I took a day off*, and now I'm ready to get started making my character for Ironsworn: Starforged.
*I still agonized over potential Paths for a bit.
When I'm playing TTRPGs in groups I usually have an easy time making characters. But making a character for a solo game is so much more pressure! I'm basically flagging interests and setting the shape of this story all by myself! Ahh!
I'd better roll on the character inspiration table to calm me down.
Character Inspiration Roll: 70 - Prophet
OK yeah, this is the part where Starforged campaign prep can really start to feel like homework. I thought about skipping sector prep and jumping right into the first quest, but since Adne is a Navigator it would seem to be valuable to know where they will be navigating to. And I'm really trying to fully meet Starforged on its own terms, so... let's go!
Oh, this map was made with Stargazer, by the way! It's a really cool online character/campaign keeper for Ironsworn: Starforged.
Starting Region: Outlands
Scattered settlements surrounded by uncharted and perilous navigational paths.
All we need to do now is define what's going to send Adne and Buzzard into action. Let's use that idea about a corporate ship getting caught in a balefire (even though I ended up taking a Sidekick instead of a Grappler module). The ship's experimental black iron escape pod deployed successfully but is running low on life support.
Trip Ambly gave us the job, with promises that if we can deliver results he'll send a good word along to Selfra HQ. I think Selfra's legal research department is headed by a pioneer in the field of weaving contracts, so that would get Adne one step closer to their goal of finding out how to break NDA. Time to roll our first Move of One Move a Night!
Swear an Iron Vow: Strong Hit!
Action Score 9 (rolled 5 + 3 Heart + 1 for Connection) versus Challenge Dice 3 and 1.
I never thought about this before, but Swear an Iron Vow is basically an engagement roll. And we have engaged very successfully!
According to the Move, Adne "is emboldened" and knows exactly what they have to do next. They take +2 momentum to represent this swift start to their journey, which brings them to 4 total. You can "Burn Momentum" to replace your Action Score (that's what you roll on your D6 plus whatever you add to it) with your current Momentum value on many moves, so it's nice to start building up that insurance policy early.
Technically I should have named the Vow and given it a rank first, but I wanted to get the roll in up top. I'm calling this first vow "Bring the Stranded Selfra Exec back to Silvana Station" and giving it a rank of "Dangerous." That means we'll have to mark progress five times to fill its Progress Track (though you don't have to fill a track before you can roll to complete it).
Next time on One Move a Night: Adne and Buzzard enter the balefire! On purpose!