Abilities

Abilities have been briefly introduced in Characters. Abilities are based on attributes and characters can train in them. Also there is no fixed set of abilities. Players write down the abilities of their characters as they gain training in them.

To make a dice challenge with an ability, you need to know the consistency and potential of that ability. For this, you will need the base values and the ability training. There are two types of ability training, trained consistency and trained potential. Both the consistency and the potential of an ability have a base value. The base values represents how good a character is in that ability, without the benefit of training. To get the actual consistency and potential, add ability training to the base value. So:

• Base consistency + trained consistency = consistency
• Base potential + trained potential = potential

For some dice challenges, items bonuses or situational penalties might be applied. For instance, a large shield will give a bonus when blocking, and darkness might give a consistency penalty to combat rolls.

Players will only need to write down abilities on their character sheets if their character has trained in that ability, if they have an item that requires that ability or if they are frequently used.

Consistency of abilities

The base consistency of an ability is predefined, and is the same for every character. This value may vary quite a bit from one ability to another and depends on how reliable people untrained in that ability can perform in it. The base consistency will be provided by the GM.

Base consistency should range from -2 to +3. Where -2 is an ability which people are naturally bad at, until they gain training (such as lock picking). A base consistency 0 ability is an ability that untrained characters can do well, but which requires some luck to get right (such as throwing a weapon). A base consistency 3 ability is an ability that has very little luck involved. You can either do it, or you can't. Things such as calculations and knowledge would be abilities with a base consistency of 3.

Potential of abilities

The base potential of an ability depends on what attribute(s) the ability is derived from. If the ability is based on one attribute, the base potential of that ability is the same as the attribute. For example if a character has a strength of 2, the base potential of their brawl ability will be 2. This also means that when the attribute changes, the base potential of derived abilities also changes.

If an ability is derived from multiple attributes, the base potential of that ability becomes the average of those attributes, rounded down. So with an attribute of 0 and 3, the average is 1.5, rounded down, so the base potential becomes 1.

Because ability checks are based partially on attributes, an intelligent character will find herself being better at abilities that involve reasoning through a problem, even if she has never encounter a similar problem before.

Standard abilities

There is a small set of standard abilities, one for every attribute. The standard abilities will be useful in most games. In addition to these, the GM should add extra abilities, based on the kind of campaign. The persuasion ability for example, will cover all useful bases when playing a campaign which is heavily combat centred. However for a game which will hold a lot of politics, other attributes concerning social interaction (such as intimidation, bluff and expression) might be added.

The six standard attributes are as followed:

In addition to these six standard abilities, GMs should aim to have between ten and fifteen additional abilities in their campaign. These abilities should either be taken from modules or written by the GM. The GM should strive to inform all players of the abilities they might use, so players can use them during character creation.

Because non-standard abilities might overlap, GMs should always have players roll specific abilities rather then more general abilities, when either one might be applicable. For instance if there is an intimidation ability in the game, whenever a player attempts to intimidate another character, this ability should be rolled, rather then the more general persuasion ability. Even if the character might be better at persuasion then intimidation.

Experience points

During a game, characters will play through encounters and challenges. When characters overcome these encounters, they will get the experience points (XP) equivalent to that encounter. Experience points will be divided among the characters present during the encounter, rounded down to a whole number (for example 10XP divided among four characters, means 2XP per character with 2 remaining). The remaining experience points can be carried over to the next time characters gain XP. So that the 2 XP they earned doesn't get lost.

During downtime, characters can spend XP to improve their abilities. The amount of XP you need to gain one point of ability training for either consistency or potential is the total XP spend on the previous two levels, starting at 5. So:

Attribute progress

Attributes can not be trained, they improve while you are training your abilities. Every attribute has a progress value, which works like a kind of XP. It is based on how much the abilities that are based on it have been trained. Every time you increase an ability training by one point, increase the attribute progress of the attribute associated with the ability with one. If an ability is based on multiple attributes, you can choose which attribute you want to increase the attribute progress of.

Once the attribute progress reaches a certain value, the attribute is increased by one. How much attribute progress is required depends on height of the attribute. When an attribute is increased, the attribute progress of that attribute becomes zero. Don't forget to update the base potential of your abilities when changing your attribute.

Combat basics

During combat, characters take turns to move against their opponents. The order in which characters take their turns is based on how high they roll initiative. During their turn character's can perform Combat actions, such as move, draw an arrow, make an attack, charge an enemy, etc.

Even though characters take their turns in sequence. In the game world, the turns of players occur almost simultaneously. Every turn lasts two seconds.

Initiative

At the start of every combat, participants throw initiative to determine in what order they will take their turns. The character with the highest score starts, down to the character with the lowest score, who goes last. The initiative roll uses the character's dexterity as his consistency, and the number of willpower a character has as it's potential. When players roll the same initiative, the player with the highest willpower goes first.

Delaying and readied actions

Players can change the order in which their characters take turns by declaring at the start of their turn, that they will delay until after or just before another character. This character is then moved in the initiative order to where they specified.

