Anima Player Guide

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Creating an Anima Character

Step 1: Attributes

The first step will be determining which method

will be used to generate your primary

attributes, for the purposes of this guide we will

be using method 5 from the GM guide on page

2. You will be issued 65 points to use to buy

your base attribute scores. The minimum score

you can purchase is 3 and the maximum is 10.

A rank of 5 is the racial average for humans,

while 10 is the peek of a normal humans

potential.

Att. Rank Point Cost

3 3

4 4

5 56 6

7 7

8 8

9 9

10 11

Strength (STR)

Strength defines a characters musculature and

energy. This Characteristic permits you to lift

heavy weights, cause major damage when

hitting, and break objects.

Dexterity (DEX)

Dexterity represents a characters physical skill

and coordination. It affects his ability to make

precise attacks, as well as to block them. Along

with Agility, it also represents his reaction

speed.

Agility (AGI)

Agility represents characters speed of

movement and balance. A high agility makes a

character more acrobatic and able to dodge

attacks. Together with Dexterity, it defines

reaction speed.

Constitution (CON)

Constitution defines the stamina and vitality of

a character, his resistance to disease, and his

ability to absorb damage. A character with a

high Constitution score will have good physical

resistance and will recover from wounds and

sickness. This Characteristic indicates the

amount of damage a character can suffer

before dying.

Intelligence (INT)

Intelligence covers reasoning, learning, and

memory. Intellectual knowledge and logic

depend on it, as does the capacity to

understand and develop spells.

Power (POW)

This represents the state of mind and spiritual

power of a character. The higher it is, the

better the characters ability to influence and

resist the supernatural, as well as stand out in a

crowd.

Willpower (WP)

This Characteristic measures the mental

strength of an individual, his coolness and

tenacity. It is also used to employ and resist

psychic disciplines.

Perception (PER)

This Characteristic encompasses the acuity of

the characters senses, and his ability to notice

what is going on around him. It represents the

five senses, as well as instinct.

For example: A mage wanting to spend 65 point

to build his attributes would do so like this INT

10(11 points), POW 10(11 points), WP 9(9

points), DEX 7(7 points), STR(5 points), AGI 6(6

points), CON 5 (5 points), and PER 10(11 points)

for a total of 65 points spent.


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Step 2: Creation Points

Your character will be provided with three

creation points to use to buy advantages, as

well as the option of selecting up to three

disadvantages to gain additional Creation points

with which to buy advantages.

Its worth noting that in order to be able to use

magic you must select The Gift or

Incomplete Gift as an advantage. In order to

be able to be able to use psychic matrices you

must select Free Access to Psychic Discipline

or Access to one Psychic Discipline. In order

to be able to start playwith Elan powers the

Elan advantage must be selected. While

there is no advantage required to be able to

access MK abilities it is recommended that MK

users take the advantage Marital Mastery

Step 3: Attribute Bonuses

Now that we have completed the selection of

advantages we should have our finial Attribute

scores. Based on your attribute score you will

receive a modifier that impacts skills based on

that attribute.

Att. Rank Modifier

1 -30

2 -20

3 -10

4 -5

5 0

6-7 +58-9 +10

10 +15

11-12 +20

13-14 +25

15 +30

16-17 +35

18-19 +40

20 +45

Step 4: Fatigue

Fatigue is based on your characters CON score.

Record your fatigue score which will be equal to

your CON score (Score not modifier).

Step 5: Movement

Your base move value is based on your

characters AGI score. Record your base

movement value which will be equal to your

AGI score (Score not modifier).

Step 6: Size

Your size will be based on your STR and CON

scores. Record your size which will be the sum

of your base STR and CON scores (Scores not

modifiers).

Size Height Weight

2 8"-2' 10-35 lbs

3 1'6"-2' 20-45 lbs

4 2'-3'4" 45-65 lbs

5 2'8"-4' 45-110 lbs

6 3'4"-4'6" 65-110 lbs

7 3'6"-4'10" 65-135 lbs

8 4'-5'4" 75-155 lbs

9 4'8"-5'8" 90-175 lbs

10 4'8"-5'8" 90-200 lbs

11 4'8"-6" 110-220 lbs

12 5'-6' 110-220 lbs

13 5'-6' 110-310 lbs

14 5'4"-6'3" 110-330 lbs

15 5'4"-6'6" 135-395 lbs

16 5'8"-6'10" 155-485 lbs

17 5'8"-6'10" 175-530 lbs

18 5'11"-7'2" 200-615 lbs

19 6'3"-7'6" 220-615 lbs20 6'6"-7'9" 245-705 lbs

21 6'10"-8'6" 265-990 lbs

22 8'+ 800+ lbs


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Step 7: Life Points

Your base LP score will be based on your CON.

CON LP Base

1 5

2 20

3 40

4 55

5 70

6 85

7 95

8 110

9 120

10 135

11 150

12 160

13 175

14 185

15 200

16 215

17 225

18 240

19 250

20 265

Step 8: Base Presence

Your base presence at level 1 will be 30. Once

we know our base presence we can tally our

resistances. The finial number for your

resistances will be equal to your base presence

plus the modifier from the relevant attribute.

Step 9: Base Zeon

This step is only for players who have taken The

Gift or Incomplete Gift as an advantage. Your

base Zeon pool will be determined by your

POW score.

POW ZEON POW ZEON

1 5 11 150

2 20 12 160

3 40 13 175

4 55 14 185

5 70 15 200

6 85 16 215

7 95 17 225

8 110 18 240

9 120 19 250

10 135 20 265

Step 10: Base MA


Gift or Incomplete Gift as an advantage. Your

base Magic Accumulation will be based on your

POW.

POW MA POW MA

1-4 0 15 20

5-7 5 16-17 25

8-11 10 18-19 30

12-14 15 20 35

Step 11: Determine Magic Levels


Gift or Incomplete Gift as an advantage. The

amount of magic levels received is based on

your INT.

INT Magic Level INT Magic Level

1 0 11 75

2 0 12 100

3 0 13 150

4 0 14 2005 0 15 300

6 10 16 400

7 20 17 500

8 30 18 600

9 40 19 700

10 50 20 800


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Step 12: Psychic Potential

This step is only for players who have taken the

Free Access to Psychic Discipline or Access to

one Psychic Discipline advantage. Your Psychic

potential will be based on your WP.

WP

Psychic

Potential WP

Psychic

Potential

3 or less 0 12 80

4 0 13 90

5 10 14 100

6 20 15 120

7 30 16 140

8 40 17 160

9 50 18 180

10 60 19 200

11 70 20 220

Step 13: Ki Accumulation

This step is for players intending to use Ki

abilities, however since each class receives MK

each level it is recommended that everyone

take this step but not mandatory. You will be

determining your Ki Accumulation for the

following attributes; STR, AGI, DEX, CON, WP,

and POW.

Attribute

Base

Base

Accumulation

1-9 1

10-12 2

13-15 3

16+ 4

Step 14: Ki Pool

This step is for players intending to use Ki

abilities, however since each class receives MK

each level it is recommended that everyone

take this step but not mandatory. You will be

determining your Ki Pool for the following

attributes; STR, AGI, DEX, CON, WP, and POW.

If using the Unification of Ki rule the 6 smaller Ki

pools will be combined for one large generic

pool.

Attribute

score

Base

Pool

Attribute

score

Base

Pool

1 1 11 12

2 2 12 14

3 3 13 16

4 4 14 18

5 5 15 20

6 6 16 22

7 7 17 24

8 8 18 26

9 9 19 28

10 10 20 30

Step 14: Choose your class

Choose from the following classes; Warrior,

Acrobatic warrior, Paladin, Dark Paladin,

Weaponsmaster, Technician, Tao, Ranger,

Shadow, Thief, Assassin, Wizard, Warlock,

Illusionist, Wizard Mentalist, Summoner,

Warrior Summoner, Mentalist, Warrior

Mentalist, and Freelancer.

