Combat Proposition Two

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Basic Rules

(Proposal)

Statistic chart

There are four characteristics : Dexterity, Wisdom, Soul and Social.

Each is affiliated to three talents :

• Dexterity : Suppleness, Nimbleness, Accuracy
• Wisdom : Concentration, Perception, Understanding
• Soul : Will, Courage, Consciousness
• Relation : Concealment, Empathy, Influence

A characteristic value is equal to one third of the associated talent's sum

• Suppleness : control over the body
• Nimbleness : athleticism and skill
• Accuracy : finger work

• Concentration : ability to remember and forget environment
• Perception : all five senses
• understanding : ability to analyze known data

• Will : ability to resist and persevere
• Courage : resist fear, go over self preservation
• Consciousness : sixth sense, faith

• Concealment : hide feelings
• empathy : understand others
• Influence : ability to make others follow your will

about strength : all effects linked to strength, constitution will be dealt with by using the size modifier. After all, rodents aren't "strong"

Dice roll : Basic dice roll work like the following :

• Pick a Talent and a Skill, add these values
• roll that many dice
• keep the best dice, up to the characteristic value associated with the talent

example :

survival is a skill

• If one wants to climb a rock, one will have to pick Survival + Nimbleness dice and keep Dexterity
• If one wants to remember if a berry is eatable or nor, one will have to pick Survival + Concentration dice and keep Wisdom
• If one wants to follow a track, one will have to pick will have to pick Survival + Understanding dice and keep Wisdom
• If one wants to tell which kind of bird is singing, one will have to pick Survival + Perception dice and keep Wisdom

Damage system

• Hit Points : Size + Will + Concentration
• Critical hit threshold : (size + 3) x 2
• Fatigue Points : (Suppleness + Concentration + Will + Concealment) x 2

One loses Fatigue points when hit, or when using special skills, like magic

One loses Hit points when suffering a critical hit or when hit while there is no fatigue point remaining

Combat system

• Initiative pool : Nimbleness + Perception + Courage + Empathy
• To be Hit Score : (Suppleness + Concealment - Size) x 2

• The Initiative pool is a number of dice you have each round
• When beginning a combat round, everyone has his/her initiative pool refilled.
• The one with the highest dice total begins, choses what action he/she does, then throws as many dice as he desires, up to *his/her skill + talent value. He proceeds as normal, then put the used dice aside
• The next to play is the one with the new highest dice total, and so on

When trying to hit, one must roll a combat skill + associated talent roll and get a higher score than the TBHS of his/her opponent

damage is equal to weapon damage + skill + size

Skills

they're to be bought at the character creation

• Agriculture
• Alchemy
• Arts
• Athleticism (run + jump + swim)
• Brewing
• Building
• Carpentry
• Clothing
• Combat (specialty)
• Clockworks
• Craftiness (sleight of hand + bluff)
• Dance
• Games
• Handling (particular species)
• Hiding
• Literacy (legends + writing + calligraphy)
• Medicine
• Metallurgy
• Mining
• Music
• Mysticism
• Politics (history + diplomacy + etiquette)
• Streetwise
• Survival
• Table arts
• Tinkering
• Trade

Character Creation

All stats beside skills start at a value of 2 and will be modified along the steps of character creation

Species

Species provide :

• bonuses to talents
• virtual characteristic bonuses (ie +1 dexterity, meaning the character uses his/her dexterity as though it was one point above its actual score)
• a size score
• special abilities
• a number of character creation points (CCP)
• a set of skills

Profession

professions provide :

• another set of skills
• contacts set
• starting wealth and first bits of equipment

Spending Character Creation Points

• If a skill belongs to the species list AND the profession list it costs 1 point to buy and upgrade
• If a skill belongs to the species list OR the profession list it costs 2 points to buy and upgrade
• If a skill belongs to neither it costs 4 point to buy and upgrade
• A talent costs 4 points to upgrade
• A contact costs 2 points to buy and upgrade