In addition to delaying your turn, players can ready one combat action. The combat action will occur as soon something the player specified to happen occurs. This is called the trigger. A trigger can for instance be: an opponent enters this square. The readied action could be; make an attack against that opponent. The action always occurs after the trigger, and can only occur if the character (as opposed to the player) becomes aware the trigger has occurred.

After the trigger has occurred, the readied action takes place. This can occur anywhere in the turn of another character. When a trigger occurs, the readied action is performed, and the initiative order is changed. The character with the readied action is moved to the turn before the character who triggered the action. If the trigger doesn't occur until the next turn of the character with the readied action, the readied action is lost.

There is a subtle difference between a trigger based on something happening, and a trigger based on a character intending for something to happen. You might trigger an attack when someone attacks you. Because your readied action is always after the trigger, you will be attacked first, and then do your attack. Or you can trigger as soon as you become aware that a character wants to attack you. In that case you need to attempt to predict your opponent's move. Your opponent must make a roll to attempt hiding the attack, which you can make a dice challenge against. Persuasion versus insight should be used for this. If you do not pass this dice challenge, you will still know by the time you are attacked, but you do not make the first attack.

Melee attacks

There are two types of attacks, melee attacks and ranged attacks. A melee attack is done using a melee weapon, such as a knife, an axe or a sword. To do these kinds of attacks, characters must be near each other. Characters can only attack each other with melee attacks when they are in the same square.

When a character attacks another character, place their character identifier together in the square. Multiple characters place together like this during combat are called a combat cluster. Characters remain in the combat cluster either until they are pushed out, move outside the square, or move outside the cluster.

Ranged attacks

With ranged attacks you can attack targets in the same square or in a different square. Range weapons have a maximum range. If the distance between the attacker and the target is greater then the range, the target can't be attacked. If a target is in a different square then the attacker, there is a situational penalty equal to half the distance to the target, rounded down.

The distance is counted by taking the shortest number of turns required to move, climb and/or jump down to the target. Movement is only possible along horizontal or vertical axes. So if the target is in a diagonally adjacent square, you need to move one horizontal and one vertical, and so the distance is two. The shot will thus have a situational penalty of one on consistency (half the distance). If the target is higher, the number of turns it would take to climb to that height is included in counting the distance. If the target is lower, there is no distance cost since jumping down is a free action.

When using a ranged attack against a target in a combat cluster, you have a situational penalty on consistency, equal to the number of characters in that cluster. If the target manages to dodge the attack, you must re-roll the attack for another character in the combat cluster, now with the situational penalty decreased by one. Keep re-rolling until all characters in the combat cluster have dodged, or until a character is hit or the attack is blocked (rather then dodged). Decreasing the situational penalty by one every roll. The order in which targets are selected, is the same as the initiative order, starting from the original target.

Effects during combat

Most of the effects last two seconds. Because a turn lasts two seconds, most effects will influence your character for one turn. Longer Effects last more then one turn. The number of turns an effect lasts is easily calculated by taking half the effect's duration, rounded down. So an effect of five seconds will last two turns.

Stumble

If your character is in a combat cluster while hit by stumble, the character is moved out of the cluster. While stumbling, you can not use ranged attacks, and you can only make melee attacks against characters that are in a combat cluster with you. Because of this, you can only make a melee attack while stumbling, if you are attacked first.

While the effect lasts, you can not move in one of the directions of the locations you are in (left, right, up or down). This is the direction from which the effect came. If multiple directions could be applicable, the player causing the effect choose which direction. This can happen if the characters are in diagonal direction to each other, or if they are in the same square.

Daze

You can not take any actions during your turn, and you can not make defensive rolls until the daze effect has passed. If the daze effect is an odd number (1, 3, 5, etc.), you can not defend until the start of the turn in which the effect ends, as opposed to after the turn you are last effected.

Defence

There are three ways to defend against attacks. Characters can either dodge, block or parry an attack. When defending against an attack you roll an ability. If the defence score is equal to or higher then the attack score the attack misses. You must roll defence before knowing the result of the attack roll.

Dodging is done by rolling an agility check. To block an oncoming attack, you need some kind of shield and roll the ability needed to use your shield. You can only parry against melee attacks. To parry an attack you must wield a weapon and roll the ability you use for that weapon.

Defending against multiple attacks

If you are attacked multiple times before your next turn, you will receive penalties to your defence rolls. The more you have to defend, the bigger the penalty will become. For dodging and blocking, there is a consistency penalty of two, every time you use that defence. So if you dodge three times between your turn and you want to dodge a fourth time, you will have a consistency penalty of six (2x3=6). Every type of defence has it's own penalty. So dodging multiple times will not get you a penalty on blocking. And blocking multiple times will not create a consistency penalty on dodging. For every melee weapon you wield, you can make only one parry roll between turns.

Because of this, if you are attacked multiple times between your turns, it will likely be advantageous to use different types of defence. Character using a shield will have a big advantage over characters without shields while defending, since they have an extra way to defend themselves. Your defence uses are restored again at the start of your next turn.