Step 15: Apply generic bonuses

These are bonuses that each class gets just for

being level 1. Select five different secondary

abilities and give them a bonus of +10 (these

count as trained now). Select one Physical

ability (based on STR, DEX, CON, AGI) and add

your attribute modifier to the base. Select one

Mental ability (based on WP, POW, PER, INT)

and add your attribute modifier to the base.

Step 16: Apply Innate class bonuses


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Each class should receive a bonus to Life Points,

Initiative, Martial knowledge, and Innate

Psychic points just for being level 1. These

values will be listed first in the class description.

Now each class should have a section labeled

Innate Bonuses . You receive these bonuses

automatically for being level 1.

Using the Warrior for example, they get 15 LP

to be listed under class, +5 Initiative class

bonus, 25 martial knowledge, and one psychic

point (if psychic advantages were taken). In the

Innate Bonus section the warrior also gets 5

attack, 5 block, 5 wear armor, and 5 feats of

strength point to add to its class section for

being level 1.

Step 17: Development points

Every level 1 character get 600 development

point that are used to buy more life point,

combat abilities, magic abilities, psychic abilities

and secondary abilities.

Life Points- Each class should have a life point

multiple listed, the cost listed is how many DP it

takes to add your CON score (score not

modifier) . Using the warrior as an example it

would cost 15 DP to add a Multiple.

Combat ability-Each class will have a cap on

how may DP can be spent on combat abilities,

the base in attack, block, dodge, and wear

armor abilities starts at 0 and is raised based on

the cost listed for the class. Each class has the

option to buy 5 MK points for 5 DP, but you

cannot spend more than 60 DP in this fashion

and it counts toward your cap on combat

abilities.

Supernatural Ability- Each class will have a cap

on how may DP can be spent on supernatural

abilities, the base in projection, summon,

control, bind, and banish abilities starts at 0 and

is raised based on the cost listed for the class.

Each class has the option to buy 5 Magic level

points for 5 DP, but you cannot spend more

than 60 DP in this fashion and it counts toward

your cap on supernatural abilities.

Psychic Abilities- Psychic projection starts with a

base of 0 and is raised based on the cost listed

for the class.

Secondary Abilities- Aside of the five abilities

assigned a base of 10 or modifier bonus earlier

in creation, secondary abilities start with a base

of 0 and are raised based on the cost listed for

the class. Some classes have specific abilities

that can be purchased for a discount. Using the

warrior as an example all Vigor abilities cost 2

DP a point, except for feats of strength which

only cost 1 DP a point.

Step 18: Finial totals

Total your abilities, most will be your base +

attribute modifier + class.


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Leveling a character

Step 1: Experience

Verify you have enough experience to level up.

If you have a level modifier it can impact the

exp needed to level. For example a normal

character needs 100 exp to reach lvl 2, and 225

exp to reach lvl 3. But a character with a +1

level modifier would need 225 to reach lvl 2.

LVL EXP LVL EXP

1 0 9 1500

2 100 10 1800

3 225 11 2125

4 375 12 2475

5 550 13 2850

6 750 14 3250

7 975 15 3675

8 1225 16+ +450

Step 2: Generic Bonuses

Select five different secondary abilities and give

them a +10 bonus (max an ability can gain this

way is +100). Select one Physical ability (based

on STR, DEX, CON, AGI) and add your attribute

modifier to the base. Select one Mental ability

(based on WP, POW, PER, INT) and add your

attribute modifier to the base.

Step 3: Class bonuses

Each class should have a bonus to LP, Initiative,

and Martial knowledge that should be recorded

each level. Depending on the class you may

receive a Psychic point every level, every other

level, or every third level. Once these bonuses

have been recorded check for any Innate

bonuses the class may have.

Step 3: Presence

Each level will add +5 to your base presence.

Once you have recorded this update your

resistances to reflect the higher base.

Step 4: DP

Each Level you will receive 100 DP to spend just

as you did during creation. The caps on the

various categories are still in place, so

depending on your class you will never be able

to spend more than 50-60 DP in a single primary

category. There is no cap on LP and secondary

abilities.

Step 5: Attribute increase

On every even level you will receive the option

to add +1 to a single attribute or gain a single

creation point (advantages bought subject to

GM approval).

Step 5: Finish new totals

On odd levels you should just be upping base

ability scores and resistances, but on even

levels if you raise an attribute that has many

totals it impacts. Double check that your ki

accumulation, ki pool, magic accumulation,

base zeon, psychic potential, and all primary

and secondary abilities based on that attribute

are updated accordingly.


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Rolling Dice: Doing Stuff

Anima makes use of the D100 and the D10.

A D100 roll is added to the ability being

used to determine if success has been

achieved, thus the higher the roll the better.

A D10 is rolled in characteristic tests, in

these cases the lower the roll the better, in

the case of a characteristic test a 10 is

treated as a 13 while a 1 is a -2.

Difficulty levels

Routine: 20

Easy: 40

Moderate: 80

Difficult: 120

Very Difficult: 140

Absurd: 180

Almost Impossible: 240

Impossible: 280

Inhuman: 320 Zen: 440

Fatigue-A player can spend fatigue points to

improve a single roll. Each fatigue point

spent adds +15 to the roll, only 2 fatigue

points may be used on a single action. It is

possible to lose fatigue through laborious

means. A low fatigue value can result in a

penalty.

Fatigue Penalty

0 -120

1 -80

2 -40

3 -20

4 -10

Fatigue recovery-Players regain one point

for every 30 minutes of rest or one point for

every hour without strenuous activities.

The Open Roll: Animas Crit

You can get an open roll on any D100 roll

that isnt for resistance tests, Fumble level,

or Critical level. A 90+ is an open roll, this

allows you to keep your rolled value and roll

again adding both rolls. It is possible to get

back to back open rolls, but the value for an

open roll goes up after the first open roll.

Meaning if you roll 90+, for your next roll

to be open you need 91+, 92+ for the third

etc. 100 is always an open roll. No one canexceed 280 until they posses the inhuman

trait, or Zen to go beyond 320

Combat Crit: Ouch that hurt

When someone loses half their currentLP in

one hit this results in a critical or 10%

currentLP form a vulnerable point (heart

and head on a human). The attacker

determines their critical level by rolling ad100 (no open rolls) and adding the result to

the amount of damage done. Values over

200 have the excess reduced by half, 260

becoming 230, 340 becoming 270 etc.

The defender must make a Physical

resistance test with the difficulty of the

critical level. If the defender passes their

PhR test then they only suffer the damage

from the attack.

If the defender fails by 50 or less then they

suffer an action penalty on top of the

damage equal to the level of failure. This

penalty wears off at a rate of 5 points a turn.

For example failing the PhR by 45 would

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Fumbles: Animas Botch

You can fumble a roll on any D100 roll that

isnt for resistance tests, Fumble level, or

Critical level. Rolling a 1, 2, or 3 results in

a fumble. To determine your fumble levelroll a D100 and add your fumble modifier.

1 has a modifier of +15, 2 has no modifier,

and 3 has a modifier of -15.

Fumble level

1-50: Simply a failure

51-100: Failure and some form of

negative effect

101+: Tragic failure, Up to the GMto royally screw you

Ability Mastery-Once you have reached a

score of 200+ in an ability 3 is no longer a

fumble, 2 has a modifier of -15 and 1 no

longer has a modifier.

Spell Casting fumbles-A fumble while using

Magic projection to cast results in the spell

failing and the Zeon being lost. A fumble

level of 90+ results in a spell out of control

with dire consequences for the caster.

