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1. GM has final say. Please do not argue with me about something petty. It's pretty rude to constantly yell at the GM because something wasn't fair to you.
2. Follow the Bay12 rules. If you want your alone time with a love interest, take it to the Discord. I will make you a channel so no one else has to see it. I will kick you for not following this golden rule.
3. If you start an argument with another player, please take it to PMs. If you don't and I have to get involved, I will kick you.
4. Have fun. Seriously, while this game is grimdark, it doesn't mean you have to be serious all the time. Have fun with the game, laugh and enjoy yourself.

Characters have 3 stats: Physique, Training, and Mysticism.

Physique is the characters prowess in combat. If you use a sword, a bow, a hammer, or even a sharp pointy stick, this is how you deal damage.
Training is your skill in crafting, sneaking, reaction, etc. This is used when the character must make a check on anything outside of combat.
Mysticism is your magical talent. The higher your magic stat, the more connections to the World line you can make.

At the start of combat, each character rolls their Leylines. Players that do not have any spells, do not do this. (they don't need to)
Once a leyline is rolled, they do not get re-rolled until all leylines are used.

After that, each participant in combat rolls Training to determine turn order. Highest roll goes first, with ties going in order of who has the higher total training. If another tie happens, then GM will choose who goes first.

during each turn, a character gets a dice pool equal to their total Physique. a character may use any number of actions until they exhaust their pool. Actions can include using magic (which do not use Combat dice, but instead leylines). when a player runs out of dice or they end their turn, it moves on to the next player. If a character would recover a combat dice after they expend all of their dice, they may use that dice immediately.

A hit on a dice is any roll of 4-6.

Each character starts with 7 Hit blocks (known as hits). When a character reaches 0 Hits, They are rendered unconscious, and a death check is preformed. If the roll is a 1, the character is killed. if the dice is 2-4, they gain an injury which will need to be treated, and a 6 means the character is simply knocked out.

Actions come in two forms: Active and Passive.

Active actions cost dice to use, and typically are used for attacks, buffs, and other sorts of Combat Tricks.
Passive actions do not cost dice, and are always active. Passives range from Shielding regeneration to gaining additional damage die on attacks.

Any number of Active Actions can be used in a turn, so long as you have the combat dice to do so.

Sample actions:
Active
Claw sweep: Cost 1 Dice, Single target. Roll 1 Damage dice. Refresh 1.
Brace: Costs 1 Dice. Gain 1 Shielding for 1 turn.
Heavy Cleave- Costs 3 Dice. First hit ignores armor. 1 Turn Refresh.

Passive
Dragon hide- Recovers 2 Shielding at the start of their turn.
Crafty- Increases Crafting rolls by +1.
Shield Technique- At the start of each turn, user recovers Shield's Shielding.

Level up happens at every increment of 100XP. Yes, you will have to work towards this Typical XP gain from non-boss fights is 25xp while a boss gives between 25xp and 50xp. Certain tests can grant XP based on how hard the test was.

At each level up, characters gain 1 Fate. Fate points can be spent on 1 Hit Block for 1 point or 1 stat point for 2 points.
At every 5th level, a player is granted 1 Action point, to be spent on a new action or a new spell. (note: Actions and spells can be learned outside of leveling up, usually for gold or by finding a teacher.)

Equipment are used to augment your stats, or otherwise give boons to the character. Equipment can be upgraded at a blacksmith, usually for gold or rare materials. Magical artifacts require a legendary smith, and equally legendary materials.

Sample Equipment:

Name: Scholar's Robes
Description: Long, cerulean blue hooded robes.
Type: Armor
Special Qualities:
+1 Shielding

Name: Pitchfork.
Description: This is not a weapon to any but the most desperate combatant. It’s literally a pitchfork.
Type: Weapon
Special Qualities:
+1 Physique

Name: Dagger
Description: A nice stabbing implement for wounds that don't heal well on their own.
Type: weapon
Qualities:
+1 Physique & Training

Name: Steel Plate
Description: Durable metal Armor forged of Metal Plates.
Type: Armor
Qualities:
+2 Shielding

Name: Plate metal Shield
Description: A sturdy Metal shield forged from steel.
Type: Shield/Armor
Qualities:
+1 Shielding

Name: Alchemy Book
Description: A book detailing a variety of recipes and reagents for alchemy and potion brewing.
Type: Accessory
Special Qualities:
+1 Training

Name: Burlap Cloak
Description: A raggedy cloak that protects the wearing from harsh winds.
Type: Accessory
Special Qualities:
+1 Shielding against Wind Damage.

Crafting is rather simple, in that, unless its for upgrading equipment, all crafting is done via gold and Training tests.

Resources for the craft are purchased with gold, and add a dice to the dice pool for every 100 Gold spent on the craft. If the character already has some of the materials, he adds 1 dice per material he has. Then, the character doing the craft adds in his Training Dice, and must roll against the difficulty of the craft. Example: Smithy Jim is working on upgrading a Steel Short sword. He has 500 gold to his name for the craft, and a training of 3, and 2 bars of steel. His total dice pool is 10, and the test difficulty is 4.

Magic has 5 schools of magic:
Cantrip
Words of Power
Mutation
Alteration
Metamagic


Each spell is made up of at least 1 cantrip, and 1 other school of magic.

Each school will just contain basics. Anything more exotic will need to either be discovered by the characters, or invented entirely.

Even if two characters make a spell using the same parts, the spells may end up vastly differently. This is because of part placement.

This is basically the magic system in a nutshell. It’s super simple.


Schools and their basics:

Cantrips - Spell parts that determine elemental affinity and damage modifier.
Umbra -  adds the unholy affinity to the spell.
Sanctus - adds the holy affinity to the spell.
Ignis - adds the fire affinity to the spell.
Fulgur - adds the lightning affinity to the spell.
Aqua - adds the water affinity to a spell
Ventus - adds the wind affinity to a spell
Terra - adds the earth affinity to a spell

Words of Power - spell parts that turn the spell vocal, but add amazing effects.
Maximus - increases spell size, doubling the effect of the spell.
Remedium - causes the spell to remove an effect based on the cantrip when used.
Fortis - Cause the spell to fortify resistance against damage or effects based on Cantrip.
Infirmi - Causes the spell to weaken effects or resistance based on cantrip.

Mutation - spell parts that change how a spell operates. . (this school is almost unknown, as few mages and wizards have researched it.)
Animus - turns the spell into a magical construct, usually in the form of an elemental.
Fascinare - Imbues the spell into an object instead of casting.
Transmutare - Warps the spell, causing it to gain or lose spell parts when cast.

Alteration -  spell parts that alter the spell’s behavior.
Fluctus - Causes the spell to weave past the original target, striking a random target instead.
Findo - Causes the spell to split before hitting the target, striking two targets instead, causing it to use up an additional block of mana.
Mora - Causes the spell to disappear temporarily, instead striking later on.
Itero - Causes the spell to repeat after use

Metamagic - Spell parts that increase or decrease the power, scope, or range of a spell. This school of magic is by far the strongest.
Visus - Cause the spell to happen at the target, with little to no travel time. Spell costs an additional mana block in. Causes the spell to ignore shielding and barriers.
Gravitas - Causes the spell to become affected by gravity and have weight to it.
Spectralis - Cause the spell to ignore armor and barriers

Example Healing spell (since I promised one)
Spell parts used: Sanctus  Fasinare Tactio
Lay on Hands: Roll 1 Dice, on hit, restore 1 hit to target. On 6, restore 2 hits to target.

Spell break down: Sanctus infuses Holy into the spell, While Fasinare Infuses the spell into a being, changing the spell into a healing spell. Tactio was included to allow the spell to be touch range, reducing it's cost down 1 mana, since Fasinare increased it by one.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Gender:
Race:
Personality:
Appearance:
Backstory:

Level: 1
EXP:  0/100

Hit:       [-][-][-][-][-][-][-]
Shielding:

Stats: [Stat cap is 3. 3 points to spend. all skills start at 1. Format is:  Base  {Total}]
Phsyique:  1  [1]
Training:  1  [1]
Mysticism: 1  [1]

Actions:

Active

Passive


Equipment: [You get three, typically a weapon, armor, and Accessory or Shield]

Spell Parts:

Spell Book: [You get base Mysticism spells starting out.]

Burn Leyline [Leyline Any]: Burn a Leyline. Cannot use magic, nor be used after magic. (Free Spell)

1. GM has final say. Please do not argue with me about something petty. It's pretty rude to constantly yell at the GM because something wasn't fair to you.
2. Follow the Bay12 rules. If you want your alone time with a love interest, take it to the Discord. I will make you a channel so no one else has to see it. I will kick you for not following this golden rule.
3. If you start an argument with another player, please take it to PMs. If you don't and I have to get involved, I will kick you.
4. Have fun. Seriously, while this game is grimdark, it doesn't mean you have to be serious all the time. Have fun with the game, laugh and enjoy yourself.

Characters have 3 stats: Physique, Training, and Mysticism.

Physique is the characters prowess in combat. If you use a sword, a bow, a hammer, or even a sharp pointy stick, this is how you deal damage.
Training is your skill in crafting, sneaking, reaction, etc. This is used when the character must make a check on anything outside of combat.
Mysticism is your magical talent. The higher your magic stat, the more connections to the World line you can make.

At the start of combat, each character rolls their Leylines. Players that do not have any spells, do not do this. (they don't need to)
Once a leyline is rolled, they do not get re-rolled until all leylines are used.

After that, each participant in combat rolls Training to determine turn order. Highest roll goes first, with ties going in order of who has the higher total training. If another tie happens, then GM will choose who goes first.

during each turn, a character gets a dice pool equal to their total Physique. a character may use any number of actions until they exhaust their pool. Actions can include using magic (which do not use Combat dice, but instead leylines). when a player runs out of dice or they end their turn, it moves on to the next player. If a character would recover a combat dice after they expend all of their dice, they may use that dice immediately.

A hit on a dice is any roll of 4-6.

