Ascension test room

[Rai]

Character_ Shadow Soldier



Strength: 1d5+2
Endurance: 1d6+3
Dexterity: 1d4+2
Agility: 1d5+2
Perception: 1d3+1
Accuracy: 1d7+3
Wisdom: 1d5+2
Intelligence: 1d4+2
Physical Density: 1d3+1 (+1 Armor)
Resistance: +1 Heat +1 kinetic
Luck: 2
Charm: 1d2+1
Soul: 1

Weapons:

Type- Gunsword
Material- Steel and wood
Damage output- Strength check / 12
Dmg Type- Kinetic
Condition- Good
Ability- Able to shoot a round every 3 seconds. Has a blade attached for melee combat.
Rounds:10

Spells- Soul release
Type: Manifestation
Substance: ethereal
Dmg Type: Kinetic
Damage output: Wisdom roll
Requirements: Soul at Level 1 or higher
Ability: Able to project a kinetic force field momentarily. Able to push foes back or deflect or defend projectiles or attacks.

We will use copies of this sheet.

Abandoned village

ENTERING COMBAT

The two soldiers are 5 meters apart from each other. There are only a few items laying around for cover and the like. A single empty barrel. A wagon. And 2 boxes. All spaced well apart from each other within the spherical district. In the middle sits a well. The two soldiers are on opposite ends of the well, each being 2.5 meters from the well.

Please roll six sided to determine first move.

Rolled 1

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[Dark Light]

So it was a duel, soldier against soldier. It had come down to this.
Guard 1 stared at his comrade, as if looking into a mirror.
As fast as he can he quickly draws both gun swords and fires gem off one after the other as he darts to take cover kneeling behind the well.

[Rai]

Darklight rolls 2

roleplayerguild.com/rolls/582

One gunblade per soldier. So one shot was fired.

Rai Agility Rolls 4

roleplayerguild.com/rolls/584

Darklight Agility Rolls 3

roleplayerguild.com/rolls/585

Rai dashes for the well and slides as the first shot was fired.

Accuracy roll 9

roleplayerguild.com/rolls/583

Subtract 1 from total. 80% Accuracy.

Darklight rolls 3

Must roll above 1 or 2. roleplayerguild.com/rolls/586

Rai is hit in the shoulder.

Rai defense roll 5

roleplayerguild.com/rolls/587

-5 & -1 from 12 = 6 dmg

Rais shoulder is wounded as the bullet lodges into it. Bleeding commences. He reels back in pain. Now huddled by the well in the opposite side of darklight.

[Dark Light]

With a deep breath he focuses his Soul Energy.
Wasting no more time he fires off a pot shot over the top of the well.
A distraction. Like himself his opponent knew he couldn't fire again for a short moment.
He didn't plan to, instantly he was up and charged around the well throwing up a force field directed at his opponent as he released his soul energy.

[Dark Light]

My Hider

The big floor I see in this system is the exponential advancement and lack of variability (chance) in the lower levels vs the higher.
Eg a 2+d2 is never gonna hit an opposing 4+d4.

The d20 system roughly starts on a 50% hit chance and then variables move it 5% at a time. But there's nearly always a chance.

I have an idea that's been rolling around for a while.

Standard weapon = potential d10
Novice skill = 1+d9
Adept skill = 3+d7
Expert skill = 5+d5

No matter what, everyone can potentially get the same max outcome but the lowest the expert will score is a six

A low grade or 'poor' weapon may have a potential of 8 while a 'great' 12

(Circumstances)
[number of actions]
The more things you try to do in a round, the sloppier they become.
For every action above 1 in a turn, each action is subtracted by that amount.

Ie an adept attacking twice.
3+d7(-1), 3+d7(-1)

3 actions = Dodge 2+d8-2, / attack with g'weapon 1+d11-2 / movement action
4 actions = -3 to all

Dodging is a usable skill, not automatic.
Normally to hit you must score above 5, armour, abilities and circumstances may increase that number.

Defence actions:
Dodge
Parry
Block

Sorry it's all I got time for right now :)
Hope you like

[Dark Light]

Damage

Sticking with the theme of 10 as the base I think characters will have 10 hours give or take 1 or 2 depending on things.
Being that, damage will be relatively low.
Each weapon will have important individual stats but here's a rough idea.

1 - usually fists or small rocks
D2 - claws or sharp projectiles (darts/sling)
1+D2 - small blades, clubs, arrows
2xD2 - medium blades, axes, bullets
1+(2d2) or 2d3 - large two handed weapons, heavy fire power.

So the guard with his gun sword, while its technically one weapon, each function has its own stats.

Gum sword:
Sword - d10 potential w 1+d2 damage
Gun - d8 potential w 2d2 damage

Now combining atk and dmg
One sword attack,
Opponent doesn't defend
2+d8 = 7
To hit = 5. 7-5=bonus 2
Damage norm = 1+d2
now with bonus = 1+d4

Opponents armour reduces potential dmg by -1
So end result is 1+d3

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Armour

I foresee the best armour increasing the to-hit from 5 to 7 and reducing potential damage by 3. But that should be a magical/mechanical full plate.

