Winterphase

Each year is divided into four seasons, normally autumn and winter is handled in the so called "winterphase" and not during regular playing sessions. Below are the rules to handle these phases.

Step 1: Optional Summer solo

Do this step if you did not play your character this year.

1. Roll one random free Summer Solo.
2. Check all skills, traits or passions you succeed on during the solo.

Step 2: Optional Autumn solo

Do this step if you wrote a journal from your characters perspective last session.

1. Roll one random free Autumn Solo. (At storytellers discretion you may pick a solo fitting the theme of your story)
2. Check all skills, traits or passions you succeed on during the solo.

Step 3: Experience rolls

1. Roll for all traits, passions and skills that you have checked this year. If your dice-roll is more than your trait, passion or skill, increase it with one and erase the check. A natural 20 always increases the trait, passion or skill with one, regardless of value.

Step 4: Aging

From the year you turn 35 you begin loosing statistics each year.

1. Roll on the table 1 below to see how many stats you loose.
2. Roll a number of times on table 2 stat loss depending on the result in step 1.

Table 1: Number of Statistics lost 2D6 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ 2 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 3 3 5 1 1 2 3 6 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 1 1 8 0 1 1 2 9 1 1 2 3 10 2 2 3 3 11 3 3 3 4 12 4 4 4 5

Table 2: Actual Statistics lost 1D6 Statistic Statistics Affected 1 SIZ Evil Eye 2 DEX Palsy 3 STR Elf Stroke 4 CON Consumption 5 APP Pox 6 no loss

Step 5: Economic Circumstances

1. Choose living standard for next year and note it on your character sheet. If you are a Household Knight, you are held at the standard decided by your Lord.
2. Optionally increase your living standard.

Cost	Standard of living	Example of Manor	Equivalent	Effect
£0	Starving	N/A	Thrall	-5 Survival rolls (cumulative), -10 Childbirth, Cannot gain glory and loose 3 Honor
£1‑£3	Impovrished	N/A	Commoner	-3 Survival rolls (cumulative), -5 Childbirth, No annual glory, Vassal: glory counts as 1/4 and loose 2 Honor
£3‑£5	Poor	N/A	Mercenary	-1 Survival rolls, Half annual glory, Vassal: glory counts as 1/2 and loose 1 Honor
£6‑£8	Ordinary	£10	Vassal Knight	N/A
£9‑£12	Rich	£40	Lord Knight	+3 Second survival rolls, +1 Horse survival rolls, +1 Childbirth rolls
£13‑£29	Superlative	£80	Minor Baron	+5 Second survival rolls, +2 Horse survival rolls, +2 Childbirth rolls
£30‑£54	Spectacular	£250	Baron	+5 Second survival rolls, +3 Horse survival rolls, +3 Childbirth rolls
£55‑£119	Extravagant	£500	Rich Baron	+5 Second survival rolls, +4 Horse survival rolls, +4 Childbirth rolls
£110‑£249	Exorbitant	£1000	Count	+5 Second survival rolls, +5 Horse survival rolls, +5 Childbirth rolls
£250+	Royal	£5000	Royalty	+5 Second survival rolls, +6 Horse survival rolls, +6 Childbirth rolls

Optional A: Estate

Do this step if you are a Vassal Knight controlling a Manor or Estate.

Step 8: Family

Optional B: Survival rolls

Infant (0‑1)	Child (1‑7)		Young (8‑21)		Married female (15‑40) [not player wives]			Adult (21‑45)		Elder (46‑65)	Very Old (65+)
Roll	1st Roll	2nd Roll	1st Roll	2nd Roll	1st Roll	2nd Roll	3rd Roll	1st Roll	2nd Roll	Roll	Roll
1-2: Death	1-2: Make 2nd roll	1-5: Death	1: Make 2nd roll	1-5: Death	1: Make 2nd roll	1-10: Death	1-2: Death in childbirth	1: Make 2nd roll	1-10: Death	1: Death	1-4: Death
3-20: Safe	3-20: Safe	6-20: Safe	2-20: Safe	6-20: Safe	2: Make 3rd roll	11-20: Safe	3-13: Safe	2-20: Safe	11-20: Safe	2-20: Safe	5-20: Safe
					3-13: Safe		14-20: Safe and child is born