What Are Skill Cards?
Skill cards represent learned abilities, relationships, and defining experiences. These cards belong to the Spirit Aspect, representing skills, knowledge, and mundane capabilities.
You can choose any combination of Skill cards for the four elective slots in your starting deck.
The Seven Skill Types
đ Type: CLUB
The Social Circle ⢠Your People ⢠Found Family ⢠Community ⢠The Ones Who Matter ⢠Where You Belong
What It Represents
Your Club card represents the people you're connected toâyour social circle, your community, your found family. These are the relationships that anchor you in the world.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "The Downtown Crewâstreet artists and urban explorers"
- Positive Tags: "Kai always has my back, no questions asked" / "Our reputation for helping locals gets us information"
- Negative Tags: "Riley's recklessness puts us all at risk"
â Type: WISH
Deep Desire ⢠What You Want ⢠The Dream ⢠Driving Ambition ⢠Heart's Longing ⢠The Goal That Consumes You
What It Represents
Your Wish card represents what you truly wantâthe deep longing that drives you forward.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "Expose the corporation that destroyed my neighborhood"
- Positive Tags: "Investigation skills honed by obsessive research" / "Righteous anger that fuels me when I'm exhausted"
- Negative Tags: "Alienated friends who think I'm too consumed by vengeance"
𤍠Type: SECRET
Hidden Truth ⢠What You Keep Buried ⢠The Lie You Live ⢠Dangerous Knowledge ⢠The Part You Hide ⢠The Truth That Could Destroy You
What It Represents
Your Secret card represents something hiddenâa truth about yourself, about your past, about something you know that others don't.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "Former corporate security agentâdefected with stolen data"
- Positive Tags: "Know corporate security protocols from the inside" / "Access codes and backdoors they don't know I have"
- Negative Tags: "Live in constant fear of being recognized"
đ Type: KNOWLEDGE
Trained Expertise ⢠What You've Mastered ⢠Professional Skill ⢠Hard-Earned Ability ⢠Your Craft ⢠What You're Known For
What It Represents
Your Knowledge card represents something you've trained in, studied, or practiced until you became genuinely skilled at it.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "Self-taught programmer specializing in Data Sea architecture"
- Positive Tags: "Can read and modify code most people can't comprehend" / "Built custom tools for navigating hostile digital spaces"
- Negative Tags: "So focused on the technical I miss the human element"
⥠Type: REBELLION
The Line You Won't Cross ⢠Your Boundary ⢠What You Stand Against ⢠Core Principle ⢠This Far and No Further ⢠The Hill You'll Die On
What It Represents
Your Rebellion card represents your absolute boundaryâthe line you will not cross, the principle you will not compromise.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "Will never work for corporations after what they did to my family"
- Positive Tags: "Trusted by independent communities who know I can't be bought" / "Fierce protector of small businesses against corporate pressure"
- Negative Tags: "Turned down opportunities that could have changed my life"
đ Type: MEMORY
The Past That Shapes You ⢠Defining Moment ⢠Origin Story ⢠The Event That Changed Everything ⢠Before and After ⢠What You Carry
What It Represents
Your Memory card represents a significant event or period from your past that fundamentally shaped who you became.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "Survived the Shibuya Net Collapse that killed hundreds"
- Positive Tags: "Learned to keep calm when digital infrastructure fails catastrophically" / "Deeply bonded with other survivorsâwe look out for each other"
- Negative Tags: "Guilt that I survived when so many didn't"
đ§ Type: GADGET
Precious Item ⢠Signature Tool ⢠Lucky Charm ⢠Inherited Treasure ⢠The Object That Matters ⢠What You Always Carry
What It Represents
Your Gadget card represents a physical object that's important to youâsomething you carry, something you use, something that matters beyond its practical function.
Example Tags
- Main Tag: "My brother's modified data scannerâthe last thing he built before he died"
- Positive Tags: "Can detect digital anomalies most scanners miss" / "Custom interface I've learned to read like a second language"
- Negative Tags: "Irreplaceableâthe modifications can't be replicated"