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Resolving Actions

Skill Roll

a character tries to accomplish a task whose outcome has a meaningful and interesting influence on the situation at hand, the GM must call for a Skill Roll. an open-ended roll, adding your relevant Skill Bonus. Some actions may require some Tools or resources.

Difficulty: The GM determines the Difficulty for a Skill Roll, which applies as a penalty to the roll. The Difficulty Table presents guidelines for determining the difficulty of a Skill Roll.

Difficulty Table

Difficulty	Modifier	Description
Standard	+0	A task that an average character can accomplish without much trouble, unless in a hurry or stessed.
Challenging	-10	A task easily accomplished by skilled characters, but tricky for novices or unskilled characters.
Hard	-20	A task requiring dedication and effect even for skilled characters.
Very Hard	-30	A task challenging even for a skilled character, possibly requiring some luck to be accomplished.
Extremely Hard	-40	A task that might be out of reach for anybody short of a highly trained professional.
Heroic	-50	Something really tough to accomplish even by the most skilled experts without aid or great luck.
Impossible	-70	A task that's nearly impossible even for exceptionally skilled characters.

Taking the Time to perform an action more carefully grants a +20bonus. The action will take at least twice as long as normal. On a failure or partial success, the GM should always add a time-based conmplication to the outcome.
Helping: +10 or +20. See Helping for details.
Missing tools may impose a -10 to -30 penalty, or prevent the roll entirely.

If there's no opposition, no pressure, and nothing interesting at stake, the heroes should automatically succeed unless they're trying to do something that's clearly impossible.
Chapter 6: Skills includes more details about each skill.
Once the dice have been rolled, the result is final. The action cannot be taken back, and the outcome stands until something changes it. You cannot try again without changing the situation in your favor, and the GM cannot ask you to repeat the roll for the same task unless the situation changes dramatically.

Roll	Outcome
4 or less	Critical Failure	You fail and additional either: put yourself in danger, break a piece of equipment, take twice as long, or grant your foes +20 to their enxt Roll against you.
5-74	Failure	You fail at what you were trying to do.
75-99	Partial Success	You either only partially accomplish what you were trying to do, or manage to do it but with a cost, complication, or trouble.
100-174	Success	You accomplish what you were trying to do.
175 or more	Outstanding Success	You succeed and either: get a +20 bonus to your (or an ally's) next related Roll, gain additional information, or take less time than normally required.

Helping With Skill Rolls

characters team up to accomplish a difficult task, or are performing a single task as a group, one of them takes the role of the lead character, while the others act as helper. Helpers describe how they're aiding their companion, then make a Skill Roll based on the action they're performing. Only Skill Rolls can benefit from help. Attack, Spell Casting, and Save Rolls cannot. As normal for a Skill Roll, but no helping in your helping! Should the lead character's Skill Roll fail, helpers will share the consequences of the failure, in addition to any cost or complication from their own helping roll.

Outcome	Effects
Outstanding Success	Grant a +20 bonus.
Success	Grant a +10 bonus.
Partial Success	Grant a +10 bonus, but also expose yourself to a complication, a cost, or trouble.
Failure	Grant no bonus.
Critical Failure	Grant no bonus, and expose yourself to trouble.

Conflicting Actions

two or more characters act against each other and their success is mutually exclusive All characters involved roll the appropriate Skill on the Action Resolution Table. The requirements of the individual actions. As normal for a Skill Roll. Examples of Conflicting Actions could be: a character trying to flee from melee avoiding an opponent trying to strike at their back, an arm-wrestling competition, a race, two minstrels trying to perform at their best to see who can better impress a princess.

Outcomes:

Any character rolling a Critical Failure fails to act and eventually suffers a Fumble.
All other characters' Rolls are compared: the highest result wins the conflict.
If there's a tie, nobody wins and the characters will have to find another way to resolve the situation.

Save Rolls

you are affected by an attack or ability which is specified to require a Save Roll an open-ended roll, plus your relevant TSR or WSR bonus and any modifiers, aiming to beat the Save Roll Difficulty You normally only get to make a Save Roll against effects that specify explicitly that you get to do so.

Your Save Bonuses are determined by a Stat (Fortitude for TSR, Wisdom for WSR), your Kin Bonus, any special modifiers, and a bonus based on your level, as indicated in the Save Roll Table below.
The Difficulty of Save Rolls against a Spell is determined by the result rolled by the caster on the Spell Casting Table.
The Difficulty of other Save Rolls are determined by the Attack Level of the effect the character is trying to resist or avoid, as show on the Save Roll Table. Save Rolls against creatures' actions or abilities usually face Attack Levels equal to the creature's Level. Other Save Rolls depend on the specific attack in question.

The effects of some attacks depend on the points of failure, the margin by which the target failed the Save Roll. They do, for example, 1d10 damage per 5 points of failure. In these cases, subtract the failed Save Roll result from the Save Roll Difficulty and divide by the given number, rounding up, to determine the effects of the attack.

Save Rolls Table
Defender Level	SR Bonus	Attack Level	SR Difficulty
1	5	1	55
2	10	2	60
3	15	3	65
4	20	4	70
5	25	5	75
6	30	6	80
7	35	7	85
8	40	8	90
9	45	9	95
10	50	10	100
11	52	11	102
12	54	12	104
13	56	13	106
14	58	14	108
15	60	15	110
16	62	16	112
17	64	17	114
18	66	18	116
19	68	19	118
20	70	20	120
21+	+1/level	21+	+1/level

Spending Drive
Drive Spent	Effect
1 Drive	Get a special +10 bonus per Drive spent to all Skill, Attack, and Save Rolls for the duration of the current scene.
Re-roll any failed Roll, with a special +10 bonus.
Re-roll a Critical Strike just suffered with its severity decreased by one level.
Impose a -10 penalty per point of Drive spent on the Save Roll made to resist the effects of a spell.
5 Drive	Consider the result of any Open-Ended Attack, Skill, or Spell Roll as a natural 100.
Add a +20 bonus to a Critical Strike Roll.
Ignore all penalties to actions form wounds and adverse Conditions.
Double the Area of Effect, Tragets, Range, Duration, or Base Damage of a Spell.

