
all vehicles, steering is now done as a
bonus action.
♣Musical Weapons Training: You are

proficient in Musical Implements.
♣Fan of Steel: If a weapon has the

Thrown and Light property, you can throw
three of them at once as an attack to ignore
any sensory complications on a target.
♣Force Jam: Some people are just luckier

than others. When using your Cheat Death
ability to reduce damage from a Dust
Implement, the attacker’s firearm jams if you
reduce the damage to nothing.
♣Cityslicker: You know how to survive in

cities and can intuitively navigate them. You
are proficient in communicating with locals,

♣Wary: You can keep your allies on their
toes, so you don’t have to be. During a short
rest, you can stir up suspicion among your
allies. After the short rest, each ally you
target discards 10c. When your affected
allies are surprised in combat, they may still
add cards to their foundation during the first
phase. This effect lasts until they take a
Breather.
♣Performer: You have an authentic acting

talent. You are proficient in performing,
acting, impersonation, throwing your voice,
and assembling costumes.
♣Consume: Using your Gut Magic ability,

as an action you can consume a medium or
smaller creature. The target is held in an
extradimensional space that resembles the
stomach of a large monster. As a part of an
action you may make an attack against a
creature in this stomach. Enemies inside the
stomach must cut their way out. The
stomach has 1 Base Foundation, and
counts as a Cohort. Once the stomach
loses its Base Foundation the creature
inside is expelled. A creature that weighs
over 100lbs refills the user’s Gut Magic
when killed and consumed by the stomach.
♣Superstitious Ritual: They laugh, but it

works. At the end of a Full Rest, draw a
card and make note of its suit and value,
and shuffle it back into your deck. The first
time you draw this card today it is
considered a wild card and can be any
value or suit of your choosing.

Arcanics: You are proficient in
Tradition Traits manipulating magical energies, using magic
devices, and using Arcanic Implements.
Schooling: You are educated and know
much about the natural world. You are Familiar: You gain the allegiance of a
proficient in Geography, History, Zoology, spiritual entity, who is either a ghost or
Mathematics and rudimentary Arcanics. You otherworldly being who will assist you in
also learn one additional language. your journey. As an 8 hour ritual, the entity
can be placed into the body of a small beast
Eldritch Lore: They don’t teach this stuff or object. While in this form they have motor
in school. You are proficient in knowledge control over the creature or object and
checks relating to other planes of existence, retain their intelligence. They are able to
monstrous creatures, gods and demons. speak if provided with a mouth. When the
You also learn one additional language. creature dies or the object becomes
sufficiently damaged, the spirit is released
Antiquarian: You know the value of and must be placed into a new body, or else
things, and are proficient in the appraisal of stay in its spirit form. The familiar can also
common and uncommon worldly objects. choose to return to its spirit form. In its spirit
form, the familiar is not visible and cannot
Gut Vision: Using your Gut Magic ability, see or interact with people or objects. The
for one hour you have the Gut Vision Familiar acts as a cohort in battle.
Sense. You can sense the caloric value of
objects up to 60ft away. Summoner: You can conjure creatures to
your side. As a 10 minute ritual, you can
Magic Resistance: You are especially discard a mana and mark a creature you
good at resisting magical effects. When a can touch.
spell is cast on you, you can discard any As an action, you can discard one mana
suit with a value higher than the spell to and instantly teleport a creature you’ve
ignore the spell’s effects. marked to within 5ft of you.
Cognizant: You gain the ability to end Revelation: After you take a Full Rest,
magic spells that you have cast early. You you can look at the top 10 cards of your
can end the effects of any spell you have deck or an ally’s deck and put them back in
cast as part of an action. You cannot use any order.
this to end your highest tier of spells early.
Reclaim Legacy: When leveling up a

Breed, Half-Breeds can choose to gain the
abilities of one of their ancestors instead of
their own.

Intuition: You have the ability to
understand things immediately through
feelings instead of conscious reasoning. As
an action, you can see how you feel about a
person or situation. The Game Master will
tell you that the situation is good, bad, or
neutral. Using this ability more than once
before a Full Rest may lead to false
readings at the Game Master’s discretion.
Planned Takedown: You can prepare for

particularly tough enemies. After a short
rest, you and any participating allies can
discard 10 cards. At the end of the rest,
choose a creature type, such as humanoid
or undead. Until your next breather, the first
enemy of this creature type is vulnerable to
all attacks made by you and your
participating allies.
Tinkering: You learn the Tinkering Craft..

You can draft designs and craft items with
tinker’s tools.
Spell Scribe: You learn the Runing Craft.

t.
You learn two runes and are able to learn
more as you find them.
Alchemy: You learn the Alchemical craft..

You learn two recipes and are able to learn
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more recipes as you find them.

Each weapon listed comes with a series of
abilities. Abilities that affect the target upon
Equipment and Arms hit such as bleeding or poison come into
effect if they deal damage to the targets
In the world of Westbound there are four
Foundation or Base Foundation. Some
weapons that are common: S avage
abilities only come into effect while in the
weapons, which use a mix of brutality and
prime range.
skill to rend, pierce, or crush a foe, A rcane
Ranged weapons have difficulty firing
I mplements which allow the caster to cast
outside their prime range. While targeting a
various minor spells and charms, M usical
creature that is closer than the Prime Start
implements which exhaust their targets, and
or farther than the Prime Reach, attacks
D ust I mplements which pierce targets from
against it will have a sensory complication.
long range. Each weapon type has its own
advantages and disadvantages, and require
Weapons come in this format
proficiency in order to use properly.
Name: Weapon Type: Max ammunition
S avage W eapons are generally close
capacity: Weapon Size: Cost: Weight
combat weapons that have been used since
Minimum Distance - Prime Start - Prime
the dawn of time. They are always ready to
Reach - Half life*
use, and often come with a number of
Special Features: Feature Description
enhancing abilities to make combat easier.
A rcane I mplements contain a number of
Weapon Proficiency
spells and abilities within them, some of
Weapon Proficiency allows a character to
which can deal damage and other which
use a weapon properly and as intended.
provide utility spells. Arcane implements
When a character is not proficient with a
must be activated before they can be used,
weapon, they have a Tough complication
which is done by a magic user inserting a
with all attacks associated with that weapon.
single mana directly into the implement.
Weapon proficiency is usually provided by
Once activated, the Implement remains
a Sort, Breed, Trait, and some weapons do
active for 24 hours or until it is forcefully
not require proficiency.
disabled.
M usical I mplements are weaponized
Weapons List:
instruments designed to exhaust their foes
Dust Implements
instead of directly killing them. They send
Tinkspark Trivolver: Dust Implement: 3:
out loud single tones that create effects very
Small: 200 Silver Dollars: 8lbs
similar to spells.
Ol’ Faithful Pistol: Dust Implement: 1:
D ust I mplements use bullets to pierce
through armor and devastate their target.
Demagogue Pistol: Dust Implement: 6:
These implements require constant
reloading, and are so loud that anyone
Witchbane Fan Cannon: Dust Implement:
within 5 miles will hear the shot. Most Dust
9: Medium: 400 Silver Dollars: 25lbs
Implements prefer reliable breech-loading or
Marksman’s Rifle: Dust Implement: 1:
bolt-action to unreliable tinker repeaters.
Large: 90 Silver Dollars: 22lbs
121 Chapter 2 Equipment

Quiet Rain: Dust Implement: 1: Huge: 180 Alchemical Lance: Savage Weapon:
Silver Dollars: 40lbs Medium: Cost 10 Gold Bullion: 32lbs
Beehive Grenade: Dust Implement: 1: Sacrificial Dagger: Savage Weapon:
Small: 60 Silver Dollars: 5lbs Small: Cost: 40 Silver Dollars: 8lbs
Flail: Savage Weapon: Large: Cost 65
Arcane Implements Silver Dollars: 65lbs
Orb of the Arcane Assault: Arcane Long Spear: Savage Weapon: Medium:
Implement: Small: U ncommon: 4lbs Cost 48 Silver Dollars: 35lbs
Staff of the Fire Warden: Arcane Short Stabber: Savage Weapon: Small:
Implement: Medium: C ommon: 12lbs Cost 7 Silver Dollars: 10lbs
Frostbrand Wand: Arcane Implement: Throwing Dagger: Savage Weapon: Small:
Small: C ommon: 2lbs Cost 9 Silver Dollars: 3lbs
Rod of the Thunder Cracker: Arcane Bow of Breaking: Savage Weapon: Large:
Implement: Small: C ommon: 14lbs Cost 5 Gold Bullion: 42lbs
Illusory Scepter: Arcane Implement: Traditional Bow: Savage Weapon: Large:
Medium: U ncommon: 12lbs Cost 100 Silver Dollars: 30lbs
Scepter of Glorious Lights: Arcane Leather Baton: Savage Weapon: Medium:
Implement: Medium: U ncommon: 4lbs Cost 15 Silver Coins: 29lbs
Branch of Wondrous Motion: Arcane Dourwood War Staff: Savage Weapon:
Implement: Large: C ommon: 32lbs Medium: Cost 4 Gold Bullion Notes: 20lbs
Gnarled Paw of Animation: Arcane Halo Blade: Savage Weapon: Small: Cost
Implement: Small: R are: 4lbs 10 Silver Dollars: 10lbs
Magic Carpet: Arcane Implement: Huge: Alchemist’s Claw: Savage Weapon:
R are: 50lbs Medium: Cost 50 Silver Dollars: 15lbs
Orb of Seeing: Arcane Implement: Small:
U ncommon: 4lbs Musical Implements
Forge Fire Rod: Arcane Implement: Sound Wave: Musical Implement: Small:
Medium: R are: 13lbs 5lbs
Animated Rope: Arcane Implement: Large: Harmony: Musical Implement: Medium: 60
U ncommon: 35lbs Silver Dollars: 30lbs
Mirror Shield: Arcane Implement: Large: Trident: Musical Implement: Medium: 40
V ery R are: 60lbs Silver Dollars: 28lbs
Shattering Candle: Arcane Implement: Clapper: Musical Implement: Small: 20
Tiny: R are: 1lbs Silver Dollars: 6lbs
Peddler's Shiny Penny: Arcane Steel Drum: Musical Implement: Large: 40
Implement: Tiny: V ery R are: 1lbs Silver Dollars: 40lbs
Clenched Locomotive: Musical Implement:
Savage Weapons Large: 50 Silver Dollars: 39lbs
Sword of Striking: Savage Weapon: Pipe of Animal Glamor: Musical
Medium: Cost 450 Silver Dollars: 30lbs Implement: Small: 50 Silver Dollars: 7lbs
Bloodthirsty Battle-axe: Savage Weapon: Whistle of Stone Summoning: Musical
Medium 80 Silver Dollars: 50lbs Implement: Tiny: 25 Silver Dollars: 1lbs
Equipment Chapter 2 122

Ammunition
Bullet: Firearm Ammunition: 2 Silver Dollars
per Fistful: 2lbs Dust Implements
Arrow: Bow Ammunition: Cost 2 Silver
Dollars per Fistful: 5lbs
Tinkspark Trivolver: Dust Implement: 3:
Corked Arrow: Bow Ammunition: Cost 2
Small: 200 Silver Dollars
Silver Dollar per arrow: ¼ lbs
5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 20ft*
Whistling Nightmare: Bow Ammunition:
Sensitive: This item can break easily. If
Cost 20 Silver Dollars per arrow: ¼ lbs
you are wounded in battle while holding this
weapon or drop it, the Trivolver breaks.
Other Weapons
Piercing: Ignores Armor Complications.
The Bonechewer: Tinkered Atrocity: 100:
Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound
Large: 4 Gold Bullion Notes: 60lbs
when used: people up to five miles away
Rocket Blade: Ancient Firearm: Medium: 4
can hear the sound.
Gold Bullion Notes: 30lbs
Single Fire: You can choose to only fire
one bullet at a time with this weapon.
Repeater: This weapon can have a
Multiattack equal to its remaining
ammunition, but this uses all the remaining
bullets in the weapon.
A gnomish design, the T rivolver is the first

in a line of famous repeaters, capable of
firing three shots in the blink of an eye, but
handle with care if you don’t know a tinker.
Ol’ Faithful Pistol: Dust Implement: 1:

Small: 65 Silver Dollars
5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 20ft*
Piercing: Ignores Armor Complications.
Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound
when used: people up to five miles away
can hear the sound.
E asy to handle, maintain, and

manufacture, the O l’ F aithful is the gold
standard for simple reliability.
Demagogue Pistol: Dust Implement: 6: Small: Marksman’s Rifle: Dust Implement: 1: Large: 90
200 Silver Dollars Silver Dollars
5ft - 10ft - 45ft - 20ft* 15ft - 30ft - 105ft - 40ft
All Cylinders 6: This firearm will fire 6 bullets at Piercing: Ignores Armor Complications.
once, which will ignore a target’s sensory Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound when
complications while within Prime Range. used: people up to five miles away can hear the
Piercing: Ignores Armor Complications. sound.
Ax Hilt: Can be used as a Savage weapon in
melee. Quiet Rain: Dust Implement: 1: Huge: 180 Silverr
Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound when Dollars
used: people up to five miles away can hear the 30ft - 60ft - 150ft - 60ft
sound. Piercing: Ignores Armor Complications.
Suppressor: This weapon does not make a
T he D emagogue originates with orcish raiders loud sound when fired. The sound is still
who wanted an all-in-one weapon that could be noticeable, both when being fired and impacting.
used with j ust one hand. W ith six breech loaded Tripod: This weapon can be easily mounted on
barrels, an ax e hilt, and a spreading alternate a surface as part of the attack action.
fire, the D emagogue is the perfect companion
to a magic blade. T his design has single-handedly shored up the
defences of the elvish cities, allowing a single
Witchbane Fan Cannon: Dust Implement: 9: soldier to incite massive panic and attrition in an
Medium: 400 Silver Dollars enemy platoon.
5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 20ft
Shotgun: Always fires All Cylinders, and Beehive Grenade: Dust Implement: 18: Small:
cannot fire single rounds. 60 Silver Dollars
Piercing: Ignores Armor Complications. Thrown: This weapon can be thrown a distance
All Cylinders 3: This firearm will fire 3 bullets at of up to 30ft.
once, which will ignore a target’s sensory Explosion 5: This weapon deals 5c damage,
complications while within Prime Range. with sets divided between all creatures in a 10ft
Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound when blast radius.
used: people up to five miles away can hear the Shrapnel: This weapon deals Physical damage.
sound. Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound when
used: people up to five miles away can hear the
O riginally developed in T ransth to aid sound.
conscripts in fighting the undead, the
W itchbane design fires three bullets A nother gnomish solution, bullets are placed in
simultaneously to reduce the reliance on aim. I t a reusable spiral casing and thrown, the bullets
has since been picked up by professional firing in every direction upon impact. O riginally
hunters for combating unseen or unusual prey. designed to overcome entrenched enemies, the
Beehive has been widely used by goblins for
their effectiveness at shock & awe tactics.

Arcanic Implement Prices
Common: 10 - 50 Silver Dollars
Arcane Implements Uncommon 50 - 250 Silver Dollars
Rare 250 - 1,000 Silver Dollars
Magically Charged Weapons
Very Rare 10 - 500 Gold Bullion Notes
Unlike other weapons that have magical
Unique 500 - 2500 Gold Bullion Notes
qualities, Arcane Implements require Mana
to be implanted into them to activate their
Identifying Found Implements
powers. This can be done as an action by
When an Arcane Implement is found, its
discarding a mana while holding the item.
abilities are unknown until first activated. By
Once activated, the Implement remains
activating the implement, the creature that
active for 24 hours. The mana’s suit and
activated it learns any of the implements
value has no effect on the implements
abilities that are not hidden.
abilities. Creatures can use Arcane
Implements that have been activated by
other creatures.
Arcane Implements Rarity

It is time consuming and costly procedure
to create an arcane implement. Most were
made long ago in the age of towers, and
few living know exactly how to make them
or have the capacity. Existing magic items
Arcane Implements List
have a rarity, which is how many of those
items are known to exist in the world.
Orb of the Arcane Assault: Arcane
Common arcane implements may have
Implement: Small: U ncommon
been built in mass for a wizard's army, while
30ft - 45ft - 150ft - 50ft*
more rare implements may have been
Barrage: This weapon fires off many
created as gifts to nobles. Regardless, the
rounds per second, and has a multiattack.
lineage of most arcane implements can be
Magic: This weapon deals Magic Damage.
traced back at least a thousand years to a
Curve: When making an attack, choose an
wizard’s spire.
area you can sense within range, and your
The price of an item is based on its rarity,
attacks will hit the target as if they came
as well as the demand for the item. If the
from that position. You do not see as if you
item is common but in high demand, such
are from that area, so you must still sense
as a Frostbrand Wand during a heatwave,
your enemy from your current position.
the item will be at the expensive end of the
Transform: As an action, you can transform
spectrum. Likewise, a Very Rare or Unique
the weapon. Once transformed, the weapon
item with very little demand, such as a
is now a siege weapon, has multiattack 3,
Mirror Shield in a town with no wizards, will
and cannot be moved. As an action, the
be on the cheap end of the spectrum.
weapon can transform back to its original
form.

by multiple effects like this, only the largest
Staff of the Fire Warden: Arcane takes effect, and all additional cards are
Implement: Medium: C ommon discarded from their deck.
5ft - 30ft - 80ft - 40ft* Reverb: All attacks with this weapon are
Flame: Deals Elemental Damage. recycled instead of discarded.
Ignite: This weapon can set fire to Minor Illusion: As an action, you can create
flammable objects. an optical illusion of an object. The object
Extinguish: As an action, you can must fit within a 5ft square, and can be
extinguish a 10ft square of flames. placed up to 60ft away. The illusion cannot
Fire Shield: As an action, you gain a move or change, and is definitively an
sensory complication from elemental illusion if interacted with. If the object
attacks for one minute. produces light, it produces no more than the
glow of a candle. The illusory object
Frostbrand Wand: Arcane Implement: remains there for 10 minutes.
Small: C ommon Supervised Illusion: As an action, you can
5ft - 30ft - 60ft - 40ft* create an optical illusion of an object or
Chill: Targets hit have their movement creature no larger than a 10ft square. The
reduced by half until the end of their next illusion is able to make noises and change,
turn. but is definitively an illusion if interacted
Frost: Deals Elemental Damage. with. If the object produces light, it produces
Cast Freeze: Within the prime range, as an no more than the glow of a candle. The
action, the Frostbrand can freeze all illusion requires the user to use their action
non-living liquids within a 10ft square. each turn to maintain the illusion, and
disappears immediately after it is no longer
Rod of the Thunder Cracker: Arcane being maintained.
Implement: Small: C ommon
5ft - 30ft - 80ft -10ft* Scepter of Glorious Lights: Arcane
Lightning: Deals Elemental Damage. Implement: Medium: U ncommon
Attacks with this weapon ignores Armor 5ft - 15ft - 60ft - 40ft*
Class if attacking enemy when Metal armor. Sensory Overload: Attacks with this
Shocking: Target cannot make reactions in weapon reduces cards from the target’s
the same round they take damage from this hand or next draw. If the target is affected
weapon. by multiple effects like this, only the largest
Loud: This weapon makes a loud sound takes effect, and all additional cards are
when used: people up to five miles away discarded from their deck.
can hear the sound. Reverb: All attacks with this weapon are
recycled instead of discarded..
Illusory Scepter: Arcane Implement: Glow: As an action, you can make an
Medium: U ncommon object glow brightly, with bright light up to
5ft - 15ft - 60ft - 40ft* 60ft. This effect lasts an hour.
Sensory Overload: Attacks with this Floating Lantern: As part of an action, you
weapon reduces cards from the target’s can create an Illusory floating light up to 60ft
hand or next draw. If the target is affected

away. The light produces bright light up to
15ft. The lantern disappears after one hour.
Blinding Flash: As an action, you can Magic Carpet: Arcane Implement: Huge:
create a flash of colors that affects all R are
creatures within a 60ft radius. Creatures Living: The magic carpet becomes a
that rely on sight have a sensory cohort upon activation. The magic carpet
complication until they pass a mettle check has 1 Base Foundation. If the magic carpet
with a severe complication. becomes wounded or exhausted, it
deactivates and must be activated again to
Branch of Wondrous Motion: Arcane use its powers.
Implement: Large: C ommon Fly: This carpet has a fly speed of 40ft.
Analogue: As an action, a target The Magic Carpet can be mounted by a
non-magical object that the wielder can medium or smaller creature, and while
sense which is no larger than 5ft comes to mounted its speed is reduced to 20ft.
life. It acts as a cohort and is able to move Mounted Creatures have a simple
itself independently. The object can move complication for all attacks they make.
along the floor as if it had a walk speed of Wrap: The Magic Carpet can attempt to
30ft, and can attack. You can use your grapple a target, and has advantage on the
action on subsequent turns to maintain this check. If successful, the target cannot
effect, otherwise the object falls limply. attack creatures that are not the Magic
Carpet until the grapple is broken.
Gnarled Paw of Animation: Arcane Orb of Seeing: Arcane Implement: Small:
Implement: Small: R are U ncommon
Melee Only Glow: This orb can glow, providing up to
Swallow life: As an action, this item can 30ft of bright light.
make an attack that deals Magic damage to Far Sight: At any time after activating the
a creature within 5ft. orb, you can choose to see from the
Raise Dead: Target corpse is raised as a perspective of the orb. You keep all of your
zombie cohort. After 24 hours, the zombie original senses, and you can see through
becomes hostile to all creatures. After using the orb as though it were a mundane eye.
this ability, the Gnarled Paw deactivates
and must be activated again to use its Forge Fire Rod: Arcane Implement:
powers. Medium: R are
Flame Blade: A jet of flame springs out of
the top of the rod. This item can be used as
a savage melee weapon that deals
elemental damage and has the Keen
feature.
Melt: Over one minute, the fire rod can
melt two pieces of metal together.

Animated Rope: Arcane Implement: Large:
U ncommon
Living: The Animated Rope becomes a
cohort upon activation. The Animated Rope
has 1 Base Foundation. If the Animated
rope becomes wounded or exhausted, it
becomes inactive, and must be activated
again to use its powers.
Wrap: The Animated Rope can attempt to
grapple a target with advantage. If
successful, the target cannot attack
creatures that is not the animated rope until
the grapple is broken.
Mirror Shield: Arcane Implement: Large:

V ery R are
Shield (Inert): Provides a severe Armor
Complication towards the last enemies you
attacked. This ability does not require the
item to be activated to be used.
Mirror Magic: As a reaction to a ranged
magical attack or a spell that targets you
that you can sense, you can have that spell
or attack target the spellcaster instead.
Shattering Candle: Arcane Implement:

infinite: Tiny: R are
Twin: This candle splits into two upon
activation, and each candle is connected to
one another. If either are lit, then both are
lit, and if either are extinguished, both are
extinguished.
Peddler's Shiny Penny: Infinite: Tiny: Very

R are
Delusional Empathy: Those who see this
penny are more likely to be more
empathetic to the needs of others. This
works well on bleeding hearts, but poorly on
the apathetic and cruel.
Sacrificial Dagger: Savage Weapon:
Savage Weapons Small: Cost: 40 Silver Dollars
Melee Only
Bleeding: Enemies who take damage from
Sword of Striking: Savage Weapon:
this weapon begin to bleed, which causes
Medium: Cost 450 Silver Dollars
pain as they spend cards. Whenever a
Melee Only
bleeding character exhausts their hand, that
Kingslayer: While using this weapon, the
characters takes 1 damage. The character
wielder can play sets as though they had a
stops bleeding when they end their turn with
King of Spades in their Hold’em.
cards in their hand.
Keen: When attacked with this weapon,
the enemy’s highest Complication is
Flail: Savage Weapon: Large: Cost: 65
considered one tier lower.
Silver Dollars
Magic: This weapon deals Magic Damage.
Melee Only
Anticipate: As an action, you can add a set
Bloodthirsty Battle-axe: Savage Weapon:
of cards to your Hold’em. These cards are
Medium 80 Silver Dollars
discarded at the end of your next turn.
Melee only
Sweeping: Damage from this weapon can
Sweeping: Damage from this weapon can
be distributed among several enemies
within melee.
within melee.
Bleeding: Enemies who take damage from
Long Spear: Savage Weapon: Medium:
this weapon begin to bleed, which causes
Cost 48 Silver Dollars
pain as they spend cards. Whenever a
Melee Only
bleeding character exhausts their hand, that
Anticipate: As an action, you can add a set
characters takes 1 damage. The character
of cards to your Hold’em. These cards are
stops bleeding when they end their turn with
discarded at the End of your next turn.
cards in their hand.
Short Stabber: Savage Weapon: Small:
Alchemical Lance: Savage Weapon:
Medium 10 Gold Bullion
Melee Only
Melee - Thrown 30ft*
Simple: No bonus abilities.
Alchemical: This weapon deals elemental
damage.
Throwing Dagger: Savage Weapon: Small:
Lengthy: Your melee range is 10ft for
attacks with this weapon.
Melee - 5ft - 30ft - 30ft*
Lightning Bolt: When this weapon is
Thrown: This weapon scatters if it is
thrown, it transforms into a bolt of lightning.
thrown past its prime reach, and cannot be
It ignores armor derived from metal AC.
thrown past it’s half life,

Bow of Breaking: Savage Weapon: Large:
Cost 5 Gold Bullion
5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 30ft*
Magic: This weapon deals magic damage.
Break Lines: Target is knocked 10ft away
from the attacker.
Traditional Bow: Savage Weapon: Large:

5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 30ft*
Leather Baton: Savage Weapon: Medium:

Melee Only
Non-Lethal: If reduced to zero Base
Foundation, the target will not die from the
attack.
Dourwood War Staff: Savage Weapon:

Medium: Cost 4 Gold Bullion Notes
Melee Only:
Non-Lethal: If reduced to zero Base
Foundation, the target will not die from the
attack.
Lengthy: Your melee range is 10ft for
attacks with this weapon.
Halo Blade: Savage Weapon: Small: Cost

10 Silver Dollars
Melee Only
Alchemist’s Claw: Savage Weapon:

Medium: Cost 50 Silver Dollars
Melee Only
Hook: This weapons curved hooks gives
you advantage on the Trip, Grapple, and
Disarm maneuvers, and you no longer
require a free hand to perform the grapple
maneuver.
Thrower: This weapon doubles the
throwing range of a small thrown item.
Trident: Musical Implement: Medium: 40
Musical Implements Silver Dollars
Melee Only
Sound Wave: Musical Implement: Small
Ring: Attacks with these weapons do no
Melee - 10ft - 60ft - 20ft*
damage, and instead reduce cards from the
target’s hand or next hand. If the target is
affected by multiple effects of ring, only the
largest takes effect, and all additional cards
are discarded from their deck instead.
Reverb: All attacks made with this weapon
go to the Recycling.
Reverb: All attacks with this weapon go to
Shudder: If the target you hit has cards in
the Recycling.
their recycling, those cards are discarded.
U nlike typical swords, this tuning fork was
designed to tire out opponents in a fray j ust
T his handheld device has a deceptively
by clashing swords.
simple design, appearing as a tuning fork
with a handle. E ach pull of the trigger strikes
Clapper: Musical Implement: Small: 20
the fork and sends punishing shockwaves
Silver Dollars
down the line.
Special (See Explosion)
Explosion 2: This weapon deals 2c
Harmony: Musical Implement: Medium: 60
damage between those in a 5ft blast radius.
Silver Dollars
You decide how the damage is divided.
Melee - 30ft - 100ft - 20ft*
10-String Bow: Requires both hands, has
Multiattack 3.
T his item looks like a bell with a hair
trigger. U nlike other implements that create
controlled blasts, the C lapper’s ring affects
T he H armony is based on the traditional
a small area.
harp design, with beautiful curves that bend
and sway, and ten strings that all play the
same note.

Steel Drum: Musical Implement: Large: 40
Silver Dollars
Special (See Explosion)
Explosion 5: This weapon deals 5c damage
between those in a 10ft blast radius. You
decide how the damage is divided.
Clenched Locomotive: Musical Implement:

Large: 50 Silver Dollars
Melee Only
Steel: This attack deals physical damage.
Whistler: Attacks with this weapon push
the target back 5ft.
Pipe of Animal Glamor: Musical

Implement: Small: 50 Silver Dollars
Enchanting: Beasts who hear this pipe
become enamored with the musician,
following after them. If the animal is
attacked or feels threatened, it may ignore
the music to fight or flee.
Whistle of Stone Summoning: Musical

Implement: Tiny: 25 Silver Dollars
Summoning: As an action, this implement
creates a barrage of small rocks and stones
that are conjured atop the adjacent square,
battering whatever creature stands in that
square. These rocks arrive from the
elemental plane of stone, and exist in this
plane permanently after summoning. This
ability functions as a normal attack.
Ammunition Other Weapons
Unarmed Attack:
Bullet: Firearm Ammunition: 2 Silver Dollars Melee Only
per Fistful: 2lbs Simple: No bonus abilities.
The Bonechewer: Tinkered Atrocity: 100:
Arrow: Bow Ammunition: Cost 2 Silver Large: 4 Gold Bullion Notes: 60lbs
Dollars per Fistful: 5lbs 5ft - 10ft - 50ft - 25ft*
Simple: No bonus abilities. Instinctive: This weapon does not require
proficiency to be used.
Whistling Nightmare: Bow Ammunition: Sensitive: This item can break easily. If
Cost 20 Silver Dollars per arrow you become wounded while holding this
Whistler: Attacks with this weapon push the weapon or drop it, it breaks.
target back 5ft. Repeater: Damage can be split up
amongst multiple enemies, assuming there
Corked Arrow: Bow Ammunition: Cost 2 is ammunition to split.
Silver Dollar per arrow Special Reload: This weapon must be
Flying Potion: This arrow can be filled with a wound very Tightly. It takes 10 minutes of
liquid that will break on contact. The weight winding to prepare a single round of firing. It
of the arrow gives the shot a sensory can be wound 18 times.
complication. Multishot 3: This weapon fires off many
rounds per second, and has multiattack 3.
Rocket Blade: Ancient Firearm: Medium: 4

Gold Bullion Notes: 30lbs
Melee Only
Savage: This blade can be used as a
savage weapon.
Rocket Slash: The Rocket Blade can be
loaded with three standard bullets. As part
of an attack action, a bullet can be fired to
drastically increase the moment of the
blade, giving the attack piercing.

