SORC Cards

Properties, On Person, and Safe Haven

A Character's Properties are the Character's acquired SORC Cards. A Card enters Properties through Downloadable Content, Loot, Discovery, a Vendor, or a Box Code / reference number. The Property record keeps the Card's acquisition source and reference number with its ownership state.

The On Person Property page displays the Character's portrait from the Character Customizer in the center canvas. Every worn Armament, including Armor, Accessories, Weapons, and other worn gear, is displayed around that portrait. Bonded Companion Cards are displayed around the portrait with the worn Armaments.

The selected Safe Haven determines the canvas background image. Safe Haven choices are area locations on the map that the Character has personally visited and marked for the Animated Compass. The selector contains Default and named map-area locations such as Secret Glades. Changing the selected Safe Haven changes the Property canvas background; it does not change the Character portrait, worn Armaments, or Companions.

Compass Safe Havens have their own Property row. Selecting a Compass Safe Haven updates the canvas Haven and its background image. Default means the nearest Safe Haven to where the campaign began. The current module supplies the Default map-area image, so a future module release may change which Safe Haven fills the Default entry. Secret Glades is a named map-area choice.

Worn Armament selection is a toggle. Selecting an Armament highlights that worn piece while every worn piece remains visible. The highlight stays while the Character is viewed with Companions or at a Safe Haven, and selecting the same Armament again clears the highlight.

SORC Card hierarchy

SORC Cards are organized first by the kind of thing the Card represents. On a physical Card, the back identifies that main category and the front identifies the specific form and its rules. The Card's specific form appears underneath the main category. A Rank, Variant, Alignment, Condition, Quality, Value, or other number is a rule or statistic on the Card; it is not a replacement for the Card's category.

• Action Cards contain Ability Cards, Talent Cards, and Skills Cards. Ability Cards contain Martial Abilities and Spell Abilities.
• Armament Cards contain Weapon Cards and Armor Cards. Accessories are worn Armor. Artifacts are Weapons held in the Offhand to channel an Ability. Ammunition and other support Cards remain part of the Armament rules where the specific Card requires them.
• Gear Cards contain practical tools and equipment used in the world.
• Item Cards contain cargo, consumables, materials, collectibles, quest items, and other stackable or carried Items.
• Special Item Cards contain exceptional Items, including specialized Armaments, powerful quest objects, scroll Spells, and other objects with unique effects.
• Companion Cards contain the fixed identity and core statistics for a Character's bonded Companion.
• Encounter Cards contain NPC, Boss, Mob, Myriad, Mechanical, Biological, and Environmental encounter forms. A Companion Encounter Card is used when a Companion is being run as an encounter; it does not replace the Character's Companion Card.
• Lore Cards lead the party to Lore Quests and their associated discoveries or rewards.
• Game Engine Cards represent the standardized rules, tables, or procedures used to run the game.

How to read the hierarchy: A Rusty Iron Sword uses the Armament Card back and is an Armament Card, specifically a Weapon Card on the front. Common is its Rank and Telluric is its Variant; neither changes it into another Card category. An Accessory uses the Armament Card back and is identified on the front as worn Armor. Its own stats are Condition, Quality, Value, Rank, and Variant. An Artifact remains a Weapon Card; its Alignment may be Lawful, Evil, or Ambivalent, but Alignment is not an Armament Variant.

Action Cards: Abilities, Talents & Skills

Action Cards describe the actions a character can perform during play. They contain three distinct groups in this order: combat-only Abilities, active Talents learned from Talent Trees through Expertise, and crafting Skills learned from Profession Trees through Expertise. Each card provides its requirements, timing, result, and any quantity that must be tracked.

Ability Card

Ability Cards contain Martial Abilities and Spell Abilities. Both are combat-only and form the character's library of Abilities. Only Abilities that follow the Readied Weapons rule are placed on the table for use in the current scene. Charges, Cooldowns, and Recharges are tracked on the card and through the Tracker Sheet when a quantity is represented by tokens.

Talents Card

Talents Cards hold Talent Tree Talents, Backpack Talents, and other Talents known by the character. Talents are special maneuvers learned through Talent Tree Expertise. The card identifies its prerequisites, effect, and any item, tool, or quantity that must be available before the Talent can be used.

Skills Card

Skills Cards describe profession-based crafting work and practical procedures. Skills are learned through Profession Tree Expertise. A Skills Card includes its recipe when one is required, the tools or kit needed, any workshop requirement, and the way the character's Attributes and Traits adjust the result. Tools, kits, and workshop access are part of the Skill's requirements rather than separate reminders.

Companion Cards

Companion Cards are the character's MAC or NPC records for companions. A character has five Companion slots: Tiny, Small, Standard, Goliath, and Behemoth. A Behemoth occupies the Behemoth, Goliath, and Standard slots. The Companion Card holds the companion's fixed identity and core statistics; changing information such as Mood, Growth, Wellness, Rank, and current performance belongs on the Progression Sheet and Stats Sheet.