Magic

Spell Casting Rolls

a character casts a spell (other than Bolt or Area Attack Spells). an open-ended Roll on the Spell Casting Table.

The character must know the Spell, meaning they have the relevant Spell Lore at a rank at least as high as the Weave of the Spell.
The character must have enough MPs left to cast the Spell. Spells cost MP equal to their Weave.
The Weave of the Spell must not be higher than the character's Level.
The caster must be able to see their target and clearly pronounce the magic words of the Spell.
Spells take a Full Action to cast, except for Instantaneous Spells, which take only a Half Action.
A character can cast at most one Spell in a round.

Concentration: Each Round spent preparing to cast a non-Instantaneous Spell grants a +10 bonus to the roll, up to a maximum of +40.
Improvised Spells:Non-Instantaneous Spells cast without Concentrating first suffer a -10 penalty.
Armor: The Armor Movement penalty (reduced by the Armor Skill Bonus) applies to all Spell Casting Rolls. (TKTK links?)
Spells cast against completely static targets (restrainted, unconscious, unable to move, or completely unaware of being targeted) get a +10 bonus.
Spell Casting Range Modifiers
Range Modifier

Touching +30

Up to 3 m +10

4 to 15 m +0

16 to 30 m -10

31 to 90 m -20

More than 90 m -30

Spell Casting Range Modifiers
Range	Modifier
Touching	+30
Up to 3 m	+10
4 to 15 m	+0
16 to 30 m	-10
31 to 90 m	-20
More than 90 m	-30

Some Spells grant a Save Roll to unwilling targets to resist their effects. This is a Willpower Save Roll unless specified otherwise. Each Spell notes whether it allows a save. The Save Roll Difficulty is determined by the outcome of the Spell Casting Roll.
Modifiers from multiple instances of Spells with the same name do not stack, only the latest applies. Other Spell effects may apply multiple times if it makes sense.
Warping Options
Some Spells list Warping Options, which allow casters to cast a spell as a higher Weave for greater effects. Each Warping Option may be selected multiple times unless the description says otherwise. The final Weave of the Spell is equal to the Weave of the basic form of the Spell, plus that of any Warping Options applied. The MP cost and caster Level requirements are based on the final Weave of the spell, not the base Weave.
Some spells require the caster to continue concentrating on the Spell after casting to maintain or activate their effects. This is Multi-Round Action. Characters must declare their action to be Concentrating, and cannot perform Full or Half Actions while Concentrating. Stunned and Incapacitated characters cannot Concentrate, and becoming Stunned or Incapacitated immediately stops Concentration.
When you roll doubles on a Spell Casting Roll, the GM makes a Magical Resonance Roll.

Spell Casting Table
Roll	Save Difficulty	Outcome
up to 25	—	Spell Failure: Roll on the Critical Spell Failure Table.
26-50	—	If the Spell requires a Save Roll, the target automatically succeeds. Otherwise, choose the one that applies best: The duration is reduced to half (rounded down). The area of effect is reduced to half (rounded down). The spell has no effect, but the caster retains the MP.
51-80	50	Success If the Spell does not require a Save Rooll, it succeeds. If the Spell requries a Save Roll, targets of the Spell must make a Save Roll against the difficulty shown on the left.
81-95	60
96-105	65
106-110	70
111-120	75
121-130	80
131-135	85
136-140	90
141-145	95
146-150	100
151-155	105	Outstanding Success If the Spell does not require a Save Roll, it succeeds. If the Spell reuqires a Save Roll, targets of the Spell must make a Save Roll against the Difficulty shown on the left. Furthermore, choose one: The Spell costs half the Magic Points to cast. You can choose to add a Warping Option to the Spell for free, provided that its cost is no more than half the cost of the Spell itself.
156-160	110
161-165	120
166-170	130
171-175	140
176+	150

Bolt and Area Attack Spells

casting a Bolt or Area Attack Spell Make an Attack Roll on the Bolt Spells or Area Spells Attack Table, instead of the Spell Casting Table. All of the normal Spell Casting requirements apply. Add your character's Spell Lore Skill Bonus and any modifiers (the usual Spell Casting modifiers apply) as CMB, and subtract the target's Defense. Refer to the description of each Spell to determine whether it is a Bolt or Area Spell and thus which Attack Table to use. Outcomes: Use the Bolt/Area Spell Attack Tables on p. 512 of the PDF to interpret the result. See Attack Rolls for details on how to interpret these tables.

Magical Resonance Rolls

a character rolls doubles on their Spell Casting Rolls. The GM makes a d100 roll on the Magical Resonance Table, adding the Weave of the Spell as well as the modifiers below. None.

In a Safe Haven	-20
In a Blighted Land or Darkland	+20
Healing, Spirit-Related, or Light Spell	-20
Natural, Elven, or Illusory Spell	-10
Attack Spell	+20
Evil Spell	+30

The exact nature and arrival of creatures and servants of the Titan are up to the GM, who can use previously prepared encounters or NPCs or come up with something completely new based on what would make sense for the area and circumstances.