Armor Armor List
The Purpose of Armor Leather Jerkin: Large: 60 Silver Dollars: :

Armor is able to decrease the chance of 30lbs
being hit by non-piercing weapons, Padded Leather that’s light protection and
deflecting savage, musical, and magical offers maximum mobility. Gives a Simple
attacks. Armor also affects the speed of the Armor Complication to the wearer.
user, however, as it is often heavy and
cumbersome. Gambeson: Large: 20 Silver Dollars: 40lbs
Layers upon layers of cloth give some
Shields and Facing meager protection. Gives a Simple Armor
Shields are able to deflect attacks like Complication to the wearer, and reduces
armor but without covering every part of the their movement speed by 5ft
body. Shields are typically much lighter than
armor, and can be used just as effectively Chainmail: Large: 5 Gold Bullion Notes:
without the speed reduction. Shields require 40lbs
one hand to use, and can be used in Metal links are flexible and strong, though
conjunction with a Light or Medium weapon. it’s not exactly light. Gives a Tough Armor
Shields in combat are always facing a Complication to the wearer and reduces
direction. The direction they are typically their movement speed by 10ft.
facing is towards the last enemy they were
attacking, however, as part of their Breastplate: Huge: 25 Gold Bullion Notes:
movement a character can change the 60lbs
direction their shield is facing to better suit A thick plate of iron that protects the body,
the situation. A character can also decide as leaving the arms free for action. Gives an
part of their movement to instead track a Severe Armor Complication to the Wearer.
target and always keep their shield between Reduces Speed by 15ft.
them. A character with multiple shields can
choose a facing for each shield individually. Elvish Platemail: Large: 15 Gold Bullion
Notes: 25lbs
This thick armor covers only the fighting half
of your body. Gives a Tough Armor
Complication to the Wearer to enemies they
are attacking. Reduces speed by 5ft.
Scale Mail: Large: 20 Gold Bullion Notes:

45lbs
For those who prefer turtle hide to steel.
Gives a Tough Armor Complication to the
Wearer and reduces their movement speed
by 10ft.

Shields Gear
Wooden Shield: Large: 5 Silver Dollars: Seeker's Pack: Includes rope, lantern, oil
32lbs can, spade, waterskin, torch, hammer, 10
Small and light, with solid protection. Gives spikes, matches, backpack and harness.
a Severe Armor Complication to the Wearer
towards enemies they are attacking. Wilderness Pack: fishing tackle, rope, tent,
pot, lantern, bell, grappling hook, matches,
Thick Shield: Large: 15 Silver Dollars: oil can, whiskey bottle, backpack and
55lbs harness.
More like a spiked slab of iron than a
traditional shield. Gives a Severe Armor Burglary Pack: Crowbar, lockpicks, cuff
Complication to the Wearer towards keys, small mirror, ball bearings, hammer,
enemies they are attacking. While using the lantern, oil can, matchbox, backpack and
shield, you can use the use the Diamond harness.
ability “Withstand” to avoid damage.
Reduces Speed by 10ft. Raider’s Pack: Sledgehammer, crowbar,
shovel, 5 torches, oil can, pick ax, backpack
Tower Shield: Huge: 90 Silver Dollars: and harness.
85lbs
Long and wide, and as substantial as armor. Settler's Pack: Seeds, pick ax, spade,
Gives an Severe Armor Complication to the hatchet, rope, signal whistle, pot, hammer,
User against enemies they are attacking. nails, lantern, oil can, matches, backpack
While using this shield, enemies you are and harness.
attacking have a sensory complication
against you. Reduces speed by 5ft. Wizard's Pack: Ink, quill, paper, magnifying
glass, scale, brass weights, song sheet, 10
Folding Shield: Medium: 2 Gold Bullion candles, backpack and harness.
Notes: 30lbs
This shield spins and whirls, exploding from Gamblers Pack: Dice, cards, whiskey
a tightly packed space. Gives a Severe bottle, fake gold bullion notes, two sets of
Armor Complication to the Wearer towards nice clothes, backpack and harness.
enemies they are attacking.
Sensitive: This item can break easily. If you
fall in battle while holding this weapon or
drop it, it breaks.

Light Instrument
Lantern: 10 Silver Dollars: 3lbs Harmonica: 50 Steel Cents: Tiny: ¼ lbs
Torch: 2 Silver Dollars: 2lbs Cornet: 1 Gold Bullion Notes: Small: 8lbs
Oil Can: 1 Silver Dollar: 3lbs Drums: 5 Silver Dollars: Medium: 14lbs
Matches (100 Box): 10 Steel Coins: 1lbs Guitar: 15 Silver Dollars: Large: 22lbs
Grand Piano: 4 Gold Bullion Notes: Huge:
Travel 500lbs
Rope (60ft): 1 Silver Dollar: 30lbs
Grappling Hook: 3 Silver Dollars: 8lbs Miscellaneous
Climbing Piton: 40 Steel Cents: 1lbs Small mirror: 5 Silver Dollars: Small: ¼ lbs
Ink well: 1 Silver Dollar: Tiny: ¼ lbs
Camping Supplies Quill: 15 Steel Cents: Tiny: ⅛ lbs
Food: 1 Steel Cent: Small: 1lbs Parchment: 1 Steel cent: Tiny: ⅛ lbs
Waterskin: 1 Silver Dollar: Small: 2lbs Parchment Case: 2 Silver Dollars: Medium:
Fishing Tackle: 20 Silver Dollars: Large: 3lbs
11lbs S parkling C halk: 1 Gold Bullion Note: Tiny:
Tent: 10 Silver Dollars: Large: 50lbs ¼ lbs
Bedroll: 3 Silver Dollars: Large: 20lbs Scale and Weights: 12 Gold Bullion Note:
Pot: 80 Steel Cents: Large: 8lbs Large: 12lbs
Utensils: 5 Steel Cents: Tiny: 1lbs Dice: 3 Steel Cents: Tiny: ⅛ lbs
Food Can: 25 Steel Cents: Small: 1lbs Cards: 10 Steel Cents: Tiny: ¼ lbs
Can Opener: 20 Steel Cents: Small: 8lbs
Cigarettes (Pack): 30 Steel Cents: Small: Clothing
1lbs Poor Clothes: 90 Steel Cent: Large: 8lbs
Whiskey (Bottle): 30 Steel Cents: Small: Work Cloths: 4 Silver Dollars: Large: 12lbs
8lbs Nice Cloths: 20 Silver Dollars: Large: 6lbs
Flint and Steel: 15 Steel Cents: Small: 2lbs Fancy Cloths: 1 Gold Bullion Notes: Large:
15lbs
General Tools
Spade: 1 Silver Dollars: Small: 8lbs Holsters and packs
Shovel: 4 Silver Dollars: Large: 18lbs Backpack: 2 Silver Dollars: Large: 10lbs
Hammer: 3 Silver Dollars: Small: 8lbs Harness: 2 Silver Dollars: Large: 10lbs
Sledgehammer: 5 Silver Dollars: Large: Bandolier: 5 Silver Dollars: Small: 3lbs
20lbs Holsters: 19 Silver Dollars: Small: 3lbs
Pick Ax: 8 Silver Dollars: Medium: 22lbs Slings: 15 Silver Dollars: Small: 2lbs
File: 1 Silver Dollars: Small: 1lbs Speed Loader: 10 Silver Dollars: Small:
Bell: 5 Steel Cents: Tiny: ⅛ lbs ⅛ lbs
Crowbar: 4 Silver Dollars: Medium: 14lbs
Lockpicks: 15 Silver Dollars: Small: 1lbs
Shackles: 10 Silver Dollars: Large: 20lbs

Bottled Services
Holy Water: 10 Silver Dollars: Small: ⅛ lbs Pony Express: 1 Steel cent per mile.
Shadow’s Grasp: 10 Silver Dollars: Small: Carriage Ride: 3 Steel Cents per mile.
⅛ lbs Train: 1 Steel Cent per 10 miles.
Alchemist’s Fire: 10 Silver Dollars: Small: Professional
⅛ lbs Doctor: 2 Silver Dollars per hour.
Alchemist’s Torch: 10 Silver Dollars: Small: Alchemist: 5 Silver Dollars per hour.
⅛ lbs Blacksmith: 1 Silver Dollar per hour.
Healing Drop: 10 Silver Dollars: Small: Tinker: 3 Silver Dollars per hour.
⅛ lbs Scribe: 10 Silver Dollars per hour.
Magic-User: 1 Silver Dollar (per level)
Horse: 7 Gold Bullion Notes Per hour.
Saddle: 10 Silver Dollars: Large: 11lbs Guard: 2 Silver Dollar per day.
Saddlebags: 25 Silver Dollars: Large: Unskilled Labor: 1 Silver Dollar Per Day.
10lbs
Cart: 25 Silver Dollars: 180lbs Items List Explained and Elaborated
Carriage: 5 Gold Bullion Notes: 220lbs Lantern: A reusable box of glass and steel,
Tinkered Wind-Up Cart: 1 Bar Gold Bullion the lantern is able to produce 60ft of bright
Note: 400lbs light when held high into the air. The
Train: 3 Bar Gold Bullion Notes: 20 tonnes Lantern can also be hooked onto a gun or
Trackless Train-Car: 5 Bar Gold Bullion belt, but the lower elevation casts long
Note: 2 tonnes shadows, and reduces the distance the light
produces to 40ft. The lantern can be filled
Blacksmithing Kit: 25 Silver Dollars: Large: with oil, burning one ounce per hour, and
15lbs capable of holding 6 ounces.
Basic Anvil, Foundry, or Forge: 4000 Steel The glass on the object is sensitive, and
Cents: Huge: 80lbs will break if the lantern is dropped. Without
Master Anvil, Foundry, or Forge: 400 Silver the glass covering, a strong wind can blow
Dollars: Huge: 80lbs out the lantern.
Arcane Anvil, Foundry, or Forge: 40 Gold
Bullion Notes: Huge: 80lbs Torch: An oil soaked cloth on a steel rod,
Alchemist's Kit: 40 Silver Dollars: Large: the torch can provide 60ft of bright light for
15lbs one hour. The Torch can be refilled with
Tinker’s Kit: 25 Silver Dollars: Large: 15lbs another rag soaked with an ounce of oil,
Spell Scribe’s Kit: 15 Silver Dollars: Large: which will burn for one hour. The torch can
15lbs be put out be water or a heavy wind. The
Sentry’s Kit: 10 Silver Dollars: Large: 15lbs torch can also be used to light objects on
fire.
Matches: A sulfur tip on a tiny stick of

wood, a match can provide 5ft of bright light
for one minute. The match can be easily put
out by water or a light wind. The match is

easy to light when dry, requiring only a part
action.
Oil Can: This can contains 8 ounces of

slippery, flammable oil. The oil can can refill
lanterns or torches.
The contents of the oil can may be
splashed onto a 5ft square to make it too
slippery to stand on, requiring a Poise
Check with a Tough difficulty to not be
forced prone whenever a character moves
into the square. The square remains oiled
until it is washed away.
The oil can also be lit on fire. If splashed
onto a target, a full can deals 3c elemental
damage to a target within 5ft. If an oiled
square is set on fire, the square remains lit
for one minute, but can be put out by a
strong wind. Characters who move into a
oiled square while on fire take 2c elemental
damage.
The can is good steel, and can be turned
in for ten steel coins.
Rope: 60ft of long braided strands of

fibers, a rope can be used to pull, lift, tie,
restrain and grapple, among countless other
uses.
The rope can be burst with a Vigor check
that has an Absurd complication. It can also
be cut with a weapon attack, and the Rope
has 2 Base Foundation at each section.
Grappling Hook: Several iron claws and a

loop, this hook is ideal for grappling. It can
be attached to the end of a rope and hook
onto high ledges.
The hook can also be used in combat to
assist in grappling a target. You have
advantage on Vigor checks to grapple a
target while using this item.
Climbing Pitons: These steel spikes can be Pots & Utensils: Steel bowls, spoons and
driven into walls and then hooked in the forks for cooking and serving. Useful for
eyes with a rope. The presence of these gathered vegetables and hunted game.
climbing pitons will increase the time
involved in making a climb, but greatly Can Opener: A handheld cutter and
increase the safety and decrease the incisor, perfect for opening cans without
difficulty. spilling its contents.
Fresh Food: Life giving, although not long Cigarettes: Herbs wrapped in paper.
lasting, fresh food is plentiful in towns and Useful for masking smells or celebrating.
cities, and its cost is marginal. Fresh food
starts to go bad after three days, requiring a Whiskey: Bottled courage. Useful for
Mettle check with a simple complication to running into danger, or away from problems.
consume, which increases to a tough
complication after three days, and a severe Flint and Steel: An old fashioned fire
complication three days after that. A failure starter. As an action, you can use the Flint
on the mettle check will cause the character and Steel to light an flammable object.
to expel the food, and they will have to eat
again. Timber: Logs of simple wood. A single
large log will burn for three hours and
Canned Food: Hearty food trapped in produce 60ft of bright light.
steel. Filled with non-perishable foods, this
canned food can be cooked in campfires or Crowbar: A long curved piece of steel.
eaten raw at any meal. Useful for long Useful for prying open doors and chests, the
journeys when food becomes scarce. crowbar gives advantage on checks to
The can is good steel, and can be turned forcing open doors, chests, and windows.
in for ten steel coins.
Lockpicks: Several sets of thin, straight
Canteen: An enclosed watertight steel and curved tools. Lockpicks allow
container, Canteens hold 12 ounces of characters with the furtive skill to pick locks
liquid.
Shackles: Steel chains and clasps.
Tent: Sheets of folded canvas that can Shackles can be used to restrain the arms
make a temporary shelter for two medium or legs of a creature, limiting their
creatures. Some assembly required, as well movement.
as foraging for tentpoles.
S parkling C halk: This chalk is incandescent,
Bedroll: Thick cloth wrappings for sleeping. and will reflect the glow of any colour that it
Good for one person for sleeping in is near. This chalk is often used by Rune
uncomfortable terrain. Scribes to create fake outlines and patterns
that would confuse thieves from discovering
their craft secrets.

Backpack: A large leather sack with straps Shadow’s Grasp: The liquid appears as
and pockets. Backpacks can hold up to swirling strands of smoke that plume within
twenty medium or small items. Large items the vile. When released, the liquid quickly
count as two items, and huge items take up spreads into its surroundings, dying the air
the entire backpack. Taking off the and water in an opaque black. Creates a
backpack to take an item from it takes an 10ft Radius of dark grey smoke that blocks
action. Too many items in the backpack sight. The smoke lasts for six seconds and
may require a observance check to find can be dispersed by strong winds.
anything inside.
Alchemist’s Fire: This liquid substance is
Harness: A series of leather straps and completely transparent. When exposed to
strings that hold equipment. Harness can air, the substance ignites in a smokeless
hold up to twenty medium or small items. flame. This vial deals 1c elemental damage
Large items count as two items, and huge to a single target when thrown.
items take up the entire harness. Too many
items on the harness may require a Alchemist’s Torch: The liquid in this bottle
observance check to find anything on it. is dark brown, but creates a bright yellow
light when shaken or impacted. The mixture
Speed Loader: Bullets in a mechanism creates a bright light in a 10ft radius for one
designed for reloading. Speed loaders are minute.
built for specific guns, and can be filled with
bullets to the maximum of the bullet Healing Drop: The vial is filled with plain
capacity of that gun. The speed loader can water and a glowing red bead that swims.
be used for that specific gun to reload all When planted on the tongue, the bead
bullets as a part action. seems to dissolves instantly into the body.
Consuming the liquid heals a creature 1
Holy Water: The liquid in this ornate bottle wound instantly, and the creature discards
appears as plain water, but interacts 10c if they can.
violently with undead and demons. If the
contents are thrown or splashed at an Craft Kits
undead or demon, the creature takes 4c Each trade requires specific tools for the
magical damage, and the damage is job. Practicing a trade requires the
recycled instead of discarded. If applied to a corresponding kit. Each kit requires
weapon or ammunition, that weapon will mundane tools.
deal Magic damage to undead and demons
until it dries 10 minutes later. Professional Services
Most Alchemists, blacksmiths, tinkers,
magic-users or spell-scribes are far too
busy with their own projects to take
requests or commissions. However, those
who do tend to charge a silver dollar per
hour, plus materials.

Currency Selling Equipment
In Westbound, money is in Steel Cents, Westbounders who are short on cash or
Silver Dollars, and Gold Bullion Notes. A laden with loot will often seek to sell their
gold bullion note is worth 100 silver dollars, extra supplies. Pawn shops and general
and one silver dollar is worth 100 cents. stores have their own goods, but will
Rounded shards of steel called Cents are generally purchase anything at a
widely traded due to their crafting considerable price reduction, usually for half
capabilities. A cent is 1/50th of a lb. and price or for its material value in steel.
Cents are the most commonly traded A successful Cityslicker check may find an
material in the west. When short on cash, ideal buyer who is willing to pay full price or
many people will take their steel items to a more for your equipment.
foundry and have it turned to coins, with a
marginal tip for the foundry.
Silver Dollars are thick branded coins that

are one of the closest ties to the old world
you will find, having little intrinsic value in
itself. Each coin is considered a day's work
by unskilled laborers, and is one of the more
common forms of currency in the west.
Gold Bullion Notes are runed pieces of

paper. When destroyed, the pure gold that
is held within the “Deposit” rune is released
in a spark of light. Notes are used to make
large sums of gold easy to carry, and help
deter fraud. When someone is afraid of
fraud, they tear the paper and release the
gold inside. People's trust in notes is only
equal to the trust they have in those with the
power of Runes. In towns filled with
fraudulency, most people would rather have
the gold than the notes.
Notes can store large amounts of gold
which is printed on the bill itself. A 5 Gold
Bullion Note has 5 gold bullion inside, while
a Bar Gold Bullion Note has a 5lb bar of
gold inside, worth 250 gold bullion.

Crafts
Alchemy
Alchemists make impossible potions by
extracting and boiling down the spectacular
features of existing creatures.
The west is filled with more than just
- C reate potions, salves, and metals.
scalpers and snake oil salesmen. There are
- C ollect common and fantastic ingredients.
legitimate craftsmen with ancient and
- F ind more recipes as you travel.
modern techniques who are preparing their
skills to tame the wild frontier!
Blacksmithing
In a world defined by fantastic and
Blacksmiths create custom tools for all the
terrifying magic, crafts give the world
hard jobs in the west, crafting supplies,
stability and consistency.
armor, and all types of weapons.
Crafts allow characters to create and
- C raft any mundane item.
invent items to help them on their path, from
- C reate your own weapons and firearms.
blacksmiths crafting protective armor to
- D evelop skills with time.
tinkers inventing whirling axes.
A character can gain a craft skill from a
Tinkering
number of places including their Traits and
Tinkers redesign items to make them more
Sorts.
useful, transforming ancient tools into
incredible new inventions.
Getting Creative
- D raft and design augmentations for tools.
Players are encouraged to mix their craft
- T ransform mundane tools into machines.
creations together to create spectacular
- A ll features accessible from the start.
items. Alchemists and Blacksmiths can
create poisonous weapons made of Swamp
Runing
Feed, Tinkers and Runers can create
Runers use ancient symbols to bestow
devices that fold up to have perfect control
arcane properties to normally mundane
over a rune, and you can combine Alchemy,
items.
Blacksmithing and Runing together to make
- Q uickly create permanent runes.
Foe-Seeking Bullets filled with Alchemist’s
- S tack multiple runes for different effects.
Fire.
- F ind more symbols as you travel.
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Alchemy
single creation. If a recipe has the watered
down option, during the creation of the
alchemical mixture the alchemist can
Alchemists are able to craft extraordinary choose to water down the mixture, which
magical compounds, capable of replicating will create two vials of the mixture with the
and even building upon existing magical watered down property. If the mixture can
spells. Alchemy takes simple and be watered down multiple times, the amount
sometimes easily found substances and of vials created always doubles.
filters them through extraordinary and often
difficult to acquire phenomenon to create When you find an alchemical mixture that
potions, salves, and mixtures that resemble you do not know how to produce, you can
bottled magic. attempt to discern its chemical makeup and
learn its recipe. You can take one hour with
All alchemical recipes require alchemist tools and make a schooling or
Consumables and Keystones. observance check with a hopeless
Consumables are easily acquired materials, complication. If you pass the check, you
such as burnable material or blood. learn how to reproduce the substance.
Typically, consumables can be easily found, Regardless of your success or failure, the
bought, or coerced out of people within a potion is consumed in the process.
city or town. The consumable substance is Additionally, you can learn a recipe by
always destroyed in the process of creating reading a recipe book, and taking a
the alchemical mixture. Schooling check with an Absurd
Keystones are generally hard to find, complication after spending an hour
unpleasant to harvest, or rare exotic attempting to replicate the mixture.
substances, such as the lungs of a Additionally, you can watch someone else
fire-breathing creature or the heart of a make the alchemical mixture and you will
humanoid creature. The keystone is never learn how to make it yourself.
consumed during the creation of a mixture,
and can be used multiple times. Alchemical recipes do not require specific
ingredients, but instead need ingredients
Most alchemical mixtures can be altered that meet specific conditions. A Keystone
by the freshness of the Keystone or by that requires the lungs of a fire breathing
watering down the mixture. After being creature can be gathered from a red
created, harvested from a body, or dragon, or a hellhound, or simply a fire
extracted from the ground, a keystone breathing goat. Any object that meets the
remains fresh for one week, and afterwards conditions of the recipe can be used as its
must be preserved. While fresh, the Keystone. Consumables act in the same
alchemical mixtures that are made with the way as Keystones in that the substance has
keystone gain the bonus of the “Fresh” to meet specific conditions. A consumable
property, if they have one. Similarly, some that must boil an ounce of water can be:
Alchemical objects can often be “Watered one wooden log, or a hundred small
Down,” which provide a reduced or alternate candles, or a can of oil. Players are
effect, but produce two objects from the
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generally encouraged to find cheap, Alchemist’s Fire:
alternative consumables for a mixture. T his liq uid substance is completely
The exact process of how the Keystones transparent. W hen ex posed to air, the
and consumables interact is not entrenched. substance ignites in a smokeless flame.
Some alchemists filter the consumables Keystone: The lungs of a fire breathing
through the Keystones, while others use the creature.
Keystones as a reference for tests. Consumable: Enough flammable material to
Regardless, creating any alchemical mixture boil an ounce of water.
will take one hour, and 5 Steel Cents of Effect: Upon exposure to air, ignites to deal
generic supplies in addition to the Keystone 4c Elemental damage to a single target.
and Consumables. Watered Down: Creates 2 vials that deal 2c
damage to a single target.
When reading an alchemical mixture Watered Down Again: Creates 4 more vials
recipe, the information will be displayed as 1c damage.
below: Fresh Keystone: Creates 3 vials of pure
Alchemist’s Fire.
Name of Alchemical Mixture:
A description of the alchemical mix ture. Healing Drop:
Keystone: Conditions the Keystone must T he liq uid is plain water with a glowing red
meet. bead that swims in the vial. W hen planted
Consumable: Conditions the Consumable on the tongue, the bead seems to dissolve
must meet. instantly into the body.
Effect: The effects of the alchemical Keystone: A Humanoid Heart.
substance. Consumable: A pint of blood.
Watered Down: The effects of the Effect: Heals a creature 1 wound instantly
substance when watered down, if it can be when consumed.
watered down. Watered down: The creature that consumes
Fresh Keystone: The effects of the the drop discards 10c if they can.
substance if the keystone is fresh. Fresh Keystone: Create an additional vial.
Not all alchemical mixtures have the ability Alchemical Torch:

to be watered down, or have additional T his liq uid is dark brown, but creates a
properties when the keystone is fresh. bright yellow light when shaken or impacted.
Keystone: Wings of a Tiny Creature
Consumable: Enough reflective material to
see your own face clearly.
Effect: The substance glows and creates
bright light in a 30ft radius for one minute.
Watered Down: The mixture creates a bright
light in a 10ft radius.
Fresh Keystone: The material glows for one
hour.

Stone Skin: Noxious Stimulant:
T his substance is a thick gray slush that A mushroom floats in this lively green liq uid,
sticks to the walls of the vial. W hen ex posed which smells like poison and tastes like
to an organic surface, the mix ture sticks to death. O nce in the system, the drinker feels
the surface and is rapidly absorbed into it. a tingling warmth and sudden burst of
Kestone: The eye of a petrifying creature. energy enter their body.
Consumable: A single hard stone or crystal Keystone: Hollowed horn of a four legged
that weighs 10lbs. creature.
Effect: Upon exposure to soft objects such Consumable: A poisonous mushroom.
as wood or skin, the mixture attempts to Effect: For one minute, all cards discarded
turn it to stone; if the target has 5c from actions are instead recycled.
foundation or less, they are turned to stone Watered Down: For one minute, all
permanently. discarded cards go to your Recycling and
Watered Down: Creates 2 vials that the drinker becomes poisoned.
temporary harden the skin of the drinker, Fresh Keystone: The effects of the mixture
giving them an Armor Complication of 6 for last for ten minutes instead of one.
one hour.
Fresh Keystone: Target requires 7c Arcanyte Powder:
Foundation or less, or if watered down, the T his powder is white, but reflects all colors
hardened skin lasts for 8 hours. in the visible light spectrum when shown
under the sun. T hose who consume the
Shadow’s Grasp: powder are noted to have a pleasant feeling
T he liq uid appears as swirling strands of of lightness and invincibility.
smoke that plume within the vile. W hen Keystone: 10lbs of Alicorn.
released, the liq uid q uickly spreads into its Consumable: Ten mana
surroundings, dying the air and water in an Effect: For the next minute, add 1c to the
opaq ue black. mana of each spell you cast, and use the
Keystone: A Feline’s eye. new combination as a spell. This can create
Consumable: 50lbs of Timber. a spell of a higher tier than the spellcaster
Effect: Creates a 10ft Radius of dark grey can normally cast.
smoke that blocks sight. The smoke lasts Watered Down: You can no longer perform
for one minute and can be dispersed by an action that is not casting a spell.
strong winds. Fresh Keystone: Requires 5 mana during
Watered Down: The smoke lasts for only six creation instead of 10.
seconds.
Fresh Keystone: The smoke is sticky, and
cannot be dispersed by non-magical winds.

Plump Potion: Swamp Feed:
T his liq uid appears to have several layers of T his substance is a stark white and always
increasingly thick fat, and the drinker ooz ing a slippery green poison.
appears to not desire food for a day or so. Keystone: Misery Jar
Keystone: Stomach of a Sallow Consumable: Undead Skull
Consumable: Pig Heart Effect: The Skull becomes a 1lb ingot of
Effect: This liquid completely satisfies the Swamp Feed. Swamp Feed is a poisonous
drinker’s hunger, and fills the Gut Magic and slippery crafting material.
reservoir of any creature with Gut Magic.
Watered Down: The potion does not affect Sick Resistance Potion:
the Gut Magic reservoir. T his crimson red potion smells and tastes of
Fresh Keystone: The potion satisfies the rotten flesh, and it sits poorly in the gut.
creature’s hunger for one week. Keystone: Misery Jar
Consumable: Undead Liver
Water Breathing Potion: Effect: You are proficient in mettle checks to
T his cloudy liq uid seems to contain resist against Disease and Poison for one
something tiny swimming inside of it. hour.
D rinkers of the liq uid report the uneasy Watered Down: You have advantage on
feeling of drowning while under its effects. mettle checks against Disease and Poison.
Keystone: A water breathing creature. Fresh Keystone: The effects last for 24
Consumable: 10 liters of air breathed from a hours.
living creature.
Effect: You can breath underwater for up to Shadow Fumes:
10 hours, but cannot breath regular air. The T hese white sands are constantly rushing
moment you breath regular air the effect inside the bottle, and those who breathe in
fades as you cough out the liquid from your the fumes feel a sense of intense dread.
stomach. Keystone: Misery Jar
Watered Down: You can breath underwater Consumable: 10lbs Crushed Undead
for one hour. Skeleton Bones
Fresh Keystone: You can breath regular air Effect: Undead creatures will perceive you
without ending the effects of the potion. as undead for one hour. Undead will ignore
non-hostile actions taken by the drinker.
Misery Jar: Watered Down: Non-undead creatures will
T his metal bowl is smooth and rounded on perceive you as undead, as your body pales
the inside, but the ex terior animates and your speech slurs, and blood constantly
magically, shifting between screaming skulls oozes from your mouth and eyes.
and melting faces. Fresh Keystone: Uncontrolled undead
Alchemical Tool (Large) creatures will follow you and attack
Keystone: An animate undead creature. creatures you attack, acting as a horde
Consumable: 100lbs of armor and metals cohort in battle.
from an undead creature.
Effect: Used to hold and distill undead
creature parts.