Positions

Positions are states a character can find themselves in during combat.

• Prone Your character lays on the ground. The only way to move around is by crawling. While prone you have a consistency penalty of two for all attacks and defences. Ranged attacks against a prone target have a consistency penalty of two.

• Helpless You cannot perform any action or defend yourself in any way.

• Sleeping You are prone and helpless. You wake up if you are hit by an attack. The only action you can take is make perception checks when something happens around you. Waking up to a soft sound has a challenge requirement of nine. Waking up to a louder sound has a challenge requirement of five.

• Unconscious You are prone and helpless and can not wake up from this state without medical attention.

• Concealed Some (or all) of your opponents can not see you directly. But unless you are also hidden from them, they do know approximately where you are. Opponents from who you are concealed have a consistency penalty on attack rolls against you. How high the penalty is depends on how effective the concealment is. You can not be concealed from opponents who are in a combat cluster with you.

• Hidden Some (or all) of your opponents do not know where you are. You can not be hidden from an opponent unless you are also concealed from them. You can not be attacked, unless the attacker knows you are hidden. If your opponent knows you are hidden, you can only be attacked with a luck shot. The opponent rolls a D10 before the attack roll. Only if he or she rolls 10, can they make an attack roll. The attack has a consistency penalty of one plus the penalty from being concealed. If you are hidden from an opponent, you receive a bonus potential of two, when you charge them or make a ranged attack against them.

  Every time you make any soft sound while hidden, your hide challenge is reduced by two. Making it ever easier for your opponents to find you using perception. Soft sounds include whispering, shooting a bow or blowgun or throwing a weapon. Louder sounds such as speaking, shouting, weapons clattering, etc. give you away.

• Climbing You have a consistency penalty of two on all defences and attacks. If you are hit by an effect and climbing had a challenge requirement, you must make a new roll to see if you can hold on. Note that the position "climbing" is different from the climb action. You do not have to climb up or down every turn you are in a climbing position. You can even make an attack while in the climbing position, unless holding on requires the use of both hands. While in this position you have a consistency penalty of one to attack rolls. Because climbing requires one hand, you can not wield a shield and a sword at the same time while climbing.

Pre-rolling defence

Opponents can see how good your defensive stance is. So you should pre-roll your defence, preferably at the end of your turn, and as soon as you've used your last pre-rolled defence. You must decide which defence you use before the attack roll. The attacker chooses their target based on how someone is defending, not the defender based on how he's being attacked. The only exception is when you've parried and an opponent decides to attack you with a ranged attack. Since you can't parry a ranged attack, you must roll either dodge or block after the attack was declared, but before the attack was rolled. The parry you rolled must be used as a defence against the first melee attack. Fatigue only changes when you use the defence roll to oppose an attack.

Guarding

You can protect people, locations or objects from your opponents by guarding them. When you guard, your opponent can not reach whatever it is you are guarding without first having to get past you. By guarding you can stop one opponent from getting to their target, or you can intercept a ranged attack. When you are guarding an ally, and an opponent intends to attack them, the attack will be directed to you instead. If this is a ranged attack, the attack moves on to it's original target if you successfully dodge the attack. Blocking a ranged attack stops it.

The guard ends once you've intercepted one opponent. Once the guard ends, other characters can freely get to whatever was guarded. If multiple characters are guarding the same target, the order in which characters defend is the initiative order, starting at the character attempting to reach the target. Only the first guard can respond to the attack. Because of this, when you are defending a single target it requires one attacker more then there are guards to get to the target.

Borders can be guarded from either side. If the guard is in the same square as you, you can not cross the border, since the guard will intercept you. If the guard is in the other square, you can go across the border, but if you charge, the guard intercepts your attack. The guard ends if you move across a guarded border.

Guards can not respond to characters hidden from them. So if you are hidden from a guard, that guard can not stop you from reaching your target. You can also get past a guard by outmanoeuvre him. The guard can make an attack against you as a free action. You must dodge this attack. On this dodge roll you have a consistency penalty of one.

Forced movement and restraint

Some characters can not move by themselves, or do not want to be moved. To move or stop characters from moving, the following rules apply:

• One character can move a willing character with a leg injury
• Two characters can move a character unable to stand and resist
• Three characters can move an unwilling bound character
• Four characters can move an unwilling character

Gods of Heimr

Editor note: This page will contain a list of the gods of Heimr, with their signature blessings are and references to lore.

Basic Abilities (Tabletop)

Editor note: Complete list. Just lacks a descriptive text.

Heimr abilities required for item use

Optional Heimr abilities

Character challenges (draft)

Domain maintainer: Brian Bors

This domain will be used for generic conditions that add additional (roleplaying) challenges to your character. They generally don't come with rewards, apart from playing a cool character but some of these conditions grant rewards if you "solve" them. Most of these conditions take resources to get used to them, however if you take these conditions during character creation you can ignore that rule.

Combat Tactics (draft)

Document maintainer: Bas Weerdmeester

Editor note: This domain is under development.

