Player Guide

This guide provides players with principles to keep in mind for their characters and questions to consider during session zero.

Player Principles

Make the Invasion Personal

Consider how Haven’s invasion of Fanewick deeply impacts your character. Let these details inform what they want and what they’re willing to do to get it. Everyone has lost a loved one to the Witherwild or the Serpent’s Sickness, and more are dying by the day. Consider how the growing conflict caused your character to act in ways they aren’t proud of, or transformed personal truths they once believed were unshakable.

Treat Death with Importance

Taking a life should not be done without consideration, desperation, and consequences. As your character journeys, they should remember those they’ve lost and those they’ve slain, allowing each death to affect their choices in the future.

Embrace Vulnerability

Find your character’s humanity and showcase it whenever you can. They should be as vulnerable during quiet moments as they are vicious during violent ones, opening up to their allies even if they close themself off to everyone else.

Session Zero Questions

• What dangerous animal comes out during the week of night that isn’t out during the week of day?
• What unique trait (such as appearance, smell, or taste) does anything tainted by the Witherwild have?
• What superstitions does your character or their community have about traversing Fanewick during the long nights?
• Your character has witnessed something beautiful that came from the Witherwild. What is it and how has it transformed their view of the corruption?
• If your character is from Fanewick, what commodity do they secretly enjoy that comes from Haven? If they’re from Haven, what delicacy from Fanewick can they not get enough of?