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Realm Master’s GuideSetup

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Setup and Realm Seed

The opening ritual

World-map concept. Final coordinates and House placement remain a production task.
World-map concept. Final coordinates and House placement remain a production task.

Use the 24 × 24 coordinate board and current Aegis components. Each House fields one Champion, two close cohorts, one Healer, and one Specialist. The board may contain up to 24 potential Resonance Points, associated with columns A–X. Realm Seed cards determine which locations are active, preventing fixed secrets from becoming memorized after repeated play.

Setup frame

  1. Draw six Realm Seed cards: two Production, one Veiled, one Encounter, one Resonance, and one Wild. Place the indicated features at their coordinates or zones.
  2. Place one of the six regular encounters dormant at the seeded Encounter site. The two large encounters remain outside play until awakened by Chaos, a Major, or a dangerous Veil result.
  3. Set Chaos to 0 unless a scenario or Flex module says otherwise.
  4. Set each House’s Surplus / Neutral / Need ratings and starting resources.
  5. Give each player one private Survey card containing incomplete Realm information.
  6. Choose or roll a secret Path: D6 1–2 Create, 3–4 Protect, 5–6 Conquer. Place the Path card facedown.
  7. Place Champions and Cohorts, then perform one opening compass reading to determine the Resonant sector for the first cycle.
Seed elementCountFunction
Production2Place a Provisions, Materials, or Luxuries site as directed.
Veiled1A legal Reveal may expose a Door, Cipher, Resonance, Omen, or Veiled Choice.
Encounter1Place one regular encounter dormant at the indicated site.
Resonance1Marks a legal wand or manual activation location.
Wild1Identity remains concealed until discovered.