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| 5 || major accomplishment
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All dice used in the game are six-sided, though two groups of d6s of notable design or color will be needed for use as special dice.
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Roll die pool, by default 8d6. One re-roll by default.
  
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When attempting an action, whether proactive or reactive, the player describes their intent for their PC's actions and reaches a compromise with the GM as to which two stats are most appropriate and what the difficulty of the described action is. These two stats contribute their dice to the action die pool. Additional dice may be added to the pool as describe elsewhere. The difficulty determines how the rolled action die pool will be interpreted.
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Subtract failures from successes. The result is the degree of success or failure.
  
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The action die pool is rolled, which is called making a check. The player may optionally lock one or more dice and may optionally re-roll any unlocked dice. Each may be repeated once, though dice once locked may not be unlocked. The player then looks for sets of dice, wherein a set is a group of dice with the same number showing (the height of the set) and exactly as many dice (the width of the set) as the set's height. A player may choose not to build a set even if it would be possible to do so. A single check can produce at most one set, and as such if multiple sets are possible the player must choose between them.
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Subtract disadvantages from advantages. The result is the degree of advantage or disadvantage.
  
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An attempted action is accomplished if the controlling check produces a set of at least the height of the specified difficulty. If the set produced by a check if higher than the difficulty, then the character gains an additional benefit, which should be worked out with the GM, which comes with it a one-time-use pool of bonus dice equal to the difference in height between the accomplishments. If the set produced by a check is lower than the difficulty, then the character may gain a partial success which provides one-time-use bonus dice equal to the height of the set.
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Three of a kind of any number allows the player to take a chit of their choice.
  
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===Special Dice===
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! cost !! narrative !! mechanical
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Bonus dice are rolled and re-rolled as normal. After rolling is finished, the player may decide whether or not to use each die in determining their result.
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|rowspan=2| 1 ||rowspan=2| || the character's danger level is increased by 1
 
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| 2 || minor narrative setback || reduced hit against PC
 
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| 3 || meaningful narrative setback ||
 
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| 4 || significant narrative setback || full hit against PC
 
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| 5 || major narrative setback ||
 
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| 6 || huge narrative setback || overload hit against PC
 
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Each 1 rolled is a botch. Botches produce a negative consequence, which can either accompany failure or complicate success. They are spent by the GM according to the GM Options table. A setback of a given cost will typically require a successful check of height equal to that cost to directly overcome.
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Penalty dice are rolled and re-rolled as normal. After rolling is finished, the GM (or other opponent where relevant) may decide whether or not each die will be included in determining the final result. If both penalty and bonus dice are used in a roll the GM (or other opponent) must decide before the player does.
  
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An aid action is one with no goal other than to provide bonus dice to another task.
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===Challenges===
  
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Example: A courtyard is being patrolled by skilled guards and sneaking past them would be a significant accomplishment, making it a difficulty-4 check. The attempt produces 3 botches. If the attempt failed this might mean that the character has not only failed to cross the courtyard, but has become trapped in a position that will require a difficulty-3 check to escape from before the courtyard as a whole can be re-attempted. If the attempt succeeded this might mean that the attempt is successful except for a final difficulty-3 check which still need to be performed.
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A challenge is a narrative element that is overcome using the mechanics of the game: obstacles, monsters, traps, skill attempts,.. anything which requires a roll of the dice.
  
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===Special Dice===
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Difficulty has three parameters: complexity, danger, and scope. A complex task is one which requires excellent performance (such as from skill) to accomplish. A task with a large scope requires a large number of successes to complete. A dangerous task is one particularly prone to expose the actor to negative consequences.
  
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Danger dice can be added at-will by the player, up to the rank of the character's current danger zone. They act as a botch when a 1 is rolled as normal. When used as part of a set they increase the danger level by 1 per die used.
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A task succeeds if the degree of its success exceeds the degree of the task. A task fails otherwise. Each degree of success in excess of the degree of the task contributes to completing the scope.
  
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Penalty dice are added when complications crop up on a challenge. They act as a botch when a 1 is rolled as normal. Otherwise, each die prevents one normal or danger die (player's choice) of the same height from being used in a set.
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==Chits==
  
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===Challenges===
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Three types of chits: white, red, and blue, in order of increasing value. Red and blue chits can also be used as white chits.
  
