Four Guardians around the war table at dusk, a conjured wheel of six glowing sigils turning above a d20, Tela the steel spider watching from the map

✦ Act II ✦ The Training Grounds ✦

LEARN THE ROUND. EARN THE ROBES.

the Round — five seconds of forever

From zero to your first spell in five short lessons — each one playable, each one honest to the book.
Tela will keep an eye on you. She's good at that.

THE LESSON TRACK

Round → AP → Dice → Forge → First Spell.

The Round
Five seconds of forever — AP, per-action initiative, and your first full round against Mylo's greatsword.
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AP & Tempo
The Quickstart card in living ink — build your Guardian's action economy and try the AP Roll.
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The Dice
Attack, Difficulty, Accomplish, and Save rolls — when each one speaks, and what it says.
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The Forge
Build a Guardian from concept to sheet — attributes, skills, and your first Path.
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First Spell
Mana, casting rolls, and the casters' own AP Roll — ending with an Ember Dart that's all yours.
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TWO DOORS

Same grounds, different drills.

I WANT TO PLAY

Download — grab the Quickstart: core flow, three character seeds, a starter scene.
Gather — 2–5 people (1 Game Guardian + 1–4 Guardians), a d20 each, sheets, a focused 90–120 minutes.
Learn — walk the lesson track above. Start with The Round; it teaches everything a first fight needs.
Create — concept → attributes → starting Path. Seeds in the Quickstart, full rules in The System.
Run — play the starter scene. Lowest initiative acts first; add each action's AP to your clock and pass the spotlight.

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I WANT TO RUN THE TABLE

Prep — skim the Quickstart; print the one-page reference; read the starter scene and highlight beats and threats.
Session 0 — lines, veils, and safety tools; tone and expectations; explain the round: lower acts first, actions add AP/time.
Run the scene — frame hard, ask questions, cut to action. Keep turns short; the spotlight moves with initiative.
Rulings & timing — Difficulty baseline 10, adjust for situation; track committed Mana, MR and psychic limits; note questions, answer between beats.
After — debrief, mark alignment shifts, award XP, log adjustments. Pick the next scene.

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