Boons and Banes!
Boons and Banes are a currency that you use to get involved with our gameplay. Spend them on items to help the GM or the players. Here is how:
Acquire boons or Banes:
You can acquire boons or banes by (1.) winning a prediction on the Discord server, or (2.) purchasing them during a stream.
1. Winning a prediction:
On our Discord server (Join here), navigate to the Predictions channel. There you can make a bet on who will be the first to accomplish something. For example: Rich will be the first to roll a critical strike, or Olivia will be the first to roll with fear. You may only make 3 predictions in a given stream. If your prediction comes true, you win a boon or a bane. You will be DM’d in the Discord asking which you would like.
2. Purchase a Boon or Bane:
On YouTube (and on Twitch once we get there) you can purchase boons and banes through the superchat for $5 each. Simply superchat a message at the $5 amount (feel free to taunt the players or GM with said message) and you will be DM’d in the Discord and asked what you’d like.
3. Boons and Banes Carry Over:
Your unused boons or banes will carry over until the next session if you don’t get to use them.
Boons & Banes Cards are onscreen during the stream!
Boons and Banes cards come in two primary flavors: Instants and Tokens. Here is how they work:
Tokens:
These cards are purchased using boons and banes and held by you. They are tracked through our Discord in a special channel called The Divine Ledger. Whoever claims the token will be recognized for doing so in The Divine Ledger where the token is tracked for ownership and usage. The outcomes of using the Token will be logged there for all to review. When a Token card is held but not used, it is unavailable to anyone else and is removed from circulation. Once used, it goes back into the pile.
Common Cards Available: (Buy these at any time)
Token Cards in Circulation or Held:
Only purchasable when spotted during a livestream.
Commons:
These cards are purchased using boons and banes and held by you. held by you, the player. During a stream, you may choose to play one of the cards you hold by typing it into the chat or DM’ing our tech the request. We keep track of what cards each of you has as well. You may use your boons or banes to purchase cards during a livestream or on Discord by messaging @Saturn.
These cards are either hiding in the deck or currently being held by another viewer. If they are available, they may show up in our stream on screen. If you see them, you can claim them by spending your boons or banes. Simply tell the chat you want the card and our admins will do the rest. If you claim one, you can hold it for any future session. Your acquisition of the card is recorded in Divine Ledger on the Discord and when you use the card, its use and narrative outcome is logged. This is a very special honor. Here is why:
Each Token card’s image will be its own forum and anyone who uses that card is added to the ledger. The episode, timestamp and a brief summation of how your use of the card affected the narrative is included.
This card is triggered at will by the holder.
You may request lore drop to occur. This will trigger a post to be created in the Hand of Fate channel on Discord. The lore that will be released will be specific to the current campaign and the world of Vesper at large. The lore provided will be based on whether boons or banes were spent.
This card is triggered at will by the holder.
Play this card as we open a livestream or by messaging @Saturn in our Discord that you’d like to use this card. The first roll that is called for in the game by a player will be made with disadvantage. The user of the card, the player/character making the roll, and the outcome will be recorded in the Divine Ledger.
This card is triggered at will by the holder.
Play this card at any point in the game and the GM will create 2 potential threads that could unfold. We will then put both of those possible outcomes in the chat for a vote and that is the one we use. For example, when the card is played, the GM could say the following: “In the next scene, the party could find something that benefits a player at the expense of someone else or In the next scene, an encounter will take place that gives the party knowledge to move the story forward…. then we put that in the chat for a vote.
This card is triggered when a boon is played.
When a boon is played, the holder of this card can secretly taint the boon. The boon will play out as intended, but with a surprise, negative side-effect. This could be a curse on a weapon, a reaction to a potion… who knows. The GM will create the negative effect.
*will not trigger a death move
This card is triggered when a boon is played.
This card can be used by more than one holder at a time. Using this card will grant you a special discord roll that gives you access to the Whisper Archive. This is a channel in our Discord where the GM drops bits of lore that are relevant to the story. The players and other viewers do not know this information. It is genuinely yours. Also, we have upped the duration to 1 year.