Most armours should only reduce potential dmg by 1 or 2
The stronger full body protection also reducing the to-hit potential of a weapon. Ie a d10 becoming a d9 or d8

Armour stats would be as follows.
Chain mail
Atk potential -1
Dmg potential -1
---
Dodge -1
Block /
Parry /

Hide Armour
Atk potential -0
Dmg potential -1
---
Dodge /
Block /
Parry /

Steel full plate
Atk potential -2
Dmg potential -2
---
Dodge -3
Block -1
Parry -1

Still to come:
Defensive manoeuvres, stats, skills and Str bonus dmg

[Dark Light]

Skills and stats

1 to 5
1= poor
3= average
5= exceptional
6= Max

Base stats
Str
Agility
Will

Secondary
Stamina
Resistance
Endurance
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Dex
Flexibility
Reflex
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Focus
Attention
Personality

Skills
Skills are anything the character chooses as long as it fits the back story and is not to broad or vague.
Ie; it can't be combat in general but can be small blades, or guns.
It can also be a defensive manoeuvre, dodge, block, parry, or a non combative skill such as cooking or smithing.

To work out your skill level in an action take your base stat, add it to the appropriate secondary stat then add any skill level you may posses. Now divide this number by three, rounding to the nearest whole number.

Ie guard is using his gun sword as a sword.
D10 potential.
He has 3Str, 2Dex and 3 in sword play.
Total =8
8/3 = 2.6 (3)
Therefore his attack would be
3+d7

Now he the same guard is trying to cook in the chefs kitchen.
He has an OK setup d8 potential.
Will 1
Attention 2
Cooking 0
Total 3/3 =1
Cooking results is 1+d7 result =4
To determine how good a non combat skill result is, half it and use the 1 to 6 chart as above.
so 2 is between poor and average.

Hope you are liking some of this or getting some ideas.

[Rai]

The big floor I see in this system is the exponential advancement and lack of variability (chance) in the lower levels vs the higher.
Eg a 2+d2 is never gonna hit an opposing 4+d4.

@Dark Light

A d2 is a +1. A D4 is +2. Different factors can change this to be what you suggested. So on this I'll have to agree. Look. An agility of D2+1 is maxing out at 3, while the D4+2 is 6. Literally double that. The D4s lowest is 3, which is the d2+1's maximum. That's a bit too wide of a gap in ability from a basic 1d2+1 to supposedly two levels higher 1d4+2.

The d20 system roughly starts on a 50% hit chance and then variables move it 5% at a time. But there's nearly always a chance.

@Dark Light

Right.

Standard weapon = potential d10
Novice skill = 1+d9
Adept skill = 3+d7
Expert skill = 5+d5

No matter what, everyone can potentially get the same max outcome but the lowest the expert will score is a six

@Dark Light

So lower the Dice number for the higher the level, but increase the bonus. It's not a bad idea to balance the game out. The Bonus (+) is the constant set level. While the Dice is the potential. That's the logic I was going to apply to this. I'll apply your idea here. But instead of just three realms of ability I'll add in in-betweens (From Novice to Expert).

A low grade or 'poor' weapon may have a potential of 8 while a 'great' 12

@Dark Light

Not entirely sure what this pertains to. Weapon potential is depending on the quality and material. Like a stick can be a weapon but it wont be able to take on a dragon. Even if you are a master dragon slayer or something. So I applied a solid number to the weapons damage output for guns. Since a bullet is the same as another bullet if fired from the same gun. While a swing of the sword can be altered, and a bow. But not a gun IMO.

(Circumstances)
[number of actions]
The more things you try to do in a round, the sloppier they become.
For every action above 1 in a turn, each action is subtracted by that amount.

Ie an adept attacking twice.
3+d7(-1), 3+d7(-1)

3 actions = Dodge 2+d8-2, / attack with g'weapon 1+d11-2 / movement action
4 actions = -3 to all

Dodging is a usable skill, not automatic.
Normally to hit you must score above 5, armour, abilities and circumstances may increase that number.

Defence actions:
Dodge
Parry
Block

@Dark Light

Normally to hit on D&D there is indeed an armor check to see if you even hit. I don't personally appeal to that, as armor doesn't auto evade for you. Armor is defensive and absorbs damage for you. So for me agility is a better marker for evasion and physical density is how much your person can withstand. So Agility is applied when attempting to dodge, or counter, and many other things. It's not automatic, only applied when speed is a factor.

As for actions there will be one or two per post as a general standard. This will help ease the amount of rolls. I'll allow free actions like moving here or there, as long as it isn't a dodge attempt to an attack. But if it goes over those two actions THEN I'll subtract. As I won't force anyone to make only two actions. Applying your idea will allow them to do as many as they want, digging themselves a hole. As many movements in one turn will burn their endurance more than usual.