Magical Resonance Roll Table
Roll	Effects
40 or less	Nothing: An inquisitive shadow passes over the caster, but soon its attention is drawn somewhere else.
41-60	Awareness: The Titan is aware of the caster's presence but unable to locate their current position. The next Spell the character casts within the next hour automatically results in a Magical Resonance Roll.
61-80	Attention: The GM chooses one: The Titan becomes aware of the general position of the caster, and will send agents and spies to investigate. The caster is plagued by a terrifying vision sent by the Titan and becomes Stunned.
81-90	Pursuit: The GM chooses one: The caster has been located and deemed worthy of the Titan's attention. A small band of servants will be sent to kidnap or apprehend the caster and their allies. The caster's mind is assailed by nightmarish visions. The caster is oblivious to their surroundings and is unable to take Full or Half Actions until they pass an Assessment Roll.
Maximum result for Spells of Weave 4 or lower.
91-100	Assault: The GM chooses one: The Titan has located the caster, and will send a band of capable servants to destroy them. The caster's mind is scorched by the baleful eye of the Titan. The caster falls to the ground, unable to act for 1d10 Rounds, and must choose between losing all their remaining MPs or answering truthfully to a single question the Titan asks in their mind.
101 or more	Lieutenant: The character has been found by a overwhelmingly powerful servant of the Titan, sent ot bring them over to its side or utterly destroy them.

Spell Failure

a character rolls a Spell Failure result on the Spell Casting table or on one of the Spell Attack Tables. Roll percentile dice, adding the Spell Failure Modifiers, on the Spell Failure Table. None.

+0	Healing, information, and divination spells
+10	Utility, personal, defensive, and Nature Magic spells
+20	Enchantment Magic
+30	Alteration Magic
+50	Evil and Elemental Magic

The result from the table replaces the effects of the spell.

Spell Failures Table
1d100	Effects
01-75	The caster is Stunned.
76-100	The caster is Stunned and chooses one: The caster loses half the Spell's MP cost. The Spell goes off 2 Rounds later, but the caster must still concentrate on it to get it right.
101-125	The caster is Stunned and chooses one: The caster loses the Spell's MP cost. The Spell goes off on a different target within range, if applicable. Determine randomly or GM chooses.
126-150	The caster is Stunned and chooses two: The caster loses the Spell's MP cost. The Spell goes off on a different target within range (including the caster), if applicable. Determine randomly or GM chooses. Roll on the Magical Resonance Table with a special +20 to the roll.
151+	The caster is Stunned and chooses two: The caster loses the Spell's MP cost and becomes Weary. The Spell goes off on a different target within range (including the caster), if applicable. Determine randomly or GM chooses. Roll on the Magical Resonance Table with a special +50 to the roll. The caster is knocked over for 6 hours.

TKTK overcasting

Movement and Travelling

Encumbrance

Encumbrance is determined by group consensus, with the GM having final say. Worn armor is not factored into encumbrance.

Encumbrance Level Examples
Unencumbered	Clothes, a belt with a small pouch, a single weapon or two light weapons, and light traveling gear (a small 5 kg backpack or bag).
Lightly Encumbered	Clothes, a belt with a scabbard and a single heavy weapon or two light weapons, a small quiver with a few arrows, and some traveling gear (a 10 kg backpack or bag).
Encumbered	Clothes, a belt with a pouch, a heavy weapon or two light weapons, a heavy backpack with 1 week worth of rations, a bedroll, and various traveling equipment.
Heavily Encumbered	Clothes, several melee or missile weapons, a big and very heavy (25+ kg) backpack with 2 weeks of rations, a camping tent, and other encumbering traveling gear, special equipment like a rope and pulley, chains, heavy treasure (like a bag with a thousand coins).
Over Encumbered	The character is really overburdened, like dragging a sled with a big load (or pulling or carrying the body of a wounded companion). Generally this is now how the character runs around whilea dventuring, but more likely a particular condition the character can endure only for a short period.

Encumbrance Effects
Encumbrance Level	Effects
Unencumbered	No penalties.
Lightly Encumbered	The character suffers no penalties, but could be prevented from using certain Traits or abilities.
Encumbered	The character must reduce their Move Rate by one third (rounded down) and will be slowed down when traveling.
Heavily Encumbered	The character halves their Move Rate (rounded down), suffers a -20 penalty to all actions, and will be greatly slowed down when traveling.
Over Encumbered	The character moves at one-fourth their normal Move Rate (rounded down), cannot Sprint, attack, or travel, and won't be able to add their SWI to their Defense.

Travel Procedure

Here's an outline of the overall process for dangerous journeys (we don't have to use this except when we want the journey to be the focus of the adventure):

The players choose their destination and the path they'll take to reach it, based on maps and/or consulting the GM for information about their options and the dangers of the routes.
The GM determines the amount of time the journey will taking, using the Overland Movement Table and considering the Encumbrance Level of the group and the terrain to be crossed.
The GM determines the number and nature of Hazards the characters will encounter based on the travel time. Generally there will be one hazard per week of travel, plus one for each notable location or obstacle in the way.
The GM announces any Hazards that are evident to or already known by the characters.
The journey begins, and each Hazard is resolved in turn as a separate scene. After each hazard, the PCs regroup and decide whether to continue onward or stop to rest or resupply.
If all goes well, the PCs arrive at their destination hale and hearty.

Travel Speed

Normal Terrain includes roads, open plains, light forest, and similar areas where characters can advance easily.
Rough Terrain includes woods, forested areas, deserts, hills, and other areas where advancement is slowed down by rugged ground or small obstacles.
Arduous Terrain includes mountains, bogs, swamps, jungles, thick forests, underground passages, and other hard to cross areas.

