Playbooks

The PbtA system supports Playbooks as items, where you can set the starting Attributes of a playbook and its Item Grants, such as Moves and Equipment.

Attributes

Attributes are all the actor sheet features a Playbook has, which were set up beforehand on the TOML with a playbook property set up on its sheet config.

Making a Playbook-Specific Attribute

Common to All Playbooks

This will make the attribute to be hidden if the character has no playbook chosen.

[character.attributes.foo]
  playbook = true

Playbook-exclusive

This will make the attribute only show up if the character has the specific playbook.

The value accepts either the playbook's name or its slug, which should be preferred for modules that intend to support Babele localization.

[character.attributes.foo]
  # Playbook's Name
  playbook = "The Angel"
  # Alternatively, the Playbook's Slug
  playbook = "the-angel"

If you want to make an attribute to be exclusive between more than one playbook, you can set the attribute as an array of names/slugs instead.

[character.attributes.foo]
  playbook = ["The Angel", "the-bruiser"]

Skipping Attribute Grants

Some games or modules might make use of the Attribute Grants in a different way and you can use the global TOML config skipAttributeGrant = true to allow that.

Item Grants

Item Grants are lists of items that are granted to an actor, either when the playbook is first added or when advancing.

Grant Status

A list's "Grant" status sets how the items will be granted:

• Instantly grants the items when the playbook is added to the actor.
• On Advancement grants the items when advancing the actor.

If a list is set for "On Advancement", you can set when it first gets displayed and and fine-tune when certain items are available.

Repeatable Grants

A list with the "Repeatable" checkbox checked will be displayed whenever its actor advances, assuming there are choices available to pick. Otherwise, a list is only shown once.