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Character Growth in Perseverance
Characters in Perseverance grow through scars, not stats. Explore how XP, flaws, and rewrites shape their journey across the frontier..
Incredible Powers in Perseverance – Optional, Mysterious, and Dangerous
Optional rules for mysterious powers in Perseverance – rare, eerie, and best used with caution.
Two Months of Perseverance – Dust, Danger, and Designing the Frontier
Marking two months of worldbuilding in Perseverance – reflections on what’s been done and what’s still to come.
Running Perseverance – GM Introduction & Advice
From smuggling jobs to survival horror, this post arms you with tools to run Perseverance. Pacing, stakes, factions, NPCs—everything you need to make the frontier breathe.
Temporary tags and lasting consequences – Adding narrative tags to QuestWorlds
A homebrew system for QuestWorlds inspired by Legend in the Mist's temporary tags, introducing lightweight narrative conditions called tags.
Dust Runner Blues (Part 2) – The Rest of the Crew
In Part 2 of this character creation walkthrough for QuestWorlds, we meet Mira and Grim, and explore what troupe play means in the context of Perseverance
Dust Runner Blues (Part 1) – Building a Smuggler Crew for QuestWorlds
Meet the crew of the Dust Runner in this two-part character creation deep dive for QuestWorlds. Part 1 introduces the setting, the ship, and the first two members of the crew.
Factions and Figures of Perseverance: Secret Societies & Fringe Movements
The hidden hands shaping Perseverance from the shadows, from doomsday cults to rogue scientists and secret rebels.
Adventure Spot: Iron Mesa – Blood and Riches Beneath the Dust
Adventure Spots give GMs the tools to create high-stakes, narrative-rich encounters. This entry explores Iron Mesa, a plateau where miners dig for fortune, corporations fight for control, and the land itself threatens to swallow them all whole.
Community Keywords in Perseverance
Community Keywords define relationships, affiliations, and the connections that shape characters in the Perseverance setting.
The Hazards of Frontier, Part 2 – Creatures and Wild Dangers
On Perseverance, survival isn’t just about outdrawing an opponent—it’s about outlasting the world itself.
The Hazards of Frontier, Part 1 – Surviving the Elements
On Perseverance, survival isn’t just about outdrawing an opponent – it’s about outlasting the world itself.
One Month of Playtesting.org
It’s been a month since Playtesting.org came back to life, and what a month it’s been!
Forging Heroes and Villains: Character Creation Examples
Two examples of character creation using the prose method.
Playing in Perseverance – Game Examples (Part 2)
This post explores two different types of conflicts – a social showdown and a high-risk infiltration
Playing in Perseverance – Game Examples (Part 1)
This post explores two gameplay examples showcasing different types of conflicts in Perseverance world.
Perseverance: Occupational Keywords (Part 2)
On Perseverance, your occupation shapes your daily survival, defines your struggles, and carves out your place in society.
Perseverance: Occupational Keywords (Part 1)
On Perseverance, your occupation shapes your daily survival, defines your struggles, and carves out your place in society.
Factions and Figures of Perseverance: Outlaws, Smugglers, and Rebels
Out on Perseverance’s lawless fringes, settlements answer to warlords, smugglers run black markets, and rebels dream of freedom from a distant Commonwealth.
Factions and Figures of Perseverance: Wealth and Influence in the Frontier
Beyond the Governor’s office in Fallpoint and the patrols of the Commonwealth Guard, corporations, trade cartels, and black-market syndicate shape the planet’s fate.