Each character starts with 7 Hit blocks (known as hits). When a character reaches 0 Hits, They are rendered unconscious, and a death check is preformed. If the roll is a 1, the character is killed. if the dice is 2-4, they gain an injury which will need to be treated, and a 6 means the character is simply knocked out.

Actions come in two forms: Active and Passive.

Active actions cost dice to use, and typically are used for attacks, buffs, and other sorts of Combat Tricks.
Passive actions do not cost dice, and are always active. Passives range from Shielding regeneration to gaining additional damage die on attacks.

Any number of Active Actions can be used in a turn, so long as you have the combat dice to do so.

Sample actions:
Active
Claw sweep: Cost 1 Dice, Single target. Roll 1 Damage dice. Refresh 1.
Brace: Costs 1 Dice. Gain 1 Shielding for 1 turn.
Heavy Cleave- Costs 3 Dice. First hit ignores armor. 1 Turn Refresh.

Passive
Dragon hide- Recovers 2 Shielding at the start of their turn.
Crafty- Increases Crafting rolls by +1.
Shield Technique- At the start of each turn, user recovers Shield's Shielding.

Level up happens at every increment of 100XP. Yes, you will have to work towards this Typical XP gain from non-boss fights is 25xp while a boss gives between 25xp and 50xp. Certain tests can grant XP based on how hard the test was.

At each level up, characters gain 1 Fate. Fate points can be spent on 1 Hit Block for 1 point or 1 stat point for 2 points.
At every 5th level, a player is granted 1 Action point, to be spent on a new action or a new spell. (note: Actions and spells can be learned outside of leveling up, usually for gold or by finding a teacher.)

Equipment are used to augment your stats, or otherwise give boons to the character. Equipment can be upgraded at a blacksmith, usually for gold or rare materials. Magical artifacts require a legendary smith, and equally legendary materials.

Sample Equipment:

Name: Scholar's Robes
Description: Long, cerulean blue hooded robes.
Type: Armor
Special Qualities:
+1 Shielding

Name: Pitchfork.
Description: This is not a weapon to any but the most desperate combatant. It’s literally a pitchfork.
Type: Weapon
Special Qualities:
+1 Physique

Name: Dagger
Description: A nice stabbing implement for wounds that don't heal well on their own.
Type: weapon
Qualities:
+1 Physique & Training

Name: Steel Plate
Description: Durable metal Armor forged of Metal Plates.
Type: Armor
Qualities:
+2 Shielding

Name: Plate metal Shield
Description: A sturdy Metal shield forged from steel.
Type: Shield/Armor
Qualities:
+1 Shielding

Name: Alchemy Book
Description: A book detailing a variety of recipes and reagents for alchemy and potion brewing.
Type: Accessory
Special Qualities:
+1 Training

Name: Burlap Cloak
Description: A raggedy cloak that protects the wearing from harsh winds.
Type: Accessory
Special Qualities:
+1 Shielding against Wind Damage.

Crafting is rather simple, in that, unless its for upgrading equipment, all crafting is done via gold and Training tests.

Resources for the craft are purchased with gold, and add a dice to the dice pool for every 100 Gold spent on the craft. If the character already has some of the materials, he adds 1 dice per material he has. Then, the character doing the craft adds in his Training Dice, and must roll against the difficulty of the craft. Example: Smithy Jim is working on upgrading a Steel Short sword. He has 500 gold to his name for the craft, and a training of 3, and 2 bars of steel. His total dice pool is 10, and the test difficulty is 4.

Magic has 5 schools of magic:
Cantrip
Words of Power
Mutation
Alteration
Metamagic


Each spell is made up of at least 1 cantrip, and 1 other school of magic.

Each school will just contain basics. Anything more exotic will need to either be discovered by the characters, or invented entirely.

Even if two characters make a spell using the same parts, the spells may end up vastly differently. This is because of part placement.

This is basically the magic system in a nutshell. It’s super simple.


Schools and their basics:

Cantrips - Spell parts that determine elemental affinity and damage modifier.
Umbra -  adds the unholy affinity to the spell.
Sanctus - adds the holy affinity to the spell.
Ignis - adds the fire affinity to the spell.
Fulgur - adds the lightning affinity to the spell.
Aqua - adds the water affinity to a spell
Ventus - adds the wind affinity to a spell
Terra - adds the earth affinity to a spell

Words of Power - spell parts that turn the spell vocal, but add amazing effects.
Maximus - increases spell size, doubling the effect of the spell.
Remedium - causes the spell to remove an effect based on the cantrip when used.
Fortis - Cause the spell to fortify resistance against damage or effects based on Cantrip.
Infirmi - Causes the spell to weaken effects or resistance based on cantrip.

Mutation - spell parts that change how a spell operates. . (this school is almost unknown, as few mages and wizards have researched it.)
Animus - turns the spell into a magical construct, usually in the form of an elemental.
Fascinare - Imbues the spell into an object instead of casting.
Transmutare - Warps the spell, causing it to gain or lose spell parts when cast.

Alteration -  spell parts that alter the spell’s behavior.
Fluctus - Causes the spell to weave past the original target, striking a random target instead.
Findo - Causes the spell to split before hitting the target, striking two targets instead, causing it to use up an additional block of mana.
Mora - Causes the spell to disappear temporarily, instead striking later on.
Itero - Causes the spell to repeat after use

Metamagic - Spell parts that increase or decrease the power, scope, or range of a spell. This school of magic is by far the strongest.
Visus - Cause the spell to happen at the target, with little to no travel time. Spell costs an additional mana block in. Causes the spell to ignore shielding and barriers.
Gravitas - Causes the spell to become affected by gravity and have weight to it.
Spectralis - Cause the spell to ignore armor and barriers

Example Healing spell (since I promised one)
Spell parts used: Sanctus  Fasinare Tactio
Lay on Hands: Roll 1 Dice, on hit, restore 1 hit to target. On 6, restore 2 hits to target.

Spell break down: Sanctus infuses Holy into the spell, While Fasinare Infuses the spell into a being, changing the spell into a healing spell. Tactio was included to allow the spell to be touch range, reducing it's cost down 1 mana, since Fasinare increased it by one.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Gender:
Race:
Personality:
Appearance:
Backstory:

Level: 1
EXP:  0/100

Hit:       [-][-][-][-][-][-][-]
Shielding:

Stats: [Stat cap is 3. 3 points to spend. all skills start at 1. Format is:  Base  {Total}]
Phsyique:  1  [1]
Training:  1  [1]
Mysticism: 1  [1]

Actions:

Active

Passive


Equipment: [You get three, typically a weapon, armor, and Accessory or Shield]

Spell Parts:

Spell Book: [You get base Mysticism spells starting out.]

Burn Leyline [Leyline Any]: Burn a Leyline. Cannot use magic, nor be used after magic. (Free Spell)

Abilities are a percentage based on the skill they use. if you have 40 in Focus, then your energy ray will do damage based on 40. this could be a 2d20, 1d40, 4d10, etc, so long as the maximum number totals your Power. Next, your power becomes a multiplier of additional damage. This comes in the form of Power*.1. So if you have 30 in Power, you will do an additional 3x damage. Yes. This does mean you will do a ton of damage. that is the point.
Lastly on skills, all Skills must have a cool-down of at least 1. This is to make sure you can't use more than 1 skill over and over. No spamming of the same skill. The only exception to the Cool-down rule is if you label it as a basic. It won't do anything special, just normal damage.

Resistance Rolls come in two forms: Mental and Physical. Mental rolls are [BRAVERY]d[RES] vs [POWER]d[STAT] while Physical rolls are [FORTITUDE]d[RES] vs [POWER]d[STAT]

Resolve allows you to get back up after hitting 0 HP. All heroes, regardless of side, have second winds that allow them to get back up and turn the fight around. This will add to the fun.

Perks allow your hero to be distinguished from his peers. Some hero's have super strength, while others have additional limbs that grant bonuses. Use your perk slots to make your hero unique.

Unique abilities do not take up a training point. The perk gave those to you for free.

Above all other rules: Have Fun.

General:
-This system uses a series of different generic rolls for various situations, most of which can be grimdark:
-DAMAGE: [Weapon Damage + [Damage Stat + Bonuses] - [Enemy RES + Bonuses]]
-SKILL ROLLS: [3d6 + [Applicable Stat + Bonuses]
-NEGOTIATION: [STAT + 3d6 + Bonuses]- CHA  for charm, INT for Diplomacy, STR for Intimidation
-However, certain Actions have their own die to roll. For them, simply use the Damage Roll and substitute Weapon Damage for the die to be rolled.
-SNEAK ATTACKS: Deal full damage on an attack that is unheard and unseen. Attacks against a sleeping enemy counts as a sneak attack.
-HP AND REACHING 0: Hitting 0 HP means you are at the mercy of your enemy. If they strike you again, you die. Even if you somehow get healed by then, so long as you are knocked out (which ends at the end of the current turn), you can still be possibly captured or killed. So, be wary of your health if you are still in critical condition.
-PVP: This is in. You can fight, and possibly kill, your fellow characters. Doing so is frowned upon, and, in most cases, considered murder.
-ARMOR: Armor has more functions than just preventing damage. It can help prevent a critical strike against you, help you resist magical effects, and even grant you some minor protection from steep falls.

Combat:
-Accuracy will not be rolled for unless called for. All attacks will be assumed to have hit bar inherent Perks or Skills affecting the accuracy of attacks.
-Critical Hits are rolled by a d20, with critical hit boosters boosting the roll by a percentage. If the roll is a 20, the attack is critical and does double damage.
-One enters Critical status either under 25% of maximum health or under 10 HP, whichever comes first. If one is then reduced to 0 HP, one is Unconscious, and must be stabilized or risk death in three turns. If someone is stabilized, they return to combat with the left over HP from stabilizing. However, some enemies will go for kills, so be weary and protect your allies.

Classes
There are six classes: (None of these use magic, except for Cleric which uses pseudo magic in the form of prayers or blessings.)

