★ 4. After the Scene, pick one reward
- Unlock a Secondary Approach: pick one of your other Approaches. It becomes a Secondary: +1d6 whenever it fits the fiction. (Your Weak Approach can never become Secondary.)
- New Animalfolk Aspect (+): add one new positive Aspect to your species traits (e.g. +Aquatic Swimmer, +Crushing Grip, +Sense of Smell). Grants +1d when relevant.
- New Specialty: take a Specialty from your playbook, or one from another playbook that fits the fiction.
- New Signature Ability: unlock your playbook's second Signature.
- New Gear or Special Item: gain an upgraded piece of gear, a magical trinket, or a custom weapon that reads clearly as an item in play.
Every reward adds a new source of dice or narrative leverage. Your dice pool is still built one die per fitting category, capped at 4d6.
★ 5. Running the game
- GM, your job is to keep the sea moving.
- Present danger and opportunity.
- Ask what they do.
- Show consequences.
- Use Trouble.
- Threaten what they care about.
- Let players solve problems their way.
- When you're stuck, ask a question.