Armament Cards

Armament Cards hold the character's equipment that is readied, worn, or carried. Their two primary forms are Weapon Cards and Armor Cards. Accessories are worn Armor, while Artifacts are Weapons held in the Offhand to channel an Ability. The recharge and state rules apply to every Armament variant, including melee and ranged weapons, thrown weapons, ammunition and quarrels, sheaths, magical armaments, mechanical equipment, armor, and technologically advanced weapons or body armor.

Weapon Cards

Weapon Cards record a character's weapons. A character can ready three weapons per day. A Weapon Card includes its ammunition type, sheaths, quarrels, or other required support items when applicable, including throwing weapons. Any quantity represented by tokens is resolved through the Tracker Sheet.

Armor Cards

Armor Cards record the armor currently worn. A character may carry what the character, companions, wagon, or other allowed capacity can bear; see the equipment rules for the Encumbered and Burdened states. Donning or doffing armor requires at least a Short Rest.

† Weapon Cards, Armor Cards, ammunition and support Cards, Companion Cards, and every other quantity-bearing or rechargeable card work with the Tracker Sheet. The Tracker Sheet is the single place to record token values greater than 1 and the current charge or recharge count. The Stats Sheet may show whether an Armament is Ready, Empty, Recharging, Overheated, Damaged, or otherwise unavailable.

Players use a comprehensive Card-based system to track Abilities, Talents, Skills, Armaments, Companions, and more. Mob Cards are often in groups and the amount of Mobs within any given group is represented by Tokens.

Each Box Set includes the essential SORC Cards for its respective module's LVL or rank, along with information such as stats, lore, and a ref # on each card. The ref # serves two purposes: it references the page in the module book where that card's content appears, and it is used to access the card's digital content online. Every SORC Card ref # follows this format: mod-ref#pg.12347291, the black portion is the page number in the module book where that card appears, and the green portion is the card's unique number. When accessing digital content online, only the green number is entered. Basic printable cut outs of SORC Cards are available at our website, along with a PDF lighter version of the game.

†Recipes are needed to craft items, so any item that can be crafted comes with a recipe and each recipe has instructions, life and a material list. Items that cannot be crafted can be discovered in the world. Every SORC Card NEEDED in a module to perform any Ability, Talent, Skill, or Trait comes with a basic Common punch out style SORC Card to ensure a seamless and enjoyable gaming Experience (XP).

Uncommon Cards are included in box sets as well, but Uncommon Cards are more Rare. For example: a Player creates a Cleric that can begin their adventures proficient in all 1h blunt weapons, so the box set would have basic Common weapons, such as: 1h hammer and 1h mace, but a 1h flail, a bit stronger and maybe more exquisite, is less Common (Uncommon). The flail can still be retrieved, but not from every vendor in the game, it would need to be found.

How to Read a Card

Any limited-use Card, including Ability Cards and Armament Cards, carries a marker printed just above the card, never inside it, showing which limiter applies and how many Reset/Recharge Chips currently sit on it. The card also states what the Tracker Sheet records when its quantity, charge, ammunition, fuel, battery, heat, or condition changes.

• CD (Cooldown): the Card restores a charge on its stated timer, normally once every Turn (6 seconds), until its full Charges total is restored.
• RECHRG (Recharge): the Card restores charges when its stated condition occurs, such as a Short Rest, Long Rest, reload, fuel replacement, battery change, heat cycle, or another Armament rule.

An Unlimited-Use Card carries neither marker, there's nothing to track.

Why Use SORC Cards?

SORC is a pretty crunchy game with a lot of elements and features, so the Cards make things more manageable. There are also a lot of elements in the game, including abilities, spells, and items available, so instead of flipping through pages, Players and GMs will have their own Cards that work in conjunction and are referenced to books. They are also designed to speed up encounters, ensuring that Players can access essential information at a glance without flipping through rulebooks. Each card includes a ref # for trading digital versions and linking to online resources such as lore, crafting recipes, and supplemental materials. The black portion gives the module book page, and the green portion is entered at the website to access that card's digital content.

Beyond gameplay, cards also enhance the narrative and personalization of the game, and even while not directly in play, they are showcased in the home, including; gardens, trophy rooms, closets and other spaces.

Property storage

A Character's Property is organized in this order: On Person, Home, Guild and Clan, and Rented Storage. On Person covers anything Readied and carried by the Character and his or her Companions, including anything the Companions carry or pull, such as Harnesses and Wagons, to hold the Equipment and Armaments they are hauling. Home includes the Character's Armory, Safes, Closets, Companion Quarters, Deployments, and Trophy Room Items. Guild and Clan Property provides Storage, Armory and Hall Banks, including Stash, Guild Storage, Guild Armory, and Clan Hall Bank. Rented Storage includes leased locations such as the Ordnance Berth. Gold and valuables are stored wherever the Character keeps them, including On Person.