Corpse Copse Seed: Deep Thought Candle:
T hese black bulbs are sq uishy and T his candle is reminiscent of a sparkling
constantly flaking. S mall roots appear nights sky, and smells of things long
sporadically, and seemingly searching for forgotten.
the ground. Keystone: Dreamcatcher
Keystone: Misery Jar Consumable: Dreams of a sleeping
Consumable: 50lbs of Timber. creature.
Effect: When thrown at the dirt, the seed Effect: While breathing this candle’s fumes,
creates a large wall of undead bramble and memories become as vivid as dreams to the
thicket. The wall is comprised of six 5ft user. These memories are experienced
square columns that raise 10ft high and are while they breath the fumes, and they
placed consecutively, determined randomly overcome their senses. They are able to
by the Consecutive Scatter. The walls have remember minute details from their past, but
2 foundation each and an Simple Armor experience them ceaselessly. The
Complication. distraction causes the target to suffer a
Watered Down: The seed is comprised of sensory complication to all attacks. The
only one 5ft square column. candle burns for one hour, with fumes that
Fresh Keystone: The walls have a Tough affect creatures within 30ft.
Armor Complication. Fresh Keystone: Creature does not need to
be dreaming, just sleeping.
Dreamcatcher:
A n interwoven web of grey strands that Fantastic Terror Candle:
capture and catalogue stray and lost T his candle is partially translucent, with an
thoughts. insidious moving “ T hing” that slithers in the
Alchemical Tool corner of your eye.
Keystone: Two heads from the same Keystone: Dreamcatcher
creature. Consumable: Nightmares of a sleeping
Effect: Used to catch dreams: Place above creature.
a sleeping creature. Can also help to defend Effect: While breathing the fumes of this
against sleep based attacks. candle, the target is hounded by illusory
terrors, and enemies become
indistinguishable from allies. The candle
burns for one hour, with fumes that affect
creatures within 30ft.
Fresh Keystone: Creature does not need to
be having a nightmare, just sleeping.

Slip Thought Candle: Enthralling Potion
T his candle is filled with an ever-shifting I n the sparkling liq uid is an intricate crystal,
white ink, which forms recogniz able shapes which shrinks as one focuses on it.
and patterns as you gaz e into it. Keystone: Moon Altar
Keystone: Dreamcatcher Consumable: 10 lbs of Fragrant Flowers
Consumable: Daydreams of a creature. Requirements: Must be brewed under the
Effect: Memories made while breathing in light of the full moon.
the fumes from this candle are forgotten Effect: Drinker becomes enthralled with the
when you stop breathing them. Creatures first target they see, as if the Beguile spell
do not notice the memory slipping. The had been cast on them. This effect lasts for
candle burns for one hour, with fumes that 24 hours.
affect creatures within 30ft. Fresh Keystone: This effect lasts for one
Fresh Keystone: Memories lost from this year.
candle are returned while breathing in its
fumes. Dour Wood
T his dark brown bark looks ordinary save
Moon Altar for its blue shine while under moonlight. I t is
T his altar looks to be more appropriate for as light as wood but as strong as steel.
temple rather than a laboratory. E ither way, Keystone: Moon Altar
this altar is dedicated to the heavens. Consumable: 1lb of Bark
Alchemical Tool (Large, table sized Item) Requirements: Must be brewed under the
Consumable: Beak of a Large Creature light of the full moon.
Effect: Used to draw the light of the moon. Effect: The bark becomes Dour Wood.
Fresh Keystone: The Dour Wood is weak
Regeneration Potion and pliable for 24 hours before it becomes
T his potion is filled with a growing bubbling strong as iron.
red liq uid, which seems like it should be
launching the cork from the bottle. Alchemical Bag of Holding
Keystone: Moon Altar T he bag is deeper than it appears, although
Consumable: Blood of a regenerating reaching through the goo is unpleasant.
creature. Keystone: Moon Altar
Requirements: Must be brewed under the Consumable: Misery Jar
light of the full moon. Consumable: 20lbs of material from an ooze
Effect: Drinker regenerates limbs in 1c days. Requirements: Must be brewed under the
Watered Down: Drinker regenerates limbs light of the full moon.
in 1c weeks. Effect: The Misery Jar becomes an
Watered Down Again: Drinker regenerates Alchemical Bag of Holding.
limbs in 1c months. Fresh Keystone: The Misery Jar is not
Fresh Keystone: Drinker regenerates limbs consumed.
in 1c Hours. Not available if watered down.

Alchemist’s Stone: Rust Fumes:
I nside this gem is a flicker of light that T he fumes in this vial settle into a orange
seems like it' s up to something. ooz e, but q uickly evaporate when shaken.
Alchemical Tool: (Small) Keystone: Alchemist’s Stone
Keystone: A flawless diamond. Consumable: The stomach of a creature
Consumable: A willing soul. that eats metal.
Effect: Used to break the elements apart Effect: When exposed to air, this mixture
and put them back in any order. creates a pale orange gas that covers a 5ft
radius for one minute. Non-magical Metals
Arges Hammer: that are in the radius or enter into the radius
T his hammer hums with power, and each are weakened, and gain the sensitive trait
strike rings out in thunder. until reforged. Armor made from metal
Keystone: Alchemist’s Stone: degrades in quality, and the AC they
Consumable: The eye of a monocular provide is reduced by one tier.
creature.
Effect: Steel items crafted with this hammer Black Purifier:
become Alchemical Iron. This hammer turns T his bead resembles a black diamond, but it
to ash after one week. stings to touch.
Fresh keystone: This hammer turns to ash Alchemical Tool: (Tiny)
after one Month. Keystone: An uncut gemstone
Consumable: The Fangs or Claws of a
Ooze Compound: poisonous Creature
T his dark green liq uid bubbles, and seems Effect: Used to intensify poisons and clarify
to be burning through its container. toxins.
Keystone: Alchemist’s Stone
Consumable: 50lbs of organic material Life’s Irk:
Effect: This compound erodes organic T his bottle is completely black, but
materials, and deals to deal 4c Physical something green rubs across the bottom
damage to a single target. when shaken.
Keystone: The tongue of a poison-spitting
Elixir of Life: creature.
A light red liq uid that glows slightly, but Consumable: Black Purifier
doesn’t move much. D eceptively simple. Effect: This gas is pressurized to spread
Keystone: 100 mana cast into the upon release, creating a 10ft by 10ft square
Alchemist’s stone black cloud which obscures sight. Creatures
Consumable: Alchemist’s Stone within the square must make a Severe
Effect: This drink grants the drinker mettle check or become poisoned.
immortality. The drinker no longer ages and The cloud lasts for one minute, or until
cannot die. They can still be wounded and disbursed by the wind.
exhausted, and will regenerate lost body Fresh Keystone: The cloud becomes thick
parts at the end of a Full Rest. and cannot be dispersed by wind.
Watered Down: The poison has a simple
complication.

Blacksmithing
Death Powder:
T his red powder seems to occasionally shift
while in your peripherals.
Keystone: The skin of a creature that Blacksmiths are craftsmen and artisans,
excretes contact poison. able to create items of utility and weapons of
Consumable: Black Purifier war. When a character takes the Blacksmith
Effect: This powder is quickly absorbed by trait, they learn how to implant features into
the skin. The target must make a Severe weapons, but must first master their
mettle check when they touch this powder implements of crafting. Blacksmiths learn to
or become poisoned. create and use the Anvil, Forge, and
Watered Down: The poison has a simple Foundry. By crafting one of these
complication. implements, you learn how to properly use
them, and with time and proper materials can
Green Rile: craft even great implements of creation. As
T his slippery oil is purple and sticks to the they progress in their trade, blacksmiths
sides of the container, and smells master not only steel but rare and unearthly
sickeningly sweet. metals as well.
Keystone: A vial of poison produced by a Metal Shapers use Anvils to shape armor
humanoid. and equipment for themselves and their
Consumable: Black Purifier allies. Weaponsmiths use Forges to create
Effect: This liquid can be applied to a savage weapon of melee warfare.
physical object and will dissolve in the Gunsmiths use Foundries to create
bloodstream, with no effect otherwise. This customized firearms and bullets.
liquid evaporates into the air after an hour.
The target must make a Severe mettle Creating a Basic Foundry, Basic Forge, or
check when this liquid enters their Basic Anvil takes 30 hours and 5,000 steel
bloodstream or become poisoned. cents of iron materials. It is a Huge item. A
Watered Down: The poison has a simple Master Foundry, Forge or Anvil can be
complication. created for 300 Hours and 500 Silver Dollars
of rare materials, and requires a Basic
Shadow Goop Forge, Anvil or Foundry to create. An Arcane
T his gelatin seems to slowly crawl around Foundry, Forge, or Anvil can be created for
the sides of the vial. 3,000 Hours and 500 Gold Bullion Notes of
Keystone: The brain of an undead creature. crushed diamonds and requires a Master
Consumable: Black Purifier Forge, Anvil or Foundry to create. You
Effect: This goop dissolves in air and cannot use a Basic, Master, or Arcane
poisons anyone within 10ft of it when foundry, forge, or anvil unless you have first
opening, with no effect otherwise. Creatures created one.
within 10ft must make a Severe mettle When using different materials, such as
check when they smell this powder or dragon scale or mythril, every 50 cents of
become poisoned. iron in the items requirements is replaced by
Watered Down: The poison has a simple a pound of the new material. Items cannot be
complication. made from multiple rare or mythic materials.

Metal Shaper: Keen: When attacked with this weapon,
Metal Shapers are able to create armor, the enemy’s highest Complication is
shields, equipment, and the metal considered one tier lower. This increases
components required for Tinkering. This item the creation time by 32 hours, and 200
costs the item’s weight in iron, and two cents of materials, and is one size larger.
hours of work for every pound of material. A nticipate: This weapon can be wound-up.
Metal shaping requires a Basic Anvil to craft As an action, you can add a set of cards to
items. your Hold’em. These cards are discarded at
With a Master or Arcane Anvil, you can the End of your next turn. Increases item’s
shape armor and equipment from rare or the creation time by 16 hours, the weapon is
mythic materials. The time involved in one size larger, and requires 500 cents.
creating an item from mythical materials is
multiplied by 10. S weeping: Damage from this weapon can
within melee. Increases the creation time by
Weaponsmith 16 hours, requires 400 cents of materials,
Weaponsmiths can create melee weapons and increases the weapon’s size by one.
and imbue them with various deadly
properties. Each weapon you make is a Bleeding: Enemies who take damage from
Savage Weapon. A Basic Weapon Forge this weapon begin to bleed which causes
can create weapons with one property, and pain as they exhaust themselves. Whenever
a Master’s Weapon Forge can create the bleeding creature starts a turn with no
weapons with two properties. cards in their hand, that characters takes 1
Creating weapons require metal and time. damage. This effect continues until the
A basic weapon with no features takes 2 affected character begins their turn with at
hours and 100 steel cents of materials, and least one card in their hand. This increases
additional properties can be crafted into the the creation time by 32 hours.
weapon for additional time and materials.
T hrown: This weapon is designed to be
N on-L ethal: If reduced to zero foundation, thrown instead of used in melee. It gains a
the struck creature will not die from the Range of Melee - 5ft - 30ft - 30ft*. This
attack. This increases the weapon size by increases the creation time by 2 hours, and
one, increases the creation time by 3 hours costs 160 cents of materials.
and adds 100 steel cents of materials to the
crafting requirements. H ooks: The weapons curved hooks gives
you advantage on the Trip, Grapple, and
L engthy: Your melee range is considered Disarm maneuvers, and you no longer
twice as long for attacks with this weapon. require a free hand to perform the grapple
This increases the weapon size by one, maneuver. This increases the creation time
increases the creation time by 16 hours, by 16 hours, and costs 400 cents of
and adds 500 steel cents of materials. materials, and increases the size by one.

Magical Weaponsmithing:
A weaponsmith knows they have mastered E nmity: This weapon staggers enemies on
their craft when they create an Arcane a successful hit, but it is only effective
Forge. Built on bricks of brimstone and against one type of creature. Requires 10
studded with diamonds, the arcane forge is Gold Bullion in Diamonds, 200 hours of
able to imbue magic properties into work, and the blood of the creature type this
mundane steel and create weapons with weapon is affecting.
mythical materials. Up to three properties
can be given to a weapon built by an G uide: This weapon detects one type of
Arcane Forge. object or creature, and at the time of
All weapons produced from an Arcane creation you can choose to let this weapon
forge must have the Magic property, glow, sing, or shake while they are within
although this does not count towards the 120ft. Requires 10 Gold Bullion in
total number of properties the weapon can Diamonds, and 200 hours of work, and a
have. small piece of the creature or object type
that this weapon is detecting.
M agic: This weapon deals magic damage.
Requires 50 hours of work, and 2 Gold
Bullion in Diamonds.
Kingslayer: While wielding this weapon,

the wielder may play sets as if they had the
King of Spades as a Hold’em. Requires 10
Gold Bullion in Diamonds, and 200 hours of
work.
Q ueen’s S tride: While this weapon’s

wielder has a Queen in their hand, the
wielder can teleport up to 30ft as a part of
an attack action with the weapon. They
must teleport to a location they can see or
are familiar with and can choose to teleport
before or after the attack is made. Requires
10 Gold Bullion in Diamonds, and 200 hours
of work.
J ack Knife: When making an attack with

this weapon, Jacks are wild and can
substitute as any cards. Requires 10 Gold
Bullion in Diamonds, and 200 hours of work.

Gunsmithing Cu stom B arrel
You can make custom guns and bullets.
Requires a Basic Gunsmithing Foundry. A S hort Barrel: Prime Range is 10ft, Prime
standard gun is considered a medium item Reach is 45ft. Requires six hours and 100
and has the Loud and Piercing features. Steel Cents. This weapon is considered one
Guns can become small, large, or huge size size smaller.
depending on which qualities you give it.
Gunsmithing requires the blacksmith to S tandard Barrel: Prime Range is 30ft, Prime
decide the Triggers, Barrels, and Stock of Reach is 90ft. Requires ten hours and 200
the firearm, which will adjust its range, Steel Cents. This weapon does not change
ammunition, construction cost, and the time in size.
it takes to create the weapon.
Tinkers have created spinning cylinders Long Barrel: Prime Range is 60ft, Prime
that can fire several bullets quickly through Reach is 150ft. Requires fourteen hours and
a single barrel, but at the cost of the 400 Steel Cents. This weapon is considered
weapons durability, making them fragile in one size larger.
combat. Until they get the kinks out, all
firearms are bolt action, many with multiple Cu stom S tock
barrels.
Short Stock: Short Range is 5ft, Half life
Cu stom Trig g er is 20ft*. Six Hours and 100 Steel Cents.
This weapon is considered one size smaller.
S pread T rigger: This trigger is assigned
to at least three barrels. When fired within S tandard S tock: Short Range is 15ft, Half
the Prime Range of the weapon, the life is 40ft*. Ten Hours and 200 Steel Cents.
weapon ignores Sensory Complications. This weapon does not change in size.
Each barrel being fired must be loaded or
else the weapon jams. Requires 12 Hours L ong S tock: Short Range is 30ft, Half life
and 50 Steel Cents. is 60ft*. Fourteen Hours and 400 Steel
Cents. This weapon is considered one size
S ingle T rigger: Add a single trigger to the larger.
weapon to fire a single barrel. Requires
three Hours and 10 Steel Cents.
I f S hort R ange is E q ual or greater than P rime R ange, it is
instead has no S hort R ange.
E ach barrel should have a trigger connected to it, and
multiple triggers can be assigned to each barrel.

E x tras T hin Bullet: This economical bullet can be
Master Gunsmiths with a master foundry made in pairs from the dust of one standard
are able to add extra features to firearms bullet. The prime range of this bullet is
without reducing their effectiveness, such as halved.
a bayonet or suppressor. Any and all of the
E x tras can be added to a firearm. Master L ong Bullet: This bullet can be made from
Gunsmiths can also make firearms with rare two standard bullets. The prime range of
materials. this bullet is doubled.
G rip: Prime Reach is 15ft Higher. H ollow: This bullet can be made from two
Requires fourteen hours and 400 Steel standard bullets. This bullet can be filled
Cents. with a liquid.
S uppressor: This barrel loses the Loud E nclosed A tmosphere: This bullet can be
Property. Requires twenty hours and 200 made from two standard bullets. This bullet
Steel Cents. can be used in an environment that is not
conducive to dust, such as underwater.
Bayonet: Attach a small weapon.
Requires ten hours and 200 Steel Cents.
Bipod: This weapon can be set onto a

surface and used as if mounted. Requires
ten hours, 300 Steel Cents.
Creating B u l l ets
Creating custom bullets requires an
Arcane Foundry, which dispels the curse
that keeps bullets sealed. Creating bullets
requires dust and steel, which can be
recycled from other bullets.
All crafted bullets can have only one
property, and each bullet requires a custom
barrel designed specifically for this type of
bullet. Arcane Foundries can make firearms
and bullets with mythical materials.
T hick Bullet: This thick slug bullet requires

the dust from two standard bullets. Attacks
made with this bullet gain a Hold’em, which
is drawn when the Firearm is drawn, and
recycled when holstered.

Rare Materials
Crafting with rare and magical materials is A lchemical I ron
the mark of a master craftsman. Alchemical Iron tingles the flesh,
Blacksmiths can craft guns, bullets, armor, alternating between hot, cold, and charged.
equipment and weapons from rare Attacks made with Alchemical Iron deal
materials, giving them the properties of the Elemental and Physical damage. Any item
material. A Master Forge, Foundry or Anvil made from Alchemical Iron transforms into a
are required to craft with Rare Materials. bolt of lightning when thrown, ignoring
armor complications derived from metal
armor. After being thrown, the object returns
D our W ood to its natural form and radiates with power,
Dour wood is an ultra hard wood that is dealing 2c Elemental damage to anyone
also pliable and light. The speed reduction who picks it up or holds it.
of armor made from Dour wood is reduced
by 5ft. Items made from Dour Wood are A licorn
considered one size smaller, for the Gathered from the bones of fey creatures,
purposes of what can be held in a hand. alicorn is imbued with the power of the
Feywild where magic is life itself. Items
S wamp F eed made from Alicorn have persistent magic
Swamp Feed is a poisonous metal. When which cannot be dispelled. Items crafted
introduced to the blood stream, or when from alicorn cannot lose their magical
held against the skin for too long, the metal properties due to anti-magical effects.
will poison the creature in question. Targets Spells can be cast through Alicorn items,
who are cut by Swamp feed or who have and those spells cast through Alicorn items
the material in contact with their skin for are not affected by anti-magical effects.
more than an hour must make a Mettle
check with a simple complication or become P assion C airns
poisoned. Swamp Feed is also naturally Cut from large stones said to be left by the
slick, and creatures attempting to grab or gods, Passion Cairns appear as simple
hold the material do so with disadvantage, stone, but imbue their holder with zeal and
and the item has a simple complication to health. They are often used for their
grab or hold. energizing properties, as well as for healing.
Items crafted from Passion Cairns will
increase the movement speed of the holder
by 5ft. Additionally, anyone touching a
Passion Cairn when they are wounded is
automatically stabilized.

Mythic Materials: D ragon S cale and Bone
Working with mythical materials requires The remains of dragons are used for their
more than fire and elbow grease. An Arcane strength and flexibility, as well as their
Forge, Foundry or Anvil are required to craft natural resistance to the elements. The
with mythic materials, as it is their ability to most prized feature of dragon scale and
temporarily bend or break the laws of nature bone is how all magic that affects it
with their magic that makes them so becomes permanent.
valuable. When crafted into a defensive item, such
as armor or shields, dragon scale and bone
will help the wearer resist elemental
M ithril damage, giving them a sensory
Also known as “Sky-Steel” due to its complication from elemental attacks.
discovery in the plane of Air, Mithril is a When a spell is cast on an item made from
lightweight metal that is impossibly strong. dragon remains, if the spell has a duration,
The speed reduction of armor made from the spell’s duration will instead be “Until
Mithril is reduced by 15ft. Items made from Dispelled.” If multiple spells with the same
Mithril are considered two sizes smaller, for name are cast on the item, only one applies.
the purposes of what can be held in a hand.
A damantine
Originating in the most dense regions in
the plane of Earth, adamantine is the heavy
metal that is famed for it’s invincibility. Any
armor made from adamantine has an Armor
Complication that applies to Piercing
weapons as well. Weapons made from
Adamantine have the Piercing feature.
L unarite
This magical metal is named for its
resemblance to the moon, and is only ever
found in fallen stars. Glowing in a white
clarity, items made from Lunarite create a
bright light up to 60ft. Lunarite is a natural
conduit for magic, and spells can be cast
through Lunarite items. Cards discarded
while being used in a spell cast through a
Lunarite item are recycled instead. If the
target of a spell is wearing lunarite armor,
and the spell can target multiple creatures,
the spell caster can target one additional
target.

Runeing Printing and Defacing
Writing a small symbol down generally
A Spell Scribe, also known as a Runer, is takes one minute. The size of the symbol
able to write symbols of power which cause doesn’t matter, and it will affect the same
amazing magical effects. With a simple size area regardless. You can also
drawing of an emblem in ink or chalk, the permanently inscribe a rune into metal or
Runer is able to create stable, permanent stone, which generally takes one hour and
magical effects. These symbols are tools to chisel. A word of power can be
tremendously intricate, but it’s the Runer’s destroyed by simple defacement: Being
art to draw them quickly and accurately. scratched, erased, washed away, or
distorted.
The symbols drawn by Spell Scribes are Many Spell Scribes use the rune’s frailty to
similar to those of a brand or trademark in their advantage, printing multiple sets of a
that they are extremely rare, but lose their rune on something fragile so that they can
power when imitated. Symbols of power are destroy the duplicates when they want to
most effective when they are the only one of instantly activate the primary power of the
their kind, and the more words of power of rune.
the same kind within a small vicinity will
result in less powerful effects. Learning a Rune
Most words of power function best when When you take Runing as a Trait, you
120ft or more away from each other. When learn two Runes of your choice from the list
within 120ft another word of power of the provided. You are also proficient in any
same kind, the item’s secondary effects check relating to Runing.
activate instead. Many runes have different Spell Scribes are able to learn new runes if
abilities for an increasing number of other they find one while travelling. Learning a
runes in the area. new Rune requires one hour of practice with
the rune. If the original rune is protected by
When there are more runes drawn than other marking designed to disguise it, they
there are effect options for the rune, then must first pass a Schooling or Furtive check
the all runes have the final effect of that with a Hopeless complication. If the check is
rune. For some runes, this means that all of successful, the character learns how to
these runes will have no effect, for others, it create the rune. If during this check, the
means that hundreds of runes can be made character gets a Severe complication or
to glow or create warmth. lower, they accidentally distort the original
beyond repairing, and require a new original
rune.

Foeseeker: This rune points towards its Stillness: This rune adjusts the weight of an
possessor’s closest enemy that within object.
1,000ft of them, and will direct the P rimary: The object remains fixed in
momentum of the object it is inscribed on space, and requires at least 10,000lbs of
towards that target. pressure to move.
P rime: Automatically attempts to point S econdary: The object is weightless, and it
towards nearest enemy m to the holder, and is easily manipulated by any pressure.
removes an enemy’s s Sensory T ertiary: The object is up to half its weight
Complications if placed
ac on a projectile. lighter.
nd : No eff
S econdary effect.
fe
ff Q uaternary: N o effect.
Shadowjack
ad : This
his rune creates darkness Heat metal: This runes turns metal red
where ere there should uld be none. hot, but leaves other materials alone.
P rimary r : Creates
mary
ry es an area of darkness, P rime: The metal is so hot that white
distorting ng all ccreatures
at res and objects
b ts w
bj within flames jet around it. If this rune is on a
15ft
5ftf into black
ft ck silhouettes.
silhoue
si
il Alll crea
creatures and weapon, the weapon deals Elemental
objects within hin this
his field
th fi ld give
gi a sensory Damage. Touching the metal while in this
complication atio to a attackers who rely on vision. state deals 2c elemental damage per round.
S econdary
con : The e runed object is shrouded S econdary: The metal is burning hot, and
in darkness, which c affects up to 5ftt of weapons with the rune deal elemental
connected material. ri In order to find d it by
y damage.
sight, without looking ok for it specifically,
lly the
the T ertiary: The metal is warm and glows
target must get a C Crown on a Observance e slightly. Touching the metal while in this
check. state may stave off non-magical cold
T ertiary: No effect. t effects.
Quiet: This rune will reduce any noise to The Ram: This rune amplifies force.
silence. P rimary: All pressure applied by an object
Primary: This object does not emit noise, creates instead 500lbs of pressure,
and if the runed object is struck, neither it knocking back a creature large or smaller
nor the object striking it will emit any noise 10ft on a hit.
connected with the impact S econdary: No effect.
Secondary: This object does not emit
noise. Returning: This rune will always try to
Tertiary: No Effect. return to its owner.
Primary: This item will move towards its
owner at least 30ft per round while within
1,000ft. It will take the straightest path, and
can move up to 5lbs of weight out of the
way.
Secondary: No effect.

Radiance: This rune glows with the radiant
light of the sun. Water: This rune imbues its objects with
P rimary: This item produces 120ft of bright water.
light, and deals 2c Magic damage to all P rimary: This object is perpetually
creatures within 15ft every round. drowned, leaking one pint of pure water
S econdary: This item produces 60ft of every hour. The object becomes slick,
bright light, and weapons with this rune deal creatures attempting to grab or hold the
magical damage. object do so with disadvantage, and the
T ertiary: This item produce 30ft of bright object has a simple complication to grab or
light. hold. The object reflects light, and creatures
have advantage on observance checks to
Cement: This rune makes anything into an see it.
adhesive. S econdary: This object is perpetually
P rimary: Non-organic objects stick to this soaked, and is wet and slippery. The object
item and require 100lbs of force to remove. becomes slick, and creatures attempting to
All items stuck to this item gain the Cement grab or hold the object do so with
secondary property. disadvantage, and the object has a simple
S econdary: Non-organic objects stick to complication to grab or hold. The object
this item and require 100lbs of force to reflects light, and creatures have advantage
remove. on observance checks to see it.
T ertiary: Non-organic objects which T ertiary: No Effect.
already have the Cement tertiary property
stick to this item and require 100lbs of force Bubble: This rune is encased on a
to remove. protective magic bubble.
P rimary: This rune creates a magical
Tremble: This rune shakes relentlessly. barrier, covering a 5ft square from all sides
P rimary: This item shakes so much that it centered around the object. This barrier will
breaks apart. The object takes 1c damage stop people, objects, and attacks from
per turn. entering, and provides cover. This rune will
S econdary: This item vibrates too wildly to not stop water or air from entering or
hold well. Attacks made with the item have leaving. The barrier has one Base
a sensory complication. Foundation, and counts as a cohort. Once
T ertiary: No effect. the Base Foundation is gone, the rune
deactivates for one minute.
Focus: This rune draws the attention of S econdary: This rune creates a magical
those around it. barrier covering 5ft square from all sides
P rimary: People's eyes are naturally drawn centered around the object, and stops water
to this object, as if the Beguiling spell has and air from entering or leaving.
been cast upon them. This effects people T ertiary: No effect
within 30ft of the rune itself, and they do not
need to sense the rune to be distracted by
it.
S econdary: No effect.

Deposit: This rune is a storehouse for lots
of small items. Eyes: This object of interest is easily viewed
P rimary: The rune itself becomes an by others.
intangible hole which leads to a space P rimary: By concentrating your thoughts
within the Shattered Span. The space is thin on the object, you can see through the rune
and narrow, about 1ft by 1ft, but is infinitely as if it were an eye. Anyone who is aware of
deep, and can fit small to large objects the rune can do this. The vision appears as
within. The walls of the hole are weak, and if though it were the person’s imagination.
punctured, will cause the rune to be S econdary: All creatures within 60ft are
destroyed. If the Rune is destroyed, all aware of this object. They know its location
objects within the rune are returned to the but not what it is. This telepathic message
material plane at the rune’s last location. comes in as intuition.
S econdary: No effect, but objects already
inside remain inside. Suspension: This rune traps magic within.
P rimary: After a spell is cast within 120ft of
Drowsy: This rune makes people tired. this rune, the spell is instead suspended,
P rimary: While within 30ft of this object, and the Rune is Primed and begins to glow.
creatures lose 1 Foundation every six This effect cannot be used again while the
seconds, but never Base Foundation. Rune is Primed. When the Primed Rune is
Creatures who fall asleep near this rune will destroyed or a second Suspension Rune
wake up in eight hours after a Full Rest, causes it to have no effect, the spell is
unless shaken awake. Creatures have released and functions as the Caster
disadvantage on observance checks while defined at the time of casting, targeting the
affected by this rune. same creatures or area.
When a creature has only Base S econdary: No effect.
Foundation, they discard 1c from the top of
their deck at the start of every round. If a
creature becomes exhausted while within
30ft of this rune, they fall asleep.
S econdary: While within 30ft of this object,
creatures lose 1 Foundation every six
seconds, but never Base Foundation.
Creatures who fall asleep near this rune will
wake up in eight hours after a full rest,
unless shaken awake. They have
disadvantage on observance checks while
in this state.
T ertiary: Creatures who fall asleep while
within 30ft of this rune will wake up in eight
hours after a full rest, unless shaken awake.
They have disadvantage on observance
checks while in this state.
Q uaternary: No Effect.

