Fellowship is a game about the journey.
Several heroes will
travel the world together, seeing a variety of interesting
places on their journey to explore the land and find their
purpose. There are many threats and trials on their path.
Each trial they face is a single scene, and every scene has
a flow to it. Fellowship is all about playing out those little
scenes, stringing them together to create your adventure.
Those scenes are strung together into stories, collections
of scenes that share a central goal. Different kinds of stories
have different means of setting scenes and progression.
is playbook contains the basic rules for playing as the fellowship.
You should have one copy of this playbook on hand
for every two or three people playing the game.
fellowship
HORIZON BASIC RULES
the flow of play
The flow of play for each scene goes like this:
1 Set the Scene, Set the Stakes: The Horizon will set
the scene, telling everyone what is here and what is
going on. The explorers will decide what they want to
do next. Once you know what's here and what you're
doing, the scene is set, and it's time to set the stakes.
There will almost always be something in the
fellowship's way, a problem they must overcome. What's
on the line here? What could go wrong? You don't need
to discuss this step by step, but each player should have
the stakes in mind as they proceed with the scene.
2 Swing the Spotlight: Once the stakes are set, it is
time to take action, and the Spotlight swings around the
table. The Spotlight is the turn order of Fellowship, but
this turn order is not rigid or fixed. The Spotlight is
flexible, and it goes where it needs to go, as follows:
When someone is in Danger, they get the Spotlight
to tell us how they deal with that.
When someone hasn't done something in a while,
they get the Spotlight to tell us what they were up to.
When someone has an idea, leaps into action,
speaks for the group, or does something noteworthy,
they get the Spotlight to do their thing.
When someone's own actions put them directly
into danger, they lose the Spotlight, leaving their
moment on a cliffhanger.
When a player has the Spotlight, they will describe
what they are doing, and the Horizon will describe how
the world reacts to their actions, and may require them
to make a Move. The Spotlight is a dialogue, going back
and forth until something has happened.
When their moment has been long enough, or
when the danger shifts elsewhere, or when another
player has something to do, or when it would be a
good cliffhanger, swing the Spotlight.
Don't let anyone keep the Spotlight for too long.
Share the Spotlight often, and share the Spotlight with
everyone. Most of the game will be played while the
Spotlight is swinging, so manage the Spotlight well.
3 Quick Recap: Once a scene is done, tell us what
happened, briefly, and check in on everyone. It can be
hard to track everything while the Spotlight is swinging.
Take a quick recap to catch up on what happened during
the scene before moving on to the next.
fellowship principles
Your Principles are the rules you must follow.
Do not break them.
• Be Heroic.
You're here to save the day. You have a duty to save
this world, and you cannot go back on that. Act like the
heroes you are.
• Create solutions, not problems.
You're the good guys. There's plenty of bad going
around already - do not make the world worse.
• Address the characters, not the players.
Don't call them "Jesse" or "Sam," call them "Aurora"
and "Rumblebelly."
• Embrace the fantastic.
Don't let the world be boring. Do fun things, make
the world weird, commit to acting and being fantastic.
• Make a move that follows.
You can only make a move you meet the trigger for,
and the results of your move will tell us how the story
plays out. You cannot make a move if you don't fulfill
the trigger.
• Remind us of your moves.
Everyone shares the same basic moves, but everyone
has their own moves to call upon when they need them.
Be clear which move you are using when you trigger it,
and let us know exactly what happens as a result.
• Always ask questions. Always answer questions.
If you don't know, ask. If someone asks you, answer.
• Begin and end with the fiction.
Start a move with what triggered it, end the move
with what it accomplished, and then move to the next
move from there.
• Don't steal the spotlight...
When another player is taking action, let them do so.
Don't interrupt, don't take over, don't get in their way. If
they don't know what to do, you can give them some
suggestions, but your hero shouldn't jump in and take
their moment from them. It's their turn, not yours.
• ...But shine on when you have it.
When you have the spotlight, use it. Do something
cool. Do something fun. Do something wild. It doesn't
matter, so long as you do something.
 telling stories
Scenes are combined together to tell overarching Stories.
The 4 kinds of Stories you will tell in Fellowship are:
a little downtime
Downtime is what it sounds like. When the fellowship
spends some time in civilization (usually when they Recover),
they tell everyone how they pass their time.
Each player sets a single scene describing their downtime.
The Horizon will follow up with a single question about it,
such as "who was there with you?" or "what made that harder
than you expected?" or "someone in town didn't like that very
much, who was it?" Answer it.
Once everyone in the fellowship has set one scene, the
Horizon sets a scene. They also increase the Response Level
of the current Location by 1.
Then, everyone decides whether to continue their downtime
and set another scene, or end it. Downtime ends when at least
half the fellowship is ready to move on.
a long journey
A Journey is the story of point A to point B. During a
Journey, each player tells us one event that happened along
the way, starting with whoever you like. The Horizon may
frame the event by asking the player a question first, like
"what did you find off the beaten path?" or "what was really
dangerous about this leg of the journey?" or "who did you
meet on the read?"
After someone describes the event, they choose another
player at the table, and they tell us how they handled the
event. Give each event as much or as little detail as it needs.
The Horizon also sets a scene during this journey, telling
the fellowship how the environment made the journey harder.
After every event has been resolved, you make it to your
destination.
a proper challenge
Challenges are the story of earning something worthwhile.
When the fellowship sets a short term goal, the story to
achieve it is the Challenge. Everyone works together in every
scene, and new scenes are set until the Challenge is overcome
or the goal is unattainable.
A Challenge usually comes from trying to earn Fellowship.
When you come to a community, they will usually have some
trouble that they need help with, and your Challenge is
resolving their troubles.
The first scene of a challenge is always spent making a plan.
The fellowship decides what they need to do to get their goal,
and the next scene will be either the first step of the plan in
action, or gathering what you need to set the plan in motion.
Each scene after that will flow from there.
the showdown
It doesn't matter what you were doing: the Boss, a Set Piece,
or an Artifact of Power has appeared, and now you need to
deal with it.
The Showdown always begins with the new threat asserting
itself. They make a show of power, causing chaos or fear or
fire or explosions. Whatever they do, it is dangerous.
Once the show of force is over, the fellowship is placed in
danger and must take action immediately. The Showdown is
less of a string of scenes, and more an extended, dangerous,
high stakes scene, that will not end until either the threat or
the fellowship are defeated or forced to retreat.
quick start
First time playingFellowship? Follow these steps:
1: Pick Your Playbook
You can't pick a playbook someone else has, and one player
must be the Horizon.
2: Choose your Name, Look, and Agenda
3: Assign your Stats
4: Choose your Moves
5: Choose your Gear
These steps are all on your playbook. Look it over and
choose from the options your playbook gives you.
6: Introduce your Hero
Tell us about your hero, tell us why you are your people's
champion, and then tell us three facts about your people.
Each player must do this.
7: Explorer's Agendas
Everyone in the fellowship must pick an
Explorer's Agenda from the Horizon playbook,
and tell us why they chose the Agenda they chose.
Your Explorer's Agenda tells us what you are seeking:
Adventure, Fame, Fortune, Freedom, Justice, Peace,
Progress, or Virtue.
8: Bonds
Each player fills in however many Bonds their playbook
says they start with with the names of anyone they know -
each other or Companions.
9: Rumors
Each player answers this prompt individually:
Choose another player, and tell us a rumor or superstition
your people hold about their people. They cannot tell you
whether or not it is true.
10: Start playing!
tags
range tags
Range tags tell you where you need to be to use a weapon
or attack successfully.
Melee: You need to be up close to hit them.
Ranged: You can hit them if you can see them. Ranged
weapons usually need Ammo or require Reloading.
Area: Area attacks hit everyone in a group.
Dangerous: Dangerous attacks are like Area attacks, but
they always cause collateral damage.
item tags
Item tags describe the properties that a thing has.
Burning: Burning attacks start fires.
Clumsy: Clumsy items have -1 to be used, and Clumsy
armor gives -1 to Get Away.
Dwarf-Made: This item is nearly indestructible.
Elf-Made: This item does not age, and its touch burns
non-elves.
Necrotic: Necrotic attacks inflict wounds that do not heal
naturally. Necrotic damage is marked twice, and the first
mark cannot be removed by Filling Your Belly.
Orc-Made: Orc-Made items are Clumsy in any hands but
an Orc's.
Piercing: The attacker always chooses which stat to
damage, and the damage cannot be redirected to armor or
other stats.
Reload: This weapon can only be used once per scene.
Slow: This takes time and safety to use properly.
Thrown: If you use this weapon as a Ranged weapon, you
lose it until you can go and get it back.
limited tags
These tags cost a Use to gain their benefits.
Ammo: Spend 1 Use to make a move with this weapon. It
does not cost Ammo unless the move tells you it does.
Armor: Spend 1 Use to prevent 1 damage you would take.
Drunk: When you Use this, you have Despair and cannot
have Hope for your next roll.
Food: You can spend it to Fill Your Belly.
Fuel: Robots can spend this to Fill Their Belly.
Healing: Spend 1 Use to heal a damaged stat.
Precious: Spend 1 Use to Forge a Bond with someone, or
to not have to do a favor for someone.
Repair: Spend 1 Use to fix something broken, or to Heal a
robotic Companion or a Ship.
Useful: Spend 1 Use to produce something helpful.
Vigor: When you Use this, you have Hope and cannot have
Despair for your next roll.
Trap: Traps are items you need to place in advance.

