Frequently various items such as Gold +1 or other Treasure can be found.  They take up weight and inventory space, such that they count as Equipment, and also can be sold and effectively traded for Equipment of equivalent value in terms of Bonus.

!Gear

Gear represents equipment that has potential effect of providing some bonus, depending on circumstances.  A character may begin with one piece of Gear and may be rewarded with Gear as the story progresses or my purchase new Gear by trading in old Gear.  Gear with the same effect do not overlap and are considered redundant.

Assuming that an action succeeds, the effect of the action is determined by its impact, which is the difference between the sums of the relevant attributes and Gear bonuses of the actor and target.  All skills have a domain and a device. The domain can be physical, magical, or spiritual. The domain determines what attributes are involved in the use of the skill. The device is the form that the skill needs equipped to use.

Character class is a way to categorize characters rather than a limitation of possible roles and skills.  A given character’s Class is determined primarily by what skills they are most proficient in, and can change accordingly.  Treat it more as a label than as a restriction of options.

''A simplified generic roleplaying game that can fit into any setting or story.  The emphasis is on making a fun, interactive character-driven storytelling experience that makes interactions straightforward through a robust and logical statistics system.''

A character is made up of Strengths and Weaknesses. When a character is created they begin with at least one pair of Strengths and Weaknesses.  They may have additional Strengths and Weaknesses added in pairs for balance during creation.  A given Strength or Weakness may actually count as either a Bonus or a Penalty in different circumstances, but for the purpose of description, a Strength word must have a normally positive connotation, and a Weakness word must have a normally negative connotation.

A character can have any number of skills.  When creating a new character, you may assign skill levels according to their overall character level.

Skills allow action rolls.  This involves rolling a die, and multiplying the resulting number with the relevant attribute score and bonus.  The action roll succeeds if it equals or exceeds the challenge score, which is based on half the target's skill die multiplied by their relevant attribute score and bonus.

Skill level determines the type of dice you can roll.  At skill level 5 you are considered to have mastered the skill and subsequent levels add to the maximum of the attribute score of the skill's domain.  Whenever you roll the maximum possible dice roll, regardless of success or failure, you increase the skill level by 1.

||'''Skill Level'''||'''Dice Roll'''||
||0||1d4||
||1||1d6||
||2||1d8||
||3||1d10||
||4||1d12||
||5+||1d20||

For instance, Darsic has the skill Level 1 Swordsmanship (Physical) [Sword] and a Sword +1.  This allows him to make attacks on the Body attribute of foes if he is equipped with his sword (as well as perhaps parry attacks targeting his Body attribute with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the skill Level 0 Dodge (Physical) [Boots] and is wearing Leather Boots, and so can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship.  When Darsic attacks Goblin he takes his Body attribute of 5 and adds 1 from his Sword +1 to make 6, and then makes an action roll with a d6 because his skill level is 1 and multiplies the result of 2 with 6 to make 12.  This is higher than Goblin's challenge score, which multiplies his Body attribute of 4 with 2 from half the d4 of the skill level, and is thus 8.  The attack thus hits and Goblin loses 1 point of Body.  Since the roll result of 12 is not more than double or less than half of 8, no Benefit or Cost is incurred.

Each time a skill level is earned, the character also earns 1 point of experience.  Every ten points a character can level by gaining an additional point in one Attribute score or adding one Strength without a corresponding Weakness.  Level can be approximated by taking the sum of the Attribute scores and adding the number of Strengths and subtracting the number of Weaknesses.

Character class is a way to categorize characters rather than a limitation of possible roles and skills.  A given character’s Class is determined primarily by what skills they are most proficient in, and can change accordingly.  Treat it more as a label than as a restriction of options.

!Balance

The nature of the system is that Skill levels between balanced characters will tend to cancel each other out.  However, unlike other systems, effective HP does not increase with level.  This means that the impact of equipment quality remains consistent throughout a campaign.  If we assume that the average attribute point is a 5, a perfectly average character should have 30 attribute points in total.  Note also that increasing or decreasing this average and therefore the total as well will impact how the game plays.  It is also recommended that Player Characters, for the sake of fun, have significantly more attribute points than the average NPC, for instance say 45 points for each player.  Doubling all these so that the average is 10 would place NPC's at 60 and PC's at 90.  The main effect of this increase in stats would be an overall reduction in the variance or influence of luck, as well as an increase in the number of actions per turn.

A character is made up of Strengths and Weaknesses. When a character is created they begin with at least one pair of Strengths and Weaknesses.  They may have additional Strengths and Weaknesses added in pairs for balance during creation.  A given Strength or Weakness may actually count as either an Advantage or a Challenge in different circumstances, but for the purpose of description, a Strength word must have a normally positive connotation, and a Weakness word must have a normally negative connotation.

Whenever a character takes an action roll, take into account all relevant Bonuses and Penalties adding the number of Bonuses relevant to the number they multiply the roll by, and subtracting the number of Penalties relevant to Challenge score.  If the resulting dice roll is even, an additional Benefit occurs.  If the resulting dice roll is odd, an additional Cost occurs.

Benefits are positive side effects, while Costs are negative side effects.  These are determined by the QM.  For instance, in combat a Benefit might be avoiding a counterattack, while a Cost might be taking one.

For instance, Darsic has the skill Level 1 Swordsmanship (Physical) [Sword] and a Sword +1.  This allows him to make attacks on the Body attribute of foes if he is equipped with his sword (as well as perhaps parry attacks targeting his Body attribute with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the skill Level 0 Dodge (Physical) [Boots] and is wearing Leather Boots, and so can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship.  When Darsic attacks Goblin he takes his Body attribute of 5 and adds 1 from his Sword +1 to make 6, and then makes an action roll with a d6 because his skill level is 1 and multiplies the result of 2 with 6 to make 12.  This is higher than Goblin's challenge score, which multiplies his Body attribute of 4 with 2 from half the d4 of the skill level, and is thus 8.  The attack thus hits and Goblin loses 1 point of Body.  Since the roll result is an even number an additional Benefit occurs.  In this case Goblin is stunned and unable to counterattack.