A Stash is for things you have buried, stashed, or hidden; an Animated Compass Safe Haven is an example of a place where hidden things can be kept. The Compass keeps both the changing Default Safe Haven and named map-area choices such as Secret Glades available to the Character.

Acquiring SORC Cards

Cards come as default Punch Outs in each adventure module. Each set of Cards in a box set is determined by its module's LVL, for instance; module v. 0.01 is for LVLs 1-5 and includes the basic Common Cards. Each Card is paired to its own Card quest, with some as simple as: "go see town merchant to acquire your equipment..." Lore Cards, which also come in every box set, are paired to special Lore Quests already present in the module, the Card is what guides the party to them (refer to Lore Cards below). GMs can distribute default Cards in any manner they see fit.

Module LVL	Card Rank Included
1-5	Common Cards
5-8	Uncommon Cards
9-14	Rare Cards
14-18	Unique Cards
18-23	Heroic Cards
23-26	Elite Cards
26-29	Legendary Cards
29-30	Divine Cards

The Character must be at the same rank as the Lore Card to use it. See Ranks above. Looking at the table above, each Module only comes with Cards of a rank associated with the module's LVL. This is done with the assumption that Players have already developed a character up to the LVL and rank of their newly purchased module. This will also discourage cheating since there is no other way to acquire default Cards that are packaged onto our box sets.

Each Card rank Rare and above is paired with a quest or other method of obtaining it. Each Card also has its own Code for easy reference to our books and servers, its own lore, and a code.

Armament Cards

Armament Cards cover weapons, ammunition and armor, and work similarly to Armor and Lore Cards in that they are restricted by class. There will be five Punch Out sets for each basic armor and weapon type with beginner sets and Players will evolve their Armaments, even as sets with bonuses, as they enhance their Armaments. This box set heavily prepares 4 Players and a GM for play but up to five or six Players could participate. Each set will come with sheets of punch out SORC Cards. Armaments will each come in sets of 4 in the case that 4 Players choose similar Main Class Treees. This means there will be 4 of the same leather set, 4 of the same plate set, 4 of the same chainmail set and so forth.

Armor Cards

Below are examples of a Common Full Plate Set included in a LVL 1-5 Box Set, followed by a Crimson (Red) Scale Legendary Set included in a LVL 24-28 Box Set as the Rules state.

Weapon Cards

The weapon choices below require class Prerequisites. For instance, a one handed magic dagger can only be used by certain classes, at certain LVLs or their class path, such as; LVL 1 Main Class Tree mage.

Below are the sets of punchout Common Weapon Cards included in this box set.

Weapon Card Rules: Main Hand, Off Hand, Dual Wield, and 2H

Every attack rolls d100 + the applicable Rank Hit bonus against the target's PROTS. Dual Wield resolves a Main-Hand attack and an Off-Hand attack separately. Use the Main-Hand Hit column for the Main Hand and the Off-Hand Hit column for the Off Hand.

For damage, use the weapon's Rank row. The Main Hand uses the 1H Weapon column, the Off Hand uses the Off Hand (1H) column, and a 2H Weapon uses the 2H Weapon column. Add x to each roll, where x is Strength for Melee, Agility for Range, Acuity for spells, plus other applicable modifiers. On a Critical Hit, double the damage dice and add the relevant score.

Rank	Main Hand (1H)	Off Hand (1H)	2H
Common	+2d6 ± x	+1d4 ± x	+4d6 ± x
Uncommon	+3d6 ± x	+1d6 ± x	+6d6 ± x
Rare	+4d6 ± x	+2d6 ± x	+8d6 ± x
Unique	+5d6 ± x	+3d6 ± x	+10d6 ± x
Heroic	+6d6 ± x	+3d6 ± x	+12d6 ± x
Elite	+8d6 ± x	+4d6 ± x	+16d6 ± x
Legendary	+10d6 ± x	+5d6 ± x	+20d6 ± x
Divine	+12d6 ± x	+6d6 ± x	+24d6 ± x

Artifact Cards

An Artifact is a Weapon held in the Offhand to channel an Ability. The Artifact supplies the channeling tool. The Ability Card supplies the numerical effect, Range, and Duration. Each Artifact Card lists Condition, Quality, Value, Rank, Variant, one Alignment, and the Reagent assigned to that Artifact. Artifacts may be Telluric, Chthonic, or Malign.

A Character may hold or ready an Artifact when the Character's Path Spectrum contains the Artifact's single Alignment. Reagents have no Alignment or Spectrum. Reagent tokens track the available supply and are deducted when the channelled Ability is used. Artifacts use Reagent tokens. Higher Power devotion belongs to the Character, while Artifact lore may describe that devotion without changing the Artifact's listed rules.

