DDRPG Rulebook

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DRAGON DICE Role Playing Game

Rulebook

Forward:

Dragon Dice RPG is a role-playing game wherein Players will create characters, and a Game

Master (GM) will create scenarios that challenge them and provide a venue to create a collective story.

Dragon Dice RPG (DDRPG) also gives you another way to use your collection of Dragon Dice in addition

to the base game. The base Dragon Dice game is a unique battle game in a setting all its own. Whole

armies clash, where each dice represents an individual warrior. This RPG diverges from both the

mechanics & from the setting of the base game. You will create a character and use multiple dice to

represent their talents and abilities. You will breathe life into your creation by choosing what they do,

how they grow and progress, and by telling their story. Someone in your gaming group will take on the

role of the Game Master and provide challenges and interesting settings for this narrative to take place

in. Multiple players will gather to experience the story and the excitement together and all involved will

pool their creative powers to evolve something exciting. The game does require a significant amount of

these specialized dragon dice to provide choices among all the options available to characters and

monsters in the game. If youre missing a particular dice please feel free substitute to your hearts

contentas long as youre playing & having fun doing it.


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Table of ContentsCharacter Creation ............................................. 3

Ability Scores ...................................................... 5

Race & Background ............................................ 7

Races .............................................................. 7

Human ........................................................ 7

Elf ............................................................... 7

Dwarf .......................................................... 8

Backgrounds ................................................... 9

Class ................................................................. 10

Warrior ......................................................... 11

Rogue ........................................................... 15

Multi-classing ............................................... 18

Skills ................................................................. 20

Feats ................................................................. 23

Dragon Dice ...................................................... 24

Selecting your dice ....................................... 24

Your Character Pool ..................................... 24

Modifiers based on the CP ........................... 25

Using Dragon Dice ........................................ 26

Special Action Icons: ................................ 26

TAbs .......................................................... 27

Advancement ................................................... 29

Combat ............................................................. 30

Game Round ................................................ 30

TAbs.............................................................. 30

Action Quality .............................................. 30

Saves ............................................................ 31

Opportunity Attack ...................................... 31

Recovery Roll................................................ 31

Initiative Roll ................................................ 31

Movement ................................................... 32

Actions ......................................................... 32

Reactions ..................................................... 32

Threatened Squares ..................................... 33

Fleeing.......................................................... 33

Adventuring ..................................................... 34

Social challenges .......................................... 35

Equipment ....................................................... 39

GM Section ...................................................... 40

Monsters ...................................................... 42

Extra Monster Abilities ................................ 43

Level based modifiers & defenses ............... 43

Monster Creation......................................... 44

Experience ................................................... 45

Glossary ........................................................... 47


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Character CreationYour questing will reward you with experience,

riches, and stories to tell around the campfire.

Throughout this adventure, your character will

gain levels, called leveling up. Each level

carries different rewards, and some of these are

based on factors you have chosen, such as race

or class. All classes share common elements of

advancement detailed in the table below.

Creation

When starting a new character, follow the steps

below. Rules for creating characters which have

already advanced beyond first level are detailed

in the GM section.

Roll ability scores Choose a race Choose a class Choose dragon dice to represent your

character (see table X-1)

Spend skill points Choose feats Purchase equipment


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Player Campaign Experience Points

Character Race Class

Height Weight Age

Details:

HP Bloodied Initiative

Presence Conscientiousness Conviction

Ability Scores Modifier Defenses Total lvl + Key Stat

+ Dice Pool

Bonus

+ Class

Bonus

Power AC (agility)

Agility FORT (power)

Insight REF (agility)

Intelligence WILL(insight or

intelligence)

Character Pool Skill Total Ability +Training + Misc.

Die Race Type HealthOrigin

(Class/Race/Free) Athletic

Craft

DiplomacyHealing

Nature

Nimble

Overwhelm

Perception

Scholar

Streetwise

Thievery

Wizardry

Equipment

Items

Wealth


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Ability ScoresAbility Scores show your strengths or

weaknesses. The higher your strength score,

the more you are able to overpower your

competition. Conversely, the lower your

perception score, the less likely you are to

notice hidden things. Scores that result in

negative modifiers are below average for a

normal humanoid while scores with positive

modifiers are above average. Modifiers greater

than 4 represent incredible, abnormal or

astonishing, abilities.

Generating Ability Scores

Roll 4d6 and keep the best three. Do this 4times and assign each of these values to a

different ability.

Determining modifiers

Each ability score has an accompanying

value known as an ability modifier. Both the

score and the modifier will be tracked on your

character sheet. These modifiers will apply in

many circumstances, including skills, TAbs, and

all manner of actions.

Score

value

MODIFIER Score

value

MODIFIER

2 to 3 -4 14 to 15 +2

4 to 5 -3 16 to 17 +3

6 to 7 -2 18 to 19 +4

8 to 9 -1 20 to 21 +5

10 to 11 +0 22 to 23 +6

12 to 13 +1 Continue pattern

Power Strength and stamina, your sword cuts

deeply, you continue on after your companions

are tired. While each warrior possesses

different skills the source for which is rooted

in their power.

Agility Striking accurately, dodging an enemy

blow, leaping through the air yet landing safely.

Insight The powers of perception yield many

rewards. This represents the ability to discern

truth from falsehood, to see clearly intodarkened corners, to think broadly and

understand consequences.

Intelligence There are as many was to be

erudite as there are deep thinkers. Intelligence

powers not only the quest for knowledge and

answers but also provides the energy to

manifest magical effects.

The social triangle Presence,

Conscientiousness, Conviction

Presencestatistics value associated w/race &

class (each has a modifier), also players choose

a value between 1 and 3 for each character.

Great when seeking notoriety, bluff your way

past lesser beings, promote your way to

leadership. Terrible when hiding from

authority, sneaking anywhere, anytime you

want to be unremarked or unobtrusive.

Sometimes good when attempting to swayopinion. Typically the higher your presence, the

easier it will be to get someone with a

sympathetic viewpoint to agree and the

harder it will be to sway the already

antagonistic. Presence may be changed by the

GM throughout an adventure.

Conscientiousness a value selected by the

player. A measure of the amount you think

about, help, or cater to others. Though typicallyused on its own, may modify your presence

value in certain circumstances. Negative values

indicate you only have time for you and the

things you care about high values indicate

your needs are less important than those of


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others. Other players may change your

conscientiousness score based on your actions.

Conviction a value selected by the player. A

measure of the amount you care about or are

aligned to a cause. Prepare to explain yourviewpoints to both your fellow players and your

GM. Negative conviction values mean youll sell

your sword to the highest bidder, you will back

out of a contract, you arent part of any

organizations, and often youll scoff at those

who dont share your views. High conviction

values mean your life is guided by inflexible

principles, that your cause may be more

important even than your safety, that you

would do anything to keep your word. Thosewith a high conviction look down on or feel

sorry for those who dont. Typically used on its

own, this value may modify your presence value

in certain circumstances. Other players may

change your conviction score based on your

actions.

Think about how the three values interact and

relate. Someone with a high presence, high

conscientiousness, and high conviction may bea leader in their religious order, or a famous

hero out to save the world. Someone with a

low presence, but high conscientiousness &

conviction may be an unsung hero, a quiet

monk, or a lowly scribeall dedicated to their

quest. High P, low CS, high CV = someone

famous in an organization thats just too

important to bother with others. Low P, low CS,

high CV = someone so dedicated to their ideals

that they dont have time for you even societyhardly knows they exist. High P, high CS, low CV

= someone who is likeable and wants to help

others, but may not stick around long and may

be actively looking for a better situation

possibly at your expense. Low P, high CS, low

CV = someone who is flying under the radar by

accident or by design, theyre very aware of

others but they may not mean them well. High

P, low CS, low CV = someone who is probably an

evil super-villain; theyre hard to miss and they

certainly dont care about anyone else and will

do anything at any time. Low P, low CS, low CV

= if this person isnt you, then theyre probably

trying to backstab you right now. They dont

stand out of a crowd, are only interested in

their own agenda, and have no qualms about

getting what they want. These all represent the

extremes of the various componentsyou may

very well have a low P, low CS, and a low CVif

theyre not all rock bottom values, then you

may be a self-absorbed forest dweller without a

care for the rest of the world. Or even, a low P,

moderate CS, low CVmeaning you are gentle

and quiet, would help someone in a pinch, but

dont trust large organizations. Maybe youve

even left that life behind after a bad experience.

