Factions

Track off-screen developments of major forces, creating a feeling of a living world beyond the PCs. They have:

• Resources that show their power and influence, like assets, traits and relationships.
• Goals that show their ambitions. Track each with a timer called a faction pool, rolled between sessions or when triggered by events in the story.

When a faction pool depletes, the goal is either accomplished or they make their move against another faction, with a story roll in their favor determining how it plays out.

Keep 4-6 active factions, balancing major and minor ones, with competing goals. Replace factions that are no longer relevant to the story.

Campaign Pools

Timers that pace long-term events across sessions. They work like faction pools but don’t require faction details. Use them to signal upcoming events or remind you to reintroduce plotlines.

Examples

• Faction

  • Resources: Leadership, Money, Assets
  • Goals: 4d Get Thing, 6d Do Thing

• Campaign Pool

  • Resources: Stuff That Makes Things Happen
  • Goals: 4d Thing Happens, 6d Other Thing Happens