Tinkering Augments:
This is the main attraction of Tinkering. You
Tinkers are practical problem solvers who can give an item additional properties to
can augment simple tools and make them make them more useful, and describe your
more useful. They not only add complexity design for your Game Master’s approval.
to the items capabilities, but also to the
handling of the item, often adding triggers, Rotating: This item spins wildly and
power sources, and faults. violently. With spinning barrels and blades,
When tinkering, you may choose an item this augment can give a weapon multi-attack,
and an augmentation. Draw randomly to or it can be used to swap items in a clip.
determine a power source and the trigger.
The item gains those properties, as well as Injector: This item can now inject liquids
the "Sensitive" Fault. into objects, and weapons augmented with
A tinker can decide to choose more injectors can inject liquids directly into
augmentations, or to choose which power enemies. They can also be used to
source or trigger the new device gains. For administer potions, or to spray liquids at a
each extra augmentation or chosen target up to 10ft away.
trigger/power source, the item gains a fault.
Draw randomly to determine the new fault Folding: This item folds to save space, to
and apply its properties to the schematic for increase concealment, or to change the
the device. appearance of the object. The item is
Creating the schematic for a device considered one size smaller while folded, but
requires a week of drafting and is unusable while in that form. For example,
experimenting, including 2 silver dollars of this can make folding shields, or collapsing
materials for each Augment, powersource, runes.
trigger, and fault in the schematic.
Using a schematic, a device can be Quick Spring: This item springs into action,
created. This device has all the properties of and can be used as a part action or
the schematic, and requires custom independently without supervision.
materials that must be created by a This could be used to make self-launching
blacksmith. The cost in materials is the grappling hooks, switch activated lanterns on
same as the original item, but the time to or off, or a pistol booby-trap.
smith the gears requires one hour per
augmentation per pound of the original item. Mounted: This item is mounted on an object
Once the materials are created, it takes one or creature and can be easily used even if
hour to put them together to create the item. over-sized.

Powersource Triggers
Whenever an Augmentation on an item is Every item has a trigger to activate it,
used, such as a gun rotating or a shield which allows the item to be used in specific
unfolding, the powersource is expended to circumstances.
make the action possible. When drawing randomly for triggers, the
When you are drawing randomly for a Value of the card correlates to the randomly
power source as part of your design, the chosen Trigger.
Suit of the card drawn correlates to the
randomly chosen Power source. (1-2) Switch: This item is activated by a
small lever.
(Spade) Force: This item requires a
controlled explosion to activate. A single (3-4) Pressure Pad: This item is activated
bullet will suffice. This item gains the Loud by a button.
Fault.
(5-6) Pull-Pin: This item is activated by
(Diamond) Wind-Up: This item requires the removing a pin from the device.
winding of rubber bands and springs to
activate. The item takes 10 minutes of (7-8) Clock: This item is activated by a
winding for every use. timer, either set to a specific time of day or
on a countdown.
(Heart) Boiler: This item is powered by heat
and steam. An ounce of oil and water will (9-10) Air Pressure: This item is activated
suffice. by a quick change in air pressure, usually
from being thrown too high or falling into
(None) Pressure: This item is powered by water. Gentle changes in external pressure
intense air pressure. Alchemical air will will allow the trigger to adjust and will not
suffice. activate the device.
(Club) Choice: Draw two cards and choose (Jack-Queen) Shock Tumbler: This item is
the card of your choice as the power activated by intense shaking, like crashing
source. into a wall or tumbling down a hill.
(King) Choice: Draw two more cards and

choose one. The device gains that trigger.

Design Faults (5) Slippery: Due to the oil use in the
When a design becomes too complicated, mechanism, this Item often slips out of
it’s bound to have faults. A fault is a characters’ hands when used. The item
negative and unintended consequence or a requires a Poise check with a tough
flaw in a design that could not be resolved. complication to hold onto after using the
All designs are sensitive by nature, but Augmented feature. Oil must be wiped off
more faults are acquired where the designer during a breather.
refused to compromise.
When drawing randomly for Faults, the (6) Expensive Parts: The items parts and
Value of the card correlates to the randomly labor costs double for creation. Repairs now
chosen Fault. cost half the total manufacturing cost.
(7) Bulky: This item doubles in weight and

(Necessary) Sensitive: This item breaks if it size, and is one size larger than normal.
is dropped or handled poorly, including if the
item is being carried by a character who (8) C omplicated: This item often baffles its
becomes wounded. If the item breaks, it users, and requires a Schooling check with
must be repaired by a tinker, and takes an a Tough Complication for each use of the
hour to repair. This comes with an augmented feature.
associated cost equal to 1/5th the items
cost for replacement parts. (9) H ot: This item can get so warm it burns
to the touch. After using the Augmented
(1) S econd T rigger: Randomly choose a feature, the item deals 3c elemental
second trigger. Both triggers must be used damage to anyone touching it directly.
for the device to function.
(10) G uz z ler: This item requires twice the
(2) S econd P ower S ource: Randomly amount of fuel used by the power source.
choose another Power Source. This design
requires both power sources to function. (Any Crown) C hoice: Draw 2 more cards
and choose one; the device gains that fault.
(3) U nwieldy: Item is unbalanced and hard
to use. Attacks with Savage Weapons are at
disadvantage and Ranged Weapons cannot
fire past their Prime Reach.
(4) Full Loading: Requires an action to

reload device, in order to use the
Augmented feature again

Prestige Classes
Rather than choosing a Subclass at level 2
of your Sort, you can instead choose a
Prestige Class. Any Sort can take any
prestige class in place of any subclass.
Prestige classes allow for additional
customization and optimization for
characters. They offer new abilities, skills
and proficiencies, as well as adding to your
source suits.
For magic users, additional source suits
will allow you to add mana of that type to
your mana pool instead of being discarded.
Prestige classes may also come with a

negative: any new source suit will reduce
your hand permanently.
Similar to a Subclass, when you reach
level 7 in your Sort, you will gain an ability
from your Prestige Class.
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Scout
The Scout is quick and cunning, able to Abrupt Ploy: At level 2, you become an
strike hard and fast, taking full advantage of expert in the initial moments of battle.
surprise attacks. They are excellent leaders During the first draw of combat, you may
and guides, able to traverse dangerous draw an additional card. During surprise
lands and propel their allies from ambush to rounds, cards discarded from redrawing are
ambush. sent to the Recycling.
When you take the Scout prestige class, Opening Gambit: At level 7, you become
you become proficient in checks to track the master of the opening move. During the
enemies, hide, move quietly, and to first draw of combat, you may draw another
perceive dangers. additional card. During surprise rounds,
cards discarded from attacks are sent to the
You become proficient in Dust Implements if Recycling.
you were not already.
You gain the Grit source suit. If you did not

already have the Grit source suit before
taking this prestige class, your hand is
permanently reduced by 1.
You gain the Quickdraw ability, if you did

not already have it.
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Sorcerer
If Wizards have abandoned control in Magic Vessel: Starting at level 2, the
pursuit of magic power, then Sorcerers have Sorcerer becomes a vessel for magic. As an
surely abandoned sense. Sorcerers conjure action, the Sorcerer can cast a spell without
spells directly from the aether, lobbing a expending mana, as the mana is instead
constant barrage of arcane fury with control randomly drawn from the deck. The
over only the target and power of their spell. Sorcerer determines what tier they are
casting the spell as, and draws that many
When you take the Sorcerer prestige class cards. The highest tier of spells the sorcerer
at level 2, you learn how to use arcanic can cast with this feature is the same as if
implements. they had the spellcasting feature. The
You gain the Tradition source suit. If you Sorcerer may choose the target or target
did not have this source suit before taking area after the mana is drawn.
this class, your hand is permanently
reduced by 1. Sway the Tempest: When using the
Magic Vessel ability, you can discard one of
the mana cards you draw, and then draw
another card. You can only do this once per
round.
Duelist Sentry
A Duelist stands where pride and violence Sentries are the watchmen of the west,
meet, transforming every slight into a protecting their allies while they sleep with
contest of life or death. Duelists are well alarms, and setting deadly traps behind
trained, easily agitated, with a craving for them to guard their rear from encroaching
bloodshed. enemies.
When you take the Duelist prestige class, When you take the Sentry Prestige class,
you become proficient in Savage weapons you become proficient in Savage weapons.
and Dust Implements. You are also proficient in repairing and
demolishing traps.
You gain the Luck source suit. If you did You gain the Fortitude source suit. If you did
not have this source suit before taking this not have this source suit before taking this
class, your hand is permanently reduced by class, your hand is permanently reduced by
1. 1.
You gain the Withstand ability, if you did not
Riposte: Starting at level 2, when you already have it.
make an attack with only one light melee
weapon, that weapon now has a Set Alarms: Starting at level 2, when you
multiattack. take a full rest, you can take an hour of that
time to secure the base camp, setting up
Gaffe: Starting at level 7, when you make alarms and warnings. If someone
an attack with only one light melee weapon, approaches your base camp without being
that weapon now has multiattack 2. observant, without the poise to avoid the

Set Traps: Starting at level 7, when you
triggers, or without the skill to disable the take a Full Rest, you can take an hour of
alarms, then you and your allies will be that time to secure the base camp with
warned of their presence, ignoring the traps, setting up various pitfalls and
surprise and participating in the first round deadweights. If someone approaches your
of combat. The equipment to perform this base camp without being observant, without
skill requires a space in your inventory, and the poise to avoid the traps, or without the
includes bells, fishing wire, and other skill to disable the triggers, then a trap will
assortments. At the end of the Full Rest, attack them before they can reach you, as
discard 10 cards. well as warning you of their presence. The
You can use this equipment to set up equipment to perform this ability requires a
stationary alarms. This takes one minute large space in your inventory, and includes
and requires an entire set of equipment to iron spikes, nets, and other assortments. If
set up this alarm. You can take another an enemy makes a movement while within
minute to disassemble this alarm back into 50ft of your base camp, you can use your
your backpack. You can setup multiple reaction to have one of your traps make an
alarms if you have multiple sets of attack against that creature, as if your traps
equipment in your inventory. were a cohort. At the end of the full rest,
discard 10 cards.
You can also use the equipment to set up
stationary traps. This takes one minute
requires an entire set of equipment to set up
this trap. You can take a minute to
reassemble this trap back into your
backpack. You can set up multiple traps if
you have multiple sets of equipment in your
inventory. If you are not present when the
trap is set off, or the trap triggered while you
were out of combat, it deals 3c damage to
the target.
Duol Dragon
Duol Dragons are able to crack the
material plane, creating a twin of
themselves that both is, and is not, the
original Duol Dragon. The ultimate tool of
survival and the secret of the Duol Dragon,
the user exploits the Shattered Span to
create a double of themselves, allowing
them the capabilities of a small team, while
keeping the low upkeep of a single entity.
If either the original or the twin falls in
battle, the remaining warrior - regardless of
which one it is - becomes the true Duol
Dragon. This technique has been used to
accomplish impossible and suicidal tasks
without incurring so much as a scratch.
The Duol Dragon’s place within the
Shattered Span is so unstable that any
object that leaves either Duol Dragons’
close presence is sent spiraling into the
depths of the Shattered Span, and while in
this form, even their own blood crystallizes
and disappears as it spills from their body.
Because of this, most who adopt the mark
of the Duol Dragon become solely melee
fighters.
When you take the Duol Dragon Prestige

class, you become proficient in Savage
weapons, if you are not already.
You gain the Luck source suit. If you did
not have this source suit before taking this
class, your hand is permanently reduced by
1.
You gain the Fortitude source suit. If you
did not have this source suit before taking
reduced by 1.
You gain the Withstand ability, if you did
You gain the Cheat Death ability, if you did

Fracture: Starting at level 2, as a part
action, you can create a twin in an adjacent
space. Your twin has all of your stats and
equipment, gains a Base Foundation equal
to your current Base Foundation, and acts
as your cohort. Whenever an object leaves
your grasp while the ability is active, it
becomes fractured and is teleported into a
random plane within the Shattered Span.
The twin can cast spells if you can, and
shares your mana pool if you have one.
If you become wounded while this ability is
active, you may choose to end the effects of
the ability and become the twin.
At any time, you can choose to end the
effects of the ability. When the ability ends,
you can choose to become the twin, and the
original body is fragmentized and
transported into a random world within the
Shattered Span, and any Base Foundation
the character had is discarded.
Triumvirate: Starting at level 7, your

Fracture ability can create a set of triplets
instead of a twin. The ability functions in the
same way, and at any time you can choose
to end the ability and become one of the
three triplets, sending the other two a
random world within the Shattered Span.

Bard
While wizards dabble in towers developing
new techniques to poison oceans and
shatter continents, Bards are recording
lectures, exploring ruins for mysteries, and
investigating ghost towns. The goal of every
Bard is to discover, preserve, and share
knowledge, and in this way every Bard is an
explorer, scribe, and storyteller.
When you take the Bard Prestige class,

you become proficient in Musical
Implements and Magical Implements. You
also become proficient in all mundane
musical instruments.
You gain the Luck source suit. If you did

1.
You gain the Tradition source suit. If you
did not have this source suit before taking
reduced by 1.
Worldly: Starting at level 2, the Bard has

learned much in the way of songs, secrets,
and superstitions. When drawing for a
knowledge check, such as Schooling or
Eldritch Lore, any card drawn with the Heart
suit is treated as a King of Hearts.
Hymns and Ballads: The Bard can use a

mundane musical instrument as if it were a
Musical Implement. They can mimic any
Musical implement they have used, and
make attacks as if they were using had that
Implement.
Dust Knight
The Dust Knights were once the honor You gain the Grit source suit. If you did not
guard to the kings of Cael, wielding deadly have this source suit before taking this
blades propelled by dust. Modern Dust class, your hand is permanently reduced by
Knights are the descendants of those 1.
guards, well learned in the ways of their You gain the Tradition source suit. If you did
ancestors. The Dust Knights are schooled in not have this source suit before taking this
destabilizing their enemy and destroying class, your hand is permanently reduced by
them with their devastating Rocket Blades. 1.
When you take the Dust Knight Subclass not already have it.
at level 2, you learn how to use Dust
Implements and how to use the Rocket Compelled Curtsy: Starting at level 2,
Blade. You learn how to create a Rocket while in melee with an enemy, you can use
Blade with Blacksmithing and Tinkering an action to discard a heart card and
tools, although you do not need to be stagger a target. The staggered target loses
proficient in either to create it. Creating a their Foundation, and is reduced to only
Rocket Blade requires 250 steel cents of their Base Foundation.
materials and 6 hours.
Sovereign Bow: Starting at level 7, you
can use a card of any suit to use the
Compelled Curtsy ability.
Chosen
The Chosen are prophets of the gods,
blessed with gifts to better do their holy
work.
The Chosen can use spellcasting as if they
were a magic-user, although their power
comes directly from their deity and not from
the aether. They can perform prayers to
invoke blessings from their gods,
exchanging their spellcasting powers for
exclusive miracles. Blessings of Forjah:
F orj ah' s G az e of E nmity
You gain the Tradition source suit. If you As you finish the prayer, the color from
did not have this source suit before taking your eyes is drawn out into the sky so that
this class, your hand is permanently only two focused black dots remain.
reduced by 1. As a part of an attack action, you can
You gain the Spellcasting feature, if you have one target you can sense encompass
did not already have it. your entire view. All attacks against the
You gain the Fortitude source suit. If you creature ignore Sensory Complications and
did not have this source suit before taking your weapons gain the Keen Feature,
this class, your hand is permanently however, attacking any other creature is
reduced by 1. done with a Severe Complication and a
You gain the Withstand ability, if you did Sensory Complication, as your focus is
not already have it. entirely on the target.
After one minute, or when your target is
wounded, the effects of the gaze fade and
Glory: When you take the Chosen prestige you can choose to target a different creature
class at level 2, choose one of the three with the gaze. At the end of your next full
gods: Forjah the Hunter, Azurath the rest, your eyes return to normal.
Ocean, or Deelug the Reaper.
When you take a Full Rest, you can use F orj ah' s H alo of R etribution
that time to invoke a blessing from your As you finish your prayer, lighting strikes
deity. At the end of the Full Rest, the you from the sky and lays a golden Halo
blessing takes effect. You also lose the Blade into your hands. When you use this
spellcasting feature, and you must discard weapon to attack an enemy who attacked
10c. The blessings last until you take you in the last round, the weapon deals
another Full Rest, and you regain the Magical damage to that enemy and has the
spellcasting feature at the end of the rest. Kingslayer property. When you are attacked
by an enemy, until the end of your next turn
Trinity: At level 7, you gain access to all of you gain a flying speed of 50ft, but must end
the blessings of Forjah, Azurath, and your movement closer to the enemy than
Deelug. You have your choice of any of when you started. At the end of your next
their blessings at the end of a Full Rest. full rest, the Halo evaporates into air.

Blessings of Azurath
A z urath' s F lowing F orm
As you finish the prayer, your form
becomes fluid like water. You are able to
move and act as normal, but attacks against
you have a sensory complication, you have
a severe armor complication, and you are
able to fit through spaces as small as a
B l essing s of D eel u g keyhole, although it takes you a minute to
D eelugs F orgotten S hroud get your entire form through. At the end of
As your prayer finishes, your shadow your next Full Rest, your body returns to it’s
climbs up your form to become your cowl. solid state.
As a part of your movement, you may
become encased in the shroud, and you A z urath' s H oly T ide
gain a sensory complication which affects As you finish the prayer, you become as
your enemies’ ability to see or hear you. cold as ice, though this does not cause you
Creatures have disadvantage on checks to concern. You are able to transform water
observe you. At the end of your next Full into holy water. As an action, you can
Rest, your shadow returns to your feet. transform a pint of pure water you can
sense into holy water or holy ice. By
D eelug' s V ictory Bell repeating this action on consecutive rounds,
As your prayer finishes, the words take you can double the amount of water that is
form and become a small solid bell. When a transformed per turn, potentially
creature becomes wounded within 50ft of transforming entire lakes into holy water or
the bell, you may immediately draw a card. ice.
You may do this multiple times in a round. Any holy ice melts after 24 hours.
At the end of your next Full Rest, the bell Salt water or poisoned water cannot be
cracks and breaks apart into nothing. made into holy water.

Warden
Wardens are the overseers of the convicts
and undesirables of the west. To capture,
restrain, and confine are the Warden’s tools
against criminals and the corrupt, making
the west safer for all.
You gain the Grit source suit. If you did not

have this source suit before taking this
1.
You gain the Fortitude source suit. If you did
1.
You gain the Withstand ability, if you did not
already have it.
Chain Gang: Starting at level 2, you can

clasp a chain around a humanoid creature
to limit their movement. You must have
shackles and the target must be within your
melee range.You can use this ability as an
action or as a reaction using the quickdraw
ability.
The creature is considered grappled while
at the limits of the chain, and if they grapple
the chain while at the end of the chain, you
are considered grappled by the other
creature as long as you hold onto the chain.
You decide the amount of slack given to
the chain, and can attach the end of one The chains are metal, and have a Severe
chain to another creature, and string several armor complication. Any damage will
creatures together in chains. Grabbing the destroy that section of the chain.
end of the chain while attached to the chain You are able to string the chain to as many
will consider them grappled with that other individuals as you have locks and chains to
creature. bind them.
You can choose to attach the chain to an
iron ball as an action, which will act as a No Exceptions: When you reach level 7,
substitute for a creature. you can use your Chain Gang ability on
non-humanoid creatures.

Liberator
Freedom reigns where Liberators tread. Breakout: Starting at level 2, when you
Saviors of the oppressed and enslaved, are called to make a check to resist an
Liberators refuse to be bound, and break effect caused by another creature, such as
the chains of those around them. a spell or an ability, you can instead use
your Cheat Death ability to automatically
You gain the Grit source suit. If you did not succeed the check.
have this source suit before taking this
class, your hand is permanently reduced by Riot: Starting at level 7, when an ally
1. within 30ft of you that you can sense makes
You gain the Luck source suit. If you did a check to resist an effect caused by
not have this source suit before taking this another creature, you can use your
class, your hand is permanently reduced by Quickdraw ability to allow them to
1. automatically succeed the check.

C hapter 3 Turn Order:
Draw Hand
Rules for Combat Redraw
Set up Foundation
Move
Starting Combat: Draw!
Action
Characters who wish to prepare for
combat should declare that they draw. This
Drawing and Redrawing Cards:
announces that they are battle ready, and
Characters who draw pick up cards equal
serves as the start of a battle between all
to their hand size.
wary combatants who may immediately
At the start of each turn, players with an
draw as well.
empty hand can draw up to their hand size.
Characters who declare they draw may
Players with any cards remaining in their
immediately draw up to their full hand,
hand at the start of their turn cannot draw a
redraw, play Foundation and play an ante.
new hand or redraw.
This draw happens before the start of their
After drawing a full hand at the beginning of
first turn.
their turn, a player may immediately redraw,
Characters may also Draw as a precaution
discarding any unwanted cards in their hand
if they believe that an ambush is around the
and picking up an equal amount of cards.
corner or that the room may be trapped.
This can be done only once per turn, and
Being battle ready is important as a
only directly after a full hand has been
character’s survival is based heavily on the
drawn.
preparation of their Foundation. Surprise
A character’s hand size depends on their
attacks are particularly deadly, and drawing
sort, as well as various abilities that can
for combat will ensure that they are battle
increase it. Single Source classes have a
ready. Drawing unnecessarily is, however, a
base hand of 5, while Two Sourced classes
waste of cards, as all cards in your hand
have a base hand of 4; prestige classes can
and Foundation are discarded if there is no
decrease hand size further, down to 3 or 2
combat.
cards per draw.
The Order of a Turn:

Foundation: Your Dynamic Defence
The only actions that must be done in a
A character’s physical health is
specific order are Drawing and Redrawing
represented by a stack of cards called Base
at the beginning of a turn, and players can
Foundation. This stack is always face down,
perform the other actions in any order.
and cards from the top of the stack are
However, this means that a player can
discarded when the character takes
attack or move before playing Foundation,
damage. When the last card in the Base
and be attacked before they have any
Foundation stack is discarded, the character
defenses up; for this reason it is wise to play
becomes wounded. At the end of every Full
Foundation first, but it is not a hard rule.
Rest, Players shuffle the Base Foundation
You can also choose to not act in a turn.
stack back into their deck, and play cards
into the stack up to their max Base
Foundation.
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A character’s readiness for battle, defence There are three tiers of Complications in
and preparation for danger is represented combat, and each have a numerical range:
by stack of cards called Foundation. A Simple (1-3), Tough (1-6) and Severe (1-9).
character’s Foundation stack is placed face Any card involved in an attack that is
up on top of their Base Foundation, and numerically equal to or below any number in
when a character takes damage they may the range of the tier of the complication is
discard cards from the top of the Foundation discarded and does not cause damage to
instead of from their Base Foundation. the target.
Foundation is a character's dynamic For example, a pair of 6’s against a Tough
defenses, representing dodges, parries, complication would deal no damage, but a
dives, near misses, and non-lethal wounds. pair of 7’s against a Tough Complication
At any time during a character’s turn, cards would deal 2 damage. A Royal Flush (9,
can be played face up into the Foundation 10, Jack, Queen, King) against an target
stack from the player’s hand. When there with severe complication would deal
are no cards in the Foundation stack, any damage only for the 10, jack, queen, and
card can be played into it. When there are king, but not for the 9, as 9 is equal to the
already cards in the Foundation stack, any severe complication.
card being played into the stack must be Armor Complications are complications
lower in value, as well as numerically gained through worn armor and shields.
sequential. For example: if the topmost card They are effectively the same as
of a character’s Foundation shows a value circumstantial Complications, but are
of 9, then only an 8 can be placed below it. susceptible to Piercing weapons, such as
Some sorts have the defensive abilities Pistols.
Withstand and Cheat Death, which allow the Sensory complications come into play
player to discard a card from their hand to when the attacker does not know the
ignore the damage as a reaction. defender's exact position or form. Sensory
complications are derived from abilities or
Complications: Armor and Cover circumstances that make it more difficult for
Any obstacle that a character must the defender to be seen or sensed, such as
overcome to strike a target and successfully aesthetic or environmental cover, darkness,
damage it is called a Complication. or the attacker being blinded. Spread
There are three types of Complications: weapons such as shotguns can ignore
Basic Complications, Armor Complications, sensory complications, as well as
and Sensory Complications. heightened senses such as Echolocation
Basic Complications, also commonly and Seismic Sense
known as just Complications, determine the When a Sensory complication is applied to
minimum value of a card that can deal a an attack, the damage of the attack is
target damage. The Complication is reduced by the sensory complication. A
determined by the various situational factors standard sensory complication will only
of the Defender and the Attacker, such as reduce the attack damage by one, as they
defender being prone or in cover, or the hide or block a creature’s location;
attacker being mounted or using a weapon However, more powerful sensory
they are not proficient in. complications will distort or displace
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creature’s location, and reduce the attack Three of a Kind, Four of a Kind, Full House,
damage even further. Spread weapons like Straight, and Flush.
shotguns, can ignore sensory A High Card is a single card of any value
complications, and heightened senses such or suit. A Pair is two cards with the same
as Echolocation and Seismic sense may Value, a Three/Four of a Kind is three/four
help ignore them in general. cards with the same value. A Full House is
Complications are not stackable within their a five cards, two of one value and three of
own complication type. If you have a shield another value. A Straight is five cards with
and leather armor that both grant you a Values that are in numerical order. A Flush
simple armor complication, they count only is five cards of the same suit.
as a single simple complication and are not You will have to play with strategy to avoid
combined into a Tough complication or enemy and personal Complications if you
applied twice. Similarly, being hidden and are to triumph in battle. When attacking,
invisible will not grant you a higher sensory make sure you are accounting for their
complication and will not reduce damage Basic and Armor Complications in order to
further. not waste an attack, and remember that it is
better get a hit with a High Card than miss
Temporary Foundation with a low Straight.
Occasionally, a creature is granted Complications do not stack, and attacks
Temporary Foundation. Temporary are only affected by the highest
Foundation is a short lived protection which complication; if you have a Simple and
is discarded at the beginning of a creature's Tough Complication, it is as if you only had
turn. When you gain Temporary Foundation, a Tough Complication you have to exceed.
draw it from your deck and place it If you have an effect that reduces a
face-down in a stack on top of your Complication, it reduces the highest
Foundation. When you take damage, your complication. If there are multiple
Temporary Foundation will be removed first. complications of the same difficulty, it only
Temporary Foundation does not prevent a reduces one and so the difficulty remains
creature from playing cards on their the same. Multiple effects can reduce one
Foundation, but Foundation must always be Complication several times, so having
played under the Temporary Foundation. multiple Complications can help defend you
from these types of attacks.
Attacking with Sets
As an Action, a character can make an Ante: Speed up
attack against a creature or object. The Your Ante determines your turn order. The
player discards a set of cards from their character with the highest Ante will always
hand, and the more cards present in the set take their turn first, and lowest ante will take
will deal more damage to the target. their turn last. When a player enters a battle,
A set is a combination of cards that are they may place as many cards into their Ante
similar, such as two cards of the same value from their initial hand as they want. If there is a
or five cards of the same suit. There are tie in this initial turn, the players can reveal
only seven types of sets: High Card, Pair, their hands, and the strongest set with the
highest value will go first.

During their turn, after the combat has of a card, unless a card is already discarded
started, a player can only add a single card to as part of the action. Below is a list of
their Ante as part of their Movement. actions that can be taken during a turn.
When one character’s Ante stack has more
cards in it than another character's Ante, they A ttack:
can overtake them. A player must declare that You can try to harm a target creature or
they are overtaking the player or Game Master object. Requires discarding a Set for
during their turn. Once they overtake them, the damage.
player immediately goes ahead of that player C ast a S pell:
and/or Game master in the Ante order. This Casting a spell requires discarding a Heart
can be used to get multiple turns in a row, but card and Mana. If the spell has a duration,
not two turns in the same round. the Mana card with the lowest value that
There is only one Ante per deck. Game was used for the spell remains with the
Masters and players with Cohorts have only target until the end of the duration.
one Ante for all creatures under their control. R ush:
As an action you can move up to your full
Becoming Wounded movement speed. This is in addition to your
When a character loses their base normal movement speed.
Foundation, they become wounded. A P repare:
wounded character drops what they are Instead of performing an action right away,
holding, immediately discards 10 cards from a player can ready an action to be used
their deck, and 10 more cards at the beginning during another player’s turn. Tell the GM
of each of their turns until they are exhausted. your action and what event will trigger your
A wounded character cannot use actions and action. When your action is triggered, you
their movement speed is reduced to 0ft, they can use your reaction to immediately take
automatically fail checks, and they cannot the action. The cards used in the action are
place down Foundation. When a wounded the cards discarded for this action.
character is hit by an attack, they discard U nj am a weapon:
another 10 cards for each point of damage When a bullet gets jammed in a barrel,
taken. characters can remove one of the jammed
bullets from one of the barrels.
Ending Combat M aneuver:
Combat ends either because all members A player can perform a Maneuver, such as
of one side are exhausted or wounded, or a grapple, shove, or disarm. The check that
because they have not made any actions in is made during the action does not count as
over a minute. the card discarded for the action.
When combat ends, characters discard R eclaim R ecycling:
their Foundation, their ante, and their hand. A player can shuffle their recycling pile into
their deck. Otherwise, recycling is reshuffled
Actions in Combat into their deck at the end of battle.
Actions are defined by the length of time T ake off backpack
and amount of effort it takes to perform As an action, a character can remove their
them. Every action requires the discarding backpack so they can search through it.

Putting the backpack on again can be done Human-Shields
as part of a movement action. While a creature is grappling with another,
D raw M ana: they are able to use them as a
As an action, a character can draw mana human-shield. While a creature is able to
from the aether, up to their remaining daily control the movement of another creature of
allowance. the same size, they gain a Severe armor
complication against the last creature they
Maneuvers attacked.
Attacking is not the only way to affect the
battlefield. Maneuvers can be used to
destabilize and weaken an enemy.
G rappling
As an action, a character can enter into a
Vigor contest with a creature. If successful,
the target is grappled. A grappled
character’s movement is reduced to 0ft, and
the grappler’s speed is reduced to half. A
successful Vigor contest for the grappled
character can end the grapple. The
Grappler can choose to end the grapple at
any time. A grapple is ended if one of the
creatures is pushed out of range of the
other.
S hoving
A character can push a creature away or
down. As an action, a character can enter
into a Vigor contest with a creature. If
successful, the creature is pushed 5ft back
or made prone.
D isarm
A character can attempt to knock an item
out of a creature's hand. As an action, a
character can enter into a Vigor contest with
a creature. If successful, the creature being
disarmed drops the object. Use the scatter
rules to determine where the object goes.