Set your values, think about how they interact,

and use them to more fully incorporate your

character into the story.


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Race & BackgroundYour origin not only explains your essential

nature, but the past often has an uncanny knack

for cropping up in your present. The race you

portray will generate different connotations in

each story, or game world, but will usually

provide the most generic guidelines for who

your character is. Unless a particular race is

very rare, persecuted, key to a prophecy, etc.,

there will be little reason for the choice of race

to greatly influence your characters destiny.

Similarly, your background is a generic

collection of terms intended to help visualize

and portray your character without holding

them fast to any rigid track or preconceived

notion.

A suite of races and accompanying rules is

found in this section which will modify your

abilities, statistics, and other capabilities. At the

end of the section are a group of background

that which are recommended, but ultimately

entirely optional, to allow for a more powerful

description of the character. Both the races,

and the backgrounds may be considered

archetypical and as such modified, added to

or limited. For example, in your world a

particular race from this guide may not be

presentit may be modified very slightly or

even copied and THEN modified slightly to

create two related but distinct sub races. An

orc, described here as being strong and often

belligerent, might instead become a diminished

stone giantthese kind of cosmetic choices put

little or no strain on the rules and are entirely

encouraged. Creating new abilities requires

ensuring that a balance of power is maintained

and is only successful with experienced GMs

and established groupsAFTER discussion &

consensus from all involved.

Races

Ages child / adult / elder / ancient (most of

your race are dead after reaching elder status).

HumanHumans are the most numerous race in mostregions (and settings). This is a position held

largely due to their higher than normal

adaptability. A human can, with proper

training, excel at any task.

Play a human if you want to excel at any class or

have the widest range of options. Your roleplay

options are truly unlimited; with all types of

personalities or predilections available for you

to portray.

Human Traits

Typical height:

Typical weight:

Lifespan:

52 64

105 270lbs

10 / 20 / 40 / 75 ancient

Speed

Size:

Vision:

Languages:

6

Medium

Normal

Common, One addition

language of your choice

Bonuses

Ability Score

Skills

+1 to one (your choice)

+1 to two (your choice)

Racial Ability Adaptability

Racial Dice Amazon

Adaptability: before an action you may spend

dice from your AP, and exchange that amount

of health , with dice currently in your RP.

ElfElves are wise and aloof, and often removed

from society at large. Because their lives are so

much longer than other races, they often prove

incomprehensible to other individuals - and the

feeling can be mutual.


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Play an elf if you like ranged combat, dedication

to your own personal cause, or watching the

exploits of the less permanent. Roleplay

options emphasize your individuality, wisdom

and generosity, and elves more than most

understand the natural order (having seen so

many seasons) and their place in it.

Elf Traits

Typical height:

Typical weight:

Lifespan:

57 7

120 210lbs

20 / 60 / 120 / 215 ancient

Speed

Size:

Vision:

Languages:

7

Medium

Low Light

Common, ElvishBonuses

Ability Score

Skills

+1 to Agility

+1 to XX / +2 to XX

Racial Ability Elven Accuracy

Racial Dice Coral Elf

Elven Accuarcy: when your quality is poor or

less on any action with a ranged weapon, you

may reroll 1 die of your choice and reassess the

quality of action.

Dwarf

A Dwarf is tough and stalwart. While they have

a reputation for being gruff or very single-

minded, not every dwarf makes themselves a

chore to be around. Similarly, not all dwarves

are in love with caverns. However, dwarf

communities are typically found in the

mountains, and features buildings made of

stone. These are constructed above and below

ground with many members of the community

dedicated to the working, or shaping, or this

resource.

Play a dwarf if you want to shrug off a hit or

wear the most excellent heavy armor without

slowing down. Roleplay a dedicated,

community oriented, individual.

Dwarf Traits

Typical height:

Typical weight:Lifespan:

36 53

110 240lbs14 / 25 / 50 / 90 ancient

Speed

Size:

Vision:

Languages:

5

Medium

Low Light

Common, Dwarvish

Bonuses

Ability Score

Skills

+1 to Power

+1 to XX / +1 to XX

Racial Ability Dwarven Resilience

Racial Dice Dwarf

Dwarven Resilience: you may use one dice from

your AP as though it were in their RP when

rolling a reaction to reduce damage taken. Your

speed is not reduced when wearing heavy

armor.

Nix (lava elf) the pixie gnome, with an

acrobatic bent

Orc (goblin) strong and brutal

Shifter (feral)

Planarii (firewalker) good, planar ancestry,

mischievous, magical

Eldaroq (undead) devious, stealthy,

implacable

Saevrtorum (treefolk) - Dragon Trees strong,

slow, elemental, story of Immansuetus

Likely will not have playable races based off

these dice

Scalder Frostwing Swamp Stalker


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Traits

Typical height:

Typical weight:

Lifespan:

SpeedSize:

Vision:

Languages:

Bonuses

Ability Score

Skills

Racial Ability

Racial Dice

Backgrounds

Exile self-imposed / enforced

Brat just finished schooling

Tradesman a laborer striking out for more

excitement

Provincial the unenlightened, seeing it all for

the first time

Leader already have experience giving

direction, village elder/union/religious figure

Loner alienated in your surroundings

Pastoral farmer / small town

Studious the current student, often magical

Drivenyoure on a quest of your own

Warden intimately familiar with an area dearto you, usually one that others value less. Often

a forest dweller or elf.


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ClassYour class determines many details about how

you act. You gain access to TAbs by choosing a

class, and as you gain levels these choices grow

and deepen. Many of the choices you make

when leveling your character are governed by

your class. This section covers each class with

specifics on the capabilities available to each.

The abilities (TAbs), while different for each

class, rely on the dragon dice available to that

character. These dice exist in the Character

Pool which is the total pool of dice available

to that individual. These dice are recruited and

upgraded and represent that unique individuals

talents and areas of expertise. Details on how

the character pool is determined are found in

table 2-1.

Your class determines your HP gained. The

class you choose at first level will combine with

your Power stat to provide your level 1 HP.

Each level after that, you gain HP equal to the

#/lvl for your class. Additionally, when you

choose your first, and any subsequent levels

where skills may be trained, you choose fromamong the skills available to your class. These

skills are picked from within a list that is unique

to each class, as is the number of additional

skills of your choice that are allowed to be

trained.

Your class also determines the type of class dice

that your character is allowed to choose from,

and any proficiencies they have with weaponry.

Using the class table is essential for creating

your character and also when leveling up. The

first four columns describe the bonuses your

character obtains to their defenses. The next

three columns describe the bonuses to various

action types. The special qualities column is

where you'll find abilities that make your class

unique. Each line on the table corresponds to a

character level, determine which line applies to

your character and use those statistics.


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Warrior

Warriors have a nose for battle and prefer to be

where the action is thickest. They develop their

own particular code and strive to live by this in

every circumstance, often using their prowess

to keep their friends and companions from

harm. A warrior is adept with a variety of

weapons. Key stats include power & agility, and

key icons include melee and defense. They

have a good armor and fortitude, average

reflexes, and lower will. A warrior can manage

multiple enemies, imposing their will on the

pace of the battle, and is adept at causing and

taking damage.

HP: Initial - 15+Power; 6/lvl

Skills:

2 from the following list (Athletic,Healing, Nimble, Overwhelm)

1 of your choiceDice: Heavy Melee

Weapon Proficiency: Simple/Martial

LVL AC FORT REF WILL Special Qualities

1 0 5 5 5 Warrior Tactics

2 0 5 5 53 1 5 5 5

4 1 6 6 6

5 1 6 6 6 Warrior Instinct

6 1 7 7 7

7 2 7 7 7

8 2 7 7 7

9 2 7 7 7

10 2 8 8 8 Superior Warrior Tactics

11 2 8 8 8

12 3 9 9 9

13 3 9 9 9

14 3 9 9 9

15 3 10 10 10 Attuned to Combat

16 3 10 10 10

17 4 11 11 11

18 4 11 11 11

19 4 11 11 11

20 4 11 11 11

Warrior Tactics Starting at first level, a warrior

gains a familiarity with the ebb and flow of the

battlefield. They intimately understand that

damage dealt is as important as damage

avoided. A warrior may make an Opportunity

Attack roll against a target which leaves a space

they control using two dice instead of one. A

target affected by a warriors successful OA

stops moving.

