GO TOE TO TOE

When you use your abilities to overcome someone or something in a struggle

for control, state what your goal is. Your opponent can describe how they
respond, at their option. Roll+power. On 7-9, choose 1. On 10+, choose 2:

core moves You manage to reach your goal, e.g., take something they hold
You get them good, inflicting a status with tier=power
You block, dodge, or counter their best attempts. If you don’t choose this,
they can inflict a status on you. If they are a PC, its tier=their power (based on
INVESTIGATE their relevant tags and statuses, as usual).
When you use your abilities to seek answers to burning questions, roll+power.
On a hit, you uncover as many Clues as your Power. Spend your Clues 1-to-1 to ask
the MC a question about the subject of your investigation or ask another player CHANGE THE GAME
a relevant question about their character. They must give you either a straight When you use your abilities to give you or your allies an advantage, roll+power. On
answer or a solid lead. On a 7-9, they can also choose 1: a hit, you get Juice=power. Spend your Juice, 1 for 1, to gain the following effects,
Your investigation exposes you to danger. but they must be related to the tags you used:
The clues you get are fuzzy, incomplete, or part-true part-false Inflict a status with tier-1 (can be chosen multiple times, the tier increases by
Whoever or whatever you are asking the question(s) can ask you one question 1 each time)
as well. You answer on the same terms. Create/summon new objects or beings with 1 tag of your choice
Add a new temporary tag to one character, object, or location
Remove 1-tier from a status
CONVINCE Burn one player character’s tag
When you use your abilities to talk, threaten, or seduce someone into doing
By default, your effect is topical (affects one target), temporary (only affects the
something, roll+power. On a hit, they choose either to take a relevant status of
next relevant action), and discernible. On a 10+, you get a minimum of Juice-2,
your choice with tier=power or:
and you can also use your Juice to choose:
On 7-9, to give in a little, but protect their own agenda.
Scale up the effect (greater area or more targets)
On 10+, to update their agenda to include yours, at least for the time being.
Prolong the effect (make the statuses and tags you create ongoing)
Hide the effect
FACE DANGER Any other improvement you and the MC agree on
When you use your abilities to to avoid an incoming hit, endure harm, resist a
malign influence, or hold it together, the MC will name a status with its tag and SNEAK ARROUND
tier. Roll+power. On +10, you fend off the effect and take no status at all. On 7-9,
When you use your abilities to do something secretly or deceptively, roll+power.
you take the status, but with -1 tier. On a miss, you take the full status.
On +10, everyone that should fall for it falls for it. On a 7-9, the MC chooses one:
Someone unimportant noticed you, but that just made them important, right?
HIT WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT You are perceived only by a secondary sense (someone picks up your scent
while you’re sneaking; you’re seen whispering a message but the message is
When you have a clear shot and you use your abilities to hit someone or
not heard).
something with all you’ve got, roll+power. On a hit, you hit, inflicting a status
You're stuck in an uneasy and stressful position in the middle of your action.
upon your target with tier=power and a tag relevant to the abilities you used. On
To finish it secretly or get out of there without being seen, you must Take the
7-9, choose 1, on +10, choose 2:
Risk or Face Danger, MC's call.
You take cover or secure a superior position so that they can’t hit you back.
You get them good or get many of them (+1 tier).
There’s no collateral damage, or there’s loads of collateral damage.
You hold the target’s attention, if possible.
TAKE THE RISK
When you perform a daring, risky, dangerous, or outright stupid feat, roll+power.
On +10, you can also choose from the following options:
On a +10, you do it, somehow. On 7-9, things get messy. The MC will offer you a
If it’s in your ability to move them, they are out of the way. hard bargain or an ugly choice.
You gain an advantage on the battlefield. You get 1 Juice
(see Change the Game move).

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 other moves STOP HOLDING BACK
When you try to use your abilities in a way or scale you've never attempted
PHOTOMONTAGE [ DOWNTIME ] before, the MC will choose one stake and write it on a piece of paper, out of sight:
Whenever you have some downtime, choose one way to spend it:
You’re resisting.
Give attention to one of your Logos themes. Tell everyone at the table how What you are trying to do comes into conflict with your
you do it and mark Attention on that theme. Identity . Mark Crack on its theme.
Investigate a case. Tell everyone at the table how you do it. You gain three It will burn you out.
Clues to use as in the Investigate move, based on your investigation. If you do it, mark the burn icon next to all the tags in the
Explore your Mythos. Tell everyone at the table which Mystery you explore theme . They're burnt.
and how you do it. You gain one Clue to use as in the Investigate move, based It will leave a mark.
on your investigation. Mark Attention on that Mystery’s theme. If you do it, take a status . You cannot
Prepare for your next activity. Tell everyone at the table how you prepare avoid it with Face Danger.
and choose one: recover all your burnt tags OR gain 3 Juice to use as in the It will change you forever.
Change the Game move (you can choose from all options). If you do it, you will lose your theme .
Recover from you last activity. For each ongoing status still affecting you, (See rules below for losing a theme)
the MC will tell you if and how it can be removed during your downtime.
Then, roll+logos. On a 7-9, you do it and pay the price. On +10, you can take a
The MC can also rule that you partially recover from a status or allow you to
look at the stakes the MC wrote and then choose - do it and pay the price or hold
reduce it by 1-tier for each relevant tag you have.
back. On a miss, you lose control over your powers - the MC will say how.
The MC can cue into any of the photomontage events and continue them as scenes.

GO YOUR OWN WAY

When you try to act against the Identity of your crew, the MC will scratch out a
crew power tag or, if none remain, remove one crew Attention. Roll+mythos (the
number of Mythos themes you have). On +10, you do it and it feels right; gain a
relevant ongoing positive status with tier=mythos. On 7-9, your actions cause a
new problem related to your crew to surface. Together with the other players,
choose a new weakness tag for the crew theme
you acted against.

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When you reach inside to get in touch with your Mythos, you can feel the truth
behind things without even knowing how. Play it out like the Investigate move, Read more at:
but roll+mythos instead. On a hit, you get Clues=Mythos.
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MAKE A HARD CHOICE

When you try to act against one of your Identities or Mysteries, mark Crack/
Fade on its theme and roll+mythos for Identity or roll+logos for Mystery. On +10,
you do it and it feels right; gain a relevant ongoing positive status with tier=logos
for Identity or tier=mythos for Mystery. On 7-9, this aspect of you somehow
deteriorates. Choose a new weakness tag.
If you acted for the sake of one of your other Identities/Mysteries, mark Attention
on its theme.

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