Each action taken, regardless of success or failure, earns 1 point of experience.  Every ten points a character can level by gaining an additional point in one Attribute score or adding one Strength without a corresponding Weakness.  Level can be approximated by taking the sum of the Attribute scores and adding the number of Strengths and subtracting the number of Weaknesses.

Skills allow action rolls.  This involves rolling a die, and multiplying the resulting number with the relevant attribute score and bonus.  The action roll succeeds if it exceeds the challenge score, which is based on half the target's skill die multiplied by their relevant attribute score and bonus.

Each character has three Attribute scores that correspond to the three Domains:  Body, Mind, and Will.  During creation, each character begins with a number of points that are split between each of these scores according to how the player prefers, with a minimum of 1 point per score.  During combat, a relevant sounding attack can target one of these scores and reduce it. Conversely, a relevant sounding recovery action can restore it.  Once a score is reduced to 0, the character is incapacitated in a related way.  For instance, if Will reaches 0, a particular character might immediately surrender or give in to diplomacy.

For instance, Darsic has the skill Level 1 Swordsmanship (Physical) [Sword] and a Sword +1.  This allows him to make attacks on the Body attribute of foes if he is equipped with his sword (as well as perhaps parry attacks targeting his Body attribute with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the skill Level 0 Dodge (Physical) [Boots] and is wearing Leather Boots, and so can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship.  When Darsic attacks Goblin he takes his Body attribute of 5 and adds 1 from his Sword +1 to make 6, and then makes an action roll with a d6 because his skill level is 1 and multiplies the result of 2 with 6 to make 12.  This is higher than Goblin's challenge score, which multiplies his Body attribute of 4 with 2 from half the d4 of the skill level, and is thus 8.  The attack deals damage equal to 12 - 8 = 4.

Each character has three Domain scores:  Body, Mind, and Will.  During creation, each character begins with a number of points that are split between each of these scores according to how the player prefers, with a minimum of 1 point per score.  During combat, a relevant sounding attack can target one of these scores and reduce it by 1.  Conversely, a relevant sounding recovery action can increase it by 1.  Once a score is reduced to 0, the character is incapacitated in a related way.  For instance, if Will reaches 0, a particular character might immediately surrender or give in to diplomacy.

The nature of the system is that Skill levels between balanced characters will tend to cancel each other out.  However, unlike other systems, effective HP does not increase with level.  This means that the impact of equipment quality remains consistent throughout a campaign.  If we assume that the average attribute point is a 5, a perfectly average character should have 30 attribute points in total.  Note also that increasing or decreasing this average and therefore the total as well will impact how the game plays.  It is also recommended that Player Characters, for the sake of fun, have significantly more attribute points than the average NPC, for instance say 45 points for each player.  Doubling all these so that the average is 10 would place NPCs at 60 and PCs at 90.  The main effect of this increase in stats would be an overall reduction in the variance or influence of luck, as well as an increase in the number of actions per turn.

!Character Building

A character can have any number of skills.  Skills allow actions on part of a character, the success of which is determined by what is called a challenge roll.  This involves rolling a die, and multiplying the resulting number with the relevant attribute and any bonus from the mastery level of the skill.  Actions that affect other characters or foes can be opposed by a relevant skill of their own.

Assuming that an action succeeds, the effect of the action is determined by its impact, which is the difference between the sums of the relevant attributes and equipment bonuses of the actors.

For instance, the character Darsic has the skill Swordsmanship.  This allows him to make attacks on foes with a sword (as well as perhaps parry with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the skill Dodge, and can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship with it.  When Darsic attacks Goblin, they make opposed challenge rolls with their skills.  If Darsic rolls higher than or equal to Goblin, then the attack deals damage, otherwise it misses.  In the first case, Darsic and Goblin calculate the impact to see the resulting effects.

Skill levels between 0 and 4 are considered training levels.  At these levels, you're still learning the fundamentals of the skill.  Skill level determines the type of dice you can roll.  At skill level 5 you are considered to have mastered the skill and subsequent levels provide a mastery bonus to your rolls.  Whenever you roll the maximum possible dice roll, regardless of success or failure, you increase the skill level by 1.

||'''Skill Level'''||'''Dice Roll'''||
||0||1d4||
||1||1d6||
||2||1d8||
||3||1d10||
||4||1d12||
||5+||1d20||

A character’s character level is the sum total of all their skill levels combined together.  When creating a new character, you may assign skill levels according to their overall character level as agreed upon by the QM.

All skills have a domain and a device. The domain can be physical, magical, or spiritual. The domain determines what attributes are involved in the use of the skill. The device is the form that the skill takes when used.

A character can have any number of Skills.  Skills allow actions on part of a character, the success of which is determined by what is called a Challenge Roll.  This involves rolling a dice, and multiplying together the relevant attribute as well as the skill’s current mastery level to the resulting number.  Actions that affect other characters or foes can be opposed by a relevant skill of their own.

Assuming that an action succeeds, the effect of the action is determined by its Impact, which is the difference between the sums of the relevant attributes and equipment bonuses of the actors.

For instance, the character Darsic has the Skill: Swordsmanship.  This allows him to make attacks on foes with a sword (as well as perhaps parry with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the skill Dodge, and can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship with it.  When Darsic attacks Goblin, they make opposed Challenge Rolls with their Skills.  If Darsic rolls higher, then the attack deals damage, if Goblin rolls higher, then the attack misses.  In the first case, Darsic and Goblin calculate the Impact to see the resulting effects.