Multi-attack Attacking Broadside
A Multi-attack is the ability to attack several When taking an enemy alive is preferred,
times as one action, whether through but your weapon is deadly, it is best to
swiftness of blade, using multiple weapons, attack broadside. Attacking broadside
or using an automatic weapon that can fire means to use a lethal weapon in a way that
several times. When making a multi-attack, is non-lethal. Most weapons were not
play a set of cards from your hand as with a designed for this, and the added difficulty
normal attack, then draw a number of blind will create a complication. A broadside
cards from the top of your deck equal to the weapon is considered an improvised
multi-attack bonus, and add those cards to weapon, and characters have a Tough
the set. If the added cards create a larger Complication for all attacks which are made
set, use that new set for the attack instead; broadside. A character who becomes
otherwise, ignore and discard the added wounded from a broadside attack is
cards. automatically stabilized and cannot die from
For example, if you attack with a pair of 3’s the attack.
and blindly draw a 7, the attack functions as
normal and all three cards are discarded; Ranged Attacks
however, if you drew another 3, the attack S hort R ange
would become a Three of a Kind set The Short Range is the minimum distance you
instead, and that would be the set used for can functionally use a ranged weapon. While
the attack. between this range and the Prime Start range,
When you are making a multi-attack, you enemies have a sensory complication.
are able to distribute the damage between Weapons that fire below the Short range have
multiple targets, but only if the cards added two sensory complications for the attack.
to the attack increased the set value or P rime R ange
damage. Prime Start and Prime Reach are the preferredd
If a creature has multiple effects that give distance of a given weapon. Many abilities only y
them multi-attack, only the largest function while within this zone.
multi-attack bonus takes effect. H alf L ife R ange
A weapon’s Half Life is the distance increments
s
T wo W eapon F ighting in which the shots become increasingly difficult..
With two hands you can attack twice, When firing past a ranged weapon’s Prime
although your concentration is always on Reach, the attack is subject to a sensory
your main hand. When you attack with two complication. For each Half Life increment pastt
light melee or ranged weapons, you treat weapon’s Prime Reach, the sensory
the attack as though you had multi-attack. complication for the attack increases by one.
Before the attack, decide which hand is your Blind F iring
main hand, as the effects and abilities of A character can fire against a creature
your off-hand weapon’s specials will only around a corner without exposing any parts
come into effect if the multi-attack is of their body except for their hand. When
successful. blind firing, a player must choose which
square they are attacking. If a target is in
that location, the attack also has a sensory

complication. Characters can only blind fire attack may make contact and cause a flesh
at targets if within 20ft, or else the attack wound, or glance off of armor.
misses automatically.
Creatures who try to attack a character Throwing Weapons
while they are blind firing are subject to a Weapons that are designed to be thrown
Severe Complication, but cannot deal are treated as Ranged weapons. Weapons
damage to the character’s Base that are Melee only can be thrown up to 20ft
Foundation. If there is sufficient damage to with a Tough Complication. When a weapon
a blind firing character such that their Base is thrown outside of its Prime Reach, or
Foundation would be damaged, the wasn’t meant to be thrown, draw scatter to
character is instead disarmed, and their see where the weapon lands; the attack
weapon is tossed away according to the functions against whoever is in the space
Scatter rules. that the weapon lands in.
F iring through C reatures Unlike other ranged weapons, thrown
In a crowded battlefield, it is not weapons cannot be thrown past their first
uncommon to want to attack past allies and Half Life.
enemies at priority targets. Creatures
provide cover, which varies on the angle of Scatter
the shot, the size and position of the Sometimes things go wide, a weapon
blocking creature and the size of targeted slides across the floor or a potion slips from
creature. an alchemist’s hand. When determining
When a creature is directly blocking the scatter, draw two cards; The scattering
line of fire, they create full cover for the object’s travel direction and distance is
creature. If there is any angle between the determined by these cards.
two creatures and there is a possibility of a A scattering object will not travel if the
shot making contact, the attack will have a cards drawn are revealed to be face cards
Severe complication. When the attacker has or tens, but will travel 5ft for every interval of
a line of fire towards the creature with a 3 below 10. 9-7 is flown 5ft, 6-4 is flown
quarter or more of the creature's torso 10ft, and 3-1 are flown 15ft.
exposed, the attack has a Tough The suit of each card determines the
Complication. When an attacker as a line of direction. By the Standard Westbound
fire of half or more of the creature’s torso, compass, Hearts = South, Spades = North,
the attack has only a Simple complication. Clubs = West, and Diamonds = East.
The size of the creature will also affect the An example of scatter would be: Ace of
viability of a shot. Creatures that are taller Diamonds and a 9 of Spades; So the object
and wider will be more exposed, and a travels 15ft East and 5ft North.
creature that is one size larger than the If the two suits drawn are opposite
creature giving them cover will only be directions, the total distance the object
granted half cover, and no cover when the travels is equal to the subtraction of the
creature is two sizes larger. distances. This can cause the object to
Attackers cannot damage unintended move no spaces.
targets by missing the attack. However, the

Consecutive Scatter Movement
For consecutive scatter, such as a bramble A character's movement is determined by
wall unearthing or a earthquake’s tremor, their race, and can be adjusted by traits,
each card drawn moves the target area 5ft sort abilities, and armor. Characters can
towards the direction determined by the move a distance up to their maximum speed
standard Westbound compass. These areas during their turn, and can climb, jump, or
can overlap, but cause no further effect on swim as part of their movement.
overlapped surfaces. When a card of one
suit is drawn, followed immediately by the Prone
suit of the opposite direction, both cards As a free action during a character’s turn,
instead apply to the initial direction. or as a reaction, they may drop prone.
Being prone, a character is forced to crawl
Weapon Sizes and Restrictions: which halves their total movement speed,
Small weapons can be used easily and and attackers targeting a prone target face
simultaneously together. A Medium weapon a Simple complication. Melee attacks
takes full concentration to use and cannot against a prone creature may ignore armor
be used in conjunction with another complications, as the weak points in their
weapon; Two medium weapons can be held armor are more easily exposed.
at the same time, but only one can attack at Getting to a standing position from prone is
a time. A large weapon requires two hands part of the character’s movement, and takes
to use properly. A Huge weapon must be half their total movement speed.
mounted, and cannot be used while being
held.
Weapon Proficiency
Weapon Proficiency allows a character to
use a weapon properly and as intended.
When a character is not proficient with a
weapon, they have a Tough complication
with all attacks associated with that weapon.
Weapon proficiency is usually provided by
a Sort, Breed, Trait, and some weapons do
not require proficiency.
Improvised Weapons
When using one's fists, or a chair, or
broken bottle, you are making an attack with
an improvised weapon. An improvised
weapon has a Tough complication during
any attack, and does physical damage.

Breaking Movement up perform one of these actions as free
A character does not have to use all of actions.
their movement at once. You can break Dropping Prone
your character’s movement before and after Dropping a Held Object
their action. If the character has multiple
speeds, such as a fly or swim speed, your Reactions
speed can be broken up between these During your turn, or another character's
speeds, but is always subject to the max turn, something may trigger a reaction from
speed of the movement type the character you. A reaction is a quick action that is in
are using. For example, if a character has response to an event or another character’s
60ft run speed and a 30ft swim speed, they action. Each character only has one
can swim up to the shore 30ft, and then run reaction per round, but they will regain the
another 30ft. However, if a character runs use of their reactions at the start of their
30ft and jumps into the water, they have no player’s turn.
movement left to swim, as the max swim Below are some common Reactions:
speed of the character is already exceeded.
D ifficult T errain C heat D eath:
Heavy snow, water hazards, and Those with the Luck source may be gifted
entangling foliage; when the terrain is not the Cheat Death ability. As a reaction, a
easily crossed it becomes Difficult Terrain. character may reduce oncoming damage by
Difficult terrain can only be crossed at half discarding cards with the Club suit. The
the speed of normal terrain. Whenever a character reduces the oncoming attack’s
character is moving into a square that is damage by one for each card discarded this
considered difficult, for every 5ft they move, way.
they must spend 10ft of movement. ♢W ithstand:
Those with the Fortitude source may be
P art A ctions gifted the Withstand ability. As a reaction, a
Part Actions are quick or easy actions that character may reduce oncoming damage by
can be made as part of another action. Part discarding cards with the Diamond suit. The
Actions should be related to the action that character reduces the oncoming attack’s
they are a part of. Below are a list of some damage by one for each card discarded this
common Part Actions: way.
R eload a W eapon Q uickshot:
P ick up an obj ect Those with the Grit source may be gifted
S heath a weapon with the Quickshot ability. As a reaction, you
U p the A nte may discard a Spade Suit card and make
O pen a door or window an attack on an enemy who leaves Full
Cover. You must play a set along with the
Free Actions discarded Spade, and the spade cannot be
Some actions take no effort at all and do not included in the set.
constitute an Action or Part Action. During
your turn, or someone else's turn, you can

R etreat: T hree Q uarters C over
When an enemy ends their movement When only the vital parts of a creature are
action, a character can use their reaction to not hidden by an obstacle, such as half the
move away from the enemy. The character head and a firing arm, the creature has
who is taking the reaction cannot move Three Quarters Cover. Three Quarters
closer to the enemy as they move. The Cover benefits the creature with a Severe
character can only use as much movement complication from enemies whose line of
as they have remaining from their previous fire is obstructed by the cover.
turn. F ull C over
When a character is completely obstructed
F astest S hot in the W est: S usan is playing a by an obstacle, they are unable to be hit by
O gre C owboy named D rogg G rimmer. W hile an attack from enemies whose line of fire is
walking through a ghost town, S usan gets obstructed by the cover.
suspicious and draws for combat, and j ust then
A esthetic C over
is ambushed from the surrounding buildings by
When a character is fully obscured by an
bandits. D rogg takes down the first bandit easily
enough, however, the bandits q uickly adopt a
obstacle that will not block an attack, such
new strategy, and at the end of their turns, hide as a sheet on a clothesline; the attack is
behind walls so that they cannot be shot at. subject to a Sensory Complication for
U nfortunately for them, D rogg is a C owboy with enemies whose view is obstructed by the
the Q uickshot ability. A s the characters try to cover.
come out of full cover, S usan discards a S pade,
and then makes an attack with a J ack. T he Damage Types
Bandit didn' t ex pect this and had no F oundation
Attacks can deal one or more damage
prepared, so he was shot dead before he could
types, which are divided into three
finish his shot.
categories: Physical, Elemental, and
Magical. These damage types can be more,
or less, effective against certain targets,
Cover
such as a iron sword against a ghost, or
Q uarter C over
burning embers against a tree.
Small obstructions that block an attacker's
P hysical:
line of fire to a part of a target’s body will
Slashing iron, bludgeoning rocks, splashes
cause Quarter Cover, such as low standing
of acid, Physical damage is derived from
walls and thick trees. Quarter Cover
substantial, tangible material.
benefits the character with a Simple
E lemental:
Complication from enemies whose view is
Freezing storms, shocking lightning, and
obstructed by the cover.
searing fire, Elemental damage is derived
H alf cover
from intangible energy.
When half or more of a creature’s body is
M agical:
obstructed, they gain half cover. Half Cover
Magical forces that attack the essence of
benefits the creature with a Tough
life itself. Necrotic, Holy, Force, and Psychic
Complication from enemies whose line of
attacks all fall into this category.
fire to the creature is obstructed by the
cover.

Becoming Exhausted
When a character has no cards remaining
in their deck and hand, they are considered
Exhausted. An exhausted character can still
move and take part actions, but cannot take
actions. Their movement speed is reduced
to 5ft, and they automatically fail checks.
Recycling
When a character uses a Musical
Implement or is performing an effortless
task, the used cards are recycled instead of
discarded. Your recycle pile is a separate
pile from your discard pile. The recycling
pile is automatically shuffled into your deck
at the end of combat.
During combat, as an action, a character
can reshuffle the recycling pile into their
deck. Certain weapons, such as Musical
Implements, will cause their target to
discard their entire recycling pile.
When a character is proficient in a check,
they may choose to only draw one card
instead of two, and recycle the card used for
the check instead of discarding it. This is
due to their training that makes an easy task
effortless.
Stabilizing a wounded creature

When a creature becomes wounded
they will continuously discard cards until
they become exhausted. A creature can
stabilize another with a Pharmaceutics
check with a Severe Complication. A
stabilized creature does not need to discard
cards at the beginning of their turn, but they
will have to take a short rest to gain back
their Base Foundation and stop being
wounded.
M onsters and D eath

The GM will have most enemies die as soon one hour, and have a Severe complication
as their Base Foundation is gone. However, while wet; any attack during this time that
they may choose to have the target become does not hit jams the weapon.
wounded or exhausted instead. Players can
kill wounded and exhausted creatures by Crown Cards
attacking them while they are down. Crown Cards are Kings, Queens and
C haracter D eath Jacks. Any ability that requires a Crown
Typically characters will only become Card must use a King, Queen, or Jack.
Exhausted or Wounded, but neither status Wildcards are able to be used as Crown
imply death. When it is truly warranted, Cards.
death is achieved by attacking a wounded
creature who is also exhausted. Attacking a Surprise Attacks
wounded creature who is not exhausted will In Westbound, Surprise attacks are
cause them to discard 10c immediately for particularly deadly. A surprised creature or
each damage they take. If a character is party can be decimated in a single round of
Exhausted and wounded, and is attacked, combat before their defences have rallied. It
that character dies. is important for the survival of a creature to
avoid being surprised, as well to get
Underwater surprise on their enemies.
The road to adventure will sometimes lead In a surprise round, surprised characters
underwater. Creatures who cannot breathe do not take their turns as normal. Surprised
underwater will have difficulty with characters take a turn after all non-surprised
underwater combat. When a character who characters, and they do not draw a hand,
cannot breathe underwater draws a new add cards to their ante, lay down
hand at the beginning of their turn while Foundation, take actions, movements or
being underwater, that character also free actions.
discards 10c. Creatures are surprised when attacked by
S wimming an unknown danger and they are not readily
When swimming, you move at half your prepared. Creatures who have drawn and
movement speed, as if going through are combat ready cannot be surprised. A
difficult terrain. In rough water, creatures surprise attack is generally by an unseen
may need to pass a Vigor check to prevent foe, or a creature they perceived to be
being tossed or dragged under. friendly. Creatures are fully aware of the
A ttacking U nderwater actions of potentially threatening creatures,
When attacking underwater, all attacks have and will not be surprised by them if they
a Severe complication unless designed for attack in the open.
underwater combat. A dust weapon fired
underwater immediately jams.
W et E q uipment
Wet equipment is heavier and impossible to
set aflame. Torches, lanterns, and other
flammables require twenty four hours to dry,
or one hour under a fire. Bullets dry after

Area Attacks decide what its Value and Suit are as you
Breath weapons, grenades, or drums play it. A wild card can be placed into a
attack areas instead of individuals. When creature’s mana pool, and can substitute as
performing an area attack, the attack will any suit or value as a spell is being cast.
deal #c, where the # is the number of cards
drawn for the attack. The attacker divides Statuses
the cards into sets, and distributes the sets In Westbound, there are several statuses
as damage to creatures within the area of that may help or hinder a character. Below
effect. is the list of various statuses.
All creatures within the area of effect
receive a set if they can, which includes the H old' em
attacker if they are in the area of effect. If A Hold'em is a card that is placed face up in
there are more sets than creatures, the front of the player. That card can be applied
remaining sets are discarded. If there are to any attack they make to increase the set.
more creatures than sets, only creatures
that receive sets are affected by the attack. Bleeding
A bleeding creature loses one Foundation
Reducing Defensive Complications or Base Foundation every time they exhaust
Certain weapons and abilities are able to their entire hand. A creature stops bleeding
reduce the defensive complications of an when it ends a turn with cards still in their
enemy during an attack. When using one of hand.
these abilities, the complication or armor
complication of the target is reduced by a G rappled
tier: from Severe to Tough, and Tough to A grappled creature’s movement becomes
Simple, and Simple to Nothing. If the zero.
defender has multiple complications, the
attacker chooses which of the E x hausted
Complications or Armor Complications they An exhausted creature’s movement is
want to reduce. If the attacker has multiple reduced to 5ft, and they can no longer
abilities that reduce complications, they can perform actions and automatically fail
assign each of the abilities to different checks.
complication or multiple to the same
complication to reduce it further. V ulnerable
For example, if a Savage had one Triple A Vulnerable creature has a card placed in
Grit Trait Bonus and a Keen weapon, they front of them face up. That card can be
would be able to reduce one Complication applied to any attack against them to
two tiers, or two complications by one tier. increase the set.
Wild Cards
A wild card is a card that can substitute for
any other card in the deck. When you play a
wild card as part of a check, an attack, into
your Foundation, or into your Hold'em, you

P oisoned
A poisoned creature discards 10 cards from
their deck at the beginning of their turn. At
the end of their turn they can make a Mettle
check with a simple complication to end the
poison.
S taggered
A staggered creature discards their
Foundation, and cannot regain Foundation
until the start of their next turn.
Blinded
A blinded creature can only attack in melee
or short range, and all enemies have
aesthetic cover from their attacks. They fail
all checks to observe based on sight.
D eafened
A deafened creature automatically fails any
check that requires hearing.
W ounded
A wounded creature discards 10c every
turn, becomes prone, cannot take actions,
minor actions, or move and automatically
fails checks.
P rone
A prone creature moves at half speed, gains
a simple complication, and loses the
benefits of their Armor Complications.
Spell-Sculpting
What is Spell Sculpting?
In the world of Westbound, magic is not
performed in the traditional way of
memorization and practice; instead spells
are sculpted on the spot with the powerful
raw and wild magic of the west. The pure
magic forces are squeezed together, and
their unique combinations create a new
spell. The magic of Westbound is wild and
untamed like the land itself.
Drawing Mana
If you have the Spellcasting Feature, you
can use an action to draw mana from the
aether. After every full rest, you may draw a
number of cards equal to your level +1.
Draw directly from the deck, and when you
draw a card of your source suit, add that
card to your mana pool. Cards that are not
from your source suit are discarded. In
order to prevent fatigue, you may choose to
only draw a portion of the total mana
available, saving the rest to be drawn later.
Certain characters may have an extended
daily mana pool from other sources, such as
their breed or traits.
Spell Level
Spell levels are in Tiers and they determine
the power of the spell and how much mana
goes into each spell. There are four Tiers,
with Tier 1 being very weak and Tier 4 being
very powerful.
Spells become more varied as they
increase in level. Any character can cast a
spell of any tier as long as they pass the
level requirements, and they do not need
the Spellcasting feature to cast spells at a
higher tier.
In order to cast a spell of a certain Tier you
must meet the level requirements. Tier 1 is
available to characters of all levels; Tier 2 is
available for levels 3 and up; Tier 3 is
available for levels 10 and up; Tier 4 is
available for levels 17 and up. Your
spellcasting level is determined by your
combined Sort, Breed, and Archetype level.
Casting a Spell
When casting spells, you must discard a
card from your mana pool. You may discard
several cards at the same time to cast more
powerful spells at a higher tier. If an ability
says it can be cast “As a spell,” it takes one
mana of any suit to cast.
Casting a spell while in battle is an action,
and the card discarded must be of the heart
suit. When out of battle, you must discard
1c.
Arcanic Implements
Magic items, such as wands, rods, or
magic carpets require a mana to activate
the powers within. A character can discard a
mana to activate the powers of a single
Arcanic Implement. The mana discarded
can be of any suit, and once activated the
implement is active for 24 hours.
Resisting Spells
If a spell is cast on you, you can discard a
heart of equal or greater value of the lowest
valued mana card in the spell to ignore the
effects. If the spell has a timed duration, you
may draw blindly from your deck to attempt
to save as a free action at the beginning of
your turn.
Adventuring
F ull R est
A Full rest requires eight hours of relaxation
with extremely limited activity. It is expected
that during this time, characters would
Resting
camp, eat, and sleep. Other forms of
Rest and relaxation are integral to vitality
relaxation are acceptable if the character
of an adventuring party. Westbound has
does not require sleep, such as visiting a
three types of rest: A Breather, which is the
saloon or bordello for an extended period. A
shortest rest and only recovers some
Full Rest allows a creature to regain all of
exhaustion; a Short Rest, which recovers
their Base Foundation and cure all
some exhaustion and also some Base
exhaustion. At the end of a Full Rest, shuffle
Foundation; and a Full Rest, which recovers
all 52 cards into your deck, and recover all
all of a character’s health and alleviates
base Foundation up to your maximum.
their exhaustion.
Breather
Roleplaying
A breather requires 5 minutes of limited
A rchetypes
activity; light traveling and exploration are
In Westbound, a character’s archetype
fine, but extraneous actions should be
determines what matters to to them, and
avoided. A breather allows a creature to
informs the player on how they should
catch their breath and reclaims some of
roleplay in certain situations. It says what
their lost cards. When you take a breather,
they care about and what their system of
shuffle your discard pile and cut it in half.
morality is. Archetypes are broad strokes to
Half of the pile is shuffled back into your
inform and inspire character actions, without
deck, and the other half is sent to the Out of
restricting player agency.
Game Pile.
Archetypes also come with several
abilities, which can be gained by leveling
S hort R est
the archetype up. These abilities give you a
A Short Rest requires an hour of limited
leg up in social interactions, making your
activity; some movement is fine, but
words resonate with greater power than
creatures are unable to travel and should
they would on their own. They can make
avoid extraneous actions. A Short Rest
your logic more sound, or make others more
allows a creature to regain some of their lost
emotional when you speak. When you have
vitality, as well as curing some exhaustion.
an ability, make sure to let the Game Master
When you take a Short Rest, you may
know about it when you’re using it.
recover from exhaustion as if you were
Archetype abilities require social
taking a breather. If you are missing Base
interactions to function, and are not a stand
Foundation, you can recover some during
in for checks.
this time. You may remove 5c from the
game in exchange for one Base Foundation
recovered. This can be done multiple times,
up to your max Base Foundation.

Overcoming Obstacles: Checks
T hree adventurers are walking along a In Westbound, when overcoming an
wooded path, when they are set upon by a obstacle, be it a physical wall, or wizard’s
small group of bandits. T he bandits have mind control, or an ancient trap, a check is
their weapons drawn, and one steps made to determine the outcome. A check is
forward to say “ L eave your weapons and made by blindly drawing a card, or by
gold, and walk back the way you came.” playing a card from a player’s hand. The
S eeing an opportunity to thin their enemies player character’s goal is to have a card
numbers before the battle ensues, the party with a value that is higher than the
responds with threats. T he savage draws complication of the check. If the value is
his weapons, and says “ A ll who stand and equal or lower than the complication, the
fight will die.” A ttempting to threaten them obstacle is not overcome. Players should
through sheer aggression. S econdly, the remember to let their Game Master tell them
gambler takes out his pistol, and says when they are making checks, and not
“ A lternatively, those who run won’t be declare that they are making checks.
chased.” A ttempting to appeal to their sense The difficulty of overcoming an obstacle
of self preservation. L astly, the wiz ard is determined by the GM, and the creature
brandishes her wand and says “ A nd those must exceed the difficulty. The difficulties
who turn and fight their bandit partners, will are: Simple (3), Tough (6), Severe (9),
be rewarded in gold.” A ttempting to cause Absurd (13), Futile (16), and Hopeless (19).
suspicion and mistrust among the bandits. A check that is simple, tough, or severe is a
I n this case, the S avage with the W arrior check that anyone could potentially perform,
A rchetype had the A ggressive archetype but the more difficult checks, Absurd, Futile,
ability, and considering the threat and the and Hopeless, are difficult even for
bandit’s cowardly nature, the bandits begin professionals, and unskilled creatures
to shake visibly. T he G ambler is of the cannot successfully complete the check.
E x plorer A rchetype, and had no ability to R elated C hecks and P roficiency
back up his statements, although the G M When you are proficient in a check, you
thought his words were well put and may, if you choose, draw two cards and add
threatening, and considering the savage’s their values. Most Proficiencies are given
threats, two of the bandits immediately bolt, from Traits, which give generic abilities of a
leaving only three remaining. T he W iz ard is character of that type. Traits are general
of the R ebel A rchetype, and has the and encompass the idea of a character,
D ismantle archetype ability, however, she such as a strong athletic character or a
did not know that the remaining three sneaky stealth character. The GM will tell
bandits were brothers and trusted one you if your trait is appropriate for the check.
another, so the words had no effect on the When a character is proficient in a check,
bandits. they may choose to only draw one card
instead of two, and recycle that card instead
of discarding it. This is due to their training
that makes the easy task effortless.

C alm and S tress checks Certain checks, like lockpicking, can only
Some events are stressful, not because of be done by one person and do not permit a
the physical difficulty, but the mental group check.
exertion required. This comes up when Cumulative Checks allow the repeated
witnessing horrific or otherworldly events, or effort of characters. This may include
enduring torture. If a creature takes a stress climbing a tall wall, or dismantling a rubble
check and fails, they discard 10c. A calm barrier. Cumulative checks still have a
check will save from the effects of stress. Complication, and failing on a cumulative
C ontests check my cause drastic consequences,
When two characters are competing against such as falling off a cliff, or may just be a
each other in a check, it is called a Contest. waste of effort.
The characters draw cards with the
appropriate skills, and the character with the Carrying Capacity
highest value wins the contest. Characters I nventory
are allowed to use proficiency in these H arness and Backpack
checks. In the event of a stalemate, the Adventurers have their inventory split up
defender wins the contest. between what is available on their harness,
A dvantage & D isadvantage and what is tightly stored in their backpack.
When a creature is at a position of privilege The harness represents the items stored on
or hindrance, they may be given Advantage the character’s belts, pockets, sheaths and
or Disadvantage on an attack or check. holsters; which all need to be easily
Advantage means to draw two cards and accessible in all situations. The backpack is
discard the lower; and Disadvantage means general inventory meant to store items that
to draw two cards and discard the higher. are rarely used or only tradeable.
When you have advantage in a check you In either case, a harness and backpack can
are proficient in, you may draw three cards both hold up to 20 small or medium items
and discard the lowest; similarly, with each, 10 large sized items (Which take up
disadvantage you draw three and discard two medium spaces), or one huge item. A
the highest. Advantage and disadvantage tiny item, such as a coin or piece of chalk,
will negate each other, but two sets of takes 1/50th of a small space, and should
advantage, or two sets of disadvantage, do be placed in a small bag for miniscule items.
not accumulate to a greater advantage or F inding I tems
disadvantage. With only a few items in your inventory, it’s
G roup C hecks and C umulative C hecks not hard to find what you’re looking for.
At the Game Master’s discretion, certain However, as more items are stacked into
checks may be able to use several people your inventory, it becomes more difficult to
to complete; such as breaking down a door find them. As long as you have no more
or harvesting a creature for parts. In this than 10 items in a partition, you can find any
case, the total value of all cards drawn in item without a check.
the collaborated effort must beat the When there are more than 10 items in a
Complication. partition, an observance check must be
made to find the item quickly. The difficulty
of the check is equal to the number of items

in your inventory. This check can be made Environment and Light
as a cumulative group check, and any F alling
crown card used in this way is an automatic When falling, the ground makes an attack
success and the item is found. against the creature for 1c damage for
Trying to find an item in one’s own harness every 10ft they fall, the attack ignores all
is a free action, and can be done multiple complications. If this exceeds 100ft, the
times in a single turn with the additional use attack ignores non-Base Foundation.
of an action or minor action. Worn V ision, L ight, and S enses.
backpacks must first be placed down before In order to properly observe a problem, you
they can be searched in, and take an action must first sense it. Most characters rely
before they can be searched. heavily on vision, which requires light and
P artitions an unobscured path to the target.
The harness and backpack are considered Characters who perform actions without the
two separate partitions and do not consider proper the use of their senses do so with
one another when making checks. This is disadvantage.
true for quivers or bags within bags. When Some creatures will have other ways to
you place a bag within your backpack, it is sense, with echolocation, seismic sense, or
considered to be a single item for a myriad of other ways. These can sense
considering an observance check to find without sight, but can still receive sensory
them. The bags contents still take up the full complications due to other causes, such as
inventory space of all the items they carry. loud static noises, sudden deafness, or
Bags, quivers, or pockets filled with a earthquakes. Characters with these senses
single type of item do not require a second would be able to recognize people and
action to find an item. Items filled with objects as easily as if they were observing
multiple different items, such as a kit or them with sight; recognizing subtle breaths
thieves' tools, would require an action or and clinking armor as one would recognize
minor action to find. a face and uniform.
Baggage F iring into darkness
Multiple backpacks can be carried by hand, Characters who are attacking a creature
which is useful when looting a ghost town. who they cannot sense must choose where
Each pack carried this way decreases the they attack. They have a sensory
user's speed by 10ft. complication, and If that area is unoccupied
E q uipment then the attack misses. If there is a creature
Worn items, such as armor, clothing, rings in the area, even partially, then the attack
and helms are not considered for goes as normal, with a sensory complication
observance checks relating to inventory. It against the creature.
is generally considered that multiple of the
same item worn have no effect, and you
cannot wear two types of the same
equipment, such as helmets or armor.

