Introduction

In the Heimr LARP Core you will find rules which are common to all characters in a Heimr LARP. Players should know all of the rules in this chapter before attending a Heimr LARP based on this rule set. Any character specific abilities are documented in the rest of the document. These do not require memorising.

The Heimr LARP is designed to create a highly immersive game environment, in which players can bring their characters to life. Because players are required to know all the core rules, this chapter has been designed to be as short as possible, given the complexity of the LARP for which it is written.

Safety

Safety is one of the most important things to consider for live roleplaying events. Since there are a multitude of dangers involved, there are several rules covering safety during an event.

Always remember that any participant is more important then the game itself, to always listen to the organizers and to stop the game if any participant indicates they want the game to stop and to only continue playing if everybody is okay with that.

Read the details on safety and consent before coming to our events.

Game Progression

LARP games should progress smoothly, without big interruptions. This chapter explains the mechanisms used in Heimr to prevent the game from stalling.

Game Masters

Game Masters are the directors of the game. They make sure the story progresses as it should and direct the NPCs to that end. Game masters are also there to help you if you are unsure about the rules and to referee when players have a conflict. You should follow the instructions the Game Master gives.

If you do not agree with a ruling you may make one, and only one, appeal to the Game master. If he or she is not convinced by your argument, the ruling is final and the game continues. You may discuss the issue after the game.

Time Calls

There are four time calls. These calls can only be made by a Game master:

• Time Freeze: The game stops and every player must close his or her eyes while humming to drown out any noise
• Time Stop: The game stops. The calling Game Master usually has some instructions for you after this.
• Time In: The game restarts
• Time Out: The game stops completely

Raised Hand

A raised hand indicates that this person is out of character and should be ignored. You may only do this with permission of a game master.

Characters

There are four things that make up a character: Hit points, Willpower, Skills and Conditions. These thing will be explained in this chapter. Which and how many a character has depends on things such as race and equipment. Instructions on how to create a character can be found in the Character Guide at www.heimr.nl/game_rules/.

Hit Points

Hit points (HP) represent the likelihood of a character surviving an attack. They are not "health points" and do not represent the physical health of your character. Things that increase your chance of survival, such as armour or a strong body, can increase your hit points. When a character is hit by an attack, they (usually) lose 1 HP. If a character reaches 0 or fewer hit points, only then he or she becomes truly injured. As long as you have more than 0 HP you are not injured (Although you might have sore spots, scraps, small cuts, old wounds, etc) Uninjured characters can restore hit points by taking a "short rest". For more information about HP, short rest and dying see the "health" section.

Willpower

Willpower (WP) is a character's way of pushing through tough situations or achieving extraordinary things. It represents your mental, emotional and physical stamina all in one. When your character is losing WP he or she is probably going through something emotional. When your character is spending WP on skills he or she is doing the best they can.

Characters with high WP are usually motivated and in high spirits, whereas characters with low WP might be more inclined to give up and surrender to the situation. Once per day you can regain 1 WP by doing something you enjoy (see your racial condition). Other characters might have skills that will help you feel better and regain WP. Or you can buy items for this purpose.

You are free to roleplay your WP (or lack thereof) as you see fit and realistic.

Divine charge

Every character gains 2 divine charge (DC) at dawn up to a maximum of 2. This represents the energy your soul generates that religious leaders can use during ceremonies. Such religious leaders usually ask you to join in such ceremonies every day. You will receive cards provided by the event organization to represent these DC.

Skills

Skills let you fight better, help others, create items, etc. Players must carry skill cards for every skill they have. These are provided by the event organization. Do not use the skill if you do not have the card. A description of the skill is provided on the skill card. You can only use one skill at a time. Using a skill may cost one or more WP. A skill can override rules in this rule-book for individual characters.

Conditions

A condition is a character's state of being. This may be physical, mental or social state. The event organization will provide cards for all conditions. Players must carry all condition cards of their character. Conditions include such things as race, social disorders, disfigurement and contacts. A condition can override rules in this rule-book for individual characters.

Counters on cards

For some skill, condition and item cards you have to keep a counter. This is simply a number that it put on the corresponding card with pen or pencil. If the card becomes unreadable ask for a replacement from a GM.

Combat

Effects

Effects are ways in which a character is influenced by the game. Effects can be called by characters or by a Game master. Effects have a default number. If a number is called with the effect, use this number instead of the default. With Hit the number indicates how much hp you lose and with Break the number indicates how strong the break effect was. These have a default of 1. With all other effects the number following the effect is the number of seconds it lasts (default 2).

