How the Game Works

Any game using the D6 System follows the same basic principle: Roll a number of six-sided dice equal to the characters skill or attribute score. If the total generated equals or exceeds the difculty number, then the character succeeds. However, in each application of the system, attributes, skills, and other character details are tailored to the genre of the game.

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Standard Difculties
Automatic (0): Almost anyone can perform this action; there is no need to roll. (Generally, this difculty is not listed in a pre-generated adventure; it is included here for reference purposes.) Very Easy (1-5): Nearly everyone can accomplish this task. Typically, only tasks with such a low difculty that are crucial to the scenario are rolled. Easy (6-10): Although characters usually have no difculty with these tasks, a normal adult may nd them challenging. Moderate (11-15): There is a fair chance that the average character will fail at this type of task. Tasks of this type require skill, effort, and concentration. Difcult (16-20): Those with little experience in the task will have to be quite lucky to accomplish these actions. Very Difcult (21-25): The average character will only rarely succeed at these kinds of task. Only the most talented regularly succeed. Heroic (2630), Legendary (31 or more): These kinds of tasks are nearly impossible, though theres still that possibility that lucky average or highly experienced characters will accomplish them. with each of those attributes and skills indicates how good the character is. The gamemaster informs the players when to roll the dice, and uses the rules to interpret the die rolls to see how successful an action is. Die codes (1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, and so on) represent the number of dice you roll when your character uses an attribute or skill. Tthe die codes sometimes have a +1 or +2, called pips, after them. The numbers that show up on the dice rolled are added together; then you add any pips to the entire roll as a bonus. Example: SarJoans Strength attribute is 3D+1, so if she tried to lift a box, her player would roll three dice and add one to the total to get her score. specic applications of an attribute. For example, the skill dodge is a more specic use of your characters Reexes or Agility (the attribute name depending on the world youre playing in). All skills beneath a given attribute begin at that attributes die code; those in which the character has trained or has some experience are improved. If youre asked to roll a skill you dont have, nd out which attribute it belongs under and roll that attributes die code. Higher rolls are better. When your character attempts an action, the gamemaster might assign a difculty number to it. At other times, the character competes against another character at a task, so you need to beat one of his skill rolls in an opposed skill. Some tasks are easier than others, and the gamemaster often wont let you know what number you need to beat to succeed. Sometimes

Rolling Dice
There are two types of dice used in the D6 System. One is a regular die, and most of the dice you roll will be these. The other is a Wild Die. It represents all of the ukes of nature and chance. It allows even an incredibly incompetent character a chance to do something great. The Wild Die should be a different color from the rest of the dice, so that you can easily tell it apart. Most of the time, youll just add whatever is on the die as normal. But if you roll a 1 or a 6, something special happens. With a 1 result (sometimes called a Critical Failure), that something is bad. Normally, you dont add the 1 to the total. Instead, you take away the other highest value that you rolled, though the rules gives the gamemaster other options for what to do with this roll. With a 6 result (sometimes called a critical success), however, that something is good. You not only add the 6 to the total, but you also roll the Wild Die again. (If anything other than a 6 turns up, even a 1, just add that result to your total and stop rolling.)

Making Actions

Each player has a character with Attributes, such as Strength and attributes and skills that describe how Knowledge, represent basic physical well that character can perform various and mental capabilities. Skills are more actions. A die code, or value, associated

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