Days of Gold Class Reference
Worthy victories, martial momentum, paid violence, and surviving the impossible.
Choose a greatsword, greataxe, maul, or polearm (4 Harm); or a longsword or battleaxe (3 Harm) and shield. You also begin with a common outfit of sturdy traveling clothes.
When you slay a meaningful foe, the GM gains 1 Fortune to later turn the world in the characters' favor.
Roads and Battlegrounds. You know how to move through and read highways, old roads, mountain passes, bridges, border trails, military camps, battlefields, siege lines, ruined forts, and mercenary camps.
When your Regional Knowledge applies to Journey or Get the Lay of the Land, choose 1 additional option or question, regardless of the result of the roll.
Renown is martial momentum: confidence, scars, victories, challenges answered, and the growing certainty that the next dangerous fight can be won. It ranges from 0 to 5, begins at 0, never decays, and decreases only when you spend it.
Gain 1 Renown after a Worthy Victory. Gain 2 instead after a Legendary Victory. A victory is Worthy when the fiction clearly includes at least one of the following:
A Legendary Victory is something people would plausibly tell stories about: killing a regional terror, defeating a champion far above common soldiers, turning a battle that should have been lost, or surviving similarly exceptional violence.
Choose 2 Pursuits. Each can grant 1 Renown once per session when its condition is met. This is in addition to Renown gained from a Worthy or Legendary Victory.
Defeat a supernatural beast, giant creature, or monster with 5 or more Wounds.
Defeat a named dangerous foe in single combat without another ally attacking them.
Win while seriously outnumbered, badly wounded, or fighting under a major disadvantage.
Kill or capture a dangerous target carrying a bounty of at least 200 gp.
Personally lead a battalion of followers to victory in a dangerous clash.
Pursue a dangerous foe across meaningful travel or hardship and finally bring them down.
Recover from Broken or Dying through healing.
During a conflict, spend 1 Renown to activate one of the Renown Benefits below. It remains active until the immediate conflict ends: one side is defeated, escapes, surrenders, or everyone has enough time to disengage and regroup. You may activate multiple different benefits, but the same benefit cannot stack with itself.
You always count as Armor 2 against physical Harm, even when you are not wearing armor. If worn armor provides more, use the higher value. Shields and special armor effects still work normally. When you take Harm after Armor reduction while not wearing armor, gain 1 Renown.
Choose 2 at character creation. Each unchosen Class Perk can later be purchased for 2,000 gp.
When you roll a 10+ on Fight, deal +1 Harm.
You seem to always be prepared for a fight. No matter the circumstance, you can take any nearby object and turn it into a 3 Harm weapon.
Your Wounded penalty begins at 4 Wounds instead of 3.
Once per session, when physical Harm would take you to 6 or more Wounds, stop at 5 Wounds instead.
When you deal Harm to one foe, you can deal the same Harm to a foe adjacent to it.
The first time each session you spend Renown, roll +Might. On a 10+, keep the point. On a 7-9, you can keep it if you take 1 Harm. On a 6-, you lose it.
When you Read the Moment in combat, ask 1 additional question, regardless of the result of the roll. You may ask one of these instead of a normal question: Who is the weakest foe? What are my chances in this fight? How can I gain the upper hand?
When you first hear the name of a foe, you may name them your Adversary. Take +1 to rolls made in search of your Adversary. You can have only 1 Adversary at a time; naming another ends the previous Adversary.
When credible personal violence is your leverage in Sway Someone, roll +Might instead of +Presence.
Repeatable, maximum twice. Increase any one Stat by +1. A Stat cannot exceed +4.
After creating your character, ask the table each question one at a time. Any other player may answer by volunteering their character. Briefly establish what happened and what the relationship looks like now. If no player answers, the GM fills the role with an NPC instead. You may reject a GM-created answer and ask for another, but you cannot veto another player's decision to be involved.