Alchemist: Uses herbs and beast parts to make healing salves and other such curables. Tends to stay out of combat. -Prefered Stat: Intelligence
Warrior: The damage dealer of any group. Likes to get up close and personal. -Prefered Stat: Strength
Ranger: The animal lover of the group. Has beasts to assist in attacking and drawing enemy fire. -Prefered Stat: Dexterity
Monk: The Debuffer. Uses unarmed or blunt weapons to debilitate enemies. -Prefered Stat: Agility
Guardian: the protector. Has a large amount of health and tends to withstand a lot of punishment. -Prefered Stat: Constitution
Cleric: The Boon giver. Uses prayers and blessings to grant allies with protection or healing. -Prefered Stat: Charisma

Skills
You start at level 1 with 3-4 Skills based on your Class. At each level up, you gain a new skill to add to your arsenal.

By spending a 20 Cirns at a skill trainer, you can gain a new action or level up an existing skill to [Trained] status, bolstering the skill and causing it to be more effective

Perks
You may start with up to 1 free perk and up to 2 additional perks that each come with a downside.

You may also take up to any number of flaws. This is mostly to help with your specific characters difficulty level. Have fun dying.

Example of a perk with a negative trait:
Berserker- You deal an additional 2 damage and take an additional 2 damage per character  level

Example Perk:
Wind Rider: You cut through the air like a graceful dancer. You negate 1 damage per character level.

Death
Though dying is painful and can mentally scar you, it's not the end. Not truly, anyways.
For a measly 50 Cirns and a gem of varying quality, the local church can bring you back to life.
There are 10 Gem levels, each providing benefits the others do not do, all having a chance to return your items to you, in case you lost them:
Ruby- the standard gem for resurrections. Use this if your body is recently deceased and still intact.
Sapphire- use if your body has taken a bit of damage, maybe from a flesh eating monster.
Garnet- Use if your body was burned horribly before death.
Jade- Died of poison and your body has melted? Use this gem.
Turquoise- Got drowned by a sea monster and your body is water logged? This is the cure.
Onyx- Was fighting with a demon lately? Died of a curse? This gem is a blessing.
Diamond- If your body has been dismembered and you can't resurrect it, this gem can fix your issues.
Agate- for those who were strangled or hung, this gem can help you breath easy.
Bloodstone- Vampire attack got you feeling light headed? Waded into a swamp only to be killed by a giant leach? Get a pick-me-up with this gem.
Malachite- The rarest of magical gems, and the best for resurrection. Will always resurrect you back to pristine condition and transpose any items that you might have had before your timely death.



Currency:
There are 4 levels of currency in the Wastes:
Solks- the lowest form.
Felns- Worth 100 Solks. Typical form when being paid for bounty board missions.
Cirns- Worth 100 Felns
Arnds- Worth 100 Cirns. Highest form.

Name
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Personality:
Background: (you can make this up. I literally approve of coming up with stuff that fits this theme. The more descriptive, the more narrative the better. You can describe locations, noble families, monuments, towns, etc. This will add not only to the lore, but give me or any other Gm, idea's for potential missions or plots.)

Class: (this determines the skills you can learn and any additional perks you might be able take. Applies mostly to combat)
Job: (defines what you can and can’t do outside of combat)
Level: 1 (caps at 30)
EXP: 0/1000

HP: 40+CON
SP: 15+(AGI*2)    (Stamina, for non-lethal fighting)
Init: AGI+1d20 at the start of each combat.
DR: 5+(Total Armor bonus)

Stats: (18 to spend. Stat cap of 5+Level. +4 Points per level up)
Strength: (How hard you strike! Beat ‘em up!)
Dexterity: (Are you a legolas or a legolad? Determines Ranged damage and the like.)
Intelligence: (How smart you are when combining materials.(what? Did you expect something witty?))
Charisma: (How charming you can be, you charmer, you.)
Agility: ((fastfastfastfastfast)Your speed in combat and Dodge chance. (Gotta go fast!))
Constitution: (How well you tank up the damage. (Does not come with actual tanks))


Perks: See Perk rule Section (GMs will approve or veto these.)

Equipment: (Your starting equipment. GMs will approve or veto these.)

Skills: (Your know moves and abilities. These are learned at level up, or by spending platinum on a skill trainer.)


Inventory: (Where your earned loot and other items go. Anything not equipped or worn goes here.)

Name
Appearance:

Companion Class: (this determines the skills your pet can learn.)
Level: 1 (caps at 30)
EXP: 0/1000

HP: 30+CON
SP: 10+(AGI*2)    (Stamina, for non-lethal fighting)
Init: AGI+1d20 at the start of each combat.
DR: 5+(Total Armor bonus)

Stats: (14 to spend. Stat cap of 4+Level. +3 Points per level up)
Strength: (How hard your pet hurts your enemies. )
Dexterity: (Is your pet limber? Can it access small enclosures?)
Intelligence: (How smart is your pet? Does it listen to you?)
Charisma: (How Adorable is your pet?)
Agility: (How agile is your pet? Is it a fast runner?)
Constitution: (How bulky is your pet? If this is high I bet it’s a bear~)


Perks: (GMs will approve or veto these. Companions get 1 Perk)

Skills: (Your know moves and abilities. These are learned at level up, or by spending platinum on a companion trainer.)

Basic Craft Roll, 3d6 + Stat, Critically failing a roll results in either a poor version of the item, or damaged versions of all the materials

Deconstructing an item uses a craft roll, and returns half of the materials in a “Damaged” form.

HP: Roll 1d2, on 1, take damage equal to Mat’s Damage dice, Add “Hastily Made” Tag to finished product
Requires Autosuccess in respective roll, requires blueprint or prototype
Can be performed while in danger.

SP: Roll 1d2, on 1, take Stamina damage equal to mat’s skill mod.
Requires Autosuccess in respective roll, requires blueprint or prototype
Takes large amounts of time, but can be used for batch crafting.

Strength: Str v Mat, Dex v Mat, Add “Crude” Tag to finished product.

Dexterity: Dex v Mat, Int v Mat, Add “Rough” tag to Finished product

Intelligence: Int v Mat, Int v Mat.

Agility: Agility v Mat, Agility v Matx2, Dex v Mat, add Add “Hastily Made” Tag to finished product

Boss Souls
Boss Soul itself is an mist like ethereal substance. It doesn't reform on it's own. Basic principle is that you can absorb it to add it to your own soul, gaining a part of the bosses powers, or you can take it to a dedicated soul smith (has to be an NPC) who can work it into either a weapon based on the Boss, or a unique item based on the qualities of the boss.

An absorbed boss soul also affects their own crafting with positive and negative effects, an example being weak materials either becoming stronger or breaking when crafted with.

Alchemy is the production of common chemicals and consumables after absorbing the soul of a boss

A restraint buckle can be commissioned from soul smiths, they can make one metal badge, buckle, or button from any boss soul that represses a boss soul's effects on the wearer until removed or damaged

Chance of Soul Accident is one tenth Soul Level over Normal Level

So a level 10 character with 20 soul levels will have uncontrollable effects in their crafting.

The chances of this being bad or good are around 50/50, and an amount of effects equal to their Soul Level Squared is added.

Ergo, Crafting mishaps are at a (SL/10)/L chance, and will result in √SL additional effects.

Reinforced Armor: A thick metal armor, perhaps one thing capable of surviving a blow from your quarry, but the weight could spell your doom.
Item Name: Reinforced Armor
Class Preference: Guardian, Warrior
Job Preference: Smith
Stat Bonuses: +5 Armor, -2 Str
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: None
Traits: Reinforced: +4 Armor, -2 Str
Mat Level = 3

Light Armor: It may defend the soldiers of the empire, but will it defend you? At least it isn’t THAT heavy.
Item Name: Light Armor
Class Preference: Ranger, Monk
Job Preference: Smith
Stat Bonuses: +2 Armor -0 Str
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: None
Traits: Light: -1 Armor per level, remove 1 Str Penalty per level from the base gear.
Mat Level = 3

Fitting Clothes: The clothing of some intellectual, noble or otherwise hoity toity person.,
Item Name: Fitting Clothes
Class Preference: Alchemist, Cleric
Job Preference: Tailor
Stat Bonuses: +1 Int, +1 Cha
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: None
Traits: Fragile: This armor can be damaged, and has Health equal to it’s total Stat Pool Plus it’s Mat Level
Mat Level = 3

A Sword: A common iron blade, to someone like you, it may be useless for combat against your prey, or it may not?
Item Name: Iron Sword
Class Preference: None
Job Preference: Smith
Stat Bonuses: 1d6 Damage, +1 Str.
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: None
Traits:

An Iron Lamp: A common iron lamp, used for mundane lighting, it might be an unnecessary danger to someone such as yourself, or it might be a lifesaver.
Item Name: Iron Lamp
Class Preference: None
Job Preference: Smith
Stat Bonuses: None
Active Effect: Burn: Light a fire if the Lamp is lit.
Passive Effect: Light: Provides Light if the lamp is lit and open, Light is produced so long as it has a fire related Trait.
Traits:

A Wooden Bow: A rather useless hunk of Extraordinarily well crafted wood and sinew, it might not do much against the monsters you will be hunting, but it is better than throwing yourself at their mercy.
Item Name: Wooden Shortbow
Class Preference: Ranger
Job Preference: Bowyer
Stat Bonuses: +1 Dex
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: Munition consuming: Requires compatible ammunition to attack with this weapon, consuming an appropriate amount.
Traits:

A Leather Shield: Made of mere mundane leather, this shield might not protect you from the creatures you pursue, but it might protect you long enough to fell them.
Item Name: Leather Shield
Class Preference: None
Job Preference: Leatherworker, Tailor,
Stat Bonuses: +3 Con
Active Effect: Block: Grant an additional +3 Con this turn.
Passive Effect: Shielding: Blocks the most minor of attacks automatically, attacks that fail to deal damage when they are intended to will have lessened effects.
Traits:

A Wooden Crossbow:
Item Name: Wooden Crossbow
Class Preference: None
Job Preference: Woodworker.
Stat Bonuses: +1 Dex, +1 Str
Active Effect: Reload: Makes certain Ranged Weapons usable again, this version only affects this weapon.
Passive Effect: Munition consuming: Requires compatible ammunition to attack with this weapon, consuming an appropriate amount.
Loaded Weapon: This weapon must be reloaded, using the “Reload” action, or something that uses that action for you.
Traits:

Iron Tipped Arrows: Made locally, cheaper than the finer ones from the mainland. Deal 1d8 damage. Deal a 1d4 damage attack every turn against a target when stuck in them. Has a 5-Con% chance of sticking.

