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====== Chronica Insidea ====== | ====== Chronica Insidea ====== | ||
- | Note that all references to dice are to d20s (this may need to be tuned in playtesting). | + | A system for running a campaign in the universe of the [[Dark Conspiracy]]. |
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+ | Note that all references to dice are to d20s. | ||
===== Character Generation ===== | ===== Character Generation ===== | ||
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+ | Fill out the [[Chronica Insidea: | ||
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+ | Character generation involves the following steps performed by the player creating the character: | ||
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+ | - Select phases of the character' | ||
+ | - Distribute points for the following: | ||
+ | - Attributes | ||
+ | - Skills | ||
+ | - Gear | ||
+ | - Invent contacts. | ||
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+ | Each of these steps is described in more detail below. | ||
==== Phases ==== | ==== Phases ==== | ||
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Players have 36 points to spend on their attributes. Attributes are rated from 1 to 10 generally, with 4 being sort of currently the average, and 5 being what folks were like back in the good old days of the early 21st century. Empathy costs double and can be taken at zero. | Players have 36 points to spend on their attributes. Attributes are rated from 1 to 10 generally, with 4 being sort of currently the average, and 5 being what folks were like back in the good old days of the early 21st century. Empathy costs double and can be taken at zero. | ||
- | In theory other stats can be taken at zero, but this may indicate an extreme disability in many cases, | + | In theory other stats can be taken at zero, but this may indicate an extreme disability in many cases, |
==== Skills ==== | ==== Skills ==== | ||
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* a relevant attribute, | * a relevant attribute, | ||
* a relevant skill | * a relevant skill | ||
- | * a piece of special gear that they' | + | * a piece of special gear that they' |
- | * They may also add their Passion dice, if they apply (with the attendant risk of losing one if the roll fails).* | + | * They may opt to add their Passion dice, if the player feels that apply (with the attendant risk of losing one if the roll fails).* |
+ | * Danger or Stress Dice (see below) | ||
+ | * Any temporary assets that may help in the current situation. | ||
- | * See the [[Dark Conspiracy: Advanced Psychology |Advanced Psychology]] rules if those are in use. | + | * See the [[Chronica Insidea:Advanced Psychology]] rules if those are in use. |
== Danger and Stress (AKA Pushing) == | == Danger and Stress (AKA Pushing) == | ||
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Stress works just like a danger, only a Stress can be carried between Conflicts, and often represent ongoing dangerous situations or just changes that the character is dealing with. | Stress works just like a danger, only a Stress can be carried between Conflicts, and often represent ongoing dangerous situations or just changes that the character is dealing with. | ||
+ | === Opposition Pools === | ||
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+ | Opposition pools are built the same way, if a character is opposed by a human or creature that can be similarly rated (the GM can estimate the asset levels). Or the GM may select a difficulty based on the scale given below: | ||
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+ | ^Difficulty^Dice^Notes^ | ||
+ | |Routine Challenge|5|These are not things that are easy to do (don't roll if there' | ||
+ | |Difficult|10|This is not terribly hard to accomplish, but far harder than routine tasks. It has some substantial complications involved.| | ||
+ | |Hard|15|The complications for this are substantial, | ||
+ | |Formidable|20|Something few people would even attempt, this is a very difficult opposition to overcome.| | ||
+ | |Nigh Impossible|25|Even the most skilled and talented individuals would look at this level of difficulty askance.| | ||
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+ | The GM should modify these levels to points in between, where appropriate. If a task seems a bit harder than routine, but yet not really difficult, a GM might select 7 dice as the opposition die pool. | ||
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+ | In some ways, a GM may think of the difficulty in terms of the opposition being rated in dice like a character using 3 or so assets to oppose. A hard climb up a cliff might be thought of as High 6, Steep 4 and Tricky Handholds 5. This can provide inspiration when figuring how things like how a character might develop temporary assets to overcome the opposition, or what sorts of problems might occur as the results of mechanical consequences (see below). | ||
==== Reading The Roll ==== | ==== Reading The Roll ==== | ||