For us , we immersed ourselves in the geek community , and at this point we ' re connected with basically every cosplayer worth knowing . You can ' t just sit behind the scenes and expect success . You gotta go out there , make yourselves known , meet people , and be social with your brand . Great advise for everyone . <| sep |> You are right . Your buddy is wrong . Dauntless does NOT break the general rule that you can ' t take actions while stressed . Free actions are still subject to that rule . The word free does not mean you get to do it while stressed or otherwise break the normal rules of actions . The only thing free means is that it ' s an action other than the normal single action you get in your Perform Action step . The official FAQ linked below does have an entry for Dauntless . However , you can clearly see that the clarifications for Dauntless say nothing about doing an action while stressed . In fact , it specifically says , If a ship equipped with the Dauntless title executes a red maneuver and overlaps another ship , it cannot perform a free action . Because it would be stressed . That is a direct counterexample to your buddy ' s claim . It ' s possible they got confused with the rulings about how Dauntless interacts with PTL or Daredevil you can use Dauntless , take an action , trigger PTL or Daredevil , and then get 2 stress after it ' s all done , but that still doesn ' t let you act while stressed . cdn . fantasyflightgames . comfilerpublic 2 dcd 2 dcd 417646 df 434 b 93617 b 490 d 89 ada 3 xwingfaqv 423 highres . pdf