Overland Movement Table
Encumbrance Level	Kilometers per Day of Travel
	Normal Terrain		Rough Terrain		Arduous Terrain
	By foot	Mounted	By foot	Mounted	By foot	Mounted
Up to Lightly Encumbered	50	95	30	40	15	8
Encumbered	30	65	15	25	8	8
Heavily Encumbered	15	30	8	15	3	0
Over Encumbered	0	0	0	0	0	0

Water Travel

Waterborne Movement Speed
Vehicle	Speed (km/day)
Raft/Canoe	30
Boat	40
Small Ship	110
Large Ship	90
Warship	180

On rivers, boats move at their normal speed downstream or at ¼ of their normal speed upstream.
Undercrewed ships suffer a -20 penalty to all rolls to steer, maneuver, or pilot the vessels.
Ships with half their required crew or less move at half speed.
Ships with one quarter their required crew or less cannot be controlled at all and just drift.
Sailing speed is modified by winds.

Winds Table
Roll	Winds	Speed Modifier
1-33	Unfavorable	×0.75
34-66	Normal	×1
67-00	Favorable	×1.25

Pathfinding

If the characters are uncertain of the location of either their destination or themselves, they will have to proceed more slowly, exploring their surroundings in search of clues or landmarks. This slower pace is called Pathfinding.

Pathfinding reduces your travel speed by half. Whenever Pathfinding characters attempt to cross a new terrain, they must make a Wandering Skill Roll to avoid losing their way.

Finding a hidden or unknown destination will also present a Hazard, in addition to any others on the journey.

TKTK pathfinding, hazards

Chases

one or more characters chase each another character or group of characters outside of combat a series of Conflicting Action Rolls These rules are not used in combat situations; chases during combat are resolved using the Tactical Movement rules. As normal for the involved skills. None.

Resolution:

The GM determines the Distance between the pursuers and their quarry, an abstract measurement ranging from 1 to 6 that indicates how far the fleeing group is from the pursuers.
The GM computes the Escape Value to be equal to 3 plus the starting Distance. This is used to determine when the fleeing party have escaped.
Make Conflicting Action Rolls using the most appropriate Skills until either party gives or the Distance reaches zero or the Escape Value. If the pursuing party wins, Distance decreases by one. If the escaping party wins, Distance increases by one.
If the Distance reaches the Escape Value, the escaping party manages to get away. If the Distance reaches zero, the pursuers are able to corner the escapees and force a confrontation.

Hunting and Foraging

characters hunt or forage for food while traveling. a Hunting or Nature Skill Roll. If the area the characters are crossing is especially inhospitable, foraging/hunting may be impossible or provide less food and water. As appropriate to the situation.

Characters who are foraging or hunting can move at only half their speed for that day.
Because the Primeval Titan of Void is a Life Scourge, hunting and foraging produce only half as much food as described above.

Outcomes: A successful roll provides enough food and water to sustain a party of travelers for one day.

Other Perils

TKTK weariness, starvation

Falling

a character falls from a dangerous height. the GM rolls an attack on the Beast Attack Table (p. 513) against the character, inflicting Impact Critical Strikes (p. 515). Limitations Characters cannot add their shield bonus to their DEF against this attack.

The CMB of the attack is equal to five times the length of the fall in meters (rounded down).
Falls of 5 meters or less are limited to a maximum result of 90 on the Attack Table.
Falls between 5 and 10 meters are limited to a maximum result of 120 on the Attack Table, but gain a +10 bonus to the Attack Roll.
Falls between 10 and 20 meters are limited to a maximum result of 150 on the Attack Table, but gain a +20 bonus to the Attack Roll.
Falls of more than 20 meters are not limited to a maximum result, and gain a +30 bonus to the Attack Roll.

None.

TKTK extrem heat/cold, drowning and suffocation, MIA sidebar, visibility

Camping

the characters decide to set up a long-term camp in the wilderness. One character takes the lead, finding a safe and defensible camping spot and leading the others to it. The leading character makes a Wandering Skill Roll. Other characters may try to Help. Camping Rolls are not used for routine overnight camping on a journey. They are only used when the characters are trying to set up a campsite for a longer period, such as to recover from their injurieis or to hide from their foes.

If no character is Helping, the roll suffers a -20 penalty.
Group Size Modifier

2 or less +20

3 to 4 +0

5 to 7 -20

8 or more -40

Group Size	Modifier
2 or less	+20
3 to 4	+0
5 to 7	-20
8 or more	-40

Terrain	Modifier
Normal terrain	+0
Exposed terrain, offering little to no cover	-20
Dangerous Areas, places like treacherous bogs or haunted ruins that are inherently dangerous	-30
Darklands, under the direct influence of the Titan or its lieutenants	-50

Watching out for approaching enemies, tending to the horses, preparing meals, or gathering wood to light a fire are examples of ocommon activities that characters can do to help set up or secure a campsite.

Outcomes: On a success, the party can safely rest for one day, but will have to make another roll the next day. On a partial success, they will be able to rest, but will suffer a minor complication that may tax their resources or slow them down. On a Failure their rest will be interrupted according to a roll by the GM on the Camping Roll Failure Table.

Camping Roll Failure
1d100	Event
01-30	The heroes can't get much sleep due to biting insects, foul smells, bad weather, or terrible nightmares. The ydon't gain Exhaustion, but do not gain any benefit from their rest.
31-60	An accident strikes the camp, threatening to the injure the heroes and/or damage their gear. Even if they manage to avoid harm, their camp is destroyed and they're unable to get any sleep for the rest of the night.
61-90	The heroes are ambushed by wild beasts or minions of evil halfway through their rest.
91-100	The spot chosen by the PCs is actually cursed or tainted. The heroes must flee or confront the terrible evil that haunts this place. They don't get any rest.

Safe Havens

TKTK explanation of safe havens, recovery bonuses, activities

Finding a Safe Haven

a character tries to recall where to find a Safe Haven. a Songs & Tales Skill Roll. No more than one Safe Haven may exist in an area, and the book recommends setting a small maximum number of Safe Havens that can be found over the course of a campaign.

