Get Ready!

First, make a Daring Adventures deck using the Aces, Jokers and face
cards from a normal deck. When the rules call for a fresh deck, shuffle
and use all the cards. Otherwise, each draw comes from the same deck.
Hero Creation!
First, create your powers. Draw a card from a fresh deck and write down
its face and suit or Joker! on the far right of the top "ower line on
your character sheet. #epeat with the ne$t "ower line. When you draw a
repeated suit or a second Joker, stop and don%t write that card down. &ou
now ha'e all your powers.
(ow, define and name each power according to its face the higher the
face, the more powerful! and suit)
* +ool or #esource e.g., wealth,
plant control, utility ,elt!
- .rains / 0kill e.g., 1udo e$pert,
scientist, telepath!
2 +oughness / "ower e.g.,
mighty, laser gun, armor!
3 0peed / 4o,ility e.g., super5
speed, flight, super5car!
Joker Odd,all or comic relief power. 6sed in a "ower +rick, counts
as any suit. 7ffecti'e face is Jack raise using 8ood +okens!. &ou must
play a Joker to use a "ower +rick with this "ower see pg. 7!.
Finally, fill in the other ,lanks, like (ame and 9ostume.
BIO Powers + Abilities!
Name:______________ _____________ ___
e!ret I":___________ _____________ ___
Cost#me:____________ _____________ ___
__________________ _____________ ___
Home City:___________ _____________ ___
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$illain Creation!
After hero creation, put a fresh deck on the ta,le and start the session
with :illain 9reation. +he 84 draws the :illain%s ;ole 9ard, keeping it
secret from the players. 6se any suit ta,le and any face ta,le ,elow to
generate a pair of mysteries a,out the 'illain%s plot. +hese are the secrets
or pro,lems the "9s must resol'e to ,eat their foe, so make them good<
Note: If you get a Joker, make up a face result appropriate to the Joker
entry on the suit table.
$illain Goal
* "ersonal goal) =o'e, fame, fun> - +reasure) 4oney, art, artifact>
2 "ower) Weapon, political office> 3 Destruction) #e'enge, terrorism>
Joker +rick) :illain%s really a good guy> ?t was all a dream>
%&o is it'
* =yla, @ueen of :enus / her army - Dr. Argon, 4an of 4any 4achines
2 =o,starr, 4onster from the Deep 3 =ady 4idnite, daring magical thief
Joker +rick) Afriend in disguise> &our e'il clone>
How(s He "oin) it'
J Asecret ally) "atron> 4ole> @ "owerful gadgetAmagic item
B 9ontrols groupAmighty sla'e A (ew, temporary power or a,ility
%&ere is s&e'
J O'erlooked hideout) Factory> 0ewer> @ 0ecret lair) .elow ground> Flying>
B =u$ury lair) 0uite> "ri'ate 1et> A Distant land, operating remotely.
#eplace entriesAmake your own ta,les when these get old. Write down a
name / appearance for your :illain. :illains don%t use "ower +ricks, so
they can ha'e any powers the 84 wants. 0a'e defeated :illains to reuse
with a new scheme and ;ole 9ard! later<
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*&reats!
0ometimes, the 84 will ha'e to make a +hreatC the ne$t section will
e$plain when. +o make a +hreat, the 84 draws this is 9ard A!, then
draws again this is 9ard .!, keeping the cards secret. Determine the
+hreat%s Weakness and ?mmunity using these ta,les)
%eakness+ Card A: Cards ,layed w- t&is ,ower !o#nt as A!es!
* 9hoose any hero%s ;eart power - 9hoose a hero%s Diamond power
2 9hoose any hero%s 9lu, power 3 9hoose any hero%s 0pade power
Joker Asimple trickC anyone can narrate using it, e'en with no power
Imm#nity+ Card B: Cards ,layed w- t&is ,ower !o#nt as no s#it!
* 9hoose any hero%s 0pade power - 9hoose any hero%s 9lu, power
2 9hoose any hero%s Diamond
power
3 9hoose any hero%s ;eart power
Joker +otal immunityC only using the Weakness can stop the threat
.ased on these results, the 84 decides what the +hreat is a disaster,
,and of henchmen, single monster, etc.! and what it will do if the heroes
don%t stop it. +hreats are almost always the doing of the :illain. +he
higher the Faces of the +hreat cards, the stronger the +hreat is.
.i)&tin) t&e *&reat!
?n a +hreat conflict, the +hreat first takes a +est or Defeat action pg. 7!.
+hen, each hero makes a +est against the +hreat. +he +hreat takes one
more +est or Defeat action, then the heroes take a 1oint action to #esol'e
the +hreat, playing a single card from among their ;old and Face56p
9ards. Don%t show or discard it, 1ust identify it to the 84 and declare
any "ower +ricks pg. 7!. ?f the card matches the suit of neither +hreat
card or ,eats neither card%s face, the "9s lose. +he +hreat Does 7'il pg.
;! / +hreat cards are discarded unseen. ?f the heroes% card matches the
suit of a +hreat card and eDuals or tops the rank of either card, the heroes
win and add the +hreat cards! they ,eat to their Face56p 9ards.
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*ake A!tion!
;eroes, +hreats, and :illains all take different sorts of actions at different
times. #ead a,out the types of action, then flip the page to learn when
you can take them. When a hero plays a card for any action, he/she
can play any PC's Hole Card or any Face-Up Card the heroes share
*est: 8uess a suit or face, then descri,e e$amining, attacking, or
otherwise testing your opponent. ?f the target has a +hreat 9ard or ;ole
9ard that matches your guess, heAshe must tell you and narrate getting
hitAre'ealing a weakness. ?f your guess is wrong, heAshe can narrate
e'ading or resisting you. ?f you descri,e using a "ower in a test against a
+hreat, the 84 has to re'eal if the +hreat is weak or immune to that
"ower.
+hreats and :illains test the heroes as a groupC on a correct guess, choose
a single hero to confirm the guess matches hisAher ;ole 9ard, e'en if it
matches other heroes% ;ole 9ards, too.
In/esti)ate: +his is 1ust like a test, e$cept the hero descri,es
in'estigating, indirectly fighting, or otherwise interacting with the a,sent
:illain. Otherwise, it%s like testing the :illain.
"e0eat: (ame the suit and face of your opponent%s ;ole 9ard. ?f you%re
right, your opponent is defeated for the session and can%t do anything else
,ut see 0a'e +he Day, "g. ;!. ?f you%re wrong, you are defeated for the
session. +o defeat the :illain, a hero also has to play a card whose face
outranks hisAher ;ole 9ard remem,er, "9s share cards!.
Resol/e t&e *&reat: 0ee pg. D for this special action.
1se yo#r Powers!
When playing a card, you can use a "ower +rick to enhance it with a
"ower of the same suit. +he card counts as its own face or the face of
your "ower, whiche'er%s ,etter. When using a "ower +rick, you can
increase the card%s effecti'e face with 8ood +okens pg. 8!. &ou can
always narrate use of your "owers, e'en if you don%t use a "ower +rick.
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