If the Character's Path Spectrum does not contain the Artifact's Alignment, the Artifact cannot be held or readied. A Holy or Lawful Artifact makes the Character Encumbered I while held. An Evil Artifact burns through the Character's skin and requires a Piety Trait check to avoid damage. An Ambivalent Artifact causes neither backlash.

Examples:

• Cleric: A Cleric holds a 1H Hammer in the Main Hand and an Artifact in the Offhand. The Hammer supplies the Weapon attack, while the Artifact supplies the channeling tool for the chosen Ability.
• Haggard: A Haggard holds a Magic 2H Staff in the Main Hand and an Artifact in the Offhand. Haggard and BrewMaster Characters may hold a 2H Magic Weapon in the Main Hand while also holding an Artifact in the Offhand. The Staff supplies the Weapon attack, while the Artifact supplies the channeling tool for the chosen Ability.

Artifact	Alignment	Assigned Reagent
Sun Disk	Lawful	Consecrated Solar Salt
Animal Head Scepter	Lawful	Blessed Frankincense Crumbs
Interlocking Triangle Knot	Lawful	Sacred Anointing Oil
Geometric Swirl Ring	Lawful	Ground Pearl Dust
Spoked Thunder Wheel	Lawful	Purified Spring Water
Winged Storm Emblem	Lawful	Pristine White Beeswax
Abstract Twin-Crest	Lawful	Sanctified Silver Shavings
Comb-Ended Cross	Lawful	Pressed Sun-Lilies
Triple Spiral Charm	Lawful	Hallowed Chapel Ash
Sharp-Eared Beast Silhouette	Evil	Vitriol and Quicksilver
Serpentine Eye Swirl	Evil	Grave Dirt
Spiked Wheel Crest	Evil	Powdered Nightshade
Gorging Monster Mask	Evil	Dried Leviathan Blood
Grotesque Earth Figurine	Evil	Desecrated Coffin Nails
Horned Beast Carving	Evil	Black Sulfur Flakes
Underworld Spiral Coil	Evil	Mortified Bone Dust
Asymmetric Crossroads Staff	Evil	Parasitic Fungi Spores
Multi-Pointed Chaos Star	Evil	Scorched Charcoal Dust
Voodoo Doll	Ambivalent	Stitched Grave Thread
Shrunken Head	Ambivalent	Blackened Tongue Resin

Artifact Reagents

This is the consolidated reagent catalog for Artifact Cards. Reagents have no Alignment and no Spectrum. General reagents remain governed by the individual Ability or Card that uses them. The Reagents assigned to Artifacts are listed here by name and assigned to their specific Artifact Cards.

Reagent / Organic Element	Value	Notes
Bone Dust	1 - 3 Gold /gm.	Common reagent, used in necromancy and curses.
Bat Wings	5 - 10 Gold /gm.	Rare, used for flight, invisibility, and rituals.
Elderwood Ash	2 - 4 Gold /gm.	Moderate rarity, channels ancestral energies.
Fairy Wings	5 - 10 Gold /gm.	Delicate, used in enchantments and illusions.
Reptilian Tail	3 - 6 Gold /gm.	Used for regeneration potions or curses.
Beast Blood	4 - 8 Gold /gm.	Enhances strength and resilience.
Star Crystals	10 - 20 Gold /gm.	Used to invoke divine or celestial effects.
Moonflower Petals	5 - 10 Gold /gm.	Harvested at night, used in invisibility potions.
Luckstone	3 - 7 Gold /gm.	Gives +1 to +3 chance, used in luck-based rituals.
Blessed Alloy	50 - 100 Gold /gm.	Rare, used in high-LVL crafting.
Alicorn Dust	50+ Gold /gm.	From shedded unicorns' Alicorns, extremely rare.
Dragon Ichor	100+ Gold /oz.	From dragon-type creatures, effects depend on dragon type, extremely rare.
Dragon Heartstring	150+ Gold /strand.	Drawn from a slain dragon's heart, extremely rare, favored as a Stave crown core for raw power.
Phoenix Feather	200+ Gold /feather.	Shed by a living phoenix, exceedingly rare, favored as a Stave crown core for versatility.
Unicorn Hair	75+ Gold /strand.	Drawn from a unicorn's mane or tail without harm to the creature, rare, favored as a Stave crown core for consistency.
MAC Waste	Varies by MAC /gm.	Dropped by any slain MAC as loot, waste and fluids used as a reagent for certain Spells and as a crafting material for professions such as Apothecary.
Consecrated Solar Salt	TBD	Assigned to Sun Disk.
Blessed Frankincense Crumbs	TBD	Assigned to Animal Head Scepter.
Sacred Anointing Oil	TBD	Assigned to Interlocking Triangle Knot.
Ground Pearl Dust	TBD	Assigned to Geometric Swirl Ring.
Purified Spring Water	TBD	Assigned to Spoked Thunder Wheel.
Pristine White Beeswax	TBD	Assigned to Winged Storm Emblem.
Sanctified Silver Shavings	TBD	Assigned to Abstract Twin-Crest.
Pressed Sun-Lilies	TBD	Assigned to Comb-Ended Cross.
Hallowed Chapel Ash	TBD	Assigned to Triple Spiral Charm.
Vitriol and Quicksilver	TBD	Assigned to Sharp-Eared Beast Silhouette.
Grave Dirt	TBD	Assigned to Serpentine Eye Swirl.
Powdered Nightshade	TBD	Assigned to Spiked Wheel Crest.
Dried Leviathan Blood	TBD	Assigned to Gorging Monster Mask.
Desecrated Coffin Nails	TBD	Assigned to Grotesque Earth Figurine.
Black Sulfur Flakes	TBD	Assigned to Horned Beast Carving.
Mortified Bone Dust	TBD	Assigned to Underworld Spiral Coil.
Parasitic Fungi Spores	TBD	Assigned to Asymmetric Crossroads Staff.
Scorched Charcoal Dust	TBD	Assigned to Multi-Pointed Chaos Star.
Stitched Grave Thread	TBD	Assigned to Voodoo Doll.
Blackened Tongue Resin	TBD	Assigned to Shrunken Head.