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A challenge is a narrative element that is overcome using the mechanics of the game: obstacles, monsters, traps, skill attempts,.. anything which requires a roll of the dice. All challenges have a difficulty associated with them, which may be modified based on one or more modifiers.
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White chits can be used to
  
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For simple, reactive, or impromptu challenges this difficulty may be the only mechanical aspect of the challenge. With these sorts of challenges there will generally be a narrow range of applicable approaches and as such a single difficulty may be sufficient to encompass the challenge. Any two of Agility, Speed, and Perception may be appropriate for reacting to a pressure-plate trap, but any solution will be sufficiently similar to use the same difficulty.
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Red chits can be used to add an additional die.
  
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However, more important challenges in the narrative may warrant more complex mechanics. As such, one or more modifiers may be added to the challenge. A modifier is a keyword or key-phrase, like a shorter aspect, which describes the challenge. For each attempt to overcome the challenge, each modifier which positively influences the attempt reduces the difficulty by one and each modifier which negatively influences the attempt increases the difficulty by one. In general, the difficulty should not have a net modification of more than one.
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Blue chits can be used to gain additional re-rolls.
  
 
==Player Characters==
 
==Player Characters==
  
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PCs start with 1 die in each stat, 8 dice to spread between them, and 3 aspects. This may be improved over time.
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===The Danger Track===
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==Moves==
  
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===Stats===
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===Tags===
  
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Stats vary from 1 to 4.
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A tag may be applied to a move, whether general, equipment, or powers. A tag should be a descriptor that might sometimes aid and might some hinder the character. For example the "sniper rifle" tag on a rifle might indicate that the rifle is particularly good at long range and particularly poor at close range. Gain a bonus die when the tag applies as a positive and a penalty die when the tag applies as a negative.
  
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Physical:
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===General===
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* Agility
 
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* Endurance
 
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* Speed
 
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* Strength
 
  
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Mental:
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; Brawl
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* Perception
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: Move: damage an opponent in melee
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* Reasoning
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: Difficulty: 1
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* Charisma
 
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* Cool
 
  
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===Aspects and Story Points===
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; Defy Danger
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: Move: avoid a dangerous situation
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: Difficulty: 1
  
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Each player has a number of Story Points (SP) each session which provide the player the ability to mechanically express the benefit of free-form descriptors of the character called Aspects. An Aspect described a facet of a character relevant to the narrative. The character's player may spend SP to invoke an aspect, which adds as many bonus dice to a roll as the SP spent; expenditures may be limited by reasonableness. If an aspect may present a negative facet, the GM may pay the player SP to invoke the aspect, which adds as many penalty dice to the roll as the SP spent.
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; Prepare Equipment
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: Move: ready, reload, unjam, or otherwise make ready to use
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: Difficulty: 0
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: Disadvantage (1): the equipment isn't available this encounter
  
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SP must be spent before any rolls are made. Player SP expenditures are made from a personal allocation into the general pool. SP expenditures by the GM are made from the general pool into a player's personal allocation.
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===Equipment===
  
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===The Danger Track===
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====Weapons====
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; Pistol
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: Move: damage an opponent
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: Difficulty: 0
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: Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
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: Move: conceal the weapon
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: Difficulty: 2
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; Covert Pistol
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: Move: damage an opponent
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: Difficulty: 1
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: Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
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: Move: conceal the weapon
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: Difficulty: 1
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; Rifle
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: Move: damage an opponent
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: Difficulty: 0
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: Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
  
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The danger track reflects the extent to which a PC is putting themselves on the line during an episode. An episode will typically be one to three sessions in length, a one-shot adventure or a chapter in an ongoing campaign. It builds over the course of the episode. As it builds, the character faces more personal danger, but this investment gains them mechanical benefits.
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; Shotgun
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: Move: damage an opponent
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: Difficulty: 1
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: Advantage (1): reduce the target's effective difficulty by 1 for this attack
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: Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
  
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The danger track is divided into five zones, where each zone except the last contains five danger levels. The first zone contains danger levels 1-5, the second zone 6-10, and so on. A PC starts an episode at danger level 1 and it increases over the course of the episode.
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; Assault Rifle
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: Move: damage an opponent
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: Difficulty: 1
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: Advantage (1): if you damaged the opponent, perform an additional damage
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: Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
  