Bronze Bolts: Cheaper when they come from the city, around here, they are much less common. Deal 1d12 damage.  Deal a 0 damage attack every turn against a target when stuck in them. Has a 20-Con% chance of sticking.

Blinding Petrichor: Thick oil which catches fire, this one is blinding to the hypersensitive eyes of most monsters,  Adds tag “Blinding Petrichor applied: On Weapons, decreases enemy dodge chance, on armor, increases User dodge chance, on trinkets, adds “Flash” ability, which has a chance to blind some monsters. On weapons this tag lasts for 1 battle, On armor, it lasts for one plot, on Baubles, it has 5 uses per Trait level.  This is limited to level one for weapons and armor.”

Burning Petrichor: Thick oil which catches fire, this one violently reacts with impact, causing sprays of fire when striking an object. Adds tag “Burning Petrichor applied: On Weapons, Increases damage by 3d6, On armor, User and nearby targets take 1d6 damage on hit, on Baubles, adds “Explosive: This item explodes when hit with a sudden shock or impact, Dealing 1d4 Damage per level” On weapons this tag lasts for 1 battle, On armor, it lasts for one plot, on Baubles, it has 1 use, and damages or destroys the bauble, or lasts until the midway of a plot. This is limited to level one for weapons and armor.”

Black Oil: A thick cheap sludge, flammable.  Adds “Burning Black Oil: Add 1d6 damage to something, either on hit, or when stuck to a target.  Nearby targets suffer from fumes, losing 10% of their Int for a while until the fumes are cleared. On weapons this tag lasts for 1 battle, On armor, it lasts for one plot, on Baubles, it has 1 use per Trait level, or lasts until the midway of a plot.  This is limited to level one for weapons and armor.”

Clear Oil: An expensive whale oil, Adds “Burning Clear Oil: Add 1d6 damage to something, either on hit, or when stuck to a target. On weapons this tag lasts for 1 battle, On armor, it lasts for one plot, on Baubles, it has 1 use per Trait level, or lasts until the midway of a plot. This is limited to level one for weapons and armor.”

General:
-This system uses a series of different generic rolls for various situations:
-DAMAGE: [Weapon Damage + [Damage Stat + Bonuses] - [Enemy RES + Bonuses]]
-SKILL ROLLS: [3d6 + [Applicable Stat + Bonuses]
-NEGOTIATION: [INT / Primary Attack Stat + 3d6 + Bonuses]
-However, certain Actions have their own die to roll. For them, simply use the Damage Roll and substitute Weapon Damage for the die to be rolled.

Combat:
-Accuracy will not be rolled for unless called for. All attacks will be assumed to have hit bar inherent Perks or Skills affecting the accuracy of attacks.
-Critical Hits are rolled by a d20, with critical hit boosters boosting the roll by a percentage. If the roll is a 20, the attack is critical and does double damage.
-One enters Critical status either under 25% of maximum health or under 10 HP, whichever comes first. If one is then reduced to 0 HP, one is Unconscious, and must be stabilised or risk death in three turns. If one is stabilised, they remain at 0 HP and stay out of combat, except via rare abilities or items.

Actions and Leveling Up:
-One starts with five Action slots and two Basic Actions, a Basic Attack and Defense. Basic Actions are always accessible even when the player’s other actions are restricted; for instance, through action locks.
-100 XP is required to level up. Two Action Points are acquired per level up. You require one Action Point to level up an Action, and two to gain a new Action.
-One starts with three Perks at Level 1. Perks are received every five levels.

Summons:
The total Pool of Stat points that summons can have are capped at ([Summoner’s Total Stat Points - 8]/X) and similarly, their ability points are capped at ([Summoner’s Total Ability Points - 4]/X), where X is the Maximum amount of summons that the user can have on the field at a time as specified in the summon skill, and the perk associated.

Transformations
To be written.

Each level in a summoning skill adds 2 ability points, or 2 Stat Points to the total pool, NOT to each individual Summon!

Equipment:
-Players start with Equipment. Equipment begins with two slots to add bonuses to the equipment. More can be negotiated with the GMs.
-Players may elect to make their equipment level up, increasing their equipment’s bonuses per level; however, without a Perk or external modification, the equipment cannot gain new bonuses that were not already on the equipment.

Unless noted, all actions and equipment are at level 1.
Perks:
-Try Not To Give Up!: As a member of her school’s Hero Club, Mio adheres heavily to the five tenets of the Club, including the third one. Mio can, once per fight, if sent to 0 HP, resurrect instantly at half health with Mankai activated. However, once this Mankai runs out, Mio is instantly paralyzed for two turns from sheer fatigue, in addition to the usual effects of the Sange.

-Aura Channeling: Like all Huntresses, Anna channels her mystical manifestation of willpower, called an Aura, into her weapon so she can hit things harder. 1.4x damage with hunter weapons.

-Draining Fury: If Chartre is at 50% or lower of his HP, attacking him with a magical move will result in 25% of its damage being reflected at the attacker, before Null applies.

Actions:
-God Hand: Mio delivers a powerful, magically-boosted punch to a target. 50% of the Physical damage dealt by God Hand is added on and dealt as Magical damage after the damage roll. This addition applies even if Magic Charge is activated. Synergy is added to the magic damage Mio does with her attack. (Phys/Mag)

-Scientific Pursuits: In battle, Wilson can use his turn upgrading an ally's weapon, so long as it is mechanical or electrical in nature. Adds 3+(INT/2) to the damage of the weapon for one turn.

Out of battle, doubles Wilson's INT bonus when working on the specified crafting rolls.
-Brace for Impact! (Active): Victoria extends her magic defenses to her allies, increasing their resistance to damage. Increase the Resistance of three allies by Victoria’s Synergy/2 for three turns, not counting the one the buff started on.

Equipment:
-Name: Hero Shield (Level 4)
Type: Physical
Effects
-Mankai Synergy: When Yuki is in Mankai form, this weapon deals 1d15 instead of 1d12.
-Magical Surge: +1 RES per level, +1 STR per two levels.
-Defense Synergy: Adds +25% damage reduction to her Basic Defend action. This becomes 50% in Mankai form.
Base Damage: 1d12
Description: A large, round black shield, embossed with a stylized white peony flower.

-Name of Weapon: Vindicator. Level 6.
Type: Melee/Ranged
Effects: The Vindicator can use Dust rounds as a propellant, or to add more power to strikes. It can also turn into dual submachine guns, which can fire a variety of ammunition with multiple effects. When out of ammunition, the gun form can double as dual hand axes.
1 Upgrade Slot: Empty
Base Damage:
Melee (Halberd): 1d16
Ranged: 1d14
Melee (Dual Axes): 1d12
Description: Vindicator, in it’s standard form, is a halberd about 6 feet long, made of the same metal all the gun-weapons are. The axe blades on either side are 2 feet from end to end and outwards, while the spear point at the end adds another 6 inches. When Vindicator converts to this form, both of the axe blades slide down the shaft until they reach the rear, at which point the shaft splits in half. A further half of the shaft becomes the handle of each of 2 submachine guns, with the axe blades acting as the ammo storage.
When not active in either form it turns into green, metallic, messenger bag.

Summons:
Name: Magic Doll
Type: Magical construct
Appearance: Looks like a small human or humanoid, about two feet tall, with skin matching the color of Haruka's armor. This one has a little wand and wears a dress or robe. It's also capable of speech.

HP: 66 [Each level adds CON+Level HP] (Rebalanced to 0 base health.)
Init: 5+d20

Stats: Stat total based on Haruka's Syn. (Currently 14)
Constitution: 5
Dexterity: 0
Resistance: 2
Strength: 0
Synergy: 7

Actions:
Heal: The doll heals a target based on its Syn. (2+Syn+dSyn)
Guard: The doll attempts to protect itself with a magical barrier.
Magic Missile: The doll fires a simple bolt of magical energy at a target, dealing damage based on its Syn on hit. (Same formula as heal)
Suicide Attack: The doll rushes an enemy and explodes, dealing damage based on its remaining health.

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Description/Appearance:
Background:

Level: (every 100 exp, you increase one level, and gain 3 statpoints and 3 spellpoints. Reminder, We got 120 exp from the intro plot)

HP: (30+CON*2+WILL)

Affinity: See below. You may have up to two.

Stats: (13 points to spend. Cap for spending is 3+Level per stat. 0 is a valid option for stats)
Accuracy: (Hit rate for Ranged and spells. Critical chance for Melee)
Cunning: (Critical chance for Ranged and Spells. Hit rate for Melee)
Strength: (Used for melee Damage and physical actions)
Dexterity: (Used for dodging, movement actions etc)
Intelligence: (Used for crafing of items and Alchemy. Determines Potion strength or damage. Also determines ranged damage.)
Willpower: (Spell damage and magecraft)
Constitution: (How tough you are and how much you heal for.)

Armor Class:
(CON+level+Equipment Bonus.)

Equipment: (Items you have and have gained. Specify Armor, Weapon, or other.)

Perks: (Perks you have gained at character creation or during play. You start with two of them.)


Power: (Description of what your power is and does. Details are prefered~)


Spells/Abilities: 6 Spell points to spend.(Spell-Level cap is 1+Level)

Accuracy- Your ability to hit a object at range or hit a object's weakness when near. A high accuracy implies that you have the aptitude of aiming at a target and being able to hit them.

Cunning- Your ability to hit a object next to you with skill and precision, or knowing where to hit an object to cause impressive damage. A high Cunning implies you are skilled in melee combat and are capable of reading an person's movements to get an accurate strike.

