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Circles

 The GM may also invoke the enmity clause, in

Determine the Results

 FoRKs forbidden, and usually so is help.

which case the character has made a new

 Roll your total dice against the final obstacle.

 Wounds may subtract dice.

enemy. Name the enemy now.

 All cash dice used are lost.

Determine the Results

Who Are You Looking For?

 Social skill tests against named enemies suffer

 If you pass the test, you gain what you sought.

 Roll your total dice against the final obstacle.

 Name or define the NPC you are looking for:

+2 Ob, and enemies gain +4D to their body

 If you fail, your Resources are taxed: -1D for

 Steel tests are open-ended.

of argument rolls in Duel of Wits.

routine tests, -2D for difficult tests, and by the

“Bjorn,” “A baker,” “A spy in my ranks.”

 If you pass, you do not hesitate.

 Circles only work within your lifepath settings.

 If a failed Circles test threatens to subtract a

margin of failure for challenging tests.

 If you fail, you must swoon, stand and drool,

reputation die, you may add that die to a

 All helpers on a failed test are taxed as well.

 The GM must state the consequences of failure.

run screaming, or fall prone and beg for mercy

 Your base dice equal your Circles exponent.

relevant infamous reputation, provided that

 If you used a fund, taxed dice are removed

for actions equal to the margin of failure.

you can justify this within the story.

from the fund first, and are lost permanently.

 The base obstacle for a Circles test is 1.

 If taxed Resources are reduced to 0, deplete

Mark Test Difficulty

The GM Modifies the Base Obstacle

your actual Resources exponent by 1D.

 Steel advances as a skill.

 Circles advances as a skill.

 +1 Ob if you failed a linked test using a

 The GM may give the Gift of Kindness and

 The GM may allow you to mark a Steel test

relevant wise.

Resources

grant your intent even if you are taxed. If he

without rolling if certain intense situations arise

 +2 Ob for an uncommon occupation, or from

does, you may decline and only be taxed 1D.

during play. See p. 364-365 for Ob examples.

a different lifepath.

Mark Test Difficulty

Skill Training

 +3 Ob for a rare occupation within the setting.

What Are You Looking For?

 Resources advances like a skill.

 +1 Ob for a lower rank, station, or class.

 State what your character wants to buy.

 +2 Ob for a higher rank, station, or class.

 Only successful tests count for advancement.

 If the item is within your means and there is

 Keep your actual and taxed exponents

Determine Available Tests

 +3 Ob for the highest station in the setting.

nothing at stake, the GM should Say Yes.

separate. When Resources advances, increase

 The instructor must be trained in the skill you

 +1-2 Ob for unusual knowledge/disposition.

 Your base dice equal your Resources

your taxed exponent as well.

wish to learn, and that skill’s exponent must be

 +3 Ob for rare knowledge/disposition.

exponent. If this is taxed, use the taxed

 At the GM’s discretion, Resources may be

equal to or greater than yours.

 +1-2 Ob for an unusual time and place.

Resources exponent instead.

advanced through gaining titles and rank.

 Instruction and practice are the only ways you

 +3 Ob if you want the NPC right here, right

The GM Sets the Base Obstacle

can learn training skills, such as armor training.

now, in the middle of trouble.

Making Money

 See p. 366-367. See p. 372 if making a lifestyle

 Compare your exponent for the skill you wish

 To produce cash, make a Resources test with

Add Bonus Dice

test, once per Resources cycle.

to learn against an obstacle equal to or less

an Ob of double the cash dice you want.

 +1D if you have named the NPC from a

 You may reduce the base obstacle by 1 if you

than the instructor’s exponent. This tells you

 To create a fund, make a Resources test with

previous Circles test.

succeed at a haggling vs. haggling test.

the difficulty of the tests on offer.

an Ob of double the fund’s dice plus 1.

 +1D if you exceeded the obstacle on a linked

 Alternatively, characters may bid on a base Ob.

 To replenish taxed dice, test a job skill plus

Instructor Makes an Instruction Test

test using a relevant wise.

 Buying a 1D affiliation is Ob 3, a 2D affiliation

FoRKs against an Ob of 1 plus taxed dice.

 The instructor chooses an obstacle for their

 +1-3D from your applicable affiliation.

is Ob 5, and a 3D affiliation is Ob 7.

Meeting the Ob restores 1D. Excess successes

instruction test based on the type of test they

 +1-3D from your applicable reputation.

The GM Modifies the Base Obstacle

restores 1D or reduces time by 10% per

want to (and are able to) offer: Ob 1 for routine

 +1-3D from the NPC’s reputation.

 +1 Ob if you used a relevant wise or skill on a

success. This test takes a resource cycle to

tests, Ob 2 for difficult, Ob 3 for challenging.

 Similar Circles may help.

linked test and failed.

complete and earns the job skill a test.

 Add +1 Ob if teaching School of Thought and

 You may spend artha as normal.

 +1-3 Ob for being far away from the source

Artist skills, +2 Ob for Medicinal and Military,

 FoRKs are prohibited during Circles tests.

Steel

of your Resources.

and +3 Ob for Sorcerous and Special skills.

 Wounds do not subtract dice.

 +1-2 Ob if buying the item in bulk.

 The instructor then tests their instruction skill.

Determine the Results

 +1 Ob to buy an affiliation with low nobility.

Determine Hesitation

Time Passes

 Roll your total dice against the final obstacle.

 +2 Ob to buy an affiliation with high nobility.

 The GM tests your Steel ability when you

 Instruction tests last for days equal to 10 minus

 If you pass, you find the NPC and they are

 +3 Ob to buy an elite or secretive affiliation.

confront surprise, pain, fear, or wonderment.

the instructors will, plus 10 minus the student’s

favorably disposed to you.

Add Bonus Dice

 You must test Steel every time you take a

will, plus the obstacle of the test on offer.

 If you exceeded the Ob, name the character.

 +1D if you used a relevant wise or skill on a

wound, but otherwise a single type of effect

 This instruction leaves no room for leisure time.

 Your character has a relationship aptitude with

linked test and exceeded the obstacle.

may only cause a Steel test once per scene.

 If the test fails, the time only counts as practice.

the named character equal to 10 minus Circles,

 +1D per die of cash you wish to spend.

 The base obstacle for a Steel test is your

Also, you either suffer +1 Ob to your next test

minus positive reputations, plus negative

 +1-10D per die invested from a single fund.

hesitation, equal to 10 minus your will.

in the skill being taught, or the instructor suffers

reputations. If you contact them a number of

 +XD from loaned cash or funds.

 Your base dice equal your Steel exponent.

+1 Ob to further instruct you. GM’s call.

times equal to your relationship aptitude them,

 +2D for trying to buy a 1D advancement in

they are added to your relationships.

The GM Modifies Your Hesitation

Mark Test Difficulty

your own affiliation.

 If this test was to join an organization, you may

 See p. 363 for hesitation Ob modifiers.

 If the instructor passes their instruction test,

 Resources may help Resources.

now test Resources to buy an affiliation with it.

mark down the skill test you’ve earned. If a skill

 You may spend artha as normal.

Add Bonus Dice

 If you fail, the consequences happen. Helping

has reached its aptitude, open it as usual. The

 FoRKs are prohibited for Resources tests.

 +1D when surrounded by friends or allies.

characters share in the consequences.

instructor also earns an instruction test.

 Wounds do not subtract dice.

 +2D when startled by something mundane.

 You may spend artha as normal.

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