Mist City Handbook Player Guide

WHO AM I? THAT IS THE QUESTION BURNING WITHIN YOU.

You are balancing on the edge of two worlds. One of them is the City around you and ordinary human life. The second world hides deep within your soul – it is the seed of legend, an endless mystery that now comes to light. You are a Rifter – a crack in the Mist, a gateway between reality and something old and true, yet still unfathomable.

It is time to awaken and become a legend, as it has always been written for you.

The City of Mist is a detective role-playing game set in a dark city of ordinary people and legendary powers. Create cinematic characters and play out scenes full of action, tension, investigation, and drama. Use the abilities, resources, and even feelings of your heroes to drive cinematic scenes. Make deep transformations of your characters through difficult choices and sacrifices to find answers and fight for what truly matters.

In the Player's Guide, you will find an extensive instruction for creating your Rifter and their development, as well as sample legendary powers they may possess. Choose one of seven motifs and your Mythos and discover who you really are! Additionally, the manual will introduce you to the cinematic world of the City of Mist and present the rules of the mechanics governing this system.

The guide contains all the rules allowing you to create and run your own story, but to use the full potential of the game, the Ceremony Master's Toolkit is also necessary. It contains rules for creating scenarios and investigations, instructions for running the game, as well as many other useful pieces of information for the Game Master.

What you will find in this manual:

• Chapter 1: The Whole Truth – contains information about the life of a Rifter (player character) and the process of awakening the legend within them. It also includes an introduction to the City.
• Chapter 2: Who You Are – a guide to the introductory session, in which you and your group create your City of Mist campaign. It contains a complete character creation system using motif books, quick character creation options, a relationship system with the crew, sample crew motifs, and a crew motif book.
• Chapter 3: Working the Case – explains the filmic game rules system, focusing on eight basic moves and four cinematic moves (Voiceover Monologue, Flashback, Montage, Get Hyped After the Screening), and provides many optional rules to tailor the game to your needs.
• Chapter 4: Moments of Truth – describes the nonlinear character development system characteristic of this game, which causes your character to uncover the mystery of their Mythos and undergo dramatic moments of transformation, such as losing a loved one or gaining new powers.