Strength- Your typical brawn stat. Determines how strong you are when performing heavy lifting or participating in physical combat.

Dexterity- Dexterity is useful when preforming stealth or attempting to move away from an enemy without them noticing. Nerfed, this no longer determines ranged damage. Would be too strong otherwise, giving offense and defence in one stat.

Intelligence- Your overall smarts and wit, as well as your ability to preform Alchemy, the art of potion making. Intelligence also helps with combat alchemy, allowing your potions to do more damage. Buffed, now determines ranged damage, knowing where to aim for best attacks, else this stat would be too weak.

Willpower- Your Typical Mage stat. Determines spellcraft strength and and your skill in using magic. A high Willpower says you are a powerful mage capable of preforming stronger and stronger magic. Buffed, this also gives you a small amount of health, as overall health was too low. However if you have lost all base and CON based health, you will take hesty penalties from basicaly only running on fumes.

Constitution- Your tougness stat. A high constitution means you can withstand more and more damage, and last longer against wars of attrition. A high constitution implies you are the tankiest of tanks. Helps with healing via non-magic means.

leaving this to Sanure, since he seems to be the only one who knew where this should go. Same for summoning, but that can easily be translated to the spell system, using Power and Duration effects.

Each character starts with between zero and two affinities. Those affinities determine your DEFENSIVE typing. All spells come with and affinity, which  is covered in the Spells and Techniques spoiler. Using a spell with an affinity that matches your own affinity makes them slightly stronger though, like dealing 1.2 times the damage, or lasting 1.2 times as long.

In an attempt to make a balanced system despite all the endless debates over what element should defeat which, most affinities have two elements which they deal twice as much damage against, and two elements which they deal half damage against. The exceptions are Light, Dark, Chaos and Order affinities which only deal double damage to one affinity and deal half damage to another.

The elements are as follows:

_{*Image courtesy of USEC_OFFICER}

The orange column of the table represents the element of the attack, while the blue row represents the affinity of the defender. For example, a fire attack would deal double damage to a defender with the nature affinity, while a nature attack would deal normal damage to a defender with the nature affinity. The properties of different affinities stack on characters with more than one defensive element. For example, a character with Nature/Metal affinities would take only a quarter damage from Earth attacks and normal damage from Ice attacks.

The ground idea stays the same. Spells are weak, and become stronger using drawbacks. Additional, this system takes into account level-ups, to make stronger spells be something that takes more experience to master.

A level 1 spell has 2 free effect-levels, and can add up to 1 more by adding drawbacks

A level 2 spell has 3 free effect levels, and can add up to 2, more by adding drawbacks, etc etc

A spell also automaticaly gains an affinity, which balances itself by being either super effective ot resisted by certain targets. Additional affinities require drawbacks, to balance out the versatility, as you are more likely to have an attack ready that could hit super effective.


At level 1, a player starts with 6 spell-points. Those can be used to create 6 level-1 spells, or 3 level 2 spells, or two level 1 spells and 2 level 2 spell. At further levels, 3 more spell points get added each level, the maximum spell-level however is equal to your current level (except at level 1). Spell points do not have to be spend immediatly, if you want to safe up to create a larger level spell, and can also be granted by the GM as rewards for good or fun roleplay (instead of perks), or when an ingame action somehow explains why a character would have gained power by whatever way, for example being close to an extremely powerful magical event, and thus bathed in the released energies. Spell points do not have to be spend on new spells entirely, but can also be used to upgrade spells, adding high effect levels, or removing drawbacks, as your mastery of the spell improves.

This system also includes physical manouvers, which can easily be handled the same way as spells.

This also allows Items to allow varied benefical effects, like a magic staff automaticaly adding one level of damage to damaging spells cast with it, or a gun automaticaly adding Ranged 1 to your attack


Critical attacks can, at the GMs leisure (or maybe after PMing the player about preferances), add any of the spell effects, instead of just doing more damage.


And without delay, lets get to the heart of things, the effects. I find it important to give long, extensive lits of possible effects and modifiers, to give players incentive and inspiration to try different things. Note I will be adding various numbers to the effects, which serves to imply how many drawbacks something requires to balance out.


Positive effects:

Additional Affinity 1

Your spell now deals two kinds of damage, meaning it may be super effective against more kinds of enemies (or resisted by more). If you have two affinities, and your spell has the same affinities, the same type attack bonus applies twice!

Damage 1,2,3,4,...basicaly no limit.

Self-explanatory, the more levels in this effect are, the harder your punch, the deeper the cut, the hotter the flame, more bang for your buck. It seems to be implied that this will increase by adding 1d4 damage, if nothing changes.

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Potent 2,4

Increases one of the spells increments. For instant, the 1d4 damage becomes 1d6/1d8, damage over time would become 1d3/1d4, duration on something becomes 3/4 turns, etc

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Heal 1,2,3 etc

Same as damage, simple.

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Ranged 1,2

It's an advantage to be able to hit something from far away, there is hardly any denying it. Ranged 1 gives you the basic range determined by (whatever stat Sanure sees fit. I advice however that the range is long enough that it would take an enemy at least 1 turn to move to the enemy to retaliate, to actually give an advantage here.), while ranged 2 can hit anything as long as have a line of sight. This will help make battle-maps more interesting, and decides if you use cunning or aim to hit someone with a spell. Examples: guns, lasers, fireballs.

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AoE 1,2,3

Adds an area of effect to a spell, to affect everything within the area, the actual size increases depending whatever movement speed is settled on. At AoE 1, the effect *might* (more on that later) still be dodged, even in the center of the AoE, with a penalty. At larger AoEs however, the penalty at the center of the effect should be so large, dodging it would be an exceptional feat. the actual shape of the AoE does not have to be circular, like in the case someone breathes fire, where it would be a cone, or that one episode in sailor moon, where she does a fucking heart shaped AoE, how magical girl like is that? At level 3, one should just consider the AoE to include *everything*, unless the battle map is huge. Examples: An automatic gun, spraying wildly in front of you, a bomb exploding, an area shielded by a barrier, a war-cry heared by everyone, etc.

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Chain 1,2,3

the spell jumps from target to target, one more target for every increase in category, decreasing in effectiveness by 25% each jump. This decrease has to be at least one digit lower, so if the first target is, for example, debuffed by 2 dex, the second target is not debuffed by 1.75, but by just 1 point.

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Combo 2,4,6

The spell attacks 2/3/4 times, each with its own dodge chance and damage reduction on hit. Examples Kung-fucking-fu, laser barrages, automatic rifles.

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Damage over time 1,2,3 etc

the spell does damage over time. At level 1, this lasts 2 turns, and deals 1d2 damage each turn. Each additional dice increase (2d2, 3d2 etc), AND each additional  2 rounds of duration cost one point. So for example, you could take DoT1 to deal 1d2 damage for 2 turns (average of 3 damage), or make it into DoT3, to deal 2d2 damage over over 4 turns(12 damage average), or go full ham into DoT5 to deal 3d2 damage over 6 turns, (average of 30 damage, jesus christ). As you can see, DoT increase much faster than immediate damage, but this is balanced out by costing a lot of points to make strong and first and foremost, taking a lot of turns to actually play out. Over the course of 6 turns, you are giving the enemy plenty of time to do stuff. Examples: poison, suffocation, bleeding, burning, fading, eaten by the void, etc.

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Heal over time 1,2,3 etc

Same as damage over time.

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Buff/Debuff 1,2,3, etc

Increases something, someone does by 1 category. Note, in this system increasing someones stat just by 1 point is very powerful. At equal stats, it's basicaly a 50/50 chance to win an opposed roll. Increasing a stat by just 1 point makes this into a 60/40, which is big. Just a buff 2 may turn a 60/40 in the enemies favour into a 40/60 in your favour. In this system buffs and debuffs are not to be scoffed at. At level 1, the buff lasts 2 turns, one more point can be spend for every 2 additional turns. Example: suddenly being forced to move at slow-motion, the strength of a bull cursing through your veins, your morale being lifted

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Maim 4,5,6, etc

The spell or attack causes an injury or debuff that will last through the entirety of battle. This starts at level 3 for a -2 hinder, and costs 5 for a -4 hinder, etc. Perfect for a critical hit.

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Hinder 1,2,3

The action in any way, hinders a targets action. For every level in this point a targets roll is decreased by 1, once. Example: Jumping in someones way, holding onto someone, catching someone in a sticky liquid, etc. Duration may be increased by taking points. Perfect for improvised actions.

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Support 1,2,3

The action, in any way, supports a targets action. For example, playing human step-ladder when someone is climbing, tacticaly advising someone, etc

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Imbue 1

Imbues an effect in a person or object, basicaly creating a container of sort for another spell to be stored in and go off later. Duration can be bought extra. For example, imbueing your next attack with lightning damage by charging up beforehand, or creating a mine by imbueing an explosive spell on a rock. This might also mean summoning a weapon that deals more damage than your normal attack. Note, this can stack with other spells. Fot instance, if you have a sword and one of your "spells" is a sword combo attack (reminder, physical feats are also handled by this system), then imbueing it with fire would obviously work on the combo, not just normal attacks.

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Passive effect 3,5

Once toggled, which takes a turn, a certain effect is turned on, and remains turned on for the rest of the fight. This effect must not cost more than 1 point for 3, or 2 points for 5. Example: Sanure granted Skyflame the ability to imbue her melee attacks with fire damage, a level 1 effect. Skyflame can toggle this on and off.

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Can not be dodged 4

Sending a fireball to explode someone is nice, but he can see it coming and get the hell outta dodge. But you are a pyromancer, why not just create the fireball right in his fucking face, where it immediatly explodes? Skips the dodge roll, going straight to the damage mitigation rolls. Example: Creating a gravitational pull on the enemy, grabbing someone with telekinesis etc.

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Escalating 1,2, etc

An effect can turn out much stronger than you thought it could be. At the end of the duration, there is a 50% chance the effect will last another 4 turns. OR the damage done might be increased by 50% or whatever else you can think off here.

