Print this page. It covers almost everything you need at the table. ## Your Character * **Two Domains** (e.g. Fury + Skirmish). Each has a **Domain Aspect**, a Base Card, and Feature Cards. See [Domains](/rules/domains/) and [Recipes](/rules/recipes/). * **Aspects** are pairs of Attributes (e.g. Agility = STR + DEX). An Aspect's value is how many **d4s** you can roll. * **HP** about 5. **Stress** about 5. **Evasion** about 10. **Serious Threshold** (Critical = 2×). ## Rolling - Pick the Aspect. Your pool is **Aspect − current Action Load** d4s. - Add **+1d4 per Advantage** (one per source). **−1d4 per Disadvantage** (one per source); different sources stack and net out. Minimum 1d4. - Add the total; beat the DC or the opposing roll. ## The One "Can I Act?" Rule **You can take an action if (Aspect − current Action Load) ≥ the action's Action Cost.** Then add its cost to your Action Load. Reactions use the same rule and the same Load (no free reactions). Load resets at the start of your turn (to Exhaustion − Load Buffer, i.e. 0 − Load Buffer with no Exhaustion; a new character's Load Buffer is 1, so Load starts at −1). Advantage and Disadvantage never change whether you can act—only the size of the dice pool once the action is allowed. (This keeps the gate short and matches Load-then-dice: Disadvantage can't take an action away, and Help still matters on the roll.) ## Attacks and Damage - Attack total (Aspect dice + weapon/spell damage dice) **− target Evasion** = damage. - Damage > 0: lose **1 HP**. ≥ Serious: **2 HP**. ≥ Critical: **3 HP**. Shields can drop one step. - At **0 HP** choose: **Blaze of Glory**, **Risk Fate** (d4), or **Live but Scarred**. Healing before you choose skips the choice. ## Spells Roll **your Domain Aspect**. An Aspect named on a spell is the **target's Resistance**. No slots: you are limited by Action Load. No Force damage (it is magical Bludgeoning). ## Stress Mark Stress to fuel Features (e.g. Frenzy). Full Stress + more = lose HP. Rests clear it ([Resting](/rules/resting/)). ## Conditions (one effect each) Deafened · Distracted (next roll Disadvantage) · Dying · Frightened · Hidden · Prone (−2 Evasion in melee) · Restrained (speed 0) · Sightless · Silenced · Slowed (half speed) · Stable · Stunned · Unconscious · **Exhaustion** (+1 starting Load per level). Details: [Conditions](/rules/conditions/). ## Card Icons **⚡** Reactive card (costs Action Load) · **💢** Incantor Blood Surge card. Every card shows `Name (Pillar – Type)` and an **Action Load** line. ## Growing Complete 3 / 4 / 4 Tier requirements (one may be a **Shared Milestone**) and play the minimum sessions (2 / 3 / 4) to advance a Domain.