quartz/content/Meta/Moves/Bard.md

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## Starting Moves   
You have all of these  
  
### Storied Knowledge  
<span class="move-trigger">When you first encounter someone or something that you’ve heard tales,</span> songs, or legends about (your call), tell the GM something interesting you’ve heard about it. The GM will tell you what else you’ve heard that complicates things.  
### Expressive Conflict  
You wield renowned artistic skill, (music, writing, painting, etc.) which can do more than just capture hearts and minds. Choose two expressions that you know:  
- Wield your art like a weapon for the scene. When you Engage or Let Fly using your art, you may roll with  **CHA** instead of  **STR** or  **DEX**.  
- Curse a foe, removing 2 of their unused Armor.  
- Heal yourself or an ally of 1 condition.  
- Distract, stun, or immobilize a foe  
You have 3 Art. <span class="move-trigger">When you Settle In,</span> reset your Art to this number.  
<span class="move-trigger">When you invoke your artistry,</span> you may spend 1 Art and unleash one known expression.  
### Perform  
<span class="move-trigger">When you practice or display your chosen art before an Intelligent audience,</span> roll **+CHA**.  
On a **10+** gain 3 Awe. On a **7-9** gain 2 Awe.  
<span class="move-trigger">During or shortly after your performance, </span> you can spend each Awe to name an NPC in the audience and choose one below. You may choose the same NPC multiple times.  
- This person must see me.  
- This person must give me a gift.  
- This person Favors me.  
### Speak Softly  
<span class="move-trigger">When you Scrutinize someone by speaking openly and honestly with them,</span> you can roll **+CHA** instead of **+WIS**. You may also choose to gain 1 additional Insight, even on a **6-**, but if you do then afterwards they will ask you a question as if they had 1 Insight on you. You may lie or obfuscate in your answer, but if you do you can’t use this Move on them again and you lose their Favor forever.  
  
## Advanced Moves   
You may choose one when you Level Up.  
  
### Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better  
<span class="move-trigger">When you spend some quality time with another PC,</span> you may share one of your Moves with them, or they with you. If so, erase any previously shared Moves. Whoever gains the Move can use it a number of times equal to your  **CHA**.  
### Aura of Honesty  
<span class="move-trigger">When you use up someone’s Favor when Compelling or Scrutinizing them,</span> on a **6-** you still retain their Favor in addition to whatever the GM says. Additionally, when you Speak Softly with someone, you may choose to gain the additional Insight and still lie or obfuscate freely without consequence if they ask you a question in return.  
### Buckle Thy Swash  
<span class="move-trigger">When you Defy your opponent in a one-on-one fight,</span> on a **12+** you also disarm, trip, or otherwise outmaneuver your opponent.  
### Enchanting Performance  
Your Performances and can affect non-intelligent creatures and entities, such as undead, animals, plants, and constructs.  
### Encouraging Words  
<span class="move-trigger">When you Settle In,</span> you may comfort or compliment one ally and grant them **+1** Armor against anything until they next Settle In.  
### Fugue  
<span class="move-trigger">When you Perform,</span> you may spend 2 Awe to invoke one effect on your entire audience for as long as your performance continues:  
- Instill a singular powerful emotion  
- Lull into a deep and infectious slumber.  
- Hold their attention fully and completely  
### Prodigy  
Gain **+1** Art and learn an additional expression.  
### Researcher  
<span class="move-trigger">When you spend downtime seeking out rumors and knowledge,</span> roll **+INT**. On a **10+** choose two. On a **7-9** choose one.  
- You learn of a valuable treasure.  
- You learn of a dangerous enemy or organization.  
- You learn something useful about an area’s history, layout, or politics.  
For each one you choose, the GM might ask how you learned it - tell them the truth.  
### Scholarly Insight  
Name a general topic or subject when you take this Move. <span class="move-trigger">When you Ponder this subject,</span> you treat any result of a **6-** as a **7-9**.  
### Showstopper  
<span class="move-trigger">When you make a showy,</span> dramatic entrance into a tense situation, describe your grand entrance and roll **+CHA**. On a **10+** everyone is so shocked that you can make a grand speech or decisive action with  
Advantage and without bystander interference. On a **7-9** everyone stops to watch and listen to your entrance without interruption.  
### Slippery  
<span class="move-trigger">When you Gain The Edge through dashing rogue-ish action,</span> roll with Advantage.  
### Throw Down the Gauntlet  
<span class="move-trigger">When you demand a formal duel in response to an insult or trespass,</span> your opponent cannot decline, though they may use a substitute, propose conditions, or add complications. <span class="move-trigger">While you are in a formal duel,</span> you have **+1** Armor against your opponent and your attacks Pierce their Armor.  
### Unflinching  
You have **+1** Armor against conditions caused by social situations, negative emotions, or mental strain.  
### Well-Traveled  
<span class="move-trigger">When you return somewhere you’ve visited before (your call),</span> tell the GM what happened when you were last here; they’ll tell you how the situation has changed since then. <span class="move-trigger">When you next Connect there,</span> you may treat a result of **6-** as **7-9**.  
### Master of the Arts   
(Requires Level **10+**)  
Enhance two known expressions:  
- <span class="move-trigger">When you wield your art like a weapon,</span> it’s Piercing.  
- <span class="move-trigger">When you curse a foe,</span> you remove all of their Armor.  
- <span class="move-trigger">When you Heal an ally with your art,</span> you also restore 1 of their used Armor.  
- <span class="move-trigger">When you distract, stun or immobilize a foe, you can spend an additional Art to make it last until you dismiss it,</span> but you cannot use an  
expression again until then.  
### World Renowned (Requires Level **10+**)  
Gain a Reputation as a master artist and adventurer (see Assets on Page 29). <span class="move-trigger">When you invoke your Reputation,</span> after you and the GM have said what has been heard about you, you can speak again and add an additional thing they’ve heard.