Lore Cards

Lore Cards come with every box set. The rank of Lore Cards included is dictated by the LVL of the module, for instance, Hold's Keep Valley v. 0.01 is for LVLs between 1 and 5. Lore Cards lead Players to special Lore Quests built into the module, the Card is what guides the party to them, with the highest-rank Cards pointing to the most exclusive and challenging quests in that module.

Reminder: Each module comes with punchout Cards of the rank matched to its LVL (see table above). A LVL 1-5 module includes Common Cards, a LVL 5-10 module includes Uncommon Cards, and so on. Lost Cards can be downloaded for free online using the box set code, or ordered through our catalog for a fee.

As with all SORC Cards, each Lore Card is printed on matte/designed card stock and includes the respective stats and an image of what it represents, along with a ref # that provides access to its digital version. Enter the green portion of the ref # at the website to access digital content. The digital access must be refreshed periodically, Players should keep track of their cards and avoid losing them. Players may trade Cards that are †not useful to them, such as plate when they can only wear leather. This also ensures any new owner of the Card maintains digital access.

†Keep in mind, in SORC characters can choose various classes, so they could acquire the Prerequisite to wear plate armor. Also note characters have a class Ability cap, so there's a fine line between power and diversity.

Lore Cards lead parties to special quests called Lore Quests. Lore Quests are Elite quests already built into the module, the quests and their rewards are there, and the Lore Card is what guides the party to them and triggers the item drop. If a Player gets a Lore Card, they'll be led to the quest and eventually discover the Lore Card that the GM acquired in the box set. Just like the Common punch out Cards that always come as a set in the box, the GM holds onto Lore Cards until the party earns them. The GM will lead the Players to the area of which to achieve the goal.

For example: Rare: Igor's Helm (of STR), Igor the Ogre Chief. The party would need to retrieve the Helm from Igor, an ogre chieftain, buried deep below the snowy forests of Mt. Olympiad. The party is led to a rogue Vanwa camp that blends hidden in nooks between hard to reach tight canyon slots above the mountain's base. The Vanwa are at war with the ogres in the area and the camp is an expedition camp in search of Igor, who is the chieftain of the buried Mountain Ogres.

Lore Quests and Lore Cards are both relevant to the LVL of the module and already built into it, the Card is simply what puts the party on the path to finding them. If the source of the Lore Card's element is gone, e.g. if Igor has already been killed, the party will find the Card in an alternate manner explained in the module or improvised by the GM. The goal is to get the Lore Card to the party but to also make it fun, exciting and challenging.

Example: If Igor is already dead or missing, the GM will begin a new narrative to assist the party in finding the Helm of STR. There is a Lore Quest for every possible Lore Card that may drop. Moving forward, without any spoilers, the Vanwa offer handsome rewards for proof that Igor is dead, and with either thought or combat, the party will have the prize. Lore Cards aren't always dropped, they may be gifted by NPCs, discovered or acquired in other ways.

Upon defeating Igor, the helmet drops. All members that can wear the plate helm would roll for it, and if nobody can, everyone rolls for it. The winner of any members that can wear plate is now empowered by the helm. Players awarded whose characters cannot wear the helm can either trade it online for something they can use, or save it for potential later use.

The maximum rank a character can achieve is limited by their LVL. When designing box sets or awarding Lore Cards, do not include items requiring a rank higher than what the highest LVL in that set allows:

• Levels 1-5: Maximum Lore Card rank is Common.
• Levels 5-8: Maximum Lore Card rank is Uncommon.
• Levels 9-14: Maximum Lore Card rank is Rare.
• Levels 14-18: Maximum Lore Card rank is Unique.
• Levels 18-23: Maximum Lore Card rank is Heroic.
• Levels 23-26: Maximum Lore Card rank is Elite.
• Levels 26-29: Maximum Lore Card rank is Legendary.
• Levels 29-30: Maximum Lore Card rank is Divine.

