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Fire Emblem Apocalypse

Genre

Fire Emblem. Low fantasy covering war between nations, monsters appearing, and an inevitable dark dragon trying to destroy the world.

Character

FEA Character Playbook

Fire Emblem characters are Knights, Archers, Fighters, Swordsmen, Fliers and Mages. They do not promote, they gain advanced moves when promoted. (or can use advanced versions?)

Qualities

All characters are… Charismatic, Dexterous, Studious, Resilient. They have Armor and Harm boxes. They can Pair Up with up to two Allies at a time.

They have a playbook, which includes Moves, Gear, and a Movement Type.

Resilient can contribute to physical armor.

Basic Moves

Cross Blades

When you Cross Blades, with an enemy, roll +Dexterous if you’re using a weapon or +Studious if you’re using magic.

On a 7-9, you trade blows, each of you deal harm to each other. On a 10+, Choose 1:
- You’re too hard to hit, they negate the Harm they deal you
- You’ve got a speed advantage, deal twice as much Harm by attacking twice.
- You’ve broken the enemy’s guard, give an ally +1 Forward when they Cross Blades with this enemy.

Seize an Objective

When you take a risk to Seize an Objective, roll +Dexterous.

On a 10+, advance your control of the Objective. On a 7-9, You gain some control, but the GM will give you a worse outcome, hard choice, or price to pay to do so.

Alternate Resolution

On a Hit, advance your control of the Objective. On a 7-9, choose 1:
- You’re distracted, and Enemy Forces advance control on one of your Objectives
- You’re left Vulnerable, a Guardian of the Objective deals their Harm to you.
- One of your Allies keeps the Enemy busy, which has put them in immediate danger from the Objective’s Guardian(s).

Rescue an Ally

When you step in to protect an Ally from danger, roll +Resilient.

On a 7-9, You put yourself in harm’s way to protect them, take whatever Harm they would have received. on a 10+, you’re ready for this, reduce the Harm you receive by 1.

Pull a Gambit

When you create a clever scheme, coordinate a maneuver, or otherwise Pull a Gambit, roll +Studious.

On a 10+, your gambit goes off without a hitch, you get +1 Forward while executing the gambit. On a 7-9, choose one:
- The gambit doesn’t survive contact with the enemy
- The gambit seems to work, get +1 Forward on the next roll you make executing this gambit, but the GM will introduce a dangerous complication.

Assess the Battlefield

When you review your intel about a conflict to Assess the Battlefield, roll +Studious.

On a 10+, Hold 3. On a 7-9, Hold 1. You gain +1 Forward when you act on this information.
- What Objective we control is most at risk?
- What’s the best way to gain control of an Objective?
- Whose the most dangerous enemy we’re aware of?
- Who catches our eye as a potential ally on the Battlefield?
- What hidden Objective have we not discovered yet?

Together we Ride

When you try to convince someone to help or join you, roll +Charismatic.

On a 10+, they’ll help you, and the GM may let you add them as an Ally. On a 7-9, choose one:
- They’ll help you, but they won’t join your cause
- They’ll join your cause, but not until you do something for them.
- They won’t help you or join your cause, but they’ll reveal a relationship with one of your Allies that might let that ally convince them.

Support Each Other

When you have a discussion where you learn more about one of your Allies, roll +Charismatic.

On a Hit, choose one. On 10+, choose two.
- Increase the Ally’s Bond with you by one Grade.
- Get a Paralogue Request from the Ally

Pair Up

When you have an Ally join your on the battlefield, Mark down that they’ve joined you. As long as they have joined you, you can use their skill via Command an Ally.

Command an Ally

When you order an Ally that you’ve Paired Up up with to use their Skill, roll +Bond with that Ally.

On a 10+, they use their Skill. On a 7-9, Choose 1:
- They use the Skill, but are put in a risky situation by your orders. Reduce their Bond level by 1 after using their Skill.
- They use the Skill, but take a serious wound in the process. Remove the Ally from your Paired Up List

GM Stuff

Subsystems

Allies

An Ally is an NPC member of your party that you lead into battle. Allies have the following things, a Drive, a Need, a Bond, and a Skill.

FEA Ally Skills

How Bond Levels Change

An Allies Bond can be increased in a number of ways.

Conflicts

A Conflict is a model of a battle or tactical situation your party is involved in. Conflicts can model massive battlefields or small skirmishes.

Objectives

The core of a Conflict is an Objective. An Objective is at it’s core, a Clock. It has a number of segments that either the Party (via the Seize an Objective Move) or the GM will fill/erase. Narrative events, good and bad, are tied to an Objective’s Clock being full, empty, or at certain points. The Clock can begin full, empty, or anywhere in between.

Objectives can be under the control of a Force on the battlefield. Gaining Control of an Objective is typically done by filling the Objective’s Clock.

An Objective can have Guardians, which are defenders or obstacles that prevent the others from interfering with the Objective. Guardians can be a squad of soldiers, a ballista in the distance, a monstrous beast, etc. A single Guardian should represent a group of Guardians when applicable.

Guardians have a Harm track and tags. The Harm Track represents how much effort it takes to kill, rout, or destroy the Guardians at that Objective. Guardians will all their Harm filled no longer interfere with those trying to Seize that Objective. Guardian Moves are ways the Guardians interact with those interfering with the Objective. Tags describe how a Guardian can interact with someone who is trying to interfere with the Objective. Samples might be 2-Harm, Ranged, etc.

Battlefields

A Conflict has a Battlefield, which is a point crawl style map. The following is a small Battlefield:

Each point on a Battlefield has one or more connections to a different point. These connections can be traversable by all (shown here as solid lines), traversable by non-Knights (shown here as dashed lines), or traversable only by Fliers (shown here at dotted lines). While there are no formal turns nor move distances, in the time to travel between two points other character should be given the chance to act.

Any point on the Battlefield can be considered an Objective when something deems it so. That means that a point can be controlled by Enemy Forces as well. A point controlled by Enemy Forces always gets a Sub Objective like so:

Objective ClockGuardian HarmTags
Travel Through0/2 Gatekeepers0/6 1-Harm

This small Objective is required to be completed by each party member passing through an Enemy Controlled point. It is not required to entry one however.

Enemy Characters

Playing a Conflict

A Conflict is a series of Objectives that need to be completed. Not all of the Objectives have to be known to the party at the start of the Conflict. They can be revealed via the Assess the Battlefield move, or as a result of completing other Objectives.

Example Conflict

This Conflict uses the above Battle Map. At the start of the Conflict, the party is trying to rescue an ally of theirs from a castle occupied by the Dark Dragon’s Forces. This Objective looks like:

Objective ClockGuardian HarmTags
Secure the Dungeon0/4 Prison Guards0/6 1-Harm

When they complete this objective, a new one will arise. It’s a trap! The gates of the Dungeon are sealed behind them. This is a barrier they’ll have to work their way through before they can advance out of the Dungeon point. This barrier doesn’t come with Guardians, which makes it easier to interact with.

Not only is the trap sprung, but when they discover their captured ally the party learns that they are gravely injured. The GM will maintain an Objective that’s not tied to a specific point called “Ally Health”, which they will tick down as their ally’s health wanes. Like the Escape the Dungeon Objective, this Objective has no Guardians. This Objective also cannot be cleared until the party escapes out the map the way they came, though they can delay it with a healing magic or salve.

Objective ClockGuardianHarmTags
Escape the Dungeon0/4
Ally Health 8/8

Camp

Dev log

Ideas

Changelog