Warrior Instinct before determining damage

from a successful attack, a warrior may add a

number of damage to the roll equal to the

number of normal power icons on one die used

in the action roll.


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Superior Warrior Tactics As Warrior Tactics,

except it may be used twice a round, and when

successful, allows the warrior to immediately

recover one dice from their AP.

Attuned to Combat when a warriors action ispoor quality, they may elect a number of health

from the action roll equal to half their level.

Reroll these dice and replace the original results

with the rerolled results, these dice may not be

rerolled again.

Weapon Strike Warrior TAb 1

You turn to your enemy and attack them with

your weapon.

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Close - Weapon

Icons: 3 Power / 1 Skill

Attack: POW vs. AC

1 [W] + POW + 2

Jab Warrior TAb 1

You unleash your quickest jab at your opponent

before they have time to react.

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Close Weapon

(Slashing)

Icons: 3 Power / 1 SkillAttack: POW +2 vs. AC

1 [W] + POW

Cleave Warrior - Push TAb 1

You hit multiple foes.

Standard Action

Target: 2 Opponents

Close - Weapon

Icons: 3 Power / 1 Skill - roll separately for

each opponent

Cost: 1 active die

Attack: POW vs. AC

1 [W] + POW

Special: if your quality on the first attack is good

or better, deal additional damage equal to your

Power icons from the die you spent to use this

ability.

Sunder Warrior - Push TAb 1

Your blows hammer into your opponents armor

so effectively that you momentarily turn its very

presence to your advantage.

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Close - Weapon

Icons: 3 Melee

Cost: 1 active die

Attack: POW vs. AC

When determining the quality of the attack,

dont count the opponents armor. Deal

additional damage equal to their armor value.

Improved Weapon

Strike

Warrior - TAb 4

Standard ActionTarget: 1 Opponent

Close - Weapon

Icons: 5 Power

Cost:

Attack: POW +1 vs. AC

1 [W] + POW + 5

Slice Warrior - TAb 4

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Close - Weapon

(Piercing)Icons: 5 Power

Cost:

Attack: POW+3 vs. AC

1 [W] + POW + 3

Enrage Warrior - Push TAb 4

When your attack slides past the enemys

guard, you gain their full attention.

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Close - Weapon

Icons: 3 Power / 2 Skill

Cost: 1 active die

Attack: POW vs. AC

1 [W] + POW + Power icons from two active

dice

Special: if your quality is good or better, the

target of this abilities next action must target

you (unless they possess no abilities w/targets).


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Shove Warrior - Push TAb 4

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Close - Weapon

Icons: 3 Power / 2 Agility

Cost: 1 active dice

Attack: POW vs. AC

1 [W] + POW + Power icons from two active

dice

Special:Move the opponent up to two squares

if your category was good, or three if it was

fantastic.

Warrior - TAb 8

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - TAb 8

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - Push TAb 8

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC


Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - TAb 13

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - TAb 13

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC


Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC


Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - TAb 17

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:


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Attack: POW vs. AC


Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - Mastery TAb 17

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:Attack: POW vs. AC

Warrior - Mastery TAb 17

Standard Action

Target:

Close - Weapon

Icons:

Cost:

Attack: POW vs. AC


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Rogue

A Rogue utilizes their skills in and out of battle.

They can pick a lock, find a trap, or stab for an

enemys vitals. Rogues are adept at dealing

heavy amounts of damage to single foes and

possess an ability to distract a foe and then

strike with deadly force when the time is right.

HP: Initial - 12+Power; 5/lvl

Skills:

4 from the following list (Athletic,Nimble, Overpower, Perception,

Stealth, Streetwise, Subterfuge)

2 of your choiceDice: Light Melee

Weapon Proficiency: Simple/Martial

LVL AC FORT REF WILL Special Qualities

1 0 5 5 5 Stealthy Positioning

2 0 5 5 5

3 0 5 5 5

4 1 6 6 6

5 1 6 6 6 Mesmerize6 1 7 7 7

7 1 7 7 7

8 2 7 7 7

9 2 7 7 7

10 2 8 8 8 Rogue 3

11 2 8 8 8

12 2 9 9 9

13 3 9 9 9

14 3 9 9 9

15 3 10 10 10 Rogue 4

16 3 10 10 10

17 3 11 11 11

18 4 11 11 11

19 4 11 11 11

20 4 11 11 11

Stealthy Positioning whenever you damage an

opponent, you may place one class token on

the opponent. Place these tokens after

resolving the ability that caused the damage

and only if you have Combat Advantage against

them. Place an additional token if you are also

flanking the opponent. Tokens may be spent

for various effect including additional damage

(see the following table). You may only place

tokens if you did not spend any class tokens this

turn. When you spend tokens, you may spend

any number, but only in the denominations

shown below.

Tokens Spent Effect

1 +1 dmg2 +3 dmg

3 +7 dmg

Mesmerize When you have combat

advantage, during damage rolls you may add

the Skill results on one Active Dice to your

damage result.


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Rogues do situation/positional damage in

addition to their weapon attacks. This allows

them to be viciously effective in most situations

as long as they ensure that a superior tactical

advantage is available to them during the

course of battle. The added damage is

essentially capped at the maximum

effectiveness of the rogue rather than

increasing over the duration of the encounter.

They may either remove their class tokens from

an enemy to generate an effect, OR place a

token (or tokens). +1 token for Combat

Advantage, +1 token for flanking (cumulative

w/CA). Remove 1 / 2 / 3 tokens for 1 / 3 / 7

dmg or alternate effects based on TAbs,

equipment, etc.


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Paladin

Make an RR when taking damage. Reduce the

amount of damage based on the amount of

Save icons obtained. Effects vary by level.

Call out target, target suffers a +1 penalty to the

difficulty of the primary threshold of their TAbs

until they engage you.

Monk

Once per turn, when making an attack roll, add

movement icons to the result

Float Softly: Dmg and a +2 to acrobatics for the

duration of the round.

Causes damage can hit 2 enemies that are

several squares apart due to superior mobility.

Majority of attacks cause some type of

debilitating status effect, i.e. stun/stagger/etc.,

on hit.

Druid

Has abilities that hamper opponents plans, like

entangle or control of elements (wind: zone of

difficult terrain and save vs. prone). Also

damage from natural sources like a versatile

natural weapon (flame, spikes, etc. from clubs)

and direct damage blast of flames or lightning

bolts, etc. They have an alternate form they

can assume to deal damage at the expense of

magic. What does the pet do? Shared HP?Perhaps a separate class, like Warg / Empath

would better allow a pet both for reasons of

complexity and also for rolehow can a druid

bring the ability to control the battlefield but

also have an always on form of damage (their

pet) w/o also being the star of the show?

Ranger

Choose a favored enemy (insert Table). When

you target your favored enemy with a TAb, you

may include one additional common die in your

pool (if one is available).

Skills 3 of 4 + 2 of your choice (Stealth /

Nature / Nimble / Athletics)

Climbing damage over time relative to

focusing on a single enemy. Each hit (or

attack?) allows placement of a class token.

These tokens fit with the TAb to grant X

dmg/token and/or +W dmg/X tokens.Placement of additional bonus tokens relative

to favored enemy is available; typically when

first placing a token to represent the Ranger

having instinctive knowledge of the specific

enemys weaknesses due to repeated study of

that type of creature. This damage increases

steadily during combat as the rangers skills in

exploiting advantage over a foe come into

effect.

Barbarian

May always add melee icons to the result of

damage rolls.

Barbarian Rage: Movement and Save icons

count as melee icons for the duration of Rage.

Drained: after the duration of Rage expires, a

barbarian makes all AR rolls at -1 die.

