Theserulesaredesi

gnedtobeaqui ckandsi mpleroleplayingengine. Manyr ol

epl aying
syst
emsdi vi
deandcategori
zeachar acterbyusingtr
appingssuchas abi
li
ties,ski
ll
s,and
at
tr
ibut
es.I
tismyopini
onthattheseaspectsareanil
lusi
onandt her
ei snoclearlinesdividing
aperson. Theserul
esaredesi
gnedtor efl
ectt
hatandonlyofferonestat
usedf oreverything.

Char
act
erCr
eat
ion
Tocr eateachar act
erapl ayersimplycomesupwi thanameandachar act
erconcept . The
characterconcepthast wopar t
s. Thef ir
stisthr
eedescr ipti
vewor dsthatimmedi atel
yt ella
character'
spersonali
ty. Thesecondhal foft hechar
acterconcepti sthechar acter'sraceor
species,ifi
tisi
mpor t
antinthegame, andanoccupati
on. Forexampl e:Ragnar,fierce,arrogant,
andsavagehumanbar bar
ianorCapt.Dir
kRednova,dashing, handsome,andbr ave, starmar i
ne.
TheGM wi l
lthengiveyout henumberofdi ceyourcharacterwi l
lstar
twi t
hint heirpool. The
poolsi zeofachar actWhennvar yanddepi ctshow potent i
all
ypower fulthatchar acteri s.
Potenti
alcanbedef inedmanydi ff
erentways. Iti
satit
scor etheenergysourcef oreverything
thechar act
erdoes.

Thisnumberiswrit
tenaf t
eryourchar
acter
soccupation. The
enti
rechar
acteri
swr i
ttenoutassuch:Ragnar,fi
erce,arr
ogant, Pool
andsavagehumanbar bari
an8orCapt.DikRednova,dashi
r ng, 4 dice Weak
handsome,andbrave,starmari
ne7. 6 dice Average
8 dice Str
ong
Import
antnon-pl
ayercharact
ersandadversari
esarecr
eatedin 10dice Powerful
thesamef ashi
on. Forl essimportantones,si
mplyl
istthei
r 12dice Super
occupat
ionorraceandthentheirpool
. St
rong

Act
ionResol
uti
on
Achar acterspoolisequalt oanumberofsi x Exampl
eChar
act
ers
sideddi ce. Achar acterwithapool 5,woul d
have5si xsi deddicef oracti
onr esoluti
on. JackMontague,charming,
greedy,
and
Anact ioni sanythingachar acterattempt sto swashbuckl
ingPir
ate8
do. I ft heact ion i
si mportant,orhasan
uncertain out come,t he GM may r equest Atr
ui wi
nus, cked,
decomposed,
and
somedi cer oll
ingtodet ermi
net hatout come. sor
cerousLi
che12
Iftheact i
oni ssimplesuchast alking,walking,
orsleeping, donotwor ryaboutrolli
ng. Col
eBoone, gr
im,
hawk-
eyed,
andf
ast
Gunsl
inger
8
Thedi cei nt hepoolr efl
ectt hatchar acter
s
overal
lpot ential
. Thepl ayercandeci dehow Dr
agon15
much oft hatpot ent
ialt o putt owards an
acti
on. I ft heplayerfeelst heact i
onismi nor Zombi
e7
andiseasi lysuccessfult hent heymaydeci de
toput1or2di cetowar dst heattempt.I fthe Thug5
acti
oni sofmaj orimpor t
ancet ot hecharacter
thentheymayuseal loft hedi cei nthepool
f
ort
hatact
ion.

Apl ayermaymakeasmanyact ionsast heyli

kei
nar oundsolongastheyhavedi
ceremaini
ng
i
nt heirpool. Forexampl
e:Achar acterhasapool7anduses3diceforanacti
on,
that
characterthenperf
ormsanotheractionusing2dice,
andat hi
rdusi
ng2mor e,f
oratot
alof7.

How hardanact ionistoper

form successful
lyisdet
erminedbyt heGM. TheGM uses
Di
ff
icult
ytoratehowhardanacti
oni stoaccompli
sh. Di
ffi
cult
iesar
enumer
icf
rom 3upeach
i
ncreaseissl
ight
lyhar
dert
hanthelast.