Players keep their physical Cards at home at all times. Cards can be traded in two ways: at the table with real-life friends, or online through the Essentia Exchange. The Essentia Exchange has three rooms with different functions: the Trading Post (fixed prices, buy/sell), the Bazaar (player-set prices, buy/sell), and the Black Market (direct hand trades and barter). For instance, if a Paladin receives a leather armor set he cannot use, he can hand the physical Card to another Player at the table, or list it on the Essentia Exchange to sell or swap. Either way, the transfer must be completed through the Exchange to update digital ownership.

When a Card changes hands through the Essentia Exchange, the unique number is regenerated automatically. The previous owner's physical Card now displays the ref # as mod-ref#pg.123*****, the page reference (black) remains valid for finding the card in the module book, but the unique number (green) is masked and expired. The new owner gains full digital access through the Essentia Exchange. The original physical Card becomes a collectible, its digital access is permanently transferred. The new owner does not receive a new physical card; digital ownership is managed entirely through the Essentia Exchange.

Note: SORC is first and foremost a TTRPG played AT the table. Written content, such as Modules, Maps, Cards and other text included in the box set can be obtained digitally using the Box Set Code. A lighter free PDF version of the game is also available, and includes paper versions of cut out Cards, the rules and anything else that allows people to play SORC. Free Players can also join campaign lobbies, but cannot host them as stated in SORC Web. Players that want to avoid online altogether can re-order elements through the catalog included in the box set.

Gear Cards

Gear Cards cover the practical tools of exploration and survival, the Adventuring Gear listed later in this chapter along with tool kits, lanterns, climbing equipment and the like. Unlike Armament Cards they carry no class restriction, any character may hold and use any Gear Card. Unlike Item Cards they are equipment rather than cargo, they do work in the world. Gear carries Quality and Value, both set by what it is made of, and carries no Rank, Grade or Condition. The Cost listed for a piece of Gear is its Value, and Quality adjusts it by the same percentages an Armament's does, Poor through Masterful (see Weapon Quality, below). A tool kit grants its DIFS bonus only while it is the genuine article, a makeshift substitute grants nothing, and Poor Quality is the worst a real kit gets (see Mechanical and TAG Tools, below). Every Gear Card lists a weight that counts toward carry capacity (see Encumbrance, pg. 5). Cheap, mundane Gear stacks the way Items do, a bundle of torches or a coil of rope on a single Card, but a kit does not, each kit is its own Card because each carries its own Quality.

Items Cards

Item Cards can be obtained through different means, such as discovery, purchasing from shop vendors, trading, gifting, and more. Each box set includes a variety of item Cards that are relevant to the module and its designated LVLs. Items like consumables (such as healing pots and materials) and collectables; hobby items, Relics, quest items, hunter's skins and meat etc, are represented by individual Cards, and are often stacked. For example, a healing potion Card might contain 10 potions on its description, preventing the need of holding 10 separate Cards. They can be stacked or combined, as long as the Character has the strength or space to manage carrying them. These cards can also be kept in †storage, a character's home, or wherever. The Player holds the Card for their character until it is used, sold, lost or when the campaign, or character, retires.

†Drafts, wagons, hirelings etc. can help here. Items can also be stored in storage, vaults or a character's home.

Special Items

Special items are Unique and often Rare objects that can influence a character or the game world. These include event tickets, quest items, items that alter a character's appearance or attire, scroll Spells, and potions that grant buffs. They often carry lore, special effects, or functions that can significantly impact a character's adventures or customization.

Encounter Cards

Encounter Cards cover every being, hazard, phenomenon, or feature the party may face, from monsters and NPCs to traps, environmental conditions, and roaming threats. Each card contains the stats, abilities, and characteristics needed to run that encounter at the table without sending the GM back through the book. Modules are built alongside their Encounter Cards, the module specifies which cards are placed in which areas, and the same card can be reused across multiple locations throughout the campaign. Not every element in a module is card-represented; modules contain full text content, and GMs may also place cards at their own discretion. See the GM's Codex for expanded guidance on card placement and custom encounter design.

There are several types of Encounter Cards, each representing a specific category of encounter.

Encounter Card Drops: All Encounter Cards include drop information, loot, resources, currency, or materials that can be obtained from the encounter. Drop chances and quantities are listed on the card. See the module for specific drop percentages.

Encounter Token Threshold: Every Encounter Card has a Token Threshold printed on the card, the maximum number of Encounter Tokens that can be assigned to it, as defined by the module. For Mob Encounter Cards, each token represents one individual enemy unless the card states a different scale. For Mechanical Encounter Cards, tokens represent the number of attempts characters have at that mechanism. Once the Threshold is reached, no additional tokens may be added without GM direction.

