Background

Choose 1.

  • IMPETUOUS YOUTH Stonetop has always been home, but you chafe at the demands of mundane life and have always longed for more. Excitement! Danger!

    When you make a move and come up short, you can give it your all and turn a 6- into a 7-9, a 7-9 into a 10+, and (if it matters), a 10-11 into a 12+. But if you do, pick 1 (the GM will fill in the details):

    • You get hurt (2d4 damage and an actual injury)
    • You cause collateral damage, endanger others, or otherwise escalate the situation
    • Something on your person is lost or breaks
  • DRIVEN You once led a simple life, but something happened. Something changed you, burdened you with terrible purpose. What was it? Choose 1:

    • A loved one was killed or abducted
    • Someone gave their life to save you
    • Your idol sacrificed themselves to save many
    • You stumbled upon a dark mystery
    • You must make amends for a terrible mistake

    You always have the option of Burning Brightly; you can spend 2 XP after you roll to add +1, even if you don't have enough XP to level.

  • DESTINED (Omens tracker: 3) Fate has laid her hand upon you. Choose 3-4 of the items below to describe your destiny:

    • anointed
    • marked at birth
    • your coming foretold
    • destroy
    • discover
    • free
    • protect
    • restore
    • unify
    • blood
    • civilization
    • darkness
    • earth & stone
    • fire
    • ice
    • light
    • life
    • storms
    • war
    • water
    • the Fae
    • the gods
    • the Makers
    • the Stone
    • the Things Below

    At the start of a session, roll +Omens: on a 7+, lose all Omens and the GM will describe a vision or portent that points toward your fate and/or clarifies your current situation; also, on a 10+, ask the GM a follow-up question and get a clear, helpful answer; on a 6-, don't mark XP, hold +1 Omen, and tell us of your recent nightmares or a troubling vision, and how your fears play into them.

    Until your destiny is fulfilled, treat a 6- on Death's Door as a 7-9, and a 7-9 as a 10+.