Rolling Dice

Rolling Dice

Dice Pools

Edge (1d6) + Skill / Language (0-3d6) + Advantage (0-2d6)

• You can only use one edge and one skill or language for a roll
• Advantage is situational bonuses (discuss with the firefly)
• If you have nothing to draw from, roll 1d6 and count triumph results as conflicts instead

Outcome

Pick the highest dice in the pool, that's the result.

Twists

• If you roll doubles, the roll also introduces a twist
  • If you roll multiple doubles, it's still just a single twist
• A twist is an unexpected addition to the outcome — it doesn't replace the result, it adds to it
  • Usually related to the action or situation that caused the roll
  • Often beneficial, but doesn't have to be
• The roller doesn't decide the twist — anyone else at the table can suggest one, with the firefly having final say
• Twists must not:
  • Invalidate or override the roll result (a disaster with a twist is still a disaster)
  • Force a player to accept something about their own character they hadn't planned

Cut

• When rolling, the firefly might impose a cut of some number (realistically, 1-3)
  • Difficulty - A task is harder than it might otherwise be
  • Precision - E.g. in combat, aiming for a particular part of a creature
  • Impact - Try to bump the impact up a class
• After rolling, remove the highest value rolls from the pool, before determining the result
• E.g., after rolling 1, 4, 5, 6, and cutting 2, the highest result is 4, so the result is a Conflict
• Rule of thumb: about a third of rolls should have a cut of some sort

Impact

• Low, normal, high, and massive - determined by how you approach a given action

Wildsea, page 40-42