Five ways to get GM characters to talk
Unknown Armies is full of secrets to discover. GM characters can be a good source to help peel back the conspiracy veil. Use these mechanics to get savvy.
Category: Mechanics
Stress Check Basics
A character faces a stress check whenever one of their shock meters is threatened. If the character can’t avoid the assault on their psyche, they have to defend themselves to find out whether they become more hardened or broken by the experience. If this happens too many times, they will either burn out or go mad.
How do characters change the world?
Unknown Armies is a sandbox game that gives players a framework for their characters to become invested in and affect the playing world. There are a handful of character aspects and mechanical levers that are key to this interaction. Most of these are captured on the character sheet. This summary …
Coercion in a hardened world
The world after 03/03/03 has definitely hardened. The baseline tolerance or immunity for physical and emotional stress has been raised. A higher exposure to shock has become normalised in the world of UA3. Coercion is going to be harder to push. But when you do, the consequences are going to be more intense for characters.