For example Stumble 4 is a stumble effect that lasts 4 seconds and hit 2 is a hit effect that causes you to lose 2 HP.

An effect always works when it is called. Players are thus not allowed to call an effect when they are not sure all the requirements needed to call it are met.

Weapons

In Heimr LARP any character can wield any weapon, as long as he has an item card and physrep for it. When you are hit by a weapon you lose 1 HP unless an effect is called while you are hit with the weapon. So the effect replaces this 1 HP damage if an effect is called.

Movement and Restraint

Some characters can not move, or do not want to be moved. Do not go tugging or pushing people. To keep it friendly the following rules apply:

• One character can move a willing character with a leg injury
• Two characters can move an character unable to stand and resist
• Three characters can move an unwilling bound character
• Four characters can move an unwilling character

Health

A character's health is of critical importance. This chapter explains what you can do to stay healthy, and what will happen if you do not. Skills for healing can be found in the various domains.

Short Rests

By taking a short rest, characters who have more than 0 HP can restore all their HP. Characters who are injured (0 or less HP) can not take a short rest. The short rest must be uninterrupted for at least five minutes. During this time a character may not use skills, engage in combat, do physically straining activities such as running, get upset or angry. Any player that is not very active will find themselves meeting the conditions of being at rest most of the time.

Injury effects

When a character is hit with an attack that causes the HP to become 0 or lower the character becomes injured. When a character becomes injured they receive an effect based on what body part got hit by the attack. The effect lasts as long as the character is injured. Characters can have additional effects from injuries, if they are hit on multiple body parts while injured. The effects are as followed:

Injuries

There are three levels of injury, depending on how low your HP is. The three levels are:

Unconsciousness

When a character becomes unconscious for a longer time (because he is in trance, coma or is sleeping), the player might at some point want to leave. You can leave your unconscious character behind. To do so, leave an article of clothing, of roughly the length of your body, in the place where your character lays. Leave behind all your item cards, money and your racial condition. Items can be stolen by taking the item cards. You can kill an unconscious character that has no player present, by ripping their racial condition.

Dying

If your character dies you should remain lying on the spot for as long as necessary for people to finish interacting with your remains. Always leave behind all your item cards and money. After this you should go see a game master to create a new character or help the team by becoming an DC (directed character).

Items

Items are things of value which characters own in the game. They range from weapons to magical devices and everything in between. Most items are represented by a physical representation and an item card.

Item Card

Item cards describe the in-game properties of an item. On an item card you can find the item's name, its price and other details like the effect given to the wielder. The item card must be carried by the player that is in possession of the item. Any object that does not have an item card does not have any special in-game properties and can be used for decoration only, apart from weapon physreps which are not allowed in the game area without an item card.

Item cards can have "markers" on them. These are small stickers attached to the item card to indicate certain special things happened to an item. For example, a broken sword has a "broken" marker attached to the item card to indicate its broken state.

Market Price

Each item card has a market price. The market price is the price of the item when buying it during downtime. For details about buying and selling items, see the Downtime Periods rules. Some items will have a market price of "Var", these have special rules governing their market price that will be described in the item's description.

Large Items

Large items are those that are too heavy or unwieldy to easily carry around. These items will be marked with "Large" on the item card.

Toughness

Many items have a toughness value on their item card. This number indicates how difficult it is to break that item in such a way that it becomes useless. If an item has a toughness of 0, any character can destroy it simply by smashing it. Any item with a toughness of 1 or higher can only be destroyed by the break effect. If the break is equal to or stronger than the item's toughness, it is destroyed. For example a sword with toughness 2 can only be broken with a break 2 or higher effect.

When an item is destroyed you must mark its item card with a "broken" marker and can no longer use the item until it is repaired.

Consumables

Certain items will be marked as "consumable" on their item cards. These items are considered consumables and will generally provide a single benefit after which they are consumed. Consumed items cannot be used again, you should mark the item card with a "consumed" marker. You can then give the item card back to a GM.

Physical Representation

A physical representation or "physrep" for short, is an object that looks like the item it represents in the game. Every item, unless otherwise noted in the item's description, requires a physrep. For most items, you are free to choose a physrep that resembles the item as closely as possible, although the item's description may contain a suggestion. However, some items will be marked as having special physrep requirements. These requirements will be specified in the item's extended description in the rule book. Note that you cannot use the same physrep for multiple items.

