Characters

Relationships

Skills

• Skills are measured on a scale of 1 to 4: Untrained, Apprentice, Journeyer, Master.
• All Skills require regular use to be maintained.
  • Skill progression toward the next level is reduced when skills are not used based on their level:
  • Untrained: 1/day
  • Apprentice: 1/week
  • Journeyer: 1/month
  • Master: 1/year
  • Progression toward the next level can decrease below 0.

Attributes

• Every character possesses the following six Attributes, measured on a scale of 1 to 4:
• Health, representing physical fitness.
• Coordination, representing physical agility and deftness.
• Attention, representing sensory perception and reflexes.
• Discipline, representing mental control.
• Education, representing learned knowledge.
• Reputation, representing societal expectations.

Needs

• Hunger
• Thirst
• Exhaustion

Equipment

• Every major piece of Equipment has a Durability score.
  • Every action that uses a piece of Equipment and requires a roll reduces that Equipment's Durability by at least one point.
  • Durability can decrease below 0. Negative Durability is referred to as Wear.
  • Characters using Equipment with Wear take a penalty to all rolls using that Equipment equal to level of Wear.
  • If a character uses Equipment when its Wear is at a Trigger Level (-4, -8, etc.), they must make an immediate Maintenance check with a DC equal to Wear. On a failure, the Equipment suffers a Break.
  • Characters can roll Maintenance against Equipment's Wear. On a success, the Equipment's Durability increases by one point, plus one additional point for every 4 by which the roll exceeds the DC. On a failure, the Equipment's Durability decreases by one point, plus one additional point for every 4 by which the roll failed the DC.

Conflict resolution

Core mechanic

Span

Boons and banes

Stamina

• Every action that requires a roll, and some that don't, requires a character to spend at least one point of Stamina.
• Maximum Stamina is equal to level of Health + level of Discipline.
• Characters can spend Stamina past 0. Negative Stamina is referred to as Fatigue.
• Characters with Fatigue take a penalty to all rolls equal to their level of Fatigue.
• If a character takes an action when their Fatigue is at a Trigger Level (-4, -8, etc.), they must make an immediate Health or Discipline roll with a DC equal to their Fatigue. If the character fails this roll, they gain a Injury.
• All characters can Rest, rolling Health or Discipline against their Fatigue. On a success, characters regain one point of Stamina, plus one additional point of Stamina for every 4 by which their roll exceeds the DC. Characters never lose Stamina by Resting.