Lethargy: Following a Rage, a barbarian makes adepletion check.

Break Asunder: Ignore shield bonus to AC

When a barbarian misses an attack, they may

spend a dice to reroll any number of dice of

their choice.


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Wind resistance: when a barbarian is about to

make a depletion check as a result of a push

TAb they have just resolved, place the spent die

in the AP, however, do not roll it during the

depletion checkinstead, consider its result to

be a non-icon result.

Cleric

A cleric may make an AR to heal themselves or

allies within range. Dice rolled and

requirements to achieve success vary by

domain and level.

Mage

At the beginning of an encounter, make an AR

to determine the number of spell-points

available and the maximum level of spell that

can be cast.

Skills 3 of the following 4 + 2 of your choice.

Wizardry / Scholarship / Craft / Perception

Archer

When making attack or damage rolls, take an

AR and add the missile icons to the result.

Leaders leaders to things like grant extra class

tokens, sometimes do healing, refresh dice,grant attacks, provide beneficial party effects,

anything that makes other classes better.

Bonuses to longevity for the tanks, greater

ability to control the battlefield, more attacks or

damage for the strikers.

Multi-classing

When you decide later that your character

should obtain an even greater diversity of

options than those available in their chosen

class, or that there is a story driven reason for

you to be slinging spells as well as swinging an

axe, or even just because you want to, you can

become a multi-class character.

You may even create a multi-class character

above starting level (one thats multi-classed as

they enter their first game session).

To create a multi-class character, you must

determine your starting class. For characters

that multi-class once the game has beenstarted, it is simple to determine which class

you had first. For those that multi-class prior to

the game, one must be chosen. You combine

all levels in their starting class and determine

statistical bonuses. Next, compare any other

classes (in descending numerical order of levels

taken, with ties broken chronologically by

duration) at the combined level of that class

and any other classes already accounted for to

determine if a greater statistical bonus isavailable at that combined level. If not - your

character will need to wait until their current

classes bonus to that stat rises above any prior

bonus to that stat before applying the higher

bonus--your bonus does not decrease as a

result of multi-classing although there are

numerous situations where the bonus to that

particular stat will have already risen above the

value obtainable in the new class at any level.

Class abilities that require a certain number of

levels in the class are not triggered by your

character level rising--they only take effect

when you have accumulated the required

number of levels of that specific class.


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TAbs may be relearned during multi-classing to

represent your character steeping themselves

in new skills and lore. When you learn a new

class you may replace any of your current TAbs

with ones from your new class. Remember, this

only takes effect when you first learn the new

class. If you really must switch back and forth

between two classes, be careful about

unlearning all the TAbs of your previous class,

because you will have only the default

relearning (one single TAb at odd levels) to rely

on after that point. A Warrior who drops all of

their current abilities for new Wizard abilities

will only slowly be able to add them back to

their portfolio. If they later want to become a

Cleric as well, they will only have the

opportunity to swab their current TAbs for

Cleric class abilities, and are unable to freely

regain their original Warrior abilities.

Although it can be helpful to plan ahead, these

rules are intended mainly to preserve the

balance between characters of one class and

multi-class characters as well as provide some

inherent realism for how the learning of broad

swathes of capabilities would work. They arenot intended to cause a huge book-keeping

hassle for players choosing these options, so

keep in mind that even if you do make a

mistake, your GM can provide some help and

there is also retraining available to every

character at periodic intervals. This retraining

gives both access to improved abilities as well

as provide an outlet to change and customize

your character.

Your HP increase at the rate of your current

class each time you choose a level in that class.

When skills are trained, you learn them

according to your current class. For characters

multi-classing prior to play, both initial starting

HP (above), and initial skill training are specific

to class and are further important reasons to

clearly nominate your starting class.

Dragon Dice in your CP accrue by race, class,

and those freely chosen. Because upgrading

your dice requires them to maintain theirnature, the multi-class character should be

mindful of how the process works and how this

affects them. No special rules exist for multi-

class characters concerning the CP. Racial dice

offer the multi-class character a good deal of

flexibility. These dice must stay the same color

(that specified by your race), but you may

change the type of the dice each time you

upgrade it. Therefore, a Dwarf Warrior with a

common heavy melee dwarven die mayexchange it for an uncommon magic die of the

same color according to the standard CP

improvement table.

Class dice specify the required type of die (and

may possibly specify color as well), and while

these may be upgraded, their nature will not

change. A heavy melee die gained through your

class will stay a heavy melee die as long as you

run that character.

Dice that are freely chosen by the player also

maintain both their type and color once chosen,

although again, these dice may be upgraded

from one size to another when specified by the

advancement table.

Special qualities are determined by class level -

not by character level. Therefore, a 7th level

character with 4 levels of Warrior does not yet

possess the Warrior Instinct ability, but will gain

it when they next gain a warrior level.


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SkillsSkills are groupings of talents around related

areas. Players will likely have bonuses to

specific actions (or more limited groups) within

that skill. Example, Rangers have situational

bonuses to their Nature Skill when tracking.

Example, Druids have situational bonuses to

their Nature Skill when conversing with animals.

Skill checks: level + skill rank + the skill icons

from skill roll.

Perform the skill check, then compare the total

results of your roll to the DC of the check. If

your result is equal to, or greater than, the DC

then the check is a success.

Some checks allow rolls to be made over

multiple rounds - with bonuses or penalties tothe roll / additions or subtractions to the

number of dice allowed to be rolled.

Retry - only some actions allow another

attempt. Each skill specifies when additional

attempts are allowed.

Arcana

Retry - None

Arcana is an aggregate term for the study andunderstanding of magic. If an opponent is using

a magical effect, Arcana can also be used to

gain information about the effect.

Identify a Spell(or spell-like ability) - make a skill

check and Arcane icons to your score. Compare

the results to the level of the spell. For each

threshold that is met, you obtain information in

that category about the spell.

Spell level +3 = name (or colloquial name)of the effect

Spell level +6 = duration of the effect Spell level +10 = full description of spell,

including relevant DC or ways to avoid the

effect

Skill Key Ability Example actions

Arcana Intelligence Identify spell, locate magic effects

Athletic Power Run, Jump, Climb, Endure environmental factors, Grab an

opponent

Craft Agility Make something

Diplomacy Insight Sway opinion, read anothers body language, forge a long-term

solution to a difference of opinions

Healing Insight Perform first aid, heal diseases

Nature Insight Track, survive outside, improvise shelter

Nimble Agility Escape, tumble, balance

Overwhelm Power Intimidate, bluff, get your way without control of the

consequences

Perception Insight Spot, listen, smell, notice things

Scholarly Intelligence History, religion, mathematics, skilled labor

Stealth Agility Avoid detection

Streetwise Intelligence Determine where to go or not to go, find a contact

Subterfuge Intelligence Lift, pickpocket, disarm defenses


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Identify latent magic - when an object has

magical properties (but is not currently

manifesting a magical effect), you can use your

Arcana skill to gain information. Make a check

as per Identifying a Spell.

Level + 3 = item is/is not magical Level + 6 = magic is harmful / benign Level + 11 = items function / abilities Level +13 = keywords to use the itemLocate the direction of a magical effect- when a

magical effect is currently active, a player with

training in the Arcana skill may determine its

existence as per passive perception. If you

become aware of a magical effect, you canlocate its direction (cardinal) with a successful

check (lvl+3), and its distance (accurate to 50%

of distance, or general) with a check (lvl+6), and

its exact location (lvl+10) either described or

such that you can follow your intuition to its

location. This doesnt allow you to

automatically disarm any traps, locks, secret

doors, etc. related to the item being hidden.

Instead, you can follow your intuition to the

object of furniture in which the object is beingheld.

Athletic

Craft

Diplomacy

Healing

Nature

RetrySpecial

The ability to navigate outdoors, locate food,

create simple structures and tools from natural

materials, speak with/relate to wild creatures,

track signs.

Track- opposed by the Stealth of the creature

which left the tracks - higher check wins the

opposed check. No retry.

+2 for the creature being tracked for every day

which has passed, cumulative with + 5 if it hasrained since the tracks were made. Creatures

actively concealing their tracks move at half

speed. Active concealment adds +10 to their

side of the check.