You are allowed to carry one item for which you have no physrep. This is a concealed item. If a player searches you for concealed items you must show the item card from the concealed item. A Large item may not be concealed, this will be marked on the item card.

One large item can be carried in your hands without a physrep. You should indicate you are carrying an item by holding your hands out in front of you, with the card resting on your palms. You should take this item to a concealed location as soon as possible and leave it there until you acquire a suitable physrep.

Trading and Stealing Items

Stealing, looting or exchanging items should be done by exchanging the item card. Do not take another player's physreps without their permission. If you steal an item you must take the item card and attach it to your own physrep. Because most items can be concealed (no physrep), you can steal something without having the physrep with you.

If a physrep is on the player's body you must remove the physrep before you can take the item card. For example if you want to steal someone's chain mail you should actually get him out of it, before you can take the item card. Difficult to remove items (like a chain mail) can only be removed from unconscious or willing characters. The unconscious character's player must help removing the item. Alternatively, spend a few minutes tugging and moving things on an unconscious character to indicate you are removing the item, without actually removing the physrep.

Carrying Capacity

Generally, you are allowed to carry as many items as you can carry physreps for. For large items, consider that while your physrep may not be very heavy, the item it represents something heavy or unwieldy, so try to limit how many large items you carry. As a rule of thumb, carry one extra large item in addition to those you actively use.

When travelling to or from an event, you can carry up to 50 items. Any item marked as "Large" takes the place of 8 items.

Change log

July 2017

• Reworded Items page
• Introduced "Consumable" concept for items.
• Made "Large" item explanation more explicit.
• Changed Physrep rules to no longer require explicit descriptions in the item card.
• Added some explanation of "normal" carrying capacity.

September 2015

• Weakened now only hampers skill use during combat

May 2015

• Added the ***Charm ***and ***Fear ***effects.
• ***Bind ***has been simplified to only 1 effect.
• Removed the ***Drain ***effect.
• Throwing weapons removed from the core rules (now a rule on the actual item).
• All effects override the 1 damage rule from weapons now (not just the hit effect).
• Concentration rules have been removed (now described by primordial magic itself).

November 2013

• Changed everything into the "1 HP loss per attack" system. (LARGE CHANGE!)
• You now have a maximum amount of items that you can carry with you at the start and end of an event.
• Amplified the effect terms. (e.g. Break, instead of Break.)
• Changed the wording of HP and Willpower somewhat.
• Removed the rule that stated you need to have item cards attached to your phys-reps.
• Removed that "flaps" counter system for now.
• Conditions also represent special social states (next to special mental and physical states)
• Removed the miss effect and merged it with the Resist effect.
• Changed the wording of some things (HP, WP, unconscious characters) to better explain what they actually represent in game so players can react to it more in character.
• Added the fact that you leave items and money with your dead character.
• Removed the "source" prefix for effects.

April 2013

• Created change log
• Removed Willpower threshold
• Added counters
• Changed what players should do when an item breaks

Armour

Most characters faced with combat will wear some sort of armour. Each armour item starts with 3 counters on it. These represent the integrity of the armour. Every time you become injured (0 HP or lower), the armour is damaged and you must remove one counter. When all the counters are removed, the armour is damaged to such an extent that it no longer gives you extra HP. During downtime, you can have your armour repaired by paying the restore price. This restores all its 3 counters. You can only equip one armour item at a time.

Physrep Requirements

Light Armour

A fully covering armour of leather or hides.

Medium Armour

A fully covering armour of boiled leather, ring armour or several layers of leather.

Medium/Heavy Armour

A fully covering armour of boiled leather or ring armour, with a chain mail or scale mail vest or haubergeon that protects the torso.

Heavy Armour

A gambeson with a chain mail or scale mail hauberk protecting the torso, arms and upper legs. With plate greaves protecting the lower legs.

Massive/Heavy Armour

A gambeson with a chain mail or scale mail hauberk protecting the torso, arms and upper legs, with a breast plate on top. With plate greaves protecting the lower legs and a helmet to protect the head.

Massive Armour

A fully covering plate armour, including a helmet, a gorget, pauldrons, couters, vambraces, gauntlets, a cuirass with a fauld, tassets and a culet, a mail skirt, cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons.

Shield

Shields come in different sizes and with a different toughness. Lastly, superior shields make it easier to use shield skills.