Fellowship is a game about the challenge. A lot of
different challenges will get in your way throughout your
journey, and you will need to stand up and face those
challenges if you want to succeed. When the result of your
actions is unclear, your Moves will resolve them.
Each move has a Trigger. If you do not meet the trigger,
the move doesn't happen. The trigger is the part in bold that
begins with "When you..." at the start of each move. To
perform a move, you must fulfill the trigger.
Most moves have a Check. The Check is what you must
do to perform the move, usually rolling dice and adding a
number. If the check says something like "roll +Blood",
then you roll two six sided dice and add your Blood stat to
the roll.
Every move has a Result. The result is what happens if
you meet both the trigger and the check. On moves with a
roll, the result will change depending on the numbers you
rolled, with higher numbers being better. 7+ means "7 or
higher," 9- means "9 or less," and a range like "7-9" means
"7, 8, or 9".
Once you have hit the trigger, paid for the check, and
figured out the result, the move is over, and you figure out
what your move did and what happens next from there.
is playbook contains the basic rules for playing as the fellowship.
You should have one copy of this playbook on hand
for every two or three people playing the game.
fellowship
BASIC RULES
basic moves
finish them any stat
When you attempt to defeat an enemy you hold an
advantage over, tell us what you want to do to them and
roll the appropriate stat.
If you do not have an advantage over them, you cannot
attempt to Finish Them. An Advantage is something you
need to get the upper hand, such as teamwork, the element
of surprise, or a moment's hesitation.
If you Finish Them by...
...trying to kill them, roll +Blood. On a 10+, they die by
your hand.
...forcing them to retreat, roll +Courage. On a 10+,
they back off. They won't be back anytime soon.
...outsmarting, terrifying, or overwhelming them, roll
+Grace. On a 10+, they admit defeat, and will not willingly
challenge you again.
...disabling them or knocking them out, roll +Sense.
On a 10+, they are physically incapacitated and unable to
continue.
...showing them the error of their ways, roll +Wisdom.
On a 10+, you Forge a Bond with them, and they cannot
bring themselves to hurt you.
On a 7-9, you deal damage to them and lose your
advantage over them. If an ally was Keeping Them Busy,
they aren't anymore.
On a 6-, you lose the advantage, and must face retaliation.
If you Finish Them using a weapon with Ammo, use 1
Ammo. If you have no Ammo, you cannot Finish Them with
that weapon.
If you have the Clumsy tag, you take -1 to Finish Them.
What is an Advantage?
An Advantage is any means of fictional superiority you
hold over someone else. When you do something that
sounds like an advantage, then you have an advantage. If
they are better than you, you do not have an advantage,
and you will need to turn the tables in some way if you want
to Finish Them.
overcome blood
When you attempt to avoid, redirect, or prevent the
harm something will cause, roll +Blood. You can
Overcome any obstacle, threat, Cut, or Move made against
you or an ally, if you are in position to act and have the
means to stop it.
On a 10+, you stop the obstacle, threat, Cut, or Move
from causing harm.
On a 7-9, choose one: Pay a price to take the 10+ result,
or create a temporary solution. A temporary solution will
delay the threat, but when time is up, it'll be back in force -
the Overlord will tell you when.
Overcoming harm with a weapon does not cost Ammo.
keep them busy courage
When you act as a distraction or buy some time, tell
us how and roll +Courage.
On a 7+, you buy some time, and their attention is all
on you, for now.
On a 9-, they will retaliate against you when time is up.
If you Keep Them Busy using a weapon with Ammo,
use 1 Ammo. If you have no Ammo, you cannot Keep
Them Busy with that weapon. If you have the Clumsy tag,
you take -1 to Keep Them Busy.
get away grace
When you need to get somewhere out of reach or
out of sight, tell us where you're going and roll +Grace.
On a 10+, choose two. On a 7-9, choose one:
• You get there quickly, avoiding any harm along the way.
• You get there quietly, drawing no attention.
• You grab someone nearby and bring them with you.
If you have the Clumsy tag, you take -1 to Get Away.
talk sense grace / sense
/ wisdom
When you speak with conviction and ask someone for
help, tell us what you want from them and why they should
help you. If they're willing to listen, roll. When you...
...detail your plan and their place in it, roll +Sense.
...appeal to their emotions or desires, roll +Wisdom.
...impress, dazzle, or trick them, roll +Grace.
On a 7+, they do as you ask, to the best of their ability.
On a 9-, you owe them a favor. The more you ask of them,
the more they'll ask of you, and they can cash in at any time -
even right now, before they do as you ask.
On a 6-, they choose one: They cannot do as you ask and
will tell you why, or the favor you must do them is expensive,
difficult, or demeaning.
 basic moves
look closely sense
When you closely examine a situation or a location,
roll +Sense.
On a 7+, ask three questions from the list.
On a 9-, you find one of those answers the hard way.
On a 6-, you may only ask one question.
Anyone can answer, but the Horizon has the final say.
• What is going on here? What do my senses tell me?
• Is something hidden or out of place? If so, what looks suspicious?
• Tell me about _____ . How could it hurt me? How could it help
me?
• Tell me about _____ . What are they doing? What will they do
next?
• What will happen if I _____ ?
speak softly wisdom
When you have a quiet chat with someone, you may
roll +Wisdom. Then, ask three questions from the list.
On a 10+, they must answer each question honestly.
On a 9-, one of their answers is not helpful. Either they
refuse to answer or they reveal a terrible truth you didn't
want to hear, their choice.
On a 6-, one of their other answers is false.
• What can they tell us about ________ ?
•
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What were they doing, and what are they going to do next?
What should I be wary of when dealing with them?
• What do they want, and how could we help them get it?
• What would they have us do next?
pay the price
When a move tells you to pay a price, tell us what it costs
you. A price can be taking damage, losing or using equipment,
suffering a setback, or losing an advantage. Whatever the cost,
you must pay that price immediately before, during, or after the
move you paid for.
command lore
When someone asks something about your character or
your people, tell them. When you ask about another
character or their people, they will tell you. When you ask
about the Overlord, they alone may choose not to answer.
fill your belly
When you are between scenes, you may Use Food to heal
one damage. When you share a meal with friends, one person
may heal an extra point of damage.
hope and despair
When you have Hope and make a move, roll three dice
and keep the best two.
When you are in Despair and make a move, roll three
dice and keep the worst two.
When you have both, they cancel out.
When someone outside the fellowship is in Despair,
they cannot do anything meaningful. When you roll with a
stat that has been Damaged, you roll with Despair.
damage
When you take damage, choose a stat and mark it.
Sometimes you will not get a choice, and a stat will be
damaged for you. While a stat is damaged, you are in
Despair whenever you roll that stat. When an enemy's stat
or a Companion's stat is damaged, they cannot use it.
You cannot mark a stat that has already been marked.
When you heal, remove a mark from one of your stats.
When you take damage while all of your stats are already
marked, you get Taken Out.
recover
When the fellowship rests in a place of safety for over
a week, heal all of your stats and restock all of your Gear.
The Horizon increases the Response Level of this Location by
1, and lowers the Response Level everywhere else by 2.
taken out
When all of your stats are damaged and you take
further damage, you are Taken Out, and no longer able to
help out for the rest of the scene. Tell us how you got Taken
Out. What happened to you? What is going to happen to you
next? Can the fellowship save you from your fate? If so, how?
end of session (horizon vers.)
When you reach the end of a session, the fellowship
answers these three questions:
• Did we thoroughly explore a new Location?
• Did anyone find what they were seeking?
• Did we discover something new about the world or its peoples?
For each "yes" answer, the group chooses one. You may
choose an option more than once.
• Each fellowship player refreshes one piece of their Gear to its
full value.
• Each fellowship player chooses one stat to heal. It doesn't have
to be theirs.
• The fellowship and the Horizon each choose one player to
Level Up. You cannot be chosen to Level Up if you are the highest
level player or you have already been chosen to level up this
session.
bond moves
forge a bond
When you bond with someone over something you did or
shared together, record a new Bond with them on your sheet,
describing the connection you two now hold. A Bond is a single
sentence describing how you feel about them or what you two
have done together. If you already had a Bond with them, you
can add another Bond, or rewrite an existing one. You can never
have more than three Bonds with someone.
If you Forge a Bond with someone outside the fellowship,
they will join your cause as a Companion, so long as the Bond
holds.
the bonds that bind us
When two or more players who have Bonds with each
other work together side by side, they roll with Hope.
When one of them must pay a price, another may choose
to pay that price instead.
the bonds that break us
When your actions harm an ally, immediately erase one
of your Bonds with them. When you have no Bonds with a
member of the fellowship, you cannot work alongside them
without getting in each others' way, and you both roll with
Despair when working together.
bound in service
When you call upon a Companion for help, you may
damage one of their stats to create an advantage related to
that stat. If all of a Companion's stats are damaged and
they'd take further damage, lose a Bond with them.
When no one has any Bonds with a Companion, they
leave the fellowship.
heart of fire
When you hold a Bond with a Boss, they do not become
your Companion, but you still hold sway over them. You may
erase one Bond with them at any time to buy yourself a
reprieve. Choose one: They will show you mercy, tell you
something valuable, or ignore you for the time being.
response level
The Horizon's Locations grow more dangerous over time.
As you despoil nature or defy local rules, the Response Level
will increase. Each time it increases, the Horizon will add a
new Move to the Location, making it more dangerous. Don't
stay in any one place for too long, if you can help it.
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Chosen Names: All, Cloud, Corvae, Decidua, Endless,
Freyja, Gale, Malla, Nova, Ord, Salo, Skye, Tomorrow, Unity,
Yrta, Zaxilandrathor
Divine Names: Alpha, Cloudwatched, Joyheart, Justiceborn,
Kingbroken, Maliceblight, Neveryield, Omega, Outsider,
Propaganda, Queenseyes, Sunsetter, Titania, Winterling
the angel
POWERFUL PLAYBOOK
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what is an angel?
• Empty Eyes, Glowing Eyes, or Many Eyes Choose the option that best represents your people:
• Feathered Wings, Glowing Aura, or Mysterious Levitation
• Ancient Clothing, Modern Fashion, or No Need For Clothes
bringers of judgment
Your people are many-winged arbiters of sin. You are
• Avian Features, Human Shaped, or Unnatural Thing able to seal away danger with your power words.
agenda
When you use a Power Word to delay a threat, you
When you know not what to do, may take damage a second time to seal them away. A sealed
consult your Agendas. enemy cannot leave the place you sealed them, so long as your
You have these three Agendas: spell holds. Any attempt to touch or attack them will break
the seal, but you can talk or flee freely.
• Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People If you seal away an enemy and leave them to their
• Improve The World Around You fate, you can be certain they'll come after your head, if they
ever escape. Threats to the World cannot be sealed.
And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow:
eyes that see truth
Ancient Harmony Your people are precise and perceptive in a way only a
Maintain the natural order. bird can be. Your golden eyes pierce the truth of all things.
You roll with Hope to Look Closely.
When you get a 10+ on any roll, you may ask one
Heroic Duty question from the Look Closely list.
Dive into danger when an innocent is threatened.
messengers from beyond
The Honored Word Your people are strange and alien messengers whose
Keep your word in all things, magnificence is beyond understanding. You know two
and punish the liars and oath-breakers. additional power words, and you gain one extra stat: Pride.
Pride is not used for any rolls, and does not have a modifier. It
can be damaged and healed just like normal stats. When your
stats Your Grace stat is +2.
Assign +2, +1, +0, -1 to your other stats.
Pride becomes damaged, you gain Hope for your next roll.
pride
You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.
Blood
When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.
relics of the ancients
Your people are statues of living stone, and have been
here longer than anyone can remember. Add your Stoneskin
Courage (Armor, 2 Uses) to your Gear.
While you have any Uses of your Stoneskin
remaining, you may stop yourself from being moved in any
way you don't want to be, staying exactly where you are.
Grace
This does not cost a Use of your Stoneskin.
playing as the angel
Sense The Angel is the world. Everything is within their grasp, so
long as they know the right words. The world is putty beneath
their hands and no obstacle can stop them. The Angel has
ultimate power, and they must use it wisely.
Wisdom Play as The Angel if you want to fly through the skies, if
you like open ended magic that simply works, if you want to
play a powerful and unnatural creature beyond mortal
reasoning, or if you just want to be a god.
 angelic core
All Angels have these moves.
holy command
You can speak the language of all things. You can always
be understood by anyone you speak to, and can Talk Sense to
anything that listens.
While this divine language lets you speak to all things, it
does not let you understand all things. You can command
the natural world to obey you, but you cannot hear what
they have to say about it. You cannot Speak Softly with them
unless they have the ability to speak back to you.
sky's limit
You can fly. When you fly with a passenger or a
heavy load, you have the Clumsy tag.
Clumsy gives a -1 penalty to Get Away, Keep Them Busy,
and Finish Them.
worldly detachment
You can never hold more than 6 Bonds total. When
you would write your seventh Bond, erase one of your
existing Bonds first.
This Move cannot be Shared.
words of power
You know three power words. You do not need to
decide what these words are until you use them. As you
declare the words you know, write them down. A Word
can be any verb or improper noun.
Example power words: Burn, Chains, Echo, Fear, Fly,
Frost, Gate, Mirror, Open, Rage, Restore, Run, Shield,
Sorrows, Storms, Truth, Tunnel, Wall, Wind.
You can use a power word to command any natural
object or animal to follow that word. For example, you
may speak Power Word: Burn to set an animal on fire, or to
burn down a door, or to light a campfire.
Unnatural things, Threats to the World, and those
that mean you harm resist your words of power. You
cannot speak a word directly to such a thing - it can only
delay them, and it takes power to do so.
When you speak a Word of Power to a threat before
you, tell us this word and the threat you speak it to, then
take damage. Your word will delay the threat in a way you
describe, but it will break free before long.
Record your Words of Power here:
angelic custom angelic advancement
level
Choose one of these moves When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
to further define what it means to be the Angel. then choose an option from the list and mark
avatar
it. You may only choose each option once. You begin the game at level 1.
You have Protection. This gives you immunity to a Location O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
or Overlord stat of your choosing, and you may choose which one O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +2).
to be immune to at the beginning of any scene. O Take another Angelic Custom.
O Take another Angelic Custom.
celestial heritage O Take a Custom Move from any Basic or Powerful
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook. playbook.
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook.
This Move cannot be shared.
O Take another Angelic Custom, or ask another player to
Share a Move with you.
guardian angel O Take another Angelic Custom, or take the Arch-Angel's
When you Overcome the harm intended for someone Serenity Move. You must be level 5 or higher to take this
else, the person you protected heals one stat of their choice, Advancement.
regardless of your roll. O Take an Arch-Angel Custom.
O Take an Arch-Angel Custom. You must be level 5 or
language barrier higher to take this Advancement.
. Your power words gain the tags Useful and Armor. Each
O Take a Custom Move from any Destiny Playbook. You
word has 1 Use. When you Use a power word, describe the
magical way it provides armor or help for you. must be Level 5 or higher to take this Advancement.
O Choose a player. They Share a Move with you.
When you Fill Your Belly, you may restore the Use of one
of your words. O You have become a Threat to the World. You must be
Level 5 or higher to take this Advancement. When
mightier than the sword facing another Threat to the World, you do not need
Give each of your words one option from each list: to pay a price simply to act against them.
• Melee or Ranged.
• Burning, Dangerous, Necrotic, or Piercing.
• Ax, Bow, Gun, Hammer, Spear, Sword, or Whip. shared customs
Each of your Power Words can be used as a weapon with its Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
chosen tags, in the shape of a weapon from the final list. You can
only have one of your Power Words in weapon form at a time, and
can only use the tags of your current Power Word weapon.
poetry in motion
When you Get Away, you may choose an extra option, even
on a 6-.
right where i want you
When you make a Basic Move other than Look Closely
against an enemy and get a 7+, you may move them around the
area freely. You move with them, and they end up exactly where
you want them to be.
storm caller
Add Lightning Bolts (Ranged, Piercing, Dangerous, 3
Ammo) to your Gear. You can spend 1 Ammo from your
Lightning Bolts to create a sudden storm, turning the weather
immediately foul.
 I am here. I have always been, and always will. I speak, and
the world listens. I listen, and the world speaks. If you know the
words, reality is yours to do with as you wish, but I wish for
nothing. So tell me, if you could. What is it that you wish for?
You wish to explore this Horizon? To see what the world
has to offer you? I like it. I may be interested in some of it. I
will accompany you. No, you do not get a say in this.
I am the Angel. My word is law.
the angel
POWERFUL PLAYBOOK
bonds
You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
Fellowship. You can never have more than 6 Bonds in total.
Use these, or make your own:
I am ____________ 's guardian.
____________ knows the truth of my past.
I know the truth of ____________ 's past.
I would rather be at____________ 's side
than anywhere else in the world.
I understand why _____________ acts the way they do.
I have trusted _____________ with an important secret.
I will protect _____________ from our enemies.
I will protect _____________ from themselves
I need _____________ to understand
My love for _____________ cannot be measured.
Record your other bonds here:
angelic gear
You have a light pack of rations (Food, 3 Uses).
Choose two weapons:
O A set of simple spears (Melee, Thrown, 3 Ammo).
O A pair of surprisingly sharp talons (Melee).
O Blasts of holy light (Ranged, Reload).
O A holy symbol and a prayer (Armor, 1 Use).
O A pet songbird that knows a word of power. You have
one Bond with it.
What holy assistance did you bring with you?
Choose one:
O Holy scrolls (1 Use). You may spend 1 Use of these
scrolls to use a power word you do not know.
O Ancient dictionary (Slow). You can understand
the language of anything, translate any text, or
Speak Softly with foreigners and animals, as long
as you have the time to consult this dictionary.
O Blessed wine (Healing, Drunk, 2 Uses).
O A pair of fellow angels. Choose two of the Choir,
the Judgment, or the Redemption. You have one
Bond with each of them.
If you take the Moves Language Barrier and/or Mightier
Than The Sword, record your Words and their tags here:
 angelic companions earned fellowship angelic notes
Angelic companions are those allies who are particularly When you gain Fellowship with a community, Use this space to take notes.
likely to join arms with you. Many of them are available as the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book. Write about the Angels, write about the people you've met,
Gear options - a Companion in your Gear will always return Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here. the places you've been, and the things you've found.
to you, heal, or be replaced by another when you Recover. If you think it's important to you or to the Angels,
write it down.
choir
An angel that seeks the mastery of their Word. They act to fulfill
and exemplify their Word in all things.
Fill in both blanks with the same Word.
avatar of __________

name: power word: __________

judgment
An angel that seeks to oppose those who defy divine law. They will
not falter or hesitate in pursuit of their judgment.
name: do unto others smite evil

redemption
An angel that seeks to redeem their past mistakes. They are here to
serve a punishment, and will act with desperation to have their
crimes absolved.
name: i am your shield guilty drive