Skill levels between 0 and 5 are Training levels.  At this level, you're still learning the fundamentals of the skill, and so this determines the type of dice you can roll.  At Skill level 6 you are considered to have mastered the skill and subsequent levels provide a mastery bonus to your rolls.  Whenever you roll the maximum possible dice roll, regardless of success or failure, you increase the skill level by 1.

A character’s Character Level is the sum total of all their skill levels combined together.  When creating a new character, you may assign skill levels according to their overall Level.

Character Class is a way to categorize characters rather than a limitation of possible roles and skills.  A given character’s Class is determined primarily by what Skills they are most proficient in, and can change accordingly.  Treat it more as a label than as a restriction of options.

The nature of the system is that Skill levels between balanced characters will tend to cancel each other out.  However, unlike other systems, effective HP does not increase with level.  This means that the impact of equipment quality remains consistent throughout a campaign.  If we assume that the average attribute point is a 5, a perfectly average character should have 30 attribute points in total.  Note also that increasing or decreasing this average and therefore the total as well will impact how the game plays.  It is also recommended that Player Characters, for the sake of fun, have significantly more attribute points than the average NPC, for instance say 45 points for each player.  Doubling all these so that the average is 10 would place NPCs at 60 and PCs at 90.  The main effect of this increase in stats would be an overall reduction in the variance or influence of luck, as well as an increase in the number of actions per turn.

!Combat

Combat is based on the tactical combat system of [[StrategyGame/Battlemancer]].

''A simplified generic roleplaying game character building rules system that can fit into any setting or story.  The emphasis is on making a fun, interactive character-driven storytelling experience that makes interactions straightforward through a robust and logical statistics system.''

The Trinity strategic game system combines the character building system of [[RolePlayingGame/Questweaver]] and the tactical combat system of [[StrategyGame/Battlemancer]].

Combat is based on [[StrategyGame/Battlemancer]].

The nature of the system is that Skill levels between balanced characters will tend to cancel each other out.  However, unlike other systems, effective HP does not increase with level.  This means that the impact of equipment quality remains consistent throughout a campaign.  If we assume that the average attribute point is a 5, a perfectly average character should have 30 attribute points in total.  Note also that increasing or decreasing this average and therefore the total as well will impact how the game plays.  It is also recommended that Player Characters, for the sake of fun, have significantly more attribute points than the average NPC, for instance say 45 points for each player.  Doubling all these so that the average is 10 would place NPCs at 60 and PCs at 90.  The main effect of this increase in stats would be an overall reduction in the variance or influence of luck, as well as an increase in the number of actions per turn.

A character is a unique entity capable of taking actions.  They consist of a collection of attributes, skills, and properties.  Note that in order for a character to function, they need at least one point in each attribute.

!Properties

Properties can be devices or equipment.  Devices are actively wielded and associated with a skill, while equipment is carried and works passively.

Each character has a set of power attributes, control attributes, and resource pools that are the product of the power attribute and control attribute, for each domain of influence.  These form the basis of your character.  When you begin the game you may allocate a certain number of points towards the basic six attributes, divided in whatever way you wish.  Note that in order for your character to function, you’ll want at least one point in each attribute.

All skills have a domain and a tool. The domain can be physical, magical, or spiritual. The domain determines what attributes are involved in the use of the skill. The tool is a type of equipment such as a melee weapon, spell implement, or prayer beacon.

!Equipment

Equipment comes in two varieties, tools and gear.  Tools are actively wielded in the hands and associated with a skill, while gear is worn all over the body, from head to toe, and usually come with passive benefits. 

The quality level of equipment determines the bonus to be applied to rolls, as well as the number of zeroes in the price.

Tool
* Forces
** Forces multiply the physical damage dealt in combat.
* Spells
** Spells multiply the magical damage dealt in combat.
* Truths
** Truths multiply the spiritual damage dealt in combat.
* Ranges
** Ranges are how far you can use actions such as attack.  Zero means you can target only yourself.  One is considered the melee combat range.
** Note the limitation that you suffer an effective penalty on the attack multiplier if the distance to the target is greater than your ranges. Thus, while you do not technically have a fixed maximum range, the range penalty ensures that you have a maximum effective range.
* Zones
** The zones are how many rings of surrounding hexes are also hit by the effect of this tool.

Gear
* Protections
** Protections multiply the physical resistance enjoyed in combat.
* Secrets
** Secrets multiply the magical resistance enjoyed in combat.
* Mysteries
** Mysteries multiply the spiritual resistance enjoyed in combat.
* Speeds
** Speeds are how many steps you can take for each Move action.  Zero means that you cannot move.

''A simplified generic roleplaying game rules system that can fit into any setting or story.  The emphasis is on making a fun, interactive storytelling experience that makes interactions straightforward through a robust and logical statistics system.''

!System

Many of the same game mechanics and statistics can be found in [[StrategyGame/Battlemancer]].  The underlying game system is called Trinity.

Equipment comes in two varieties, tools and gear.  Tools are actively wielded in the hands and associated with a skill, while gear is worn all over the body, from head to toe, and usually come with passive benefits. The quality level of equipment determines the bonus to be applied to rolls, as well as the number of zeroes in the price. 

Tool Qualities

Many of the same game mechanics and statistics can be found in [[StrategyGame/Battlemancer]].  Together they form the Trinity game system.