Psychic fumbles-The fumble level is

subtracted from your psychic projection roll

worsening the effects.

Summoning fumbles- The fumble level is

subtracted from your summoning roll

worsening the effects.

Combat Fumbles: How you fucked up

The Initiative fumble- when rolling initiative

a fumble simply results in a low score.

However you will suffer a penalty to your

initiative for the purposes of determining

surprise. 1 being -125, 2 being -100, and 3

being -75

The Defensive fumble- When making a

defensive roll resulting in a fumble the

player determines the fumble level andsubtracts that from the value of their

defensive ability. If the fumble level is over

80 the GM is free to add small additions,

such as tripping or being disarmed.

The attack fumble- A fumble on an attack

results in a miss. If the defender has the

option of a counter attack they may add the

fumble level to their attack roll. Fumbling

an attack roll prevents any additional activeaction this turn and a fumble over 80 can

result in small additions by the GM, such as

being disarmed or wounding a teammate.

Combat: How to spill blood

Initiative-In order to determine initiative all

combatants roll a D100 and add the result to

their initiative score. Combatants go in

order of highest to lowest Initiative. Thosewith a higher score may opt to hold back,

and then act at any time he chooses.

If your finial initiative value is 150+ higher

than your opponents then you have the

element of surprise. Surprised opponents

suffer a -90 penalty to oppose you, If you

opt to hold back you lose this bonus but gain

the ability to act and interrupt the action of a

surprised opponent.

ActionsIn combat there are severalActive

and Passive actions a player can take.

Active actions

Attack an enemy


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Use Active spells, or psychic power

Use Physical abilities

Move more that 25% of your

movement value

Use an active secondary ability

Withdraw from Combat

Passive actions

Defense against an attack (see

multiple defenses)

Draw of unsheathe a weapon (-25 to

attack and block)

Use passive spells or psychic powers

Move less than 25% of your

movement value

Carry out an opposed check

Use a passive secondary ability

Speak

Maximum number of actions-You are

allowed as many passive actions as needed,

but you normally only get one active action.

You can perform additional active actions at

a penalty if you so chose. Your maximumnumber of active actions is determined by

your dexterity and agility.

Add your Dex+AG

1-10: 1 action

11-14: 2 actions

15-19: 3 actions

20-22: 4 actions

23-25: 5 actions

26-28: 6 actions

29-31: 8 actions

32+: 10 actions.

You suffer a cumulative -25 penalty for each

action beyond the first. So if you took 4

actions the first would have no penalty, the

second -25, the third -50, and the fourth -75.

Additional attacks-There are a couple of

ways of obtaining additional attacks, the

simplest being to duel wield the otherdeclaring multiple attacks.

When wielding a weapon in each hand the

player has two attack actions that can be

made. One with the main hand weapon at

no penalty and a second with the offhand at

a -40 penalty (-10 if ambidextrous). This

second attack can be used for a counter

attack.

Declaring multiple attacks is a single active

action that results in multiple blows being

made. For every 100 points you process in

your finial attack score you may make an

additional attack on yourAttack action.

Each additional attack declared subtracts 25

points from your final attack ability. These

attacks can be used, or saved for counter

attack during the combat turn.

Putting it all together-For example you

declare oneActive action for the turn, that

action being to attack your foe. For you

attack action you declare you will be making

3 attacks. You have final combat score of

210 so 3 is the maximum you can declare.

Because each attack imposes a cumulative -

25 penalty your finial attack ability for these

three attacks will be 135.

For a more complex example. You declare

3 active actions on your turn, Use an active

ability, full movement, attack an enemy. In

your attack you declare to be using 3 attacks

again. You suffer no penalty for the active

ability action, you move, and now you


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attack because your attack is your third

active action you are at a -50 penalty.

Because you are declaring 3 attacks that

renders your base ability once again to 135,

but because of the -50 you will be using a

finial score of 105

Multiple defenses-A player suffers a penalty

to block/dodge for each attack he defends

against beyond the first in a combat turn.

The second attack imposes a -30 penalty

with each attack beyond that imposing a -20.

Multiple defense penalties cap at -90

Melee attack: Time to whoop ass

The attacker rolls a D100 and adds the result

to their attack ability.

The defender rolls a d100 and adds the result

to their block or dodge depending.

The deference between these rolls is

compared to table 38 on page 81. One of

three results will occur.

The attack hits and causes damage; thedefender loses any active action they may

have had.

The attack misses or hits without damage,

the defender avoids the attack or it hits some

trivial part of the defender (tearing clothing

for example). The defender loses any active

actions they may have had.

The attack misses and a counter attack is

possible, the defender may immediately

launch a counter attack using their active

action for the turn (and possibly a declared

attack in the case of multiple attacks) or hold

for their turn in the initiative roster.

Special Combat Situations

Situation Atk Blk Ddg Ini P.Act

Flanked -10 -30 -30 NA NA

From Behind -30 -80 -80 NA NA

Surprised NA -90 -90 NA -90

Vision

PartiallyObscured -30 -30 -15 NA -90

Vision totally

Obscured -100 -80 -80 NA -90

Higher ground +20 NA NA NA NA

From Ground -30 -30 -30 -10 -30

Partially

Immobilized -20 -20 -40 -20 -40

Mostly

Immobilized -80 -80 -80 -30 -60

FullyImmobilized -200

-200

-200 -100 -200

Put atweapons point -20

-120

-120 -50 -100

Levitating -20 -20 -40 NA -60

Flight type10-14 +10 +10 +10 +10 NA

Flight type15+ +15 +10 +20 +10 NA

Charging +10 -10 -20 NA NA

DrawingWeapon -25 -25 NA NA -25

CrowdedSpace -40*

-40* -40 NA -20

SmallAdversary -10 NA NA NA NA

TinyAdversary -20 -10 NA NA NA

In addition to Special combat situations

there are also Special purpose attacks.

Disable- This is an attack meant to disable

an opponent without killing them. A

directed attack is launched against the limb

that you wish to disable. The damage from

the attack is halved; however the full

damage is used to determine the critical

level. The limb is treated as a vulnerable

point.


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Directed attack-A directed attack is a blow

meant to target a specific part of the

opponents body.

Body

Part

Penalty Against

HumanoidsNeck -80

Head -60

Elbow -60

Heart -60

Groin -60

Foot -50

Hand -40

Knee -40

Abdomen -20

Arm -20

Thigh -20Calf -10

Torso -10

Eye -100

Wrist -40

Shoulder -30

Take Down- This is an attack intended to

knock an opponent down. The attack is

made at -30 or -60 if using a weapon. For

the purpose of this attack the defender is

treated as having an AT of 0. If the attack

lands and would do damage then an

opposed test is made the attacker using

either strength of agility and the defender

using dexterity or agility. If the damage is

less than 100% the attacker applies a penalty

of +3 to their opposed roll, if the damage

is 200%+ the attacker has a bonus of -3. If

the attacker wishes a take down can alsodeal damage, halving the base damage (AT

applies). Creatures with more than two legs

get a natural bonus to the opposed test of -3.

Knock out- This is a directed attack to an

opponents head with the intention of

rendering them unconscious. The attack

needs to be made with an impact weapon

(non-impact weapons impose a -40 penalty).

The damage from the attack is halved;

however the full damage is used to

determine the critical level. A critical level

over 50 renders the opponent unconscious.

Unconsciousness-The player is

unconscious, this lasts for one hour

for every 10 points of failure on the

resistance test. If the failure level is

less than 10 they are unconscious for

a number of minutes equal to the

failure level.

Put at weapons point-This attack is to get

the drop on an opponent placing your

weapon at their throat or heart. This attack

suffers a -100 penalty and the defender AT

considered 0, success results in the target

being placed at weapons point. After

placing an opponent at weapons point you

can now attack them as a passive action,

interrupted only if surprise by an opponent

is used to interrupt your attack.