Senses as familiar as a face and may become
Basic S enses: Your basic senses are varied recognizable.
and robust, and are more than suitable for
most circumstances. You are able to sense S eismic S ense: Creatures with Seismic
anything that is unobscured, unblocked, and sense are able to sense other creatures that
illuminated, and can see with at least a are in contact with a grounded surface that
small measure of detail up to 300ft away. is connected to them. Flying or levitating
You can sense anything you are physically creatures cannot be sensed, and heavy
touching, and can make educated guesses vibrations, like that of an earthquake, can
about the positions of creatures and objects give a sensory complication to creatures
based on loud sounds and strong smells beyond the vibrations. Creatures, races,
within 10ft. and individuals have specific “Vibration
Signature” that can become as familiar as a
Black S ight: Creatures with black sight can face and may become recognizable.
see in absolute darkness, their super
sensitive eyes catching even the slightest G ut V ision: Creatures with Gut Vision are
reflections from surfaces. Creatures with able to determine the position and caloric
black sight have luminescent eyes to value of objects and creatures around them.
provide light even in lightless corridors. Objects that are inedible do not register, so
Creatures with black sight will have they may not detect walls or weapons.
difficulty using it in conjunction with normal Creatures, races, and individuals have
light, as it will overwhelm the sensitive specific “Smell Signature” that can become
nature of their black sight. Bright light will as familiar as a face and may become
distort a creatures black sight, giving a recognizable.
sensory complication to creatures beyond
the light.
Creatures with black sight can see
darkened and shadowed areas as far as
they could in bright light. The glow of their
eyes, however, will only extend a small
distance to illuminate areas in pitch
blackness, such as underground tombs or
cloistered temples.
E cholocation: Creatures with echolocation

have a superior sense of hearing. They can
sense through aesthetic cover, thin walls,
and around corners. Loud noises will distort
a creature’s echolocation, giving a sensory
complication if they are beyond the noise.
Creatures, races, and individuals have
specific “Sound Signature” that can become

Gut Magic
Gut magic is a strange form of magic, even only be filled once, and eating more after
considering the strangeness of magic in completely filling their magic stomach may
general. It is the peculiar ability to transform leave the creature with a tummy ache. After
the caloric energy from food, such as sugar, a creature uses their gut magic, their
starch, and protein into magical energy that stomach, also sometimes called a "Gut
can be used to bend the laws of reality. Magic Reservoir," is emptied and the
These abilities are commonly found in the creature must refill their stomach again to
halfling and ogre breeds, which is said to gain another use of their gut magic
explain their enormous appetites. abilities.Creatures must eat all of the food in
Gut magic is derived from the stomach, one sitting, without giving the stomach time
although these are no ordinary stomachs. to rest, or else the calories will be lost.
They are able to process food at a much
higher rate, burning calories almost instantly Although 100lbs of food is the general rule,
as soon as they reach the gullet. After the amount of food required to activate a
enough food is digested, the stomach can creature's Gut Magic varies slightly
perform magical abilities, such as belching depending on the food being consumed and
acid or healing instantly. the metabolism of the individual. For most
A creature who can perform gut magic creatures, filling their gut reservoir requires
must first fill their stomach with enough food eating a lot of food in a single sitting, but it
to prime their magic gullet. Creatures must can be difficult to find that much food in
eat 100lbs of food to prime their stomach for once place. Luckily, most creatures with gut
magic, after which their stomach can magic are able to chew through bone, drink
perform gut magic abilities. Once a stomach gourds of ale, eat raw flour, and digest
is full, it remains primed and a character can grass.
use their gut magic abilities. A stomach can

Creatu re S iz es Vast creatures are larger than 30ft tall and
Creatures of the west are of varying size, exist in 20ft squares or larger. They are so
some very tiny, and other tremendously large they can be treated as terrain by most
large. The size of the creature can affect creatures.
how they move through a space or how they
tackle a problem. In Westbound, there are
generally six size classes:
Meager
Small
Medium
Large
Enormous
Vast
Most humanoids are Medium in size. They

average 4-7ft in height, and typically take up
a 5ft space on a grid.
Small creatures such as Halflings or Dogs

are between 2-4ft in height, and similarly to
Medium Sized creatures will take up a 5ft
space on a grid, although they can slip
through smaller areas much easier.
Meager creatures, such as pixies or beatles

are between 1-24 inches in height. They
can typically get through any tight space
with ease, such as cracks in walls or
keyholes. They typically exist in groups in
5ft spaces.
Large creatures such as ogres and giants

are between 8-16ft tall. They tend to have
an increased carrying capacity and are less
affected by armor’s speed reduction. They
typically take up 10ft squares on a grid.
Enormous creatures such as trolls and

hydras are typically between 17-30ft in
height. They exist in 15ft squares and are
easily able to crush terrain, such as houses.

Spell Sculpting
Spellcasting
Characters with the Spellcasting ability are
able to draw mana into their pool equal to
their total level +1. Although any creature
Spell Sculpting is the ability to take pure
can cast spells if they have mana, the
mana from the aether and transform it into
Spellcasting ability gives characters much
reality-changing magic. Spell Sculpting
more mana to play with. A Spellcaster’s
requires the spellcaster to be able to both
total level includes their Sort, Breed, and
speak and manipulate at least one arm and
Archetype levels.
hand, as it requires many arcane words and
Spellcasting allows characters to only draw
intricate hand signals to complete. It is
mana of their source suit. Mana of other
important to remember that after the spell is
suits are discarded as they are drawn and
cast that the spellcaster has very little
do not count towards their mana allotment.
control over it. You can cast a spell on
anything you can sense, regardless of
Mana
range, although you may not know what it is
Each spell requires mana to cast. When
exactly you are directing magic at if it is too
you cast a spell, discard mana from your
far.
mana pool, taking note of the card with the
All Spell Sculpting takes only a single
lowest value. The combination of suits from
action to complete, requiring the magic user
the discarded mana cards will determine the
to discard a Heart card as part of the spell,
spell that is cast. The card with the lowest
as well discarding mana cards. The suits of
value will determine the difficulty for
the discarded mana cards determine the
creatures to resist the spell.
spell that is cast, with different combinations
of suits creating different spells. The amount
Spell Sculpting by Tier
of mana that can be added into a spell is
Although anyone with mana can cast
limited by the character’s total level. When
spells, most still find it difficult to mix mana
not in combat, a card of any suit may be
together to create more powerful spells. The
discarded to cast a spell.
Tier in which a character can cast a spell is
Spells can be cast by any character with
determined by their total level. A character
mana. Characters have no limit to how
of first level can cast T ier one spells, a
many spells they can caster per day, but are
character of level 3 or higher can cast T ier
only limited by their daily mana pool.
two spells. A character of level 10 or higher
Characters can add mana to their mana
can cast T ier three spells, and a character
pool by drawing randomly from their deck
of level 17 or higher can cast T ier four
up to their pools maximum size. Characters
spells.
can increase their mana pool’s size through
their Sort, Breed, Traits, and by having the
Target of Spell
Spellcasting ability.
Spells will often target a Creature or
If a spell is to fail for any reason, the mana
Object, a Square, or the Self. Targeting a
is still expended and the spell has no effect.
Creature or Object only affects the one
creature or object that is targeted. This can
be used to target the spellcaster.
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Targeting the Self will affect the How to read a Spell:
spellcaster only. Each tier in this section correlates to the
Targeting a Square will affect all creatures amount of mana involved with the spell.
within that square’s perimeter. The Higher tiers will always have more mana,
spellcaster will decide the center of the and require a higher level to cast. The
square, which must be in their sensory information for spells read as below:
range. The Square does not need the entire
space to be cast, and the center of the Spell Name: Target of Spell: Duration of
square can be set on a wall or in a corner of Spell
the room. Mana Required for Casting
Description of the spell.
Duration of Spell
A spell will either have a set time in which
it lasts, last until dispelled, or will finish
instantly.
If the spell has a time limit, it will cease
functioning after its final round. Any creature
can perform a check to resist the spell at the
beginning of their turn. Chang ing the Morning R itu al : J en is playing a
If a spell lasts until dispelled, the magic of G oblin W itch named T orra G lassblast. S he has
the spell is ongoing and will continue to recently turned to level 1 0 , and when her traits
and spellcasting level are combined, she is able
function until it is forced to stop, either
to conj ure 1 3 mana from the aether every day.
because a condition of the spell is met or
S ince first level, T orra has always conj ured all
antimagic forces the spell to stop. Creatures her mana at the beginning of the day, so she
are not able to resist a spell that is ongoing can plan and cast her spells accordingly.
after the initial casting, and must instead H owever, she notices now that all that
wait for it to be dispelled another way. summoning at the beginning is starting to
If a spell is instant, the spell immediately ex haust her before her day even begins. J en
finishes after it is cast, and there are no calculates that she loses over half her deck by
ongoing effects. Any changes made by the summoning all her mana at once, 1 3 cards from
the mana she draws, and another 1 3 from
spell are permanent, and must be reversed
randomly drawing S pades and D iamonds that
by the use of a different spell. Creatures can
are not her source suits, which after a short rest
only resist this spell as it is being cast. is 2 0 cards removed from her deck. A ll this early
ex haustion starts affecting her capabilities, and
Spell Surge: Certain spells may be cast she is constantly causing her to slow her team
with a Spell Surge. When you cast a spell down and end battles early. J en decides to how
that has the Spell Surge option, you may she gathers magic, instead now only drawing six
add extra mana of any suit to the casting, cards at the beginning, or stopping after she
discarding the extra mana, and add the discards 1 0 cards. T his way she limits her
ex haustion, but maintains her magical abilities,
benefit of the Spell Surge. Most Spell Surge
and if she needs mana later, she can always
options allow for more than one extra mana
use another action to gather more.
to be discarded, and grant a large increase
in power for each mana discarded.
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Tier 1 Spells Tier 2 Spells
Levitate: Target Creature or Object: 1 Minute Heal: Target Creature: Instant
Tradition Tradition Tradition

The target floats up into the air weightlessly. The wounds of the creature mend and seal
Target creature or object begins to levitate, shut. Target creature adds 2 cards to their
and has no control over their direction without Base Foundation, up to their maximum
touching a surface. This spell can lift up to Base Foundation.
10,000lbs on an object no larger than a 15ft
square. After one minute, the object’s weight Cael Wall: Target Area: Instant
returns to it. ♢ ♢ Fortitude Fortitude
A wall springs out of the floor, constructed
Shield: Target Creature: One Round out of nearby materials. The wall is
♢ Fortitude comprised of six 5ft square columns that go
An arcane shield shimmers around a target. 10ft high, and are placed randomly
Until the start of your next turn, whenever the according to Consecutive Scatter. The walls
target takes damage, they can instead have have 2 foundation each and a Severe armor
you discard a card from your deck and reduce complication. Cards used by the
the damage by that much. Consecutive Scatter are Recycled by the
spellcaster.
Quarrel: Target Creature or Object: 1 Hour
Sleep: Target Creature: Instant
Grit
The target is marked with a large bullseye
♢ Tradition Fortitude
mark that glows and is visible to everyone, A target with less than 7c foundation falls
even in darkness or when they close their into a deep sleep. They can be awakened
eyes. Target creature or object has by taking damage, or if someone takes an
Vulnerability for the duration of the spell. The action to wake them up. The 7c used in the
bullseye mark can be seen through walls and spell is Recycled by the spellcaster.
other objects, and attacks against the creature
ignore sensory complications. After one hour, Firing Squad: Target Area: Until Dispelled
the bullseye mark disappears. Grit Grit
Hot shrapnel bursts out of the Shattered
Shadow Step: Target Self: Instant Span, attacking randomly at creatures
Luck within the area. The spellcaster targets a 5ft
You envelop yourself in shadows, and square, and starting with that location, Firing
transport instantly to a nearby location. You Squad targets five adjacent squares
Teleport yourself to an empty location you can according to Consecutive Scatter. Firing
sense or that you are familiar with within 30ft. If Squad deals 6c damage distributed
there is an object or creature in the space amongst the creatures within the targeted
when you cast the spell, the spell fails. squares; the Caster of the Spell decides
which creature takes what damage.

Firing Squad continues attacking each Hush: Target Creature or Object: One
round at the beginning of the caster’s turn. Minute
The Spell continues to choose targets Luck Grit
according to Consecutive Scatter, always A quiet comes to the target, as the universe
starting with the square targeted by the holds its breath. Target creature or object
spellcaster when they cast the spell. For makes no noise for one minute. Creatures
each round Firing Squad is active, the make no sound when they speak or move,
amount of cards drawn for damage and the and objects make no sound when they
number of spaces targeted are reduced by clash with other objects. Creatures who rely
one. When no spaces are affected by the on sound have two sensory complications
spell, it is dispelled. for attacks against the target, as they
All cards drawn for damage or cannot sense it at all.
Consecutive Scatter are Recycled by the
Spellcaster. Beguile: Target Creature: One Minute
♢ Luck Fortitude
Enchant Arms: Target Object: One Hour
The creature becomes distracted and is
Tradition Grit
unable to control its focus. The target
The weapon or object begins to pulse with becomes infatuated with a nearby object or
dangerous magical energy. The wielder creature of the spellcaster’s choice, and has
gains a Hold’em for all attacks made with disadvantage on checks and attacks not
the weapon. The weapon deals magical associated with the target.
damage, and projectiles fired from the
object deal magical damage. Giant Growth: Target Creature: One Hour
At the time the spell is cast, the spellcaster
♢ Fortitude Grit
may choose an additional effect for the item.
The creature’s size increases massively,
It may glow in bright light in a 10ft radius,
their clothes and equipment shuffling off at
vibrate gently, or hum sweetly.
their feet. The creature increases two sizes,
quadrupling in height and width. Their
Sweeping Shadows: Target Self: Instant
melee attacks have a reach of 10ft and
Luck Luck
have the Sweeping and Keen characteristic.
You surround yourself with obscuring Their skin becomes thick, and they gain a
shadows and whispers. Creatures who rely Severe Armor Complication. At the end of
on sight or sound have a sensory the hour, the creature shrinks back to their
complication for attacks against you. normal size.
Hex: Target Creature: One Minute

Tradition Luck
The creature’s mind becomes bewitched.
The target's hand is reduced by 1 for one
minute.

Tier 3 Spells Army of the Dead: Target 100ft Square:
Instant
Repulsion: Target Creature or Object: One Luck Luck Luck
Minute All corpses of creatures within a 100ft radius
Tradition Tradition Tradition of target area that have died within the last
An arcane wind surrounds the Target Object five years are returned as zombies. They
or Creature, and repulses all creatures and have the Zombie statistic, and they fight as
objects back. All creatures within 10ft of the a horde. The zombies are not under your
target are pushed 10ft away with 200lbs of command, but will attack living creatures
force, and require an Absurd Vigor and travel to find living creatures. These
complication to not be forced 10ft away from zombies exist until killed.
the creature.
All attacks are pushed away as well, and Conjure Storm: Target Area: Instant
attacks against the target have a sensory ♢ Fortitude Tradition Tradition
complication as they are forced back. You create a storm cloud one mile in
diameter. You control the height and
Doors: Target Object: Until Dispelled location of the storm at the time of casting.
Luck Tradition Tradition For one week the cloud can remain in the
You transform a door into a permanent sky as fog; or for one day give off a light rain
portal. When two doors are inscribed with and wind; or for one hour give off a
the same symbol, they will magically lead monsoon of heavy winds, rain, and
into each other. The door must be the only lightning; or for one minute create a tornado
exit/entrance to the room/building. This door that takes up a 10ft space, and travels six
can lead to other planes. squares per turn randomly decided by
Consecutive Scatter.
Desecrate: Target Area: Until Dispelled
Change Form: Target Creature: Until
Luck Luck Tradition
Dispelled
The ground dies, and life ebbs from all
around. All the earth within a 100ft Square
♢♢ Fortitude Fortitude Tradition
becomes black and devoid of life. Creatures Target Creature with less than 7c
on this desecrated ground cannot regain foundation is transformed. The form of the
Base Foundation, even through magical creature changes to the beast of the
means. This spell lasts until dispelled. caster’s choice, and remains that way until
dispelled. A second casting of Change Form
can dispel the first. Cards drawn for the 7c
are recycled.

Earthquake: Target Area: Instant by the caster, the creature instead enters a
♢ ♢ ♢ Fortitude Fortitude Fortitude coma as their mind becomes blank. This
You create a great rumble and fissure in the spell remains active until dispelled, and a
earth to unbalance people and buildings. second Dominate Mind cast on a creature
This creates three fissures at the target can dispel the first.
area, and only one of these fissures are
under your control. The first fissure is Animate Objects: Target Self: One Minute
comprised of Ten 5ft square craters that Grit Grit Grit
extend 20ft down, and are placed You can animate objects to assist you. As a
consecutively at the caster’s choosing. The free action during your turn, you can discard
second and third fissures are comprised of a card from your hand and make any object
ten 5ft square craters that extend 20ft down, you can sense come to life and act as a
and are placed consecutively; and the cohort. The card discarded for this part
placement is determined randomly by action becomes their Base Foundation. The
Consecutive Scatter. object cannot be worn by another creature,
Creatures within 10ft of a space affected and must be huge size or smaller.
by the fissures must make a Poise check The animated objects gain a flight speed of
with a Severe complication or be knocked 25ft, deal physical damage, and are
prone by the violent shaking. considered a horde. All attacks by the
animated objects go to the Recycling
Return: Target Dead Creature: Instant instead of the discard pile. The animated
Grit Tradition Tradition objects fall to the ground as the spell ends.
Bring a willing target back to life. The body
must be in complete and in working order; Erase: Target Creature: Instant
Missing organs may cause the creature to Grit Grit Luck
remain dead. This does not repair broken You undo matter and form, wiping a
limbs or regenerate lost limbs. The body creature from existence. Target Creature
cannot have been dead for more than seven you can sense is dealt 10c Magic damage.
days. If this causes the target to become
wounded, they are immediately killed, and
Dominate Mind: Target Creature: Until their body is erased from existence. The
Dispelled 10c discarded from this spell are recycled.
Grit Grit Tradition
A target with less than 7c Foundation is Rainbow Barrage: Target Area: Instant
dominated. A dominated creature’s mind is ♢ Grit Grit Fortitude
subject to the words of the caster, and can You create a rain of fire, ice and lightning,
be made to forget knowledge, remember and deal 7c Elemental damage distributed
something it did not experience, change amongst the targets within a 20ft radius of
archetype, or act as the dominator’s cohort, the target area. The 7c discarded from this
etc. The dominated creature must spell are recycled.
understand the language of the caster, and
if no intelligible words are spoken to them

Bodies: Target area: Instant
Grit Luck Luck
You create a crowd of lifelike figures that
take any form that is huge or smaller. At the
time of casting, you choose the location,
form, and the number of the figures. These
figures do not move or have any actions,
and must be placed upon the ground. The
Bodies fade into sand and fall apart if
interacted with physically.
Beacon: Target area: Until Dispelled

♢ Grit Luck Fortitude
You create a telepathic beacon at a point
you can sense. Creatures you designate,
either individually or by type, are
telepathically called to the beacon while
within 10 miles of the target area, with no
more information than that they are invited
to that area. This call is by no means
compulsory and can be ignored. The spell
lasts until dispelled.
Barrier: Target Area: One Hour

♢ ♢ Grit Fortitude Fortitude
You create a large glittering wall of energy.
The wall is comprised of ten 5ft square
columns that are 10ft high, and are placed
randomly according to Consecutive Scatter.
Each segment of the wall has 2 foundation
each, Severe Armor Complication, and
cannot be damaged by Physical or
Elemental damage. After one hour, the
walls dissolve. The cards discarded from
Consecutive Scatter are Recycled.
Regenerate: Target Creature: One Minute

♢ Luck Luck Fortitude
A creature you can sense begins to
regenerate rapidly. While this spell is active,
the target regenerates 1 base foundation at
the beginning of each of their turns. The
limbs of the creature that have been Teleport: Target creature or Object: Instant
removed are reformed instantaneously. The Grit Tradition Luck
creature stops regenerating after one Target willing or restrained creature or
minute. object that is not being carried is teleported
to a known location of the caster. The
Dimensional Anchor: Target Creature or location of the spell can be an area that they
Object: Until Dispelled have seen, or an area they know about. If
♢ ♢ Luck Fortitude Fortitude the location to which they are teleported is
A creature or object within sight becomes occupied, by a person or object, the spell
anchored to the dimension they are in. This will fail and the creature targeted by the
creature is unaffected by teleportation spells teleport will take 5c damage to their Base
that connect to another plane or the Foundation.
Shattered Span, and is unable to enter any
portal to another dimension. This spell lasts Being: Target creature: Until Dispelled
until dispelled. ♢ Luck Tradition Fortitude
This spell can also be used to bind one Target creature gains sentience and self
object to another. It can bind two objects awareness, if they have a mouth they can
together, or bind an object to a person. It speak the common language of the area,
can also be used to bind an element to an and has the Innocent Archetype. This spell
object, such as air to a helmet to create a has no effect on creatures that are already
pocket of air that will travel even sentient, and the target must be size huge
underwater. or smaller. This spell lasts until dispelled.
Guardian: Target Area: Instant

♢ Fortitude Tradition Grit
You create a magical guardian out of the
floor, wall, or roof. The creature has the
statistics of the Guardian cohort, and is
comprised of the various elements that
inhabit the target area. The Guardian will
follow your verbal commands and may act
as your cohort in battle. After casting the
spell, the Target area will have a 10ft
square space removed from where the
guardian was sprung.
Tier 4 Spells physically change, but they will appear from
the outside as something different when
Create Element: Target Area: Instant sensed, regardless of how it originally is
looks, smells, sounds, or feels like. The
Tradition Tradition Tradition Tradition
target does not change, only how it is
You harness the powers of creation,
sensed by other creatures changes.
creating a pure element out of energy. You
When you cast the spell, you can describe
create a 5ft square of Fire, Stone, Water, or
one feature about the target which will
Air. This element moves and acts naturally
change. This can make a Halfling seem like
after creation. If this spell creates Fire or
a human, an orc sound completely silent, or
Stone, anyone inside the target area will
a wizard’s tower look like a smokestack.
take 3c elemental damage.
Spell Surge: For every mana discarded as
part of this spell, you can add another
Torture: 30ft Square: Instant
descriptor.
Tradition Tradition Tradition Luck
You force your enemies to suffer Extend Life: Target creature: Instant
excruciating pain. You deal 7c magic Luck Luck Luck Luck
damage to all creatures within 30ft square.
You can extend the life of a willing creature,
You choose how the sets are distributed
allowing them to potentially live forever.
amongst the creatures.
When you cast this spell, decide if you are
Spell Surge: You can deal an additional 1c
extending the creature’s youth, transforming
damage for every mana added.
them into a child, or transforming them into
a lich.
Call: Target Self: Instant
If you are extending a creature’s life, the
Tradition Tradition Luck Luck creature stops aging for one year, although
You can call a creature from a different this spell can only be cast on a creature
realm to your side. When you cast this spell, once every lifetime. They will not suffer from
say aloud a Name, Creature Type, or any negative effects of aging during the
Description. The spell creates a short lived year. This spell will not reverse the effects
portal that forces the closest creature that of aging. As a Spell Surge, for every 1 mana
meets that name, type, or description discarded as part of this spell, the creature
beside the caster. will not age another year.
Spell Surge: When you cast this spell, you If you are transforming a person into a
can discard an additional 10 mana to give child, they instantly return to their state as a
the target disadvantage on resisting the newborn, with no memories of their life or
spell. personality. As a Spell Surge, for every 5
mana discarded as part of this spell, the
Glamour: Target Creature or Object: creature will remember a year of their old
Instant life, starting at the beginning.
Tradition Luck Luck Luck If you are transforming the creature into a
You permanently change the appearance of lich, the creature becomes classified as
a person or object. The target does not Undead and will no longer age. Their soul is

transferred into a jar, known as a Zone of Ignorance: Target 60ft Square:
phylactery. When the creature dies, they are Until Dispelled
resurrected within 10ft of their phylactery Tradition Grit Grit Grit:
after 10 years. If the Phylactery is You create a zone of sensory emptiness.
destroyed, the creature’s body and soul are While in this zone, creatures lose all of their
both permanently destroyed. As a spell senses. All external stimuli are replaced
Surge, for every 10 mana discarded as part with a numbness while within this zone. This
of this spell, the lich will resurrect earlier. spell does not affect internal senses, such
With an additional 10 mana, they will as balance or direction. Creatures are able
resurrect after 6 years, with another ten they to sense through the zone, but lose their
will resurrect after 1 year, then after 6 senses as they enter.
months, then after 1 month, then 2 weeks, Spell Surge: You can choose a sense that
then 1 week, then 3 days, then 1 day, then is not affected by the zone for every two
6 hours, then 1 hour, then 1 minute, and mana added to the spell during the casting.
finally they will resurrect after 1 round if 120
mana is discarded as part of this spell. Ruin Magic: Target 10ft square: Instant
Grit Grit Grit Grit
Banish: Target Creature or Object: One
When you cast this spell, all magic within
Hour
the field is instantly and permanently
Tradition Tradition Tradition Grit:
destroyed. Magical objects and arcane
You send the target hurtling into the implements that are completely in this zone
Shattered Span. Target creature or object is when the spell is cast are made mundane,
sent to a correlating point within the and any spells affecting a creature or object
Shattered Span, to a world of your choice. within the zone are dispelled. Creatures
Their longitude and latitude in the new within the zone must discard all mana
realm correlate with their relative position in currently drawn.
the realm they were transported from. Spell Surge: The dimensions of this spell
Spell Surge: You can choose an additional increase by 10ft for every mana added to
target for every two mana added to the spell the spell during its casting.
during the casting.
Flight: Target Creature: 24 Hours
Discover Object: Target Self: Instant
♢Tradition Tradition Tradition Fortitude
Tradition Tradition Grit Grit
A target you can sense gains a fly speed of
When you cast this spell, say aloud a name, 60ft, which lasts for 24 hours. The creature
object or creature type, or a description of has complete control over their own
an object or creature. You immediately movements, and are able to use their action
know the direction and distance of the to double their speed.
closest creature or object with that name, Spell Surge: You can choose an additional
type, or description. You also know its target for every mana added during its
height relative to the ground, if it is casting.
underwater, and if it is broken or wounded.

This creature is not able to move, but each
Quicken: Target Creature: 1 Hour square of plant life that has been
♢♢Tradition Tradition Fortitude Fortitude transformed can attack independently as a
The target becomes deft of hand and light of horde, and deals physical damage. Each
foot. The target’s movement speed square of plant life has its own Base
increases by 20ft, and they have a severe Foundation, which does not need to be
armor complication in any round they make drawn by the caster, and is vulnerable to
a movement. The target’s Savage attacks elemental damage. This creature exists until
gain a Multiattack, and they are able to killed or dispelled.
reload two bullets as a single part action. Spell Surge: The Violent Growth remains
Spell Surge: You can choose an additional loyal to you for another 24 hours for every
target for every mana added. mana added during casting.
Commune with Sol: Target Sol: Instant

♢♢♢ Tradition Fortitude Fortitude
Fortitude
You can send brief messages to the sun,
Sol, and ask for aid. The sun can be asked
to quickly set, to quickly rise, to stand still, to
become hotter or cooler, or for another type
of aid. Sol is a powerful elemental, but has a
love for all goodly creatures of Cael and
beyond. Sol will refuse commands, but may
assist those that are worthy or have a
worthy cause. Occasionally, Sol has been
known to drop from the sky to help those in
truly dire circumstances, although this is
incredibly rare.
Violent Growth: Target 60ft square: Instant

♢♢♢♢ Fortitude Fortitude Fortitude
Fortitude:
You can cause the flora in an area to rapidly
grow and become hostile. All non-sentient
plant life in the square become an
intertwined creature, combining their roots
underground and growing long spiked
tendrils. Areas with no trees, grass, shrubs,
or other plant life are unaffected.
This new creature acts a cohort for the
spellcaster for one minute, but becomes
hostile to all living creatures after.
Untethered Teleport: Target Creature or Mana Jar: Target 30ft Square: One hour
Object: Instant ♢Tradition Tradition Luck Fortitude
Tradition Tradition Luck Grit: You create a vessel in which mana can be
Target willing or restrained creature or poured into. Mana can be willingly
object that is not being carried is teleported discarded by creatures within 30ft of the
anywhere on the plane, aether, or elemental mana jar to implant a suitless mana inside.
ring. The location of the spell can be an Any creature within 30ft can withdraw mana
area that they have seen, or an area they from the vessel and use it as if it were their
know about. If the location to which they are own mana. This suitless mana is only
teleported is occupied, by a person or usable for spells and abilities that do not
object, the spell will fail and the creature require mana with a specific suit, such as
targeted by the teleport will take 5c damage powering up an implement or using a spell
to their base foundation. surge.
Spell Surge: You can choose an additional The mana jar will absorb mana from its
target for every mana added. surroundings, and magic users can use the
following list to add more mana into the jar:
-For every hour directly under the sun: 1
mana
-For every ten minutes directly under the
full moon: 1 mana
-A Humanoid who dies within 30ft: 1 Mana
-A Humanoid who dies within 30ft while
under the effects of Dimensional Shackle:
10 Mana
At the end of the hour, the mana jar
explodes, and all creatures and objects
within 100ft are dealt 1c damage for every
mana in the jar, which is split up by the
spellcaster’s choosing.
Restore: Target creature or object: Instant

♢Tradition Tradition Grit Fortitude
You restore a broken object or person’s
body to its most recent unbroken state. This
does not restore life to a dead body. This
ability cannot reduce the age of the target,
or repair damage caused from age. This
spell will remove active spells or
enchantments on the creature or object,
such as Dominate Mind, Change Form, and
it will return a person to normal if they were
turned to stone.
Shattered Step: Target creature or object: Alter Gravity: Target 60ft Square: One
Instant Hour
Tradition Luck Luck Grit: Tradition Luck Grit Grit
You transport target willing or restrained You can greatly change the gravity in an
creature into the Shattered Span, the Wyld, area. When you cast this spell, decide if you
or the Shadow Realm. They arrive in the are increasing gravity, reducing it, or
corresponding area within the mirrored removing it all together.
plane. Their longitude and latitude in the If you are increasing the gravity, all
new realm correlate with their relative creatures who enter the square or begin
position in the realm they were transported their turn in the square have their speed
from. reduced by 15ft. Any objects that are within
Spell Surge: You can choose an additional the field are treated as two sizes larger.
target for every mana added. If you are reducing the gravity, all
creatures who enter the square or begin
Elusive Aura: Target Self: Until Dispelled their turn in the square have their speed
♢Tradition Luck Luck Fortitude: increased by 15ft. Any objects that are
You create an Aura of illusion for you and within the field are treated as two sizes
those around you. Whenever a creature smaller.
within a 30ft radius of you begins their turn, If you are removing gravity, all creatures
they can have you discard a card from your who enter the square or begin their turn in
deck and add it to their temporary the square will begin to float off the ground,
Foundation, which is discarded at the and can move up to their speed if they can
beginning of their next turn. The aura is reach a surface to push off from. Any
dispelled if you become exhausted. objects that are within the field are
completely weightless.
Crystallize Mana: Target Self: Instant
Defending Aura: Target Self: Until
♢Tradition Luck Grit Fortitude
Dispelled
You can transform mana from its aetherial
form into a fist sized flawless diamond.
♢♢Tradition Luck Fortitude Fortitude
While held, this item can be used to add a You create an Aura of Protection for you
single random mana to a spell being cast by and those around you. Whenever a creature
the holder. Using this item can increase the within a 30ft radius of you takes damage,
spell's power beyond the tier that its holder they can instead have you discard a card
can cast, but will destroy the diamond upon from your deck and reduce the damage by
use. that much. The aura is dispelled if you
become exhausted.

