Princess Magic (PW)

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Princesses don't get trusted with a frontier kingdom without first graduating Princess Academy, which means they're highly skilled and powerful individuals in their own right. You can detect magic, create shields of protection, summon and control elements such as fire, earth, air, water, darkness, light and so forth, call forth pocket dimensions to hold your stuff, create illusions or magical fireworks to serve as entertainment or distractions, and quite a bit more.

Princesses are not entrusted with a frontier kingdom without first graduating from Princess Academy. You are a highly skilled and powerful individual in your own right.

Your abilities are defined by several key aspects: your Specialty, which reflects what you embody; your Companion, who accompanies and supports you; your Princess Magic, which allows you to shape the world through Spark; and your ability to channel Wild Magic from the untamed lands.

Princess Magic

Princesses sometimes need a little more oomph than usual. These magical effects cost Spark to use and represent charms, scrolls, small rituals, or the princess drawing on her inner power.

All princesses have a pool of 5 Spark for each Adventure. Sometimes there may be a chance to recover Spark during play, such as by gathering magical flowers or at a fairy tea party, but you can never have more than five.

These are the base rules for using princess magic. Many Princess Abilities give you new or changed ways to use Spark; such abilities may override these rules.

Princess magic creates effects. When those effects are difficult, contested, or would significantly change a situation, you must make an Action roll to resolve them.

Range and Cost

The cost and what Action to roll depends on how far the effect reaches:

• Supple (touch): 1 Spark
• Flowing (near): 2 Spark
• Lofty (distant): 3 Spark

If you are out of Spark, you may spend 1 Stress per Spark instead.

Princess magic is immediate and does not last beyond the current scene unless stated otherwise.

Shield

Reduce Harm suffered by one level from a physical or magical source. Ineffective against social harm. You may only use Shield once against each instance of Harm.

Healing

All Harm is reduced by 1 level at the end of each significant scene. You may spend Spark to reduce all Harm on yourself or another by one level through an interlude of tender care, expressed as something sweet or comforting.

Storage

Store one Treasure or significant item in a pocket space until you return to your kingdom. This can also represent carrying personal equipment such as outfits, picnic baskets, tools, or supplies. Items taken from Storage can last for an entire adventure.

Illusion

Create images, sounds, or scents, alter appearances, or produce lights and visual displays. Larger illusions have a higher cost; use whichever cost is greater, size or range:

• A mount or a small group of people: 1 Spark
• A house or a small crowd: 2 Spark
• A castle or a mass of people: 3 Spark

Movement

Move quickly, jump great distances, climb unusual surfaces, or perform brief bursts of flight or teleportation. These are short, momentary effects rather than sustained movement.

Divination

Reveal secrets about a person, object, or place, uncover hidden things, or glimpse possible futures. The information is always partial or unclear, offering guidance rather than certainty. The Spark cost and Action used are determined by how far into the future you are looking:

• Supple (days): 1 Spark
• Solid (present and past): 2 Spark
• Flowing (months): 2 Spark
• Lofty (years): 3 Spark

Visions of the distant future are extremely hazy and unclear.

Elemental

Imbue your magic with an element such as fire, water, air, earth, light, lightning, cold, or darkness. This determines how your magic manifests and interacts with the world, including exploiting known weaknesses or producing useful environmental effects.

Wild Magic

When you are in the wild lands, you can attempt to harness the raw magic in the area. You may use wild magic to add dice to a roll, up to your Pulse (minimum 1 die).

• If your Pulse is 2, you may add up to 2 dice.
• If your Pulse is 0 or 1, you may add 1 die.

This applies to any Action, not just magic. However, there are costs and risks:

• Add 1 Chaos to the nearest kingdom for each additional die.
• In addition to the normal Consequences of the action, any doubles rolled trigger a local wild magic surge.

Wild Magic Surge

A wild magic surge can take the form of kinetic force, elemental energy, life energy, or anything else the GM deems appropriate. It may be beneficial or harmful.

You may make a fortune roll to determine how positive or negative the effect is, or use the Wild Magic Effects Table to generate a random surge.

Any effect of a wild magic surge that directly affects you is a Consequence and may be resisted using your best Attribute.

