Midsummer Storybooks

Session No._ My Diary

Desire Envy

Pride

Hunger

The PCs

Cruelty

Hatred Conquest

Questions Adversary My Diary

m Envy m Desire m Pride m Cruelty Cast Fairytale m Hatred m Hunger m Conquest Wicked Plan

Stakes

m Spy m Sorcery m Disguise m Spy m Sorcery m Disguise Method m Goblins m Mayhem m Imprisonment Method m Goblins m Mayhem m Imprisonment Type Custom Move Type Custom Move Impulse Impulse Description Description

Cast Cast

Cast Cast The Narrator

Suggested Harm of Weapons Suggested Protection of Your Agenda The First Session   Weapons normally inflict an amount of harm equal Armor Make the world seem real Describe fairytales in the mundane world.   to their fictional capacity for harm. Here are some Armors normally protect from an amount of harm Fill the PCs’ lives with drama Make it about the characters.  Play to find out what happens  Ask lots of questions. examples: equal to their fictional capacity for protection. Here   Don’t answer all the questions. 0 harm: grappling, pebbles are some examples: The Principles  Pay attention to the players’ goals.   1 harm: fists, rocks, light falls, dehydration 0 protection: normal clothes  Sprinkle Fairy Dust  Threaten their goals.  2 harm: swords, axes, bows, pistols, falls, fire  1 protection: motorcycle jackets, crash helmets,  Talk to the Characters  Nudge the players to set goals and make   3 harm: rifles, shotguns, great falls shields Ground your Moves moves.    Don’t Name Your Moves  Put two or more PCs together in a scene. 4 harm: legendary falls, machine guns, 2 protection: ballistic vests, plate armor    Sharpen Your Axe Make all your NPCs memorable. crashes 3 protection: bomb suits    Give Everyone a Name and a Goal Put them in danger. 5 harm: explosions, dismemberment, drown-  Ask Lots of Questions  Fill up your diary. ing, plane crashes Bargains of Wealth  Twist the Knife Some examples of wealth are:  Push for Goals The World  How Much Harm?  0 point bargains: mundane weapons, mun- Create Poison Apples Q Why are the fairytales in the mundane world?   Avoiding serious harm means 0 harm against dane library, mundane cow, mundane flowers Be a Fan of the PCs A  Think Offstage Too individuals and -1 harm against bands.  1 point bargains: magic beans, healing fruit,  Delegate Some Decisions  Terrible harm means add +1 to the harm. magical harp, poison apple, poisoned comb, Q Why don’t mundanes know fairytales are  Stunning doesn’t modify the harm, but the three drops of blood, golden egg, a mundane Narrator Moves  real? defender can’t act until they recover. luxury car, the shadow of a boy Separate them. A   The amount of harm may be specified by the  2 point bargains: seven league boots, seven Kidnap them.  move, rather than the weapon. Don’t subtract league hat, cloak of invisibility, everfull purse, Introduce a mystery.  Throw someone into the fire. armor in this case. golden hen, magical sword, cap of knowledge, Q Where do the fairytales live (also known as  Show something wicked that is happening.  fairytale city)? Magical weapons bypass mundane armor. shoes of swiftness, magic mirror, a mundane  Show something wicked that will happen.  A You avoid serious harm when using magical luxury house  Announce a wicked consequence of their armor against mundane weapons.  3 point bargains: royal titles, wishing ring, actions.   Steal something from them. Individuals take terrible harm from bands. magic lamp, a mundane fortune Q   Trade blows. What type of authority governs fairytale law? Bands avoid serious harm from individuals. A  Harm someone.  Small bands take terrible harm from plentiful Bargains of Deed  Ask them for a bargain. bands. Some examples of deeds are:  Offer them a bargain.   Plentiful bands avoid serious harm from small 0 point bargains: trivial labor  Trigger a curse. Q Are there other magical realms such as bands.  1 point bargains: labor, theft, testimony, safety  Make their move a bane. Neverland or the Fairy Court?  A  2 point bargains: child, murder, marriage, End the scene (and start a new scene).  Healing imprisonment, geas, glamour, transformation Make an Adversary move Heart tokens are restored at a rate of one per scene.  3 point bargains: servitude, firstborn, true They are all restored between sessions. Stunned love’s first kiss, death, permanent geas, perma- characters recover at the end of the current scene. nent glamour, permanent transformation Non-Player Characters

