Our House Rules
Meets Beats
Meets Beats
- Role Play
- Player wins in the case of a tie
- Combat
- Player wins in case of a tie
Attribute Choice
Attribute Choice
- Shared Attribute Choice
- Players can decide one of the attributes involved in each check. GM decides the other. They can be the same
Buying Qualities
Buying Qualities
With this optional rule, Player Characters may pay a blacksmith or artisan to add a Quality to armor, shields, or weapons that doesn’t have one, or to replace an item’s Quality with a different one (remember, an item can only have one Quality).
The Player selects a Quality from the default list for that item type as long as the cost modifier associated with that ability is +1000 zenit or lower. Then, the character must spend an amount of zenit equal to twice the cost modifier associated with the chosen ability: once this is done, the process generally takes one day per item. Multiple characters may of course pool their money together to purchase the more expensive abilities.
Example: To replace a weapon’s current Quality with Multi (page 269), you must spend 2000 zenit. To replace it with Resistance, you must spend 1400 zenit.
The default list of weapon abilities can be found on page 269, while the default list of armor and shield abilities can be found on page 280.
If a Player Character acquires the Upgrade Heroic Skill (page 237), they will gain access to this optional rule by default.
Weapon
Defensive Qualities
| QUALITY | COST | EFFECT |
|---|---|---|
| Antistatus | +500 z | You are immune to a single status effect. |
| Resistance | +700 z | You have Resistance to a single damage type (not physical damage). |
| Amulet | +800 z | You gain a +1 bonus to Magic Defense. |
| Bulwark | +800 z | You gain a +1 bonus to Defense. |
| Dual Resistance | +1000 z | You have Resistance to two damage types (not physical damage). |
| Swordbreaker | +1000 z | You have Resistance to physical damage. |
| Immunity | +1500 z | You have Immunity to a single damage type (not physical damage). |
| Omnishield | +2000 z | You gain a +1 bonus to Defense and Magic Defense. |
| Perfect Health | +2000 z | You are immune to all status effects. |
Offensive Qualities
| QUALITY | COST | EFFECT |
|---|---|---|
| Magical | +100 z | The weapon targets Magic Defense instead of Defense. |
| Hunter | +300 z | The weapon deals 5 extra damage to creatures of a particular Species. |
| Piercing | +400 z | Damage dealt by the weapon ignores Resistances. |
| Dual Hunter | +500 z | The weapon deals 5 extra damage to creatures belonging to one of two particular Species. |
| Multi | +1000 z | Attacks with the weapon have multi (2). |
| Status | +1500 z | Each target hit by the weapon suffers (choose one: dazed, shaken, slow, weak). |
| Status Plus | +2000 z | Each target hit by the weapon suffers (choose one: enraged, poisoned). |
Armor, Shields
Defensive Qualities
| QUALITY | COST | EFFECT |
|---|---|---|
| Antistatus | +500 z | You are immune to a single status effect. |
| Resistance | +700 z | You have Resistance to a single damage type (not physical damage). |
| Dual Resistance | +1000 z | You have Resistance to two damage types (not physical damage). |
| Swordbreaker | +1000 z | You have Resistance to physical damage. |
| Immunity | +1500 z | You have Immunity to a single damage type (not physical damage). |
| Perfect Health | +2000 z | You are immune to all status effects. |
Enhancement Qualities
| QUALITY | COST | EFFECT |
|---|---|---|
| Initiative Up | +500 z | You gain a +4 bonus to your Initiative modifier. |
| Accuracy Up | +1000 z | You gain a +1 bonus to your Accuracy Checks. |
| Magic Up | +1000 z | You gain a +1 bonus to your Magic Checks. |
| Vitality Up | +1000 z | When you recover HP, you recover 5 extra HP. |
| Healing Up | +1500 z | Spells you cast that whose effects restore Hit Points will restore 5 extra Hit Points. |
| Spell Up | +2000 z | Spells you cast deal 5 extra damage. |
| Weapon Up | +2000 z | Your attacks with (choose one: melee, ranged) weapons deal 5 extra damage. |
Combat Damage
Combat Damage
- Half health double damage
- Double enemy damage flat modifier, not whole roll
Enemy Initiative
Enemy Initiative
- Enemy Initiative
- Enemies go in descending initiative order. Fast to slow.
- Villains go first
- if no villain, players go first
Experience and Leveling
Experience and Leveling
- Experience/leveling recap
- Each session you’ll get 5 xp by default.
- Gain 1 xp for each ultima point spent by a villain
- Each session will give {fabula points spent by group / the amount of players (5 most of the time)} XP to each player - ROUNDED DOWN
- If you have 10 or more XP, you must spend 10 of them to gain a level up. You keep any remainder. Capped at 1 level a session.
- There shan’t be a gap of more than 5 levels between any 2 players.
- MVP
- At the end of each session, players vote for the MVP, and that winner gets 2xp. There can be a 2-way tie, granting each of them 2xp