Scrolls of Fate [Mechanics and Quick References]

1. Determine necessity of check.
2. Decide type of check.
3. Set difficulty.
4. Make a roll. A roll cannot have more than 5D6 and less than 1D6, commonly it will use 2D6.
5. A roll with at least two 6s is a critical.
6. A roll with all 1s is a fumble.
7. Resolve influence using spirit pool.
8. Calculate result.
9. Determine outcome.

At the beginning of a session, players gain 4 spirit dice. These are rolled, then kept separate.

When using a technique, spirit dice are exhausted. Place these separately. When a combat ends or a new round begins, re-roll exhausted spirit dice.

Spirit dice can also be spent to influence. When taking a test, you may swap any number of the dice out for spirit dice in your pool. The swapped die becomes your new spirit die, and vice versa.

All characters become "ready". They gain 1 "start timing".

Timing refers to a point in a turn for abilities, the system otherwise works as a single action per turn unless otherwise stated. The characters act by spending 1 timing per action.

- Use talent.
- Pass
- Simple move / combat move / Full move / Withdraw.
- Simple moves are 1 square and do not consume a "timing".

A Combat move is [(Initiative + 5)/3 rounded up].
A full move is Initiative + 5.
Withdraw distance is the same as combat move, plus the character suffers -1 to dice pools until their next turn, but is the only way to leave engagement range during active combat.

- Store / equip / use item.
- Declare "engagement" with an adjacent character.
- Weapon attack.
- Coup de Grace.
- Spend 1 timing to gather spirit and chance 1 spirit dice to any number.
- Manoeuvre.
- Take cover.
- Standby

1. Make an attack check against an enemy in range.

If you roll a critical success, change any spirit dice to any number of your choice and use the "CR" column for resolving damage.
If you fumble, change your highest spirit dice to a 1.

2. The defender makes a defence roll. If it’s higher than the attack roll, they negate the attack.

If they roll a critical success, they can change any spirit dice to any number of their choice.
If they fumble, they change their highest spirit dice to a 1 and count their guard / ward as 0.

3. If the defence fails, calculate damage.

4. Damage = (Rank X Highest Dice roll) +/- Physical Damage (PD) or Magic Damage (MD) as appropriate.

A character’s damage rank begins at 1.

5. Reduce damage by Guard or Ward, and any other effects.

Elemental Types: Flame | Frost | Shock | Wind | Force | Radiant | Blight | Psychic

Negative Condition	Effect	Remove
Staggered	Suffer a -2 to accuracy or evasion checks.	Remove by using a prep action.
Blinded	Suffer a -2 to all active checks, and half movement.	Remove by using a main action.
Poisoned	Take damage equal to the poison rating every turn.	Remove by using a prep action and succeeding an endurance test.
Pained	When making a check, always treat the lowest dice roll as a 1.	Remove by using an item or talent that heals the condition.
Paralyzed	At the start of the turn, the character automatically spends one prep and one action timing.	Remove by using an item or talent that heals the condition.
Immobilized	The character treats their initiative as 0 and cannot perform actions except free actions.	Remove by using an item or talent that heals the condition.
Downed	The character is knocked unconscious and cannot act.	Remove by using an item or talent that heals the condition.
Taken Out	See downed, except that the character is afflicted by a coup de grace.
Dead	The character is dead.

Positive Conditions	Effect	Remove
Covered	Reduce damage by 5 from any character not engaged.	Remove by being staggered or otherwise moved away from the cover.
Hidden	The character is hidden until discovered.
Primed	When attacking an unaware target, add 2 to your first check and 5 to your first damage.	Removed as soon as the target is aware of you.
Flying	Cannot be engaged except by flying targets and gain +1 to active checks.	Removed by being engaged or staggered. If staggered take 20 damage.

You can SWAP Spirit Dice into checks. Say I've rolled badly, maybe like a 1+3 for a total of 4. But look, one of my spirit dice is a 6. I can swap out my 1 for the 6 and now I've rolled 6+3 for a total of 9. Much better! My spirit dice are now 1,2,1,2.

You EXHAUST Spirit Dice to activate talents. Which talents you can activate are dependent on the actual numbers on the dice. For instance, say another PC is about to get attacked. I can block that. But the defensive talent I really want to use has a cost of five.



I can't activate that one. I only have ones and twos.

So one of my spirit dice has to be five before I can use it. But I have a different ability I could use instead!



This one has a cost of E, or any even number, so I exhaust one of my twos, and attempt to block the attack.

When you exhaust Spirit Dice, you can't use those dice until your dice are refreshed. This happens prior to the Start Timing of each new round in combat, and at the end of a Scene when you're out of combat. To refresh your exhausted dice, roll them and return them to your spirit pool.

None: Use as often as you like, doesn't cost anything.
Number (1-6): That exact number needs to be used. If it lists multiple numbers those exact numbers must be used.
E: Any even number. Multiple letters? Multiple dice.
O: Any odd number. Multiple letters? Multiple dice.
Doubles: Any two matching dice.
Steps: Any two dice with adjacent values: 1,2; 2,3; 3,4; 4,5; 5,6.