Spell Shield: Target Self: Twelve hours Make Living: Target creature or object:
♢Tradition Grit Grit Fortitude Instant
You create a shield of pure anti-magic to Luck Luck Luck Grit
block spells and magic. When you cast the You force life into an object or dead body.
spell, you create a transparent shield that Willing creatures are restored to life,
can be used like a normal shield, although it assuming the body is complete and in
does not affect non-magical attacks. The working order. Missing organs may cause
last enemy you attacked this round has a the creature to remain dead.
severe complication on attacks that deal Unwilling creatures and objects become
magical damage. Additionally, if you make a alive with an animal instinct, and are
check to counteract the effects of a spell considered soulless constructs. They
from a spellcaster who is facing the shield, cannot move unless their form has moving
you automatically succeed the check. parts or limbs. This can allow tinkered
creatures to come to life, transform a body
Create Sanctuary: Target 10ft Square: into the undead, or even compel fire to live
Instant and feel.
♢♢Tradition Grit Fortitude Fortitude This does not repair broken limbs or
You transform the landscape into a regenerate lost limbs. This construct’s life
permanent shelter. When you cast the spell, leaves their body after one month.
choose a creature type or description and Spell Surge: If the target is a construct,
decide if the spell is protecting them or add one month to the Construct’s life for
protecting against them. While inside the every mana added.
square, creatures who are protected
against, or creatures who are attacking a Make Dead: Target creature: Instant
creature that the spell is protecting, have a ♢ Luck Luck Luck Fortitude
sensory complication against the attack. You drag the life out of a creature. Target
Additionally, while inside the sanctuary, creature you can sense takes 10c Magic
creatures who are protected have damage.
advantage on mettle checks, and creatures Spellsurge: Add 1c to the attack for every
who are protected against are unable to mana added.
rest.
Spell Surge: For every mana discarded as Hypnotize Crowd: Target Self: Instant
part of this spell, add another adjacent 10ft Luck Luck Grit Grit:
square to the sanctuary. You are able to influence large group of
creatures, making lasting impressions on
their minds. When you cast this spell, all
creatures who can see and hear you fall
under the hypnotic spell. Any words that you
speak to them that they understand will
become true in their minds, and they will
rationalize their new truth. This spell can be
used to make people believe that the

spellcaster is actually the town sheriff, make Create Permanent Teleportation Circle:
a crowd believe that fires were caused by a Target Area: Instant
dragon and not an arsonist, or make a ♢ Luck Grit Grit Fortitude
crowd of zombies accept the spellcaster as You create a device for instant
their master. transportation. You create a circle of energy
on a flat surface, and name the circle. The
Attacking Aura: Self: Until Dispelled circle is the size of a 10ft square. When you
♢ Luck Luck Grit Fortitude enter into the circle, you appear immediately
You create an aura of destruction for you at another circle with the same name. If
and those around you. Whenever a creature there are no other teleportation circles with
within a 30ft radius of you makes an attack, that name, there is no effect. If there are
as a part action they can have you discard a more than two teleportation circles with that
card from your deck and add it to their name, you appear at one of the other
attack as a Hold’em, which is immediately locations randomly determined by the Game
discarded after the attack. The aura is Master. The portal lasts until dispelled.
dispelled if you become exhausted.
Healing Aura: Self: Until Dispelled

♢♢ Luck Luck Fortitude Fortitude
You create an Aura of Vitality for you and
those around you. Whenever a creature
within a 30ft radius of you ends their turn,
they can have you discard a card from your
deck and add it to their Base Foundation, up
to their maximum base foundation. This can
be done by wounded and unconscious
creatures. The aura is dispelled if you
become exhausted.
Memory Dive: Target Creature: Instant

Luck Grit Grit Grit
You enter into the recent memories of a
creature, sensing all that they have sensed
in the past day. You will hear, see, and feel
everything that they have sensed as though
it were your memory. You do not learn their
languages or hear their thoughts, but are
limited to their external senses.
Spell Surge: You can increase the amount
of time you sense into the creature’s past by
another day for every mana discarded as
part of this spell.
Forget: Target Object or Creature: Instant including wood, steel, gold, or ice. At the
♢♢ Luck Grit Fortitude Fortitude end of the six hours, the object returns to its
You can erase knowledge from the history original material, with any changes made
books and from the historian’s minds. When while it was transmuted made permanent.
you cast this spell on a creature or object, Spell Surge: This spell lasts another six
all knowledge of the target from this realm is hours for every mana discarded during its
erased. Passages containing the subject will casting.
disappear, and entire books may become
blank. People lose their memories of the Freedom: Target creature: One hour
target, but can contest the spell if they are ♢♢ Grit Grit Fortitude Fortitude:
aware that it is being cast. Images and Target creature’s walking speed increases
depictions of the target will also disappear. by 10ft. The creature’s movement is not
Knowledge of the target do not disappear in affected by difficult terrain, nor can it be
any other realm within the Shattered Span, decreased by magic. The creature cannot
so transplanar libraries will be unaffected. be restrained, and slips out of any bonds or
binds.
Control Dreams: Target Creature: Instant
♢♢♢ Luck Fortitude Fortitude Fortitude: Construct: Target Area: Instant
You wrangle the dreams of a sleeping ♢♢♢ Grit Fortitude Fortitude Fortitude
creature. If the creature is not dreaming at You can create an object out of nearby
the time this spell is cast then they will begin materials. With nearby raw materials, you
to dream, and if they are not asleep the are able to quickly construct objects,
spell will fail. You have complete control vehicles, or buildings. When you cast this
over the creature’s dream, and they are spell, select a single raw material you can
unaware that it is being controlled. You can see, such as wood, stone, or iron. The raw
plant messages, foreshadow events, cause materials will move by themselves at a rate
them to have a nightmare, and are of 30ft every round to create the new object,
otherwise in complete control of their with a light force that is unable to harm
dream. other creatures.
You can quickly create a timber cart from
nearby trees, a sword from gold, a bridge
from stone, or a castle from ice.
The object created will be designed as
your mind sees it. If you are untrained in
Transmute Material: Target Object: Six creating the object, there may be sections of
Hours the object that are missing or are poorly
♢Grit Grit Grit Fortitude: constructed. Bridges may have not have
You change the material of an object from proper supports and weapons may not have
one mundane material to another. When a proper edge.
you cast this spell, choose one solid Spell Surge: For every four mana discarded
material on the target. You can change that as part of this spell, you can add another
material into any mundane solid material, raw material to the object.

Bestiary Humanoid Characters
This section details the statistics of some Elf Noble: Medium: 35ft Hand Size 4
of the creatures that one may encounter in Foundation 1: Humanoid
Westbound, as well as some of the cohorts Damage Type: Physical - Traits:
that the Player Characters may ally Schooling, Cityslicker, Calm.
themselves with. Order: This cohort requires verbal
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the
Cohorts are helpers and assistants who cohort will continue the task until complete
can perform tasks alongside the character. or it becomes too dangerous.
They share a deck and hands, similarly to Arcanics: This creature can use Arcanic
playing as a Game Master. Players must Implements, and has 1 mana of any suit
play Base Foundation for their Cohorts, and that they can use to cast a spell.
do not benefit from any increase in hand
size from their cohorts. Goblin Lackey: Small: 25ft: Hand Size 4
All creatures and cohorts are Foundation 1: Humanoid
Uncoordinated and cannot attack the same Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Furtive,
creature that was attacked in the same Observant, Blandish
round. For players, this means that they can Order: This cohort requires verbal
attack targets that have been attacked by instructions to perform a task. Once set, the
other players, but they cannot attack targets cohort will continue the task until complete
that have been already attacked by or it becomes too dangerous.
characters controlled by the same player. Small: This creature gives attackers a
Creatures and Cohorts come with skills natural Simple Complication and cannot use
and special abilities, which are labeled in heavy weapons.
the special abilities section of their statistics. Nasty: This creature gains a Hold’em if
they had a surprised round in this battle.
The creatures and character statistics are Horde: This creature can attack as a
formatted as below: horde.
Name: Size: Speed: Hand Size

Foundation: Classification
Damage Type: Traits:
Special abilities: Special Description
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Orc Culprit: Medium 30ft: Hand Size 4 Gear-Smith: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 4
Foundation 1: Humanoid Foundation 1: Humanoid
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor, Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
Hunter, Mettle, Coercion Schooling, Coercion
Order: This cohort requires verbal Order: This cohort requires verbal
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the instructions to perform a task. Once set, the
cohort will continue the task until complete cohort will continue the task until complete
or it becomes too dangerous. or it becomes too dangerous.
Savage: This creature gains a Hold’em for Bonechewer: The Gear-Smith has a
savage attacks. Bonechewer, which has a range of
Horde: This creature can attack as a 5ft - 10f - 50f - 25ft*
horde.
Dangerous: This creature gains 1 Hold’em Sorcerer: Small: 30ft: Hand Size 3
when attacking as a horde. Foundation 1: Humanoid
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Eldritch
Ogre Liability: Large: 30ft: Hand Size 4 Lore, Blandish, Poise
Foundation 2: Humanoid Order: This cohort requires verbal
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor, instructions to perform a task. Once set, the
Mad Dog, Mettle cohort will continue the task until complete
Order: This cohort requires verbal or it becomes too dangerous.
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the Magic Vessel: By discarding a heart, The
cohort will continue the task until complete Sorcerer can draw one or two cards and
or it becomes too dangerous. cast them as a spell.
Horde: This creature can attack as a
horde. Elvish Wizard: Medium: 35ft Hand Size 5
Deadly: This creature gains 2 Hold’em Foundation 2: Humanoid
when attacking as a horde. Damage Type: Physical - Traits:
Schooling, Cityslicker, Calm
Gunslinger: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 5 Order: This cohort requires verbal
Foundation 1: Humanoid instructions to perform a task. Once set, the
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor, cohort will continue the task until complete
Furtive, Coercion or it becomes too dangerous.
Order: This cohort requires verbal Arcanics: This creature can use Arcanic
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the Implements, and has 10 mana of any suit
cohort will continue the task until complete that they can use to cast spells up to Tier 3.
or it becomes too dangerous. Rally: As an action, the Wizard can rally his
O’l Faithful Pistol: The Gunslinger has a forces. Shuffling all discarded cards back
fistfull o’ bullets and a pistol, with a range of: into the deck. This ability can only be used
5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 20ft.* once per short rest.
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Beasts and Monsters
Ogre Warchief: Large: 30ft: Hand Size 5
Foundation 4: Humanoid Dog: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 3
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor, Foundation 1: Beast
Mad Dog, Mettle Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
Order: This cohort requires verbal Judgement, Observation
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the Command: This cohort requires both
cohort will continue the task until complete verbal and visual instructions to perform a
or it becomes too dangerous. task.
Rally: As an action, the Warchief can rally Simple: This creature can only perform
his forces shuffling all discarded cards back basic tasks.
into the deck. This ability can only be used
once per short rest. Cat: Small: 30ft: Hand Size 2
Foundation 1: Beast
Bandit King: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 6 Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Poise,
Foundation 2: Humanoid Judgement, Observation
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor, Simple: This creature can only perform
Furtive, Coercion basic tasks.
Order: This cohort requires verbal
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the “I f you ever find yourself in a wiz ard’s tower,
cohort will continue the task until complete and see some cats or liz ards hanging
or it becomes too dangerous. around, don’t get stingy with the bullets.
Ol’ Faithful Pistol: The Gunslinger has a N ever know if it’s a familiar, or a
fistful o’ bullets and a pistol, with a range of: transformed dire wolf.”
5ft - 30ft - 90ft - 20ft.* -Krillo
Rally: As an action, the Bandit King can
rally his forces, shuffling all discarded cards Horse: Large: 40ft: Hand Size 2
back into the deck. This ability can only be Foundation 2: Beast
used once per short rest. Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
Mettle
Command: This cohort requires both
verbal and visual instructions to perform a
task.
Simple: This creature can only perform
basic tasks.
Mounted: Medium creatures can be
mounted by medium sized creatures. While
mounted, the rider has a simple
complication for their attacks.
Rush: While rushing, mounted creatures
have a tough complication for their attacks.

Mule: Large: 25ft: Hand Size 2 Riding Spiders and Queens:
Foundation 2: Beast Originating deep underground, Riding
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor, Spiders are taken from their mother as eggs
Mettle and raised amongst horses. Riding Spiders,
Command: This cohort requires both although unable to handle the heavy weight
verbal and visual instructions to perform a of horses or mules, are truly all-terrain
task. mounts, capable of climbing up sheer cliffs
Simple: This creature can only perform and even riding indoors or in caves.
basic tasks. Riding Spiders will bond to specific people
Mounted: Medium creatures can be when they are born, and will follow them to
mounted by medium sized creatures. While learn how to behave. Once established,
mounted, the rider has a simple spiders are able to learn from other spiders,
complication for their attacks. making the process almost automatic.
Rush: While rushing, mounted creatures However, unintentional behaviors are
have a tough complication for their attacks. carried throughout generations, and those
raising first generation spiders are warned
Vulture: Small: 10ft: Hand Size 3 to mind their actions while the spiders are
Foundation 1: Beast watching, or there may be spiders
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Flinch attempting to put on clothes and pet dogs
Flying: This creature has a 40ft fly speed. for years to come.
Beak & Claws: When the Vulture attacks, it Riding Spiders are naturally poisonous,
deals physical Damage. although their poison glands are removed
before they fully mature. Some
Dire Wolf: Medium: 35ft: Hand Size 4 gamekeepers keep the Riding Spiders
Foundation 2: Beast poison glands, but it tends to get messy,
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor and riders are warned to constantly wash
Bite: When the Dire Wolf attacks, they deal their hands.
physical Damage. Spider Queens do poorly in captivity, so
Pack Tactics: Dire Wolves lose the they are often brought as eggs to secure,
Uncoordinated feature if an ally is in melee isolated locations where their eggs can be
with the target. easily accessed. The adolescent queen is
Hide: The creature has a thick hide. It has far more adventurous than her adult
a Tough armor complication. counterpart, exploring far outside her cave,
capturing various creatures, and scouting
for alternate nest locations for future
queens. Spider Queens mature after eight
years, and once an adult, rarely leave their
nest. Similar to their offspring, they have a
tremendous memory, and anything they
learn while they are maturing, such as what
to hunt, will influence their entire life cycle.
In their seventh year they will hatch their
first eggs, which must be left alone if the

nest is to develop healthily. Adult Queens Spider Queen: Enormous: 60ft Hand Size 6
live for up to eighty years, creating young Foundation 6: Beast
queens when they are sick or if there are Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
nearby potential nests. Regardless of Furtive
training, Adult Queens are territorial about Spiderclimb: This creature has a climb
their nests and eggs, and will fight to defend speed of 30ft.
them. Thousand Eyes: This creature acts during
surprise rounds.
“R iding spiders take a whole community to Poison: This Spider Queen is poisonous,
breed, including pushin’ ideal pray to her and creatures it attacks must make a Mettle
hunting grounds. I f you see a q ueen, don’t check with a Severe Complication or
dare run or else she’ll think you’re a meal. become poisoned.
S tand your ground and yell for help, and put
boots to asses if need be. I f anyone ever O ptional: Adolescence: This queen is
goes missing, make sure to raid her nest. young, is only size Large, has only 4
G ods forbid she ever eats a person, or you’ll foundation, and a hand size of 5.
have to hunt her down and start all over
again.” Guardian: Large: 20ft Hand Size 5
-Krillo Foundation 3: Construct
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
Riding Spider: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 2 Mettle
Foundation 2: Beast Eternal: The guardian does not need food or
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Furtive, air to live, and lasts until dispelled.
poise Eternal Command: This cohort requires
Spiderclimb: This creature has a climb verbal instructions to perform a task. Once
speed of 30ft. set, the cohort will continue the task until
Command: This cohort requires both complete.
verbal and visual instructions to perform a Elemental: The Guardian is immune to
task. Elemental damage, and has a sensory
Mounted: Medium creatures can be complication from Physical damage.
mounted by small sized creatures. While Dense: The creature has a thick stone
mounted, the rider has a simple exterior. It has an Tough armor
complication for their attacks. complication.
Thousand Eyes: This creature acts during
surprise rounds.
Rush: While rushing, mounted creatures
have a tough complication for their attacks.
A lternate A bility: Feral: This Spider is

poisonous, and creatures it attacks must
make a Mettle check with a Tough
Complication, or become poisoned.

Fire Elemental: Large: 35ft: Hand Size 5 turn. A creature who deals damage to the
Foundation 2: Elemental Caustic Ooze’s base foundation from inside
Damage Type: Elemental - Traits: Mettle, the creature is regurgitated.
Calm
Pure Elemental: The Fire Elemental is Zombie: Medium: 20ft: Hand Size 2
immune to Elemental damage, and Physical Foundation 1: Undead
damage. Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Mettle
Flying: The Fire Elemental has a flying Brainless: This cohort requires both verbal
speed of 20ft and visual instructions to perform a task.
Once set, the cohort will continue the task
Djinn: Large: 40ft Hand Size 6 until complete, regardless of danger.
Foundation 3: Elemental Hungry: Without orders, the creature
Damage Type: Magical - Traits: Schooling, always attempts to satisfy its hunger for
Calm, Coercion, Vigor, Poise. fresh meat.
Pure Elemental: The Djinn is immune to Hard Target: The exact nature of the
Elemental damage, and Physical damage. zombie is unknown, and attacks against the
Flying: The Djinn has a flying speed of 40ft zombie have a sensory complication.
Arcanics: This creature can use Arcanic Horde: This creature can attack as a
Implements, and has 10 mana of any suit horde.
they can use to cast spells. Unceasing Terror: When a zombie is
Armored: This Creature has an Tough wounded, draw a card from the top of your
armor complication. deck and look at the suit. If it is a Club, the
zombie is only pretending to be wounded.
Caustic Ooze: Large: 25ft: Hand Size 5 At the end of combat, the zombie will rise
Foundation 5: Elemental again with one Base Foundation and
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: None continue its hunt for flesh.
Slam: The Caustic Ooze makes a Physical
attack at an enemy within melee. Skeleton: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 4
Elemental: The Caustic Ooze is has two Foundation 1: Undead
sensory complications from Elemental Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Mettle
damage, and has one sensory complication Brainless: This cohort requires both verbal
from Physical damage. and visual instructions to perform a task.
Diverge: When a Caustic Ooze that has Once set, the cohort will continue the task
more than 1 base foundation loses Base until complete, regardless of danger.
foundation due to physical damage, the Bone Armor: Attacks that deal elemental
Base Foundation lost this way creates an damage suffer from two sensory
identical Caustic Ooze with that amount of complications when attacking the Skeleton.
base foundation. Horde: This creature can attack as a
Swallow: When the caustic ooze deals horde.
damage, and has not already swallowed a Dangerous: This creature gains 1 Hold’em
creature, the creature damaged is when attacking as a horde.
swallowed. Swallowed creatures are dealt Ghoul: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 5
5c physical damage at the beginning of their Foundation 2: Undead

Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Poise, Bite: When a Dragon attacks with a Crown
Mettle card, the attack is instead a Bite. A target hit
Hard Target: The exact nature of the by a Bite attack is swallowed. A swallowed
Ghoul is unknown, and attacks against creature can be attacked as a part of an
Ghouls have a sensory complication. attack. A creature who deals damage to the
Paralyzing Poisons: When this creature dragon’s Base Foundation while inside its
successfully damages an enemy, they must stomach is regurgitated, along with all its
pass a Mettle check with a Severe other contents.
complication or become poisoned. Scales: The Adult Dragon has an Severe
Horde: This creature can attack as a Armor Complication.
horde. Wings: The Adult Dragon has a fly speed
Deadly: This creature gains 2 Hold’ems of 80ft.
when attacking as a horde. Chromatic Breath: The Adult Dragon can
discard a Crown card as an action to breath
Dragons and Drakes: the elements on its enemies. The Chromatic
Terrifying and Dominant, the dragon Breath deals 10c Elemental Damage
represents the pinnacle of Might and Magic. divided among all creatures in a 40ft line
Created by the gods to be the perfect starting from the dragon.
predator, dragons are clever immortals, Arcanics: This creature can use Arcanic
impossibly fast and undeniably strong. Implements, and has 10 mana of any suit
Dragons are natural sorcerers, and capable that they can use to cast spells.
magic users when inevitably trained in the
arts. They naturally breath fire, but can Whiptail Drake: Small: 35ft: Hand Size 3
magically imbue their breath with every Foundation 1: Dragon
element. Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Poise,
Drakes, also known as the “Lesser Furtive
Dragons,” find their strength in gimmicks, Toxic Sting: When the Whiptail Drake
unlike their all powerful predecessors. makes an attack, it deals physical damage.
Drakes have very specific fighting styles, Targets must make a Mettle check with a
and always play to their strengths and their Simple complication or become poisoned.
enemies weaknesses. They are intelligent, Wrapping Tail: The Whiptail Drake
often eccentric, and some are known to attempts to grapple the target with
speak, although this is not always the case. advantage. If successful, the target cannot
attack creatures that are not the Whiptail
Adult Dragon: Vast: 80ft: Hand Size 9 Drake until the grapple is broken.
Foundation 9: Dragon Quick: The Whiptial Drake can use the
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Mettle, Rush action as a part of its movement.
Poise, Furtive, Coercion, Vigor, Judgement, Horde: This creature can attack as a
Hunter horde.
Claw: When the Adult Dragon attacks, it
deals Physical damage and ignores armor
complications.
Devour Drake: large: 35ft: Hand Size 4 Hydra: Huge: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 6
Foundation 2: Dragon Foundation 6: Monster
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Mettle, Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
Poise, Vigor, Gut Magic Mettle
Claw: When the Devour Drake makes an Split: Whenever the Hydra takes Base
attack, it deals Physical Damage. Foundation damage, it loses a head and
Lighter than Air: The Devour Drake is grows two more.
extremely light, and has advantage on poise Multiple Heads: The Hydra has three
checks. heads and can grow more, and can attack
Gut Magic: This creature can use Gut as a horde for each head acting as a cohort.
magic abilities, and regains the use of these Deadly: When attacking as a horde, the
abilities by eating 100lbs of food. Hydra gains two Hold’ems to use for the
Swallow And Pass: As a Gut Magic ability, attacks.
the Devour Drake can swallow a medium or Thick Hide: The creature has a thick and
smaller creature, entrap them in a bubble of greasy hide. It has an Tough armor
floating saliva, and fire them 20ft into the air. complication.
The bubble of floating saliva acts as a Poison Breath: As an action with a Crown
cohort, with a single Base Foundation that Card, the hydra can breath poison on all
can have more Foundation added to. At the creatures within 15ft. Affected creatures
start of the Devour Drakes turn, the Floating must make a Mettle check with a Severe
Bubble rises another 10ft in the air. When complication or become poisoned.
the floating bubble loses its Base
Foundation, or it is higher than 100ft, it Troll: Huge: 50ft: Hand Size 3
pops, and the creature falls to the ground. Foundation 5: Monster
Hide: The creature has a thick and greasy Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor,
hide. It has an Tough armor complication. Mettle
Lumbering Smash: As an action, the Troll
Unicorn: Large: 40ft: Hand Size 5 smashes at a single creature, ignoring
Foundation 2: Fairy armor complications. If it is medium or
Damage Type: Magical - Traits: Poise, smaller in size, and Lumbering Smash deals
Vigor, Blandish, Mettle damage, the attacked creature is grabbed
Order: This cohort requires verbal and grappled by the troll.
instructions to perform a task. Once set, the Swinging Strike: The Troll swings wildly at
cohort will continue the task until complete those smaller things below. As an action,
or it becomes too dangerous. the Troll deals 5c to creatures within a 10ft
Simple: This creature can only perform square adjacent to the Troll. Any grabbed
basic tasks. creature is included in the attack.
Mounted: Medium creatures can be Throw: The Troll throws stones or people at
mounted by medium sized creatures. While farther targets. As an action, the Troll
mounted, the rider has a simple makes a ranged attack up to 50ft away, or
complication for their attacks. 100ft with Scatter. If a Character is thrown,
Rush: While rushing, mounted creatures the attack deals equal damage to the target
have a tough complication for their attacks. as it does the thrown character.

Thick Hide: The Troll has a thick and
greasy hide. It has an Severe armor
complication and a sensory complication.
Regeneration: The Troll naturally
regenerates. At the start of each turn, as
long as the Troll has not taken any
elemental damage this round, the Troll
regains 1 base foundation up to it’s max.
Sunlight Sensitivity: Each round the Troll is
in the under direct sunlight, they take 5c
damage, and are turned to stone if this
causes them to become wounded.
Pearl Raptor
The Pearl Raptor is a feathered,
humanoid, winged creature with with a wide
wingspan the breadth of a train car. Its skin
is covered with black feathered tufts. Its
beak is long, extending all the way to the
back of its neck, and is filled with pearly
white teeth that shift position in its mouth. It
has human arms and legs, each with long
taloned fingers at the ends. The creature is
intelligent, and cruel, and speaks to its
victims in their native tongue. They are
prideful, and extremely violent when
displeased.
The Pearl Raptor is well known for its
terror and seeming invincibility. Though
many have faced a Pearl Raptor, the Pearl
Raptor doesn’t seem to take any sort of
wound, always disappearing in a puff of
smoke and black plumes whenever a strike
would land.
The creature has a strange obsession with
teeth, often plucking them from the recently
dead, or even bartering for them with the
living. It is unknown why it collects them or
what purpose they serve the creature, only
that when it speaks, a smile of chromatic
teeth completely canvas the creature’s
mouth.

The Pearl Raptor seems to publicize its Metal Mouth
own myth to acquire complacency from its These tall, slender creatures appear to be
victims. It is heard flying above frontier comprised entirely of monotone sheets of
towns at night, and large, gnarled plumes cloth. They have no discernable eyes,
are found near recently dug graves. It is a mouths, or any other exposed features,
common in the west for children, or drunk save for rock-like visor that they each carry
men, to play games daring one another on their head.
about how many teeth they could pull out for Little is known about these strange
the Pearl Raptor in exchange for their lives. creatures. They seem to be social with one
another, as well as displaying intelligence.
Your first instinct will be to hide indoors and They are said to have a secret language
wait for daylight, but this thing ain’t no that they speak to one another, although it
shadow and it ain’t afraid of the sun. Best to is only heard when they appear to think that
give it what it wants and not make a fuss: or they are alone. The sound described to their
better yet, carry a pocket o’ teeth with you. language is that of metal striking metal,
-Krillo which is where they get their name.
Nothing is known about their physiology,
Pearl Raptor: Medium: 40ft: Hand Size 5 as it is hidden under their cloth like visage.
Foundation 1: Shadow The Metal Mouths are not naturally violent,
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Poise, and only attack when provoked. Those who
Furtive, Coercion, Blandish have been attacked by these creatures
Flying: The Pearl Raptor has a flying describe hard, painful strikes that launch
speed of 40ft. from within their cloaks. When supposedly
Beak: The Pearl Raptor deals physical killed, the cloth and stone falls flat on the
damage within melee. ground, with nothing inside whatsoever. The
Flurry of Claws: When the Pearl Raptor stone appears to be a large, impossibly
attacks, it has multiattack 4. heavy rock that has been smoothed to a
Rending: When a creature takes damage roundness. Its purpose is still unknown, as
from a Pearl Raptor, it begins to Bleed. they do not use it for combat.
Inescapable: When a creature leaves It is unknown what their obsession with
melee with a Pearl Raptor, the Pearl Raptor trains and rail lines are, but it is a common
can make an attack as a reaction. experience to see them gathering around
Shadow Touched: When the Pearl Raptor tracks. It is rumored that many of the
would take damage, it instead discards that unplanned forks in the tracks are caused by
many cards from its deck. them, as their sudden appearance often
Disappear: When the Pearl Raptor takes correlates to a split in the line, however, no
damage or uses its Shadow Touched ability, one has ever seen them start construction
it can disappear up to 30ft away as if it used on such a project, nor can decipher the
the Shadow Step spell. reasoning for making divergences in the
line.