songbird
This majestic bird can sing a word of power. It will use this word
to satisfy its own desires above all else, and is difficult to train.
name: fickle flyer power word: __________
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Name: Birdcage, Buddy, Claws, Graves, Ivy, Missile, Quickfoot,
Redeye, Rose, Scar, Sister, Strong, Tooth, Velvet
Ancestry: Bat, Beetle, Cat, Crab, Dinosaur, Eel, Fairy, Frog,
Jellyfish, Medusa, Minotaur, Parrot, Ratling, Scorpion, Shark, Snake,
Werewolf, Whale, Yeti
the beast
BASIC PLAYBOOK
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what is the beast?
• Adorable Eyes, Feral Eyes, or Tiny Little Beady Eyes Choose the option that best represents your people:
• Bipedal, Centaur-like, Quadrupedal, or Strange Form avian
• Barely Clothed, Peasant's Garb, or Totally Nude Your people can fly, including birds and bats and beetles
• Tiny, Small, Human-Size, or Huge and dragonflies. When you fly with a passenger or a heavy
load, you have the Clumsy tag. Clumsy gives a -1 penalty to Get
agenda When you know not what to do,
consult your Agendas.
Away, Keep Them Busy, and Finish Them.
aquatic
You have these three Agendas: Your people live within or under water, including crabs
• Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People or frogs or sharks or jellyfish. You can breathe air and water
equally well, and you can swim even faster than you can run.
• Improve The World Around You When you Get Away or Look Closely through the water,
choose one additional option or ask one additional question
And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow: from the list, even on a 6-.
Outsider arthropodal
Hold true to your own culture, Your people wear their skeletons on the outside,
regardless of where you go. including crabs or beetles or nautili or scorpions. You have a
hard outer shell (Armor, 1 Use) that you can replace when
Predator needed, either by molting it, repairing it, or replacing it.
Kill your prey without remorse. When you have time and safety, you may restore its Use.
mammalian
Territorial Your people have fur and warm blood, including cats and
Aggressively defend your friends and your home. rats and bulls and wolves. You are well-adapted to the
harshness of the world, and your body is Protection for
stats
yourself. This gives you immunity to a Location or Overlord
Your Blood stat is +2. stat of your choice, and you may choose which one to be
Assign +2, +1, +0, -1 to your other stats. immune to at the beginning of any scene.
You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.
reptilian
Blood
When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.
Your people have scales and cold blood, including snakes
and crocodiles and geckos and dinosaurs. Your brutality in
combat is unmatched. When you Keep Them Busy by lashing
Courage
out with all your might, you may roll with +Blood, and on a
10+, you deal damage to them.
playing as the beast
Grace The Beast is a wild animal, literally. They are scary
monsters that display their power openly. Everything you
Sense see in a Beast is everything there is to know about them.
The Beast is wild, powerful, and acts how they please, so
get out of their way.
Play as The Beast if you want to be a wild and untamed
Wisdom monster, if you enjoy nature and bringing that to your
game, if you want to play as an outsider looking for a
home, or if you just want to be a furry friend.
 beast core
All Beasts have these moves.
animal traits
You are a monster. Choose a beast that your people are
humanoid versions of, such as a rat, bull, crocodile, owl,
wolf, lobster, shark, frog, or any other animal you like.
You have three beast abilities that you can simply do,
based on the animal you are. Write these down. These
traits can be anything the animal is known to do, including
extraordinary senses, innate defenses, natural weapons, or
movement abilities. You have these traits at all times, and
unless they are marked, you can always use them to help
you in any way necessary.
When you take damage, you can mark a trait instead.
Tell us how this trait protects you from harm. You cannot
use a trait while it is marked.
When you receive Healing or Fill Your Belly, you may
also remove one mark from a marked trait.
When you Share this Move, they write only one
Animal Trait. You can Share this Move with someone
multiple times, granting them a new trait each time.
Someone you have Shared an Animal Trait with can
use Wild Side with that trait, even if they do not other-
wise have the Wild Side move.
Record your Animal Traits here:
O _______________________________
O _______________________________
O _______________________________
O _______________________________
wild side
You can push beyond your limits, burning yourself out
to draw immediate strength. When you draw upon your
animal instincts for power, you can damage the stat you
are about to roll or mark a relevant Animal Trait to roll
with Vigor. A trait is relevant to a roll if you can explain
how it helps you with what you are doing.
Vigor means you both roll with Hope and cannot have
Despair.
beast custom beast advancement
level
Choose two of these moves When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
to further define what it means to be the Beast. then choose an option from the list and mark
it. You may only choose each option once. You begin the game at level 1.
bloodhound (blood) O Increase your Grace or Sense by 1 (to a max of +3).
When you track someone whose trail isn't cold, roll
+Blood. On a 10+, choose both. On a 7-9, choose one: Either
O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
O Take another Beast Custom.
you find them quickly, or they do not know they were followed.
O Take another Beast Custom, or have someone Share a
evolution Move with you.
Choose a Move from the What Is The Beast? list. O Gain another Animal Trait, and share one Animal Trait
you have with another player. They use it the same way
not raised by wolves you do, including marking it to trigger Wild Side or in
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook. place of taking damage.
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook. O Share one of your Moves with a player you have 3
This Move cannot be shared. Bonds with.
on a mirror's edge O You have Changed. You must be level 5 or higher to
When you begin free running, hold 2 Speed. take this Advancement. When you Change, choose a
When you stop moving, lose all of your Speed. Destiny you meet the requirements for and take its first
You may spend 1 Speed to do one of the following: Move.
• Avoid an enemy attack and keep going.
shared customs
• Leap around, over, or through an obstacle/enemy in your path.
• Get up somewhere out of reach or out of sight.
Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
shifter
You can change forms, between full animal and full
humanoid and a hybrid form between the two. Your default state
is the hybrid form, but you can change between the three at will.
Your human form has no obvious animal features, and your animal
form is physically identical to a normal animal of its kind.
survivor
When you Overcome harm directed at you, on a 7+, you
may also either heal or Get Away as if you rolled a 7-9, your choice.
war paint
When you perform a ritual of power in preparation for
a planned battle, hold 2 Power. When the battle you prepared
for ends, lose all of your Power.
You may spend 1 Power to do one of the following:
• Howl: Terrify an enemy. They cannot approach you willingly.
• Rampage: Toss aside every enemy you can reach.
• Unflinching: After an enemy damages you, damage them.
War Paint does not work against Threats to the World.
wildspeaker
You can speak the language of beasts and monsters.
When you try to speak to such a creature for the first
time, they will always pause to listen and reply, and you always have
a chance to Speak Softly or Talk Sense with them.
 Hallo. It is good to meet new friends. I hope you are new
friends. If you are not, this may get ugly. I am good at
handling ugly. I do not like to do it, but I am good at it. You
will not make things ugly, will you?
No? Good, so you are a friend! I am happy. It has been a
long time since I last had a new friend. The world is big. The
Horizon is far. There is so much room to roam. A world so big
gets lonely. It is good to have friends.
I hope you will stay with me. Please do not be bothered by
the things I do. I am not like you. I am not like the people like
you. I do things my own way.
I am a monster. I am the Beast. And you will be my friend.
the beast
BASIC PLAYBOOK
bonds
You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
Fellowship. Use these, or make your own:
____________ is a fool and I must watch over them.
____________ is puny and I must protect them.
____________ is beautiful and I like them.
____________ is powerful and I fear them.
_____________ has shown me kindness.
_____________ needs my teaching.
_____________ is a good friend.
_____________ is mine.
I owe my life to _____________ .
When I am lost, I follow _____________ .
Record your other bonds here:
beast gear
Beasts carry little, and you are no exception.
What kind of monster are you? Choose your food and
your weapon:
O Ambush Predator: You are a Melee, Piercing weapon.
When you strike from hiding, you roll with Hope.
When you kill a Beast, you gain Meat (Food, 1-3 Uses).
Larger prey gives you more food.
O Herbivore: You carry a machete (Melee) or
a club (Melee), your choice, as well as plenty
of grains and vegetables (Food, 5 Uses).
You are also very hard to kill (Armor, 1 Use).
O Pack Hunter: You are a Melee weapon. Choose two allies
who hunt with you: a beast brawler, a beast stalker, a giant
rat, a hound, or a hunting bird. You have one Bond with each
of them.
When you kill a Beast, you gain Meat (Food, 1-3 Uses).
Larger prey gives you more food.
O Scavenger: You carry a survival knife (Melee) and some
stuff you found lying around (Useful, 2 Uses).
You eat whatever happens to be around, and do not need to
spend Food to Fill Your Belly.
Choose your treasure:
O Another player: __________ . When you act on their
behalf, you can erase a Bond with them to roll with Hope.
When you Recover, you may change which player you
consider to be your treasure.
O A trophy earned in battle (Precious, 1 Use). When you
defeat an enemy, restore its Use.
O Primal rituals (Useful, Slow). These ancient spells are a
closely kept secret of your people. They take a long time to
use, but can be very powerful.
 beast companions earned fellowship beast notes
Beast companions are those allies who are particularly likely When you gain Fellowship with a community, Use this space to take notes.
to join arms with you. Many of them are available as Gear the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book. Write about the Beasts, write about the people you've met,
options - a Companion in your Gear will always return to Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here. the places you've been, and the things you've found.
you, heal, or be replaced by another when you Recover. If you think it's important to you or to the Beasts,
write it down.
beast brawler
A beastfolk warrior who loves direct confrontation.
name: brutal warrior hard to kill

beast hunter
A beastfolk warrior who specializes in sudden ambushes.
name: patience sudden strike

beast stalker
A beastfolk warrior who can track their prey for miles.
name: deadly weapon long distance
tracking

giant rat
Rats are far smarter than you'd think, and they know to go for the
legs when chasing prey that runs away.
name: ankle biter clever tricks

hound
Hounds chase down fleeing prey for you with their excellent senses of
smell and direction.
name: loyal scent tracking

hunting bird
Birds of a feather hunt together
name: go for the eyes eagle eye
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Names: Ash, Cat, Gilder, Hope, Klaus, Lao, Jones, Mystery,
Prima, Quinn, Ruby, Toya, Wayne
Themes: Ancient Scrolls, Clockwork Gadgets, Crystal Orbs,
Cyborg Modifications, Dreams Made Real, Electrical Devices,
Enchanted Tattoos, Mysterious Masks, Tiny Dinosaurs,
Trained Dogs, Magic Wands, Weird Bugs
the collector
BASIC PLAYBOOK
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what is your collection?
• Hungry Eyes, Playful Eyes, or Steady Eyes
Choose the option that best describes its nature:
• Balding, Styled Braids, or Unkempt Tangle of Hair
internal
• Aristocratic Finery, Hodgepodge Outfit, or Many Layered Clothes
• Ancient Body, Round Body, or Tiny Body Your collection is inside of you, like cyborg modifications,
special tattoos, or dreams made real. You cannot have anything
agenda When you know not what to do,
consult your Agendas.
taken from you, you will never drop anything accidentally, and
you retrieve anything you need from your collection instantly.
In addition, you may choose one more Gear option
You have these three Agendas: from anyone's Gear list. You can only pick from a playbook
• Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People currently being used by the fellowship, and you cannot pick an
option someone else picked. When you use Workaholic to
• Improve The World Around You replace this Gear option with another, you can choose any
Gear option within the above limitations.
And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow:
living
Holding The Key Your collection is made up of living creatures, like weird
Keep dangerous things away from bugs, trained dogs, or tiny dinosaurs. When you use the
those who would abuse them. Autonomous spell from your Curious Curios, you do not mark it.
You simply give the command, and your pet will do its thing
It Belongs In A Museum without further supervision.
Preserve and protect items of lasting historic value.
magical
The Bottom Line Your collection is made up of magical things, like masks,
Make sure you get paid. wands, or scrolls. Everything in your Gear gains the Ranged
tag, and can be used on anyone within a comfortable distance
of you.
stats Your Sense stat is +2.
Assign +2, +1, +0, -1 to your other stats. mechanical
You are an inventor. Your collection consists of things
You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.
Blood you've built yourself, and you can repurpose items on the fly.
When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.
Add your Battery (3 Uses) to your Gear.
When you would spend 1 Use or 1 Ammo from an
item, you can spend 1 Use from your Battery instead.
Courage
You cannot spend your Battery in place of Food or to
power your Crown Jewel Gear option.
Grace playing as the collector
The Collector is a treasure hunter. They carry a special
Sense collection full of incredible things. The Collector knows just
what they want, they are willing to do anything to get it, and
they always have the perfect tool for the job.
Play as The Collector if you fear nothing, if you like pets
Wisdom or gadgets doing exactly what you need them to, if you want
to play someone without any special powers themselves, or if
you just want loads and loads of cool stuff.
 collector core
All Collectors have these moves.
curious curios
You collect strange and bizzare things, from all over the
world. Your collection has some kind of theme to it, such
as small dinosaurs, mechanical replicas of insects, things
made of glass, fanciful masks, or something else.
Rather than Command Lore about your people, you
Command Lore about your collection and those who care
about it - other collectors, the value of your work and your
goods, what purpose they serve and who made them, etc.
Name your Theme, and circle one or two for its Look:
_____________________________________
Bizarre, Clockwork, Complex, Ethereal, Historical,
Mysterious, Organic, Practical, Surreal, Whimsical
Your collection has mysterious and powerful properties.
When you Use a weapon or an item, you may choose a
spell from below, then mark it.
You cannot use a spell while it is marked.
When you spend Food, remove a mark from one spell.
When you Recover, remove all marks on your spells.
O Autonomous: The item acts on its own, following a
simple command.
O Fast: You can use the item as if it didn't have Reload,
Clumsy, Trap, or Slow.
O Overcharge: Either add the Area tag to the item, or
double its normal effect.
O Trickery: Add one of these tags to this item for the
rest of the scene: Ranged, Dangerous, Piercing, or Trap.
You will never Share this Move.
workaholic
When you are between scenes, you may spend 1 Food
to choose one:
• Restore 2 Uses to a single item that doesn't have the
Food tag. This can't restore uses to your crown jewel.
• Replace one of your Gear options with any other option
from its category. The new Gear comes with all its Uses.
• Heal a stat, belonging to you or one of your
Companions.
This replaces the Fill Your Belly Basic Move. When you
would Fill Your Belly, use this move instead.
collected customs collector's advancement
level
Choose two of these moves When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
to further define what it means to be the Collector. then choose an option from the list and mark
it. You may only choose each option once. You begin the game at level 1.
complicated past O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +2).
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook.
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook. O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
O Take another Collected Custom, or take a second option
This Move cannot be shared.
from the What Is Your Collection? list.
fully armed O Take another Collected Custom.
You have all the Weapons listed in your playbook's Gear. O Take another Collected Custom, or have another player
Share a Move with you.
i'll buy it at a high price O Share a Move with another player.
When you offer something Precious to someone and they O You have Changed. You must be level 5 or higher to take
accept it, Forge a Bond with them as normal, then choose one: this Advancement. When you Change, choose a Destiny
• Heal one of their stats and one of yours. you meet the requirements for and take its first Move.
• They owe you a favor, and cannot refuse you when you cash it in.
• You gave them a fake. You do not lose your Precious item, and
your gift won't be able to do whatever they wanted it to do. shared customs
let me see that Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
When you take a few moments to handle or examine an
interesting item, vehicle, or architecture, ask two of the
following questions. The Horizon must answer truthfully.
• Who made it and why should I care about them?
• What was this made to do, and how do I use it or break it?
• What's wrong with this, and how might I fix it?
modifications
Choose one item you own for each of your Curious Curio
spells. The chosen items are always modified by the chosen spell,
without you needing to mark that spell. For example, Fast Spare
Parts never have the Slow tag.
When you Recover, you may re-assign which items are
automatically boosted by which spells.
This Move cannot be Shared.
prank weapon
Add this spell to your Curious Curios list:
O Distraction: It was a ruse! You either Get Away or Keep
Them Busy as if you got a 10+, your choice. The item does this
instead of its normal effects.
This Move cannot be Shared.
scooby snacks
You can use a spell while it is marked by spending 1 Food.
(This also removes a mark from a marked spell)
upkeep
You can pay a price to use Workaholic at any time. You still
spend Food. If you have this move and not Workaholic, you can
pay a price to Fill Your Belly at any time instead.
 bonds
Hello, yes. I'm looking for something, perhaps you've seen it?
Oh, no no no, I didn't lose it. I never had it to lose, you see,
but I will. This item simply must be mine. It's very valuable. My
collection is very particular, only the most incredible things may You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
be a part of it. I have spent years piecing it together. I'm certain Fellowship. Use these, or make your own:
there's not another collection quite like it in all the world!
I am willing to go anywhere, to do anything, to complete my I gave something precious to _____________ .
collection. The endless Horizon is a treasure trove, and it's all
I wouldn't have my crown jewel without _____________ 's
mine for the taking. There's so much out there, if only you know
what to look for! And trust me, I know what to look for. help.
I am the Collector, you see. Perhaps you'd be willing to make
_____________ makes sure I eat when I get busy with work.
a trade?
I keep all of _____________ 's gear working properly.
_____________ thinks I place
too much value in material goods.
I would give up my collection for _____________ 's sake,
if I had to.
_____________ isn't allowed to touch my collection anymore.
I've been working with _____________ for a long time now.
I don't remember when or where I first met _____________ .
_____________ is my most trusted companion.
Record your other bonds here:
the collector BASIC PLAYBOOK
collector's gear
You start with many snacks (Food, 6 Uses)
and strange curios (Useful, 4 Uses).
Choose one weapon you wield:
O A large, unbreakable weapon (Melee, Dwarf-Made,
Armor, 1 Use)
O A beautiful, cursed weapon (Melee, Precious, Necrotic)
O A devastating, unwieldy weapon (Melee, Dangerous,
Clumsy)
O A simple, effective ranged weapon (Ranged,
3 Ammo).
Choose one protection you keep on hand:
O Valuable items you are willing to part with
(Precious, 2 Uses).
O A flying thing (2 Uses). You can spend 1 Use to
fly, for just a few moments. You can Overcharge
this to fly for the entire scene.
O Healing powders, salves, or devices (Healing,
Slow, 2 Uses)
O A dart trap (Trap, 2 Uses). Anyone hit by the trap
becomes sluggish and tired, giving everyone Hope
to deal with them.
Choose the one thing your collection currently has a lot of:
O Food (Food, 2 Uses) and drink (Healing,
Drunk, 2 Uses).
O Books and catalogues (2 Uses). You can spend
1 Use to ask a question from the Look Closely list
about any valuable item you want to know about.
O Spare parts (Repair, Slow, 2 Uses)
O Various traps. You have a dart trap (Trap, 1 Use,
as above), a bear trap (Trap, 1 Use, immobilizes an
enemy), and an explosive trap (Trap, 1 Use, opens
or seals an entrance or exit).
Choose the crown jewel of your collection,
the single best thing you own:
O A warrior (2 Uses). You can spend 1 Use to have
them fight for you, letting you make rolls as if you
were in their place. They suffer consequences for you.
O A prize (Precious, 3 Uses). This item is priceless.
When you flaunt it, you may spend 1 Use to make
someone desire this prize above all else. They will
do anything to have it.
O A mysterious, marvelous... thing (1 Use). You don't
know what it does yet, but you'll find out. When you
are in dire need, you may spend 1 Use to tell us what
it does, and it will do exactly that thing, exactly how
you described it.
 companions
The Collector has no time for companionship,
and there are very few like them in all the world.
Their collection and the fellowship
are more than enough to satisfy them.
earned fellowship
When you gain Fellowship with a community,
the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book.
Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here.
collected notes
Use this space to take notes.
Write about the Collectors, write about the people you've met,
the places you've been, and the things you've found.
If you think it's important to you or your collection,
write it down.
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Names: Epsilon, Exo, Flare, Ganymede, Genos, Lazarus, Lurch,
Metro, Prime, Prometheus, Rock, Sketch, Transit, Treble, Trinket,
Vent, Wing, Zeta
Designations: Alpha 2, Prototype, Andromeda, Unit _____,
Artificial Human, ______-Type, XXV, Plant, Created by _____,
Final Configuration, Ultimate Life Form, Mobile Doll,
Model No. 114, ________ Golem
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what are you made of?
• Big Red Eye, Empty Eyes, Nearly Human Eye, or No Eyes Choose the option that best represents you:
• Shiny And New, Well-Maintained, or Battle Damaged
• Designed for: Beauty, Efficiency, Power, or Eccentrics aether and energy
You are a being of energy, held together by scientific or
• Segmented Joints, Bendy Noodle Arms, or Almost Human magical energy fields. You can phase through grates and living
creatures without harming them or yourself.
agenda When you know not what to do,
consult your Agendas.
Add your teleportation (1 Use) to your Gear. You can spend 1
Use of your teleportation to disappear and reappear somewhere
else you can see from your current location, regardless of how far
You have these three Agendas: away it is. You can bring someone with you, if they are willing.
• Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People When you Fill Your Belly, when you are Repaired, or when
you get a 10+ on any roll, restore 1 Use to your teleportation. It
• Improve The World Around You can never have more than 1 Use at a time.

