Grimwild - Rules Cheat Sheet by ColonelMustard

Before each session (after the first), recall the previous session and share your PC's best moment. Each player takes spark.

Roll to condense a sequence you don’t want to play out in detail, but still want to leave up to the dice. Roll 2d, resolving it all as a single action roll, then narrate a few beats. Keep things moving or zoom in on a grim.

When a previous action makes a follow-up more effective, you assist without risk. You roll 1d as a normal assist, but don't share the risk.

Max 2 per players.

Spend to take +1d on a roll. You can spend multiple spark on a single roll.

Your dynamic with each PC. When a bond changes, give a short vignette. The other PC takes spark.

Charac­ter­-driven compli­cations you introduce and have to follow-up on. Take spark. Tangles must stem from your vantage or story arcs and always have an immediate impact (action roll, option closing off, forcing inaction, etc).

Set of d6s used to track things (time, resources, effort, etc).

With the greater effect bonus on a critical, drop 1d before rolling the pool.

If the pool was 1d and it didn't drop, push yourself to drop the last die. GM can spend supsense to do the same.

Each session, you have 2 story. Spend it to add story details that must fit your vantage, at least as a stretch, or tie to a story arc. GM can make a story roll to see how true or beneficial it is, or add nuance.

The ability to pull off jaw-dr­opping feats. When you have potency on a task, you ignore thorns from difficulty (but not from other sources like damage) and can attempt normally impossible (+3t) tasks.

Group action: Something a team of people could accomplish with an action.

Mystical: Feats that don't fit in with the above, but have similar narrative impact.

Make an action roll to try to stop an impact move. This requires a specific talent. If not already involved, you now share the risk. On a messy, the GM takes or keeps suspense.

Benefical effects (fearless, invisible) that expand vantage, ease tasks, make rolls unnece­ssary, or provide outside assist­ance.

Specific injuries or maladies that impact only relevant situations and are often lasting. They sometimes come alongside harm or a mark (rattled + broken heart), and can be:

Short-term: Twisted ankle, drunk.

Permanent: Gouged out eye, insanity

Conditions clear when it makes sense, like after a scene, with rest, or when a pool tracking them depletes. They may also require treatment or another specific method to clear them.

A stretch of time between signif­icant action (a night's camp, a week's travel). Paced for drama, not realism. Clear all marks and harm.

Your charac­ter's frame of reference, the sum of your backstory, talents, and the current fiction. When a question arises about what you can do, have, or know, check it against your vantage: does it feel like a given, a stretch, or a reach ?

Help another PC on a roll.

Include your roll result to theirs.

When 3+ PCs work together, the GM picks who rolls the action — sometimes the most skilled (lifting a boulder), sometimes the least (sneaking in). The other PCs assist.

Conflicts between PCs. First, make sure all players agree to the quarrel.

Others can assist, or they can join at 2d with their own agenda. On a tie, compromise or keep quarre­ling.

The power of some talents or items, rolled in place of a stat. The same roll determines the outcome and drops dice from the pool. Even if it's automa­tically succes­sful, still roll the pool when used and drop dice.

Expend extra effort to activate certain talents. After using the talent, mark the related stat (your choice).

Heavy damage to your mind or body. This is the default damage from an impact move.

Heavy mental damage or stacked marks to Wits or Presence leaves you rattled.

Getting bloodied or rattled a second time leaves you dropped - you're out of the scene. Make a story roll (usually 2d) to see the outcome. On a perfect, you're merely out until the scene ends. On a messy, things get even worse, like also taking a condition. On a grim, things get far worse, like dying or taking a permanent condition.

Light damage, a temporary hindrance to a stat (winded, confused). Take +1t on the next roll with that stat, then clear the mark.

Marks are often combined with another mark or other conseq­uences when inflicted directly (Agility mark + thrown off your horses)

Harm can be cleared with treatment, which requires time, tools and training.

Extended breaks (a month, a season). Fully heal, including relevant condit­ions, and reset per-se­ssion talents.

After each session, take 1 XP and fill in its box. You start at level 1 and advance when you fill boxes equal to the next level. This lets you choose a new talent.