6 PRINCIPLES

THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF VAESEN: Vaesen is governed by six principles that can be drawn on for inspiration or used to define the benchmark for how the world should be portrayed and how its people and creatures ought to behave. These principles are:

1. Vaesen are neither good nor evil: The vaesen have motives and are generally intelligent creatures.

2. Nature is dark and dangerous: Cities and HQs are safe. Nature is the unknown, different, and dangerous.

3. The World is changing: The old world is being swept away by industrialization, and confused vaesen are seeking their place in the new world.

4. Knowledge and cunning are the keys to success: Violence rarely works. Instead, finding and deciphering clues is your best offense.

5. The journey is part of the goal: PC actions create the story and the long-term arc.

6. You will not survive without each other: The only way to survive is teamwork. The PCs’ relationships with each other and with important NPCs are crucial, both to the story and for healing injuries that are sustained during the game.