And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow: heart and blood
You are a bio-machine, built using genetic engineering and
Appreciate Nature advanced science. You can eat Food, and Healing items work on you
Protect and enjoy the natural beauty of the world. normally. Add your nutrient slurry (Food, 3 Uses) to your Gear. You
also heal abnormally fast, and wounds don't stay with you long.
When you Fill Your Belly, when you are Repaired, or when you
Exterminate get a 10+ on any roll, you also heal. This cannot heal Necrotic
Destroy anything that gets in your way. damage.

What Is My Purpose? might and magic

Find a reason for who you are and what you do. You are a construct of stone and wood, brought to life using
magical rituals and arcane sigils. You have some useful magical
powers as a result. Add your magic tricks (Ranged, Useful, 1 Use) to
your Gear.

stats Your Courage stat is +2.

Assign +2, +1, +0, -1 to your other stats.
When you Fill Your Belly, when you are Repaired, or when you
get a 10+ on any roll, restore 1 Use to your magic tricks. It can
never have more than 1 Use at a time.

You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.

Blood steel and wire

When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.

You are a very tough robot, built of metals and plastics and
wires. Add your tough shell (Armor, 1 Use) to your Gear.
When you Fill Your Belly, when you are Repaired, or when you

Courage get a 10+ on any roll, restore 1 Use to your tough shell. It can never
have more than 1 Use at a time.

playing as the construct

Grace The Construct is perfect. They were built to be. But
perfection is lonely, and they have no society to call their own.
The Construct is one of a kind. They are made to follow
Sense orders and succeed at any cost, and they are very good at both.
The Construct offers you the chance to play a powerful hero
with nothing to lose.

the construct
Play as The Construct if you like being different from the

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Wisdom rest of the group, if you want to follow everyone's lead, if you
want to focus on only your hero and how they approach the
world, or if you just want to be a cool robot.
 constructed core
The Construct has these moves.
built for this
You have only one purpose in this world: You were built
to explore the Horizon. You must follow your orders. It is
what you were made to do.
You do not have your own society. You are artificial. You
Command Lore about your creators, their secrets, and their
science. Tell us who made you - it may even be the people of
another member of the fellowship. You also Command Lore
about yourself - your purpose, your functions, your creation.
Only you can tell us who you are.
This Move cannot be Shared.
by your command
You were created to serve, and serve you shall. You have
three Locked Bonds, and you begin the game with the first
one filled in with the name of another member of the
fellowship. These Locked Bonds are:
Like it or not, I must follow _____________ 's orders.
I have chosen to follow _____________ 's orders.
I have grown emotionally attached to _____________ .
When someone named in your Locked Bonds gives
you an order, you are filled with Hope if you follow it, and
filled with Despair if you ignore or go against it. Either way,
this Hope or Despair only lasts for one roll.
When you Forge a Bond, you may write a name into an
unwritten Locked Bond. Once it is written, it is permanent.
You can never change or erase a Locked Bond unless a Move
specifically tells you to.
Locked Bonds count towards your maximum of 3 Bonds
with a single person.
the robot
You cannot eat Food, and the Healing tag has no effect on
you. When you Fill Your Belly, you must use Fuel, made just
for you. You can be healed by items with the Repair tag.
You do not need to breathe or sleep to survive. Your
severed limbs or eyes can function remotely from your body,
although you need an item with the Repair tag to re-attach
them.
constructed custom constructed advancement
level
Choose two of these moves When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
to further define what it means to be the Construct. then choose an option from the list and mark
advanced sensors
it. You may only choose each option once. You begin the game at level 1.
When you Look Closely, you may ask one additional O Increase your Blood or Sense by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
question from the list before you roll. You may choose whether O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
or not you still want to roll after hearing the answer. O Take another Constructed Custom.
You may only use Advanced Sensors once per scene. O Take another Constructed Custom, or choose another
Move from the list of What Are You Made Of ? options.
built in equipment
You have the tools and know-how to fix anything you O Take another Constructed Custom, or share one of your
Moves with another player.
come across. Add Built-In Equipment (Repair, Slow, 4 Uses) to
O Choose a player you have 3 Bonds with. They share one
your Gear. This equipment cannot be lost or destroyed unless
you spend it to pay a price. of their Moves or Gear options with you.
O You have Changed. You must be level 5 or higher to take
hold them back this Advancement. When you Change, choose a Destiny
When you successfully Keep Them Busy by grabbing
them, pinning them, catching them, or otherwise holding
you meet the requirements for and take its first Move.
them close, you grab them. Someone you have grabbed cannot
move and cannot harm you, but otherwise this works just like
Keeping Them Busy normally does. shared customs
You may end the grab at any time to do one of the following:
• Throw them to the ground. They land prone right where you Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
want them.
• Slam them into something, hard, dealing damage to them.
• Talk Sense or Speak Softly with them, rolling with Hope. You
hold them close until you've said your piece and they've said
theirs, then you release them.
i am my own master
When you refuse to follow an order you were given, you
do not roll with Despair and can act as you please. If the person
giving the order had any Bonds with you, they must erase one
of them. When you defend someone you have 3 or more
Bonds with, you heal.
new programming
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook.
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook.
This move cannot be shared.
rocket punch
Your arms can be launched away from you, and they return
to you by some means, describe it. Once per scene, you can make a
Move against anyone nearby as if they were right next to you.
terminator
You are never in Despair when following orders.
This move cannot be Shared.
walking armory
Choose one more option from your own Gear list and one
option from another player's Gear list. Add the chosen options to
your Gear. You cannot choose options you already have.

Hello. I have been ordered to assist you. Please allow me the
freedom to do so. I will not get in your way. I intend to be as
useful to you as possible one your journey.
I am a designated exploration unit built for your protection.
I will ensure our adventure goes smoothly and simply. There
will be no major distractions and we will finish this assignment
quickly. That is what I was ordered to do.
I feel like there is so much more to see beyond the Horizon...
...But that is irrelevant. We will succeed at our mission.
I am a Construct created solely for this purpose.
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bonds
You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
Fellowship. Use these, or make your own:
_____________ thinks I am very cool.
_____________ treats me kindly.
I quietly enjoy _____________ 's presence.
_____________ has been teaching me about the world.
_____________ has seen what I am truly capable of.
_____________ freed me from my creators.
I was built by _____________ .
I want to prove my worth to _____________ .
I don't speak with _____________ very much,
but we understand each other.
I will one day die for _____________ .
Record your other bonds here:
constructed gear
You have a tank of fuel (Fuel, 3 Uses)
and you are a weapon (Melee).
Choose your main weapon:
O A pair of wrist-mounted blades (Melee, Piercing)
O An energy cannon (Ranged, Reload)
O An oversized club, ax, or sword (Melee, Dangerous)
O Reactive armor plating (Armor, 1 Use). When you
take damage, instead of using this armor to negate it,
you may spend 1 Use to attempt to Finish Them with
+Courage, scaring or blasting them away from you.
Choose two useful features you were built with;
these Gear options cannot be Shared or Taken:
O You have many legs and can walk or run along walls
and ceilings.
O You can glide through the air and take no damage from falls.
O You are amphibious and can swim faster than you can run.
O You have a giant drill, capable of tunneling through earth
and stone.
O You have a riding pod. You can hide an entire person inside
you, and they can see what's going on outside you from safety.
You were not sent alone. The person listed in your first Locked
Bond was given some things to take care of you.
They add a Repair Kit (Repair, Slow, 2 Uses) to their Gear,
and you choose one more thing to add to their Gear:
O Another like you, a construct. They have one Bond with it.
O A talisman of calling (1 Use). They may spend 1 Use
to teleport you to their side, no matter where you were
or what you were doing.
O A self-destruct button (1 Use). When they press it,
you and everyone next to you takes 3 damage. If
pressing the button was their idea, erase their
name from your Locked Bond. The button's 1 Use
can only be restored by Recovering.
O An exploding trap (Trap, Dangerous, 2 Uses). It can
be used to cave in a small room or narrow tunnel, or
to blast open a wall or door on cue.
 constructed companions
The Constructed does not have Companions of their own.
Their only Companion option from their Gear doesn't even
belong to them, but to one of their allies. These constructs
resemble you in many ways, and you can Command Lore about
them, even if they do not listen to you.
earned fellowship
When you gain Fellowship with a community,
the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book.
Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here.
constructed notes
Use this space to take notes.
Write about your creators, write about the people you've met,
the places you've been, and the things you've found.
If you think it's important to you or to your creators,
write it down.

construct
They look just like you, and they function just like you, and they
follow orders just like you, but somehow they don't seem to think
like you, or act on their own like you, or appreciate the world like
you. Maybe you are defective?
name: built for this by your command
name: built for this by your command
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Your Name: Aegis, Amadeus, Brite, Bronwyn, Eo, Grouse,
Hopek, Jim, Klynt, Luna, Lynn, Rove, Rura, Willow
Your Little Light: Bulb, Comet, Glimmer, Glitz, Hyros, Luma,
Lightshow, Moonlight, Navi, Pela, Soletta, Sunpiece, Teacher, X-Ray
the lantern BASIC PLAYBOOK
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what is a lantern?
• Glowing Eyes, Hidden Eyes, or Twinkling Eyes Choose the option that best represents your people.
• Messy Hair, Modern Cut, or Shaved Head archaeologists
• Ascetic's Robes, Punk's Gear, or Traveler's Clothes The Lanterns are keepers of history, collecting its important
• Famished Body, Toned Muscles, or Unassuming Figure books and artifacts for their great museums. Your little light is a
repository of forgotten knowledge, that only you have access to.
agenda
When you find a mysterious, ancient thing, you may ask one
When you know not what to do, question about it from the Look Closely or Speak Softly lists without
consult your Agendas. rolling. When you Look Closely, if your little light is with you and
undamaged, one of your questions can be from the Speak Softly list
You have these three Agendas: instead.
• Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People
• Improve The World Around You knights
The Lanterns are peacekeepers, protecting this world from
And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow: all that would threaten it. Your little light is built for battle,
becoming super-heated in its attack forms and able to strike with
Devastation absolute precision.
Destroy that which threatens the light. Your little light has the Piercing tag, and can be used as a
blowtorch, a welder, or a firestarter, as needed.
Preservation teachers
Protect the artifacts and history of the ancients. The Lanterns are lore keepers, passing skills and knowledge to
the generations that follow them. Your little light is its own living
thing separate from you, and it can speak and act and eat on its own.
Salvation Your little light can roll to Reveal The Way even if you're not
Seek out your own peace of mind. there. Anyone you have a Bond with can use your little light's forms,
if your light is currently working with them.
When your little light is damaged, someone can spend 1 Use
stats Your Wisdom stat is +2.
Assign +2, +1, +0, -1 to your other stats.
of Food to heal it.
wanderers
The Lanterns wander the world, keeping whatever it is they
You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.
Blood
When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.
wish to keep. Your little light gains the following form:
• Light Convenience (Useful). Your little light can take the form
of tools or comfort items, like ropes, wrenches, screw-drivers,
blankets, small animals, tattoos, or clothes. These things still glow, as
Courage
your light normall does. It can move and operate itself, with all the
benefits that brings (like a rope that pulls you or tattoos that move).
Grace playing as the lantern
The Lantern is a beacon of hope. Travelers, knights,
teachers, priests, poets, romantics, guardians, leaders, and law
Sense bringers - their exact nature and purpose is known only to the
Lanterns, but they can be any of these things. They control
powerful light-based magic, but understand their magic comes
with a deep responsibility to protect the people around them.
Wisdom
Play as The Lantern if you want to play a holy priest of
light, if you want to guide or lead the party, if you like laser
swords and rainbow magic, or if you want to play the mom/dad
who keeps the kids safe.
 lantern's core
The Lantern has these moves.
your little light
You carry a little light with you - perhaps a fairy, or a
hologram, or a little angel, or a divine piece of a god. It
generally floats around wherever it wishes, but it sticks close to
you and rests inside a lantern you carry.
Your little light cannot speak, but it can point things out to
you with beams of light, and flicker or change color to relay
simple messages.
Your little light will always provide light for you, and it can
change its form to suit your needs. Its forms are listed in your
Gear. When your little light takes damage, it heals at the end
of the scene. Your little light cannot leave its Lantern Form
while it is damaged.
Give your little light a name and a color.
When you Share this Move, they also add the little light's
basic Forms to their Gear (Lantern, Laser Beams, Light
lantern's custom
Choose two of these moves
to further define what it means to be the Lantern.
archimede's death ray *
Your Little Light's Laser Beam Form gains the Burning tag,
setting fires to anything flammable they hit.
healing light *
You may damage your little light to heal someone.
hook shot *
Your little light gains the following Form:
• Hook. Your little light can pull you to anything heavy
enough to hold your weight, or pull anything lighter than that to
you. The hook has a limited ranged and cannot pull you past a
certain distance.
mind trick
lantern's advancement
level
When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
then choose an option from the list and mark
it. You may only choose each option once. You begin the game at level 1.
O Increase your Courage or Grace by 1 (to a max of +3).
O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
O Take another Lantern's Custom.
O Take another Lantern's Custom, or choose another Move
from the What Is A Lantern? list.
O Share one of your Moves with another player.
O Share one of your Moves with another player. If you share
Your Little Light or a Custom Move that grants Your Little
Light, they must also share a Move with you.
O You have Changed. You must be level 5 or higher to take
this Advancement. When you Change, choose a Destiny
you meet the requirements for and take its first Move.

Weaponry, and Light Shield).
bend light
When you command the light to do as you say, choose a spell
from the list and mark it. You cannot use a marked spell.
When you Fill Your Belly, remove a mark from one spell.
When you Recover,remove all marks from your spells.
Choose one, and tell us how you do it:
O Bridge: The light makes a path, forming a rainbow road for
you to walk on. This bridge can connect any two well-lit places
that you can see.
O Flash: The light blinds everyone nearby, except you.
O Shadow: The light flees the area, plunging it into darkness.
O Wall: The light grows still, forming a wall of hard light to
block off a passageway.
This Move cannot be Shared.
reveal the way (wisdom)
When you tell someone what is best for them, you mean
it, and they listen, roll +Wisdom. On a 10+, they will do as
you say, with Hope. On a 7-9, they'll do it, but they either do it
in the way they think is best, or they will only do it if you help
them. On a 6-, they reject your advice entirely.
When you Reveal The Way to another player, instead of
rolling, they choose how they react. If they take your advice,
they roll with Hope next time they follow it. If they refuse
your advice outright, they roll with Hope the next time they
do something to spite you.
shared customs
When you Reveal The Way,you don't need to believe your
suggestion is their best option or mean what you say. On a 7+,
they won't even realize you were just telling them what to do.
Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
soul's blade
Your little light is especially combat adept, and can take on
two Forms at a time. When your little light becomes damaged,
instead of reverting to Lantern Form, it may only maintain one
Form for the rest of the scene.
If your little light is damaged a second time, it reverts to
Lantern Form for the rest of the scene, as normal.
This Move cannot be Shared.
speak clearly
You can Speak Softly to a crowd. When you do, you may spend
one of your questions to give them an order. You may order
someone or something be brought to you, order them to unite for a
cause, or order them to disperse back to their homes.
sun's fist *
Your little light gains the following Form:
• Gauntlet (Melee). This gauntlet wraps around anything you hit
with it, carrying it away from you. Anything and anyone that isn't
bolted down that you strike with it is sent flying away in a direction
of your choice.
worldly knowledge
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook. * When you Share one of these Moves (Archimedes' Death Ray,
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook. Healing Light, Hook Shot, or Sun's Fist) with someone,
This Move cannot be shared. they also gain the Your Little Light move,
but only with the Lantern and Laser Beam basic forms.