Wild Magic Effects

1. Raw magic swirls and cascades, building toward a destructive climax
2. Invisible walls appear everywhere
3. Dozens of random monsters appear
4. All princesses may only speak in rhyme
5. Elementals in the area gather, driven to fuse into a mega-elemental
6. Cracks and pits appear
7. A talking (possibly singing) creature appears and will not leave the princesses alone
8. Things that do not normally talk begin talking
9. Everyone’s voice becomes high, squeaky, and “cute”
10. An extremely localized thunderstorm forms
11. An aura prevents peaceful actions
12. A monster lair forms nearby
13. Hair becomes animate
14. All princess specialties are turned into their opposites
15. Princesses swap bodies
16. The area is affected by a Spin
17. Everything shifts into a specific genre (sci-fi, fantasy, cowboy, etc.)
18. Everyone gains a hat that cannot be removed
19. All princesses feel compelled to sing their actions and thoughts
20. Sudden music — everything starts dancing
21. Valuables attempt to escape
22. No one can speak above a whisper
23. Local flora grows explosively
24. Bouncy music plays; monsters move to the beat
25. All princesses grow magnificent beards and mustaches
26. The area is affected by a Freeze
27. A strong scent fills the air (onion, vanilla, rosemary, lemon, etc.)
28. Structures made of cheese, tofu, or salami appear everywhere
29. Terrain warps, becoming rougher and stranger
30. Ghostly echoes or statues of past actions appear
31. A disembodied voice narrates events, likely in a boorish style
32. An odd mist appears, its color mismatched with its scent
33. It begins raining something strange (lemonade, slime, coins)
34. Everything spoken aloud attempts to become true
35. Everyone’s voice becomes deep and smooth
36. A peaceful aura prevents hostile actions
37. Lies begin to physically manifest
38. Terrain warps, becoming smoother and calmer
39. Princess weapons become animate
40. All princesses become invisible, even to themselves
41. Terrain warps, becoming prettier and more peaceful
42. Everything spoken sounds sarcastic
43. Something tiny becomes gigantic
44. Everyone becomes very sleepy
45. Everything becomes sticky
46. Everyone becomes very jittery
47. Everything becomes slippery
48. All princesses become their younger selves
49. All princesses become their older selves
50. All princesses become badass future versions of themselves
51. All princesses become alternate reality versions of themselves (temporary new look and personality)
52. All princesses become alternate genre versions of themselves (cowgirls, samurai, knights, etc.)
53. Everything starts floating
54. Weather reverses violently
55. Clothing and styles reverse
56. Inanimate objects come to life
57. All princesses become intoxicated
58. Everything becomes wintry
59. All princesses become hyped up
60. Everything becomes summery
61. Everyone becomes apologetic and regretful
62. Everyone becomes supportive and emotional
63. Everyone becomes petty and gossipy
64. Everyone becomes cynical, yet optimistic
65. All princesses turn into dragons
66. All princesses turn into birds
67. All princesses turn into animals
68. All princesses become chibi
69. Structures made of teacups, books, or playing cards appear
70. Words become bubbles and are only heard when popped
71. Everyone now wears a mask
72. All princesses heal 1 level of Harm with visible heart symbols and sound effects
73. All princesses become translucent and slightly floaty
74. Every action is accompanied by music and sound effects
75. Everything becomes more colorful
76. Everything becomes black and white
77. NOBODY HAS AN INDOOR VOICE
78. A treasure palace or library appears in the nearby wild lands
79. A tea party appears with delicious food and drink
80. A tea party appears, but is plain
81. All princesses begin to glimmer and sparkle constantly
82. Butterflies everywhere
83. Bunnies everywhere
84. Fortunes materialize (1d4 Treasure)
85. Sudden fire
86. Sudden water
87. Sudden air
88. Sudden earth
89. Sudden light
90. Sudden lightning
91. Sudden cold
92. Sudden darkness
93. Sudden thunder
94. Sudden stone
95. A sudden pit appears
96. An elemental forms around an object
97. A fairy appears in a playful mood
98. A fairy appears in a trickster mood
99. Spark appears; recover with Supple (1–3: 1, 4–5: 2, 6: 3, 66: 5)
100. A princess’s Spark bursts into light; roll Pulse: 1–3 keep 1, 4–5 keep 2, 6 keep 3, 66 keep 5