This domain is designed to give leaders and commanders a way to better manoeuvre their warriors in battle. It is essential for a commander that his or her troops can execute the orders given to them. A leader is therefore not only trained in coming up with good orders, but empowers the troops to follow these orders through the strength of their own will. Every army, police force, or other combat unit of any size is structured in a strict hierarchy. Strategies are devised at the top, and then propagated down to the leaders who are each given a job to do, down to the commander who stands with his warriors on the battlefield, urging them on to victory.

Every leader has a team to command. A leader is responsible for briefing a team on the tactics that will be employed during battle, so that the team can work effectively. Leadership skills use orders to give bonuses to all members of a team. For instance, if a leader uses his retreat skill to order the team to retreat, all members of that team can temporally ignore effects of wounds that prevent them from retreating. This bonus only works for members of a team that was briefed about the order.

Briefing

Briefing the team for whom you are responsible is an essential part of your job. All leadership skills require a character to brief his team before the team members can take advantage of the bonuses these skills provide. During briefings you must inform your team on battle tactics you intend to employ. If you have any skills that can give bonuses when you give specific orders, you must inform all the members of your team about this, so that they can take advantage of your leader skills. It is advisable to have a briefing with your team at least once a day, if only to let them know you are on top of things.

Team

Leaders each have their own team to work with. The size of the team a leader can command depends on a leader's skills. As a leader, you are in direct command of all the members of your team. Your character is not a member of the team you command. In character you might look at it different, but you do not get bonuses from your own skills, neither do you count towards the member limit of the team you can command. Leading a team however, does not restrict you from being a member in another team.

Team leaders can be members of a different team. You are in direct command of your team, and someone else is in direct command of you. In this scenario, the leader of your team will be indirectly in command of your team, since he commands you, and you command them. This creates a hierarchy, like a card house with the a lone commander at the top and individual troops at the bottom. Because of this hierarchy, you can not be in command of someone who is in direct or indirect command of you, since this would create circle constructions.

Characters can not be members of more then one team. This means that you are the only person who can use leadership skills to give bonuses to your team. Members of your team may take orders from others during your absence, but they do not get bonuses from those orders. Of course characters might want to switch sides or join a different team. If someone joins your team, you must first brief them about your standing orders. Characters can not switch teams in the middle of a battle. Characters must at least have (been able to) take a short rest since the last battle they or you as a leader were in before they can be part of your team.

You as a player are responsible to make sure the members of your team understand this. When briefing your team, take some time to explain how this works. These are out of character rules, so you should make sure the players who are in your team understand this.

If you are put in charge of a team that is larger then your leadership skills permit, you can select which members of your team can have the bonuses from your leadership skills. You must inform the players of this during the briefing.

Authority

Authority is essential for a commander. Your team can only function effectively as long as they are willing to follow your orders. It is essential for the entire team that the commander can rely on his troops to follow orders. Without that, the cohesion of the team quickly fails and the leader becomes just another person shouting his opinion.

If you have basic battlefield command skills, and your orders are disobeyed by anyone who is supposed to be under your command, you will be drained of willpower. This is described like this on the skill card: "If your order is disobeyed, you lose one willpower. You can lose no more then three willpower this way in one day." To avoid confusion, some extra explanation is warranted.

This rule applies to anyone who your character believes is supposed to follow his or her orders. This always includes the team you command, and it includes the teams commanded by the people who you command. But it also includes anyone who in your character's opinion is obligated to follow your orders. For instance all soldiers in an army are obligated to follow orders. And so if a general sees anyone in a soldier uniform, this rule is applicable to them.

Orders can be objected to. If there is a sound reason not to obey the order, to which you as a leader agree, then the order is nullified, which does not count as disobeyed. This might happen as new information becomes available to you, such as that the order might conflict with some other purpose or activity of greater importance of which you were not yet aware when you gave the order. It is up to your own judgement as a player to determine who your character would believe is under his authority, and when an order has not been obeyed.

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TODO note: It would be seriously cool if these orders would fit seamlessly into other settings as well. Some do, some don't. I think the potential is there, so it's worth a try.

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Divine Beings (early draft)

Domain maintainer: Wilco Copperjaw

Divine Armoury

The divine armoury contains weapons, shields and armour inspired by those items used by angels and demons themselves. They are particularly effective when used in combination with angel or demon blessings.

Fighting Styles (Notes)

This contains notes about the "Fighting Styles" additon to Armed Combat.

Ideas for Fighting Styles

• Defender
  Gain a bonus on your defenses when standing still in Heavy Armour and wearing a Shield.
• Skirmisher
  Gain a bonus when you attack a different enemy after each attack you make.
• Porcupine
  Gain a bonus when fighting with a polearm and next to another with a polearm.
• Favored of Ratish
  Gain a bonus when you are an Orc and fight with a double-headed axe.
• Takedown
  You gain the ability to take prisoners during combat using the Bind effect. But you need to do X to achieve the bind.
• Bruiser
  Raised in the slums of a Midgardian City, you know how to fight without weapons. When you have a free hand, you can call Stumble when paying 1 willpower.
• Berserker
  As long as you keep attacking without taking a breath or otherwise pausing, you gain X hitpoints.

