Status Cards

Status Name

Effect

Accursed

Whenever you roll the die for any reason, ask any
player what number he wants you to use (that
player may consult the Book of Tales before he
gives you a number).

To Lose
1.

2.

Beast Form

1. You cannot choose Court on the Reaction

Matrix; if you are ever forced to Court, you
immediately get the Scorned status.
2. You cannot gain or use the Seduction or
Appearance skills while in Beast Form

1.
2.

After the player has given you a number, roll

the die to determine if you lose the status. If
the number you roll is more then one point
away from the number that was give, you are
no longer Accursed.
If you gain Blessed, you lose this status.
If you give a Wealth level to a player in your
space who has Magic, you lose this status.
If you receive this status again, nothing
happens. You keep this status.

Beloved

Decide whether to accept or reject his/her love:

If you accept: You receive 2 Destiny points and become Married.
If you refuse: Roll one die and gain the following status:
1-2 = Scorned
3-4 = Pursued
5-6 = Determined

Blessed

Whenever you roll the die for any reason, you

may choose what number to use (you may,
examine the Book of Tales before choosing a
number). Does not affect Destiny Die.

1. After saying what number you will use, roll

the die. If the number you roll is more then 1
point from the number you called, you lose
this status.
2. If you gain Accursed, you lose this status.

Crippled

1. Your movement is reduced by 1.

2. You cannot gain or use the Seduction or
Appearance skills.
3. In any encounter you double all Story Point
awards.

If you gained Blessed or Respected, you lose this

status.

Determined

Once per encounter, you may decide to reject the

Award Paragraph you receive. If you do this, you
There is no special way to lose this status.
must go back to the Reaction Matrix and choose a
different reaction.

Diseased

1. Your movement is reduced by 1.

2. If you pay 3 Destiny points while in the same
space as another player, you may give him this
status but you keep it as well.

If you give a Wealth level to a player in your

space who has Scholarship, you lose this status.

Enslaved

Each turn, you designate another player to be

your master. Any Destiny points or Treasures
received during your turn go to him or her instead
of you

You may buy your freedom if you gain a

Wealth level while Enslaved. (You cannot use
Wealth levels gained before you became
Enslaved). You simply expend the new Wealth
level (no other player gets it) and lose this status.

Each turn, another player of your choice decides

where to move your piece.

At the end of your turn, you and the player who

moved your piece roll 1 die each.
If you roll higher, you lose this status.
If you roll equal or less then the other
player, you remain Ensorcelled.

Ensorcelled

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Status Name
Envious

Fated

Effect
1. You cannot win while Envious.
2. In any encounter in which Rob is a possible
reaction, you must choose it.
Do not roll to determine who you will meet on an
Encounter chart in the Book of Tales. Designate
another player to decide. That player may consult
the Book of Tales before choosing.

Grief Stricken

1. While Grief Stricken, you may not use any

Talent level skills during encounters; Master
level skills may only be used at Talent level.
2. If you spend 2 Destiny points and have the
Storytelling skills (regardless of level), you
may make another player in your space Grief
Stricken as well.

Imprisoned

You may not move while Imprisoned. Lose Lost

if you have it. You do not have normal
encounters while Imprisoned instead, you
always encounter a Jailer (who brings you food
and water) using Reaction Matrix K. To
determine the nature of the Jailer you encounter,
roll one die: 1 = Friendly, 2 = Foolish, 3 = Ugly,
4 = Crafty, 5 = Mad, 6 = Wicked.

To Lose
1.
2.

If you gain a combined total of 4 or more Destiny

and/or Story points, you lose this status.

1.
2.

1.

Insane

Lost

Love Struck

You may pay 3 Destiny points to exchange

this status for the On Pilgrimage status.
If you receive 2 Wealth levels or a Treasure
in any one encounter, you lose this status.

2.

When your Story points total reaches 8 or

more, you lose this status.
If you become Grief Stricken with 8 or more
Story points, you must score 1 additional
Story point to lose this status.
The encounter with the Jailer will either
continue your Imprisoned status or cause
you to lose it. When your Story point
reaches 10 or more, you lose this status. If
you become Imprisoned with 10 or more
Story points, you must score 1 additional
Story point.
If you give a Wealth level to a player in your
space who has Beguiling or Stealth &
Stealing, you lose this status.

Each time you have an encounter, designate

another player to choose your reaction on the
Reaction Matrix.

You lose this status if you gain a skill from an

encounter.

You may only move 1 space per turn. Each turn

you follow the normal encounter procedure for
the space you are in.

You make choose to not have a normal encounter

on your turn, but rather a Badly Lost encounter on
Matrix G, in which various encounter paragraphs
will specifically state that you may lose the Lost
status. Other encounters in the game will state
that you lose Lost.

