Quiver Rules

Character Creation

Name, pronouns
Select two backgrounds
- Each is a Description + Occupation pair. One is your past, one is your present. Tell us about them
Pick items
- Any 1 item from the Signature Item list
- Any 5 items from the Starting Item list
- Your maximum inventory size is 12. 2 for your hands, 10 on your body
Each player selects a sentence from the bonds table, and another player
- Agree on how the bond applies to your relationship
- Each player without two bonds then does this again
Work with the other players to come up with a group identity

What you can achieve is defined in part by the tools available.

It's best to bring enough Torches, Rations, Weapons, and Armor

Take a look at the Kits for inspiration

Game Terms

Bane: Remove a d6 from your roll for each bane

Background: A phrase representing who you are or used to be. +d6 to relevant rolls

Crit: Attack that rolls max die value. Bypass Armor and inflict direct damage

Hit: Attack is greater than enemy Armor. Inflict the difference in damage

Graze: Attack at/under enemy Armor. Decrease Armor by 1

Bulky: Takes 2 inventory slots

Tiny: Takes half of an inventory slot

Treatable: A wound that can be temporarily alleviated by a Poultice

Stacks X: X of these fit per inventory slot

Step up: Increase the die size one step d4➺d6➺d8➺d10➺d12

Step Down: Decrease the die size one step d12➺d10➺d8➺d6➺d4

Push: Pay a cost, then reroll any rolled dice

Condition: Stored in the inventory like items

Guard: Your buffer against harm. Starts at 6. When it hits 0, take a wound, reset to 6, and carry over any excess damage.

Conditions

Conditions are stored in the inventory, like items.

If you get a condition but have no free slots, break an item and place the condition over it

Fatigue: acquired by failing to cast spells, or skipping food/sleep, straining yourself
Wound: acquired by taking damage. A shattered knee. A missing eye. A shadow curse
Stress: acquired by coming face to face with the unthinkable

The list is not exhaustive

Wounds

When you gain a wound, roll a d6 + existing wound count

1	Just a scratch	6	Your attack rolls are stepped down. Treatable
2	Superficial disfigurement	7	Opposing attacks are stepped up. Treatable
3	Destroy a random inventory item	8	Lose a limb
4	Bane to Action rolls. Treatable	9	Lose consciousness. Reach town within 1 day or die
5	Bane to Reaction rolls. Treatable	10+	Die

Rest

True recovery happens only during an extended stay in a place of civilization and safety

Barring that, it is always possible to set up camp

During camp, characters must consume a ration and spend a watch

Players may also:

Mend Armor with Tinker's Kit
Make Rations out of plants and animals with Cooking Gear
Make Potions with Alchemical Supplies and reagents
Clear the party's Stressed condition with a Musical Instrument
Scout ahead, learning about nearby areas
Keep watch, gain the upper hand in a camp encounter

Players clear one fatigue. Players can eat a second ration to clear a second fatigue

Quiver Rules

Action Rolls

Whenever you use your skill to attempt an uncertain action, build and roll a dice pool

Take one die if you have no wounds
Take one die if your inventory isn't full
Take one die if you have a relevant background
Take one die if you have relevant equipment
Take one die if you have assistance
Remove one die for every bane

If the pool has 0 dice, roll two dice and take the lower

If at least one of the dice you rolled was a 6, you succeed

You may gain Fatigue to push

Reaction Rolls

When you avoid a consequence or cast a spell, build and roll a dice pool

Start with 6 dice, then remove one for every condition you have
Remove one more die if any of your conditions are a Wound
Remove one die if your inventory is full
Remove one die for every bane

If the result is 0, roll two dice and take the lower

If at least one of the dice you rolled was a 6, you succeed

You may gain Fatigue to push

Words of Power

Your Grimoire contains the Words of Power you have mastered

To cast a spell, hold the Grimoire in both hands and construct a two-Word phrase. Explain the intent of your spell

Make a Reaction Roll

An intent that stretches its Words, causes direct harm, or requires immense power is made with banes
On a success, the spell is cast
On a failure, the caster gains one Fatigue
The caster may gain another Fatigue to push

Combat

Initiative

Pass a Reaction roll or skip the first turn of combat
Enemies always act after players
Current player chooses who gets to act next

Attack Procedure

Roll your weapon's Attack die and compare it to enemy Armor

If you roll the highest number, you crit. Deal your Attack as direct damage (ignoring Armor)
If Attack > Armor, deal the difference in damge
If Attack <= Armor, reduce armor by 1
If Attack < Armor, take the difference as retaliation damage

Players always start combat with 6 Guard

Every time your Guard is depleted to 0, gain a Wound
If you gain a Wound, reset your Guard and apply the remaining damage

Maneuvers

You may attempt one Maneuver in addition to anything you do on your turn
Declare your intent
Make an Action roll with banes representing its difficulty
Regardless of your success or failure, an Adversary makes an attack against you

Inventory items

Interacting with items that aren't in your hands counts as a Maneuver

Relic Magic

Items that hold magic power are called Relics

To invoke the relic's magic, spend a charge

Relics regain their charges when Resting in a place of power associated with the relic's origin

Alchemy

You may harvest magical plants and creatures into vials (once each)

While in camp, you may turn those reagents into potions

The potions temporarily give the drinker the reagent's properties

At character creation: pick 3 potion effects, GM picks side-effects