Starting Moves
You have all of these.
Firebrand
You can move and manipulate fire in a variety of ways - dimming, flaring, sparking, changing color, creating shapes and images, and more. Your fire is Distinctive, Fiery, and Near when you fight with it. Additionally, choose two traits for it:
- Adaptable: Your fire has the Intimate and Close tags.
- Ambitious: Your fire has the Far tag.
- Bold: Your fire has the Area tag.
- Restrained: You and nearby allies have +1 Armor against your fire and its effects.
- Spontaneous: You can create fire rather than manipulate what’s already burning. When you Burn a trait, (see Unleash Flames) your fire loses it until you next Settle In.
Unleash Flames
When you fight using fire as a weapon, roll +CHA. On a 10+ you hurt your foe, but choose one. On a 7-9 you hurt your foe, but choose two.
- You cause unintended collateral damage.
- You suffer a condition, perhaps due to overexertion or a foe’s counterattack.
- Choose and Burn one of your fire’s traits
- Your draw unwanted attention from nearby
Captivate
When you share an intimate or enchanting moment with someone, usually with time and privacy, roll +CHA. On a 10+ you have 2 Charm over them. On a 7-9 you have 1 Charm over them. They can reduce your Charm over them by 1 by:
- Giving you something they think you want.
- Doing something you tell them to do.
- Fighting to protect you.
- Favoring you, but only if they don’t already. If they’re an NPC, they can’t act out against you while Charmed. If they’re a PC, you also can spend 1 Charm to inspire or distract them, granting them Advantage or Disadvantage on their next roll.
From the Ashes
When you burn a sacrifice and stare deeply into the flames, ask the GM one question about your sacrifice or something associated with it (owners, loved ones, history, etc.) and roll +CHA. On a 10+ you see a clear and detailed vision in the flames that answers your question and related follow-up questions. On a 7-9 you see a brief vision in the flames that answers your question vaguely.
Advanced Moves
You may choose one when you Level Up.
Agni Kai
When you take a condition or mark Armor due to fire or heat, recover one of your Burned traits.
Blades of Chaos
Your fire gains the additional trait - Cruel: Your fire has the Messy and Vicious tags.
Burning Hearts
When you gaze intensely into someone’s eyes, you may ask them “what is your deepest desire?” Their player will answer with the truth, even if the character does not know or wouldn’t answer.
By Fire Be Purged
When you burn away a magical enchantment, compulsion or curse, roll +CHA. On a 10+ it is destroyed completely. On a 7-9 choose one:
- It is only cleansed partially or temporarily.
- The cleansing has left its mark on the subject (if that’s a person they might suffer a condition).
- The cleansing draws unwanted attention from the magic’s source.
Don’t Blink
When you stand your ground before a creature of fire, such as an elemental or a dragon, roll +CHA. On a 10+ you have earned its tentative respect and it will not attack you (for now). On a 7-9 it won’t attack you for now but it grows impatient. The GM will tell you what to do to be spared its wrath.
Dragon of the West
When you Defy fire or heat, on a 12+ choose one:
- Redirect the fire back onto its source.
- Kindle your own flame, restoring a Burned trait.
- Ask the GM any one question about the flame or its source.
Everburning
When you imbue an object with a portion of your fire, it will burn with a dim, heatless flame without being consumed. For each one you choose below, take a cumulative -1 to Unleash Flames rolls until you touch the object and reclaim the flame.
- The flame is not heatless, the object burns foes when used as a weapon.
- The flame is bright, and will illuminate shadows, uncover illusions and reveal invisibility.
- The flame remains connected to you, you can see and hear everything near the object.
Eye for Destruction
At any time, ask the GM “What here is flammable?” They will answer truthfully.
Hypnotic
When you share a regret, dream, or fear with someone when Captivating them, on a 7+ gain +1 Charm over them.
Infernal
Your fire gains an additional trait of your choice from Firebrand.
Mushu
You have an animal companion (see Followers on Page 20). This companion has an additional descriptor - Affinity for Fire: This follower cannot be harmed by fire or heat, even of a magical nature.
Scorched Earth
Your fire gains the additional trait - Furious: Your fire Pierces Armor.
Smokestep
When you obscure yourself with a cloud of smoke, ash or cinders, you can instantly transport yourself anywhere within the cloud, or to another nearby cloud.
Twice as Bright, Half as Long
While channeling your fire, after rolling you may sacrifice something, material or immaterial but always notable, to treat a result of 6- as a 7-9, or a result of 7-9 as a 10+.
Twinflame
You have an additional drive. Write it down next to your original one. This new drive also grants 1 XP if it was accomplished by the end of each session. When you Push Yourself to pursue one of your drives, you may Burn one of your flame’s traits instead of taking a condition.
Master of the Flame
(Requires Level 10+) When you Unleash Flames, on a 10+ you don’t have to choose any from the list. Watch the World Burn (Requires Level 10+) When you channel the flames and call down a firestorm, tell the GM what you’re sacrificing. The sky opens up and fire pours like rain within an area proportionate to your sacrifice; everyone and everything in the area is severely hurt or worse (2-3 conditions). Then roll +CHA. On a 10+ you can extinguish the storm with some effort when you so choose. On a 7-9 the fires rage out of control, spreading and growing where they are carried by wind and weather. On a 6- something cruel, intelligent, and hungry arrives with the storm.
Puppetmaster (Requires Level 10+)
When you tell an NPC you have Charm over specifically what you desire, until that desire is fulfilled, pursuing it is the only way they can reduce your Charm on them.