On your next turn, instead of a normal encounter,

roll 1 die:
1-3: Encounter Beautiful Maiden /
Handsome Soldier (Reaction
Matrix L)
4-6: Encounter Beautiful Princess /
Handsome Prince (Reaction
Matrix A)
Note: You must choose the Court option in this
Encounter.

Immediately lose this status after your special

encounter.
If you are Married, you cannot gain Love Struck.
Instead, you gain Grief Stricken.

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Status Name

Married

Effect

To Lose

1. You gain 1 Story point when you get this status.

2. The next city you enter (or the city you are now in) is where you make your home. Leave your
Origin marker there. After you have an encounter in another city, you must return to your home
before you may end your turn in any other cities.
3. Each time you return home, you gain 1 Story point and you may roll 2 dice:
2 = Your marriage produces a child as ugly as a camel: you become Grief Stricken
3-7 = No effect
8-10 = A(nother) child! Gain 1 Destiny point
11-12 = A(nother) child whose visage resembles that of the full moon! Gain 2 Destiny
points and become Respected
1. Place your Destination marker in any city not
within 3 spaces of Mecca. You must enter and
have at least 1 encounter in that cit, then you
must go to Mecca and have at least 1
encounter there.
2. After that encounter, your pilgrimage is
complete and you lose this status.
3. If you successfully complete a pilgrimage, you
gain D2/S1/Piety at 1 level higher then you
now have it. Remove Destination marker.

On Pilgrimage

You cannot win the game while

On Pilgrimage

Outlaw

1. Mark the city nearest to the space you are in

with your Origins marker (If 2 or more cities
are equidistant, choose one). If you have an
encounter in that city, you automatically
receive the Imprisoned status.
2. If you get the Outlaw status a second time
(anywhere on the board), at the end of that
encounter, move your piece directly to the city
with your Origins marker and become
Imprisoned.

If you become Imprisoned, you lose the Outlaw

status. Dont forget to remove your Origins
marker.

Pursued

When you gain the Pursued status, you will be

told the name of your pursuer. (If no name is
given, it is the same as the being which you
encountered that lead to becoming Pursued). On
any subsequent turn, before you have an
encounter, roll 1 die. On a roll of 1 or 2, instead
of a regular encounter, you are found by your
Pursuer. You encounter him/her on the Pursuing
line of Matrix H.

Your encounter with the pursuer will inform you

if you lose the Pursued status.

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Status Name

Respected

Robe of Honor

Scorned

Sex-Changed

Sultan

Under Geas

Effect
In any encounter in which a die roll is
involved, you may roll a second time for an
Award Paragraph after it is read to you if you
dont like the first result. The 2nd roll stand.

To Lose

They is no special way to lose this status.

1. Gain 1 Destiny point immediately.

2. You also become Respected and gain
Wisdom.

There is no special way to lose this status.

1. All Destiny points awarded after receiving

this status are changed to Story points
awards.
2. You may receive no new Wealth levels or
skills

You may trade this status for the On Pilgrimage

status at the cost of 1 Destiny point. If you have
no Destiny points, you immediately trade this
status for On Pilgrimage.

Turn your Player token to the other side to

If you receive this status again while Sexindicate your new sex. You cannot win while SexChanged, you are back to your original sex and
Changed. (Dont forget to take your new sex into
lose this status.
account when having encounters.)
Special: To become Sultan, you must have scored a combines total of 12 Destiny and Story
points; otherwise, you receive the Vizier status instead.
Effect: 1. Once you are Sultan, your wealth automatically becomes Fabulous.
2. You can count each city as 1 space when moving, ignoring the terrain spaces inbetween (unless you wish to end your move on one of those spaces).
1. You cannot win the game while Under Geas
2. You must score 3 Destiny points to complete
the Geas.

You lose the status when you complete the Geas,

or you may break the Geas at any time by losing 4
Destiny points.

Vizier

1. Immediately receive D1/S1/Courtly Graces/Wisdom

2. Place your Origins marker in the city nearest to where you received your status (if 2 or more are
equidistant, choose 1)
3. Each time you have an encounter in another city, you must return to your origin city before you
may end your turn in another city.
4. If at any time you have Piety and Scholarship at Master level and have a total of 12 Destiny and
Story points, you may trade the Vizier status for the Sultan status.

Wounded

1. Skip your next turn (to heal) and lose either 1

Lose the use of the following skills, regardless of
Destiny or 1 Story point.
level, until you are no longer wounded: Stealth &
OR
Stealing, Magic, Weapon Use, Seduction,
2. If you give a Wealth level to a player in your
Appearance.
space who has Scholarship, you lose this status