Disarm-This is an attack with the intention

of removing a weapon from an opponent.

The attack is made at -40 and the defender is

treated as having an AT of 0. If the attack

would result in damage then an opposed

test is made, the attacker and the defender

may choose between strength and dexterity.

If the attack resulted in less than 100%

damage then the attacker suffers a +3

penalty on their opposed roll , where as if

the attack resulted in 200%+ then they have

a bonus of -3.


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If the defender fails they suffer an

Action penalty equal to the degree of

failure that fades at a rate of 10

points a turn. If the defender fails by

60+ then they are rendered

unconscious

Heat Damage: The defender risks

being set on fire. The defender rolls

a D100 (no open rolls) and adds that

to the damage dealt, if the defenders

clothes/gear are prone to catching

fire add a bonus to this roll between

10-40, and fire resistant clothing can

deduct up to 60 from the roll.

o 140-179 Scorching: playermust attempt to put out the

fire with a dex or agi roll, the

level of success is deducting

from the total fire value.

Failure to suppress the fire

adds 10 points

o 180-239 Burning: Same as

scorching but the player takes

10 points of damage a turn,

each Heat AT reduces this by

2

o 240-299 In flames: Same as

burning same that they lose

25 points in damage a turn.

Sand or water required to

extinguish the flames.

Removing clothes/armor

removes 60 from the fire

value

o +300 Burning to ashes: 50

points of damage a turn,

armor does not reduce.

Area Attacks-Area attacks can be blocked

with a penalty of -120 to block (unless the

player can block energy). Dodge can be

employed so long as the defenders Move

could take them out of the radius of the

attack, those lacking in move can still

attempt to dodge at -80

Essence attacks-Are spiritual attacks thatrequire a resistance check, those who are

unable to perceive the supernatural suffer

the vision totally obscured penalty -80 and

the -90 surprise penalty for a total of -170.

Death-Suffering a critical that results in

amputation to the head or heart results in

instant death. If a players LP drops to a

negative value exceeding 5x their

constitution score then they have died.

The thin line-When a player is at 0 (or less)

LP they can die at any time as their body can

simply give out. A PhR check must be

made each hour to stabilize or the player

losses 1 LP. If the player fails the check by

60+ they die. Stabilizing set LP to 0 and the

player regains consciousness suffering a -60

action penalty (fades at a rate of 5 points a

day). A player can be stabilized by someoneelse with a Moderate medicine check.

Spirit-A person remains in this realm for a

number of hours equal to their power score

after dyeing.


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Recovery: Be a man, walk it off

Each character has a regeneration level

Constitution Regen lvl

1-2 0

3-7 1

8-9 2

10 3

11 4

12 5

13 6

14 7

15 8

16 9

17 10

18 1119-20 12

Your regeneration level determines your

healing rate, and the rate that wound based

action penalties fade.

LVL

LP

resting

LP

active

Penalty

fade Special

1 10/day 5/day 5/day NA




5 50/day 25/day 10/day No scars

6 75/day 30/day 15/day

Immune to bleed

out

7 100/day 50/day 20/day

cleanly

amputated

limbs recover inone week if

placed

on the stump

8 250/day

100/da

y 25/day

as above but in

5 days

9 500/day200/da

y 30/day

as above but in

3 days, no longer

makes life anddeath tests

10 1/minute NA 40/day

as above but in

one day

11 2/minute NA 50/day

Any amputation

recovers in one

week if placedon the stump

12 5/minute NA 5/hour

as above in three

days

13 10/minute NA 10/hour as above in oneday

14 1/turn NA 15/hour as above in hours

15 5/turn NA 20/hour

As above in oneturn.

Except for the

headlost limbs grow

back

in one week

16 10/turn NA10/minut

eas above in threedays

17 25/turn NA 10/turn as above in hours

18 50/turn NA 25/turn

as above in a few

turns

19 100/turn NA all/turnas above in oneturn

20 250/turn NA all/turn

All criticals are

nullified


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Ranged Attacks: PewPew

Normally initiative with a ranged weapon is

slower than an unarmed attack, the speed

reduction representing the time it takes to

ready the weapon. Should the playeralready have the weapon primed at the start

of the initiative roll then the player uses their

unarmed initiative instead.

Making a ranged attack with a

bow/firearm/thrown weapon is a bit

different than making a melee attack. The

attacker rolls a D100 adding the result to

their combat score, while open rolls apply

the maximum cap on the roll is 280(unlessthe weapon has been imbued in some way).

The attacker must also compare their roll to

the firing difficulty to see if they even have

the option to hit.

Situation Difficulty

Point Blank: less than 5ft 40

Short range: 5 to 30ft 80

Medium Range: 31 to 160ft 120

Long Range: 161 to 500ft 140Very Long Range: 501 to1,600ft 180

Extreme Distances: 1,601 to2,500ft 240

Unclassifiable: 2,500+ft 280

The attacker also needs to consider the range

of their weapon, as well as any modifiers

that may apply to ranged combat, and many

of the combat situations from the meleesection can also apply, From behind,

flanking, and immobilization are prime

examples of this.

Each weapon will have an effective range

and maximum range, which is affected by

your strength score. There is also a cap on

the amount of force the weapon itself can

handle, in order to reach truly obscene

ranges then some sort of imbued/enchanted

weapon must be used. The range increases

apply to both the effective and maximum

ranges.

Str RangeWeaponQuality

3 -100ft NA

4 -30ft NA

5 0 NA

6 0 NA

7 +30ft NA

8 +60ft NA9 +100ft NA

10 +150ft NA

11 +300ft +5

12 +800ft +10

13 +1500ft +10

14 +1 mile +15

15 +3 miles +15

16+ +5 miles +20

Special Combat Situations (from meleesection)

Situation Atk Blk Ddg Ini P.Act

Flanked -10 -30 -30 NA NA

From Behind -30 -80 -80 NA NA

Surprised NA -90 -90 NA -90

Vision Partially

Obscured -30 -30 -15 NA -90

Vision totallyObscured -100 -80 -80 NA -90

Higher ground +20 NA NA NA NA

From Ground -30 -30 -30 -10 -30

Partially

Immobilized -20 -20 -40 -20 -40

MostlyImmobilized -80 -80 -80 -30 -60

Fully

Immobilized -200 -200 -200 -100 -200

Put at

weapons point -20 -120 -120 -50 -100

Levitating -20 -20 -40 NA -60


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Flight type 10-

14 +10 +10 +10 +10 NA

Flight type 15+ +15 +10 +20 +10 NA

Charging +10 -10 -20 NA NA

Drawing

Weapon -25 -25 NA NA -25

Crowded Space -40* -40* -40 NA -20

SmallAdversary -10 NA NA NA NA

Tiny Adversary -20 -10 NA NA NA

Projectile Modifiers

Situation Modifier

Move more than

25%

of Movement value -10

Run at maximum

movement value -50

Poor Visibility -20

Target behind

cover -40

Change target -10

Target moving

more

than speed 8 -20

Target moving

speed 10 -40

Target movingmore

than speed 10 -60

After having

defended

this combat turn -40

Attacking beyond

effective range -30

Large target +30

Aiming 1 turn +10

Aiming 2 turns +20

Aiming 3 turns +30Point-blank range +30

The defender must now attempt to avoid the

attack. Defending against thrown weapons

is done with a -50 to block or a normal

dodge attempt. Mastery in block removes

the -50 penalty.

Defending againstfired projectiles is a bit

trickier due to the velocity of the attack.