A higher toughness defends against a break 1 effect the enemy might call. But no shield made by mortal hands can withstand break 2 effects.

Note that unless otherwise mentioned, the arm and hand used to carry a shield cannot be used to wield a weapon.

Physrep Requirements

List of Weapons & Shields

Shield Skills

Shield bash skills are used to keep the enemy at bay, floor him, or even daze him for a time in exchange for willpower.

Defensive Skills

Combat mobility simply gives you more HP.

Sturdy stance defends against the stumble , fall or bind effect in exchange for willpower.

Sturdy hands defends against the drop weapon effect in exchange for willpower.

Clear head defends against the fear, daze and charm effects in exchange for willpower.

Weapons

Most armed combat skills are done with a weapon but even if you don't have such skills it might be wise to carry a weapon for basic protection.

The toughness of weapons you choose is important. Some opponents may be able to cause a break effect. Having a weapon that's tough enough to withstand the break effect may just save your life. Bows and crossbows come with sufficient ammunition for normal circumstances. So you don't have to worry about running out unless a game master indicates otherwise.

Physrep Requirements

List of Weapons

Melee weapon skills

The focused strike is simply used to deal more damage in exchange for willpower.

The Breaking strike is used to break shields and weaker weapons in exchange for willpower.

The Shoving strike is used to shove away enemies that get to close to hit in exchange for willpower. It is usually used by people with long weapons (like two handed weapons, polearms and spears) to keep the enemy at bay.

The Tackling strike is used to floor the enemy by paying willpower and hitting the enemy on the leg.

The disarming strike is used to disarm the enemy by paying willpower and hitting the enemy on the arm.

Ranged Weapon Skills

Damaging throw is used to actually deal damage with throwing weapons in exchange for willpower. Normally throwing weapons don't do damage, but simply stumble the enemy (see the core rules).

Focused shot is simply used to deal more damage in exchange for willpower.

Pinning shot is used to floor the enemy by paying willpower and shooting his or her leg.

Disarming shot is used to force the enemy to drop their item (usually a weapon or shield) by paying willpower and shooting his or her arm.

Stitching And Bandaging

Stitching and bandaging is used to treat already stabilized patients or wounds that are not life threatening. At this stage it is important to properly clean and dress the wound so it does not become infected. Infected wound will cause a fever and will cost resources (in downtime) to heal. There is about a 1 in 5 chance a wound becomes infected.

This is done with a set of condition cards available at check in. Each time the skill is used, give the top two cards to the patient. Nine out of every ten cards will be blanc, the others will be an Infected Wound condition.

Hygienic stitching lessens the chance of infections but takes focus and concentration to perform.

The wound washing skill makes sure you only spend willpower on patients that actually have a minor infection.

The nursing skill can be used to help mitigate the willpower loss most patients experience after becoming wounded. It is an especially helpful skill when patients are herded together in an infirmary of sorts.

Stabilizing Patients

The skill Battlefield surgery is used to treat life threatening injuries. This skill requires a deck of cards called the "complication deck". After trying to heal a person you draw a card from the complication deck to see what happens.

All the other skills in this section enhance the use of the battlefield surgery skill above.

Experienced surgery decreasing the willpower the patient loses from complication cards.

Surgeon assistant is a skill that will enable several healers to heal one patient, decreasing the willpower he loses from complication cards even further.

Helping hands is a skill with which you can make an unskilled person help you with healing a person in much the same way a surgeon assistant would.

Focused surgery reduces willpower the patient loses in exchange for willpower payed by the surgeon. This can even be used to stop the patient from falling to 0 willpower at the last moment.

Amputate is used as a last resort method of saving a patients life in exchange for losing a limb. Instead of dying they lose a limb and another complication card is pulled but the next few WP they lose during surgery will be negated (possibly saving their lives entirely).

Medical conditions

The following conditions don't provide any benefit. Usually they are gained during the game and characters will try to avoid them. But you are free to start the game with any of these conditions if you want.

You can gain the infection conditions during the use of the "battlefield surgery" skill but "hygienic stitching" can negate minor infections.

You can gain the wounded condition during the use of the "battlefield surgery" skill.

You gain the Recovering wounds condition when you end the event with a wound or infection. The amount of resources it takes to get rid of a Recovering wounds condition is determined by the amount of wounds, infections, diseases, WP, cost of living (hygiene) and a random factor.

You can gain the amputation conditions during the use of the "amputate" skill.

You can buy the "wooden leg" and "replacement hand" items in downtime to negate some of the effects of the amputation conditions.

