Preparation for second session

Suzhen, pick a Faction for Édouard.

Let's go with Wild then.

Édouard, tell us about a rumor or conflict concerning the Wild Faction that you've heard about, Mark that Faction (if applicable) and roll with it.

With a 9, you're in neck deep. You owe someone in that Faction a Debt, and someone in that Faction owes you a Debt.

Alright. So we have 3 threats for that Storm, it's a bit low, so I'll go ahead and add one to make a better Storm and start working on it. I should have something soon.

got to hold 1. I think the contact with the spirit is as a good time as any to use it. Do I specify what terrible thing is going to happen or is that for the MC?

You can decide, but I think the move works you don't really need to; just saying "something bad is about to happen" is sufficient. but remember that the hold is used on rolls to avoid impending disasters. The spirits did not attack you because you failed your Investigate a Place of Power but rather your Start of Session move (which is beyond the scope of Foretelling, remember, I told you something was coming after you?), but you'll be able to use it on any roll you make to avoid getting run over by that bus.

I noticed something looking at Toby's character sheet, during the Start of Session move, we did took care of his schemes, but it looks like we forgot to pick his 3 interruptions...

I interpreted ‘start of play’ as the start of the whole game, not just the start of each session. It feels like it might get kinda overwhelming if we’re adding three new interruptions at the start of each ‘session’?

Ah yes, I see how the wording "start of play" could be interpreted... Still, I wonder if the Immortal is meant to always have 3 Interruptions with his Schemes. Otherwise, quickly abandoning the first 2 Schemes to gain 2 more later without any of the Interruptions feels cheap... Same problem with completing a Scheme. Why would the new Schemes not come with their own Interruptions.

Personally, I've always interpreted "start of play" as being a synonym for "start of session". Don't worry, you won"t be stuck with 4 Interruptions now. you can just pick the missing two and assign them wherever you want (keeping your old enemy, and perhaps having Poitevin reacting to your snooping around in his business).

When the rules or their wording are ambiguous, I try to fall back on the spirit of the game, and in US, there is no such thing as a free lunch...

That’s fair. I was worried about the interruptions piling up over time but always having three on the go seems a good way to manage it :)

So those would apply to your Stewardship Scheme. Okay, good.

Oh, that reminds me, since you've gone over the trouble of getting the book and pouring over it, go ahead and advance your Stewardship Scheme.