Todetermineifanacti
onissuccessfulornottheplayer
srolli
s Di
ff
icul
ty
summedupandi sthencompar edtot
hediff
icul
tysetbytheGM.
Ift
heplayer
ssum isgreat
erthanthedif
fi
cult
ythent heacti
onis 3 Easy
successf
ul.I
fiti
slessthentheacti
onfail
s. 6 Average
9 Compl ex
Aplayermayneverusemor ethanat hi
rdoft hei
rcharacter
s 12 Frustr
ati
ng
curr
entpool ,roundedup,f oranyact ionthatdoesnotf itt
heir 15 Hard
characterconcept.I facharacterhasast arti
ngpoolof9att he 18 Rough
begi
ningoft hegamet hatchar actercoulduse3di ceforan 21 Harsh
i
nappr opri
ateaction. Ifdur i
ngt hegamet hecharacter
'spool 24 NearImpossi
ble
wasr educedt o6t henthatcharactercouldnowonl yuse2di ce
forani nappropri
at eacti
on. Whatact i
onsf i
tordonotf ita
character'
sconcepti si
nterpr
etedbyt heplayerandtheGM.

Pr
eact
ionandReact
ion

Aplayermayoptt oatt
empt ointereuptanotherchar
actersacti
onei
therbef
oreoraft
erthei
r
ownactionsolongastheyhavedi ceinthei
rpool.Theinter
upti
ngcharact
ermayai
d,avoi
d,or
opposetheact
ionoft
hetargetcharacter
.

Whenaidingthetar
getcharactermakest hei
rrollf
irst
.TheGM decidesifanot
herchar act
erhas
theappr
opriat
eorani nappropri
ateconceptt hatcanai dthetar
getcharact
er.Ifsothepl ayer
maychooseanumberofdi cet orollf
ortheaidat t
empt .Thi
srol
lmayhaveadi ff
icul
ty.Thesum
ofther
ollminusdif
fi
cult
yisappliedtothesum oft hetarget
'sr
oll
.

Foravoidingtheef f
ect
sofanot hercharacter'
sroll
,thetar
getchar
acterchoosest
heirdi
ceand
makest heirr
ollasnormal . Thei nt
err
uptingplayerthenchoosesthei
rdiceandroll
sfort
hei
r
charact
er,dif
ficult
ymaybeappl ied.Thei nter
rupti
ngcharacter
'stot
alminusdiff
icul
tyist
hen
addedtot het
ar get
'sdi
ff
icult
ybeforedeterminingsuccess.

Whentwochar
act
ersar
eopposingeachothertocomplet
et hesamet ask.Bot
hchoosedi
ceto
r
oll
. Bot
hcanhaveadi
ffi
cul
ty. Thechar
acterwit
hthehighestscor
eabovedi f
fi
cul
tywi
ns.

Modi
fi
ers
Thepl ayer
srollmayhavemodi f
ier
st otherol
lthateit
heri ncreaseordecreaset hef i
nalsum.
Forexampl e:+5. Whenandhow amodi fi
eraff
ectsar ollisatt heGM sdiscretionbutmust
resultfr
om somet hi
ngoccur r
ingwit
hinthegame. Achar act ermighthavesomesor tofmagi c
spellcastont hem t
hatreducestheirsum. Achar actermayal soacquirecertaini t
emswi t
hin
thegamet hatmightgrantthem somesor tofmodifi
ertothei rrol
ls. Forexampl e: Awi zard
withapar t
icul
arlypowerfulwandisgranteda+5modi f
iertot herollt
otal
.

Modi
fier
scangr eat
lyal
tergamepl aybalance.GMsshouldbewar y,modifi
ersshouldbe
i
ndi
vidual
lyt
ail
oredt
oaspeci
ficchar
acter
,inaspeci
fi
csi
tuat
ion,
andunderspeci
ficcondi
ti
ons.
Consi
dermodi
fi
ersof-
5or+5t
obegr
eatandr
arel
yexceeded.