Mob Cards: A Mob Card may represent one Mob or a group of similar enemies, such as guards, hell hounds, or a pack. Place one token for each individual enemy represented by the card, then remove or mark tokens as enemies are defeated, flee, or are otherwise removed. If one token represents multiple units, record the unit value on the Tracker Sheet.

Boss Cards: A Boss Card may represent one token for one powerful adversary, or a named group such as 1d4 Hell Hounds. Roll the listed die when the encounter begins, place that many tokens on the Boss Card, and resolve each token as one Hell Hound unless the card gives the group a different rule. The Boss Card still supplies the group's shared encounter information, Life rules, Abilities, Armor, and ATTKs.

Myriad Cards and Myriad quantities: Myriad Cards represent groups too large to track as individual creatures: swarms, armies, herds, schools, prides, packs, hordes, and similar formations. The same Myriad rule applies to non-encounter quantities such as ammunition, consumables, crafting materials, currency, and other item stacks. A Myriad Card records the item's or group's shared information while its tokens represent the scale of the quantity. Up to 20 individual tokens may be stacked before a Myriad Card is needed. The minimum Myriad scale is 100 entities or units per token; quantities from 21 to 99 may continue using ordinary cards and the Tracker Sheet.

Myriad Scale	Use
100 per token	Small swarms, packs, prides, schools, or herds.
1,000 per token	Large groups, reinforced packs, and local forces.
10,000 per token	Armies, major hordes, and regional formations.
100,000 per token	War-scale forces, mass migrations, and world-shaping conflicts.

The GM or Player selects the scale printed or written on the Myriad Card before play. The Tracker Sheet records the remaining units when a token represents more than 1. War normally uses the 10,000 or 100,000 scale, while the 100 scale handles the smallest Myriad encounters and item quantities.

• NPC Encounter Cards: Specifically detail non-Player characters, such as quest givers, faction leaders, vendors, or other story-driven figures. These cards include relevant stats and abilities, helping GMs quickly reference and run interactions or challenges involving NPCs.
• Boss Encounter Cards: Represent powerful adversaries or a named boss group such as 1d4 Hell Hounds. They include Life, Abilities, Armor, and ATTKs, no Traits or ATTRs, to make these encounters distinct and memorable.
• Mob Encounter Cards: Represent one Mob or groups of similar enemies encountered together. Encounter Tokens track individual enemies unless the card assigns a larger token scale.
• Myriad Encounter Cards: Represent swarms, armies, herds, schools, prides, packs, hordes, and other large groups using the Myriad scale above.
• Companion Encounter Cards: Represent allies, pets, mounts, or hirelings that can accompany and assist Player characters. These cards provide relevant stats and abilities for each companion, making it easy to manage their role in the adventure.
• Mechanical Encounter Cards: Represent non-living interactive elements built into the module, traps, locked doors, pressure plates, combination locks, puzzles, and other hazards. These cards are always module-specific; the module assigns each card to its area and defines its Token Threshold. Each token on a Mechanical Encounter Card represents one attempt characters have at that mechanism, when all tokens are spent, the mechanism is permanently resolved and no further attempts may be made. Mechanical Encounter Cards can be reused across multiple areas of the campaign as directed by the module.
• Biological Encounter Cards: Cover living flora and fauna, from small critters to giant beanstalks. These cards represent natural entities that may be hazardous or beneficial, depending on their unique properties or effects.
• Environmental Encounter Cards: Represent natural features and phenomena such as terrain, weather, earthquakes, or tornadoes. These cards describe environmental effects that influence gameplay based on the setting.

Wandering Encounters: Every module includes a Wandering Encounter pool, a set of Encounter Cards organized by region or zone. The GM rolls D100 once per hour of travel and once per rest watch. If the result meets or exceeds the Wandering Threshold for that zone, as printed in the module, a wandering encounter is triggered. The GM draws from the appropriate regional pool and runs the encounter as directed. Once resolved, the card returns to the pool and may trigger again. Not every zone has a wandering pool, the module specifies which areas are active and which cards belong to each pool. Wandering encounters are at the GM's will; thresholds may be adjusted, triggers skipped, or encounters called outside of the roll as the narrative demands.

Monsters, Animals and Creatures Encounter Card Fields

MAC (Monsters, Animals, Creatures/Critters) Encounter Cards-Mob and Boss cards-contain standardized fields so GMs have all necessary information at the table. Unlike Player Characters, a MAC's Character LVL, Growth (Age), and Rank are all assigned directly by the GM or module author. Character LVL and Growth are separate systems: Character LVL governs Hit and damage calculations, while Growth determines Life. A MAC's Growth may be listed as UKN (Unknown) or Hidden, indicating hand-tuned or undisclosed formula-based stats.

Header Section:

• Card Name (creature type)
• Rank (Common through Divine)
• LVL (1-30, assigned by GM/module)
• Creature Type (Beast, Humanoid, Elemental, Undead, etc.)