Home management and monthly salary

The "home" condition is used to define where your character lives. We advice that everybody chooses a home location because it adds to the flavour of your character and we give you a free rumour as a reward.

When you are specialized in a specific job you might want to get a higher salary condition. It will give you additional copper when you work on your job but your character will also demand a higher standard of living; increasing the money you lose every month. If you actually go out to do something dangerous some of that extra cash flow will be used by your character to invest in this endeavour. In addition to all the rules named in the higher salary condition a higher standard of living also shortens the time it takes for you to recover from diseases and infections somewhat due to having a more hygienic lifestyle.

The "lower cost of living" condition will lower the copper you lose every month to keep up your standard of living.

The "higher cost of living" condition will give your character a higher standard of living than his salary would suggest. This makes your character very happy, motivated and healthy but it is usually hard to keep up this level of luxury for long.

Craft and repair skills

People with the crafters skill take raw material and time and turn them into usable items.

The Artesian crafter skill is used get extra profit by making the items you create more aesthetically pleasing and marketing them to rich clients.

People with the repairman skill are crafters specialized in making broken items whole again. Some items are so valuable that you don't want to buy a new one every time it breaks. These items should be repaired or reforged instead. This takes time and money and there is a chance it might fail.

Jury rigging is the art of taking a broken item and patching it up in the field in such a manner that it will probably survive the next encounter.

Crafting custom made items

With the custom crafter skill you can sit down with another character to design and craft an item specifically for them during the event.

Example custom modifiers

The following custom modifiers can be added to items for the mentioned price if you have the Custom Crafter skill. These are examples, but feel free to involve a DM in the design process of custom items. You can come up with your own modifiers and a DM will give you an estimate of the price. In downtime you will receive the correct price. Also feel free to come up with modifiers for items that are not on this list.

Weapons

• 25: If you had this weapon at the beginning of the day you can perform a throw/strike/shot skill once without paying its willpower cost this day.
• 50*x where x is the level of the skill: If you had this weapon at the beginning of the day you can perform a throw/strike/shot skill once without having learned it this day.
• 100*x where x is the level of the skill: If you had this weapon at the beginning of the day you can perform a throw/strike/shot skill as if you had learned it.
• 25: Replace "Skills cost 1 WP extra to perform with this weapon." with "The first skill you perform with this weapon each day costs 1 WP extra"
• 100: +1 toughness (can't be used to create toughness 4 weapons)
• 10*x: +x amount of throwing weapon fysreps

Shield

• 5*x where x is the amount of cm: The shield is allowed to be x more maximum diameter
• 25: If you had this shield at the beginning of the day you can perform a bash skill once without paying its willpower cost this day.
• 50*x where x is the level of the skill: If you had this shield at the beginning of the day you can perform a bash skill once without having learned it this day.

Armour

• 200: Once per day call resist against a stumble effect.
• 500: Once after each short rest call resist against a stumble effect.
• 300: Once per day call resist against a daze effect.
• 600: Once after each short rest call resist against a daze effect.
• 300: Once per day call resist 1 against a hit 2 (or higher) effect.
• 600: Once after each short rest call resist 1 against a hit 2 (or higher) effect.
• 200: Locked gauntlet: Immune to drop weapon effect after securing your weapon (takes 10 seconds). Also takes 10 seconds to take the weapon from your hand. Can't perform strike skills.

Wooden leg

• 100: stumble no longer causes you to fall.
• 100: you can run.
• 100: +1 toughness

Wooden arm

• 100: You can combine this replacement hand with another item. If you do you can "hold" this item normally. (Which might grant access to more skills that might be otherwise impossible. Check with the DM)
• 200: You can combine this replacement hand with a weapon. Locking the weapon in place or taking it of takes 10 seconds. You can't perform strike skills with this weapon but are immune to drop weapon effects.
• 100: +1 toughness

Crafting equipment and patterns

If you gain a level in the crafter skill you get 500c worth of patterns and crafting equipment from 1 category for free. (copper that is left after this process is banked and can be used to buy patterns from this category in the future.)

Unless otherwise mentioned below every item has a pattern variation. This pattern is as expensive as the item itself and gives one character the ability to craft the item with the crafter skill.

You cannot sell patterns.

