Certain kinds of ideas consume Light Slots: the usual three are Secrets, Ruses, and Stress. The example character has one of each, plus something less common. Click them to learn more.

The core of a Veracity character is their two slot-based inventories (Light + Flesh).

You can have at most 18 Light & 18 Flesh slots. Characters start with 4 Flesh slots, 4 Light slots, and 4 slots to assign freely.

Slots are unlocked from lowest to highest, but filled from highest to lowest, so that the empty slots are always continuous at the low numbers. You can rearrange items in slots freely, at any time. If your capacity is reduced i.e. an item is forcibly added or a slot is removed, you can choose the item that is removed.

When your character hears something that sounds secret, you may add it as a Secret (with an appropriate description). Chose not to? your character didn't believe it, or considered it unimportant.

Secrets must be the truth, and characters must have reasonable grounds to believe them. If something is known to be false, even metatextually, it can't be a Secret.

Revealing Secrets advances TRUTH. When you shock at least one NPC by revealing a Secret, you level up: gain a Slot (Light or Flesh, your choice). An NPC that is both shocked and convinced is likely to become permanent ally or retainer.

Secrets are weapons against tricksters: revealing their Secrets inflicts Stress on them, and turns NEUTRAL NPCs against them.

Don't get any ideas

A Ruse represents a deliberate untruth that you're maintaining. Add it to a Light slot when you start to maintain the Lie, remove it when you stop. No slots? Tough luck.

You gain Stress for acting against a Facet, or violating social Convention. Enemies and hostile environments may also inflict Stress.

Remove one Stress each time you spend a full day relaxing in daylight.

If all of your Light Slots contain Stress, you Break: the first time, you lose the ability to Level Up. Each additional time, you gain d20 Wounds. After Breaking, remove all Stress.

All sorts of items enter into Light Slots. You might receive an idea as loot: from a conversation or book. Or suffer a harmful idea as a result of an attack from a foe.

The example character is working on learning the Orcish tongue. The Referee has decided that it will require them to achieve a set of goals, and will fill a Light Slot until they're finished.

The Referee is responsible for which ideas should be represented by items.

Certain kinds of physical objects consume Flesh slots: the usual three are Evidence, Means, and Wounds. The example character has some of each. Click them to learn more.

Other inconsequential things consume no slots: they should be bundled together as one Item, or handwaved.

The core of a Veracity character is their two slot-based inventories (Light + Flesh).

You can have at most 18 Light & 18 Flesh slots. Characters start with 4 Flesh slots, 4 Light slots, and 4 slots to assign freely.

Slots are unlocked from lowest to highest, but filled from highest to lowest, so that the empty slots are always continuous at the low numbers. You can rearrange items in slots freely, at any time. If your capacity is reduced i.e. an item is forcibly added or a slot is removed, you can choose the item that is removed.

A Facet is a short phrase that describes your character's behaviour, it has an associated die size ∈ {d4, d6, d8 d10, d12}, corresponding to its intensity. Facets can be strengthened or weakened, gained or replaced. The Referee is responsible for determining how and when, though it should be infrequent.

Miscellaneous abilities are described in natural language under Other Features.

The Referee should distribute Features for diegetic achievements; this example character has gained a to-hit bonus for defeating two powerful monsters.

When you attempt to do something for which the outcome is uncertain, the referee may call for a Save. Roll a d20, lower is better. The rules & referee may add a modifier to represent the difficulty of tasks. Calculate the total after modifiers: On a 0 or lower, you succeed. On an 19+ you fail. Otherwise, look at the corresponding slot:

If the slot is empty, you succeed. Otherwise, you fail.

The example character found this letter, and they're currently racing back home to expose their commander's treachery.

Anything carried for the purpose of exposing DECEIT is considered Evidence. Evidence always consumes a Flesh Slot.

The example character was injured in battle, and this is represented by a Wound.

Remove one Wound each time you spend a full day resting in a safe area with access to medical treatment.

Wounds are gained when your character is harmed. If all of your Flesh Slots contain Wounds, you die. For more info, see Hurting People.

The example character found some treasure!

Wealth is measured in Days Room And Board (R&B). Amounts smaller than that are handwaved. Any item worth more than a day's R&B is considered Means: Means always consume a Flesh Slot.

The example character has some armor, granting them HP. Armor is a Tool.

Any tool that is rare and unusual, or larger than a dagger, is considered a Tool: Tools always consume a Flesh Slot.

HP provides a buffer against Wounds. For more info, see Hurting People.

The example character also has a weapon. Weapons are tools.

Any tool that is rare and unusual, or larger than a dagger, is considered a Tool: Tools always consume a Flesh Slot.

Weapons can be used to hurt people. For more info about hurting people, see Hurting People.