Rules Summary

Making Tests

• Roll d100 (two ten-sided dice, read as a percentile amount, from 00 to 99).
• Target number is determined by the appropriate skill (or occasionally an aptitude).
• Difficulty is represented by modifiers.
• 00 is always a success.
• 99 is always a failure.
• Margin of Success of 30+ is an Excellent Success.
• Margin of Failure of 30+ is a Severe Failure.
• A roll of doubles (00, 11, 22, 33, etc.) equals a critical success or failure.

Success Test

• To succeed, roll d100 and score equal to or less than the skill +/– modifiers.

Opposed Test

• Each character rolls d100 against their skill +/– modifiers.
• The character who succeeds with the highest roll wins. If both characters fail, or both succeed but tie, deadlock occurs.

Simple Success Test

• Simple Success Tests automatically succeed.
• Success or failure on the roll simply indicates if the character succeeded strongly or poorly.

Defaulting

• If a character does not have the appropriate skill for a test, they may default to the skill’s linked aptitude.

Modifiers

• Modifiers always affect the target number (skill), not the roll.
• Modifiers (positive or negative) come in 3 levels of severity:
  • Minor (+/–10)
  • Moderate (+/–20)
  • Major (+/–30)
• The maximum modifiers that can be applied are +/– 60.

Teamwork

• One character is chosen as the primary actor; they make the test.
• Each helper character adds a +10 modifi er (max. +30).

Taking the Time

• Character may take extra time to complete an action.
• On Complex actions, each minute taken adds +10 to the test.
• On Task actions, every 50 percent extension to the timeframe adds +10 to the test.

Aptitudes

• Aptitudes range from 1 to 30 (average 15).
• Aptitudes are: Cognition, Coordination, Intuition, Reflexes, Savvy, Somatics, and Willpower.

Learned Skills

• Skills range from 1-99 (average 50).
• Each skill is linked to and based on an aptitude.
• Morphs, gear, drugs, etc. may provide skill bonuses or penalties to individual skills.

Speciliazations

• Specializations add +10 when using a skill for that area of concentration.
• Each skill may have only one specialization.

Action Turns

• Action Turns are 3 seconds in length.
• The order in which characters act is determined by Initiative.
• Automatic actions are always “on.”
• Characters may take any number of Quick Actions in a Turn (minimum of 3), limited only by the gamemaster.
• Characters may only take a number of Complex Actions equal to their Speed stat.

Task Actions

• Task Actions are any action that requires longer than 1 Action Turn to complete.
• Task Actions list a timeframe (anywhere from 2 Turns to 2 years).
• Timeframe reduced by 10% for each 10 points of MoS.
• If character fails, they work on the task for a minimum period equal to 10% of the timeframe for each 10 points of MoF before realizing it’s a failure.

Combat Summary

• Combat is handled as an Opposed Test.
• Attacker rolls attack skill +/– modifiers.
• Melee: Defender rolls Fray or melee skill +/– modifiers.
• Ranged: Defender rolls (Fray skill ÷ 2, round down) +/– modifiers.
• If attacker succeeds and rolls higher than the defender, the attack hits.
• Critical hits are armor-defeating (armor does not apply).
• Armor is reduced by the attack’s Armor Penetration value (AP).
• The weapon’s damage is reduced by the target’s modified Armor rating (unless the attack is armor-defeating).
• If the damage exceeds the target’s Wound Threshold, a wound is also scored. (If the damage exceeds the Wound Threshold by multiple multiple factors, multiple wounds are inflicted.)

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