Difficulty for Finding a Safe Haven
Area	Description	Difficulty
Free Lands	Populated areas whose inhabitants valiantly oppose the Titan	Hard (-20)
Wilderness	Large unclaimed or uninhabited areas, but free of the Titan's influence	Very Hard (-30)
Borderlands	Areas whose inhabitants neither directly oppose not ally with the Titan, or Free Lands that border Darklands or Blighted Lands	Extremely Hard (-40)
Blighted Lands	Areas where the Titan's influence is strong and palpable, or places forever accursed by terrible events in their past	Heroic (-50)
Darklands	Regions completely under the control of the Titan and its minions	Impossible (-70)

Finding a Safe Haven
Roll Result	Outcome
Success	The character remembers a tale or legend describing the general location of a Safe Haven within 1d5 days of the party's position. The group can then find it using the Pathfinding rules.
Partial Success	As a Succes, but either the Safe Haven's inhabitants will be wary of the characters' motives, or the heroes will encounter an additional Hazard on their way.
Failure	The character got something wrong: they lead the party to either an unforeseen obstacle or to the ruins of a haven long fallen into disrepair or under the influence of evil forces.

Once found, Safe Havens are marked on the world map and can be visited again without a roll.

WL vs. Fare Table
WL > Fare	The character can afford buying the good.
WL = Fare	The character can afford buying the good, but their WL is reduced by one (to a minimum of 0).
WL < Fare	The character cannot afford that good on their own. They must have someone loan money to them or increase their Wealth first.

Item Quality Modifiers
Quality	Fare	Item Modifier
Low Quality	-1	-10
Superior Quality	+1	+5
Masterwork	+2	+15

Item Quality Modifier Applies To…
Weapons	CMB
Armors	DEF, or reduces Penalty
Tools	Skill Bonus

Combat

TKTK rounds, round length

The Tactical Round Sequence

Each round in combat or other tactical situations is divided into a sequence of phases, the Tactical Round Sequence. There are nine different phases (though not all of them are always necessary):

Assessment: book-keeping & Assessment Rolls.
Action Declaration: declare actions & targets, GM first.
Move: movement and maneuvering.
Spell A: instant and previously prepared spells.
Ranged A: loaded missile weapons & readied thrown weapons.
Melee: longest weapon first, ties broken by highest CMB (identical = simultaneous).
Ranged B: missile weapons reloaded in the current round or that hadn't been fired in Ranged Phase A.
Spell B: improvised non-instantaneous spells.
Other Actions: anything else.

Assessment Phase

The Assessment Phase is used to keep track of lasting effects (Spell Durations and ongoing Conditions tick down, Bleeding damage is applied, etc.). And characters that are confused, disoriented, or caught unaware get to make and Assessment Roll.

Assessment Roll

as a Free Action during the Assessment Phase. make a Perception Skill Roll. An Assessment Roll is only necessary if an effect requires it or the GM judges that the situation warrants one. As appropriate to the situation. Some situations that might require an Assessment Roll include:

Being ambushed
Awakening from sleep or other unconsciousness in the middle of a fight
Falling, tumbling, or being knocked down
Being blinded by a bright flash or suddenly plunged into darkness

Outcomes: On a Failure, you cannot declare new actions in the Action Declaration Phase for this Round. You can still defend yourself by Parrying with up to half your maximum available Combat Bonus (CMB) or keep doing what you were doing in the previous Round.

Action Declaration Phase

Each character's actions and intended targets are declared by their player. The GM declares NPC actions first, then players declare their characters' in any order.

Move Phase

In this Phase, characters move across the battlefield and perform other movement or positioning-involving maneuvers like sprinting, tumbling, or climbing. Movement is usually simultaneous, but if timing is important or movement might be interrupted by another action, use the Conflicting Action rules.

Spell Phase A

Two kinds of Spells can be resolved at this phase:

Spells that were prepared for at least one preceding Round. The Spell gets the Concentration Bonus for each round of preparation, not counting the current round.
Instant Spells (marked with a * symbol).

If ordering is important, spells cast by higher level casters resolve first. Ties are broken in favor of the higher total bonus on the Spell Casting Roll.

Ranged Phase A

The first volley of missile weapons consists of:

Loaded and aimed missile weapons: ranged weapons that have been reloaded for a full Round or more before the current one.
Readied thrown weapons: a weapon the character already has in their hands ready to throw.

Highest CMB goes first, ties mean the shots are simultaneous.

Melee Phase

Combatants who are already at melee range get to attack.
Attacks are resolved longest weapon first.
Ties go to the higher CMB.
If the CMB is also a tie, the attacks happen simultaneously.
A Positional Bonus over an opponent (e.g. higher ground, flanking, attacking from the rear) lets you treat your weapon as one step longer.
An attacker can make a Dashing Attack at -30 to CMB to treat their weapon as one step longer. You cannot both Parry and make a Dashing Attack in the same round.

Ranged Phase B

The second volley is any missile weapon reloaded in the current round or any other missile or thrown weapon that wasn't fired in Ranged Phase A.

Spell Phase B

Non-instantaneous improvised spells are resolved now.

Other Actions Phase

Other actions not covered in a previous phase are resolved in this phase.

Actions in Combat

Full Actions are actions requiring most of the character's attention, leaving little space for anything else, like making an attack, casting a non-instantaneous Spell, or moving at your full Move Rate.
Half Actions are simple activities that are part of a more complex set of actions or can be easily performed while doing something else, like readying an item, drawing a weapon, casting an instantaneous Spell, or taking a half movement to engage a foe in melee.
Free Actions are actions that basically require no effort by the character performing them, like talking, singing, chanting, making an Assessment Roll, or dropping something. Free Actions after the first in a round must be done as Half Actions instead.