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No cooldown 1

This attack is spammable, removing the automatic 1 turn cooldown all spells have. Obviously can not be combined with cooldown drawbacks.

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Armor piercing 1,2,3

For one point this spell ignores 33% of the enemies damage reduction, then 66%, up to the entire thing, oh yeah.

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Barrier 1,2,3

If not combined with an AoE, this barrier is cast on just one person. Increases the targets Damage reduction by 2,4,6 points, duration must be increased seperately

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precise 1,2,3

This attack is very hard to dodge. -2,-4,-6 to the dodge roll

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Move 1,2,3

This spell moves the target somewhere, like teleporting, or throwing someone. one point for short distances, at 2 points distance is more narrative. If it has any other effects, they are applied along the path, at 0.5 the normal strength, unless you also have aoe, then 100%. An additional point can be spend to create a portal and allow multiple people to move.

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Versatile 1,2,3

A truely trained mage can easily adjust a spell to do what he wants on the fly. This effect can be switched for any other effect. You may not take more than your level-1 of these.


Until overcome 2,3,4

Instead of a duration, the effect will last until a certain TN on a fitting attribute is met, starting at 11,13,15 etc. Example being caught in a net, being pupetted by magic strings, etc.


Many more: The world is your oyster, by all means make up as many effects as you can think off. I just kept writing until nothing new popped up immediately after finishing the last part.

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Drawbacks:

Cooldown 1,2,3 etc

After using this spell, it can not be used again for another x turns. Note, EVERY spell automaticaly has 1 turn cooldown, so level 1 means 2 turns.

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Charge 2,4

Before using this spell, you can not act for 1,2 etc turns. This is worth 2,3 etc points

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Paralyzing 2,4

Same as Charge, but AFTER casting.

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Draining 1,2,3 etc

The spell is channeled to levels your body can not handle, causing you to take 1d4 damage per point taken in this drawback

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Countermeasure 1,2

Effects with a duration that can easily be turned off by using your action to do something about it. For example, stop, drop and roll when on fire, simply stepping out of the danger zone, bandaging a bleeding cut, etc. At level 2, this will prompt an opposed roll, for example compared strength rolls to free yourself from a chokehold, compared mind-rolls to free yourself from hypnosis etc.

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Obvious 2,4

This spell is slow and easy to dodge grants +2,+4 to dodging this spell.

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Left to chance 1,2

Effects with a duration may end prematurely a 50/50 chance at the halfway point of the duration, for example, who knows how long that fire will burn? This could also mean the damage an attack does is not reliable, having a 50/50 chance to deal only 75% damage, or even only half!


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Buff/Debuff 1,2,3 OR hinder/support 1,2,3

Same as buff, and debuff as a bonus, but in an unwanted way. The caster or the target of the spell gets weaker, or stronger, eventhough you didn't want that.
Example: The attack you made was strong, but reckless, giving the enemy a bonus to his next roll to attack you, or for example a berserker spell makes someone a lot stronger, but also decreases his defence.

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Ammo 1,2

A spell can only be used twice, or even just once, per combat. Example, you simply dont have that much magical energy, you *literaly* are only carrying 2 grenades, etc.


and of course many many more. I openly support people having as many ideas as possible. I do however also support moderation. Just because you can take the maximum amount of drawbacks on a spell does not mean you have to, or even should, just to get the maximum effect. roleplay over minmaxing. Unless you find minmaxing fun, this system has stuff for everyone. Also, don't just all take cooldown as drawback, be varied folks.

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Feeble 2

This spell really lacks a bite. This is like reverse potent, decreasing a certain category on your spell by a degree, like only doing 1d2 damage, lasting only 1 turn, etc

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Difficult 1,2,3,4

Maybe this spell is so hard to cast, you might just fail at it? This drawback gives a spell a TN of 11,13,15,17 per level

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Feedback, only in combination with Difficult

When the spell fails, you have negative consequences happening, which can be any of the above drawbacks (or whatever else you want). The feedback drawback is worth HALF as many points as the negative things that could happen, because, well, they might not happen at all.

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Optional:

These fall under neither drawback nor effect, as it has a bit of both.


Charge-Up 1,0

You can chose to not immediatly cast a spell, but wait a turn to charge it up, making it stronger by two points. You can charge a maximum of your level extra points out of this. Costs 1 point to be able to do this, costs 0 if you allow this spell to also power up the DRAWBACKS by 2 points.


Channeled 0

This spell has no set duration, instead it lasts until you are interrupted.



Battle 1

The spell continues until the target has beaten the caster in an opposed roll. Until this happened, neither side can do anything else. In a many vs one situation, the GM may decide that others may also not be allowed to do anything, to prevent abuse.


Example spells will come with Skyflames charsheet, to be done after I posted this

The basis of task rolls is a 3d6+Attribute+Tool. For example when attacking someone at range, you roll 3d6+accuracy+Possible bonus granted by the gun, perhaps through a lasersight attachement. If you cast a spell, you roll do not usualy roll to cast it, unless it has a TN through drawbacks, however you do need to roll to aim it. To dodge, the roll is pretty much the same, 3d6+Dex+(if you can think of tools that give you bonuses to dodging, let me know). Tools can obviously also give penalties, for example a battle-axe that deals huge damage could give you penalties to aiming with it, or a staff that increases the healing powers of your healing spells might not be the best tool to cast damage spells with, etc.

When you are hit, the damage dealt ([effect levels in damage]d4+attribute+weapon) is reduced by your CON+Level+Armor

During a turn you may simply attack, use a spell or technique, move DEX squares (if a map is present), try to apply first aid (int roll, heals 1d4+int, however the target of the heal must not take an action during it, unless somehow appropriate), or, well, really whatever you come up with that seems like a proper action to you.

Anyone with a latent talent for magic needs to transform to use this talent to it's fullest. A transformation is not just restricted to magic and as such there are three types of transformations:

-Release Type: By channeling one's true self, the user of a Release Type transforms into the truest expression of their destined form.
Examples: Sen releases her seals to return to her true form, A demon.

-Possession Type: By channeling a spirit into oneself, a user of the Possession type takes on a form reminiscent of the spirit.
Examples: Bonnie channels the spirit of the crimson Knight, Gallahad, changing her form into the Red Hood.

-Invoker Type: An Invoker Type user channels the powers of an artifact into themselves, allowing them to take on the form of the Artifact's spirit.
Examples: Lira has in her possession the Thunder's Procession, a folding fan said to have been able to disperse storm clouds with a single swing. By invoking it's powers, Lira brings out Storm's breath, the natural form of the being inside the fan.

TN Tests:
Routine 7
Easy 9
Average 11
Challenging 13
Hard 15
Formidable 17
Imposing 19
Nigh Impossible 21

Name: (Obvious, but what your character goes by.)
Gender: (As With name, What does your character identify as.)
Age: (How old is your character?)
Physical Age: (How old do they look?)
Home Plane: (Where are they from?)
Race: (What are they?)
Subrace: (If Applicable)
Background events: (What events define your character?)
Color Identity: (Determines which colors of mana you can draw.)

Level: 1
XP: 0/100

[5 Build Points to Spend]
Life:
Power:
Toughness:
Mastery:
Channeling:
Speed:
Focus:
Memory:

Keywords: (What natural abilities you have, such as Flying, Vigilance, or Trample.)

Library: (The spells you know.)

Equipment: (Stuff you have already equipped and already summoned. Must be purchased to start with.))

Money: (Let's you buy things. Everyone should start off with 100 Gold. Price of items are (converted Mana costx100). You may not start with  Rare Items. Common and Uncommon Items only. If an equipment's converted mana cost is 0, it costs 100 to purchase.)
300gp

Characters start with the following in their stats:

Power: 1
Toughness: 1
Life: 5
Mastery: 3
Channeling: 3
Speed: 1
Focus: 1
Memory: 5
You begin with 5 build points to spend on increasing your stats.
You may purchase one point of Mastery, Channeling, Speed, Focus, or Memory by paying one build point.
You may purchase one point each in any two of or two points in any one of Power, Toughness or Life by paying one build point.

A character must then determine their race, background and Color Identity. They can choose up to three important backgrounds (usually tied to where they placed their points in stat generation) and how they affect their Color Identity (race, birth place, childhood events, where they have traveled, occupation, major event in their adult life, where and how they learned to perform magic, style of magic used, an event that caused them to ascend to the state of planeswalker, etc) until they have picked what three primary sources they can draw their mana from.

A character then receives bonuses to statistics based upon race and color identity. The racial bonus is described in the chart below. The color identity bonuses are:

+1 Mastery for each Black identity
+1 Channeling for each Green identity
+1 Speed for each Red identity
+1 Focus for each White identity
+1 Memory for each Blue identity
+1 Power, +1 Toughness, or +1 Life for each Artifact identity
These bonuses are permanent and cumulative.

A character's Mana pool is composed of their color identity. Their maximum Mana of each color is equal to the number of times that color appears in their Color Identity. If a character has an Artifact identity, they can choose to add one colorless mana to their mana pool or to add two colorless mana for casting Artifact spells only.

Finally, a player must select their list of Spells Known for their Library. Usually players will have a starting base of 10 but all party members will receive one extra spell for every two points they possess in Memory (rounded down). This means that all players start with at least 12 spells known. It is recommended that a starting character select their spells either from a core set for simplicity or all from the same block to ensure consistent fluff and synergy of spells. Players should be conscious of their Channeling, Mastery, and Focus limitations and only select spells that they are able to cast. It is recommended that each player only be allowed one of every card and only a single rare spell and that they not begin with any planeswalker spells in their list (as these spells for summoning allies are only to be received through major plot devices). Once a character's spell list is complete, they may place a number of spells equal to half their Memory score (rounded up) into their Memorized Spells. The rest may be recorded in the Library in any order but once written the order is set for the day unless an ability changes it.