Weaponsmithing

Items in this category are:

• Crude Light weapon
• Light weapon
• Superior Light weapon
• Crude Medium weapon
• Medium weapon
• Superior Medium weapon
• Great weapon
• Superior Great weapon
• Pole Weapon
• Superior Pole Weapon
• Stabbing weapon
• Superior Stabbing weapon

Carpentry

Items in this category are:

• Cart (100¢)
• Buckler (200¢)
• Shield (400¢)
• Great shield (600¢)
• Bow (60¢)
• Superior Bow (120¢)
• Crossbow (120¢)
• Superior Crossbow (240¢)
• Wooden leg (40¢)
• Replacement Hand (40¢)

leathercrafting

Items in this category are:

• Light armour (200¢)
• Medium armour (500¢)

armoursmithing

Items in this category are:

• Heavy/medium armour (700¢)
• Heavy armour (1100¢)
• Massive/heavy armour (1600¢)
• Massive armour (2100¢)
• Reinforced Buckler (300¢)
• Reinforced Shield (800¢)
• Superior Shield (1600¢)
• Reinforced Great Shield (1200¢)
• Superior Great Shield (2400¢)

Brewery

Items in this category are:

• Barrel of Ale (200¢) => 100x mug of ale (2¢)
• Barrel of Liquor (600¢) => 100x glass of liquor (6¢)

Chocolatery

• Box of Sweets (300¢) => 50x sweets(6¢)
• Bottle of drinkable chocolate (180¢) => 10 servings of drinkable chocolate (18¢)

Cultivation

• Barrel of Tabacco (600c) => 100x a portion of tabacco (6¢)
• Box of cigars (500¢) => 25x cigar (20¢)
• A bundle of primordial touched Yarrow (1000¢) => 10x primordial touched Yarrow (100¢)
• A bottle of Opiate (100¢) => 10x Opiate (10¢)
• Box of hallucinogen (150¢) => 10x Hallucinogen (15¢)

Anointing

• "Worship" ceremony components (Free)
• "Sacrifice" ceremony components (Free)
• "Soul sacrifice" ceremony components (Free)
• "Vow" ceremony components (Free)
• "Signal to the divine realms" ceremony components (20¢)
• "Divine being summoning" (200¢)
• "Divination" ceremony components (20¢)
• "Sanctify" ceremony components (20¢)
• "Hallow" ceremony components (100¢)
• "Welcome" ceremony components (5¢)
• "Marriage" ceremony components (50¢)
• "Initiation" ceremony components (5¢)
• "Lay to rest" ceremony components (5¢)
• "Convert" ceremony components (200¢)
• "Absolve" ceremony components (30¢)
• "Divine intervention" ceremony components (50¢)
• "Self blessing" ceremony (10¢)
• "Blighting" ceremony components (25¢)
• "Flash nullify" ceremony components (25¢)
• "Binding" ceremony components (25¢)
• "Unweaving" ceremony components (400¢)
• Bronze Emblem Of (250¢)
• Silver Emblem Of (500¢)
• Golden Emblem Of (1000¢)
• Bundle of Incense (300¢) => 50x Incense(6¢)
• Box of Sacred Ointments (200¢) => 10x Sacred Ointments (20¢)
• Shrine Centrepiece of (100¢)
• Altar of (2500¢)

Non craftable

The following items cannot be crafted and have no patterns:

• Caravan guard
• Share of a company
• Relic

Temporary reinforcement

With temporary reinforcement skill you can apply modifications to items that temporarily improve the function of an item. An item can only have one of those temporary improvements at a time and most of these improvements disappear after one use. All of these improvements cost materials to apply which can be bought in downtime.

Example temporary reinforcement materials

You can use one of the example temporary improvements below or you can come up with your own improvements and buy them in downtime. They need to be approved and priced by a DM.

Service Skills

The service skills can be used to make people feel better and to distract them from stressful situations. Getting paid fairly to do such thankless jobs might be the hardest challenge.

Stimulants

Stimulants are used to increase the effects of your indulgence (see your racial condition). Some have nasty side effects or are expensive. But your character probably loves using one or several of these on a regular basis to take the edge of the stressful situations they tend to get themselves into.

Opiate works a bit different from other stimulants. Instead of increasing the effect from your indulgence, the opiate stops pain, making stitching less of a horrible experience.

Primordial touched Yarrow is a plant warped by the influence of an unstable primordial flow. It is most often used to keep soldiers fighting even when they are wounded or have fevers from infections. But because of its rareness and danger of harvesting it is relatively expensive.

