Baronial Court

Description: The bustling court of the baron, lavishly decorated with tapestries, crystal goblets, and attendees dressed in finery.

Tone & Feel: Playful yet tense; rich with the smell of food, perfume, and wine

Tier: 1

Type: Social

Difficulty: 12

Potential Adversaries:

Courtier, Merchant, Petty Noble, Bladed Guards

Features

You Scratch My Back — Passive

A PC may gain advantage on a Presence Roll by offering or cashing in a favor. If the PC fails to deliver on repaying a favor from this feature, the GM takes 2 Fear.

What secrets are concealed within the favors requested? How long does the PC have to make good on their promise?

Gossip - Reaction

When a character fails a Presence roll with Fear, they must mark Stress as their failure becomes the hot gossip for the evening.

How is the story of what happened distorted in the process of becoming gossip? Who tries to take advantage of the PC’s social weakness?

We Meet Again - Action

An NPC (adversary or not) previously known to the party appears at court with an agenda.

What do they want from the PCs (assistance, companionship, revenge)?

Framed - Action

Spend a Fear to have a prominent member of the court frame a PC for a crime, real or imagined. Proving their innocence requires completing a Progress Countdown (6).

How do they sell the lie to make the court believe the PC is at fault? Who is really responsible for the crime? Did it even happen, is it a half-truth?

The bustling court of the baron, lavishly decorated with tapestries, crystal goblets, and attendees dressed in finery.