Hey! Hold up! It's dark in there, let me go in front. Honestly, without my
guidance, where would you even be? Let's send my little light up ahead,
and then we can see what we're dealing with. Probably nothing good, in a
creepy place like this.
Alright, looks clear, for now. Hey don't look so glum, I'm not trying to
steal your thunder. We're a team, aren't we? That means we look after each
other. I'll keep you on the right path, even to the ends of the world, past the
far Horizon, you and me! No matter where it might take us.
Oh come on, you know me. I'm not looking for glory or whatever. You
can keep it, I don't want it. The center stage isn't my place. My place is
right beside you.
I'm the Lantern, and I light the path ahead of us.
_____________ saw me during my most vulnerable moment.
bonds
You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
Fellowship. Use these, or make your own:
____________ wishes to know the ways of the light.
I will keep ____________ from falling to the darkness.
I am ____________ 's teacher.
____________ has earned the favor of my little light.
I will light the path for _____________ .
I have sworn to keep _____________ safe.
lantern's gear
You carry your lantern, a walking stick (Melee),
and a light meal (Food, 3 Uses).
Your little light has all of these Forms, but only one at
a time. These are the Basic Forms:
• Lantern form. The little light can fly wherever it
wants, point things out to you, and provide a warm glow.
If your little light takes damage, it enters this form and
cannot leave it for the rest of the scene.
• Light weaponry (Melee). Your little light rapidly
changes to suit your movements, forming blades around
your arms and legs as needed.

I love _____________ a little too much.
_____________ needs me to watch over them.
I want _____________ to remember me, after I'm gone.
Record your other bonds here:
• Laser beams (Ranged). Your light fires blasts of
energy at your enemies.
• Light shield (Armor). This shield will protect someone
from all damage the light can see coming, but a hard
enough hit will damage the little light. You can keep the
shield for yourself, or command it to protect an ally.

Lanterns are travelers, and must carry everything they

need. Choose two:
O A survival knife (Melee)
and healing kit (Healing, Slow, 2 Uses).
O A proper sword (Melee, Piercing)
and an effective shield (Armor, 1 Use).
O Ornate armor (Armor, 1 Use)
and jewelry (Precious, 2 Uses).
O Throwing knives (Ranged, 3 Ammo)
and explorer's gear (Useful, 2 Uses).

the lantern BASIC PLAYBOOK

 lantern's companions earned fellowship lantern's notes
Lantern companions are those allies who are particularly When you gain Fellowship with a community, Use this space to take notes.
likely to join arms with you. Many of them are available as the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book. Write about the Lantern, write about the people you've met,
Gear options - a Companion in your Gear will always return Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here. the places you've been, and the things you've found.
to you, heal, or be replaced by another when you Recover. If you think it's important to you or to the Lanterns,
write it down.
lost little light
A little light without a lantern to control it. It tries to act upon
Sola's will, but cannot remember what that is, so it basically does
things arbitrarily.
name: blindingly bright sola's will
name: blindingly bright sola's will

lantern peacekeeper
A lantern dedicated to protecting the weak.
name: little light: gauntlet civic duty
name: little light: gauntlet civic duty

lantern priest
A lantern who guides the lost.
name: lead the flock reveal the way
name: lead the flock reveal the way

lantern teacher
A lantern who raises the next generation.
name: patience shared knowledge
name: patience shared knowledge

lantern traveler
A lantern exploring the world.
name: building bridges useful little light
name: building bridges useful little light

lantern warrior
A lantern committed to battle. Their little light is Piercing or
Burning, as they see fit.
name: death ray deadly dance
name: death ray deadly dance
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Names: Aurorealis, Avaro, Bo, Dawn, Delta, Drought, Fallows,
Hohen, Latta, Mach, Maea, Poly, Tears, Yonne
Epithets: Who Walked The Skies, That Time Remembers,
Who Burns All, Which Ends Life, Of Golden Whispers,
Of Forgotten Glory, Who Opened The Gate, The Shadows,
Who Twinkles Forever, The Skinstealer, The Last Droplet
the rain
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look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what is the rain?
• Glowing Eyes, No Eyes, or Empty Voids
Choose the option that best represents your power:
• Clear Outline, Flowing Form, or Shapeless Puddle
• Glittering Body, Clear Water, or Opaque Ink the rain is fire
• Alien Clothing, Priest's Robes, or No Clothing At All Your rain is caustic and burning, a deluge of suffering.
When it rains around you, the rain burns all that it
agenda When you know not what to do,
consult your Agendas.
touches, corroding metal and scarring flesh.
Your Rain Maker Water Blasts deal damage to anything
that isn't a Threat to the World or a Set Piece.
You have these three Agendas:
• Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People the rain is light
• Improve The World Around You Your rain is bright and colorful, a rainbow of light.
When it rains around you, you see everything it
touches, and nothing can hide from you. When you are within
And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow: the rain, you can ask questions from the Look Closely list as
much as you'd like, but you can only ask about things that are
Blasphemy also within the rain.
Defy the accepted order of the world.
the rain is shadow
Emancipation Your rain is dim and gloomy, a specter of darkness.
Seek the freedom of all living things, especially yourself. When you are submerged in rain or water, you
become difficult to see and shrouded in shadow. When you
Monster sit still while submerged, you become invisible.
Hide your true nature from those who have not seen it yet. When you Finish Them while they are within water
or the rain, you roll with Hope.
the rain is snow
stats Assign +2, +1, +1, +0, -1 to your stats.
Your rain is cold and beautiful, a lingering weakness.
When it would rain around you, it snows instead,
chilling the air and leaving snow all around.
You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.
Blood
When you cover an enemy in your water, you may
When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.
spend 1 Rain to freeze them in place, immobilizing them.
Powerful enemies can break free after a short time, but lesser
foes are trapped until someone frees them.
Courage
Grace playing as the rain
Sense
The Rain is in flux. They are a people who lack a solid form,
an eternal storm of calm fury. The Rain is always changing and
always moving. That's what comes with being a liquid.
Play as The Rain if you want to be a weird immortal
Wisdom
monster, if you want access to strange and unusual powers, if
you like controlling the area around you in battle, or if you just
want to play as a slime person.
 rain's core
amorphous
The Rain has the following Moves.
You are made of liquid, and can get into places others
cannot. You can move through grates and cracks, squeeze
under doors, and flow through porous materials like
sponges and dirt. You cannot be grabbed, tied down, or
restrained, except in metal, glass, or ceramic bottles.
rain maker
You are a physical manifestation of the rain, and it goes
where you go.
You start with 3 Rain, and can hold a maximum of 3
Rain.
When you Fill Your Belly, you gain 1 Rain.
When you Recover, you set your Rain to 3.
You can spend 1 Rain to do one of the following:
O Weather Control: Fill the area around you with fog
or rain.
O Water Blast: Send someone flying away from you
with a stream of water.
O Liquid Motion: Teleport yourself through water,
appearing anywhere else within a lake, river, or rainstorm
you are already inside of.
You can use a token, such as a penny or a candy, to keep
track of how much Rain you have:
Rain: 0 1 2 3 You may spend uses of anything as though they were Food.
Doom
If you take the Custom
Move Doomed Soul, you
gain this stat at +2:
rain's custom rain's advancement
Choose two of these moves
to further define what it means to be the Rain.
When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
then choose an option from the list and mark
it. You may only choose each option once.
level
You begin the game at level 1.
adaptable form O Increase your Blood or Grace by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook.
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook. O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
This Move cannot be shared. O Take another Rain's Custom.
O Take another Rain's Custom, or choose two more Gear
changeling options.
You can take on a solid form, holding it for hours at a time in the
shape of anyone you wish to imitate. You can copy their voice, shape, O Share one of your Moves with another player.
color, and texture, just from seeing them once, but your form isn't very O Choose another player. They Share a Move with you.
solid. Taking damage will make you lose your shape immediately. O You have Changed. You must be level 5 or higher to take
When you change into a loved one before their eyes, they hesitate.
this Advancement. When you Change, choose a Destiny
divine being you meet the requirements for and take its first Move.
You know a Word of Power. It can be any verb or improper noun.
You can use your power word to command any natural object or animal to
follow that word. For example, you may speak Power Word: Burn to set an
animal on fire, or to blast open a door, or to light a campfire.
shared customs
When you speak your Word of Power against a threat, take Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
damage to a stat of your choice, then your Word delays the threat in a
way you describe.
doomed soul
You gain a sixth stat, Doom, at +2.
When you Finish Them by relying on fate or luck, roll +Doom. On a
10+, their fate is sealed. The Horizon decides what happens to them.
When you conjure a powerful spell to destroy something in your
way, describe your spell, then damage your Doom stat to deal damage to
your target. You cannot use this Move while your Doom is damaged.
move like water
When you Overcome an enemy attack or environmental threat
against you specifically, you may roll with +Courage.
When you get a 10+ to Overcome or Keep Them Busy, you may
use a Rain Maker spell without spending Rain.
unnatural appetite
walker
You can slither along walls or ceilings as quickly as you can
walk or run, regardless of their texture or composition.
When you cling to a ceiling without moving, speaking, or
attacking, nobody will be able to notice you unless they already know
you're there.
wobbles
You cannot be harmed by most physical weaponry, only delayed
or distracted. Spears sink into you, swords chop you apart, blunt force
splatters you around, but none of it leaves lasting harm, and you easily
reform yourself.
Threats to the World and attacks with the Area, Burning,
Dangerous, or Necrotic tags can damage you normally.

The Rain is inevitable. We are Sola's tears, the tears of a
caged god. Even the smallest piece of a mighty god is greater
than you can understand. We are everywhere, and everything is
within our reach. You seem incredulous. Do you not believe?
Hmm. I do not care for your disbelief, but I understand it.
Belief is a difficult thing. It requires trust, understanding, and
above all, respect. I have not earned these things of you. Have no
fear, mortal - I will earn them, in due time.
For now, I will keep this simple. I am immortal, but also
newborn. I hold a burning curiosity in my heart. The endless
Horizon calls out to me. I wish to see all the world, to be witness
to all that exists, and to understand this existence of mine.
That is all.
I am the Rain. Inevitable, primordial, and endless.
I want to show _____________ all the world has to offer.
I've known _____________ since the day I fell from the sky.
I have found my family, and their name is _____________ .
the rain
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bonds
You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
Fellowship. Use these, or make your own:
_____________ has seen the real me.
I see the beauty in _____________ 's way of life.
I have masmerized _____________ with my beauty.
_____________ does not understand me,
and I do not understand them.
I will show _____________ how to move like water.
The power of _____________ rivals my own.
_____________ and I could spend an eternity together.
Record your other bonds here:
rain's gear
You carry whatever counts for food among
your people (Food, 3 Uses).
Choose two weapons:
O Acidic enzymes (Melee, Piercing). You can make
any part of your body into a weapon that pre-digests
living things it touches. This weapon deals no damage
to inorganic materials like stone or metal.
O Water jets (Ranged, Reload). You can fire rocks and
shrapnel from your body, striking enemies from afar.
O A variety of swords, knives, and spears (Melee). You
always have the right melee weapon for any occassion,
stored inside of or created from your body.
O Bottled rain (1 Use). You may spend this as Rain.
When you Fill Your Belly, you may recover
your Use of bottled rain.
Choose one defense:
O You have a shell, natural or otherwise
(Armor, 2 Uses).
O You contain healing rain (Healing, 3 Uses).
This healing cannot be used on yourself.
O You are naturally acidic (Slow, 2 Uses).
Spend 1 Use to dissolve stone or flesh that you can
remain in contact with for an extended time.
Choose one truth:
O You are famous (2 Uses). Spend 1 Use to
declare that someone is your fan and Forge
A Bond with them.
O You are unreal (2 Uses). Spend 1 Use to slip
into or out of a secure location, so long as no
one is looking at you when you do it.
O You cannot be ignored (2 Uses). Spend 1 Use to
Talk Sense or Speak Softly with someone who does
not want to listen.
 rain companions earned fellowship rain notes
Rain companions are those allies who are particularly likely When you gain Fellowship with a community, Use this space to take notes.
to join arms with you. Many of them are available as Gear the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book. Write about the Rain, write about the people you've met,
options - a Companion in your Gear will always return to you, Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here. the places you've been, and the things you've found.
heal, or be replaced by another when you Recover. If you think it's important to you,
write it down.
acid rain
A burning, acidic ooze that eats whatever it touches.
name: acid touch amorphous
slime
name: acid touch amorphous
slime

iridescent rain
A curiously beautiful monster that glistens in the sun.
name: rainbow glow water jets
name: rainbow glow water jets

rainlord
A piece of the sun god Sola, granted great power.
name:
divine purpose rain's master sun's touch

shadow rain
A sneaky and deadly slime that strikes from darkness.
name: ambush tactics mostly invisible

name: ambush tactics mostly invisible

winter rain
A heat-hungry ooze that lives off of the body temperature of
others. Snow follows wherever they go.
name: freezing touch snowstorm

name: freezing touch snowstorm

 name: look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own: what is the tinker?
• Covered Eyes, Inquisitive Eyes, or Piercing Eyes
suit: • Mess of Hair, Shaved Head, or Horns
Choose the option that best represents your people:

• Buff Laborer, Child-like Genius, or Mischievous Imp cyborgs

Choose one or two from each, or make up your own: You ARE your battle suit. You can never be separated from it,
• Cool Scarf, Face Mask, Gnarly Scars, or Goggles and you always have access to its benefits. Also, you can use your
Call Signs: Bravo, Cat's Claw, Drag, Eagle, Hero, Hot Shot, battle suit as armor, having it fall apart to protect you from harm.
Jet, Lemondrop, Mercury, Nova, Rocket, Skeeter, Vivallian, Zero
Battle Suit Names: Arm's Race, Battle Suit Alpha, Dead Man,
Final Prototype, God Puncher, Last Laugh, Living Doll, Megalo X,
agenda When you know not what to do,
consult your Agendas.
When you would take damage, you may mark one of the
following instead. These marks can be removed by using items with
the Repair or Fuel tags, one Use per mark.
Nemesis Breaker, Spike Justice, Stoic Joke, True Vision, Volcano Rock, You have these three Agendas: While an option is marked, you cannot use the Gear option
Wasted Rebellion, Winged Girl • Be Brave, Take Risks • Tell Us Of Your People listed by it or roll +Iron for the associated Basic Move.

• Improve The World Around You O Disabled: You cannot use your Advanced Movement and must
roll +Grace to Get Away.
And circle a fourth Agenda that only you follow: O Disarmed: You cannot use your Advanced Weapons and must
roll +Courage to Keep Them Busy. You still have the Melee tag.
Don't Scratch The Pain O Disrupted: You cannot use your Advanced Systems and must
Punish anyone who distrupts technological advancement roll +Blood to Overcome.
or damaged valuable technology, especially yours.
gnomes
Hot Rod Your people rebuild and modify things endlessly. Your Battle
Show off your inventions and your battle suit Suit has one extra option from each Gear list.
at every opportunity. When you Fill Your Belly, you may swap any one Gear option for
any other from the same list.
Natural Born Genius goblins
Prove to the world the value of your ideas. Your people have never been at the top of the world, and must
make do with less. You do not need to spend anything to use Jury Rig.

stats Your Iron stat is +2.

Assign +2, +1, +0, -1, -1 to your other stats.
Also, the Spare Parts in your Gear gain the Useful tag.

kobolds

You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.

Your people live in underground tunnel-based societies,
Blood

When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.

defended from more powerful foes using traps and explosives. You use
both to great effect.
When you Jury Rig a trap or an explosive device and get a 6-,

Courage
you may act as though you roll a 7 instead.
Also, you add explosive traps (Trap, Dangerous, 2 Uses) to your
Gear. You can use them to cave in a small room or narrow tunnel, or
to blast open a wall or door on cue.