Forage creatures trained in Nature

automatically forage for themselves in normal

environments, and may forage for an additional

creature(s) of their size at +5*(# creatures being

fed). The check takes 1 hr for themselves or 3

hours if feeding multiple creatures. In inimical

environments, these times are doubled, as is

the DC and even trained creatures need to

count themselves in the # creatures being fed

category. Retry none, a new check is

performed each 24 hours.

Create structure if inclement weather

threatens and no premade shelters are

available, the nature skill is used to identify

natural elements that can be used to create a

shelter. Successful completion of a shelter

allows those using it to avoid the additional

fatigue checks that result from lack of shelter.

Improvise natural trap nature often provides

many materials and features that can be turned

into a trap with time and proper craft.

Nimble

Overwhelm

Perception

Scholarly

Stealth


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Streetwise

Subterfuge

Use the following table to determine level

appropriate skill or ability checks. Skills are

trained at the 1st, 6th, and 12th levels. Each

training grants a +2 bonus with the skill. You

may train the same skill multiple times. The

default difficulty setting for skill DCs not

specified in the rules is specified in the Average

column using the trained skill value. This value

should be modified by -2 for easy tasks (as

though no specific skill training were required)

or +1 for more difficult tasks, or ones the

characters have incomplete information or

tools to undertake. The GM will utilize the table

to pick more appropriate DC values at their

discretion for any actions they for which they

feel the standard difficulty does not - or should

not - apply.

Table X-1; skill values by level

Lvl Low Skill Result Average Skill Result High Skill Result

Untrained Trained Untrained Trained Untrained Trained1 1 3 3 5 5 7

2 2 4 4 6 6 8

3 2 4 4 6 6 8

4 4 6 6 8 8 10

5 4 6 6 8 9 11

6 5 7 7 9 10 14

7 5 7 8 10 10 14

8 6 8 9 11 11 15

9 6 8 9 11 11 15

10 8 10 11 13 14 18

11 8 10 11 13 14 1812 9 11 12 14 15 20

13 9 11 12 14 16 21

14 10 12 13 15 17 22

15 10 12 13 15 17 22

16 11 13 14 16 18 23

17 11 13 14 16 18 24

18 12 14 15 17 19 26

19 12 14 15 17 19 26

20 13 14 16 18 20 27


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Feats

3 or more dice show an SAI - apply results of

one SAI to all adjacent enemies

3 or more dice show an SAI - apply results of

one SAI to all enemies in burst

3 or more dice show an SAI - Add two normal

results of your choice to the result of the roll

Combat expertise - All active dice show melee

results - add one melee to result per dice to the

result of the roll

Combat versatility - melee results in excess ofthose needed to be an equal amount of ONE

type of normal result of your choice. These dice

are considered to be of that normal result for

the remainder of the resolution.

Press On Take 1+1/2 lvl damage, nominate a

dice from your reaction pool to be considered

as in your action pool for your next action. This

dice returns to your reaction pool after

resolving the action.

Buoyed by Success when you obtain a

fantastic result, you may consider the result a

good result and add 3 normal icons to your next

action roll.

Forceful Negotiator a character nominating all

dice of the same color for a social encounter

gains a +1 bonus on the result of each dice.

Effective Negotiator - a character nominating all

white dice for a social encounter may eliminate

penalties incurred by another character.

Teamwork (X) While class tokens belong to

the player that placed them, a character with

this feat may place a token of (X) class for

another player. When spending a class token,

you may elect to consider any players tokens of

class (X) as though they were placed by you.

Forewarning prerequisite; 1 heavy melee dice.

Forewarning Advantage TAb 4

An enemy tries to slip past your guard, but you

interfere with them - and prepare your

companions.

Triggered

Target: you

successfully make an

Opportunity Attack on

an adjacent opponent.

Close - Weapon

Icons: N/A

Cost: N/A

Effect: choose an ally to receive a +2 bonus to

AC and defenses until the end of your next turn.


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Dragon DiceMany different icons are found on dragon dice.

The most prevalent are normal icons. Normal

icons come in 5 different varieties. The text in

parenthesis indicates the icons description in

the base Dragon Dice game for reference.

Power (melee) - power icons are a measure of

strength--the ability to do damage--and martial

prowess.

Agility (missile) - agility icons are associated

with quickness and speed - ability to cause

damage at a distance - be accurate - and

sometimes include acrobatic or tactical

maneuvers

Skill (movement) - skill icons unlock the most

difficult tactical maneuvers - are used to make

skill checks (and provide bonuses to most non-

combat tasks)

Arcane (magic) - arcane icons represent magical

prowess, including divinely sourced power

Defense (save) - defense icons function as a

means to avoid damage - to boost AC or otherdefenses - provide HP - and mediate fatigue

Selecting your dice

Initial creation of a first level character entitles

you to pick four dice. See the table on

character pools. Two dice will be chosen of a

type specified by your race, another will be

specified by your class, and your final selection

may be from any dice you choose. The size of

these dice is dictated by the character pooltablefor a first level character, they are all

common dice.

Your Character Pool

These are the dice which you use to take

actions, perform reactions to an opponent, or

to execute skills and other sundry. The entire

amount of dice possessed by your character

form the character pool. These dice will

originate from different sources, namely those

you choose, those specified by your class or by

your race. When you level up, you may select

additional dice from one of the listed sources,

or upgrade dice already present in your pool to

larger sizes. The character pool table specifies

when this occurs and which dice are involved.

Your characters total pool of dice is referred to

as the Character Pool. Only very rarely will all

the dice in your Character Pool be available for

any given action. You will typically pick a

selection of these dice to roll in order to

determine the success of your action. Mostactions require dice to exist in your Action Pool

(AP), while some require the dice to be in your

Reaction Pool (RP). Further, actions often

require dice to be spent from the AP into the RP

where they are not available for subsequent

actions until restored to the AP. The game

mechanics that determine these processes are

found throughout the following sections as

applicable skills, feats, combat, and

adventuring. You will want to focus onrecruiting a selection of dice into your character

pool that will contribute the abilities you desire

that your character use. For the types of

actions you will undertake most repeatedly, it is

advisable to create some redundancy in the

available dice. Certain taxing situations will

result in some dice being unavailable, while the

more strenuous actions will require the

spending of dicesimilarly rendering these dice

unavailable when they might otherwise be

needed.

Dragon Dice these come in varying color

combinations, sizes (called health from

common to monster), and types.


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Color - the color of a die is the combination of

colors it is formed of. Amazon and Undead dice

are considered to be a single color (ivory and

black respectively) while other die are

composed of two colors.

Health Dice come in 4 denominations three

6 sided (d6) and one 10 sided d10)

the smallest die is a common (C) (1health) and has six sides

the medium size is an uncommon (U) (2health) and has six sides

the largest six sided dice is a rare (R) (3health)

while the 10 sided die is a monster (Mon)(4 health).

Type the glossary lists the type of each die. A

given set of color combinations (called a race in

the dragon dice game) has 5 types. The most

typical distribution of types for one color set is,

heavy melee, light melee, missile, cavalry, and

magic.

Racial Dice (X) each race has an accompanying

color of die. When you recruit a racial die, you

may recruit a die of the listed health (X) from

among any dice specified by your race.

Class Dice (X) - each class has an accompanying

type of die. When you recruit a class die, you

may recruit a die of the listed health (X) from

among any dice specified by your current class.

Promote (X) When you promote a dice you

must preserve both its color and its type.

Character Pool Advancement

Table 2-1 Level C U R CP

Size

Racial Die x2 (C),

Class Die (C),

Recruit (C) Level 1 4 4

Level 2 4 4

Class Die (C) Level 3 5 5

Promote (C) Level 4 4 1 5

Racial Die (U) Level 5 4 2 6

Level 6 4 2 6

Promote (C) Level 7 3 3 6Recruit (C) Level 8 4 3 7

Promote (C) Level 9 3 4 7

Level 10 3 4 7

Racial Dice (R) Level 11 3 4 1 8

Level 12 3 4 1 8

Promote (U) Level 13 3 3 2 8

Level 14 3 3 2 8

Class Die (U) Level 15 3 4 2 9

Level 16 3 4 2 9

Promote (U) Level 17 3 3 3 9

Class Die (C) Level 18 4 3 3 10

Promote (C) Level 19 3 4 3 10

Level 20 3 4 3 10

Modifiers based on the CP

Review your character pool initially at character

creation and each time the number, size, or

type change. One dice may be nominated for

each of five different types of bonus. The same

dice may be chosen multiple times. Determinethe number of icons of a given type on the

chosen dice. Divide this number by 2--this

calculation will yield the modifier or bonus.