T hese things give me the creeps, but they
ain’t much trouble, unless you bring it to
them, and not worth the effort in fighting. I f
they bother you, j ust keep away from the
tracks until they’re done their business.
-Krillo
Metal Mouths: Medium: 35ft: Hand Size 6

Foundation 1: Monster
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Poise,
Vigor
Unseen Vitals: The Metal Mouth has a
sensory complication against all attacks.
Startling Strikes: Metal Mouths treat
Severe complications as Tough
complications while attacking.
Ethereal Sense: Metal Mouths sense in the
ethereal and material plane within 60ft.
They can sense through objects and walls.
Equipment: Large smooth stone,
monotone cloth.
Gecko Bandito
This small green lizard is named after its
sticky hands, rambunctious use of dust for
various crimes. It is half the size of a
halfling, with lime green scales and sticky
fingers that allow them to walk up vertical
walls.
These creatures have adapted to Dust,
and they’ve learned how to collect guns and
ammo as a squirrel would food. They’ve
been known to carry several handguns each
and hunt in packs. With six appendages,
each with three fingers, the lizard is a
capable of wielding several weapons at
once while reloading rapidly.
Once introduced into a town or society,
they begin to steal weapons, food, and
alcohol. They have learned how to hold up
stores and saloons for supplies and alcohol.
They prefer not to waste ammo, and won’t
fire unless scared or provoked. A drunken
Gecko Bandito is far less stingy with ammo.
Before the introduction of Dust, Gecko
Banditos were known to be docile, if not
mischievous, with the habit of raiding
adventurers backpacks and hiding their
belongings in high trees. Their low status on
the food chain kept the humble gecko from
getting into too much trouble. Geckos that
have not been introduced to society will act
similarly, stealing and hiding adventurer’s
items and staying out of trouble.
Gecko Banditos are social creatures,
though the small creatures lack a language,
they are intuitively intelligent and are able to
share information through somatic
presentation. A group of Bandito Geckos
are called a Gang, which are often formed
when food, ammo, or alcohol become
scarce.
Sallow
“T hese little guys ain’t much for company, These small, pale creatures most resemble
but throw a sack full of em’ at an enemy halflings in size and stature. They are stark
camp if you’re looking for a nice distraction. white, bald, and though they have no need
T hey sure like to drink but can’t hardly hold for clothes they will wear them instinctively
their whiskey: takin’ down a gang of them is in order to seem more like halflings. The
as easy as opening a bottle.” mouths of the sallows give away their
-Krillo monstrous nature, containing three rows of
spiked teeth, and lips that stretch all the way
back to the base of their neck. They almost
Bandito Gecko: Small: 25ft: Hand Size 3 always keep their mouths closed to
Foundation 1: Beast preserve their identity
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Poise, Sallows look humanoid but are not
Vigor intelligent or empathetic. They most often
Sticky Hands: The Bandito has a climb manipulate their resemblance to halflings to
speed of 25ft. beg for food, shelter, or money, which they
Small: The Bandito has a simple have most recently learned how to
complication from all attacks. exchange for food and alcohol.
Thief: While within melee, the Gecko can They disguise themselves as best they can
use a Crown card to steal an item off a with their limited understanding of clothes,
target that is not in a backpack or being and figuring out which article of clothing
held. goes where is one of the sallow's main
Quick Reload: This creature reloads sources of frustration. More talented
multiple barrels as a part action. Sallows will learn to use makeup to
Unload: The Bandito Gecko attacks with emphasize their lips with paint and further
multiattack 1. disguise their true nature.
Bulletstorm: The Bandit Gecko can attack Sallows are vagrants who survive off of the
as a horde, with multiattack 1 for each generosity of others. They learn to
gecko. panhandle, beg, and steal when they
Equipment: 2 Ol’ Faithful Pistols, Fist Full believe they will get away with it. They are
O’ Bullets quick learners when it comes to food and
money, and are excellent at remembering
Optional: Drunken: Banditos begin the the faces of the generous. Once they have
battle with half their deck removed from the marked someone as a consistent provider,
game, and fall asleep when exhausted. they will exploit them for everything they
possess.
Optional: Wild: This Gecko has no Like halflings, sallows have large stomachs
weapons or attacks. and are able to survive for long periods of
time without food. This is due to the fat
reserves that are developed during
abundant times and because their inactive
lifestyle leads them to burn almost no
energy.

Sallows are not naturally violent creatures, Sallow: Small: 25ft: Hand size 3
though they are greedy and slothful. Foundation 1: Monster
Sallows only ever fight in self defense, Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Blandish,
baring their massive jaws to rend their foes Judgement
before running away. They are disorganized Rend: When an enemy takes damage from
creatures who form improvised mobs, each a Sallow's Bite attack, the creature begins to
attempting to reap from the gains of the Bleed.
others. If one Sallow sees another have a Coward: After a Sallow takes an action,
coin dropped in their cup, they will they must immediately run as far away from
immediately find a cup and offer it to the danger as possible.
donor, hoping for similar generosity. Small: Sallows have a simple complication
against all incoming attacks.
Equipment: Soiled clothing, handful of
O pen up their mouths if you ever have coins.
trouble remembering that these things ain’t
people. N ot a lot of nutrition on these little Doppleswine
guys, but they got a lot of fat on em; its Hungry shape shifters, Doppleswine often
good for torches, candles, or spread over a resemble pigs in appearance, but their true
biscuit. nature is far more insidious. They are able
-Krillo to transform their appearance, and utilize
this to feed by disguising themselves as the

Doppleswine love to eat, and will continue
infirm or debilitated. Mothers are often to grow their entire lives. Although their gut
surprised when their child gains weight magic allows them to change their
overnight, and farmers confused when a appearance, it does not change their size,
fifth calf appears where there were only four and they are forced to adopt larger and
the night before. larger personas, with the largest appearing
The Doppleswine are shape shifters, able as elephants or even whales.
to utilize their gut-magic to transform into The Doppleswine were not always such a
the shape of any beast or humanoid with problem, as they cannot exert themselves
such precision that members of the same while transformed and they would be
family would not notice the difference. They discovered as soon as they were forced to
are even able to imitate clothing, although fight. Now, with firearms sweeping both the
they are unable to take it off. The east and the west, anyone with a Tinkspark
Doppleswine can choose to imitate the Trivolver could be a pig in a coat and no
forms of others or to invent one. They can one would be any the wiser.
create faces, bodies, and even clothing with The Doppleswine are very intelligent, but
a surprisingly developed fashion sense. they are unable to understand language.
The change of form is a sort of illusory They cannot speak, read or write. Their lack
magic. Although they will look and smell and of language is often their downfall, but
even feel like the original, they do not gain Doppleswine will often stage accidents and
any of the benefits of the creature they have fake head injuries, or eat and replace the
transformed into. Additionally, while in this sick, the elderly, or the young.
form, they are completely unprepared to
defend themselves.

Shattered Things
D o not, I repeat, do not go around punching Coasting over the desert flats are creatures
every hungry mute you encounter. that reflect and sparkle in the sun, creeping
-Krillo into view as walking, broken impressions of
the surrounding area. These Shattered
Things are remnants of creatures lost during
Doppleswine: Medium: 30ft: Hand Size 3 a break into the Shattered Span. Trapped
Foundation 2: Monster between worlds, they wander endlessly in
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Blandish, search of peace.
Coercion, Vigor The exact nature of these Shattered Things
Gut Magic: This creature can use Gut are unknown, and they seem to come in
magic abilities, and regains the use of these endless varieties. They appear to most as
abilities by eating 100lbs of food. swirling shards of glass, although some
Transform: The Doppleswine can use Gut have claimed to have seen them as liquid or
Magic to change their appearance. The gaseous. They are thought to be sentient,
Doppleswine can take the form of any Beast but with a fractured mind that transitions
or Humanoid that is the same size as them. from calm to violent within mere moments.
Their statistics do not change and they are Some are known to even speak, but this is
unable to lay down Foundation while in this very rare and the reports claim only
form. The Doppleswine can revert to it's nonsensical ramblings or unearthly
normal form as an action. It does not revert screaming.
to its normal form after death, unless the Shattered Things are seen to constantly
body is dissected or mutilated. break apart into smaller "Echos," which
appear as dervishes of glass. These Echos
Optional are often absorbed by larger Things, which
Smaller: The Doppleswine is small or fuels and stabilizes the chaos they
meager in size. They have 1 less Base unwillingly cause. Although they can be
Foundation and 1 fewer card in their hand. banished to the Shattered Span, these
Shattered Things have no known method of
Bigger: The Doppleswine is large or huge, permanent destruction. Enough physical
and has 1 more Base Foundation and 1 harm will cause them to become so
more card in their hand. unstable that they will be scattered
throughout the Shattered Span, but they will
Established: The Doppleswine has an return in an unknown number of days,
established cover within society. This cover months, or years. The presence of these
may include a family, human guards, and a creatures are often the first sign of a nearby
position of power. They will also carry a gate into the Shattered Span.
firearm.
Shattered Thing: Medium: 30ft: Hand
Size 2
Foundation 4: Monster
Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor

O ptional: P reserver: As an action, the
Preserver can transform a Shattered Echo
that it can sense into a fluid sphere, which is
capable of instantly engulfing a target. One
creature within melee of the Shattered Echo
is engulfed within it, and it is treated as
grappled. This grapple cannot be contested
S hifting T raveller: When the Shattered until the Shattered Echo is destroyed. The
Thing starts a movement, it becomes grappled creature cannot regain Foundation
invisible until it ends its movement. until the grapple is broken.
M irrored V isage: The Shattered Thing’s O ptional: T ransmuter: Creatures that take
exterior reflects like mirrors, and gives damage from the Transmuter become
attackers a sensory complication. vulnerable. If the attack is negated by
D ervish of S hards: As an action, the non-magical armor, then the armor
Shattered Thing can make an explosive complication of the target is reduced by one
attack that deals 3c damage to creatures tier permanently and it is partially
within 10ft. transformed into glass.
G lass L ance: This creature can make a
melee attack that deals physical damage. Shattered Echo: Small: 30ft: Hand Size 2
S hattered C hassis: When this creature Foundation 1: Monster
loses a Base Foundation, it creates a Damage Type: Physical - Traits: Vigor
Shattered Echo for each Base Foundation S hifting T raveller: When the Shattered
lost. Echo starts a movement, it becomes
R eform C hassis: As an action, this creature invisible until it ends its movement.
can absorb a Shattered Echo within 5ft, M irrored V isage: The Shattered Echo's
regaining a Base Foundation and destroying exterior reflects like mirrors, and gives
the Shattered Echo. attackers a sensory complication.
D ervish of S hards: As an action, the
O ptional: L acerator: When the Lacerator Shattered Echo can make an explosive
loses a Base Foundation, it explodes in attack that deals 3c damage to creatures
glass, dealing 3c to creatures within 10ft. All within 10ft.
damage from this creature causes the target G lass L ance: This creature can make a
to bleed. melee attack that deals physical damage.

Burning Pitch:
A j ar of boiling tar is suspended above the
Traps doorway, and constantly heated by a nearby
furnace.
In Westbound, traps are particularly
Deadliness: 5c Elemental Damage
deadly, as many adventurers cannot take a
Concealment: Simple Complication.
single deadly strike.
Trigger: Opening the door will cause the
A trap is any device or designed
trap to pour its contents onto the opener.
circumstance that is meant to harm or
otherwise hinder a creature.
Falling Boulder:
As traps do not have a wielder, they
A large spherical rock is suspended in an
naturally have a sensory complication, as
alcove in the roof, ready to drop on thieves.
no one is there to aim the attack.
Deadliness: 7c Physical Damage
Concealment: Severe Complication.
Name:
Trigger: Removing an item from the
D escription of the T rap
sensitive pressure pad will cause the
Deadliness: How many cards drawn for the
boulder to fall and begin rolling towards the
attack
triggered area.
Concealment: The Observance check to
find the object.
Swinging Spike:
Trigger: What triggers the Trap.
A large metal spike attached to a bending
rod, ready to swing into the open doorway
Pit Trap:
of the natural cavern.
S pikes of iron and wood concealed under a
false floor.
Trigger: Walking into the tripwire will send
Concealment: Tough Complication.
the spike into the tripwire’s location.
Trigger: Any creature that enters into the
space falls into the trap.
Loaded Gun:
A gun in a door's keyhole fires out at
Flying Darts:
thieves opening the door.
A slew of pressuriz ed darts are sent flying
Deadliness: 5c Physical Damage, Pierces
through tiny holes in the wall.
armor
Deadliness: 4c Physical Damage, ignores
Concealment: Severe Complication.
sensory complications.
Trigger: Opening the door without the key
will fire the gun out of the keyhole.
Trigger: Stepping on a pressure plate
disguised as a flagstone triggers the trap to
attack the entire area.

Trap Modifiers
These modifiers can be added to a trap to
increase its effectiveness.
Poisoned: Attacks that deal Physical

damage will cause the target to become
poisoned. The target can make a check with
a simple complication to ignore the poison.
Oil and Match: Attacks with this trap deal

Elemental damage, in addition to their other
damage types.
Keen: Attacks with this trap reduce the

targets Armor Complication by one tier.
Foe Seeker Rune: This trap is on a swivel

and emblazoned with the Foe Seeker Rune.
It will ignore all sensory complications and
attack the closest target.
Game Master’s
Key to success
A key to becoming a successful Game
Master is in understanding the basics of
Guide how to be a player. If you understand

combat as a player, then your
understanding of combat as a Game Master
Being a Game Master in Westbound will be much simpler. Knowing why a
As Game Master, you tell the tale. character makes a check, and how
Westbound is foremost a game about story. proficiency affects the difficulty of the check
Making epic adventures in the magical wild will help you determine how high to set the
west. As the Game Master, you tell the difficulty.
story, embody the characters and the land,
and describe all the action within the world.
You lead the players through the world and T he great ones practice the basics.
together create a rich experience. -Krillo
A Game Master should create a Scenario
or Campaign for the players. This should
involve locations, characters, conflict and Combat as a Game Master
obstacles. The Players will play individual Fighting as a Game Master is very similar
characters within the world, and it is a to fighting as a player. You have one hand
Game Master’s job to lead them through the and one deck. Your goal is to reduce your
world, keep them entertained and engaged, opponent's Foundation. You draw a full
and to moderate disputes amongst the hand at the start of a round when you have
players. no cards left in your hand.
A Game Master should describe the When drawing cards in Westbound, you
scenery, including sound and smell, and have a number of cards equal to the largest
give the players goals to achieve if they do hand size of all your creatures, plus one
not have goals of their own. They should additional card for each creature after that
speak for the characters in the world and one. This means you will generally have
direct the players’ enemies in combat. more cards than the players, but will have
The Game Master should tell the players far more to spread it over. Most characters
when to make checks, and decide on the will be uncoordinated and won’t be able to
complication of those checks based on the strike at the same target, so you will not be
difficulty of the action. You can let players able to hurt player characters very easily,
call checks for themselves if they are unless they are ignoring their Foundation.
performing an action that they know will All characters are considered uncoordinated
require a check, but it is best to call the unless otherwise stated.
checks for yourself. When you run out of cards and are
exhausted, the team will break, either
becoming too exhausted to fight, becoming
fearful of the danger and running, or
surrendering. A team with a leader may be
able to rally and continue the fight, so it
235 Chapter 3 Game Master’s Guide

would be wise to keep your leaders Controlling Combat
protected. It’s important to let the cards fall as they
Drama is important in combat, as well as may, but in certain situations you may find
realism among the characters. Most your party is being hurt too badly, either due
characters should preserve their own lives to poor card draws, an overpowered
and play to their strength. More devilish monster, or poor party composition. If your
characters should grab bystanders to make party is getting hurt too badly, you can
human shields, while more cowardly control the enemies attacks, splitting sets
characters should run away from advances into Foundation, and denying yourself full
of the enemy party. hand draws by leaving cards in your hand at
the end of your turn.
It is important to make the distinction If you find yourself having to hold back
between being in combat and not being in often, you may need to fine-tune which
combat. When players draw hands, it enemies you put in front of your players, or
means they are combat ready and may there may be a larger issue among the
place down foundation; otherwise, the player’s team composition or playstyle.
characters are considered to be more
relaxed and not ready for an attack. When a
character Draws, but there is nothing to The L one G u nman: D ruce is new to
fight, they will lose their hand after one W estbound, and is playing as the G ame
minute of no combat. Drawing for combat is M aster for his friend Brennan. D ruce was
exhaustive, and players will learn to limit afraid that Brennan' s character would be
their Drawing for perceived danger. It is killed easily if he was attacked by multiple
possible for one player to Draw and not the people, but was unaware of how
others; this is a common tactic to preserve uncoordinated the bandits were. S ince most
both life and energy while exploring. When creatures cannot attack a character that has
a character sees another character draw, already been attacked in the same round,
they may immediately do so as well. Traps Brennan was able to play without fear of
and surprise attacks are extremely deadly, getting ganged up on, ex cept for by special
and players can only defend by drawing creatures like W olves, which became
before the trap has sprung. especially scary to him.
Game Master’s Guide Chapter 3 236

When starting combat as a Game Master,
shuffle all 52 cards back into your deck.
1
Play the Base Foundation of each non-player
character who is participating in the combat.
2
4 +1 +1 +1 = 7
Draw your hand. Each creature has a hand size,
and the creature with the largest hand
determines the Game Master's starting hand.
Draw that creature's hand, plus one additional
card for each other creature on the field.
3
Play the Foundation of each character and Ante
up to determine your turn order. If you have no
cards left in your hand at the start of your next
turn, you can draw up to your full hand.

Calling for Checks draw two cards and discard the higher.
When a character does any extraneous Proficiency in a check allows the character
activity, or an activity that has a chance of to draw two cards and combine the values.
failing, they should make a check.
Checks should be used on any extraneous
activity to represent the wear of adventuring The Company meets their Match: D ruce and
on a character’s body. Longer activities, Brennan decided to add more players to their
such as digging a grave, should require little company of W estbounders. S uddenly, there
were five players and D ruce was having difficulty
consecutive or collaborative checks.
challenging the group. E ven with seven bandits
When an activity has the chance of failure,
attacking the group, D ruce only had ten cards to
a check should be called for. When attack, and after laying down a single foundation
considering the difficulty and complication, on each bandit, he had only three cards in his
remember that any check from Simple to hand left. D ruce was doing little damage, and his
Severe can be completed by an untrained bandits would die before they could even put a
or unskilled character, while Absurd to dent in the player' s defenses. H owever, as
Hopeless require both skill and luck. D ruce got some practice, he started to adopt
It is a simple complication to climb out of a better strategies, adding F oundation to only a
very few of his characters and sending them
window, a tough complication to break down
forward to sponge up most of the damage, and
a wooden door, a Severe complication to
putting the others in strong cover to keep them
swim in a whirlpool, an absurd complication from dying and watching the flanks of the others.
to pick a lock, a Futile complication to N ow, the players are challenged by combat, and
maintain a standing balance on a tightrope, can adopt new strategies of their own, like
and a Hopeless complication to climb a sneaking into the enemy' s flanks to attack the
smooth marble wall. characters without F oundation.
When determining whether or not a trait or
skill is appropriate for a check, remember
that Skill Traits are bundles of skills that Players Exhausting you:
encompass the idea of a type of character, In certain cases, such as hordes, it is
rather than definitive abilities. If a character disadvantageous to let the player discard
is trying to do an abstract action that is your cards. Remember that you can choose
considered sneaky or sly, it would be best to for a creature to become exhausted instead
call it a Furtive Check. of suffering the effects of exhaustion on the
In combat, checks are often done as free group. If one weak target gets brought in
actions, either to resist from something bad and the players begin targeting him with
happening or to perform an action that Exhaustion attacks, which weaken the
requires extra effort, such as climbing a whole group, you can instead have that
wall. A check made when a character has target become exhausted so he doesn’t
drawn can be made with a card in the weaken the entire group.
player’s hand or from the top of the deck.
When a character has advantage on a
check, they can draw two cards from the
deck and ignore the lower. When a
character has disadvantage, they have to

Game Master Exhaustion: Any creature with the horde ability can
A Game Master’s deck is constantly used attack as a horde, even if they are the only
throughout the game, so it is usually creature attacking.
reshuffled back to 52 cards before a battle
starts. When a group of characters in a Leveling Up the Player characters:
combat situation are tired, or have As the story progresses, the players will
previously been in a battle, they would have increase in power and abilities. It is up to
cards discarded from their GM’s deck at the you to decide how far and how fast you
start of the battle. want the players to progress in power. You
When a Game Master’s deck is depleted can choose to increase their level every
and nears exhaustion, there are two options session, after every story arc, at the end of
the Game master has: To Rally or Break. each campaign, or when they complete
When a Game Master Breaks, the specific tasks.
characters under the GM’s control stop You should generally talk to your players
fighting and attempt to flee or surrender. and lay out how they progress in level.
When a Game Master Rallies, they
reshuffle their discard pile into their deck. Using Archetypes
This is typically done as actions through When players are trying to use their
Leader characters; such as warchiefs, Archetype abilities, it is important to
bandit kings, and Grand Wizards. Most remember the balance of powers: The
leaders have a limit to how many times they ability should not be useful in every
can rally in a battle. Some characters, like situation, but it can be a game-changer
the undead, have limitless endurance and when played right. Consider the Archetype
automatically Rally whenever their deck is abilities as you would an enchanted
depleted. weapon; as it makes their social power
stronger. If a player is trying to cause an
Horde Tactics enemy force to drop their weapons and
Certain characters, such as undead or surrender, and they have an archetype
orcs, are able to fight as a Horde. When in ability to do that, consider ramping up their
this state, attacks are made by groups of effects, having each comment reverberate
characters instead of by individuals. When a in the enemy's mind and making their
group of Horde creatures attack an situation seem worse. Similar to a battle,
individual, discard a card from your hand as this should not be done in a single blow, but
an action and then draw a card for each in a back-and-forth bout.
creature participating in the attack. The You are note expected to memorize your
strongest set amongst those cards drawn is player’s Traits or Archetype abilities.
the damage dealt by the horde to the Players should tell you when they are trying
creature. to use their abilities so you can make sure
More powerful horde creatures, such as to adjust how the NPC’s respond.
Ghouls or Ogres, gain Hold’ems to use with
their horde attacks.

Magic-Users casting beyond their sight: Deciding Ante Order
In Westbound, spellcasters can target When deciding the turn order at the
areas and creatures that they can see or beginning of a battle, there is a chance that
sense. This power may seem daunting, two players or a player and the
however, you should consider the difficulty Game-Master will have the same number of
in recognition of anything beyond 300ft. A cards in their ante. In this case, the ante
wizard who sees a centurion approach may that has the highest set within the stack will
cast a fireball before he understands they take their turn first. If both sets in the ante
are friendly, or mistakenly zap a stranger are identical, then either a player or the
instead of the bandit they were looking for. Game-Master can discard a card from the
top of their deck to go first. If both discard a
How to use the Fist Full O’ Bullets card from the top of their deck, they can
The Fist Full O’ Bullets, or fist full o’ arrows continue to discard cards from until one
depending on the ammunition, is a way to refuses or has no cards left in their deck. If
use ammunition without constant tracking. A there is ever an unresolved tie, the
Fist Full O’ Bullets is an indeterminate, Game-Master will decide who takes their
plentiful, but finite amount of ammunition. turn first.
Whenever a Game master deems, he can Since the actions of the characters under
say the Fist Full O’ Bullets are running low the Game-Master’s control all take place in
on supply, and determine how many bullets one turn, it is often the case that after the
remain in the pile and give it a finite amount. Game-Master’s first turn that the players will
The finite number should be about 10; a all go one after the other, followed by the
limited amount that is small enough to be Game-Master again. As long as the players
concerning, but large enough that the player are playing cooperatively, the exact turn
isn’t caught off guard. order they take should not matter and can
You should only let a Fist Full O’ Bullets even be fluid by allowing the players to
become low on supply in reasonable places choose when they take their turn amongst
in the story; at the end of an long adventure, themselves each round.
when one character shares their bullets with
another, or after a bullet-heavy battle. A bad Optional Rules:
time to make a player low on supply is after Injury
they leave a town, or after they pass by a For Game Masters that want a greater
place to resupply. The Fist Full O’ Bullets is sense of danger in their campaigns, they
a way for the Character to track ammunition may want to add rules for injury.
instead of the player, based off of their When a character is wounded by a
in-game experience; therefore, if the player non-lethal attack, they make a Mettle check
believes that the character is secure in their with a simple complication. The difficulty tier
ammunition supply, the Game Master of the complication is increased by one tier
should justify that faith. This can be used as every time the character becomes wounded
a role-play opportunity for players playing before taking a full rest.
ditzy or forgetful characters, but this should When a character fails a draw on this
be discussed with them at the time of mettle check, they draw a card to determine
character creation. their injury. An injured character loses a

trait. The suit of the drawn card determines Optional Rules
the type of trait lost, and the value of the Serendipity
card determines which trait is lost. Counting For Game Masters who want to reward
from the top down, the trait in the numbered players with more than gold or weapons,
position of the card drawn is lost until the they can use the rules for Serendipity.
character recovers from the injury. If the Serendipity should be rewarded for
value of the card exceeds the number of out-of-the-box thinking, excellent
traits the character has, restart the count roleplaying, or any player behavior that you
again from the top. want to reward.
If the character has no traits associated When a player has been given Serendipity
with that suit, they instead injure an by the GM, they can exchange it to make a
associated part of their body. They have discovery about a character, object, or
disadvantage on all checks until that injury situation. The discovery is something
is healed. If a character injures a part of natural given the situation and can be
their body that is already injured, that part of coincidental or lucky. A character might find
their body is dismembered and will not that their reluctant informant carries the
recover. same holy symbol around his neck as he
Heart - Injured Head does, or they might find that a horse and
Diamond - Injured Sense cart accidentally wanders into the middle of
Spade - Injured Hand a firefight to give him cover.
Club - Injured Leg The Game Master can veto the discovery
A character can recover from an injury with made by the player without explanation. If
a Mettle check after a full rest with a Severe the discovery is vetoed, the Game Master
Complication. Characters have can choose to return the Serendipity to the
disadvantage on this check if they had been player or to not return it. Serendipity is
active before starting the full rest. They generally returned if the requested
have advantage on the check if they are discovery wasn’t fitting to no fault of the
resting with a character who has the player, but not returned if the discovery was
Pharmaceutics trait. unfitting or exploitative.

Head west with Westbound: Dust and Dragons. The essentials
guide for both players and Game Masters, this book contains rules for
playing Westbound, creating characters, a guide on how to be a Game Master,
and everything you'll need to have an adventure in the magical wild west.
Use this book to create legendary western heroes with a vast array of
options, including 9 Breeds, 10 Sorts, 10 Prestige Classes, 12 Archetypes,
and over 60 Traits.
Journey through the vast western landscape, exploring endless badlands,
ancient ruins, and mysterious ghost towns. Increase your power by assembling
an arsenal of magical items and developing special skills and abilities. Always
be on your guard, for the West is filled with strange monsters and dastardly outlaws.

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Welcome to Westbound Chapter 1 2

3 Chapter 1 Welcome to Westbound

The pair of 10’s are send to the discard pile, which

How to Play Chapter 1 4

5 Chapter 1 World of Westbound

World of Westbound Chapter 1 6

7 Chapter 1 World of Westbound

The Elemental Ring

World of Westbound Chapter 1 8

9 Chapter 1 How to Play

Your Base Foundation is your Life

The Game Master’s Deck

11 Chapter 1 How to Play

Draw 2, Draw 3, Draw 3,

Advantage and Disadvantage

How to Play Chapter 1 12

13 Chapter 1 How to Play

How to Play Chapter 1 14

T he D ance: M ichelle is playing G orin the S teel

15 Chapter 1 How to Play

Resisting Magical Effects

You can draw randomly from the

Discard the mana and resolve the spell.

17 Chapter 1 How to Play

Drawn card does not match Drawn card matches source

How to Play Chapter 1 18

19 Chapter 1 How to Play

Character Creation Chapter 2 22

23 Chapter 2 Character Creation

Character Creation Chapter 22 24

Gamblers live their lives based on risk and

♣Cheat Death: When you choose the

Sometimes, you gotta know when to walk Subclasses

Savages are strong and independent with

Quick Character Build:

T he gnome furrowed his brow in mock

No one comes closer to mastering the

Quick Character Build:

Spellcasting: When you choose the

When you start a Wizard at level 1, choose

Surge U niv ersal : The longstanding tradition of

Starting at level 8, you are a conduit for the

Starting at level 10, you gain more control of

Cowboys are independent and courageous -

Proficiencies: Gunpowder Weapons Trait

When you start a Cowboy at level 1, choose Composed

At level 8, You are able to discard your

Starting at level 10, you draw an additional

At level 1, you account for the spray and

Proficiencies: Gunpowder Weapons At level 2, Outlaws may choose a subclass:

Hard Counter Starting at level 10, you become a master of

“ A n elf whispers incantations as she steps

45 Chapter 2 Spell Slinger

Quick Character Build: When you start a Spell Slinger at level 1,

Proficiencies: Gunpowder Weapons, Arcanic

Spell Slinger Chapter 2 46

AAt levels 3, 6, and 9, you gain an additional trait Craftsman

AAtt level 10, you can siphon an enemy’s mana into