Grace
playing as the tinker
Sense The Tinker is a brilliant inventor with a powerful vehicle or suit
of armor of their own creation. Their people are heavily technology
focused, but even among them the Tinker is a standout genius. The

Wisdom Tinker may not be particularly big or strong, but they make up for it
by building their own size and strength, far disproportionate to
their stature.

the tinker
Play as The Tinker if you like creative problem solving, if you

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Iron love technology and science, if you want to play a weakling reliant
on their skills and intellect for power, or if you just want to have a
big cool giant robot.
 tinker's core
The Tinker has the following Moves.
iron shell
Your people may be small and weak, but their battle suits
are not. You have a sixth stat, Iron, and you have an
additional -1 to assign between your other stats. Iron
represents the strength of your inventions, including your
Battle Suit and anything you Jury Rig together.
When you Finish Them by outlasting them in a
contest of power or endurance, roll +Iron. On a 10+,
they pass out.
When you Share this Move with another, their Iron
stat is +1. When someone who does not have an Iron
stat uses a Move that rolls +Iron, they roll at +0.
Your Iron stat can only be healed by items with the
Repair or Fuel tags, instead of Healing or Food. When you
Fill Your Belly, you may spend 1 Fuel to heal your Iron stat,
either instead of or in addition to spending Food.
battle suit
You have a battle suit, unique to you, which is a machine
bigger than you that multiplies your strength and power
while you ride it. Many of your people use technology to
empower themselves, but none are quite like yours. Describe
or draw your battle suit for us.
When operating your Battle Suit, you roll with +Iron
to Get Away, Keep Them Busy, and Overcome.
Only you can operate your Battle Suit smoothly. In the
hands of anyone else, it is Clumsy, Slow, and Dangerous.
Your suit's abilities are listed in your Gear. When you
have time and safety, you can spend 1 Fuel to change one
Gear option for another option from the same list.
This Move, and the Gear associated with it, cannot
be Shared, except through the Tinker's Advance option.
jury rig (iron)
When you fabricate a new device out of existing
materials, tell us what you want it to do, spend 1 Use of
something, and roll +Iron.
On a 7+, it works! It does what you wanted it to do,
more or less.
On a 9-, it has some problems. Choose one:
• Unstable: It will fall apart quickly. The device has only 1
Use, and it breaks at the end of this scene.
• Defective: The device has a weird quirk or limitation
that requires you to use it only under specific circumstances.
The Horizon will describe these circumstances to you.
tinker's custom tinker's advancement
level
Choose two of these Moves When you Level Up, increase your level by 1,
to further define what it means to be the Tinker. then choose an option from the list and mark
clear the path (iron)
it. You may only choose each option once. You begin the game at level 1.
O Increase your Grace or Courage by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
When your Battle Suit charges through something standing in
its way, roll +Iron. O Increase one of your stats by 1 (to a maximum of +3).
On a 7+, you charge through and leave a path for your allies to follow. O Take another Tinker's Custom.
On a 9-, your reckless charge causes problems. You have to go alone, or O Take another Tinker's Custom, or ask another player to
leave yourself open to danger, or damage something important, your choice. Share a Move with you.
O Take another Tinker's Custom, or two more Tinker's Gear
chart the course options. You cannot choose a Gear option you already have.
When you plan a route, hold 2 Map. When you reach your
destination, you lose all held Map. O Share either one of your Moves that does not require your
Battle Suit with another player, or share your Battle Suit with
You may spend 1 Map to do one of the following:
• Reveal a shortcut or detour. Taking it will avoid trouble. them. If you do, they gain the Iron stat at +1, the suit has
• Reveal a safe place to rest or hide. You will not be found there. one Gear option from any Tinker's Gear list, and you can
• Command Lore about an expected threat or danger. both pilot each other's Battle Suits without the (Clumsy, Slow,
Dangerous) tags. You or they can spend 1 Fuel to exchange
fast learner their suit's one Tinker's Gear option with any other Tinker's
Take a Custom Move from any basic playbook. Gear option.
You may also take an Agenda from the chosen playbook.
O You have Changed. You must be level 5 or higher to take
This move cannot be shared.
this Advancement. When you Change, choose a Destiny
free ride you meet the requirements for and take its first Move.
You can carry all of the fellowship inside of or on top of
shared customs
your Battle Suit. When you Get Away using your Battle Suit, you
may bring along as many allies as you'd like.
quick fix Record the moves you've learned from your allies here:
You can use Jury Rig to quickly Repair mechanical objects,
vehicles, allies, or your Battle Suit. When doing so, if you choose
Unstable on a 9-, the damage returns at the end of the scene.
robot butler
You have a robotic servant that does whatever you need it to. Add
the Robotic Butler to your Gear, and write an extra stat for it describing
what you need it to be able to do.
When you Fill Your Belly, you may spend 1 Fuel to heal all of your
Robot Butler's stats and change its bonus stat.
take the bait
When you Keep Them Busy, they tend to chase you.
On a 7+, you may move them away from wherever they were.
On a 10+, they end up exactly where you want them to be.
the big red button
When you slam your fist onto the big red button, you eject from
your Battle Suit and then it explodes. Damage your Iron stat, damage everyone
close to your suit, and tell us where your ejection launched you. You cannot use
your Battle Suit for the rest of the scene (even if you are the Cyborg).
If you are the Cyborg, you can damage one of your suit's stats instead of
your Iron stat to use this move.
You cannot use The Big Red Button while your Iron is damaged.
 Hey! Don't touch that! I know it looks cool, but you can't touch
that. It's delicate machinery at work here and anything out of place
would be bad. Like real bad, explosions kind of bad. I generally like
explosions but not when they're on the thing I'm riding inside of for
protection.
I know I'm not the most impressive girl in the room, but trust me,
my partner here can more than make up for me. Look at her! She's
so big! And wait 'til you see what that energy cannon can do, it's a
beauty. No no no I'm not going to just fire it off in here, just be
patient. These things have a proper time and place and we aren't
there yet. The Horizon's a big place, there will be opportunities.
Besides, it isn't done yet.
I'm the Tinker, and I'm never really done with anything. It can
always be better.
I can never tell _____________ what I really think about them.
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bonds
You start with 4 bonds with the other members of the
Fellowship. Use these, or make your own:
_______ is as brilliant as expected.
I know _____________ is capable of truly great things.
I would trust _____________ to pilot my Battle Suit.
I have repaired something for _____________ in the past.
I'm the reason _____________ is even alive!
I wouldn't even be here without _____________ 's help.
_____________ is an excellent assistant.
I'd still be back at my lab if _____________
hadn't dragged me away.
I need to make sure _____________
never does anything too stupid.
Record your other bonds here:
tinker's gear
You carry a repair kit (Repair, Slow, 2 Uses),
hard rations (Food, 3 Uses),
some spare parts (Fuel, 3 Uses),
and a simple weapon (Melee).
Your Battle Suit is a weapon (Melee) while you ride it.
Your Battle Suit has Advanced Weaponry.
Choose one:
O A full arsenal. Your suit has the tags Dangerous, Ranged,
and Piercing, but only one at a time (your choice). You
never run out of weapons to use.
O A rocket punch, that returns to you by some means.
Once per scene, you can make a Move against anyone nearby
as if they were right next to you.
O An energy cannon (Ranged, Reload, Piercing).
O A missile barrage (Ranged, Area, 1 Ammo).
Your Battle Suit has an Advanced Movement ability.
Choose one:
O Arachnoid: Your Battle Suit can walk on walls and ceilings.
O Drill: Your Battle Suit can dig through earth and stone.
O Glider: Your Battle Suit cannot fly, but it can safely fall
any distance and you can control where you land.
O Jumper: Your Battle Suit can jump incredible heights,
and it takes no damage from falling if it lands on its feet.
O Rockets: Your Battle Suit can dash along the ground at
very high speed, and take long horizontal leaps.
Your Battle Suit has a set of Advanced Systems.
Choose one:
O Advanced Seasons. When you Look Closely in your Battle
Suit, ask one additional question, even on a 6-.
O An armored core (Armor, 1 Use).
O Deployable drones. You have one Bond with them.
O Environmental protection. This is Protection, giving
your Battle Suit immunity to a Location Stat of your
choice. This immunity does not include you, and you
are only protect while inside of your Battle Suit.
O Remote Control. You can pilot your Battle Suit without
being in it. If you are a Cyborg, you can control your
body parts even when they are separated from you, and
your pieces are capable of moving around on their own.
 tinker companions earned fellowship tinker notes
Tinker companions are those allies who are particularly likely When you gain Fellowship with a community, Use this space to take notes.
to join arms with you. Many of them are available as Gear the Horizon chooses three Fellowship moves from the book. Write about the Tinkers, write about the people you've met,
Choose one of those moves and take it, writing it down here. the places you've been, and the things you've made.
options - a Companion in your Gear will always return to you, If you think it's important to you or your people,
heal, or be replaced by another when you Recover. write it down.
deployable drones
Flying robots that work with your Battle Suit. Anything they see,
you can see from inside your suit.
name: eye in the sky targeting computer

robot butler
Or maid, if you prefer. They are capable of doing whatever you
require of them.
Extra stats for the Robot Butler may include Flight, Combat
Protocols, Internal Encyclopedias, or anything else you can think of.
name: custom stat: ____________________
perfect servant backup battle suit pilot
 The Horizon has rules, just like the fellowship does, but your
rules are not the same rules they play by.
Your Principles are hard rules you cannot break. They help
you run the game in a fair and fun way, while still playing
hardball and giving the players a challenge.
Your Cuts are the main way you influence the game. A Cut
is a story-telling weapon you wield, which you can unleash at
basically any time you want. Your Cuts control the flow of the
game more than anything else, so familiarize yourself with
them and use them frequently.
framework HORIZON RULES
framework principles
Your Principles are the rules you must follow.
Do not break them.
• Create problems, not solutions.
You're the bad guy. You make things worse. You make things
harder. And then you leave them be. Don't overthink things or
come up with pre-made solutions. If the fellowship has an idea,
let their moves decide how it goes.
• Address the characters, not the players.
Don't call them "Jesse" or "Sam," call them "Aurora" and
"Rumblebelly."
• Embrace the fantastic.
Don't let the world be boring. Make the game weird, make
the world interesting, give everyone a reason to remember
everything they come across.
• Make a move that follows.
When you use a Cut, use one that makes sense. Ask yourself:
Which cut makes the most sense? Which cut would cause the
most chaos? Which cut would be the most fun? Then use the
one you need most - logic, chaos, or fun.
• Never speak the name of your Cut.
Just say what happens.
• Ask questions, use the answers.
Ask them questions, write down the answers, and use those
answers later. Make the information they've given you matter.
• Be a fan of their characters.
Be cool, let them be cool, and appreciate everyone at the
table.
• Pass the Spotlight.
You're in charge of the Spotlight, so make sure everyone
gets a turn. Share the Spotlight, and share it often.
• Think dangerous.
Never be afraid of raising the stakes, increasing the tension,
and making things more dangerous and exciting.
• Begin and end with the fiction.
Start a move with what triggered it, end the move with what
it accomplished, and then move to the next move from there.
• Think off-screen, too.
Not everything needs to happen right here and right now.
The Overlord is always up to something, but it might not be
here.
• Don't shut them down.
Never say 'no.' If something is impossible, then Tell Them
The Consequences or Requirements.
• Be the referee.
If someone doesn't know what move to make or how to do
something within the rules, tell them. Even if you do not know
either, tell them. Its better to make the call than ruin the flow
by looking up an answer, so make the call, ref.
framework cuts
Your Cuts are story-telling weapons that
you use to control the game.
Cuts come in two strengths: Hard Cuts and Soft Cuts.
A Soft Cut gives them time to respond. When you make a
Soft Cut, before it does anything, you ask someone "So what
do you do?" and give them a chance to react to it.
When they look to you for what happens next, when a
new scene starts, or when no one knows what is going on,
make a Soft Cut that makes sense.
A Hard Cut just happens and there is nothing they can do
about it. If you only ever make Soft Cuts, nothing will ever
happen, so bring down that hammer.
When a player fails to stop a Soft Cut, when someone
rolls a 6 or less, or when you need to scare 'em a bit, make
a Hard Cut that makes sense.
Your Cuts are:
• Reveal an unwelcome truth.
Tell them something they don't want to hear.
• Show signs of an approaching threat.
Reveal a new problem they need to deal with.
• Deal damage.
Hurt them. Damage them, damage their companions,
damage the places and people they care about. If the pain is
right, you can even damage their Bonds. Hurt them.
• Use up or take away their resources.
They have Gear and Companions for a reason. Make them
use it, make them lose it, make them burn it up..
• Turn their move back on them.
When their move goes badly, turn it back against them.
• Separate them.
They're strongest together, so put things between them.
Make them take on the world solo every now and then.
• Put someone on the spot.
Put someone in danger, then make someone else save them.
The key phrase for this Cut is "While you're doing that..."
• Present an opportunity.
This Cut gives them a break. If you think of something
cool they could do right now, present an opportunity to them.
• Show a downside.
Tell them what's wrong with their plan at the exact worst
moment for them to hear about what's wrong with their plan.
• Tell them the consequences or requirements.
Sometimes they can't do what they want without doing or
getting something else first, or without great pain or expense.
If they want to do the impossible, tell them how much the
impossible costs.

threats
Threats are anything you put in the fellowship's way:
your minions, traps, wild beasts, blocked paths, etc.
basic enemies
Enemies and obstacles function similarly to the
fellowship's Companions. They have a few stats, usually
between one and four of them. Each of those stats gives
them access to a Threat. A threat is usually a move, with its
own trigger and result, but sometimes they are unique rules
the enemy has. Threats are like narrower, more specific Cuts
that only this particular enemy can use.
When an enemy is damaged, they choose one of their
stats and mark it. A damaged stat takes away the attached
Threat, so that move or rule doesn't apply anymore. As
enemies take damage, they will become less powerful.
When they take damage and have no more stats to
mark, they are Destroyed. Some moves may say they are
Destroyed, which does the same thing. When an enemy is
Destroyed, they are no longer a threat and will never
oppose the fellowship again.
the rule of three
The Rule of Three states:
"When three or more enemies work together, they become a Group.
When thirty or more work together, they become a Gang. When
three hundred or more work together, they become an Army."
This rule gives you the ability to quickly and easily throw
large groups of enemies in the fellowship's way without
making things more complicated. To create a Group, Gang,
or Army, simply add the appropriate stat to the enemy's stat
block:
Group: This enemy can make moves against two players
at once. When this enemy is destroyed, this stat is
damaged, or this is their only stat left, replace the Group
with two normal enemies.
Gang: This enemy can make moves against everyone at
once. When this enemy is destroyed, this stat is damaged,
or this is their only stat left, replace the Gang with two
Groups of this enemy. This stat can only be damaged by
Dangerous or Area attacks.
Army: This enemy can make moves against an entire
locations at once, and its attacks have the Area tag. When
this enemy is destroyed, this stat is damaged, or this is
their only stat left, replace the Army with two Gangs of
this enemy. This enemy can only be damaged by Dangerous
or Area attacks.
secrets
Secret enemies do not reveal their stats to the fellowship.
Normally, they can ask about the stats of any enemy they are
facing, and the Overlord must show them all of those stats
immediately. When dealing with a Secret enemy, their stats
are not revealed until they become relevant or say they are.
The fellowship may not even know the enemy is there until
they strike!
set pieces
Set Pieces are large, pre-made encounters found in Chapter
6. They are bigger than any single threat, and combine
multiple events together to create a multi-stage boss fight, a
long connected encounter, a chase scene, an obstacle course,
or any other sort of thing you might need. They are designed
to potentially carry an entire session by themselves.
Set Pieces are always Secret, as described above. Their
stats are never revealed until they become relevant.
artifacts of power
An Artifact of Power is something so incredibly dangerous
that, if misused, it could cause tremendous devastation.
These items are strong enough to damage a Location stat,
with everything that comes with that. They can destroy or
change reality as you know it.
A Location with all of its Location stats damaged is
destroyed, becoming uninhabitable. If you are responsible for
the destruction of a Location, you can expect everyone and
everything that used to live there to be very mad at you.
For obvious reasons, these artifacts are heavily guarded,
extremely rare, hard to find, and can be used to fulfill any
player's personal goal. They are not to be used lightly.
Some example Artifacts of Power:
• The Colossus, a massive stone creature whose fiery heart
could power all sorts of incredible machinery or eldritch
rituals.
• The Emerald Skull, an artifact of supreme necromantic
power. No one knows exactly what it does, but none who hold
it ever hold it for long.
• The First Bird To Fly. So successful was this creature that
it now lives among the stars, as a constellation. Any who can
reach it gain unparalleled control over the skies themselves.
• The Wishmaker, a stone obelisk that will grant your
fondest desire, but only once, and perhaps not as you'd like.
• The Ruby Eye, an ornate pendant that can see through
time. Peering into its depths has driven many an oracle mad.
• The Eternal Torch, the source of all fire. Lesser fires are
drawn to it, consumed by it, and its heat has no equal.
protection
Some Gear options or Moves will give you the Overlord's
Weakness or Protection. When playing with the Horizon
framework, these are both the same thing - there is no
Overlord, so you have Protection instead of their Weakness.
Protection allows you to ignore one Location stat while
it protects you. Protection can take many forms, depending
on the Location stat it is protecting you from. It may be
some-thing like a compass and map to keep you from
getting lost, or protective clothing against the cold, or a
dowsing rod to find water in a wasteland. You decide exactly
what form your Protection takes each tie you enter a new
Location.
Holding a Weakness now represents being prepared for
anything. The mystical Harbinger has just the spell to
protect themselves, while the resourceful Squire is prepared
for any situation. When your Protection is part of your
Gear, you must decide what your Protection is before you
enter a Location, but after you learn its Location stat.
The Elven Elite move Evil's Bane, and the Apex's move
World Walker, make them naturally immune to a Location
stat of their choice. They can change which stat they are
immune to at the start of any scene. The natural world does
not threaten them.
Conversely, if you bring a playbook with Protection,
such as the Beast, into a game with the Overlord, their
Protection stays as Protection. Instead of damaging the
Overlord, these items keep you safe from them.
When facing the Overlord while you have Protection,
you choose one of their Overlord stats, and it does not apply
to you. You can hurt an Invincible Overlord, or touch a Ghost,
or avoid being destroyed by a Juggernaut. Your Protection
keeps you safe from their terrible power.
Unlike a Weakness, Protection doesn't damage or stop
the chosen stat in any other way. An Overlord with the
Juggernaut stat can still destroy everything and everyone
else they touch. Just not you, because you have Protection.
banned playbooks
The Destiny Playbooks The Ascended and The End Of Days
are both heavily tied to the Overlord playbook.
In a game with the Horizon, these Destiny playbooks and
their Moves cannot be used by anyone in the fellowship.
 horizon agendas seeking fortune
These players want riches and power.
Your Agendas are your guidelines for good play.
The Horizon has the following Agendas: CUT: Place treasure out of their way.
AGENDA: Tempt them.
Make Small Moments Big
The journey is what matters, not the destination.
Focus on the little things, focus on what's truly important. Players Seeking Fortune:
Let them take their time and explore,
and find deeper meaning and make connections with the world. seeking freedom
These players are trying to escape. For one reason or
Play To Find Out What Happens another, they can't go home, and must keep moving.
The world is constantly changing and you can never truly know
what's going to happen next. Roll with it. CUT: Provoke paranoia.
Let the game evolve naturally, with everyone's input. AGENDA: Hunt them.
Don't plan anything more than what's in the next Location.
Players Seeking Freedom:
Keep Moving
You should never stay in one place for too long. seeking justice
There's always something up ahead, something new to see. These players are hunting someone. A criminal, a lawbreaker,
They can't stop here. someone who has done them wrong.

explorer's agendas CUT: Show signs of their prey.