In addition, you may spend Build Points on Keywords from this list:

For 1 build point players may purchase Reach or Changeling.
For 2 build points players may purchase Vigilance, Trample, or Flying.
For 3 build points players may purchase First Strike, Wither, or Poisonous
For 4 build points players may purchase Intimidate or Landwalk
For 5 build points players may purchase Absorb 1, Battle cry, Exalted, or Regenerate
For 6 build points players may purchase Deathtouch, Doublestrike, Lifelink, or Protection from a Color
Players may take Defender for an extra build point.

1. A character may enter combat with no more mana in his mana pool than his Channeling attribute. Having more mana than that prepared at all times is dangerous and can result in severe mana burn and fry-out the caster's brain.

2. Combat exists at two levels: between player and an individual or group of creatures, and between player and another mage. (Note that some creatures rely on magic for battle, but they are still not of the same caliber as a true archmage and his arsenal of spells. Creatures with activated abilities may have trouble drawing enough mana to perform them on their own unless they are in a locale that provides that type of mana very freely. For example, a lone Shivan Dragon might use its fire magic to give it great power in the mountains but it would be much more limited in a swamp.)

3. Combat begins with each character in either ranged, close, or locked (a.k.a. engaged) combat with each enemy depending on the situation battle begins in. A player may be in close combat with one creature but in ranged combat with another. Engaged combat is a temporary state and only lasts for the phase before returning to close combat.
Ranged Combat: In Ranged Combat, the two combatants cannot target each other with spells or abilities that may only target creatures. They also cannot engage in direct combat of power and toughness. Instead of casting spells, a character or monster may move in to close combat or attempt to flee. (This combat zone represents a player in his seat, playing a game of Magic.)
Close Combat: In Close Combat, the two combatants can target each other as creatures or as players. The characters can freely, as an action, enter engaged combat, but other creatures or players that are also in close combat range can choose to intercept. While in close combat, a character must be focused and cannot draw mana as freely, giving a -2 penalty to Channeling. As well as casting spells, a character or monster may move to ranged combat or attempt to engage another creature it is in close combat with. (This combat zone represents a player's commander on the field.)
Locked Combat: In Locked or Engaged Combat the two engaged creatures or players are locked in a battle of sword and blade, tooth and nail, fire and fury, and skill and might. The attacking character or monster (the one whose turn it is) makes an attack roll (dice equal to Power) against the defender's Toughness (dice equal to Toughness), dealing excess damage to Life. The defender may then immediately make a counter-attack Power roll dealing damage in excess of the attacker's Toughness to its Life. (Creatures with First Strike function a little differently.) After combat, if the attacker survives, it is repelled and forced back by the defender -- knocked off guard, it needs to re-raise its defenses. (There is an exception if the creature has Vigilance.) Creatures' Toughness remains zero or the value it was reduced to until the end of the turn. Life lost remains the same unless the creature is Regenerated.

4. Combat proceeds with the character with the highest Speed acting first. In the event of a tie, roll opposing dice to determine the order. Once the battle begins, turn order is set. You can at any time choose to delay your turn, but doing so changes your turn to that point in the rotation for the rest of the battle.

5. During your turn's phases you may take the following actions.

Channeling Phase: The character may add the next spell from their Library to their Memory. The character may restore a number of Mana up to his Channeling score to his Mana Pool. (If he is in close combat with any enemies, this number is reduced by 2.) The character may exceed his maximum Mana Pool size in this way by adding colorless mana to his mana pool, but doing so will ignite the Mana stored within and it all must be spent by the End Phase or Mana Burn will cause a damaging backlash that deals damage equal to the remaining quantity of Mana in excess of the character's full Mana Pool.
Upkeep: The character may choose to maintain pervasive effects up to his Focus score. Creatures given Focus are refreshed and reinvigorated to action again.
Main Phase: A character may take a number of actions equal to his Speed score.

• Moving: A character can move freely from the close combat to the ranged combat zone or from the ranged combat to the close combat zone once per turn. If a character or creature does so, they cannot Flee or Engage that turn.
• Commanding: Once per turn the character may direct his controlled monsters to Move, Engage, or Cast a "spell" via an ability. A creature which was summoned during the same turn is affected by the brief state known as 'Summoning Sickness' and cannot be directed until your next turn (the exception is creature which have the Haste ability). A character may direct any number of creatures as a single action but all commands must be given before any other actions are taken. Controlled creatures act immediately as the order is given and may be responded to in turn by a character who makes a successful opposed speed roll.
• Casting: The character may cast a number of non-instant spells up to his Focus score minus his sustained pervasive effects. The character may not cast any spell which requires more Mana than he can muster at once. The Converted Mana Cost of the spell must be equal to or lower than the character's Mastery score. A spell may be responded to by any enemy or ally successfully makes an opposed Speed roll equal to or greater than the character whose turn it is. A resolved spell becomes null for the rest of the day and is considered to be 'in the graveyard'.
• Engaging: Once per turn, a character or creature may Engage an enemy and enter Locked Combat. If the creature or character targets another character, they may direct a controlled creature in close combat with the offending creature or character to intercept them, forcing them into Locked combat with the defending creature instead.
• Fleeing: The character skips the rest of his turn. This must be the first action taken in the phase. All pervasive effects end and all creatures are unsummoned. If the character takes less than 5 damage and is not engaged in combat by his next turn, he escape from combat. If the character has at least 2 Speed more than any other combatant, he may make an opposed Speed roll to escape immediately.
  

Combat: The attacking character or monster (the one whose turn it is) makes an attack roll (dice equal to Power) against the defender's Toughness (dice equal to Toughness), dealing excess damage to Life. The defender may then immediately make a counter-attack Power roll dealing damage in excess of the attacker's Toughness to its Life. (Creatures with First Strike function a little differently.) After combat, if the attacker survives, it is repelled and forced back by the defender -- knocked off guard, it needs to re-raise its defenses. (There is an exception if the creature has Vigilance.) Creatures' Toughness remains zero or the value it was reduced to until the end of the turn. Life lost remains the same unless the creature is Regenerated. If the attacker has Trample and caused enough damage to kill the defender, it may make an immediate move action to either engage another creature in locked combat or move into close combat with another target, or away to long range with a target.
End Phase: If the character has more spells held in Memory than half his Memory score (rounded up), he must forget spells until he no longer does. Any reduction to any character or creature's Power or Toughness is removed at this time. Effects that end at 'end of turn' end now.


6. Instant spells may be cast during any phase, even if it is not your own turn, provided there is enough Mana within the Mana Pool. To respond to a spell, a caster must make an opposed Speed roll equal to or greater than the controller of the targeted spell. (The exception is Split Second spells which can respond to any spell and cannot be responded to themselves.)

7. While characters can be affected by all spells that can target creatures, they are immune to "destroy" effects (as though they were indestructible) and "exile" effects as well as effects that grant control of a creature to another character.. They can only Lose or Win a battle. A player that has lost can no longer focus or channel and loses all spells in memory. They are left at the mercy of the victor and whether they live or not is up to them.

8. At end of combat, All summoned monsters are dispelled and all non-Aura Enchantments are removed. Counter of any type remain until removed by healing. Non-equipment artifacts are unsummoned at end of Combat.

Whenever a character attempts to perform an action with some uncertainty of success, a skill check is performed. When dice are referred to it is meant to indicate a standard six-sided die There is a skill for each two color combination.

Black+Blue - Subtlety and Deception
Black+Green - Resourcefulness and Survival
Black+Red - Intimidate and Overpowering
Black+White - Thievery and Appraisal
Blue+Green - Innovation and Understanding
Blue+Red - Creativity and Crafting
Blue+White - Diplomacy and Bargaining
Green+Red - Athletics and Animal Handling
Green+White - First Aid and Healing
Red+White - Inspiration and Leadership
As a benchmark for what the standard of reference to determine success might be, you can use the following:

Easy: 2-4
Average: 6-8
Hard: 10-12
Challenging:14-16
Incredible: 20-22
Legendary: 24+

To determine success, the character rolls a number of dice equal to the number of color identities they possess that match the skill and compare it to a standard. For example, if a character had a color identity of [WUBB] and want to try sneaking past a night watchman [Subtlety, Average] he would roll three dice [one for the U and two for the BB in his color identity] and need to roll above a 7 to succeed. Some situations may be appropriate for more than one skill. In this situation, the character should use whichever skill is their strongest. If a character has no colors in any relevant skill, the action may still be attempted, but the character has only a single die to make use of.

Enchantments are combat only and remain until end of Combat.
Enchantment Aura remain after combat. If you want them removed, you must either dispel them if their yours or have a healer remove them.
Equipment last until destroyed or unsummoned.
Equipment may be stored as a spell in your deck as a free spell, but requires spending mana to bring them back out.
Equipment you have equipped must be activated by paying their equip cost. Otherwise they act as a normal weapon or item.

The Colors of Magic are a core part of its unique design. Each color has it's own associations and functions. Here is a review of the role each plays in the Magic: the Gathering RPG. In addition to being used to describe the personality and the abilities of the character, Color Identity also grants bonuses to particular stats.

White: The color of order, equality, righteousness, healing, law, community, peace, absolutism/totalitarianism, and light, although not necessarily "good". White's strengths are a roster of small creatures that are strong collectively; protecting those creatures with enchantments; gaining life; preventing damage to creatures or players; imposing restrictions on players; reducing the capabilities of opposing creatures, and powerful spells that "equalize" the playing field by destroying all persistent effects of a given type. White creatures are known for their "Protection" from various other colors or even types of card, rendering them nearly impervious to harm from those things. Numerous white creatures also have "First Strike", "Lifelink", and "Vigilance". White's weaknesses include a focus on creatures, its unwillingness to simply kill creatures outright (instead hobbling them with restrictions that can be undone), and the fact that many of its most powerful spells affect all players equally—including the casting player.
White gives a bonus to Focus. White represents protection, valor, and restoration and sustains many effects at once.