In a round, a character can do any of these combinations:

One Full Action and a Free Action.
One Full Action and a Half Action (both at a -20 penalty), plus a Free Action.
Two Half Actions (with no penalty) and a Free Action.

A character can hold a Readied Action indefinitely past its normal place in the Tactical Round Sequence until they want it to go off. If two or more characters have Readied Actions and want to let them off at the same time one against the other, then they are resolved as Conflicting Actions.

Multi-Round Actions are actions that last more than a single Round, like reloading a heavy crossbow, scaling a wall, or holding a door shut. They are treated as a sequence of consecutive Full Actions. If a character stops in the middle of a Multi-Round Action and wants to resume, they must start over from the beginning. Multi-Round Actions can not be combined with other actions except for Free Actions.

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Attack Rolls

making an attack, either with a weapon or a spell an open-ended roll, adding your Combat Bonus (CMB) and any other applicable modifiers and subtracting your target's DEF.

An Attack is a Full Action that occurs in the appropriate Phase.
For their Attacks to be effective, characters must have at least a +0 or higher CMB. If any effect or modifiers lower the CMB below +0, the character can still take the Attack action, but will automatically inflict no damage or Critical Strikes.

Combat Bonus (CMB): add your Skill Bonus for the Skill you are using to attack.
Your target's DEF is applied as a penalty to the roll.
Parrying
Cover
Range Penalties for ranged attacks
Conditions

Most attacks have a Max Result value, determined by the weapon used or specified in the description of a spell or other ability. If an Attack Roll (including modifiers, open-ended rolls, etc.) would exceed the Max Result, the roll is treated as if it had rolled the Max Result instead.
Each attack has a damage type, which determines which Crit Table is used in the event of a critical. Some spells or special abilities can make a creature especially resistant or vulnerable to particular damage types.

Outcomes:

The Outcome is based on the Attack Table for the weapon or spell the character is attacking with.
If the final modified Attack Roll result falls into the "up to 10" range on the attack table, the attack automatically misses and, if the Unmodified Roll falls into the Clumsy Range for the weapon or spell, the attack fumbles and the attacker must roll on the appropriate Fumble Table.
If the modified Attack Roll result indicates a "-" on the attack table, then the attack misses its target and no harm is inflicted.
If the modified Attack Roll result indicates a "0" on the attack table, then the attack hits the target but deals no damage due to scant power or the target's armor deflecting the attack's force.
If the result indicates a number greater than "0" on the attack table, then the number is the Base Damage of the attack, and that much damage is subtracted from the target's current HP.
If the result on the Attack Table is a number and letters, then the number indicates the Base Damage of the attack, as above, and the letters are an abbreviation indicating the severity of the Critical Strike inflicted to the target.

Critical Strikes

the result of an Attack Roll (or another rule) indicates you have inflicted a Critical Strike a non-open-ended d100 roll on the appropriate Critical Table

Some Spells, abilities, or enemies reduce the severity of Critical Strikes by one or more degrees before determining the modifier and rolling.
If a Critical Strike is reduced below Superficial, the Critical Strike is completely cancelled.
Heroic creatures automatically reduce any Critical Strike they suffer by one degree.
Epic creatures automatically reduce any Critical Strike they suffer by two degrees.

There are five possible severities of Critical Strike that determines the modifier for the roll:

Superficial (Sup) applies no modifier.
Light (Lig) applies +10.
Moderate (Mod) applies +20.
Grievous (Gri) applies +30.
Lethal (Let) applies +50.

None. Outcomes: The effects of a Critical Strike are determined by referencing the appropriate Critical Table for the attack. Each entry consists of a combination of flavor text (which can be altered to account for the particular situation and actions) and effects (which should always be applied as written).

Parrying

A character can Parry, subtracting any number up to their total CMB from their CMB for the current round in order to add the same amount to their DEF against one or more incoming attacks, subject to these restrictions:

An unarmed character cannot Parry armed attacks, only unarmed and animal attacks.
Characters wielding missile weapons are considered to be unarmed for the purposes of Parrying.
Ranged attacks from missile/thrown weapons or Spells cannot be Parried unless the defender is using a shield.
A character can only Parry attacks from a single opponent that they are facing each round.
A character wielding a shield can Parry all attacks from multiple opponents coming from the shield's side in each round.
Stunned characters can only Parry with up to half their CMB.
Incapacitated/Held/Surprised characters (or characters suffering any Condition preventing them from subtracting their DEF from incoming attacks cannot Parry at all.

Cover

Hard objects covering about half oa character's body or soft objects completely obscuring a character's body offer Partial Cover, which grants a +20 DEF bonus against all attacks blocked by the Cover.
Targets in Dim Light also have Partial Cover.
Characters whose bodies are almost completely covered by a hard object or obstacle have Full Cover and gain a +50 bonus against all attacks blocked by their Cover.
Characters benefitting from any type of Cover can Parry ranged and two-handed weapon attacks as if they were wielding a shield.
Characters aware of an incoming Attack can drop Prone to the ground or behind any Cover within 1.5 meters at any time as a Free Action.

Engagement

Characters attacked by an opponent with a melee attack are considered to be Engaged with that opponent. Engaged characters cannot take Movement Actions unless they Disengage or try to Run Away first.

Characters can Disengage from melee as a Full Action. While Disengaging, they can use their CMB to parry their opponent's attacks, but they cannot strike back. Characters who Disengage stop being Engaged at the end of the Other Actions Phase.