Situation

Fired

attack

Block -80

Dodge -30

Block w/ mastery -20

Dodge w/ mastery 0

Block w/ shield -30

Block w/ shield &

mastery 0

Rain of projectiles-There maybe a case

where a character suffers a rain of

projectiles and defending against each shot

would be time consuming. If 10 or more

attackers with no variance greater than 60 in

attack ability attack then there is only one

attack is made with +150 to the highest

attack score instead of rolling and the base

damage is 4x its normal value.

Just like with melee there are three possible

outcomes when resolving a ranged attack.

The attack misses or hits with out damage.

The attack misses or does trivial damage, the

defender forgoes any active action for the

turn.

The attack misses and a counter attack is

possible. The counter attack only gets the

counter attack bonus if they are with in

melee range and making a melee counter

attack. A ranged counter attack does not get

the counter attack bonus and can only be

done with a ranged attack.


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The attack hits and does damage. The attack

lands and deals damage, the defender

foregoes any active actions this turn.

Reload-Fired projectile weapons will have a

reload time. This determine how often theycan be fired, for example a reload time of 1

can be used each turn while a reload time of

2 can be used every other turn. The lost turn

is spent reloading the weapon. For every

100 points of attack ability or100 points of

sleight of hand the player may reduce the

reload time of the weapon by one turn. For

example firing a reload 1 weapon more than

once in a turn or a reload 2 weapon every

turn. Each turn reduced on the reload time

imposes a cumulative -25 penalty. So a

character with sleight of hand 100 can use a

reload 1 bow twice in a turn once at the

normal attack value and a second time at -25

this works similar to the multiple attack

penalties for melee.

Rate of fire-Thrown weapons do not require

reloading, they do however have a rate of

fire. Thrown weapons will have a ROF

score which indicates how many a player

can throw in a turn. For example a ROF 40

weapon can be thrown once for every 40

attack points you have, meaning that a

player with am attack ability score of 120

could throw three of the weapons in a single

turn. Each additional weapon thrown

imposes a -10 penalty. No matter the

thrown score a player can always throw atleast one weapon a turn. Any item with an

unlisted ROF is assumed to be ROF 80.

Magic in combat: No bright wizards!

When blending magic and combat there are

a few differences to be aware of. A magic

user may only cast an active spell on their

turn, regardless of counterattack

opportunities. Magic users use theirMagic

Projection score as their attack value.

Unlike melee/ranged when using magic

projection the caster does not suffer from

multiple casting penalties, and only suffers

from vision related penalties from special

combat situations. Magic projection is also

not effected by the projectile modifiers,

Aiming being the exception.

Spell casting is an active action, and

performing multiple active actions still

comes with the standard penalties they do

not apply to the magic projection rolls. It is

worth noting that mages that are required to

gesticulate reduce their MA by half is taking

other actions.

Magic shields-Some casters have the option

to summon forth magical shields to help

defend themselves. The caster defends

themselves using the shield by rolling a

D100 and adding that to their magic

projection. Magic shields do not suffer

penalties for additional defenses and are

only subject to the penalties from surprise,

put at weapons point, vision partially

obscured, and vision totally obscured. Any

counter attack bonus gained using a shield is

not addedto magic projection, but can be

used with other abilities. For example a

warlock uses a shield to block an attack and

applies the counter attack bonus to a meleestrike.

A shield that stops an attack is dealt the base

damage of the blow, and a blow strong

enough to shatter a shield continues on to hit

the caster using the left over base damage to

determine the finial damage of the attack.


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Example a shield that can take 30 damage is

used to stop an attack with a base of 70, the

attack shatters the shield leaving 40 carry

over that can be effected by the damage

modifiers granted by the combat chart.

As an active action the shield can be used to

cover others. The caster suffers a -40 to

their magic projection score when defending

another in this fashion. If the shield fails to

stop the attack then it continues normally

and the defender can attempt their own

means of evasion.

Note: Physic shields work in the same

manner substituting Psychic projection formagic projection.

Casting a Spell-Magic users will have a

Zeon pool, which can be thought of as a

mana pool and a Magic Accumulation score

(MA). The MA score represents how much

Zeon a caster can access in one turn. Using

your MA is a passive action however there

are a few things to note. Performing any

other action on the same turn that MA isbeing used reduces the MA value by 50%.

The caster also needs to be able to chant and

gesture with both hands being unable to do

so also reduces their MA by 50%. So if

your MA value is 100 and you take an active

action the same turn as you use your MA

then the MA value would be 50, additionally

if you did not chant(-50%) and gesture (-

50%) then your finial MA value would be

13.

Accumulating Pure Magic-When the player

uses MA they do not have to declare a spell,

they can opt to simply begin to build a pool

of accumulated Zeon to be used on any

spell. When accumulating pure magic the

caster is not allowed to stop accumulating

until a spell has been cast, stopping returns

all Zeon to the casters reserve and they lose

10 points. After casting a spell any unspent

Zeon return to the casters reserve at the end

of the turn.

Accumulating a specific spell-Just as a caster

can draw pure Zeon they can also prepare a

specific spell. When doing so the player

declares the spell and the intended potency

when they start using their MA. All Zeon

gathered go toward the casting of this spell,

the difference in this method is that after

gathering the needed Zeon the caster may

hold the spell for a number of turns equal

to their Power characteristic. Once this

hold has expired the spell must be released

or the caster can return the Zeon to their

reserve loosing 10 Zeon in the process.

Once a spell is on hold the caster may begin

MA for an additional spell while holding the

current spell.

Damage while Accumulating-If the player

takes damage while using their MA they

risking loosing the Zeon gathered. Keeping

the Zeon requires a withstand pain check

with a difficulty equal to 2x the damage they

received, if the caster fails the roll by an

amount greater than or equal to the base

damage of the attack then the Zeon points

are lost completely. Preparing a specific

spell adds a +40 bonus to this roll.

Using Magic Projection-Magic projection is

used in much the same way as the ranged

attack ability in that the success level is also

tied to the maximum range. Casting a spell

on anyone the caster in is physical contact

with adds a +40 bonus to the Magic

projection roll.


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Difficulty and Range

Routine: The caster

Easy: 15ft

Moderate: 80ft

Difficult: 300

Very Difficult: 800

Absurd: 1500ft

Almost Impossible: 3000ft (can cast

beyond eyesight if the targets exact

location is known)

Impossible: up to 3 miles (only need

to know the approximate location)

Zeon Recovery-Casters regain their MA in

Zeon points a day. Players with the gift can

exchange Zeon by touch, with the giver

transferring his MA in Zeon points a turn.

Some magical devices are also able to store

Zeon.

KI: YAY Spirit Bomb!

Ki Accumulation- Much like MA Ki

accumulation is a passive action. The player

can choose to accumulate from as many oras few of their Ki pools as they want on any

given turn. If the player takes any other

actions then their Ki accumulation value is

halved, However if the additional action is

tied to the activation of a Ki ability then the

players Ki accumulation is not halved. If

the player stops accumulating Ki for one

turn the collected points must be spent or

return to his Ki pools at the end of the turn.

Gathering 20 or more total Ki points renders

the players aura visible.

Just like with magic a Ki user can declare a

Ki ability before gathering Ki and once he

has enough the ability can be placed on

hold. Each turn on hold costs a number of

generic Ki equal to the Ki ability level.

Ki recovery-Ki points are regained at a rate

of one point every hour.

Psychic Powers: Big heads

Using psychic abilities works in a similar

manner as magic. The player has a Psychic

projection score they use to direct their

psychic abilities. Unlike magic there are

also two additional aspects of psychic usage

to be aware of, Psychic potential and

psychic points.

Psychic projection-Like magic the only

penalties that apply to psychic projection are

vision partially obscured and vision totally

obscured. As with magic and ranged

attacks, the range is also determined by the

level of success.

