OOC

>>>A vast majority of the rolls you make with be a simple two-dice plus/minus modifiers roll vs. a Difficulty Number set by the GM. The dice rolled are determined by a combination of Attribute+Attribute and which attributes are chosen depends on the action taken.
>>>The dice involved are d6, d8, d10 & d12. The type of die rolled correspond to the ones chosen for a particular Attribute chosen during character creation.
Attack Rolls:
>>>One of the more common types of rolls made, an Attack Roll helps determine the outcome of a particular round of Combat. Different weapons and different attack styles require different combinations of dice. A Sword may call for [Dex]+[Might], a Bow may call for [Dex]+[Dex], an attack spell like Flare Arrow may call for [INS]+[Will]. When you make an Attack Roll (also called a Magic Attack Roll for Spells) you roll one die of each Attribute called for. Add or subtract modifiers from the total after the two dice are rolled.
Example:
'Stumpy' makes an Attack Roll against a Gnoll. He is armed with a sword and it calls for [Dex]+[Might]. Looking at his character sheet, 'Stumpy' has a d8 in Dex and a d10 in Might. The Attack Roll for him is d8+d10. He also has a bonus from a buff that his teammate cast on him that gives him a +2 to his Attack Roll.
>>>Putting the formula ( d8+d10+2 ) into the die roller, he gets a 4 & a 6. The Die Roller calculates the total as 12 (4+6+2).
>>>The resulting number is matched against a target's Defense or Magic Defense Score to see if it hit. Exceeding the Defense Score results in a damaging hit; a tie or lower results in no damage to the target.
Damage Roll:
>>> Somewhat misleading as there is no additional roll involved, this determines damage the target takes depending on one of the dice rolled during the Attack Roll + modifiers.
>>>Two terms that apply to Damage Rolls are [HR] and [LR]. [HR] refers to the 'High Roll'; the higher of the two numbers rolled during the Attack Roll. ]LR] refers to the lower of the two numbers rolled during the Attack Roll. [HR] is used most often to calculate damage in a regular attack; [LR] is often used when some damage of an attack is sacrificed for an additional effect (as called for by some Class Abilities.)
Example:
>>> Continuing with Stumpy's attack, his roll of 12 was higher than the Gnoll's Defense of 10. A hit! To determine how much damage Stumpy inflicted he looks at the description of his Sword. It does [HR]+8.
Stumpy's [HR] from the roll was 6; he did 14 damage!
>>>As a follow-up, his teammate, Miranda, cast Flare Arrow and rolled a 2 & a 10 on her Magic Attack Roll. Succeeding as well, she consults the description of Flare Arrow and it does [HR]+15 🔥 damage. The damage she caused would be 25 fire-type damage! ([HR]10+15)
Criticals:
>>>A Critical occurs when both dice rolled show the same numbers. E.g: a pair of 6s, 7s or 8s on a roll using a d8 & a d10; 8 being the maximum possible on the d8, pairs of 9s, 10s, 11s & 12s are possible if you roll dice that size.. Rolling a Critical gives the player the option of choosing an opportunity from the following list:

>>>Other options may be suggested by the player & negotiated with the GM.
Fumble:
>>>A Fumble results when both die in a roll come up 1s. Fumbles may not be rerolled or altered. Whatever attempt was made by the roll fails; in Combat an opponent may choose an option from the same chart the player chooses from when resulting a Critical.
>>>Additionally, the player rolling the Fumble gains one Fabula Point. Failure often teaches us lesson we did not know we needed.
Die Size:
>>>Some Abilities give bonuses based on 'Die Size'. This refers to the highest possible number that can be rolled on the indicated Attribute die. A d6 has a 'die size' of 6, a d10 has a 'due size' of 10, etc.

>>> Actions are a distilled way of declaring what your character does during their turn and trigger some game effects. Only one Action may be selected during a turn, although a free action may be taken at any time and in addition to a regular Action.
Attack Action: using a weapon or spell to inflict damage on an enemy or opponent. Requires an equipped weapon or a Spell/Ability.
Guard: This Action braces your character for damage and allows them to cover for another character. By declaring a GUARD Action, your character becomes [Resistant] to all damage types (taking only half damage from sources) until the beginning of their next turn. You may also declare the Guard Action and choose another character. Your character takes any damage inflicted on the character chosen to Guard as well as damage inflicted on your own character. AoE damage cannot be soaked this way.
Inventory: This covers any Action that involves external items. Using a potion, retrieving a weapon from your Inventory, equipping a weapon or other item you have stored on your personal Inventory. Armor may not be equipped this way, however.
>>> Use of the retrieved item may require an additional Action, or not, depending on the item in question.
Move: ThisAction allows a character to cover a lot of distance between themselves and a target. By selecting this Action, a character may reduce the distance between them and a target formerly at Long Range into Medium Range.
Objective:This Action covers a variety of options that may arise in situations of urgency that do not require an Attack Roll. Retrieve the crown from across the room, throw the rusty lever, swing across a bottomless crevice etc.
Skill/Spell: This Action involves the use of a Skill or casting of a Spell that does not require an Attack Roll but may require another type of Roll. Some examples are using the Hide Skill, casting Heal, etc.
Study: By taking a Study Action, you can attempt to learn details about a setting, scene, enemy or opponent. Some Abilities can trigger an automatic Study Roll but most of the time it is an actively chosen Action.
>>>When using the Study Action on an enemy or opponent, details such as Total HP/MP, Vulnerabilities/Resistances, Tags, etc. may be determined. STUDY Actions require a roll, usually INS+INS, vs. a Difficulty Number. A roll higher than the DC may yield additional information at the GMs discretion.

>>>In standard RAW Fabula Ultima, Initiative is a Group Roll (choose one character to roll with all others assisting) but that's not going to work well in PbP and slow things down.
>>>Instead, we're just using individual Initiative, rolling DEX+INS and sticking with whatever number comes up as the character's turn in the Initiative order for the rest of the Combat. Functionally, in PbP this works best by just letting everyone post their Action & Rolls and I stitch them together into a coherent narrative in a post following up everyone's Actions and setting up the next turn.
>>>A player may choose to re-roll their Initiative on their turn during a Combat by paying a Fabula Point and rolling DEX+INS again. The new Initiative Score will go into effect the following turn of Combat.

>>>In RAW Fabula Ultima, Ranges aren't a thing. If you want to fight it, you can reach it. That doesn't track too well with a more tactical system like Elder Tales so I fudged in a basic Range system...

Close Range: Anything you can reach out and touch with your fingers or a melee weapon.

Medium Range: Approximately 30 meters. The general size of most Combat encounters. A character may move around and reasonably hit an opponent or enemy (with ranged or melee attacks) in this range without taking a Move Action to approach it.

Long Range: Beyond 30 meters in distance. A ranged weapon or Spell that specifies Long Range capability is needed to hit a target at this distance. A character may take a MOVE Action to close the distance to Medium.

Flying : A special circumstance, usually denoted by the Tag [Flying]. This Tag prevents melee attacks against an enemy or opponent with this Tag unless the attacker also has the [Flying] Tag. Characters with Ranged weapons or Spells, however, are still capable of making Attack Actions against a target with the [Flying] Tag.

Hindered: Creatures or players with the [Hindered] Tag, often the result of Spells or Traps, may not move nor take Move Actions or apply the [Flying] Tag. They may only make melee attacks against enemies or opponents who declare themselves to be in Close Range or who have conducted a melee attack against them during that turn. The Hindered Tag does not prevent the use of ranged weapon or ranged Spell attacks, however.