Fighting Style Bonuses

• Skills of type X cost Y less willpower.
• Call Hit X every Y times during combat.
• Perform Skill X for free after Y.

Larceny and thievery(draft)

These are my current thoughts on this domain. I am just putting them down to get them out of my head. Feel free to bitch about these ideas:

- You are allowed to carry one item for which you have no physrep. This is a concealed item. If a player searches you for concealed items you must show the item card from the concealed item. A Large item may not be concealed, this will be noted by the term "Large" on the item card. - The core has no rules on torture; therefore torture automatically fails unless the victim wants to fail. (Threatening with death still works of course, but this only works effectively if you have several prisoners. With one it becomes a game of bluff. And there is always the change that they will kill you regardless of you telling) - The core has no rules on concealing physreps: therefore concealing physreps works with the player his OC skills. - The core has no rules about sneak attacks: therefore sneak attacks (attacks that the victim doesn't sees coming) have the same damage as normal attacks (regardless of combat mobility not working, bypassing armour, etc). - The core rules have no rules on disguises: disguises in LARP is always a tricky subject because player A probably assumes that player B plays a different character when player B is differently dressed, disguises almost always work when played by the rules, no matter how silly little they differ from the original character. Disguising yourself as a different race with IC make up doesn't work either because players have no chance to see the difference between IC and OC make-up. Currently disguises should not be allowed. - The core rules have no rules on playing dead: Playing dead in LARP has almost the same problem as disguising ourselves in a LARP. It is a silly tactic that should not be allowed without proper rules because player A cannot see whether or not player B his character is dead/dying/pretending. - The core rules have no rules on pickpocketing: This is done purely by OC skills at the moment but it is a bit tricky because should the item card be stolen? Should the physrep be stolen? How does the player gets back his physrep? Etc.

- Allow characters to harm, steal and confront each other on a martial playing field without combat. - Should not add any core rules.

Should be able to portray the following situations

- Torture VS withstanding (VS lying during torture. VS dying during torture). - Concealing items (without physreps) VS finding concealed items. (without the need to OC strip search) - Sneak attacking (outside of combat) - Attacks of opportunities ("sneak" attack DURING combat.)

• Downtime spying VS downtime concealing. - Pickpocketing VS detection.
• Disguises and playing dead VS detection.

Roos and Wilco (Paraphrased by Brian): We do not want a system for this. Player can roleplay this, and that is enough.

Torture

- Torture skill (Several levels): Torture somebody for 5 minutes, spend 1 WP: He must answer all your questions truthfully and do everything you say as long as he remains your captive and loses 1 WP. You can torture somebody several times if you want. You can use this skill x times without paying WP. (x is the level of this skill+2) - Resist torture (Several levels): Spend 1 WP: You can lie instead of tell the truth when being tortured (including a simple "I don't know"), and you don't lose WP from the torture itself. You can use this skill x times without paying WP (x is the level of this skill). - Prolong torture (Several levels): Torturing you takes 2 (4, 8, 16, etc.) times as long. - Quicken torture (Several levels): Torturing somebody takes only half (1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc.) of the time.

Roos and Wilco (Paraphrased by Brian): These sound good.

Concealing items

- Conceal item (Several levels): You do not have to show one of your item cards for which you have no physrep unless somebody calls "detect x" while searching you. (x is the level of this skill). You can buy this skill several times.

Pickpocketing

Clip a clothes-peg or sticker to a pouch/bag, or drop a stone into the pouch/bag: You get a single random item or 10% of the money in that pouch. At higher levels you get more items and a higher percentage of money.

Security

Security (Several levels): Spend 1 WP: You can call (detect x) while searching somebody. Spend 1 WP: You lose less items while being pickpocketed. Guard's patience (Several levels): You can use the security skill x times without paying WP (x is the level of this skill).

Wilco and Rowan (paraphrased by Brian): "Combat should be defined better"

Sneak attacks

Assassinate (Several levels): Spend 2 WP: Attack somebody with a non-large weapon between the shoulder blades before combat starts. Call "hit 20" and "Drain x" (x is the level of this skill -1). Attack of opportunity (Several levels): Spend 2 WP, attack somebody who is under the influence of a stumble, fall or daze attack that you did no call with a non-large weapon: Call "hit 2+x" (x is the level of this skill)

Wilco (paraphrased by Brian): Should be mingled with the NPC organisations.

Downtime spying

Spying/tracking down: Spend xℜ: You have a x*10% change to find out what you want to find out??? Home security/laying low: Spend xℜ: Your home security pool is raised by x*4. When somebody spies on you the ℜ they pour in are lowered by your home security pool and your home security pool is lowered by their ℜ. You are not told how high your home security pool is at any given time.

Wilco (paraphrased by Brian): Should not do. Edge case problems.

Disguise

Disguise (Several levels): You are allowed to wear a second costume that is designed to make you look like a different character. You cannot imitate specific people nor can you change your race. (maybe you can at higher levels?). If somebody calls "detect x" while searching you they notice you are disguised. (x is the level of this skill). You can buy this skill several times (every time you can pick a different costume and thus persona.)

