5) Player Onboarding (Session Zero Toolkit)#

Pick One Personal Hook:

• A Vow: Protect pilgrims to the Cathedral.

• A Debt: You owe Ketrans safe passage once.

• A Rumor: You know where the Black Taoe banner slipped into a vault.

• A Scar: Your family bears the Cut Sign—you fled the Followers.

• A Vision: The Wisp Spire whispered your name—and a crown.

Bond Questions:

• Who do you trust with your life? Who holds you back? Who should never wear a crown?

d8 Relic Rumor Table:
1 stone that sings; 2 sword that drinks; 3 lens that sees tomorrow; 4 bell that wakes dead; 5 book that writes you back; 6 banner that moves by itself; 7 ring that speaks your true name; 8 a shard that hums near tears.