Each character has a set of power attributes, control attributes, and resource pools that are the product of the power attribute and control attribute, for each domain of influence.  These form the basis of your character.  When you begin the game you may allocate a certain number of points towards the various attributes, divided in whatever way you wish.  Note that in order for your character to function, you’ll want at least one point in each attribute.

!Attributes and Resources

!Attributes

Each character has a set of power attributes, control attributes, and energy pools that are the product of the power attribute and control attribute, for each domain of influence.  These form the basis of your character.  When you begin the game you may allocate a certain number of points towards the various attributes, divided in whatever way you wish.  Note that in order for your character to function, you’ll want at least one point in each attribute.

All attributes have both a current and a max value, which determines the maximum effect of healing and restoration.

!Resources

Each domain has its own resource (physical: energy, magical: glory, spiritual: grace) that is replenished at the beginning of your turn up to your relevant capacity.  During your turn you can convert energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  When it is not your turn any remaining energy acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage before it decreases your permanent attributes.  At the beginning of your turn any remaining energy from the previous turn up to your ability is converted into a common resource called initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

Each domain (physical, magical, spiritual) has its own resource (energy, glory, grace) that is replenished at the beginning of your turn up to your relevant capacity.  During your turn you can convert energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  When it is not your turn any remaining energy acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage before it decreases your permanent attributes.  At the beginning of your turn any remaining energy from the previous turn up to your ability is converted into a common resource called initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

Each domain (physical, magical, spiritual) has its own resource (energy, magic, spirit) that is replenished at the beginning of your turn up to your relevant capacity.  During your turn you can convert energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  When it is not your turn any remaining energy acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage before it decreases your permanent attributes.  At the beginning of your turn any remaining energy from the previous turn up to your ability is converted into a common resource called initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

To quantify turn-based actions, we use an action cost system where different actions have values assigned to them.  Each turn, you can spend either energy of the appropriate domain, or initiative, to complete actions.

Combat is essentially dealt with by making rolls with relevant Skills.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate their domain and tool.  If the attacker’s roll equals or exceeds the defender’s roll, the attack hits, otherwise it misses.  If the attack hits, calculate the impact.  The amount of damage dealt is the difference between the damage and resistance, or zero if damage would be less than zero.

!Energy Resources

Each domain has its own energy (Physical: Stamina, Magical: Focus, Spiritual: Morale) that is replenished at the beginning of your turn up to your relevant capacity.  During your turn you can convert energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  When it is not your turn any remaining energy acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage before it decreases your permanent attributes.  At the beginning of your turn any remaining energy from the previous turn up to your ability is converted into a common resource called Initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

* Answers
** Answers multiply the spiritual damage dealt in combat.

* Questions
** Questions multiply the spiritual resistance enjoyed in combat.

Tool Attributes
* Domain
** Can be physical, magical, or spiritual.
* Force
** Force multiplies the damage dealt in combat.
* Range
** Range is how far you can use actions such as attack.  Zero means you can target only yourself.  One is considered the melee combat range.
* Area
** The area is how many rings of surrounding hexes are also hit by the effect of this tool.

Gear Attributes
* Protection
** Protection multiplies the resistance enjoyed in combat.
* Speed
** Speed is how many steps you can take for each Move action.  Zero means that you cannot move.

Combat is essentially dealt with by making rolls with relevant Skills.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate their domain and instrument.  If the attacker’s roll equals or exceeds the defender’s roll, the attack hits, otherwise it misses.  If the attack hits, calculate the impact.  The amount of damage dealt is the difference between the damage and resistance, or zero if damage would be less than zero.

||'''Attack'''||'''Domain'''||'''Instrument'''||'''Accuracy'''||'''Evasion'''||'''Force'''||'''Resistance'''||

Combat is essentially dealt with by making rolls with relevant Skills.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate their domain and instrument.  If the attacker’s roll equals or exceeds the defender’s roll, the attack hits, otherwise it misses.  If the attack hits, calculate the impact.  The amount of damage dealt is the difference between the force and resistance, or zero if damage would be less than zero.

|| ||'''Physical'''||'''Mental'''||'''Spiritual'''||

* Mental attributes involve the use of the faculties of the mind in processing information.

** Intelligence is mental power, the capacity to apply the mind to create and combine ideas and thoughts.

** Wisdom is mental control, the efficiency in coordinating mental ideas and thoughts to achieve tasks.

Each domain has its own energy (Physical: Stamina, Mental: Focus, Spiritual: Morale) that is replenished at the beginning of your turn up to your relevant capacity.  During your turn you can convert energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  When it is not your turn any remaining energy acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage before it decreases your permanent attributes.  At the beginning of your turn any remaining energy from the previous turn up to your ability is converted into a common resource called Initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

All skills have a domain and a tool. The domain can be Physical, Mental, or Spiritual. The domain determines what attributes are involved in the use of the skill. The tool is a type of equipment such as a melee weapon, spell implement, or prayer beacon.

** Can be physical, mental, or spiritual.

||Feint||Mental||Melee Weapon||Dexterity||Wisdom||Strength||Intelligence||

||Sleep||Mental||Spell Implement||Wisdom||Wisdom||Intelligence||Intelligence||

||Bind||Mental||Prayer Beacon||Charisma||Wisdom||Passion||Intelligence||

Certain magical skills can be used to heal damage or even boost attributes.  Because of their benign nature, the roll is not opposed and succeeds as long as there isn't a critical fail.  The impact determines the amount of effect.

Each domain has its own energy (Physical: Stamina, Mental: Focus, Spiritual: Morale) that is replenished at end of turn up to your relevant capacity and acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage when it is not your turn.  At the beginning of your turn, you can convert an amount of remaining energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  At end of turn any remaining energy up to your ability is converted into a common resource called Initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

!!!Equipment

All skills have a domain and an instrument.  The domain can be Physical, Mental, or Spiritual.  The domain determines what attributes are involved in the use of the skill.  The instrument is a type of equipment such as a melee weapon, spell implement, or prayer beacon.