Play dead

Play dead: You are allowed to pretend that you are unconscious/dead. If somebody examines you for longer than 10 seconds (this includes for example looting your armour) they notice you are still alive.

NPC organizations (draft)

Design goals:

- Van een kleine gang tot politiek spel op landelijk niveau. - Word zowel door spelers als NPC's "gespeeld". - Dit systeem levert de speler geld en macht op. - De speler moet zich tijdens evenementen bezighouden met de politieke aspecten die daar aanwezig zijn. - Het domein moet game masters in staat stellen om politiek spel op het event neer te zetten. - Deze organisaties moeten met elkaar kunnen "vechten". - Geen downtime spelletje - Het spelletje moet lijken op hoe conflicten in de echte wereld werken.

Skill challange: - Je slechte daden "downplayen" of verbergen. - Je goede daden "upplayen".

Stap 1: (Event check-in) Spelers ontvangen feedback over de vorige ronde Stap 2: (Event check-out) Iedere speler mag resources uitgeven voor de volgende acties: - Capitaliseren: Haal een aantal resources uit de pool

• Onderzoeken: Achterhaal informatie over een ander - Verdedigen: Zorg dat het lastiger wordt om je te onderzoeken en aan te vallen - Aanvallen: Vernietig resources van een andere speler Stap 3: Geef spelers de resources die ze uit de pool halen ?? Wat gebeurd er als er meer uit de pool wordt gehaald dan er in zat? Stap 4: Geef spelers een aantal 'defence' counters Stap 5: Voor alle spelers die onderzoeken; bepaald wat ze hebben ontdekt ?? Welke informatie is verkrijgbaar? Is er een random factor in? Stap 6: Voor alle spelers die aanvallen; Bepaal hoeveel ze hebben vernietigd. Geef de aanvaller en verdediger feedback over de aanval. ?? Kun je resources afpakken? Stap 7: Vul de pool aan met resources

Algaritme voor aanvallen? Attack power: X Defence power: Y Resources lost: Z Resources conquered: Q

Y = Y * 2; A = X - Y; IF A > Y THEN: Q = A - Y; Z = Y; Else if A > 0 then: Z = A;

Pay fielty Monopolize markets

- Food industry Villages -- Leisure industry Towns --- Arms industry Cities ---- Warfare industry States

Sovern vs Pay fielty/tax

- Capitalize - Attack [organisation] - Investigate [organisation/market] - Defend

Give X to Y Attack Y with X Defend with Y Capitalize Y

Aquisition Security Sabotage

Fase A: Opdrachten verzamelen

Stap 1: Sorteer spelers aflopend op hoeveel staff ze inzetten, en daarbinnen oplopend op hoeveel opdrachten ze proberen te krijgen.

Stap 2: Begin bij de laatste speler in de lijst en werk de lijst af naar boven: Iedere speler krijgt 1 opdracht per staff. Je kunt niet meer opdrachten krijgen dan je hebt gevraagd. Dit gaat door totdat alle spelers zijn voorzien of de opdrachten op zijn.

Stap 3: Begin bij de eerste speler in de lijst en werk de lijst af naar beneden: Iedere speler krijgt het aantal opdrachten waar ze om vroegen, min het aantal dat ze al hebben ontvangen in stap 2. Dit gaat door totdat alle spelers zijn voorzien of de opdrachten op zijn.

Primordial Magic Extensions

# Program start
start ->                    # 0;

# Gather energy
set R1 => 2 : Fire          # 3;
set R2 => 1 : Water         # 5;

# Wait until a target is chosen then execute the rest, this sets TARGET register
on target jump target       # 10;

target ->                   # 10;

# Combine Fire and Water to get Fire and Energy
set R1, R2 => R1 + R2       # 15;

# Combine Energy with Direction to get Force
set R2 => R2 + TARGET       # 19;

# Apply force to fire to gain a missile
set R1 => R1 + R2           # 23;

# Release the energy of the missile to finish the spell
release R1                  # 24;

$identifier ::=     [a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*
$number     ::=     [0-9]+
$comment    ::=     #.*\n
$typeID     ::=     [A-Z][a-z]*
$register   ::=     R[0-7] | TARGET
$eventID    ::=     touch | target

@label      ::=     $identifier

@label_def  ::=     @label ->
             
@jump       ::=     jump @label
             
@event      ::=     on $eventType jump @label; 
# Blocking, sets TARGET when activated

@branch     ::=     branch @expr jump @label;
             |      branch @expr jump @label else @label;

@expr       ::=     $register
             |      @constant
             |      @comparison
             |      @expr + @expr
             |      !@expr
             |      isnull @expr
             
             
@comparison ::=     @expr < @expr
             |      @expr <= @expr
             |      @expr = @expr
             |      @expr > @expr
             |      @expr >= @expr
             
@constant   ::=     $number : $typeID

@set        ::=     set $register(, $register)* => @expr

@release    ::=     release $register

Spirit Magic (early draft)

Maintainer: Wilco Copperjaw

Things shamans can do:

• Look into the local spirit world
• Feed spirits
• Communicate with spirits
  • Promise spirit energy
  • Promise spirit to serve
  • Order spirit to attack
• Call spirit connections
• Use spirit abilities / channel spirits

Spirit ranks: - Sprite - Spectre - Phantom - Wraith

Example banes and abilities:

Sprite level: - Smear honey (worth at least 5 copper) on a tree every month. => call stumble once per hour.