Characters may also opt to try simply Running Away as fast as possible. This is a Conflicting Action with the Athletics Skill:

If either character rolls a Critical Failure, they trip and fall down Prone.
If the fleeing characters wins the conflict, they can immediately use a Full Action to move away from their attackers.
If the attackers win, they can strike at the escaping characters (with the On Rear bonus) before they can get away. The escaping characters can then move away if they're still standing.
If there's a draw, the attackers can attack at half their normal CMB, and then the escaping characters move out of their reach.

Ranged Attacks

Ranged attacks require line of sight to their target. They may also suffer a penalty or be impossible due to range.

Attacks against targets within the Base Range of the weapon suffer no penalty.
Attacks against targets between the Base Range and double the Base Range are considered Medium Range and incur a -25 penalty.
Attacks against targets between two and three times the Base Range are considered Long Range and incur a -50 penalty.
Attacks against targets between three and four times the Base Range are considered Extreme Range and incur a -75 penalty.
Targets beyond Extreme Range are simply too far to be attacked.

Reloading

Missile weapons must loaded, thrown weapons must be readied, before attacking with them.
Reloading a missile weapon is a Full Action or Multi-Round Action, according to the Load quality listed in the weapon table for the weapon.
Missile Weapons with the Quick Load quality can be reloaded as a Half Action, permitting their wielder to attack in Ranged Phase B of the same Round.
Readying a thrown weapon is always a Half Action.

Conditions

Conditions are various effects that can influence your situation during fights or other adventures. Generally: different conditions can stack, but multiple instances of the same condition never stack.

Dying (in N rounds)

A Dying character will die after a certain number of Rounds if the Condition is not removed.
The Dying condition is removed whenever its cause is healed (e.g. bringing a character Dying due to HP loss back above -50 HP, or stopping the bleeding of a character Dying from blood loss.

Engaged

Characters become Engaged with an opponent when that opponent attacks them with a melee attack.
A character can be Engaged with multiple opponents.
Engaged Characters cannot take Movement actions unless they Disengage or Run Away first.

Frightened

Frightened creatures cannot attack the target of their fear (but can still Parry if attacked), and must attempt to flee from it if possible.
Frightened is caused by fear-inducing spells or abilities and has a duration specified in the abilitiy.

Held

Held characters are restrained by some other creature or force and cannot move freely.
Held characters cannot move and suffer -30 penalties to both CMB and DEF.
Melee attacks against Held characters get a +30 bonus.
Held characters cannot use Ranged Weapons and can only use Hand or Short weapons.

Incapacitated

Characters that are knocked out, sleeping, paralyzed, or otherwise unable to defend themselves are Incapacitated.
Incapacitated characters cannot take Actions or Parry.
Melee attacks against Incapacitated characters always inflcited maximum damage for the weapon (no Attack Roll is necessary), and the attacker can choose the Critical Strike result instead of rolling for it.

Prone

Characters that are knocked down or lying on the ground are Prone.
Prone characters fighting from the ground suffer a -20 CMB penalty and cannot use two-handed weapons.
Prone characters free to side roll get a +20 bonus to DEF against Ranged Attacks.
Standing characters get a Higher Ground Positional Bonus when attacking prone characters, and get a +20 bonus to their Attack Roll if they are Engaged with the prone character.
Standing up from Prone is a Full Action in the Move Phase that requires being able to move freely. While standing up, the character can Parry and apply their DEF but are still considered Prone.
Prone characters can crawl as a Full Action with 1/10th of their Move Rate.

Stunned

Stunned characters cannot take Full Actions but can still defend themselves using up to half their CMB to Parry.
Attacks against Stunned characters gain a +20 bonus.
Stunned characters recover at the end of the Other Action Phase unless they have been Stunned in that Round.

Surprised

A character is Surprised when they're attacked without being aware of it. Generally this only lasts one Round.
Surprised characters cannot Attack and can only take Half or Free Actions.
Surprised characters cannot Parry or apply any Shield bonus to their DEF.
Attacks against a Surprised character get a +20 bonus.
Characters attacking a Surprised Foe with a Hand Weapon get a +10 bonus to their Critical Strike Roll.

Flanking

Characters who attack a character from the side are considered to be Flanking.
A Flanking attacker gets a +15 bonus to their attack.
The character being flanked can only apply their shield's DEF bonus against attacks coming from the shield's side.

On Rear

Characters attacking a foe from behind are On Rear.
Attackers On Rear get a +30 bonus to their attacks.
Characters cannot apply their shield's DEF bonus against attacks On Rear.

Weary

Weary characters move at half their normal Move Rate.
Weary characters can take only one Action each Round.
Weary characters cannot recover HPs or heal from Bleeding or Injuries.
The Weary Condition can be removed by resting for at least 8 hours in a safe environment.

Weapon Fumbles

when the character Fumbles an attack by rolling an Unmodified Roll within the Clumsy Range of their weapon a d100 roll (not open-ended), plus modifiers. Only melee and ranged weapon or unarmed attacks are rolled on the Weapon Fumble table.

Modifier	Melee or Thrown	Missile
+0	Brawl, hand weapons, short impact weapons, thrown daggers	Light crossbow
+10	Short edged weapons, long impact weapons, one-handed axes, javelins	Short bow, sling
+20	Long edged weapons	Heavy crossbow
+30	Two-handed weapons, chain weapons	Composite bow
+50	Polearms, net, whip	Longbow

A fumbled attack automatically misses the target.