The quality level of equipment determines the multiplier to be applied to rolls and impacts, as well as the number of zeroes in the price.

Equipment can be fit into the following Slots for a normal humanoid.  In addition when you make an attack that has a physical impact, you can attempt to target a specific area.  Doing so requires an additional initiative, as you must aim your attack more carefully, and the defender’s roll is doubled.

* Head
** Equipment that protects the head can also be used to make a head butt, but doing so provokes an opportunity, and the attack is considered Improvised.
** Attacking the head successfully is an automatic critical hit.
** Some associated defensive skills are concentrate, which can oppose mental attacks, and meditate, which can oppose spiritual attacks.
* Body
** Equipment that protects the body can also be used to make a body slam, but doing so provokes an opportunity, and the attack is considered Improvised.
** By default, attacks that are not targeted are assumed to aim here.
* Dominant Hand
** Equipment in the dominant hand are usually used to make attacks, such as strikes with melee weapons.
** A successful attack against a hand that deals damage will disarm it of any held equipment, causing the equipment to be dropped.
** An associated defensive skill is parry, which can oppose physical attacks.
* Other Hand
** Equipment in the other hand are often more defensive in nature, but can still be used for attacks.
** A successful attack against a hand that deals damage will disarm it of any held equipment, causing the equipment to be dropped.
** An associated defensive skill is block, which can oppose physical attacks.
* Feet
** Equipment on the feet often provide movement or damage avoidance benefits, and can also be used to make the melee attack known as a kick, which while still an Improvised attack, does not provoke an opportunity.
** A successful attack against the feet that deals damage trips the character, rendering them prone.
** An associated defensive skill is dodge, which can oppose physical attacks.

To quantify turn-based actions, we use an initiative cost system where different actions have values assigned to them.  Each turn, your initiative is set at the lowest of your attributes.  Thus, when one of these reaches zero, you can no longer take actions.  You can also add additional initiative to this pool temporarily by spending energy.  For each that you spend, gain 1 initiative for the turn.

Any discrete motion that takes less than a second is considered to cost one initiative.  For instance, taking a step forward or backwards costs 1 initiative.  Attacking with a drawn weapon also costs 1 initiative.  Thus the combined motion of stepping forward, attacking, and then stepping backward to avoid the threat range of a still standing opponent is a total of 3 initiative.  Similarly, flipping to a page of a spellbook, concentrating on the spell, and casting it should cost 3 initiative.

Thus, most standard actions such as attacking cost 3 initiative. This can allow unique situations if you manage to for instance get more than the average of 5 initiative.  For instance, with 6 initiative you can attack twice a round if you don’t move, or you could move, attack, and then leave 1 initiative to block or parry.  A few spells cost so many points they can effectively take multiple turns to cast.

0 Initiative (No Action)

1 Initiative (Quick Action)

2 Initiative (Two-Beat Action)

3 Initiative (Three-Beat Action)

4 Initiative (Major Action)

5 Initiative (Full-Round Action)

Each domain has its own energy (Physical: Stamina, Mental: Focus, Spiritual: Morale) that is replenished at end of turn up to your relevant capacity and acts as a defensive buffer that can absorb damage when it is not your turn.  At the beginning of your turn, you can convert an amount of remaining energy up to your ability into actions of the appropriate domain.  At end of turn any remaining energy up to your ability is converted into a common resource called initiative.  Initiative can be spent on your turn to take additional actions.

!!!Attributes

!!!Skills

!!!Class

!!!Actions

!!!Combat

!!!Targeting

!!! Critical Effects

!!!Healing and Boosting

!!!Mastery

!!!Speed

!!!Ranged Weapons

!!!Balance

The quality level of equipment determines the bonus to be applied to rolls, as well as the number of zeroes in the price.

Equipment can be fit into the following Slots for a normal humanoid.  In addition when you make an attack that has a physical impact, you can attempt to target a specific area.  Doing so requires an additional AP, as you must aim your attack more carefully, and the defender’s Defence Roll is doubled.

Combat is essentially dealt with by making rolls with relevant Skills.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate their domain and instrument.  If the attacker’s roll equals or exceeds the defender’s roll, the attack hits, otherwise it misses.  If the attack hits, calculate the impact.  The amount of damage dealt is the difference between the impact and resistance, or zero if damage would be less than zero.

||'''Attack'''||'''Domain'''||'''Equipment'''||'''Accuracy'''||'''Evasion'''||'''Force'''||'''Resistance'''||

Combat is essentially dealt with by making Challenge rolls with relevant Skills and Impact rolls with relevant Equipment.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate their domain and equipment.

If the attack roll equals or exceeds the defence roll, the attack hits, otherwise it misses.  If the attack hits, proceed to the Impact Rolls.

The amount of damage dealt is the difference between the impact and protection rolls, or zero if damage would be less than zero.

A character can have any number of Skills.  Skills allow actions on part of a character, the success of which is determined by what is called an Action Roll.  This involves rolling a dice, and multiplying together the relevant attribute as well as the skill’s current mastery level to the resulting number.  Actions that affect other characters or foes can be opposed by a relevant skill of their own.

For instance, the character Darsic has the Skill: Swordsmanship.  This allows him to make attacks on foes with a sword (as well as perhaps parry with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the skill Dodge, and can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship with it.  When Darsic attacks Goblin, they make opposed Challenge Rolls with their Skills.  If Darsic rolls higher, then the attack deals damage, if Goblin rolls higher, then the attack misses.  In the first case, Darsic and Goblin make Impact Rolls to see the resulting effects on their relevant Energy pool.