Secr
etRol
ls
Playershavetheopti
onofkeepi
ngtheamountofdicet heyrol
lasecretti
llt
heyact
ual
lyrol
lthe
dice.Eachplayerpi
cksupthei
rpoolandkeepsthem covered. Secret
lytheyputt
hedicethey
aregoingtor ol
linonehandandthebalanceintheother. Bef
oreroll
ingveri
fywi
tht
heGM i f
thisacti
onfi
tsordoesnotwit
hyourcharact
er
sconcept.

I
njur
ies,
Fat
igue,
andLossofPot
ent
ial
Inthecourseofagameachar act
ermaysuf f
erlossofpot enti
alforavar
iet
yofr easons. The
twomostcommonar einj
uri
esorfat
igue. Aninjur
yi nmostcasesar eaphysi calwoundsuch
asacutorbr okenbone,i
tmayalsobeaseverment alt
rauma. Ani nj
urytakessomet imeto
heal,anywher
efrom adaytomonths. Fati
gueistempor ary,causedbyexert
ionandi sheal
ed
i
naf ewminut
estoaday.

Ingamet ermsbothrepresentl ossofpot ent

ialbyalossofdicefrom acharacter
spool. I
fa
charact
erhasapool 8andsuf fersal i
ghtwoundt hiswoul
dr esul
tinthatchar
acter
spoolbei
ng
reducedto7. Thecur rentamounti swr i
tt
enbehindthepoolmaxi mum Forexampl e:A
charact
erlosesadie,i
tiswr i
ttenlikethi
sCHARACTER8/ 7. Theamountl ostisdeter
minedby
theseveri
tyofthei
njuryorf ati
gue. Thesever it
yoftheinj
uryorfati
guealsodetermineshow
quickl
ythatchar
act
errecover sthelostdice.

Areduct
ionto0dicei
nthepoolei
therbyi
njur
y,f
ati
gue,orot
herr
easonsmeansthechar
act
eri
s
r
emovedf r
om pl
ay. Thi
smightbepermanentl
yortemporar
il
yaccor
dingt
otheGM.

I
tisal sopossibl
ef orapermanentlossofdi cefr
om thepoolduet oavar i
etyofreasons.
Contr
acti
onofadi seasebyacharact
er,f
orexample,mi
ghtt r
anslat
eint
othepermanentlossof
adie. Thisdiecannotberegai
nedthoughothersmaybegai nedbyadvancementl
ater
.Sucha
thi
ngmayal socausetheconceptofacharact
ertobeal
tered.

Advancement
Advancementcomesi nt woforms.
. Thef i
rstisi ncreasingthepoolsize. Thisisrepresented
byaddi ngadi eper
manent lyt
oacharacter
spool . TheGM det ermineswhenthechar act
erhas
acquir
edenoughexper i
encetowarrantani ncreaset ot heirpool. Achar actercannotear n
mor ethan1di eatat ime. Ifacharact
erisei t
heri njuredorf at
iguedtheydonoti mmedi at
ely
gainuseoft henewdi e,i
nsteadwhentheyhaver ecover edal l
ofthei
ror i
ginaldi
cethent henewdi
eisaddedt ot heirpool .
Cr
edi
ts
The second i s adding a new descript
ive wordt othe
charact
er'sconcept. Thistypeofadvanceisonlyavai
lable Writ
tenby:
toapl ayerafterthecharacterhasearnedapooli ncr
ease BobbyR.Wall
enJr
.
andatt heGM'sdi scr
eti
on. I ti
sonlymeantforacharacter
whohashadamaj orgrowthwi t
hinthestor
y,onewhichi s 2007/2016Bobby
notcurrentl
ycoveredbytheirconcept
. R.Wall
enJr.

Optionall
yaGM mayal l
ow aplayert ochangeadescri
ptive Inspi
redbymyviews
wor doroccupat
ionwi t
hinthei
rconcept,orrequi
reachange, onlif
e,l
oveofTaiChi
duet osomechanget ot hecharacterwi
thi
nt hestor
y. This Chuan,andDice
changemustoccurbet weensessi onsorwhent hechar
acter Chucker
receivesapooli
ncrease.