Melee and Ranged Fumbles
1d100	Melee and Thrown Weapons	Missile Weapons
01-75	The character must make an Assessment Roll during the next Assessment Phase.	The character must make an Assessment Roll during the next Assessment Phase.
76-100	The character must make an Assessment Roll during the next Assessment Phase and chooses one: Drop their weapon Take a Superficial Critical Strike of the appropriate type	The character must make an Assessment Roll during the next Assessment Phase and chooses one: Drop their weapon Drop all ammunition Break the weapon's string (if applicable)
101-125	The character must make an Assessment Roll during the next Assessment Phase and chooses two: Drop their weapon Take a Light Critical Strike of the appropriate type Inflict a Superficial Critical Strike upon a nearby ally (if applicable)	The character must make an Assessment Roll during the next Assessment Phase and chooses two: Drop their weapon Drop all ammunition Break the weapon's string (if applicable) Take a Superficial Critical Strike of the appropriate type Inflict a Superficial Critical Strike on an ally within the weapon's range (if applicable)
126-150	The character is Stunned and chooses two: Drop their weapon Take a Light Critical Strike of the appropriate type Inflict a Light Critical Strike upon a nearby ally (if applicable) The weapon breaks	The character is Stunned and chooses two: Break their weapon Drop all ammunition Take a Light Critical Strike of the appropriate type Inflict a Light Critical Strike on an ally within the weapon's range (if applicable)
151+	The character is Stunned and chooses two: Drop their weapon Take a Moderate Critical Strike of the appropriate type Inflict a Moderate Critical Strike upon a nearby ally (if applicable) The weapon breaks	The character is Stunned and chooses three: Break their weapon Drop all ammunition Take a Light Critical Strike of the appropriate type Inflict a Light Critical Strike on an ally within the weapon's range

Health and Healing

Hit Points

Each character has a Bruised Value equal to half their Total HPs. If their current HP falls below their Bruised Value, they receive a -20 penalty to all their actions.
If a character's HPs fall to 0 or below, they pass out and become Incapacitated.
If a character's HPs fall to -50 or below, they are Dying in 6 Rounds.
Characters recover one tenth of their Total HPs (rounded down) for every full hour of rest in a safe environment.

Treating Bleeding

treating a bleeding wound a Healer Skill Roll. You must be in a safe environment, with appropriate tools: bandages for Light Bleeding or a Healer's Kit for Severe Bleeding or worse. Treating Light Bleeding is at Standard (+0) Difficulty, Severe Bleeding at Challenging (-10), and Exsanguination at Very Hard(-30). Light Bleeding heals immediately after successful treatement, but Severe Bleeding or Exsanguination requires a full day of rest after treatment to recover completely.

Roll Result	Effects
Success	The bleeding stops. For Light Bleeding, the Bleeidng Condition is removed immediately. For more serious Bleeding, the condition remains until the patient spends a full day resting, but the wounds won't reopen.
Partial Success	As Success, but the GM can choose to have the patient do one of: spend an additional bandage or use of healer's kit, become Weary, or lower their current HP to their Bruised Value.
Failure	The blood loss is temporarily stopped, but the wound isn't healed. The patient must find another way to heal it, or a more skilled healer.
Critical Failure	As Failure, and the GM can choose one of the Partial Success options.

Injuries

There are three severities of injury, based on the penalty they inflict (these apply to all Skill and Attack Rolls). Each injury is recorded and healed separately, but the penalties stack.

Injuries up to a -20 penalty are Minor Injuries.
Injuries with a -21 to -50 penalty are Serious Injuries.
Injuries with -50 or more penalty are Critical Injuries.

Characters whose penalties from Injuries reach a total above -100 become Incapacitated until their injuries are lowered to -100 or less.

Treating Injuries

when treating an injury roll a Healer Skill Roll.

For Minor injuries, bandages are sufficient.
For Serious or Critical Injuries, a Healer's Kit is necessary.

The Difficulty is determined by the severity of the injury:

Treating Minor injuries faces a Challenging (-10) Difficulty.
Treating Serious injuries faces a Hard (-20) Difficulty.
Treating Critical injuries faces an Extremely Hard (-40) Difficulty.

Even with successful treatment, any day on which the injured character fights or otherwise exerts themselves (beyond light activity like traveling at a slow pace) will not provide any recovery.
Minor Injuries will heal even without treatment in 3 days.
Lingering Injuries will take half again as long to heal, rounded down: 4 days for Minor Injuries, 15 days for Serious Injuries, and 30 days for Critical Injuries.

Outcomes
Roll Result	Effects
Success or Outstanding Success	The injury begins healing. For Minor Injuries, they will heal in half the normal time (usually a day). Serious Injuries will turn into a Minor Injury (with a -20 penalty) after 10 days of rest. Critical Injuries will become a Serious Injury (with a -50 penalty) after 20 days of rest.
Partial Success	The Injury begins to heal as for a Success, but as a Lingering Injury, taking one and a half times the normal time to recover.
Failure	The healer is not able to treat that specific injury.
Critical Failure	As a Failure, but the healer's ineptitude makes future treatment harder, turning the wound into a Lingering Injury.

Treating Poison or Disease

treating a poison or disease, a HealerSkill Roll The use of a Healer's Kit. Hard (-20) Difficulty. Antidotes, Spells, or healing herbs may also be able to counteract the effects of a poison or disease or heal the patient.

Outcomes: On a Success, the patient gets to make a new Save Roll against the poison or disease. If this Save Roll fails, the ailment persists, but they may continue making a new Save Roll each day until the character is either dead or healed. On a Partial Success, the patient still gets to make new Save Rolls, but suffers a -10 penalty to the Save Roll.

Soul Damage is a special type of damage deal by evil magic and the undead. Soul Damage inflicts not just a temporary reduction in HP, but a permanent penalty to the Body Skill, thus lowering your Total HPs, as well. Characters whose Total Hit Points are reduced to zero or less by Soul Damage become hollow lifeless husks, Incapacitated and Dying in 6 Rounds. Those who die to Soul Damage will rise as undead 1d10 days later unless proper precautions are taken.

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