AGENDA: Wrong them.
The Horizon exists to be explored. But the reason why the heroes Players Seeking Justice:
are exploring it can vary. Each player chooses one of the Explorer's
Agendas to follow, and records their names next to their chosen
Agendas. Multiple players may pursue the same Agendas. seeking peace
These Agendas apply only to those players who are seeking it. These players seek truth or peace. They are exploring the
Each Agenda comes with a specific Cut, allowing you to play to what world, sure, but what they really hope to find is themselves.
that player is looking for in your game. The Horizon can only make
those Cuts against the players who chose the matching Agenda. CUT: Call them out.
For more info on these Cuts and Agendas, see pages 132-135. AGENDA: Understand them.

seeking adventure Players Seeking Peace:

These players are here to explore, have fun, and see the
sights. They love to get in over their heads. seeking progress
These players want to advance science, medicine, and/or
CUT: Drop hints and rumors of incredible things. magic. They're looking for things they can't find back home.
AGENDA: Unchain them.
CUT: Provide mysteries to solve.
Players Seeking Adventure: AGENDA: Puzzle them.

seeking fame Players Seeking Progress:

These players want to be known the world over. They are
seeking great discoveries, to get their name in the history seeking virtue
books, to see and do what has never been done. These players want to be heroes and do good.

CUT: Reveal the unknown. CUT: Threaten the innocent.

basic moves
HORIZON RULES
AGENDA: Recognize them.

Players Seeking Fame:

AGENDA: Provoke them.

Players Seeking Virtue:

 principles
Your Principles are the rules you play by while running the
game. Do not break them.
You can find more info on page 175 of Fellowship.
Your Principles are:
• Create problems, not solutions.
• Address the characters, not the players.
• Embrace the fantastic.
• Make a Cut that follows.
• Never speak the name of your Cut.
• Ask questions, use the answers.
• Be a fan of their characters.
• Pass the Spotlight.
• Think dangerous.
• Begin and end with the fiction.
• Think off-screen, too.
• Don't shut them down.
• Be the referee.
basic cuts
Your Cuts are your options - they're what you actually do to
play the game. These Cuts are available to you always.
When the players look to you for what happens next,
make a Cut.
Cuts can be Soft or Hard.
Soft Cuts give the fellowship time to react.
You tell them what is about to happen,
then ask "what do you do?"
Hard Cuts give no time to react, and just happen.
When you cut hard, they just have to deal with it.
You can find more info on page 179 of Fellowship.
Your Cuts are:
• Reveal an unwelcome truth.
• Show signs of an approaching threat.
• Deal damage.
• Use up or take away their resources.
• Turn their move back on them.
• Separate them.
• Put someone on the spot.
• Present an opportunity.
• Show a downside.
• Tell them the consequences or requirements.
boss moves
The Horizon always has all of these Moves.
These Moves apply specifically to the Horizon's Bosses.
big fish
Every Location has a Boss in charge.
• To create a Boss, take any Threat and give it the Threat to
the World trait. When making a Location, you will also make a
Boss to go with it.
• Bosses can never become Companions to the fellowship.
• A Boss is never in Despair.
• Bosses have the Heart of Fire, Law of the Jungle, and Earned
Trust Moves.
• When a Boss is angered, increase the Response Level.
• A Boss has a small group of followers, from one of these
Threat groups: Beasts, Innocents, the Horde, Machines, or the
Scourge.
• A Boss has an Agenda they follow.
heart of fire (boss move)
When a player has a Bond with your name in it, you do not
become their Companion, but it still holds sway over you.
A member of the fellowship may erase one Bond with you to
buy themselves a reprieve. They choose one: You will show
them mercy, tell them something valuable, or ignore them for the
time being.
law of the jungle (boss move)
When the players defeat a Boss, they reset this Location's
Response Level to its minimum value (usually zero).
earned trust (boss move)
The fellowship can only earn Fellowship Moves with the Boss'
approval. If they have defeated the Boss here, they do not need
their approval to earn Fellowship from the people.
response moves
The Horizon always has all of these Moves.
These Moves define the Response Level mechanic.
location bonds
When a player causes lasting harm or benefit to a
Location, they must form a Bond with it describing what they
have done. These Bonds cannot be erased or destroyed unless
the player repents for the harm they've caused or undoes the
good that they did.
Whenever a player records a Bond with a Location,
they permanently increase the Response Level. The minimum
Response Level at a Location is equal to the number of Bonds
the fellowship has with that Location. If they erase their
Bonds, the minimum Response Level decreases to match.
show some respect
When the players do any of the following for the first
time after arriving in a Location, increase the Response
Level.
• Cause collateral damage.
• Deface a place of power.
• Harm the local wildlife.
• Insult someone in charge.
• Upset the natural order.
long forgotten
When the players leave a Location, every other Location
has its Response Level reduced by 2 (but not below their
minimum, normally 0). If the players spend enough time away,
eventually old places will become safe for them to return to.
The Location they just left does not have its Response Level
reduced.
response escalation
At higher Response Levels, the locals become more dangerous.
When the Response Level is 3+, enemies may appear in
Groups.
When the Response Level is 6+, enemies may appear in
Gangs.
When the Response Level is 9+, enemies may appear in
Armies.
See the Rule of Three (Fellowship, page 202) for more
information.
when in rome
Communities have rules. When the players break the rules
of a community, knowingly or not, increase the Response
Level. In addition, someone will be upset with them when they
find out about it.
 The world stretches on, more vast and unpredictable
than any believe. No one has seen it all. No one knows
what lies hidden below the blazing depths, buried on
location stats
remote islands, up on the highest mountaintops, Location stats are statements of truth about the
deep within the hidden forests. No one location in question, which you write yourself. While
knows for sure what's out there, until they are undamaged, they are true. While they are
they go and find it. damaged, they are no longer true. But locations are
durable, and their stats are nearly impossible to damage
This fellowship seeks to explore without world-shaking power.
my secrets. I will not give them
up so easily. Search as they may,
When the players go to a Location for the first
struggle as they will,
time, it has only one stat. Reveal this stat immediately.
my truths are mine to keep. As the Response Level increases, it may gain more
My grasp is infinite. stats. Reveal those stats as soon as the Location gains
My patience is limitless. them. The fellowship knows your stats, and they will
My power unrivaled. need to form a plan against them.
My secrets mine alone. Your undamaged stats are immutable truths that
cannot be contradicted by any means. Your stats can
I am the endless only be damaged by something that could make them
Horizon, and I stretch untrue, which might very well be "nothing."
on forevermore.
You can write anything you like, but here are some
example Location stats:
• Jungle: It is very difficult and dangerous
to travel off the path.
• Maze: Anyone traveling off the path gets lost.
• Waterlogged: This place has been flooded,
and water is everywhere.
• Frozen: This place is very cold,
and requires cold protection.
• Inferno: This place is very hot,
and requires heat protections.
• Wasteland: This place is barren,
and has no supplies to give you.
• Magnetic: This place is full of magnetized metal.
• Deadly: Everything here is out to kill you.
• Scattered: Important landmarks are nowhere
near one another.
• Legendary: No one believed this place existed.
• Ghost Town: There's signs of civilization,
but no one's here...
• Wild: This place is full of Beasts.
• Titanic: This place is guarded by the Titans.
• Swarming: This place is home to the Horde.
• Blighted: This place is cursed with the Scourge.
• Outpost: The Organization is camping out here.
building locations
FRAMEWORK PLAYBOOK
• Civilized: This place has been settled by Innocents.
• Clockwork: This strange place is run by Machines.
the boss
Every location has somebody (or something) in
charge. When making a new location, you must
create a Boss to go with it. They set the rules of this
place and are generally responsible for what counts
as okay or not.
Give your Boss one or two of these Agendas:
• Bully: Hurt the weak.
• Champion: Prove your might.
• Gracious Host: Throw a party for your guests.
• Hoarder: Keep your treasures for yourself.
• Isolationist: Keep outsiders out.
• Merchant: Invite trade and communication.
• Priest: Keep the faith.
• Protector: Keep your people safe.
• Tyrant: Maintain your rule.
Then, give them locals to lead: Beasts, Innocents,
the Horde, the Machines, or the Scourge. They have
access to a small number of these Threats, to
command as they please.
They may also have one member of the
Organization working as their second in command.
If a Location Stat gives the Location more
threats, these threats do not follow the Boss, but
they do respect and avoid the Boss when possible.
Local Threat Categories
• Beasts: Wild animals with primitive instincts.
Found on p215 of Book 1 and p158 of Book 2.
• Innocents: Common citizenry of all kinds.
Found on p221 of Book 1 and p162 of Book 2.
• The Horde: Swarming piles of anger.
Found on p226 of Book 1 and p172 of Book 2.
• The Machines: Artificial life forms.
Found on p175 of Book 2.
• The Organization: Skilled professionals.
Found on p229 of Book 1 and p180 of Book 2.
• The Scourge: Fearsome, unnatural monsters.
Found on p233 of Book 1 and p186 of Book 2.
 response level
Every Location begins with a Response Level of 0. The
Response Level cannot go above 10. As the players do various
things, the Response Level will increase or decrease. As it
increases, the Location will gain new moves.
Every Location has a unique Response Level. Increasing
the level of one Location does not affect the level in others.
When the Response Level increases between 1 and 5,
choose one Low Response Move to take. Record that move on
the Location sheet at the appropriate level.
When the Response Level increases between 6 and 10,
choose one High Response Move to take. Record that move
on the Location sheet at the appropriate level.
In either case, the Location now has access to that Move as
long as its Response Level is equal to or greater than the level
of the Move.
For example, if you take Famine at Response Level 2, then
the Location is undergoing Famine as long as the Response
Level is 2 or higher. If the Response Level falls to 1 or 0,
then the Location is no longer suffering from Famine. If the
Response Level increases back up to 2, then the Famine
continues - Locations always keep the Moves you gave them,
at the same level they learned the Move.
The Response Level is increased by 1 from a variety of
Horizon Basic Moves. Specifically, it increases when the Boss
is angered, when someone forges a Location Bond, or when
they trigger the moves When In Rome or Show Some Respect.
The Response Level also increases by 1 whenever a move
would tell the Overlord to Advance Their Plans. Normally, this
only occurs when the fellowship Recovers, or during the
Framework's turn during Downtime.
The Response Level decreases by 2 whenever the players
leave any other Location.
The Response Level resets to its minimum (usually zero)
when the Location's Boss is defeated.
low response
When the Response Level increases to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5,
take one of these Moves.
Record it at the matching level on the Location sheet.
bad weather
Some bad weather rolls in, like a rainstorm, windstorm,
sandstorm, or something equally rough. Don't feel limited to
natural weather conditions.
Bad weather is dangerous, and will need to be Overcome when
it gets in your way. Bad weather always deals Soft Cuts.
dark secret
This Location gains another stat.
famine
When the fellowship tries to Fill Their Belly here, one of them
must first pay a price.
guardian
When you reach this Response Level, an Organization,
Machine, or Titan threat will activate, defending an important place.
more than it seems
This Location gains another stat.
separation
When you reach this Response Level, a player becomes
separated from the rest. Figure out why next time they have the
Spotlight.
sheriff
When you reach this Response Level, an Innocent,
Organization, or Horde threat will try to arrest one of the players
when they are next out in public.
show of force
When you reach this Response Level, the Boss gains on free
Hard Cut. They can make this Hard Cut at any time while they have
the Spotlight. Once they use it, they lose it until the next time this
Response Level is reached.
stalker
When you reach this Response Level, a threat from the
locals begins to follow the players from the shadows. If they
are not discovered, they will go back and report on all they see
to the Boss.
wild animal
When you reach this Response Level, a Beast or a Scourge
threat will try to eat the next player who goes out into the open.
high response
When the Response Level increases to 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10,
take one of these Moves.
Record it at the matching level on the Location sheet.
A Location cannot have both Begone, Outsiders and Nature's Wrath.
always a bigger fish
Add a new Boss to this location. They are the direct superior to the
first boss, and the old boss is just their henchman as long as the
Response Level is high enough to keep this Move active.
begone, outsiders
The locals here become Threats to the World. As a Threat to
the World, they have immunity to a variety of moves.
When someone who is not a Threat to the World takes direct
action against something that is, they must pay a price to do so.
hidden danger
Choose one: Beasts, the Horde, the Machines, the Scourge,
or Titans. These threats now appear in this location.
invaders
Add a new Boss to this Location. They come from someplace
else, and will tell you where if asked. They have their own
Agenda and their own followers.
name your price
When you reach this Response Level, ask the player that
increased the Response level what they want. The Boss will offer it to
them, whatever it happens to be, as long as they do whatever it is the
Boss asks of them.
nature's wrath
This Location itself becomes Threats to the World. As a Threat
to the World, it has immunity to a variety of moves.
When someone who is not a Threat to the World takes direct
action against something that is, they must pay a price to do so.
something's not quite right here
This Location gains another stat.
Requires:
terrible weather Bad weather
The weather has gotten worse, and a catastrophic event has
kicked in, such as a hurricane, tornado, flash flood, lightning storm,
hail storm, blizzard, or something equally terrible. Don't feel limited
to natural weather conditions.
Terrible Weather always deals Hard Cuts.
this land is my land
The Boss(es) can be anywhere in this Location that they wish to be,
with only a moment's notice. They tend to show up wherever they are
least wanted, and nothing can stop them from going wherever they
wish to go.
you need to leave
Your Cuts can be as hard as you want them to be.
 name: the boss response level
The Boss is a Threat to the World. Starts at Zero. As the Response Level increases,
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
You must pay a price when making a Move against them. this Location will gain new Moves and Stats.
Name: New _____, _____ City, The _____ Forest,
A Forgotten Place, _____ Island, The _____ Desert,
0 Record the Moves this Location learns at the
Response Level the Location learned them.
_____ of Dreams, The World of _____, Dark _____ name: Use a penny or other token to mark the current Level.
Nature: City, Dieselpunk, Endless Dungeon, Fairy Tale,
Forested, Ice Age, Mechanical, Mystical, Outpost, Paradise, agenda(s):
Streampunk, Submerged, Village, Volcanic 1
stats:
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own:
2
• All-Natural, Fairy Tale, Settled, Unnatural, or Industrial
• Forested, Mountainous, Marsh, Plains, or Wasteland
• Hostile, Dangerous, Creepy, Peaceful, or Inviting
• Pleasant Walk, Hard March, Rough Hike, or Difficult Climb 3
Locals can appear in Groups at Response Level 3 or higher.

location stats the locals

Locations start with only one Location Stat,
but can gain more as the Response Level increases.
Record the level the stat applies in the little box.
Record any important Locals or useful stat blocks here.
The Locals Type can be Beasts, Innocents, the Horde,
4
the Machines, or the Scourge.

locals type: 5
0
6 Locals can appear in Gangs at Response Level 6 or higher.