Money Lending

You gain loan conditions automatically when you have too little money in downtime to pay for your expenses because you are wounded. You cannot gain loan conditions any other way.

There are always people with ideas but without the funds to act on these ideas. If you have the funds you might be able to make a profit from other people their ideas. You can use investment conditions to represent the fact that you put money into a starting business. When you receive these conditions it is cool to discuss with the GM's what business plan exactly you have invested in.

After a company has been created through an investment, the player will hold 20% of the shares. In effect, the other party will hold 4 shareholder conditions of the same level (80% of the company); which can later be bought by players.)

Shares usually cost around 250 ¢ per level. But this obviously fluctuates a lot.

Trade skills

People with the merchant skill are skilled at getting things cheap so they can sell them... not so cheap. Most merchants are crafters themselves and sell their own wares or at least have a deal with one or more crafter to supply them with items to sell.

The barter skill can be used to exchange things that you find lying about for things you might actually need.

Travel and transport

The cart item can be used to transport more items to and from an event than the core rules allow. However, transporting a cart of goods attracts unwanted attention, so you will need other players or hire NPCs to protect your cart. The chance of losing your cart is reduced by one fifth for a person wearing Medium Armour and a Medium Weapon.

The caravan guard "item" lets you hire NPCs to protect your caravan during its trip.

The caravan safety skill lowers the chance of your charts being attacked. It is probably only worth it if you have several charts.

Priest skills and conditions

A deity is a godly figure who has command over divine magic. This is a very powerful form of magic. Divine magic works by adjusting the physical laws of the world around people and objects. To power their magic, deities need to collect divine charge from the world. For this purpose, deities need to have mortals representing them on the world, fighting for their cause. These are the priests and the crusaders of this domain.

Divine Charge

The energy source of all divine magic are divine charges (DC). There are several ways to get DC. If you have a Devoted condition, the easiest way is by gathering worshippers and getting them to pray during a divine ceremony, to an emblem or at a shrine. During such ceremonies divine charges are released most of which are send to your deity, you can use the rest to cast blessings or power the ceremony itself. How much you keep depends on your devotion. Another way to get divine charge is through certain ceremonies.

Priest skills

The ceremony master skill gives you access to most priest ceremonies (not the blessing ceremony) and gives you a discount on such ceremonies.

The priest skill gives you access to a large list of ceremonies that can be performed by purchasing the needed components. The most important one of these ceremonies is the "blessing" ceremony which gives you access to blessings to empower yourself and your flock. It is highly recommend to take the Devoted condition when you become a priest because worshippers will be your primary source of DC.

The preacher skill can be used to empower the mental and emotional resolve of your flock.

The pilgrim skill can be used to fill up emblems with the energy of the local people during your travels.

The Missionary skill can be used to increase the level of your "devoted" condition by spending resources.

Devotion

The Devoted condition represents your character's relationship with the deity he or she serves. The higher the level, the better this deity appreciates you and the more power he lets you keep for yourself after a divine ceremony. There are six levels of devotion. Only the first two are available for new characters. To increase your devotion, you should collect devotion counter for your Devoted condition. The more you and your allies accomplish things your deity appreciates, the more counters you'll collect and the higher your Devotion will become. Devotion counters will be given to you by the game master when you enter downtime.

Saints

The highest rank of deity devotion is Saint. They are given access to a great deal of power by their deity. It is very difficult to become a saint. Characters can only become saint if they choose the Purity condition at character creation(!). This has no other advantage then that it opens the potential to become a saint.

Crusaders skills

Crusaders are the militant arm of the church. The power of a crusader comes from their special ability in carrying multiple blessings at the same time and their specialized crusader ceremonies. A crusader should be specialized in other skills as well (usually skills from the defence and armed combat domains).

Ceremony components

Both priests and crusaders have ceremonies that are the basis of their divine power. Ceremonies are performed by using items called "components". The component items are lost during the ceremony and priests and crusaders usually carry a bunch of these components with them.

Priest ceremonies

Priestly ceremonies are based on serving and enhancing the community. They are also a medium between the community and the divine realms of the deities. All divine ceremonies can in theory be performed on unwilling restrained victems.

The blessing ceremony

The blessing ceremony is the cornerstone of the priestly business. The worshippers worship and the priest gives blessings in return.

Charging ceremonies

The following ceremonies can be used to gain additional Divine charge (DC) and should be performed as part of another ceremony.

The Sacrifice ceremony is used to sacrifice items to gain DC.