Power - choose one dice in your CP - the # of

power icons/2 is added to your power score.

Agility - choose one dice in your CP - the # of

agility icons/2 is added to your agility score.

Skill - choose one dice in your CP - the # of skillicons/2 is added, divided as you choose, among

the defense(s) of your choice (example a +3

bonus means you could add +2 to FORT and +1

to REF)


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Arcane - choose one dice in your CP - the # of

arcane icons/2 is added to your choice of either

your Insight or your Intelligence score.

Defense - choose one dice in your CP - the # of

save icons/2 is added to your AC.

Defense choose one dice in your CP the # of

defense icons is added to your pool of HP.

Using Dragon Dice

Critical Miss: When you roll 3 or more dragon

dice, if all results showing are Icon results, a

critical miss has occurred! Re-roll the dice,

continuing to re-roll any dice that show an Icon

result until no Icon results are obtained.

Determine which category of result is greatest

and consult the Critical Miss table. Example,

when rolling for damage, 2 icons are obtained.

These dice are rolled again, and 3 power and 1

Icon result are obtained. The Icon result is re-

rolled and obtains 2 agility. 3 power is the

greatest category, so the Critical Miss result for

3 power is applied.

Critical Success: When you roll 3 or more

dragon dice and obtain the same normal result

on all dice, add one to the result of each dice.

Note: SAIs are not normal results and so would

only count as a critical success if the SAI

specified that it counted as normal results, or if

all dice were showing SAIs.

Special Action Icons:

Flaming Shield the shields possessed by the

Firewalker racial dice count both as normal

Shield icons or, during a reaction roll against an

adjacent target, as normal Melee icons.

Fly Fly icons count as either movement or

saves

Scorching Shield/Wings Save icons possessed

by Scalder racial dice count as saves or instead

may generate 1 point of damage per icon to the

attacker when the attacker is adjacent. All

icons obtained must be counted either as saves

or as icons of no type that generate damage.

This damage only occurs when the scorching

icons are obtained during a reaction ability.

Rend Rend generates melee results. If the

target has already taken damage or is bloodied,

count the results obtained and roll this dice

again.

Smite Smite generates melee results. Smite

also lowers the AC and Reflex defense of the

target by the half number of smite icons

obtained. This effect is ongoing and requires a

save to end. New smite results replace prior

smite results only if the value obtained is higher

or if the previous effect has ended.

Trample Trample generates melee results or

movement results.

Cantrip Cantrip generates magic results.

During an attack roll, Cantrip counts as magicresults and increases the users MP by 1. This

increase is not cumulative, and a maximum of 1

MP may be obtained per turn. When either 3

die or all die obtain a Cantrip icon, determine

the magic overload by consulting the Magic

Overload section of the relevant class.

Counter Counter generates save results.

During a damage roll, Counter adds an

additional +2 damage and adds +2 to yourchoice of AC or reflex until the beginning of

your next turn. This damage is cumulative, the

+2 bonus to AC or reflex is not cumulative &

may only be applied to one of the two defenses

at a given time.


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Bullseye Bullseye generates missile results.

During an attack roll, Bullseye counts as missile

results and subtracts 1 from the targeted

defense.

Double Strike Choose 1: Roll this die twice andcount both results (further Double Strike results

have no effect), or roll any die in your action

pool and double the number of normal results

generated by that die.

Volley Volley icons count as either missile or

saves.

Flaming Arrow Flaming Arrow generates

missile results. During an attack roll, Flaming

arrow counts as missile results and adds +2

damage to the damage of that attack.

Poison Poison generates missile or melee

results

Coil (cavalry) Coil generates melee or

movement results, and may also generate 4

points of immediate damage against an enemy

who is grappled.

Wild Growth (light melee) Wild Growth

generates melee results. During an attack roll it

may instead add +2 to the attack and increase

the damage die by 1 step (maximum d12) for

the characters next damage roll. Add +2

damage if increasing the size of the damage die

is not possible; this increase is cumulative.

Scare Scare generates normal melee results

and may also give a creature within 3 spaces of

the target the Frightened condition.

Vanish Vanish generates normal save results,

and also gives +1 to all defenses until the

beginning of the characters next turn.

Wither Wither generates melee results, or

may instead give the target (or originator of the

attack, if rolled as a reaction) the Sickened

condition.

Convert (light magic) if this action reduces an

enemy to 0 or fewer HP, regain your choice of 5

HP or 2 MP.

TAbs

Several varieties of TAbs are available to you.

Most TAbs are general TAbs. In the rulebook, a

TAb without a subtype is considered to be a

general TAb as the default type. There are also

advantage TAbs, and mastery TAbs. When

reading the advancement table, a character

with 3/2/1 TAbs known would know three

general TAbs, two advantage TAbs, and one

mastery TAb.

General TAbs represent attacks and other

simple actions your character can undertake.

While there is no restriction on using a TAb

outside of combat, most general TAbs have no

effect. For example, breaking a structural

object may happen either in - or out - of combat

and does require a means to determine

whether your character does sufficient damage

to cause an effect. However, breaking such an

object carries its own rules, and therefore, even

a character with such a colorfully worded TAb

as Break Asunder would use the standard

object breaking rules and not this TAb.

As another example, a character wants to cross

a chasm reviews their arsenal and asks their GM

about Float Softly. This TAb generates a

temporary bonus to acrobatics. The one round

duration does not pose a problem, since thechasm can be crossed in one movement

(although the adventuring party is currently not

acting in initiative). However, the target of this

TAb is one opponent, and as there are none it

cannot be used in this situation. Further, the

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hit. Again, as there are no opponents - this TAb

cannot function in this situation.

Push TAbs function nearly identically to general

tabs but almost always require the expendature

of resources - usually by spending a dice. TheseTAbs may be viewed as your character

accessing resources above their level, which -

while truly awesome - comes at a cost.

Bonuses that the a character may find a use for

at any given time, often in or out of combat, are

typically found in advantage TAbs. These use

the same structure as a general TAb, but

typically do not involve an attack or any kind of

damage. Also, most advantage TAbs do not

require a standard action, and serve primarily to

modify a characters other abilities or as part of

the resolution of another TAb.

Mastery TAb represent the accumulation of

experience and acumen over the course of a

long and dangerous career. At the pinnacle of

your abilities a new layers of talents is revealed

for you to explore. A mastery TAb is a special

action that often unfolds over multiple rounds

of combat and is truly devastating - making you

a force to be reckoned with.

A sample TAb follows - each TAb is labeled with

its name, class, and level.

Weapon Strike Warrior TAb 1

You turn to your enemy and attack them with

your weapon.

Standard Action

Target: 1 Opponent

Melee Weapon

Icons: 3 Power / 1 SkillAttack: POW vs. AC 1 [W] + POW

Weapon Strike is a tab from the Warrior class,

and it a level 1 TAb (available to first level

characters.

Requirements for the TAb are listed - it takes 1

standard action, targets one creature with a

melee weapon (adjacent creature unless the

weapon has reach). No dice are specified, so

roll the default amount of 4. The primary value

is 3, and there is a single secondary value of 1.

In order to successfully use the TAb, roll up to 4

dice, needing 3 power icons and 1 skill icon on

the active dice. Because there is no miss

effect, failing to obtain these icons ends the

action.

If sufficient primary and secondary icons are

obtained to satisfy each primary and secondary

value, determine the actions quality. To do so,

add the number of primary icons (power)

obtained on your AR to your POW and 1/2 lvl,

compare to AC of the target opponent anddetermine the quality on the standard table.