Fairytales Mundane Surnames Fairytales: Abraham Van Brunt, Ahmed, Ali Shar, Alonso, Antonio, Arthur a Bland, Aunt Em, Baldwin the Ass, Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Miller, Davis, García, Rodríguez, Wilson, Martínez, Anderson, Taylor, Bandersnatch, Barbara Allen, Bearskin, Betsy Bobbin, Bluebeard, Boq, Br’er Bear, Br’er Fox, the Bridge Troll, Thomas, Hernández, Moore, Martin, Jackson, Thompson, White, López, Lee, González, Harris, Clark, Lewis, Bruin the Bear, Buk Ettemsuch, Buttercup, Button-bright, Cám, Cap’n Bill, Captain Fyter, Cassim, the Caterpil- Robinson, Walker, Pérez, Hall, Young, Allen, Sánchez, Wright, King, Scott, Green, Baker, Adams, Nelson, Hill, lar, the Chupacabra, Cobweb, Coyote, Doctor Knowall, the Dormouse, the Duchess, Dunyazad, the East Wind, Ramírez, Campbell, Mitchell, Roberts, Carter, Phillips, Evans, Turner, Torres, Parker, Collins, Edwards, Stewart, Eureka, Ferdinand, Francis Flute, Friar Tuck, Frogman, Gentleman Starkey, Giangio, the Guardian of the Gates, Flores, Morris, Nguyen, Murphy, Rivera, Cook, Rogers, Morgan, Peterson, Cooper, Reed, Bailey, Bell, Gómez, Kelly, Harlequin, Herman Von Starkenfaust, Hippolyta, Humpty Dumpty, the Huntsman, Ilsebill, Ja’far, the Jabberwock, Howard, Ward, Cox, Díaz, Richardson, Wood, Watson, Brooks, Bennett, Gray, James, Reyes, Cruz, Hughes, Price, Jack Sprat, Jellia Jamb, John Darling, Jun-li, Katrina Van Tassel, the Khan, King Arthur, King Cole, King Noble, Myers, Long, Foster, Sanders, Ross, Morales, Powell, Sullivan, Russell, Ortiz, Jenkins, Gutiérrez, Perry, Butler, the King of Hearts, King Pastoria, King Thrushbeard, King Yunan, the Knave of Hearts, L’Aurore, La Llorona, Barnes, Fisher Le Jour, Little Annie the Goose-Girl, Little Boy Blue, Liu Fendou, Lysander, Melampo, Michael Darling, Miranda, Miss Muffet, Mister Antonio, Mmoatia the Dwarf, Mmoboro Hornets, the Mock Turtle, Mombi, Morgiana, Moth, Mundane Women Mr. Badger, Mr. Dongguo, Mr. Smee, Mrs. Sprat, Much the Miller’s Son, Mustardseed, Nana, Nibs, Nick Bottom, Emily, Madison, Emma, Olivia, Hannah, Abigail, Isabella, Samantha, Elizabeth, Ashley, Alexis, Sarah, Sophia, the North Wind, the Nunda, the Ogress Queen Mother, Onini the Python, Osebo the Leopard, Patchwork Girl, Alyssa, Grace, Ava, Taylor, Brianna, Lauren, Chloe, Natalie, Kayla, Jessica, Anna, Victoria, Mia, Hailey, Sydney, Patjwi, Peaseblossom, Peter Quince, Pock Face, Prince John, Princess Langwidere, Princess Yaegiri, Punch, Queen Jasmine, Julia, Morgan, Destiny, Rachel, Ella, Kaitlyn, Megan, Katherine, Savannah, Jennifer, Alexandra, Allison, Guinevere, Ratty, Red King, Reynard the Fox, Rip Van Winkle, Robin Starveling, Sawhorse, Scheherazade, the Sea Haley, Maria, Kaylee, Lily, Makayla, Brooke, Mackenzie, Nicole, Addison Witch, Sebastian, the Seven Good Fairies, Shah Zaman, Shahryār, Shita-kiri Suzume, Signora Rosaura, Simpleton, Sinbad the Porter, Sir Guy of Gisbourne, Slightly, the Snake Prince, Snug, the South Wind, Stephano, the Sun, Mundane Men Talia, Tam Lin, Tibert the Cat, Tiger Lily, Tom Snout, Trinculo, Trusty John, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Udea, Ugu Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Daniel, Christopher, Andrew, Ethan, Joseph, William, Anthony, David, Alexan- the Shoemaker, Uncle Henry, the Ungrateful Dwarf, Urashima Tarō, the Valiant Tailor, the Weird Sisters, the West der, Nicholas, Ryan, Tyler, James, John, Jonathan, Noah, Brandon, Christian, Dylan, Samuel, Benjamin, Nathan, Wind, White Bear King Valemon, White King, White Knight, White Queen, Wicked Stepsisters, Wu, Zumurrud Zachary, Logan, Justin, Gabriel, Jose, Austin, Kevin, Elijah, Caleb, Robert, Thomas, Jordan, Cameron, Jack, Hunter, Jackson, Angel, Isaiah, Evan, Isaac, Mason, Luke, Jason, Gavin Fairytale Surnames Baker, Bell, Black, Blue, Book, Brown, Butcher, Button, Candle, Crab, Crane, East, Fox, Frost, Glass, Gold, Green, Heart, Hope, Hopper, Hunt, Jackson, King, Knight, North, Piper, Porter, Prince, Queen, Red, Rose, Shadow, Shoe, Sister, Smith, Snow, South, Star, Summer, Sun, Swan, Tailor, Thorn, Tweed, West, White, Web, Wind, Winter, Wolf, Wood