To quantify turn-based actions, we use an initiative cost system where different actions have values assigned to them.  Each turn, your Initiative (IP) is set at the lowest of your three energy pools: Health (HP), Focus (FP), and Morale (MP).  Thus, when one of these reaches zero, you can no longer take actions.  You can also add additional initiative to this pool temporarily by spending energy.  For each that you spend, gain 1 IP for the turn.

Any discrete motion that takes less than a second is considered to cost one IP.  For instance, taking a step forward or backwards costs 1 IP.  Attacking with a drawn weapon also costs 1 IP.  Thus the combined motion of stepping forward, attacking, and then stepping backward to avoid the threat range of a still standing opponent is a total of 3 IP.  Similarly, flipping to a page of a spellbook, concentrating on the spell, and casting it should cost 3 IP.

Thus, most standard actions such as attacking cost 3 IP.This can allow unique situations if you manage to for instance get more than the average of 5 IP.  For instance, with 6 IP you can attack twice a round if you don’t move, or you could move, attack, and then leave 1 IP to block or parry.  A few spells cost so many points they can effectively take multiple turns to cast.

0 IP (No Action)

1 IP (Quick Action)

2 IP (Two-Beat Action)

3 IP (Three-Beat Action)

4 IP (Major Action)

5 IP (Full-Round Action)

Combat is essentially dealt with by making Action rolls with relevant Skills and Impact rolls with relevant Equipment.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate their domain and equipment.

Attack Roll = skill dice x accuracy attribute

Defence Roll = skill dice x evasion attribute

While naturally one would target an opponent's Energy pools because bringing any one of them to zero will prevent them from taking actions, you can also target Power and Control attributes if you desire.  The advantage of doing this can be that you can weaken them in a very specific way to the point that their accuracy, evasion, forces, or resistances of that type become ineffective.  The disadvantage is that targeting in this specific way is much more difficult.

Certain magical skills can be used to heal damage or even boost attributes.  Because of their benign nature, the action roll is not opposed and succeeds as long as there isn't a critical fail.  The impact roll determines the amount of effect.

Assuming that an action succeeds, the effect of the action is determined by an Impact Roll, which involves rolling dice according to the relevant equipment of the actors and adding the relevant attributes.

||5||1d20||

The quality of equipment determines the type and number of dice to be rolled in Impact Rolls and Protection Rolls.

||'''Quality'''||'''Dice Roll'''||'''Estimated Relative Price'''||
||Rubbish/Improvised/None||1d4||0||
||Mundane Common Item||1d6||1||
||Decent Uncommon Work||1d8||10||
||Rare Masterwork Good||1d10||100||
||Superior Magnum Opus||1d12||1000||
||Mythical Legendary Artifact||1d20||10000||

||'''Power'''||Strength (STR)||Intelligence (INT)||Passion (PAS)||
||'''Control'''||Dexterity (DEX)||Wisdom (WIS)||Charisma (CHA)||
||'''Energy'''||Health (HP)||Focus (FP)||Morale (MP)||

* Power attributes indicate the impact of the associated action assuming a hit and also determine damage mitigation.

* Control attributes affect the capacity to successfully hit or avoid being hit with the associated actions.

!!!Targeting Attributes

Instead of having an explicit set of HP, the way to disable an opponent is through causing enough damage to their relevant attributes to make them ineffective.  While naturally one would target their Energy attributes because bringing any one of them to zero will prevent them from taking actions, you can also target Power and Control attributes if you desire.  The advantage of doing this can be that you can weaken them in a very specific way to the point that their accuracy, evasion, forces, or resistances of that type become ineffective.

The nature of the system is that Skill levels between balanced characters will tend to cancel each other out.  However, unlike other systems, effective HP does not increase with level.  This means that the impact of equipment quality remains consistent throughout a campaign.  If we assume that the average attribute point is a 5, a perfectly average character should have 45 attribute points in total.  Note also that increasing or decreasing this average and therefore the total as well will impact how the game plays.  It is also recommended that Player Characters, for the sake of fun, have significantly more attribute points than the average NPC, for instance say 60 points for each player.  Doubling all these so that the average is 10 would place NPCs at 90 and PCs at 120.  The main effect of this increase in stats would be an overall reduction in the variance or influence of luck, as well as an increase in the number of actions per turn.

To quantify turn-based actions, we use an initiative cost system where different actions have values assigned to them.  Each turn, your Initiative (IP) is set at the lowest of your three energy pools: Health (HP), Focus (FP), and Morale (MP).  Thus, when one of these reaches zero, you can no longer take actions.  You can also add additional initiative to this pool temporarily by spending energy.  For each that you spend, gain 1 initiative for the turn.

Any discrete motion that takes less than a second is considered to cost one action point.  For instance, taking a step forward or backwards costs 1. Attacking with a drawn weapon also costs 1 AP.  Thus the combined motion of stepping forward, attacking, and then stepping backward to avoid the threat range of a still standing opponent is a total of 3 AP.  Similarly, flipping to a page of a spellbook, concentrating on the spell, and casting it should cost 3 AP.

Thus, most standard actions such as attacking cost 3 points.This can allow unique situations if you manage to for instance get more than the average of 5 points.  For instance, with 6 points you can attack twice a round if you don’t move, or you could move, attack, and then leave 1 point to block or parry.  A few spells cost so many points they can effectively take multiple turns to cast.