Just as casters and ranged fighter can aim a

psychic can concentrate in an effort to boost

their psychic potential.

Concentration

1 turn +10

3 turns +20

5 turns +30

1 minute +40

1 hour +50

Failure and Fatigue-Some powers exert

great power on the mind, and a failure whenusing them takes a harsh toll on the psychic.

If the far right effects column lists a fatigue

value rolling within that range has a psychic

backlash on the player. The fatigue value is

the number of free PP lost due to mental

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lose fatigue points. If the character Fatigue

drops to 0 or below due to Psychic fatigue

they suffer shock requiring a PsR check (-10

penalty for every negative fatigue point)

difficulty 100(120 if -6+ fatigue) to avoid

falling into a coma that lasts a number of

days equal to the failure level. Failing this

check by more than 80 points is fatal.

Difficulty and Range

Routine: The caster

Easy: 15ft

Moderate: 80ft

Difficult: 300

Very Difficult: 800

Absurd: 1500ft

Almost Impossible: 1mile (can target

those beyond eyesight if the targets

exact location is known)

Impossible: up to 10miles (only need

to know the approximate location)

Psychic Potential-Psychic potentialrepresents the players potency with psychic

abilities; it also determines the maximum

number of psychic actions a player can take

in a single turn. Psychic have psychic

potential is a bonus pool that can be divided

up amongst psychic activations. All psychic

projection roll must have at minimum a +10

bonus from psychic potential, in this way it

also acts as the determining factor in how

many psychic abilities can be used in a turn.

For example if a psychic had a psychic

potential of +60, that means that they could

make one roll at +60, or two rolls at +25 and

+35, or six rolls at +10 with six being the

maximum number of psychic actions they

can take. Performing additional non-psychic

active actions before using psychic powers

imposes a cumulative -25 penalty to psychic

potential for each active action performed.

Performing an active action afterusing

psychic powers suffers a flat -25 penalty.

Psychic points- Know as PP psychic points

are wild cards that help to flesh out your

psychic powers. PP can be used in a

permanent fashion to develop powers or a

temporary fashion for short bonus and

boosts. PP is regained at 1 point an hour.

Permanent PP use

Affinity to a psychic discipline Master a new mental power

Increase psychic potential

Strengthen a power

Acquire an innate slot (2PP)

Temporary PP use

Improve psychic projection

Increase psychic potential

Eliminate fatigue Temporary access to a power

Improve innate power

Improve Psychic Projection-Fatigue cannot

be used to increase Psychic projection, but

free PP can be used to grant a +10 bonus to

a specific power. Up to 5 PP may be spent

on a single power in this way.

Increase psychic potential-Players may

spend free PP to improve the psychic

potential they have for a single power. Each

PP adds +20 psychic potential with a

maximum of 5 PP per power.


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Eliminate Fatigue-The player may declare

the use of a PP before activating a power,

preventing fatigue should it occur.

Temporary access to a power-For 1 free PP

the player may gain access to a psychicpower they do not yet have for one turn.

Improve innate power-The player may use

free PP to improve an innate power. For

each PP (max 5) invested the player adds

+20 to their psychic potential for the

purposes of determining the maintained

level of the innate power. PP spent in this

fashion cannot be recovered until the innate

power has been released.

Using a Psychic Power- The player decides

how much of their available psychic

potential they would like to dedicate to the

power and then rolls a d100. The values are

added to determine at what level the power

activates at (if at all). The player then

makes a projection test to aim the power by

rolling a d100 and adding the result to their

psychic projection. This can be dodged (orblocked if the defender can block energy)

with the standard ranged defense penalties

and the blind penalties (unless defender has

see supernatural). At least10% damage

must be achieved on the combat chart.

Situation

Fired

attack

Block -80

Dodge -30Block w/ mastery -20

Dodge w/ mastery 0

Block w/ shield -30

Block w/ shield &

mastery 0

Summoning: You blatant Ash rip-off.

Summoners use four different abilities;

Summon, control, bind, and banish.

Summoning abilities are always active

actions, however performing multiplesummoning actions in a single turn will not

result in multiple action penalties. This

means a summoner could summon, then

control, then bind a being on the same turn

without penalties to their rolls. The

difficulty and cost to use these abilities is

tied to the level of the being being

summoned. Summoner abilities can be

affected by a number of things.

Time spent on Invocation

Time Modifier

Immediate -100

1 turn -50

3 turns -20

5 turns 0

1 minute +10

1 hour +20

6 hours +30

1 day +401 week +50

1 month +60

6 months +70

1 year +80

5 years +90

10 years +100

50+ years +120


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Additional modifiers

Situation Modifier

Knowing thebeing's

true name +20Possessing an

object

belonging to it +10

Possess a part of it +20

Unknown creature

type -50

Summoning-The player spends the needed

Zeon and makes a summon check

Level Summon Zeon

0 140 10

1 160 20

2 180 40

3 200 60

4 220 80

5 240 100

6 260 120

7 280 140

8 300 160

9 320 18010 340 200

11 360 220

12 380 240

13 400 260

14 420 280

15 440 300

Failure

level Effect

1-10 No effect, failure

11-25 Failure and Zeon lost

26-50 Failure and 2x Zeon lost

51-75

2x Zeon lost high lvl being ofopposite nature summoned.Being is unable to be bound or

controlled

76-100

4x Zeon lost multiple high lvl

beings

of opposite nature summoned.Beings are unable to be bound or

controlled

100+

All Zeon lost, Summoner is

transported to the presence of a

mighty being of opposite nature

Control-The player spends the needed Zeon

and makes a control check. A controlled

being can attempt to free itself once per hour

or each time it is given an order hat

contradicts its nature. This is carried out by

another control check that does not cost

Zeon. Attempting to absorb Zeon from a

bound being immediately frees the being.

Level Control Zeon

0 180 20

1 200 40

2 220 80

3 240 120

4 260 160

5 280 200

6 300 240

7 320 280

8 340 320

9 360 360

10 380 400

11 400 440

12 420 480


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13 440 520

14 460 560

15 480 600

Failurelevel Effect




51-75

2x Zeon lost and Being is nowimmune to the summoners

Control attempts

76-1004x Zeon lost, Summoned beingnow has control of the summoner

100+

The summoner becomes the

beings puppet for the rest of hislife

Bind-The player spends the needed Zeon

and makes a Binding check. This ability

will bind a being inside a psychical object

and must be maintained daily by the

summoner. The summoner must pay the

binding cost daily. While bound the being

can communicate with the person possessingthe vessel, the summoner can extract the

being from and return it to the vessel at will

as a passive action (note while passive it will

not fully materialize until the next turn). If

the vessel is broken the being is freed.

The vessel-In order to store a being

in an object the vessel must have a

presence equal to or greater than the

being being bound. A vessel canhold multiple being so long as their

combined presence does not exceed

that of the vessel.

Level Bind Zeon

0 160 5

1 180 10

2 200 203 220 30

4 240 40

5 260 50

6 280 60

7 300 70

8 320 80

9 340 90

10 360 100

11 380 110

12 400 120

13 420 14014 440 180

15 460 200

Failure

level Effect




51-75

2x Zeon lost and Being is now

immune to the summoners Bindattempts, all other being bound

by the summoner are freed

76-100

4x Zeon lost and Being is now

immune to the summoners Bindattempts, all other being bound

by the summoner are freed and

immune to his powers

100+

The summoner becomes bound

inside the being and shares its

fate. If it dies so does the

summoner

Banish-The summoner makes a banish

check in an attempt to cast a being from this

realm. The level of success is how many


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days the being must wait before being able

to enter this realm again.