Creature Type and world. A Creature Type sorts by form. An Undead carries a body and is native to Hexagonum. An Aberration carries none, and covers wraiths, spirits and ghosts, and is native to Angeligla. A Beast undead carries a living body. Werewolf, vampire and mummy are general terms and appear on the four worlds that have their own Book, Ignis, Zailister, Omnè Malum and Tredeki, see the Tomes of Essentia.

Stats Section:

• Life (scales from Age/Growth)
• Hit Bonus (scales from Rank)
• PROTS (scales from Rank, see Armor Class equivalent)
• Armor Value (if applicable)

Combat:

• Abilities (Primary and Secondary)
• Primary ATTK (name, damage type, hit penalty)
• Secondary ATTKs (if any)
• Special Abilities (with recharge/cooldown info)

Loot/Drops:

• Drop Table (by rank differential)
• Quest Items (guaranteed minimum chance)
• Materials (quality scales with encounter difficulty)
• Currency/Resources (if any)

Tokens:

• Encounter Token Threshold (max number of these creatures that can be present)

Laws of the Land

Essentia is a world governed by laws. Players who break them face consequences, fines, bounties, imprisonment, faction standing loss, or worse, depending on the severity and the jurisdiction. Ignorance of the law is not a defense.

Fighting in Town: Combat within town or city limits is strictly forbidden. Attacking another character, NPC, or creature inside a settlement will draw the attention of town guards and result in immediate consequences. Vendors, traders, and citizens are protected by law, killing a vendor is a serious crime, even if they drop their wares and inventory upon death.

Banditry and Road Crimes: Attacking or stealing from travelers, especially on roads and trade routes, is forbidden and considered banditry. Roads are protected under common law across most factions. Players caught robbing or assaulting travelers face bounties and hostile faction standing.

Consequences: Law enforcement is handled by guards, faction militias, or bounty hunters depending on the region. Crimes are tracked. See the GM's Codex for jurisdiction rules, crime tiers, and consequence tables.

Companion Cards (Encounter)

Companions are; pets, guardians, angelics, fellowships (NPCs), temps (hirelings, summons etc.), drafts, ruminants, and mechanical. Mechanical companions are constructed companions with no biological needs. Subtypes include: Vehicular (remote-controlled or piloted machines that also serve as transport), Droids (autonomous task-built robots), Automatons (mechanical constructs, often arcane-powered), Androids (humanoid machines capable of social interaction), and Drones (small aerial or surveillance units). Mechanical companions follow the same bonding, upkeep, and mood rules as organic companions, but their upkeep consists of maintenance, charging, oil, and repair rather than food and rest. There are no Averse companion types; races have Favored companion categories that bond faster and cost less to maintain. Each Companion has its own Stats listed on their card. Stats can improve as the Companion advances through Performance Tiers, current stats are tracked in the Companion slot on the Character sheet.

Characters have five Companion slots: Tiny, Small, Standard, Goliath, and Behemoth. A Behemoth occupies the Behemoth, Goliath, and Standard slots. A character can therefore accompany up to five Companions at once, or three when one of those Companions is a Behemoth. Dragons are never Companions. No Dragon of any age, size or lineage may be bonded, hired, summoned or held in any slot. Lesser draconic creatures are open: drakes, wyverns, wyrmlings of non-Dragon stock, and the like all bond normally at their own size. Tiny Companions are the smallest, typically insects, bugs, or very small creatures. Small Companions are roughly the size of a rodent or small bird. Standard Companions are humanoid-sized up to the size of a large horse or similar creature. Goliath Companions range from large humanoid-scaled creatures to the scale of a Centyr (4 spaces). Behemoths can reach colossal sizes and are extremely rare. Goliath-sized races can mount Goliath or Behemoth Companions. These allies support in combat, travel, and exploration, with Unique Abilities, adding depth to gameplay and character interactions. Each Companion Card may or may not be restricted to character class and race. If a Common or Uncommon Companion dies, the Character loses them permanently, they cannot be resurrected and do not go to the boneyard.

See Companions for the full companion system, Mood, Upkeep, Bonding, Tickets, and more.

Prize Cards

Prize Cards are physical SORC Cards that are not tied to any specific module or LVL. They are among the prizes that can be won through the SORC Web community program using Community PTS, no cash required. Prize Cards may represent any category within the SORC Card system: Armaments, Companions, Special Items, Lore Cards, and more, and can range from Common to Divine in rank. Characters may only use Prize Cards at or equal to their own rank, a Heroic-rank character cannot use a Divine Prize Card in play. Prize Cards are digital-access versions only, no physical box set binding. Their ref # must be refreshed periodically to maintain digital access, enter the green portion at the website. Prize Cards are fully tradable.

Note: Prize Cards are not bound to a box set code and supplement a character's collection. A free PDF version of the game is available for those without a box set.