0 AP (No Action)

1 AP (Quick Action)

2 AP (Two-Beat Action)

3 AP (Three-Beat Action)

4 AP (Major Action)

5 AP (Full-Round Action)

||'''Power'''||Strength (S)||Intelligence (I)||Passion (P)||
||'''Control'''||Dexterity (D)||Wisdom (W)||Charisma (C)||
||'''Energy'''||Health (H)||Focus (F)||Morale (M)||

To quantify turn-based actions, we use an action point cost system where different actions have values assigned to them.  Each turn, your action point pool is set at the lowest of your three energy attributes: Health, Focus, and Morale.  Thus, when one of these reaches zero, you can no longer take actions.  You can also add additional action points to this pool temporarily by spending energy attributes.  For each point you spend, gain 1 action point for the turn.

Any discrete motion that takes less than a second is considered to cost one action point.  For instance, taking a step forward or backwards costs 1 AP.  Attacking with a drawn weapon also costs 1 AP.  Thus the combined motion of stepping forward, attacking, and then stepping backward to avoid the threat range of a still standing opponent is a total of 3 AP.  Similarly, flipping to a page of a spellbook, concentrating on the spell, and casting it should cost 3 AP.

* Energy attributes are resource pools that can be expended to perform actions above and beyond the normal.

Each character has a set of nine attributes.  These form the basis of your character.  When you begin the game you may allocate a certain number of points towards the various attributes, divided in whatever way you wish.  Note that in order for your character to function, you’ll want at least one point in each attribute.

 
!!!Range
 

 

** A successful attack against a hand that deals damage will disarm it of any held equipment, causing the equipment to be dropped.

||Strike||Physical||Melee Weapon||D||D||S||S||
||Feint||Mental||Melee Weapon||D||W||S||I||
||Intimidate||Spiritual||Melee Weapon||D||C||S||P||
||Blast||Physical||Spell Implement||W||D||I||S||
||Sleep||Mental||Spell Implement||W||W||I||I||
||Fear||Spiritual||Spell Implement||W||C||I||P||
||Smite||Physical||Prayer Beacon||C||D||P||S||
||Bind||Mental||Prayer Beacon||C||W||P||I||
||Rebuke||Spiritual||Prayer Beacon||C||C||P||P||

** Attacking the head will also inflict the damage to Focus.

** By default, attacks that are not targeted will aim here.

** Equipment in the dominant hand are usually used to make attacks, such as strikes with.
** A successful attack against a hand that deals damage will not deal Stamina damage, but instead disable the hand.  The disabled hand drops any equipment in it, and is unable to equip anything until healed. 

** A successful attack against a hand that deals damage will not deal Stamina damage, but instead disable the hand.  The disabled hand drops any equipment in it, and is unable to equip anything until healed.

** A successful attack against the feet that deals damage will not deal Stamina damage, but instead cripples the character.  A crippled character is made prone and unable to take any movement steps until healed.
** A successful attack against the feet that does not deal damage, trips the character, rendering them prone.

||'''Power'''||Strength (STR)||Imagination (IMA)||Passion (PAS)||
||'''Control'''||Dexterity (DEX)||Intelligence (INT)||Will (WIL)||
||'''Energy'''||Stamina (SP)||Focus (FP)||Morale (MP)||

* Spiritual attributes involves belief and motivation in both oneself and others.

** Imagination is mental power, the capacity to apply the mind to create and combine ideas and thoughts.

**Intelligence is mental control, the efficiency in coordinating mental ideas and thoughts to achieve tasks.
** Will is spiritual control, the efficiency in coordinating oneself and others in achieving tasks.
* Energy attributes are used to calculate the maximum of resource pools that can be expended to perform actions, but also determine the state of your character.  These can usually be recovered in some way during or after combat.
** Stamina is the physical energy to continue moving and acting with the body.  This can be damaged by attacks that have a physical impact.
** Focus is the mental energy to concentrate attention in the mind.  This can be damaged by attacks with a mental impact.
** Morale is the spiritual energy to be motivated towards goals.  This can be damaged by attacks with a spiritual impact.

A character can have any number of Skills.  Skills allow actions on part of a character, the success of which is determined by what is called a Challenge Roll.  This involves rolling a dice, and multiplying together the relevant attribute as well as the skill’s current mastery level to the resulting number.  Actions that affect other characters or foes can be opposed by a relevant skill of their own.

To quantify turn-based actions, we use an Action Point Cost system where different actions have values assigned to them.  Each turn, your Action Point pool is set at the lowest of your three energy point attributes: Stamina Points (SP), Focus Points (FP), and Morale Points (MP).  Thus, when one of these reaches zero, you can no longer take actions.

Combat is essentially dealt with by making Challenge and Impact Rolls with relevant Skills.  When initially creating a Skill that can be used for combat, make sure to indicate what form and function they take.

Impact Roll = equipment dice + impact attribute

Resistance Roll = equipment dice + resistance attribute

The amount of damage dealt is the difference between the impact and resistance rolls, or zero if damage would be less than zero.

A critical hit occurs on when the attack roll is a natural 20 or the defence roll is a natural 1.  On a critical hit the attacker makes a damage roll as normal, but the defender does not make a resistance roll, and damage is calculated as if the resistance roll was zero.  This should better reflect the idea of critical hits as hitting weak points (chinks in armour, holes in defenses) as well as allowing a chance for characters to damage even high defence opponents.