Level Banish Zeon

0 100 5

1 120 52 140 10

3 160 15

4 180 20

5 200 25

6 220 30

7 240 40

8 260 50

9 280 60

10 300 80

11 320 100

12 340 12013 360 140

14 380 160

15 400 180

Failurelevel Effect




51-75

2x Zeon lost and Being is nowimmune to the summoners

banish attempts.

76-100

4x Zeon lost and several smaller

beings are summoned forth,immune to the summoners

powers

100+

All Zeon is lost and a legion of

similar beings appear-immune to

the summoners powers

Invocation: Are you there, its me Ash?

Invocations requestthe aid of beings too

powerful to be summoned and controlled.

In order to receive the power from an

invocation the player must spend the Zeon

required by the Invocation and make a

summon check based on the listed difficulty

(failure works as summoning failure). If the

player is successful the being appears before

then and proposes a pact which the player

must fulfill to gain access to the beings aid.

Once the player hasfinished the pactthey

must invoke the being again to declare the

pact finished (not attempting this while the

pact is unfinished will result in losing the

ability to ever gain the beings aid). There is

no limit to the number of times a player can

use an invocation, but each being leaves a

bit of its soul with the character preventing

him from gaining the pact of an opposing

arcana. Example the player could not

complete the pact for both the death and the

death reversed.

Invoking a sealed pact can be a passive

action or an active action depending on the

nature of the invocation. The summon roll

is effected by time spent preparing the

summon but not by the additional

modifiers.

Familiars: Being a true pet class

To obtain a familiar the summoner must find

a being whose presence is with 5 points of

their own and get its consent (or force it

with a control action). The summoner then

makes a Bind check treating the being as

being two levels higher than what it

currently is and investing 10x the Zeon. Thefamiliar automatically consumes half the

Zeon it would take to keep such a creature

bound each day.

Leveling up-Familiars can level up with the

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does the familiar granting the being 100dp

to spend. The summoner can hinder the

familiars progressing preventing it from

leveling up.

Familiar powers- The summoner alwaysknows where his familiar is and can even

launch spells through the familiar using his

MA at 50%. If the familiar has spells of its

own it may use them but its Zeon recovery

is set by the summoner. Example is the

summoner has a MA of 120 he can opt to

get 100 Zeon a day and his familiar to get 20

Zeon a day.

Death and injury- When a familiar is injuredthe summoner feels it, when the being loses

LP the summoner must make a PhR check

equal to 2x the damage the familiar has

received, or suffer a -20 action penalty

(fades 5 points an hour), failing this check

by 50+ renders the summoner unconscious.

If the familiar is killed the summoner

automatically receives a -20 action penalty

and must make a PhR test equal to the

damage that killed the familiar or fall

unconscious, failing this check by 60+ will

also kill the summoner.

Breaking the bond-Death of either the

summoner of the familiar breaks the bond

and the surviving being can enter into a new

bond in the future. The bond can also be

broken if the summoner is unable to pay for

the upkeep on the familiar, each day the

summoner is unable to pay for the upkeep

imposes a cumulative -10 action penalty. If

this happens for more than a week the bond

is broken and the summoner looses one

point from his Power score.

Elan: Saves and takes half damage

Elan is the actually favor of a divine being

that may assist the player when called upon.

Elan is broken in to tiers and there are

limited numbers of individuals who can bein each tier. As one synchronizes with one

deity the limit of Elan the player can have

with additional deities decreases.

ElanMax

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Fear-Player suffers a -60 action penalty to

any action other than escaping the source of

the fear. Fear lasts for one hour for every 10

points of failure on the resistance roll.

Terror-Player isforcedto flee the source ofterror. Terror lasts for one hour for every 10

points of failure on the resistance roll.

Pain-Player can suffer pain after failing a

resistance check resulting in a -40 action

penalty.

Weakness-Player looses one point from

strength, dexterity, agility, and constitution

for every 10 points of failure on theresistance test. The penalty fades at one

point an hour.

Paralysis-Player suffers partially

immobilized or mostly immobilized

penalties depending on the level of

paralysis.

Total paralysis/Incapacitation-The player is

unable to move and suffers the effect of total

immobilization. No actions are allowed in

this state. Lasts for one hour for every 10

points of failure on the resistance test.

Rage-Player attacks the target of his rage,

and any target after that using his most

powerful attacks. The player will use as

many fatigue/PP points as possible. This

lasts for one minute for every 10 points of

failure on the resistance test.

Coma-Player is incapacitated.

Blindness-Player suffers vision totally

obscured penalties. Blindness caused by a

flash of light only uses vision partially

obscured. Blindness lasts for one hour for

every 10 points of failure on the resistance

test.

Deafness/Mute-Lasts one hour for every 10

points of failure on the resistance test.

Fascination-Player will not perform any

active actions and suffers -20 to all passive

actions.

Unconsciousness-The player is unconscious,

this lasts for one hour for every 10 points of

failure on the resistance test. If the failure

level is less than 10 they are unconscious for

a number of minutes equal to the failure

level.

Hallucinations-Lasts fro one hour for every

10 points of failure on the resistance test.

Traps: ITS A TRAP!

Traps have two values; Complexity and

Concealment. Complexity is how difficult it

is to disarm or avoid the trap. Concealment

how hard it is to spot the trap (using the

search skill lowers the difficulty by onelevel). Most traps Complexity level and

concealment level are the same, but it is

possible to shift the level. For example a

level 40 trap has 40 for both its complexity

and concealment, the person laying the trap

may opt to have the complexity be 50 and

the concealment be 30.

Trapping-Traps intended to imprison

victims have a strength score for a trappingcheck equal to the complexity divided by 5.

Pit-Pit traps use falling damage

Damage-These traps deal direct damage,

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score, with a base damage equal to the level

of the trap.

Poison: Sweet 80s rock

Poisons use a level system rating them from10-100, the level determining the difficulty

of the VR check to resist the poison. Poison

level is comprised of three factors;

Activation time, duration, and effect.

Default poison has a base activation time of

one hour and a duration equal to the VR

failure level in hours. Players must make a

VR check every 5 turns. Beings with poison

immunity are not effected by poisons level

70 or below.

Antidotes-Antidotes use the same level

system as poisons. Ingesting an antidote

allows the player to make one new VR test

with a bonus or penalty equal to 2x the

difference in level between the poison and

antidote. Specific antidotes always cure the

position they are made for.

Disease: STAAAAAARS

Sickness works in much the same way as

poison only requiring a DR check to avoid

suffering the effects. The player must make

a DR check daily until they beat the roll by

40+.

Weapons: Sharp pointy bits!

The following section will serve as a

reference for issues dealing with weapons.

Can you use it?-The player starts the game

only knowing how to use one weapon. They

can attempt to use other weapons but suffer

penalties for being untrained. New weapon

types can be learned by purchasing weapon

modules, pg 56.

Similar: Player knows one weapon

of the same class

Mixed-class: Player knows how touse one of the listed weapon classes

Different class/unarmed: Player is

unskilled in the weapons use

Type Penalty

Similar weapon -20

Mixed class -40

Different class/unarmed -60

Blocking and dodging -60

Hows it work?- Some items will have

special tags

Precision-This allows the player to halve the

penalties to land directed attacks or to put

someone at weapons point.

Two-handed Weapons-These must be

wielded with both hands. The players

strength bonus is doubled when applying todamage.

One or Two handed-These can be wielded

with one or two hands, using two hands

double the strength bonus for damage. The

required strength will be listed showing the

minimum for using two handed and the

minimum for using one handed.

Complex-These can fumble of a roll of 1-5.

Mastery removes the complex tag.

Throwable-These weapons can be used as a

thrown weapon.

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+5 to the quality on a trapping weapon add a

-1 bonus to the opposed check.

Trapping weapon-This weapon allows the

player to forego a counter attack to make a

standarddisarm attempt.

