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The Library

Three manuals carried as living text.

Choose a book, open its current table of contents, and follow the reading path section by section.

Living text

This Library follows the current structure of the manuals. Choose a book for its complete reading path, then move through the sections in order or open the part you need.

A mixed company crossing dangerous water while a Songweaver sustains an injured companion

For every player

Player's Handbook

The player-facing path through the Tread: its world, Pulse, Depths, seven Lineages, eight Practices, action, Character Discovery, and the economy.

IntroductionThe Tread Chapter IThe Pulse Chapter IIThe Depths Chapter IIIThe Seven Lineages Chapter IVThe Practices Chapter VCompetency and Action Chapter VICharacter Discovery Chapter VIIEquipment and the Economy

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A working port during the careful recalibration of a Convergence

For the Tread Master

Tread Master's Guide

The craft, procedure, setting boundaries, and player-facing clarity required to steward a living Chronicle without steering a plot.

Part IThe Craft of the Tread Master Part IIThe Technical Manual Part IIIRunning It Part IVThe Boundaries of the Shared Setting Part VThe Pulse in Play Part VIWhat the Players Are Told

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A delving crew moving through a living interior

III

For the life of the Tread

The Bestiary

A baseline of peoples, ecologies, dangers, wonders, and living evidence—never a closed roster of combat units.

OrientationReading a Living Entry Part IThe Peoples of the Tread Part II · §11Wildlife on a Wanderer’s Back Part II · §12The Depths Part II · §§13–15The Low World, Giants, Dragons, and Wanderers Part II · §16The Small Fey Part IIIUsing This Book

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