Using the required quality modifier, roll for

damage. A good quality on this TAb would

allow you to roll 1 weapon damage and add

your POW modifier to the damage roll. A

warrior with a +3 POW and a longsword would

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Advancement

XP LvlTAbs

KnownFeats Character Pool C U R Total Dice

0 1 3 1 Racial Die x2 (C), Class Die (C),Recruit (C)

4 4

1000 2 3 1 4 4

2250 3 3 1 Class Die (C) 5 5

3750 4 3 2 Promote (C) 4 1 5

5750 5 3 2 Racial Die (U) 4 2 6

8250 6* 3 2 4 2 6

11500 7 4 3 Promote (C) 3 3 6

15500 8 4 3 Recruit (C) 4 3 7

20500 9 4 3 4 3 7

26750 10 4 4 Racial Dice (R) 4 3 1 8

34550 11 4 4 4 3 1 844300 12* 4 4 Promote (C) 3 4 1 8

56500 13 4 5 Promote (U) 4 3 2 9

71750 14 4 5 4 3 2 9

90750 15 4 5 4 3 2 9

114500 16 4 6 Class Die (U) 4 4 2 10

144500 17 4+1 6 Promote (U) 4 3 3 10

182000 18 4+1 6 4 3 3 10

228500 19 4+1 6 Promote (C) 3 4 3 10

286500 20 4+1 6 3 4 3 10

*Levels at which skills are trained.

The +1 denotes a mastery TAb.


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Combat

Game Round

A round consists of the turns of each player,

and their enemies. Each creatures turn is taken

in descending order of initiative. When all

creatures have acted or passed their turn, the

round ends and a new round begins.

Initiative and surprise are handled

simultaneously during the Initiative Roll. At the

beginning of an encounter, perform an Initiative

Roll & determine which combatants are

surprised. Once these factors have been

determined, conduct a surprise round if

needed. Following the surprise round, beginnormal combat rounds. Each normal combat

round use the following structure, which

continues for the duration of the encounter.

Start of Roundo Roll Monster Dieo Save for ongoing effectso Recovery Roll

Turn(s) - in initiative order End of Round

TAbs

A threshold ability is the engine for most

combat actions. Roll the specified number of

dice from your action pool; the default number

of dice is four. Other ability may specify an

alternate value. Only dice from the action pool

can be selected.

Determine whether or not the Threshold ability

succeeds by rolling the nominated dice if a

number of icons the requires type(s) are

obtained that is equal or greater than the

values listed in the TAb description, then the

TAb succeeds. If the TAb succeeds, determine

the quality of the action.

Action Quality

In combat, the ability is compared to the target

defense. Add lvl + relevant ability modifier +

number of primary icons and compare to target

defense. This determines the quality of the

action.

There are 4 qualities, abysmal, poor, good, andfantastic. The quality is based on the relative

comparison of your results with the target.

Failure is often up to you, therefore, the

difference between a slight failure (poor

quality) and abject failure (abysmal quality)

is based on your own relevant statistics. The

higher your statistics, the less chance you have

of failing miserablythis is due to your training.

Similarly, when you exceed the target value,

you may hope to do exceptionally well (afantastic quality instead of the default good

quality), and the better your training; the more

likely it is for this to occur. Some abilities that

cause no damage will specify alternate results

for varying qualities.

Abysmal Poor Good Fantastic

RangeEqual to or less than:

Target 2X Ability

Less than

Target

Target or

greater

Equal to or more than:

Target + #Health rolled

Result

Minimum Damage

No secondary effects, spend

an additional die

damageNormal

effects

Maximum Damage

May refresh a Reaction Die


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An abysmal quality requires an additional die to

be spent in the event that game effects

require more dice to be spent than a character

is able, all available dice are spent AND any

other effects that would cause the character to

regain dice on that turn have no effect.

Saves

Saves are allowed for ongoing effects without a

specified duration. Roll the dice in your

reaction pool before determining which dice are

refreshed. You may cancel a number of

ongoing effects of equal to (or less) than the

number of ID icons obtained. The save roll is

entirely separate from the refresh roll, no dice

may be refreshed during a save roll regardless

of the results of the save roll, all dice can be

rolled normally in the refresh roll.

Opportunity Attack

Opportunity Attacks are made when the

circumstances present themselves. These

attacks do not deal damage, but rather sap the

resources of the target. When an Opportunity

Attack occurs, from the time it is triggered, to

the time it is resolved, the figure provoking theattack becomes the reacting (or defending)

figure, and the figure making the Opportunity

Attack (OA) becomes the attacking figure. To

make an Opportunity Attack, make an opposed

roll with one die from the attackers action pool

vs. one die from the reaction pool of the target

provoking the attack. The roll is melee vs.

defense (other OAs are possible and specified in

certain abilities or feats). If the action roll

meets or exceeds the reaction roll, the OA is a

success. To resolve the attack, the target

provoking the attack spends one dice from their

action pool into their reaction pool. If this is not

possible, they exhaust one die from their

reaction pool.

Recovery Roll

The recovery roll allows dice to be refreshed

from the reaction pool to the action pool. At

the beginning of your turn, after an optional

save against ongoing effects, make a recovery

roll. Roll all the dice in the RP, any that obtain

an ID icon may be returned to the AP.

Additionally, you may nominate a lower health

die to be returned to the AP instead of a dice

that rolled an ID icon. Example: you roll 2

commons, 1 uncommon and 1 rare die in your

RP. The rare die and one common roll ID

iconsyou elect to return the uncommon die

instead of the rare die along with the common

dice that rolled an ID.

Also, forfeit of movement allows dice in the RP

to be used as though they were in the AP (they

return to the RP following any action), while

forfeiting an action allows 1 die to be recovered

automatically, and a recovery roll may be made

if any dice remain in the RP.

Initiative Roll

Roll one die from your action pool and add your

initiative bonus to the number of Agility/Skillicons obtained.

If your initiative result is lower than a non-

minion Monster, make an Insight check vs. the

highest Passive Perception of Monsters whose

initiative result is greater than yours. Should

this check fail, you are surprised. If there are 3

or more monsters in the combat and your

initiative result is lower than all of them, you

are automatically surprised; do not make anopposed Insight check.

If your initiative result is higher than all

monsters, you gain a surprise round where you

can take one single action prior to the beginning

of the first normal round of combat.


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Creatures who are surprised cannot voluntarily

place dice in their reaction pool at the

beginning of combat, and grant combat

advantage to all enemies until you take a turn.

MovementCharacters move on a 1 grid, where each

square represents 5. On each movement you

may move a number of squares equal to your

speed. Every diagonal movement alternates

between 5 and 10 of move--the first diagonal

counts as 5. Difficult terrain adds an additional

5 to each square of movement.

Movement actions can be conducted as part of

a move action at the expense to a charactersspeed. Note that being incapacitated prevents

both movements and actions from being taken

by the affected creature.

Drink a potion - 3 squares Open an unlocked door - 2 squares Disengage (first move of turn; only

when engaged already) 4 squares

Stand from prone 4 squares

Perform a movement skill - varies; seeskill descriptions

Example, a character with a movement of 7

squares wants to drink a potion knows they can

move a maximum of 4 squares and still

complete this movement action. If they move 4

squares and any other effect reduces their

remaining movement before they drink the

potion - they will not have enough movement

remaining to do so.

Gaining extra movement

At the end of your movement, you may attempt

to obtain extra squares of movement. This

additional movement may only be used to

move in single square increments, cannot be

used to perform any other movement actions.

Roll up to 4 dice from your AP. This check uses

skill icons, and the difficulty is set at 1/2 current

speed + 2 for each square (cumulative). After

the second square, spend 1 dice for each

attempt. A character with a speed of 7 would

need to obtain 5 skill icons for their first square

of movement, and perform a separate check at

a difficulty of 7 if they wished to move an

additional square. If they succeed on both

these checks and wish to attempt to move a 3rd

additional square, the difficulty becomes 9 skill

icons and costs 1 dice whether the attempt is a

success or failure.

ActionsYou may take one standard action on your turn.

Standard actions include TAbs (most require a

standard action), skills - where noted.

Some actions - notably mastery TAbs - may

replace your entire turn. This is noted in the

description of the ability. There are also

combat actions available to all creatures.

