These stories help keep us safe because they help keep us sane and connected despite not being able to go outside and see our friends and family. My review of Spire was a bit of just a read-through, but I've been running it for my ground for a bit, and so I'll see if I can add in my observations about Heart as I go. From the depths of the cursed mass transit network known as the Vermissian, the Ministry of Our Hidden Mistress wages a shadow war against their cruel high elf overlords. You came to Spire with nothing but the clothes on your back and a dream, looking for excitement and profit.

The former is generally easier to deal with, and the effects aren't too dehabilitating; many don't have any real mechanical effect. Generally, something not particuarly dangerous causes d4 stress, using appropriate gear tends to inflict d6, and exotic weaponry and specialised tools deal d8 and upwards. Within this frame narrative, the seven young women and three young men tell over a hundred stories about love.

Before I start, however, I'd like to point out that if anything here immediately grabs your interest, the game itself can be bought here, or the (free) quickstart rules can be found here. The latter also each have three Minor Abilities that can be taken to customize them further, and are alot more varied in how they impact play. This is so much clearer than Spire's advancement, and gives the player the opportunity to say "next session, can I have the chance of X happening?

Spire took place in the eponymous tower-city, a single monolithic structure that jabbed up monumentally at the sky. The question is, essentially: why would anyone want to go traipsing around in what are probably the guts of a dreaming god-thing? Fulcrum' reverses that, with the current Hound's name and identity now absorbed by the badge, replacing the original badge-holder (and perhaps resurfacing one day via 'Everlasting Stand'). Within the City Below continues the traditional Drow worship of the Danmou; their triple-goddess of the Moon, now (mostly) outlawed in the City Above. It’s a bit of an issue, as every fallout suffered pauses the game as the GM flips through the book looking for one that fits the situation.They may also have tags, often acting as hooks for Fortune fallout to trigger - Fragile resources might get damaged, or you might find it hard to shift a Taboo resource. So, I’ve been left with an excess of prepped games, and no-where to run them – so I’ll be putting them out on here. Also, this is based on an adventure seed in the actual book – there are loads of them in there – but fleshed-out to be runnable for a one-shot. Hang Station is on Tier 2 of Heart – so will need at least a couple of delves, stopping off at a waypoint on the way. But sometimes they too fall, and by the point they've ended up in the City Below, they've adjusted to no longer being on top of the heap.