Player's Guide

How to use this book

This book follows your character from the first choices to a continuing campaign. Begin with the procedures you need to play, then use the specialist chapters as references.

• First character: Quickstart, then Character Creation, then Core Mechanics. Build your character and learn how to resolve an action before comparing every option.
• Choosing abilities: Talents, then Magic, then Your First Magical Character. Read the prerequisites and costs of the options you choose, alongside their full procedure.
• Between sessions: Advancement, then Assets and Followers, then Downtime. Return to these chapters when your character grows or makes plans away from the immediate action.
• Finding a place in the world: World Regions and Cultures, then World Powers and Patrons, then Character Backgrounds. Connect your character to a region, people, and relationships. The Travel category contains the longer setting books.

The complete chapter list follows. You can return here whenever you need a different route through the book.