Any form of relevant opposition or obstacle to the characters counts as a challenge.

• A band of pirates;
• A difficult stretch of land for traveling;
• Court politics.

Challenges have a skill score, any number of Specializations, and Resistances. Each Resistances are how and why that Challenge opposes the characters.

• A band of pirates

  • Skill 12;
  • Specializations: close-quarters combat, intimidation;
  • Resistances: iron-fisted captain, criminals, greater numbers, yeehaw;

• A difficult stretch of land for traveling;

  • Skill 7;
  • Specializations: none;
  • Resistances: uneven topography, large predators, short time;

• Court politics

  • Skill 14;
  • Specializations: etiquette, blackmail, espionage, name-dropping
  • Resistances: ambitions, deep pockets, favours.

Overcoming challenges

To overcome a challenge you must break a challenge's Resistances. To break a Resistance, once you find yourself in the appropriate fictional position, you may make an opposed roll. On a hit, the GM will choose whether your actions broke a challenge's Resistance, inflicted a Condition, or both.