NPCs and Heart Tokens Monsters  NPCs only get 2 heart tokens. You can do one or more of the following to boost a  Leaderless bands only get 3 heart tokens. monster’s power:  Bands with leaders get a full 4 heart tokens.  Treat the monster as a band - either small or plentiful.  Give the monster a natural magical weapon of 4 or 5.  Give the monster natural magical armor of 2 or 3. Adversaries Spy  Control their allies and make them yours for  Ugly Children  Harm someone who learns your secret    Talking Animal now Normal Servants Ask for a counteroffer     Ordinary Citizen Put someone to sleep Puppets Sharpen your knives, load your gun     Magic Mirror Ignore harm other than a weakness Thieves Kidnap someone who looks tasty     Crystal Ball Spend great wealth freely Monstrous Beast Chop up meat and savor the smell and taste     Stealth Curse someone who displeases you Soldiers Transform someone into something weak  Goblins moves   Gossip Display your power Wreck their home and steal their stuff     The Wind Reverse a PC move Assault the fairytale city Swallow someone whole     Men in Black Insult or belittle someone Capture someone by force Ignore an attack that doesn’t target your  Spy Moves Threaten to burn something down weakness    Turn someone’s plan inside out Disguise Burst in through the windows Ask for a gift, perhaps through a threat     Show up uninvited at their home Lies Poison someone Reveal a ticking bomb     Turn up dead, murdered as a message Old Carry off their ally Make a direct attack on someone    Steal a magic item and give it to the adversary Dead Ruin or despoil something they care about    Offer someone a bargain that someone else Ally Appear behind someone or over their shoulder Imprisonment    won’t like Imperilled Stop anyone who tries to get through Magical Geas     Trigger someone’s curse Fearful Guard a magic item Magical Cave     Cause a deadly distraction from the adversary Advisor Eat someone, swallowing them whole Dungeons Disguise moves    Sneak up behind someone and strike Attack with mundane weapons Bargain     Leave something behind Tell someone a lie Rob someone Servitude    Watch from a distance Show weakness in response to a threat Riddles  Avoid a subject or change the subject Mayhem  Abandonment Sorcery  Lurk on the fringes in an overcoat, hat and  Arsenal Imprisonment moves    Enchantment dark glasses Contracted Trap someone in one location     Wishes Avoid answering a direct question Murderous Secret Place a geas on someone that they must follow     Transformation Disappear when threatened Beheading Lock someone behind a door     Poison Pretend to be harmed Cannibalism Offer a bargain that includes imprisonment    Bargain Create division between them Transformation for something they want     Destroy Drive their allies away Burglary Reveal yourself as someone’s boss     Control Cause panic and madness Monstrous Ask a riddle as part of a bargain   Sorcery moves Greed Leave someone stranded somewhere    Transform someone Goblins Bomb Kidnap their allies and leave some clues     Cast a spell on someone Angry Mob Assault Throw them in jail for a crime they might have  Mayhem moves  Fill a location with deadly traps Winged Animals committed     Enter any scene at any time Insect Swarm Steal their weapons Introduce a cellmate that they may know    Destroy someone or something utterly Pack of Beasts Attack with a great weapon already Flashbacks

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