Spectre: - Cause an injury to a person every month (or 2ℜ) and spend 5 copper on smelly oils => +1 HP

Phantom: - Blood sacrifice of 3 WP every day the ability is used =>

Connection type 1 (Spirit Guardian): - Spirits have needs in two categories (known, unconscious) - These needs have different point values unknown to the players but known to the DM. - Locations promise spirits a stable amount of points per time period, this is usually enough to sustain them. - Shamans can promise spirits an amount of points per time period. - The spirit will follow the power source that promises them the most amount of points. - Spirits will actively ask for the known needs. The DM will calculate the unconscious needs but the spirit won't communicate them. - Known needs come in the form off banes. If the player breaks a promise to uphold one of these banes the spirit becomes unruly and points will be deducted. - If a location is nearby that promises more points, the spirit will flee to that location.

• Spirits will grow in power when they receive more points than it will cost to maintain their power. This will make a spirit loyal to the shaman. - A shaman his threat level is equal to the total level of loyal spirits + an amount of levels determined by shamanic skill. - A shaman his threat level should be equal to or higher than the total level of his neutral spirits. If not the shaman his WP will be reduced. If the WP reaches a certain low willpower and you go into trance the shaman will be attacked by his own spirits and might lose his soul. - As spirits grow more powerful, they will give you more abilities, and they will develop new needs. They will also periodically ask the shaman to promise to take on higher banes. After a while they will no longer be loyal, unless the shaman starts feeding them even more points. - If spirits are underfed or if you do not keep your promises they will become unruly: you cannot cast the spells associated with them. - If you order your spirits to attack one of your own (which they will only do if they are loyal), the other spirits you have with you react to this variedly (according to their personalities). They might shift from loyal to neutral to unruly. They might shift from unruly to neutral to loyal. They might gain a temporary dislike to you. They might also go away for a day (in which case they could get attacked by local spirits) - Spirits have personality quirks that modify the basis behaviour outlined above.
• Example personality (loyalty): You gain bonus points over time. - Example personality (treacherous): You lose points over time. - Example personality (greedy): Will ask for more, over time. - Example personality (trader): Will warn you that some other shaman is outbidding you, so you have a change to outbid them. - Example personality (bluffer): Will warn you that some other shaman is outbidding you, even if they don't. - Example personality (fickle): Will periodically change needs. - Example personality (traveler): Likes shamans over locations for some amount of points. The can flee to locations that are further away. - Example personality (non-traveler): Opposite of traveller. - Example personality (location bound): cannot move from it's location. - Example personality (slightly-forgiving): Breaking banes deduces points and you won't be able to cast spells for an hour (instead of a whole day) if you apologize. - Example personality (forgiving): Breaking banes only deduces points, you will still be able to cast spells, if you apologize. - Example personality (mute): can only communicate in one of the following ways: Pictionary/sherades/miming/piglatin.

Connection type 2 (Spirit servant): - The shaman asks a spirit in a ritual to do something big. - Either the shaman or the benefactor of the ritual gains a condition stating the way in which the person now needs to serve the spirit periodically, including a consequences for not doing this.

Connection type 3 (Spirit contact): - The shaman has a way of contacting this spirit in a ritual, the shaman also known a way to get boons with this particular spirit. - If the shaman has boons at the moment, these can be redeemed for a certain standard magical effect.

Some thoughts: - Spirits should probably be a very diverse power source. One cool way to do that might be to allow a spirit to have skills, which they will perform on your behalf. We should see if we can find a way to do this, and perhaps what skills this can't be done with.

Design goals: - OC skill challange: - Onderhandelen.

Random brainstorm: - Channaling - Reizen door de grey - Spirits zijn voornamelijk "melee" buff sprueken of zijn hier in gespecialiseerd. - Groepsuitstapjes naar de grey zou kunnen met resistance gameplay? - Fetishes (Objecten waar spirits in zitten opgesloten/gebonden/belooft die het item sterker maken) - Channelen van spirits zou spirits "dichtbij" genoeg kunnen laten komen om de fetish te poweren. - Shamanen zijn het communicatie kanaal tussen de community en de spirits

• Shamanen kunnen deze positie uitbuiten - Shamanen vechten onderling voor "klanditie" - Shamaan moet diensten van zijn spirit kunnen verkopen - Je kunt spririts substainen met prayer tokens maar het aan priests geven is veel rendabeler.

