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Bonds represent the core unbreakable connection between two PCs. They aren’t always positive, and don’t negate disputes, but through Bonds the PCs work together and help each other overcome hardship and strife. By default a PC doesn’t start with any Bonds; a Bond must usually be forged during play.

While Relationships and their Depths are managed individually, Bonds and their Moves are mutually shared. When a Bond is first forged, both PCs immediately gain access to its Starting Move, and similarly Bond Advanced Moves become available to both PCs simultaneously.

• “You” refers to the singular PC triggering the bond’s Move
• “Your bondmate” refers to the other PC who isn’t triggering the Move, but is still part of this Bond with you. Certain bonds may instead use rival, student, teacher, or similar specific terms
• “Either of you” means you or your bondmate
• “Both of you” and similar refers to both bonded PCs

You both share a set of beliefs, morals, values, or maybe a faith

Your Cause: ___ (e.g. no monarchs, protect the innocent, share your faith, etc.)

• ☑ One Vision. When you End the Session also ask, “Did we significantly support our cause?” If “Yes”, both of you mark 1 XP.
• ☐ Return the Favor. When you help or save a relevant NPC, they now support your Cause. Once in the campaign per helped/saved NPC you may request their aid; they will appear as soon as possible and help you with any current predicament you’re in.
• ☐ You Cannot Kill an Idea. When you Face Death while fighting for your Cause, you may choose to Go Out in a Blaze of Glory without dying. Each of you can use this Move once in a campaign.
• ☐ United We Stand. Each of you, once per session, may Aid the other while pursuing your Cause without paying any cost. When either of you Sense Motive, you can always ask “Do you believe in my cause?” no matter the result.

You support each other through fights and their aftermaths

• ☑ Back to Back. When you Aid your comrade when they Trade Blows, you may choose one (or none):
  • Suffer 1 dmg #piercing instead of another Aid a PC cost
  • Instead of granting adv to their roll, you may add your dmg to theirs. This dmg is still affected by min and max choices.
• ☐ Killer Combo. On a 12+ when you Trade Blows with your comrade's Aid, make an additional choice from the 10+ list.
• ☐ Let It All Out. When you Comfort or Support your comrade by dueling, brawling, or fighting them, they either choose an extra option or mark 1 XP (their choice).
• ☐ Training Exercise. When you Make Camp, you and your comrade can choose the same Condition together. Until you next Make Camp, you both ignore penalties from that Condition.
  ☐ Exhausted ☐ Frightened ☐ Angry ☐ Distracted ☐ Insecure

You both share a passion for a topic, hobby, craft, or similar

Shared Interest: ___ (e.g. arena fights, birds, cooking, local politics, magic, secret history)

• ☑ Joy of Discovery. Once per session, when you discover something new related to your Shared Interest, clear a Condition. If your fellow enthusiast is present for the discovery, or when you show/tell them later, choose one from Comfort or Support.
• ☐ Great Minds. When you Spout Lore about your Interest, if your fellow enthusiast could answer “Yes” to a question, then you can too, even if they aren't nearby. On a 12+, your bondmate may answer instead of the GM.
• ☐ Paired Project. When you Enjoy Downtime, you can begin working on a project together related to your Shared Interest. Say what it is, and the GM will give you 1-4 requirements (similar to Perform a Ritual). When you meet the requirements, you finish the project and each mark 1 Depth with each other (in addition to the project's effects). When you Enjoy Downtime with a paired project already underway, together you may ask the GM any one question about it.
• ☐ Specialists. When you Defy Danger in direct relation to your Shared Interest, ignore penalties from Conditions.

One advises and guides the other through life and its dangers

I am the ☐ Student ☐ Teacher

• ☑ Words of Wisdom. Once per session, when the Teacher gives advice or guidance to the Student, the Teacher says what the Student should do. If the Student accepts, their first roll in pursuit of it has adv. If the Student rejects it, the Teacher marks a Condition but the Student clears one. Either way, if the Student achieves it later, the Student marks 1 XP and the Teacher clears a Condition.
• ☐ Heroic Sacrifice. When the Student Faces Death, the Teacher may take their place, clearing a Condition (and joining the scene if they were absent).
  When the Teacher dies, they can give the Student a final word of guidance, either here and now or based on their last conversation. From now on, until they see the Teacher again (if ever), when the Student Ends the Session having followed that guidance, they mark 1 XP.
• ☐ Just Like We Practiced. Once per session each, the Teacher and the Student can Aid one another without any cost or risk.
• ☐ The Sincerest Form of Flattery. When the Teacher Senses Motive, they may always ask the Student one additional question, even if they're Sensing another. When the Student imitates a mannerism or ability from the Teacher, the Student may mark a Condition to gain access to one of the Teacher’s Moves for the rest of the scene (Student's call).

Each of you refuses to be outdone by the other

• ☑ Always a Competition. When you start each session, neither of you has the Upper Hand. When you End the Session, whoever has the Upper Hand marks 1 XP. Between the two of you, only one can have the Upper Hand at a time.
  When you pull off an impressive feat or dangerous trick, ask your rival if they agree. If they do, gain the Upper Hand. If they don't, either gain adv on your next roll or erase 1 Depth with them to gain the Upper Hand anyways (your call).
• ☐ I Can Do That. When you Aid your rival by copying their actions, instead of giving them adv you may roll at the same time with your own Stat. If your result is higher, they can use it instead and you have the Upper Hand.
• ☐ Still Counts as One. Once per session, when you admit that your rival went above and beyond or did the impossible, they may make one choice from Comfort or Support.
• ☐ Try to Keep Up. When you gain the Upper Hand, you may taunt your rival to clear a Condition. If you do, they get adv to their next roll.

You know each other better than most… For better and for worse

• ☑ Look Out For Each Other. When your sibling is about to mark a Condition or suffer dmg, if it makes sense in the fiction, you can mark the Condition or suffer the dmg instead.
• ☐ I Carry Your Heart with Me. When your sibling dies, they choose one of their Advanced Moves; you can now use it even after you erase this Bond.
• ☐ Push Your Buttons. When you try and convince your sibling to do something they don’t want to, they can clear a Condition if they reluctantly go along—or mark a Condition if they don’t.
• ☐ Shared Past. When you Comfort or Support your sibling, you can also ask “Did we talk about a happy memory we share?”

‘This is true love. You think this happens every day?’

• ☑ Always on My Mind. Once per session each, you can wonder dreamily about your lover to gain adv on a roll as if they were Aiding you (at no cost).
• ☐ Handfasting. When you both commit to a lifelong partnership, each of you can now use Always on My Mind a number of times per session equal to your current Depth with your bondmate (min 1).
• ☐ Let Me Tell You All About Them. When you wax poetically about your lover to an NPC, you can Pull Strings+your Depth with your lover (instead of +CHA).
• ☐ Together Forever. When either of you dies, the GM will tell the other how to bring you back to life. At the end of the next session (not this one), if you haven’t revived your lover, you follow them in death.