Unarmed: Be like Chuck Norris

Martial arts modules expand on the combat

prowess a player has with their feet and fist.

For every 40 points in their attack and

defense abilities a player may purchase a

martial art for 50 dp (25 dp for Tao). At

creation if the player forgoes knowing how

to wield a weapon and selects unarmed astheir default attack then they may buy their

first martial art for 25 dp(10 dp for Tao).

The bonuses for attack and defensive

abilities combined with any innate class

bonuses to attack and defense cap at +50. A

martial artist may cherry pick the effects

he wants from each martial art known.

Armor: Tanking 101

Can you wear it?-Armor has a armor

requirement value. In order to wear the

armor without issue you mush have a

sufficient wear armor ability. If your wear

armor score is too low, the difference

between the armor requirement and your

wear armor score is treated as a penalty to

all physical actions.

Armor is heavy and even with the minimum

wear armor score can slow you down. All

armor has a natural penalty and a movement

penalty. For every point over the armor

requirement you have you may negate one

point of the natural penalty, and for every 50

point over you may negate one movement

penalty.

Layering-The player may layer armor to

provide a better defense. Only one Hard

armor may be worth, and up to two soft

armors. Each layer beyond the first imposes

a -20 penalty to initiative and certain

secondary abilities regardless of your wear

armor score. When layering armor the

armor requirements are cumulative. For

example wearing a soft armor requiring

wear armor 10 and a hard armor requiring

70 would require a wear armor score of 80

to avoid penalties.

Armor may cover the chest, chest and arms,

or whole body (minus the head). The head

will require a helmet.

Helmets-Helmets can also impose a

perception penalty; this cannotbe negated

with a higher wear armor score.

Shields-Shields will add a bonus to

defensive abilities, and can be used for

impact attacks. Using a shield to make an

impact attack removes its defensive bonuses

for the turn.

Damage Resistance: LP Over 9000

Damage resistance has special rules; here

are a few of those rules.

Regeneration-Damage resistance creature

LP regen index is multiplied by 5.

Disable attacks-Do not work against

damage resistance creatures.

Large Target-Ranged attacks do not get the

large target modifier for damage resistance

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Surprise-Damage resistance creature do not

get a roll to resist surprise, they take the full

force of the attack.

Mystic Shields-Damage resistance creatures

use their projection ability at -40 when usinga mystic shield. If this defense is over come

they lose their active action. Also can suffer

special combat situation penalties.

Criticals-Reduce all incoming critical by

half, a critical level over 50 causes them to

lose their active actions.

Area Attacks-If the area attack covers half

its body then the damage on the combattable is doubled

Fumbles-If damage resistance creatures

fumble attackers get double the fumble level

added to their attack.

Accumulation-A roll is not needed when

damaged while accumulating Zeon unless it

was a critical.

Familiars-Those Summoners with DamageResistance Familiars only have to make a

PhR Check against one-tenth of their

Familiars damage.

Cold-The penalty is equal to the number

they failed the PhR check by divided by 5.

Heat-The in flames value is divided by

five. Burning 50 LP a turn heat AT reduces

by 5, In flames 125 LP, Burning to Ashes

250 LP.

DP Spending-They may only spend 25% oftheir DP in their attack ability.

LP Multiples- They get their Damage

Resistance multiple x 100.

Experience: Gonna need a montage

Experience will be awarded at the session

level and at the combat level.

Session Level-There will be session levelexp awarded at the end of the session based

on the quality of the session. The following

is a rough outline of what I will be looking

for and the range I will score it,per player.

ActionExperience

Reward

Participation perhour 1-10

Difficult actions 1-5

Good Ideas 1-5

Story Closure 1-30

Combat Experience-I will award combat

level exp after the conclusion of each fight,

you are free to (and encouraged) add the exp

to your total then. Combat exp will be

awarded to all those involved in the fight.

All level ups will be handled after the end of

the session. I will be using the following

basis for the exp awarded.

Combat Difficulty Experience

Routine 0

Easy 1

Medium 5

Difficult 10

Very Difficult 15

Absurd 20AlmostImpossible 30

Impossible 60

Condition Modifier

Victory 100%

Partial Victory 50%

Defeat 33%


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Artifact Creation Rules

For the purposes of our games I amgoing to rank artifacts on a scale of one to

five. The artifact perk will remain

unchanged in the core book as rank four andfive are out of reach of starting characters.

Choosing the level:The first step to creating your artifact is

going to be selecting the Artifact Rank. For

every rank an artifact has it receives a +5

quality bonus as per the rules on page 67 ofthe core book. The artifact will also receive

DP to use to flesh out the actual powers.

Rank 1: 50DP

Rank 2: 100DP Rank 3: 200DP

Rank 4: 400DP

Rank 5: 800DPChoosing the Form:

The next step will be to choose the

base form. When choosing a weapon orarmor as the base form note the normal

presence of the item as listed in the

equipment section on tables: 26, 27, 28, 29,

31, 32, and 35. Once you have the base

form apply the quality bonuses based on therules from page 67.

When choosing something notincluded on the above tables than use tables

77 and 78 on page 218 to estimate the base

presence (with GM approval). Once youhave the base form we have to apply the

quality bonuses from page 67, but we run

into a small snag; the rules state that the

item receives +10 to the ability when usingthe item. This is where a bit of

interpretation comes into play, a +10 crownisnt going to add +20 to your wear crown

skill; however it would be thematicallycorrect to add +20 to any of the following:

Style, Leadership, or Persuasion. Basically

the ability bonus will be based on an abilitythematically appropriate to the form, for

example a wand adding a bonus to magic

projection, or an old church relic adding a

bonus to banish.

Choosing Additional Abilities:

Now it is time to start spending the

DP gained from your artifacts level.Additional skill bonuses can be purchased at

the same rate as the freelancer class (2DP

per point) for the following skills: Attack,Block, Dodge, Wear Armor, Magic

Projection, Summon, Control, Bind, Banish,

Psychic Projection, and all secondaryabilities.

You can only buy a bonus to an

ability that was not granted a bonus from

quality. For example you cannot buy more

attack and block for weapons, or more WearArmor for armor (the -5 armor requirement

bonus counts as+5 Wear Armor in thiscase).

Choosing Mystic Object Powers:You will see the core book reference

a few different types of mystic objects:

Magic containers (page 111), Magic

Amplifiers (page 112), and Psychic crystals(page 211). These minor powers can be

mimicked by artifacts as well. These come

with all the bonuses and potential drawbacks

described.

+5 Zeon storage: 2DP

+1 MA Multiple: 60DP

+5 Psychic Potential: 60DP

Choosing Major Powers:You may now pick out any major

powers offered to your character by the

artifact, use youre remaining DP to buy

creature powers from page 286-296. Whenselecting powers treat the artifact as having

its rank x5 in gnosis (this is not actual gnosis

but rather simply to determine if its eligiblefor a power).


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Accursed Items

With GM approval you may be able

to create a cursed item. These items may be

the product of a dark history, or dark design.

Often if subtle enough a wielder may noteven be aware that the item bears some sort

of curse.

Cursed items are made the same waynormal artifacts are, the exception being that

various disadvantages maybe taken granting

additional DP but applying anydisadvantages directly to the owner. The

standard disadvantages from page 285,

Penalty to Mystic Resistance page 291,

Degeneration page 292, and Extreme

Vulnerability page 292 maybe used. Youmay also use Bad Luck, Unfortunate,

Exhausted, Unlucky Destiny, and Damnedgaining a number of DP equal to the CP

bonus x10

Bane Items

Bane items are things of pure malice. Bane

items have nothing but disadvantages. Forthe purpose of crafting a bane item treat the

DP bonus of a disadvantage as its cost.

Rank 1 Bane Item: 25DP






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