9
Locals can appear in Armies at Response Level 9 or higher.

location
HORIZON PLAYBOOK
10
 name: the boss response level
The Boss is a Threat to the World. Starts at Zero. As the Response Level increases,
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
You must pay a price when making a Move against them. this Location will gain new Moves and Stats.
Name: New _____, _____ City, The _____ Forest,
A Forgotten Place, _____ Island, The _____ Desert,
0 Record the Moves this Location learns at the
Response Level the Location learned them.
_____ of Dreams, The World of _____, Dark _____ name: Use a penny or other token to mark the current Level.
Nature: City, Dieselpunk, Endless Dungeon, Fairy Tale,
Forested, Ice Age, Mechanical, Mystical, Outpost, Paradise, agenda(s):
Streampunk, Submerged, Village, Volcanic 1
stats:
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own:
2
• All-Natural, Fairy Tale, Settled, Unnatural, or Industrial
• Forested, Mountainous, Marsh, Plains, or Wasteland
• Hostile, Dangerous, Creepy, Peaceful, or Inviting
• Pleasant Walk, Hard March, Rough Hike, or Difficult Climb 3
Locals can appear in Groups at Response Level 3 or higher.

location stats the locals

Locations start with only one Location Stat,
but can gain more as the Response Level increases.
Record the level the stat applies in the little box.
Record any important Locals or useful stat blocks here.
The Locals Type can be Beasts, Innocents, the Horde,
4
the Machines, or the Scourge.

locals type: 5
0
6 Locals can appear in Gangs at Response Level 6 or higher.

9
Locals can appear in Armies at Response Level 9 or higher.

location
HORIZON PLAYBOOK
10
 name: the boss response level
The Boss is a Threat to the World. Starts at Zero. As the Response Level increases,
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
You must pay a price when making a Move against them. this Location will gain new Moves and Stats.
Name: New _____, _____ City, The _____ Forest,
A Forgotten Place, _____ Island, The _____ Desert,
0 Record the Moves this Location learns at the
Response Level the Location learned them.
_____ of Dreams, The World of _____, Dark _____ name: Use a penny or other token to mark the current Level.
Nature: City, Dieselpunk, Endless Dungeon, Fairy Tale,
Forested, Ice Age, Mechanical, Mystical, Outpost, Paradise, agenda(s):
Streampunk, Submerged, Village, Volcanic 1
stats:
look Circle one from each list,
or make up your own:
2
• All-Natural, Fairy Tale, Settled, Unnatural, or Industrial
• Forested, Mountainous, Marsh, Plains, or Wasteland
• Hostile, Dangerous, Creepy, Peaceful, or Inviting
• Pleasant Walk, Hard March, Rough Hike, or Difficult Climb 3
Locals can appear in Groups at Response Level 3 or higher.

location stats the locals

Locations start with only one Location Stat,
but can gain more as the Response Level increases.
Record the level the stat applies in the little box.
Record any important Locals or useful stat blocks here.
The Locals Type can be Beasts, Innocents, the Horde,
4
the Machines, or the Scourge.

locals type: 5
0
6 Locals can appear in Gangs at Response Level 6 or higher.

9
Locals can appear in Armies at Response Level 9 or higher.

location
HORIZON PLAYBOOK
10
 name:
Choose one or two from each, or make up your own:
Ship Class: Battleship, Bishop, Bluejay, Castle, Crawler, Duster,
Jack, Nightingale, Quad Core, Queen, Rook, Scorpion, Scout,
Stingray, Tank, Treble, Twin Engine, Vesuvius
Ship Name: Aces Jack, Butterfly, Emperor, Firefight, Honduras,
Independence, Ingot, Legend, Merry, Queen Ann, Pumpkin Patch,
Striker, Trouble, Valiant, Wild Blue, Wonders
the ship
TEAM PLAYBOOK
look
•
Circle one from each list:
Banged Up, Fresh Off The Line, Junker, or Well Maintained
notable crew
• Military Style, Old-Fashioned, Shiny and Chrome, or Whimsical
Record the Companions you have sent to join the Ship's Crew here.
Include their names, stats, and which Role they can perform.
• Complex Systems, Old Model, Simple Design, or Sleek Shape
• Animal Propelled, Fuel Crystals, Gas Powered, or Steam Engine
roles The ship cannot function
without a capable crew.
captain:
The Captain is in charge. They have final say in where the ship is going and
what it is doing. Without a Captain, no other Roles can be filled.
pilot:
The Pilot controls the ship. Without a Pilot, the ship can't move.
gunner:
The Gunner mans the weapons. Without a Gunner, the ship can't attack.
engineer:
The Engineer fixes the ship. Without an Engineer, the ship can't heal.
officer:
The Officer directs the crew. Without an Officer, you can't spend Crew.
navigator:
The Navigator determines where you need to go and how to avoid trouble
along the way. Without a Navigator, you will get lost on Long Journeys.
muscle:
The Muscle defends the ship. With a Muscle, any stowaways are found
immediately, and boarding parties will be delayed.
doctor:
The Doctor keeps your crew in tip top condition. With a Doctor,
you regain 1 Crew per day of travel, up to your maximum.
quarter
master:
The Quartermaster manages resources. With a Quartermaster, you gain
3 extra Crew to spend on re-stocking the ship when you land in a port.
cook:
The Cook feeds the crew. With a Cook, your max Crew is increased by 4.
 ship's core
The Ship has the following moves.
engines primed
The engine determines the ship's speed and agility.
When the ship must maneuver through, escape from, or rush
past danger, the Pilot must roll to Get Away with +Engine instead of
+Grace.
When the ship outmaneuvers or outruns an enemy pursuing
you, the Pilot may Finish Them with +Engine. On a 10+, you lose
them, and they won't be back any time soon.
When you push the engines to their limit, the Pilot can roll
+Engine to try and make the ship work better than usual. This is
dangerous, though, and the engines may fail on you.
On a 10+, the ship has Vigor on its next roll.
On a 7-9, for the rest of the scene, whenever the ship makes a roll
the Pilot may pay a price to have it roll with Hope.
On a 6-, damage the Engine. If it's already damaged, the ship will
crash.
If you do not have a Pilot, the ship takes the 6- result to all
Engine rolls it would make.
hull holding
The hull determines the ship's durability and survivability.
When the ship tries to avoid harm, the Engineer must roll to
Overcome with +Hull instead of +Blood.
When the ship rams directly into an enemy, the Engineer may
Finish Them with +Hull. On a 10+, they are crushed beneath the
weight of your ship.
When the ship should be inoperable, the Engineer can roll
+Hull to stay operational anyway.
On a 7+, the ship continues to function a little longer, as long as
ship's core
The Ship has the following moves.
capable crew
Your ship has people running it, based on your Crew stat.
This number is a measure of how effective and helpful your
crew is, and doesn't represent specific people.
For example, a Crew of 5 doesn't mean you have 5 people,
it means your Crew is capable of pitching in that much help,
whether your crew is 2000 on a massive warship or just one
intern doing their best.
When the Crew must make a Move, the Officer rolls for
them. If you do not have an Officer, they take the 6- result
without rolling.
When on the Ship, you may spend Crew one-for-one after
rolling a move to increase your roll by the same amount. For
example, if you roll an 8, you could spend 2 Crew to increase
your result to a 10.
When your Crew takes damage, reduce your Crew stat by 2.
Your Crew cannot go below 0. When your Crew is 0, you cannot
spend it.
When the ship is in port, you can spend Crew to restock
and heal your ship. It costs 1 Crew to repair a damaged ship stat,
1 Crew to regain 3 Ammo (up to your max), and 1 Crew to
restore all Uses to a single piece of Ship's Gear.
When the ship leaves port, if you have assigned a Captain,
Officer, Cook, Doctor, or Quartermaster, you regain 2 Crew for
each, up to your maximum.
notable crew
Your crew has some standout members who demand your
ship's advancement
When a player could Level Up, the ship may be chosen as a
player to receive the level. The Ship does not have a level, and
may always be chosen to level up instead of someone else, even
if it has more Advances than anyone else.
When the ship Levels Up, the current Captain chooses one
Advance from the list below and marks it. Each Advance may
only be chosen once. It all Advances have been chosen, the ship
cannot be further improved.
If the Captain is not a member of the fellowship, the
Framework player chooses the Advance the ship receives.
O Increase the Ship's Cannon, Engine, or Hull by 1 (to a
maximum of +3). It cannot be the same stat you chose
in the next Advance.
O Increase the Ship's Cannon, Engine, or Hull by 1 (to a
maximum of +3). It cannot be the same stat you chose
in the previous Advance.
O Increase the ship's maximum Crew by 2.
O Increase the ship's maximum Crew by 2.
O Create a Companion to add to this ship's Notable Crew.
O Create a Companion to add to this ship's Notable Crew.
O Choose another Ship's Gear option.
O Choose another Ship's Gear option.
O Choose another Ship's Gear option.
O Choose another Ship's Gear option.
stats Assign +2, +1, and +0.

You are in Despair when you roll a damaged stat.

the Engineer keeps things under control and the ship doesn't take
attention. You may start with 1 Notable Crewmate, if you'd like.

When a stat is damaged, mark the small box.

further damage.
On a 9-, the ship must pay a price. Write them down now.
If you do not have an Engineer, the ship takes the 6- result to all
Hull rolls it would make.
Notable Crewmates are permanent members of the ship, and
can be assigned to a Role as long as they remain aboard.
Unlike players, who can be assigned to any Role they need to
cannon
weapons ready fill, Notable Crew are only good at one thing. When you first

The cannons determine the ship's firepower and strength.
When you roll +Cannon, you must spend 1 Ammo from the
ship's Gear. If you don't have Ammo, the cannons cannot fire.
When the ship lays down supporting fire, the Gunner must roll
to Keep Them Busy with +Cannon instead of +Courage.
When you blast a vulnerable foe with your ship's weaponry,
the Gunner may Finish Them with +Cannon. On a 10+, they are
annihilated.
When you blast an obstacle in your way, the Gunner may roll
+Cannon.
On a 7+, you destroy the obstacle in your path.
engine
add a Notable Crewmate to the ship, write the one Role they
can do next to their name. They can be assigned to that Role and
no other. This can be any Role, even Captain.
Companions can be assigned to the ship, leaving your general
care and becoming part of the ship playbook. When you assign
a Companion to the Crew, write that Companion under the
Notable Crew section, along with the Role they do.
hull
If a Notable Crewmate takes damage, they become injured.
Your maximum Crew starts at 4.
They cannot fulfill their Role while injured. When you could
gain Crew, you may heal a Notable Crewmate instead. You may Your current Crew starts at 2.

crew
On a 9-, there's collateral damage. If the ship was too close, it also heal them through normal means, such as by using items
must pay a price - otherwise, something near your target was also with the Healing tag.
caught up in the blast. When a Notable Crewmate would make a roll that doesn't Current Maximum
If you do not have a Gunner, the ship takes the 6- result to all use a Ship stat, they roll at +1.
Cannon rolls it would make. If they are injured, they take the 6- result instead of rolling.
 what is the ship?
The Captain chooses two options that best represent the
nature of their ship. If you do not choose any options that
give it mobility, it moves on land.
airship
Your ship can fly, allowing it to go anywhere it pleases.
boat
Your ship sails the seas. Boats cannot go on land, but they
are an efficient way to travel and easily customized.
The Captain picks an extra option for the ship's Gear.
crawler
Your ship moves across any terrain regardless of how
rough it is, and has +1 Hull.
drill
Your ship tunnels through the earth. The drill can tear
through other ships or defenses in your way just as easily as it can
through stone.
As you dig, you leave a tunnel behind you, but collapsing the
tunnel is trivial if you do not want to be followed.
racer
Your ship moves swiftly and smoothly, and has +1 Engine.
train
Your ship has a set path that it cannot leave. However, this
path lets you travel quickly between several major settlements, and
every stop has cheap supplies on hand.
When you stop in a friendly port, the ship heals one Ship
stat, regains 3 Ammo, and restores all uses to one Ship's Gear
option, before you need to spend any Crew to restock.
war machine
Your ship is heavily armed, and has +1 Cannon.
Your maximum Ammo starts at 3.
Your current Ammo starts at 3.
ammo
Current Maximum
ship's gear
The ship has cannons or some other basic ranged weapon,
as well as a sturdy hull and a reliable engine. The Ship's Ammo is
interchangeable between all of its weaponry, and Gear options that
grant Ammo increase your max Ammo.
The ship starts with (Ranged, 3 Ammo).
Each player (including the Framework) chooses one Gear to
add to the Ship, chosen when you create the ship:
multipurpose
The Captain chooses one more move from the What Is The Ship?
list. If your Ship is a Boat or a Train, it can now leave the sea or the
tracks. Those options no longer have their drawbacks.
smuggling compartments
The Captain can hide things on the ship, and nobody but the
Captain or luck can find them. The Captain can share the location of
these compartments by writing a Bond describing who they trust with
their location.
tactical rigging
The Captain knows the ship better than anyone. They can
instantly move to any part of the ship from anywhere else on the ship.
missile salvo
The Ship has +3 Ammo.
The Gunner can spend 1 Ammo to add the Area tag to the Ship's
ranged weaponry for the rest of this scene.
special munitions
The Ship has +3 Ammo.
The Gunner can spend 1 Ammo to add the Burning tag or the
Piercing tag to the ship's ranged weaponry for the rest of this scene.
hardened hull
When an Engineer is assigned, the Ship has (Armor, 2 Uses).
repair bay (Repair, Giant, Slow, 2 Uses)
Only the Engineer can use the Repair Bay. One Use of the
Repair Bay can be used to repair up to 3 different targets at once.
afterburners (2 Uses)
The Pilot can spend 1 Use of the Afterburners to make the
ship move in a way it really is not supposed to, letting it access places
or take routes it shouldn't normally be able to reach.
nitro booster (2 Uses)
When the Pilot makes an Engine roll, they can spend
1 Use of the Nitro Booster to add +2 to the roll, after rolling.
The Nitro Booster can only be used once per roll.
intercoms
When an Officer is assigned, everyone on the ship knows
everything that has been reported by anyone else on the ship.
living quarters
When an Officer is assigned, your max Crew is increased by 2.
medical bay (Healing, Slow, 2 Uses)
Only the Doctor can use the Medical Bay.
When a Doctor is assigned, you restore 1 additional Crew per day
(total result: +2 Crew per day of travel). This benefit is in addition to
the Medical Bay's tags.
science center (2 Uses)
The Doctor can spend 1 Use of the Science Center to ask two
questions from the Look Closely or Speak Softly lists without rolling.
These questions must be about something that has been brought to the
Science Center for study.
map room
The Navigator can Command Lore about nearby cities and
locations.
sensors (2 Uses)
The Navigator can spend 1 Use of the Sensors to ask two
questions from the Look Closely list without rolling. These questions
must be about the area around the ship or things found in that area.
harpoons
The Muscle can use the harpoons to pin something down
within a short distance of the ship. Anything pinned by the harpoons
cannot leave the area without severing the cables or, if it is strong
enough, dragging the ship along with it. Only one thing may be
pinned by the harpoons at a time.
weapons locker
When a Muscle is assigned, your Crew has the Melee tag,
and the Muscle can roll to Finish Them at +Cannon against anyone
on the ship, using the Crew as their weapon. On a 10+, they have
been captured by the Crew.
exo suits
When a Quartermaster is assigned, they can give Protection
to anyone leaving the ship. This Protection only lasts a few hours, and
the Quartermaster must stay behind to keep it working.
cargo hold
When a Quartermaster is assigned, they can spend
3 Crew at any time to heal a damaged Ship stat.
kitchen
When a Cook is assigned, your max Crew is increased by 2.
show floor
When a Cook is assigned, they can keep guests entertained
and distracted for as long as the guests remain on the show floor.
escape pods (2 Uses)
Someone can spend 1 Use of the escape pods to Get Away from
the ship as if they rolled a 10+. Each escape pod can hold a number of
people equal to your maximum Crew stat.