https://www.curufea.com/ 2026-10-19T00:25:10+00:00 https://www.curufea.com/ https://www.curufea.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2020-07-31T07:46:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:advancement&rev=1596181577&do=diff Advancement Whenever you roll a 6- (after all modifiers) and miss on a move, you gain 1 experience point. Mark it on your playbook in the group XP track for the approach you used for the move. If you used no approach for your move, mark your playbook experience track. text/html 2020-06-02T02:24:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:basic&rev=1591064658&do=diff The Basics of using Moves When not to use Moves When to use Moves rules basic moves text/html 2020-05-30T04:02:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:clocks&rev=1590811361&do=diff Clocks Progress clocks are a method of tracking detailed, long, tricky or complicated tasks in an easily manageable abstract manner. Filling in a clock visually represents progress towards a desired outcome and how far you have yet to go. Each segment of a clock may represent any amount of fiction depending on the desired outcome of that clock: text/html 2020-05-28T01:23:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:completion&rev=1590628982&do=diff Completion Bloodline to bloodline in constant transition. Our pattern, our flesh, and our one restoration. Conception, completion, the will of the City. The Grandfather watch me, Grandfather know me. Grandfather watch me, Spirits maintain me. text/html 2020-05-30T05:01:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:flashbacks&rev=1590814905&do=diff Flashbacks The character you play in the game is native to the fiction you are creating, but you as a player are not. It is safe to assume characters are competent to deal with things in the fiction in ways you may not have thought of. This includes preparations for missions and adventures organised before they are needed. text/html 2020-05-27T07:07:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:harm&rev=1590563279&do=diff Harm When you suffer harm you record the injury on your character sheet equal to the level suffered. Harm may be of any type - it can be a physical injury, a mental trauma or psychic attack, You may have: * One level 3 Severe harm * Two level 2 Moderate harm text/html 2020-06-07T04:28:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:jargon&rev=1591504117&do=diff Common Game Terms * +n Forward - Add n to your next roll of the dice. * +n Ongoing - Add n to your next dice rolls until told otherwise. Usually this is for specific kinds of dice roll. * Advancement - When you earn enough XP, it is turned in for an advancement to your character and your XP track is reset. See text/html 2020-05-27T07:08:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:magnitude&rev=1590563332&do=diff Magnitude Each difference in magnitude between the player rolling the dice for a Move and the target counts as a +1 or -1 depending on whether you are scaling down or up. Also not that at the Grandfather's decision the amount of segments in a clock may also be effected by differences in magnitude and may result in no effect at all. text/html 2020-06-03T02:31:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:malevolence&rev=1591151513&do=diff Malevolence Any character with Malevolence will occasionally experience the difficulties associated with ill fortune. This is an on-again, off-again kind of thing. How much failure is inflicted on characters depends on how much Malevolence is involved. text/html 2020-06-03T02:34:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:movetypes&rev=1591151696&do=diff Move Types Combat Moves Completion Moves Coterie Moves Each Coterie provides a safe base, a method of transport and resources to further your goals. They also share common moves Downtime Moves These Moves are actions that can be made only during text/html 2020-05-27T06:49:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:need&rev=1590562184&do=diff What you need to play This game works best with three to five people, with one of you playing the Grandfather. If you read the entirety of this book and are familiar with some of the touchstones you have the qualifications to be the Grandfather. What you also need to play: text/html 2020-05-28T01:25:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:retirement&rev=1590629108&do=diff Retirement There are a number of reasons why your character may become retired: * Too much Harm * Checking your last Completion * Having more than 4 Trauma * You get bored of your character or it becomes important to the fiction that you retire * You are unable to continue playing the the campaign and want closure text/html 2020-05-30T04:01:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:start&rev=1590811299&do=diff 03 How to Play play index rules text/html 2020-05-30T02:30:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:stress&rev=1590805850&do=diff Stress Stress is marked: * when the Grandfather tells you to * if a Move tells you to. The following moves cost some stress: * if you wish to Push your next dice roll (2 Stress) * if you perform a Flashback (0-3 Stress) Filling your Stress Bar When you mark your last Stress box, you clear all your Stress and take a text/html 2020-05-27T09:00:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:tags&rev=1590570025&do=diff Tags A taxonomy of keywords which are shortcuts to definitions that help mold the fiction. * Messy - it's particularly destructive, creating a mess, often ripping things apart. This is not controllable. * Potent - the Move or item is more effective than normal in what it does. You can have it do this in the fiction by describing how it effects more than the normal amount of targets, or does more damage, or has additional helpful side effects. It also fills in an additional segment of a text/html 2020-05-27T06:52:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:touchstones&rev=1590562375&do=diff Touchstones Here's a list of recommended media that this game is based on and will help any players understand what it's about. Television Doctor Who in general, especially the classic series which cared much less for the collatoral damage and consequences after the Doctor left. But specific episodes on which the techonologies and setting of Faction Paradox are based include- text/html 2020-05-28T01:20:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=factionpbta:play:trauma&rev=1590628805&do=diff Trauma When a PC marks their last stress box, they suffer a level of trauma in addition to a completion. When you take trauma, circle one of your trauma conditions like Cold, Reckless, Unstable, etc. When you suffer trauma, you’re taken out of action. You’re left for dead or otherwise dropped out of the current conflict, only to come back later, shaken and drained. When you return, you have 0 stress and are no longer exhausted (if you were previously)