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\title{Gear Prototype 1}
\author{GnomeLogic}
\date{June 2012}
\maketitle

\chapter{Character Creation}
In character creation, you make five choices to determine your character's abilities: faction, sub-faction, background,
ascension and belief.

\section{Faction}
There are five options for your faction: Gnome, Knight, Undead, Fae or Goblin.

\subsection{Gnome}
The Gnomes are a race of short, eccentric inventors who value ingenuity above all else. They believe that technology can
solve any problem and thus whenever they come across a barrier to their goals, they invent a device to remove it.

\subsection{Knight}
The Knights are elemental beings composed of armour who live in a feudal society. They are born into one of three houses,
the houses of earth, fire and air. They believe in strength through purity, such as of bloodline and thought.

\subsection{Undead}
The Undead are converts from the other four factions, who give up their life and individuality to enter Death's service and
in return are granted eternal unlife. Their existence is one dominated by duty. They believe that Death is the highest
power and know that in time all will fall to it.

\subsection{Fae}
The Fae are forest dwelling magi, who wield nature magic aligned with each of the four seasons. Each Fae has an affinity
for a particular season in which their magic is most powerful and they have the greatest influence over the communal mind
known as the Council. They believe in the power of secrets and the cyclical nature of reality.

\subsection{Goblin}
The Goblins are nomadic scavengers who live in tribes that roam the desert, following the patterns they perceive in the
shifting sands. They believe that every object, force and idea in the world has a spirit to which it is intrinsically tied,
and because of this, have no concept of ownership.

\section{Sub-faction}
Each faction has its own specific sub-factions, so the options available to you for sub-faction depend upon what faction
you chose.

\subsection{Gnome}
The sub-factions available to gnomes are the eight gnomish Corporations: fishermen, merchants, shipwrights, mercenaries, clockmakers, blacksmiths, pyrotechnicians, printers.

\subsubsection{Fishermen}

\subsubsection{Merchants}

\subsubsection{Shipwrights}

\subsubsection{Mercenaries}

\subsubsection{Clockmakers}

\subsubsection{Blacksmiths}

\subsubsection{Pyrotechnicians}

\subsubsection{Printers}


\subsection{Knight}
The sub-factions available to knights are the three houses: the house of Fire, the house of Earth and the house of Air.

\subsubsection{The House of Fire}
Knights of the house of Fire are characterised by their strength and aggression. They are very powerful in front-on
confrontations where they can get up close and personal and batter their enemies into submission. In social situations they
tend to be quick to anger and better at intimidation than diplomacy. Traditionally, they keep military records, so they
tend to know a lot about past conflicts and methods of war.

\subsubsection{The House of Earth}
Knights of the house of Earth are characterised by their endurance and stubbornness. They excel in defensive situations,
letting enemies come to them and die on even hastily erected fortifications. In social situations they tend to be taciturn
and stubborn. Traditionally they keep the museums where the Knights' greatest magic items are stored, so they tend to know
a lot about weapons, armour and the nature of magical artifacts.

\subsubsection{The House of Air}
Knights of the house of Air are characterised by their agility and subtlety. They prefer to avoid direct confrontations,
instead relying on their stealth to sneak up on enemies and strike from the shadows. In social situations they tend to be
skilled liars, good at tricking others into doing what they want. Traditionally they keep detailed economic records, so
they tend to know a lot about such matters, but within these records they also conceal coded information from their spy
networks so they also tend to know a lot about the secret machinations of their enemies.


\subsection{Undead}
The sub-factions of the Undead are: the priests, the Lochos, the Gephura, and the Pale Riders.

\subsubsection{Priests}
Priests are characterised by their knowledge of the faith and conviction. On the battlefield they stay behind the front lines and blast the enemy with their MAGIC FLUTES OF STEEL.% That needs changing
In social situations they seem learned and earnest, easily convincing Brotoi to join Death.

\subsubsection{Lochos}
Lochos are characterised by being AWEOMSE (ur a fag- love Robert)

\subsubsection{Gephura}

\subsubsection{Pale Riders}
Pale Riders are characterised by being PALE DICKS


\subsection{Fae}
The sub-factions of the Fae are the four seasonal alignments: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

\subsubsection{Spring}

\subsubsection{Summer}

\subsubsection{Autumn}

\subsubsection{Winter}


\subsection{Goblin}
The sub-factions of the Goblins are their star signs: the Taken, the River, the Weaver, the Seeker and the Cave.

\subsubsection{The Taken}

\subsubsection{The River}

\subsubsection{The Weaver}

\subsubsection{The Seeker}

\subsubsection{The Cave}


\section{Background}
\subsection{Bookworm}
\subsection{Runaway}
\subsection{Apprentice}
\subsection{Urchin}
\subsection{Child of prophecy}
\subsection{Inheritor}
\subsection{Bard}
\subsection{Squire}


\section{Ascension}
\subsection{Saviour}
\subsection{Slayer}
\subsection{Liberator}
\subsection{Survivor}
\subsection{Founder}
\subsection{Explorer}
\subsection{Commander}


\section{Belief}
\subsection{All you need is love}
\subsection{Fortune favours the brave}
\subsection{Blood is thicker than water}
\subsection{Friendship is forged in the heart of conflict}
\subsection{Time is money}
\subsection{Always be closing}
\subsection{Knowledge is power}
\subsection{What goes around comes around}
\subsection{The ends justify the means}
\subsection{Better to light the candle than to curse the darkness}

\chapter{Playing the Game}
\section{Checks}
Each player has a single suit from a standard deck of playing cards which they shuffle and place face down within easy
reach. When a player attempts to do something that the GM deems has a chance of failure, they must make a check by drawing
a card from their pile and place it face up in a private discard pile next to their deck. The card they draw determines
whether they succeed or fail, based on the difficulty level the GM assigns to the action. There are five possible
difficulty levels that can be assigned:
\begin{itemize}
  \item Impossible: no card is drawn and the check automatically fails
  \item Difficult: succeed if a king, queen or jack is drawn, fail otherwise
  \item Medium: succeed if an eight or higher is drawn, fail otherwise
  \item Easy: fail if a one, two or three is drawn, succeed otherwise
  \item Trivial: no card is drawn and the check automatically succeeds
\end{itemize}
% Do we want Impossible and Trivial, and if so do we want them to have a critical chance?

If an ace is drawn, rather than immediately determining success or failure, all thirteen cards are reshuffled and placed
face down and a new card is drawn. This card then indicates success or failure based on the difficulty category, but the
success or failure is considered critical, that is more significant than it would normally be. If the new card is an ace,
immediately draw a third card, indicating supercritical success or failure, before shuffling the cards again. It is up to
the GM to decide exactly what critical or supercritical success or failure means for a particular action.

\section{Challenges}

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