A critical fail occurs when the attack roll is a natural 1, or the defence roll is a natural 20.  This is an automatic miss that does no damage to the defender.  If the attacker is in a position vulnerable to an opportunity, they automatically provoke one.  If that wasn't enough, the attacker must roll an impact roll against their own resistance roll, and take any resulting damage to themselves.

||'''Attack'''||'''Form'''||'''Function'''||'''Accuracy'''||'''Evasion'''||'''Impact'''||'''Resistance'''||'''Damage'''||
||Strike||Melee Weapon||Physical||DEX||DEX||STR||STR||SP||
||Feint||Melee Weapon||Mental||DEX||INT||STR||IMA||FP||
||Intimidate||Melee Weapon||Spiritual||DEX||WIL||STR||PAS||MP||
||Blast||Spell Implement||Physical||INT||DEX||IMA||STR||SP||
||Sleep||Spell Implement||Mental||INT||INT||IMA||IMA||FP||
||Fear||Spell Implement||Spiritual||INT||WIL||IMA||PAS||MP||
||Smite||Prayer Beacon||Physical||WIL||DEX||PAS||STR||SP||
||Bind||Prayer Beacon||Mental||WIL||INT||PAS||IMA||FP||
||Rebuke||Prayer Beacon||Spiritual||WIL||WIL||PAS||PAS||MP||

Instead of having an explicit set of Health Points (HP), the way to disable an opponent is through causing enough damage to their relevant attributes to make them ineffective.  While naturally one would target their Energy attributes because bringing any one of them to zero will prevent them from taking actions, you can also target Power and Control attributes if you desire.  The advantage of doing this can be that you can weaken them in a very specific way to the point that their attacks or defences of that type become ineffective.

!!!Healing And Boosting

Certain magical skills can be used to heal damage or even boost attributes.  Because of their benign nature, the challenge roll is not opposed and succeeds as long as there isn't a critical fail.  The impact roll determines the amount of effect.

!!!Mastery System

When a character first learns a spell or ability, it is listed as Practicing until used at least twenty times, after which it becomes listed as Mastered.  The Practicing version of a spell or ability is generally inferior to the mastered version.  For instance, the spell Flare is a 2 AP cost until it is mastered, after which it becomes a 1 AP spell and becomes more accurate.  To learn certain spells or abilities requires first mastering previous ones in addition to a level requirement.  For instance, the spell Fire Storm requires both the character to have mastered Fireball, and for the character to be level 20.  Thus if your character never bothers to use fire spells, they may never learn a more advanced version.

All skills have a domain and an instrument.  The domain can be Physical, Mental, or Spiritual.  The domain determines what attributes are involved in the use of the skill.  The instrument is a type of equipment.

||Strike||Weapon||Physical||DEX||DEX||STR||STR||SP||
||Feint||Weapon||Mental||DEX||INT||STR||IMA||FP||
||Intimidate||Weapon||Spiritual||DEX||WIL||STR||PAS||MP||
||Blast||Spell||Physical||INT||DEX||IMA||STR||SP||
||Sleep||Spell||Mental||INT||INT||IMA||IMA||FP||
||Fear||Spell||Spiritual||INT||WIL||IMA||PAS||MP||
||Smite||Prayer||Physical||WIL||DEX||PAS||STR||SP||
||Bind||Prayer||Mental||WIL||INT||PAS||IMA||FP||
||Rebuke||Prayer||Spiritual||WIL||WIL||PAS||PAS||MP||

A character can have any number of Skills.  Skills allow actions on part of a character, the success of which is determined by what is called a Challenge Roll.  This involves rolling a dice, and multiplying together the relevant attribute as well as the Skill’s current mastery level to the resulting number.  Actions that affect other characters or foes can be opposed by a relevant ability of their own.

For instance, the character Darsic has the Skill: Swordsmanship.  This allows him to make attacks on foes with a sword (as well as perhaps parry with it).  A particular foe, Goblin, has the ability Dodge, and can attempt to challenge the effects of Swordsmanship with it.  When Darsic attacks Goblin, they make opposed Challenge Rolls with their Skills.  If Darsic rolls higher, then the attack deals damage, if Goblin rolls higher, then the attack misses.  In the first case, Darsic and Goblin make Impact Rolls to see the resulting effects on their relevant Energy pool.

Attack Roll = d20 x accuracy attribute x skill level

Defence Roll = d20 x evasion attribute x skill level

Impact Roll = damage dice + impact attribute

Resistance Roll = protection dice + resistance attribute

A critical miss occurs when the attack roll is a natural 1, or the defence roll is a natural 20.  This is an automatic miss that does no damage to the defender.  If the attacker is in a position vulnerable to an opportunity, they automatically provoke one.  If that wasn't enough, the attacker must roll an impact roll against their own resistance roll, and take any resulting damage to themselves.

Certain magical skills can be used to heal damage or even boost attributes.  Because of their benign nature, there is no need to roll to hit.  Instead, simply roll an impact roll to determine the amount of effect.

A critical miss occurs when the attack roll is a natural 1, or the defence roll is a natural 20.  This is an automatic miss that does no damage.  If the attacker is in a position vulnerable to an opportunity, they automatically provoke one.

A character can have any number of Skills.  Skills allow actions on part of a character, the successfulness of which is determined by what is called a Challenge Roll.  This involves rolling a d20, and multiplying together the relevant attribute as well as the Skill’s current level to the resulting number.  Actions that affect other characters or foes can be opposed by a relevant ability of their own.

Skills generally begin at level 0.  Every single use of a Skill, regardless of success or failure, increases its level by 1.

||Rubbish/Improvised/None||1d2||0||
||Mundane Common Item||1d4||1||
||Decent Uncommon Work||1d6||10||
||Rare Masterwork Good||1d8||100||
||Superior Magnum Opus||1d10||1000||
||Mythical Legendary Artifact||1d12||10000||

!!Mastery System

!!Range

** Charge: Move your speed.  Strike at end of move.  Lose remaining TP.

** Sprint: Move twice your speed.  Lose remaining TP.

** Readied Interrupt: Choose an Attack or Magic costing 3 TP or less.

** Precise Shot: A ranged attack with greater accuracy.  Lose remaining TP.