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The rank of a zone determines how many danger dice may be added to a check by the player, at most one die per rank.
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; Rocket Launcher
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: Move: damage an opponent
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: Difficulty: 2
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: Advantage (1): include an additional nearby target
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: Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
  
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The zone also determines how damage is taken by the PC.  A reduced hit fills in the left-most unfilled damage box. A full hit fills in a damage box in the current danger zone. An overload hit fills in a damage box in the current damage zone and every box in every lower danger zone.
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===Powers===
  
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A short rest may be made during an episode, something between a few hours and resting overnight. A long rest will typically only be available between episodes.
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==Old==
  
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# Bashed
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[[Danger World v1]]
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#* 3 boxes
 
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#* one penalty die for each filled box
 
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#* recovers after a short rest
 
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# Stunned
 
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#* 3 boxes
 
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#* one less die for each filled boxed
 
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#* recovers after a short rest
 
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# Injured
 
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#* 3 boxes
 
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#* one random trait is reduce by one
 
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#* recovers after a long rest
 
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# K.O.'d
 
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#* 2 boxes
 
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#* PC is unconscious and unable to take actions
 
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#* first box recovers after a short rest
 
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#* second box recovers after a long rest
 
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# Dead
 
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#* 1 box
 
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#* semi-permanent
 

Latest revision as of 06:22, 18 January 2013

Dice Mechanics

Die Results
die primary secondary
6 1 success 1 advantage
5 1 success
4 1 success 1 disadvantage
3 1 failure 1 advantage
2 1 failure
1 1 failure 1 disadvantage

Roll die pool, by default 8d6. One re-roll by default.

Subtract failures from successes. The result is the degree of success or failure.

Subtract disadvantages from advantages. The result is the degree of advantage or disadvantage.

Three of a kind of any number allows the player to take a chit of their choice.

Special Dice

Bonus dice are rolled and re-rolled as normal. After rolling is finished, the player may decide whether or not to use each die in determining their result.

Penalty dice are rolled and re-rolled as normal. After rolling is finished, the GM (or other opponent where relevant) may decide whether or not each die will be included in determining the final result. If both penalty and bonus dice are used in a roll the GM (or other opponent) must decide before the player does.

Challenges

A challenge is a narrative element that is overcome using the mechanics of the game: obstacles, monsters, traps, skill attempts,.. anything which requires a roll of the dice.

Difficulty has three parameters: complexity, danger, and scope. A complex task is one which requires excellent performance (such as from skill) to accomplish. A task with a large scope requires a large number of successes to complete. A dangerous task is one particularly prone to expose the actor to negative consequences.

A task succeeds if the degree of its success exceeds the degree of the task. A task fails otherwise. Each degree of success in excess of the degree of the task contributes to completing the scope.

Chits

Three types of chits: white, red, and blue, in order of increasing value. Red and blue chits can also be used as white chits.

White chits can be used to

Red chits can be used to add an additional die.

Blue chits can be used to gain additional re-rolls.

Player Characters

The Danger Track

Moves

Tags

A tag may be applied to a move, whether general, equipment, or powers. A tag should be a descriptor that might sometimes aid and might some hinder the character. For example the "sniper rifle" tag on a rifle might indicate that the rifle is particularly good at long range and particularly poor at close range. Gain a bonus die when the tag applies as a positive and a penalty die when the tag applies as a negative.

General

Brawl
Move: damage an opponent in melee
Difficulty: 1
Defy Danger
Move: avoid a dangerous situation
Difficulty: 1
Prepare Equipment
Move: ready, reload, unjam, or otherwise make ready to use
Difficulty: 0
Disadvantage (1): the equipment isn't available this encounter

Equipment

Weapons

Pistol
Move: damage an opponent
Difficulty: 0
Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
Move: conceal the weapon
Difficulty: 2
Covert Pistol
Move: damage an opponent
Difficulty: 1
Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
Move: conceal the weapon
Difficulty: 1
Rifle
Move: damage an opponent
Difficulty: 0
Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
Shotgun
Move: damage an opponent
Difficulty: 1
Advantage (1): reduce the target's effective difficulty by 1 for this attack
Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
Assault Rifle
Move: damage an opponent
Difficulty: 1
Advantage (1): if you damaged the opponent, perform an additional damage
Disadvantage (1): out of ammo
Rocket Launcher
Move: damage an opponent
Difficulty: 2
Advantage (1): include an additional nearby target
Disadvantage (1): out of ammo

Powers

Old

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