Spirit Magic

Spirit magic is a supernatural kind of magic in which the powers of spirits are harnessed for the benefit (or dismay) of mortals. Those who have mastered spirit magic are called Shamans. A shaman is a person who formed alliances with spirits. In exchange for some service the Shaman provides to that spirit, the spirit works for the Shaman.

Spirit magic is a dangerous forms of magic for the practitioner. Spirits are often devious and untrusting creatures. Shamans are constantly tempted by their spirits to take on greater and greater risk, for ever greater powers. But if they fail, if ever they stray from their path, his spirits may devour each other or even the shaman himself. A great shaman is one with wisdom, always knowing which paths lead to glory, and which to demise.

Trade and Commerce (early draft)

Document maintainer: Wilco Copperjaw

Some initial thoughts: - There is a very tight relationships with the trade domain. These domains might need to be designed in sync - The essential difference between this domain and trade is that this is business to consumer (B2C) and trade is business to business. Characters playing in this domain do not have to worry about transportation. Goods are always bought and sold locally - Skills and condition in this domain give players access to cheaper items. - Prices vary based on where you buy your goods. Fish is cheaper near the sea, and metals are cheaper near a mine. The price you can buy or sell your goods for as a shopkeeper will depend on how far and how difficult it is for a trader to get the goods to you. - The idea is that the entire chain from raw materials to useful products can be traced, so that foresters sell wood to carpenters, and carpenters sell their services to shipbuilders, shipbuilders sell their ships to fishers, fishers sell their fish to shopkeepers, and the shopkeeper sells his food to foresters. The entire chain must work so that if you played the whole thing through, prices and profits would be believable - We should see if this domain is medieval, or if it can be generic - Perhaps there should be a medieval items domain, and a separate Trade and shopkeeping domain - We should somehow group items together. Perhaps based on the base material or the skill needed to create it. Maybe there should be a more formal item type system, like: melee weapon, shield, armour, amulet, potion, etc. - This system probably needs some way to do bulk discount. Otherwise merchants wouldn't make any sense. - What about merchent to merchent sale? Like the spice routes were before 16th century - The problem about trade is that IRL, the further things have to go, the more expensive they are. But for players outside the merchant domain it will be very confusing to have different prices in different locations. Perhaps we can do something by saying that the further you have to go, the larger the bulk you'll buy, since your offset area will also be bigger. And so even though the cost of long distance transport is bigger, it is offset by the discount gained from bulk buy.

There are (at least) two types of prices - Store price - Production price

To OBTAIN an item players pay store price. To SELL an item player receive production price

Shopkeepers can: - OBTAIN the items in their store for production price

Crafters can: - OBTAIN items they can make for production price - SELL materials for store price

Basic supply chain: Suppliers > Merchant > Outlet > Customer

Some occupations: - Craftsman (Weaver, Potter, Baker, Brewer, Glassblower, Bookbinder, Bricklayer, Candlemaker, Cartographer, Clothier, Cook, Dyer, Engraver, Scribe) - Artist (Acrobat, Actor, Architect, Painter, Minstrel, Bard, Storyteller, Playwright - ??? (Farmer, Fisherman, Hunter) - Leather worker - Jeweller - Stone carver - Blacksmith -- Blacksmith lvl2 --- Blacksmith lvl3 -- Armourer --- Armourer lvl2 -Herbalist -- Apothecarist - Locksmith - Miner - Peddler -- Shopkeeper - Carpenter -- Bowyer -- Shipwright

Designing a setting

Setting paramaters

What can you tweak to design your setting, And what can not be tweaked because it effects game balance.

Picking game systems and domains.

Author instructions

Writing documents

TODO

Publishing documents

TODO

Releases

TODO

Translations

TODO

Crediting

TODO

Creating a domain

Editor note: This document is under developement

What is a domain

Domain concept

Skill trees

Items

Conditions

Downtime options

Standard values

THESE ARE OUTDATED! (Brian. 14 november 2013)

Pay Up Front Disadvantage

A very important decision you can give characters is to have them choose if they want to pay for the entire power in advance, or if they want to pay a little less in advance, but keep paying as they use the power. This occurs for example when choosing between a skill or a condition. A condition is more expensive then a skill with the same power. This is because skills must be maintained monthly. So you pay every month, and together with the cost of training the skill, you will eventually reach a point where it was cheaper to pay for the condition.

There are advantages and disadvantages to paying everything up front. The advantage you have is that in the long run you'll save money. However, in the short run you'll have less power, making you more vulnerable and less effective at gathering money on missions. The same is also true for powers that cost willpower every time you use them, as opposed to powers that can be used for free. You pay less up front for a skill/item/con that costs WP to use, but in the long run you'll have spend more money regaining the willpower you've lost.

We'll call this period the pay up front disadvantage (PUFD). For conditions compared to skills this is 20 months. Because the average wealth of a character is 5 (=1dtp) 20 months will mean 20*5=100c = 1pt extra per point. This makes condition twice as expensive as a skill of the same power.

For powers that cost willpower something interesting is going on. The more you use a certain power, the more WP you need to restore, so the greater the PUFD is. When balancing a power like this the designer should estimate how often the power will be used.