Grab

Push

Reactions

The number of actions you can take is

unlimited, however, you will be using dice (and

occasionally exhausting them) from your RP.

This means that whenever you have no dice in

your RP - you cannot make any reactions that

requires a reaction roll. Almost all reactions

require use of dice in this way.

When you are targeted with an action, you may

make a reaction roll to influence that action.

The basic reaction is called an Avoidance Check.


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Threatened Squares

A character threatens all adjacent squares

unless they are incapacitated or prone. See

grappling.

Fleeing

If the party wishes to flee an encounter, add up

the total athletics modifier of the party (or of

the party members fleeing), and the total

modifier of the opponents in the encounter.

Each player fleeing, and each opponent,

nominates a die - roll and add skill icons of each

group to their modifier. The players

successfully flee if the equal or exceed their

opponents result.

Fleeing immediately ends the encounter (if only

a portion of the party flees, continue the

encounter for the remaining members). After

successfully fleeing, each character makes a

check to avoid becoming winded. A character

who is already winded automatically becomes

fatigued and a character who is already fatigued

becomes exhausted.

Fleeing creatures that are not characters drop

any carried items when they flee. If the

monsters flee and the players want to pursue

them again, the GM will specify an amount of

time required for the task, and the difficulty

value of an endurance check (should be set at a

level appropriate DC - assuming the fleeing

parties are monsters near the players level). In

this event, the encounter can start again where

it ended with the same HP and dice pools. The

fleeing party and the pursuers may all have to

make depletion checks to determine if they

have tired further.

Avoidance Check: After an action roll has

been made which targets you, roll the dice in

your RP. If you obtain a number of Reaction

Icons equal or greater than the primary value

of the action you are reacting to, raise the

primary value by one. Actions with multiple

targets may only have their primary value

increased by one reacting target.

Reaction Icons by action type:

Close - Defense

Ranged - Defense / Agility

Blast - Arcane / Skill

Other - Skill

Icons from multiple categories are not

combined. Pick one category of your choice

after the roll has been made.


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AdventuringA powerful warrior can slay a dragon. Magic

can cause rocks too heavy to lift to fly through

the air, or allow the dying to fight on past their

last strength. However, nothing can make you

push you past the limits of yourself. Characters

who repeatedly reach to their core for their last

reserves need some time to recuperate and

recover their poise and skill. As you adventure,

you may find yourself being pushed to your

limits and see how this impacts your overall

effectiveness.

GMs should strive to create an environment

where players clearly understand their

objectives, and the consequences for delay or

failure. This allows them to make choices that

are meaningful to the narrative regarding how

far and how fast they need to push their

characters. In absence of such consequences,

any written roleplaying system allows or

possibly even encourages players to rest after

every encounter. Since death is the end of any

narrative, but lack of consequence creates one

just about as boring as being dead...good

consequences that encourage and contextualize

risk taking without resulting merely in physical

death are vital mechanical elements of this

rules-set and also of the adventures created

using it.

As you adventure, you will find not only your

consumable resources (potions, ammunition,

food) dwindle, but your personal reserve may

do so as well. In an encounter, any time the

majority (more dice than not) of your dice are inyour RP, make a depletion check. This may

happen multiple, or even many, times per

encounter. The GM may also require such a

check at narrative checkpoints, as you move

across a desert, spend time on another plane,

or even if youre negotiating with a blacksmith

during the creation of a special magical

weaponand the venue for that negotiation is a

blisteringly hot forge. These examples involve

some type of environmental duress, but since

these states also involve the expenditure of

resources, a depletion check may be called for

any time whenever circumstances are not in

your favor or your group is unprepared for their

current endeavor (not to mention magical

causes, like a field of enchanted flower or the

magical defenses surrounding a dragons lair).

Your character starts with a natural unaffected

state. As they spend resources, certain effects

occur. These affects are detailed below. When

your characters state worsens, they progress

along a continuum from: normal (default), to

winded, then fatigued, and finally exhausted.

Be mindful of the state of your character. Notonly are there penalties which accompany each

state, but lingering in the worst carries the

chance of an actual death for your character

and the accompanying end of their narrative.

Windeda condition that affects a characters

capabilities. It is temporary in nature and lasts

for the duration of an encounter. If you start an

encounter with the Winded condition, place at

least two dice in your reaction pool. When youmake an action roll, increase the value of the

primary ability of a TAb by one. If the action is

not a TAb, subtract 1 from your result following

the roll.

Fatigueda condition that affects a characters

capabilities. It is temporary in nature and lasts

Depletion Check: Roll the dice in your RP. If

the majority show an icon result, your state

worsens one category. If all dice show an icon

result, spend a die from your AP (if possible)

in addition to any other effects.


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for the duration of an encounter. If you start an

encounter with the Fatigued condition, place

at least half your CP dice in your reaction pool.

When you make an action roll, increase the

value of the primary ability of a TAb by 2. If the

action is not a TAb, subtract 2 from your result

following the roll.

Exhausted a condition that affects a

characters capabilities. It is temporary in

nature and lasts for the duration of an

encounter. If you start an encounter with the

Exhausted condition, place all but one dice in

your reaction pool. When you make an action

roll, the maximum amount of dice allowed for

the roll is reduced by one (always to a minimumof one), and the value of the primary ability of a

TAb increase by 2. If the action is not a TAb,

subtract 2 from your result following the roll.

Death: An exhausted character that finishes an

encounter with no remaining HP is dead. In an

initiative based encounter, additional rounds

may be added to the end of the encounter as

long as the revival process was initiated prior to

the end of the encounter (the GM should endencounters involving initiative when the

challenge is complete i.e. all enemies are

slain, a puzzle is solved, trap disarmed or

triggered, negotiations concluded, etc.)

When you are out of HP, you become

exhausted automatically.

Although there are other ways to revive a fallen

comrade, at least one option is available to all

characters. Reviving the fallen is an action

requiring a minimum of two rounds. First,

move adjacent to the fallen player, spend two

dice, and make a heal check. If you succeed on

this check, the fallen player will then make a

depletion check. Each attempt requires two

dice to be spent by the player attempting the

revival. On a successful heal check and the

fallen player not failing their depletion check,

the second stage can begin. In the second

phase, the reviving player and player being

revived each make a depletion check. If both

checks pass, the player being revived

immediately is considered prone, exhausted,

and regains HP to their starting amount.

Other effects may modify the amount of HP

regained.

Not-Death: after becoming exhausted, your rest

can restore your balance - but at a lowered HP

making it more likely that without extended

rests that youre falling into a cycle of

ineffectuality. This is easier to incorporate intothe story. If it takes 2 or more days to get it ALL

back once youve pushed to the brink of

disaster, even the least creative DM can tell

how thats affected the story. Provide

guidelines in the DM section, even if your

players want something simple like a weapon -

the shop keeper is gone right then. Or

otherwise something without a surplus of Deus

ex Machina.

Traps & Machinery - non-combatant challenges

Skill challenges - see the skill section

Social challenges

Sometime a sword or a spell is simply not what

is called for. On numerous occasions, you and

your adventuring companions should expect to

influence your opposition with the force of your

words and wit. When you engage in a social

encounter, you will do your best to sway the

existing opinions or preconceptions of your

opponent in your favor.

A social encounter involves each player

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wheel and 1 or more rounds of resolution to

determine the outcome.

To conduct a social encounter, each player

nominates 1 or 2 dice from their CP and places

them on an Aspect (a color) of the social wheel.The dice chosen do not need to share a color,

however, the color chosen must correspond to

a color present in one the nominated dice. All

of a players dice are placed on the same Aspect.

Players simultaneously choose and place their

dice first, followed by NPCs.

You should choose an Aspect that matches your

characters spirit or the type of rhetoric they

will employ. In addition, each Aspect is

associated with a type of icon as noted on the

social wheel. If your dice obtains normal icons

that match the icon associated with your

chosen Aspect chosen, you gain a bonus to your

roll equal to the number of health of dice

obtaining that icon type. Example: a character

chooses to place their dice on the Arcane, blue,

Aspect; when they roll their dice, a common die

obtains an Arcane result granting a +1 bonus to

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