The Soul sacrifice ceremony is used to sacrifice permanent WP and souls to gain DC.

The Vow ceremony is used to gain the vow condition and some additional DC.

Divine realm ceremonies

The following ceremonies need a direct connection with the divine realms, established with the "Signal to the divine realms" ceremony.

The "signal to the divine realms" ceremony is used to ask permission for and warn the divine realms about the upcoming ceremony.

The "Divine being summoning" ceremony is used to call down divine beings (deamons and angels).

The "Divination" ceremony is used to ask questions to the divine beings.

The "Sanctify" ceremony is used to nominate a dead person for sainthood, changing his or her body into a holy relic. Living(!) Saints are so trusted by their deity that they see them as divine beings that still have a free will. Only a handful ever existed and some deities never had a living saint. But every deity has many potential saints that are sanctified after their death.

Other divine ceremonies

The following components are used for divine ceremonies that don't fit into one of the categories above.

The "Hallow" ceremony is used to create a holy space where worshippers can relax and unwind. It also stops most hostile spirits, demons and angels from entering which creates an area that is hard to spy on and mostly protects people from possession.

The "Welcome" ceremony is used to welcome others into the hallow created or to give power to the hallow to extend it's existence as it lives on in the minds of the recipients.

The "Marriage" ceremony is used to bind two people in holy matrimony.

The "Initiation" ceremony can be used to initiate (a group of) people into the faith. It needs to be refreshed every year around the recipients birthday.

The "Lay to rest" ceremony can be used to help dead persons on their way to the afterlife.

The "Consecration" ceremony is used to convert divine items into divine items linked to your deity.

The "Absolve" ceremony can be used to undo the lasting effects of the other ceremonies. Performing this ceremony to remove certain things could make some deities angry, even your own deity. Ask for permission of some higher priest or divine being if you are unsure.

The "Exorcism" ceremony can be used to disrupt the tether some entities (like divine beings and spirits) can shape with mortal bodies.

The "Restoration" ceremony can be used to heal wounds. It needs to be performed before the soul realises the the tissue is missing and reshapes itself accordingly.

The "cleansing" ceremony can be used to heal infections.

The "Divine intervention" ceremony can be used to call down effects not covered by the other ceremonies.

Crusader ceremonies

Crusader ceremonies are ceremonies usually conducted behind enemy lines and in great haste. Sometimes even during battle. They can usually only be performed by crusaders because they need multiple weaved blessings to work.

The "Self blessing" ceremony is used by crusaders to give themselves blessings.

The "Blighting" ceremony can be used by crusaders to temporarily disable divine items, or prepare them for destruction, in exchange for their blessings.

The "Flash nullify" ceremony can be used by crusaders to destroy divine items in exchange for their blessings. It only works on items with a blight that has been festering on it for a while. This ceremony is usually used to destroy altars of rival deities.

Hostile entities often possesses mortal bodies as cheap soldiers and to force allies to fight against each other. The "Combat Exorcism" ceremony doesn't actually exorcise these hostile entities from bodies but instead temporarily suppresses the connection to the body.

Divine beings can escape the material realm by simply abandoning their material bodies which at that moment disintegrates. The "Binding" ceremony can be used by crusaders (usually during combat) to bind divine beings to the material realm in exchange for their blessings.

The "Unweaving" ceremony can be used by crusaders to completely destroy divine beings. Without a binding ceremony the divine being will probably just flee.

Blessings

A blessing is a temporary power, bestowed by a priest or crusader. When a blessing is cast the recipient of the blessings gets a condition card from the caster describing the blessing.

Casting Blessings

Blessings are cast during the blessing ceremony (see the ceremonies section). Before casting a blessing, ask the recipient if they will accept your blessing. How exactly you cast a blessing is up to you, for example: you could offer them some medium through which the blessing is transferred. This medium can be many things, for example a mark of blood, a sprinkle of water, inhaling the incense smoke or a simple touch. You could say a few lines of prayer or a few other appropriate words.

The DC it costs to cast a blessing is detailed on the blessing condition but "signature" blessings do not cost DC. You want to carry the conditions for the blessings that you want to cast before you start the ceremony. If you have run out of the blessing conditions you need you can always ask a GM for more.

Signature blessings

These are small signature blessings that do not cost DC to cast for a priest of the proper deity and are usually handed out as a reward by such priest in exchange for the DC. They can only be cast for free by a priest of that particular deity or they can be bestowed upon worshippers if they leave DC at some holy items.