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Quilt of Shadows

A PBTA Game of Community in a

Low-Fantasy Apocalypse

Jacqueline Bryk

With thanks to…

Ian A. A. Watson

and

Benjamin Walker

for contributions and

assistance in brainstorming.

Meredith Gerber

for layout.

Alden Strock, Andrew Sirkin, Blaine C. Rineer, Craig Eisenberger,

David Leaman, Devon Martinez, Erykah Rose, Hel McGee, Jessica

Price, Katriel Page, Marshall Bradshaw, Morna Callahan, Natalie

Walschots, Rose Bailey,

and

Satyros Phil Brucato

for their support on

my Patreon.

Stephen Dewey

for

Ten Candles,

the game that changed my life.

D. Vincent Baker

and

Meg Baker

for the Powered by

the Apocalypse system.

Where We Are

The sun is dying out. It’s like a storm is coming, but slowly and constantly. Every day we

wake up to a sunrise that is slightly dimmer than the last. We don’t know what mage cast a

spell that went wrong, or which king angered which god, but we know that we’re marching

inexorably towards an end … if not The End.

Quilt of Shadows

is a Powered By The Apocalypse game about a medieval fantasy world

where the sun is dying. In other games, you might play the brave heroes who venture to the

edge of the horizon to save the Prime Material Plane or the center of the universe or even

the sun itself. Here, you play the people who are suffering with the disappearances of their

liege lords, in towns where survival is key over any heroic feat. You will not be playing great

fighters or battle priests or powerful mages. Instead, you are the farmer in the valley who

keeps your town fed, the cleric who keeps their spirits light, or the link who runs in-be-

tween hamlets on secret errands. As you read this book, you will notice that most charts

and explanations are laid out in a 3x3 or 3x4 grid. This is to represent your quilt, your

patched-together fabric of community during the apocalypse. Your quilt might be your

friends and family, your town and customers, or even your connection to other demesnes.

Your quilt is also yourself -- you are supported, if not defined, by your connections.

What You’ll Need

• 1 Master of Ceremonies (MC), the person who runs the game.

•Between 3 and 6 players.

•1 set of 2d6 for each player, including the MC.

•Playbooks, printed from this PDF

•The worldbuilding questions from this PDF

• Notecards

• Pens or pencils

How to Play

Setup

Each player should choose a playbook and fill out all the prompts EXCEPT for the

Threads. Remember to choose Vocations and Deviations.

As a group, fill out the Worldbuilding Questions on the next page to get an idea of what the

world at large looks like.

Talk about your Town. Some question to consider:

•What is it called?

•What are the boundaries?

•Where is it located?

•What is the nearest demesne or holding?

•What are it major exports?

•How close is it to a major keep or castle?

Map out the town together on a piece of paper or on your notecards. Anything outside of

the boundaries is unknown -- anything could be out there, in the darkness. Answer the

Threads questions while you’re doing this, in order to establish further connections to the

town, other player characters, and NPCs.

Safety Tools:

The X and O Card:

http://www.gamingaswomen.com/posts/2013/01/finding-my-o-with-the-x-card/

Lines and Veils:

https://sethbenezra.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/pre-game-lines-and-veils-discus-

sions/

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