Blue: The color of intellect, reason, illusion, logic, knowledge, manipulation, and trickery, as well as the classical elements of air and water. Blue's spells are best at letting a player draw additional spells to memory; permanently taking control of an opponent's persistent effects; returning persistent effects to their owner's memory; and countering spells, causing them to be discarded and the mana used to pay them wasted. Blue's creatures tend to be weaker than creatures of other colors, but commonly have abilities and traits which make them difficult to damage or block, particularly "Flying" and to a lesser extent "Shroud". Blue's weaknesses include having trouble permanently dealing with spells that have already been played, the reactive nature of most of its spells, and a small (and expensive) roster of creatures.
Blue gives a bonus to Memory. Blue represents intelligence, logic, and knowledge and knows many great secrets.

Black: The color of power, ambition, greed, death, corruption, selfishness, and amorality; it is not necessarily evil, though many of its cards refer directly and indirectly to this concept. Black spells are best at destroying creatures, forcing players to discard spells from their memory, making players lose life, and returning creatures from the dead. Furthermore, because Black seeks to win at all costs, it has limited access to many abilities or effects that are normally available only to one of the other colors; but these abilities often require large sacrifices of life totals, creatures, spells in memory, spells in the Library, and other difficult-to-replace resources. Black is known for having creatures with the ability "Intimidate", making them difficult to block. Lesser black abilities include "Deathtouch" and "Regeneration". Black's main weaknesses are an almost complete inability to deal with enchantments and artifacts, its tendency to hurt itself almost as badly as it hurts the opponent, and difficulties in removing other Black creatures.
Black gives a bonus to Mastery. Black represents greed, ambition, and power and draws forth strength at any price.

Red: The color of freedom, chaos, passion, creativity, impulse, fury, warfare, lightning, the classical element of fire, and the non-living geological aspects of the classical element earth. Red's strengths include destroying opposing mana source links or local terrain and artifacts, sacrificing permanent resources for temporary but great power, and playing spells that deal "direct damage" to creatures or players, usually via applications of fire. Red has a wide array of creatures, but with the exception of extremely powerful dragons, most are fast and weak, or with low toughness, rendering them easier to destroy. Some of Red's spells can turn against or hurt their owner in return for being more powerful for their cost. Red also shares the trickery theme with Blue and can temporarily steal opponents' creatures or divert spells, although generally not permanently. Many of Red's most famous creatures have the "Haste" trait, which lets them attack and use many abilities earlier. The ability to raise a creature's power temporarily is also common among Red's creatures. Red's weaknesses include its inability to destroy enchantments, the self-destructive nature of many of its spells, and the way in which it trades early-game speed at the cost of late-game staying power. Red also has the vast majority of spells that involve random chance.
Red gives a bonus to Speed. Red represents impulse, reaction, and aggression and gets in and out of trouble quickly.

Green: The color of life, instinct, nature, reality, evolution, ecology and interdependence. Green has a large number of creatures, which tend to be the largest in the game for their cost. Many of its spells make them stronger temporarily. It can also destroy "unnatural" artifacts and enchantments, increase a player's life total, get temporary extra mana sources into play, and produce the other four colors of mana. Green creatures often have "Trample", an ability which lets them deal attack damage to an opponent if blocked by a weaker creature. Green's weaknesses include its difficulty destroying creatures directly; a distinct shortage of flying creatures (though some of its creatures have "Reach", making them able to block flying creatures); and a lack of strategic options other than its signature large creatures.
Green gives a bonus to Channeling. Green represents growth, nature, and sustenance and provides an endless flow of life.

A Player's Library is the list of spells that they know and can ready before combat.
The Full card database is at your disposal.

You may start off with any spell, so long as it doesn't have the keywords Miracle, Clash, or Epic, is Legendary, is an artifact or is a Rare or Mythic Rare Spell. Those must be learned, earned, or bought.

Two sets are banned:
Unglued and Unhinged.

Core Keywords
Deathtouch: When this creature deals damage to another creature, combat or otherwise, that creature is destroyed. This does not affect planeswalkers.
Defender: This creature cannot attack, though it can still counter attack.
Double Strike: As First Strike but if they do not destroy the target on the first attack, they may make a second attack.
Enchant: This persistent effect enchants a target of the specified type granting its effect permanently.
Equip: Once this equipment's equip cost is paid it becomes attuned to the target and grants its effect.
First Strike: Speed Bonus when attacking in combat. The damage of a creature with First Strike resolves before a counter attack.
Flash: As long as the spell's owner has sufficient Mana, this spell can be played during any round, even those not their own.
Flying: A creature or player with flying cannot be intercepted by creatures without Flying or Reach. Does not function indoors.
Haste: This creature is unaffected by Summoning Sickness and can receive orders the turn it is summoned.
Intimidate: This creature can only be intercepted by creatures that share a color identity with it.
Landwalk: If the defender has Mana of the described color in their Mana pool the creature cannot be intercepted. Alternatively, if combat takes place in the described locale, the creature can not be intercepted.
Lifelink: The creature's controller receives life equal to the damage that this creature deals.
Protection: Protection grants the creature or player immunity to all targeted effects of and being intercepted by creatures of the color specified.
Reach: A creature with reach may intercept enemy creatures with flying.
Shroud: A creature or player with shroud cannot be targeted by spells or abilities. This does not prevent them from being effected by area of effect or global spells.
Trample: If something with Trample destroys a creature, that creature's controller will take damage equal to the amount dealt beyond what was required to kill the creature.
Vigilance: Speed Bonus when defending in combat. A creature can attack and still be on its guard during the enemy's round.

Other Keywords
Absorb: Whenever the creature or player takes damage it is reduced by the indicated amount.
Affinity: A creature with affinity costs 1 less Colorless Mana for each persistent effect of the specified type you control.
Amplify: A creature summoned with Amplify has it's Power and Toughness increased by the number of creatures in your Memory that share a type with it.
Annihilator: Damage to surroundings and chance to instantly destroy permanents or Mana in a character's Mana pool.
Aura Swap: By paying the cost, the controller may swap an Aura in Memory for the one on the field.
Battle Cry: When a creature with battle cry attacks, all other attacking creatures get +1/+0 until the end of the turn.
Bloodthirst: A creature with Bloodthirst X enters the battlefield with +X/+X if a character was damaged during the turn.
Bushido: When a creature with Bushido X blocks or becomes blocked, it gains +X/+X until the end of the turn.
Buyback: If the buyback cost was paid, the card returns to its owner's Memory upon resolving, instead of going to the graveyard.
Cascade: When a spell with cascade is cast, its controller may cast the first spell in his Library with Converted Mana Cost less than the cast spell without paying its Mana Cost.
Champion: A creature on the battlefield you control that meets the specifications of the spell is transformed into the champion the spell calls forth (the championed creature is held in exile temporarily). If the new creature dies, the old creature returns unharmed.
Changeling: A creature with Changeling counts as all creature types for the purposes of spell targets.
Cycling: For its cycling cost, this spell can be sent from your Memory to the graveyard and a new spell draw from the top of your Library to your Memory.
Dash: You may cast this spell for it's dash cost. If you do, it enters the battlefield with haste. At the end of the combat phase, return this creature to your memory.
Delve: Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for 1 Colorless Mana.
Echo: The controller must pay the creature's mana cost again the round after summoning it or sacrifice it.
Exalted: When a creature attacks alone, it receives +1/+1 until end of turn for each permanent with the exalted keyword its controller controls.
Exploit: When this creature enters the battlefield or joins combat, it's controller may sacrifices a creature.
Fading: As Vanishing.
Flanking: A creature without flanking gets a circumstantial -1/-1 penalty when blocking a creature with flanking. Does not function in narrow spaces.
Flashback: This spell can be reactivated after being used by paying the flashback cost. It is then exiled.
Hexproof: A creature or player cannot be targeted by enemy spells or abilities. This does not prevent them from being effected by area of effect or global spells.
Infect: As wither but also deals damage to players as poison points. A player with more poison points than half their base life dies (Rounded up). Poison points are removed at a rate of 1 per hour.
Madness: At the time a player would discard from his Memory a spell with madness, he or she may pay its madness cost and cast the spell instead.
MegamorphThis creature can be summoned as an amorphous blob of no discernible type or color with 2/2 power and toughness for 3 mana. For it's Morph cost, it can later be transformed into its true form with a +1/+1.
Morph: This creature can be summoned as an amorphous blob of no discernible type or color with 2/2 power and toughness for 3 mana. For it's Morph cost, it can later be transformed into its true form.
Persist: When a creature with persist is slain, it returns in a weakened state (-1/-1). If the creature is already weakened when it is killed, it does not return.
Poisonous: When attacking a player, they receive a number of poison points equal to the number indicated. A player with more poison points than half their base life dies (Rounded up). Poison points are removed at a rate of 1 per hour.
Provoke: This creature can force other creatures to intercept it as well as players.
Prowess: Whenever you cast a non-creatures spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Rebound: The rebound ability allows a player to cast an instant or sorcery spell more than once. When a spell with rebound is cast from a player's Memory, that player exiles it, and during his or her next upkeep may cast the spell again without paying its mana cost.
Shadow: This creature can only intercept and be intercepted by other creatures with shadow.
Split Second: This spell can be played in response to anything without an opposed Speed roll. It cannot be responded to.
Storm: When a player casts a spell with storm, he or she also casts a copy of that spell for each spell successfully cast before the storm spell this turn.
Suspend: Any time a player could cast a spell with suspend, he or she may instead pay its suspend cost to exile it with the number of time counters indicated on it. During each upkeep one is removed and when the last is removed it enters play.
Regeneration: At the beginning of each turn the creature or character's life increases by 5. This can never bring a life total over its default starting value.
Undying: When a creature with Undying is slain, it returns in a strengthened state (+1/+1). If the creature is already strengthened when it is killed, it does not return.
Vanishing: This creature dissipates after a specified number of rounds.
Wither: Deals permanent damage to both Power and Toughness, though may wear off after time (end of battle).

Keyword Actions
Counter: A countered spell is nullified. It does not resolve but is consumed for the day.
Exile: An exiled spell is removed from the battlefield. It cannot be targeted by graveyard effects.
Mana Production: Creatures add their Mana to their controller's Mana pool. This can exceed their maximum capacity in which case it is subject to mana burn.
Sacrifice: If an effect or a cost requires you to sacrifice a creature or permanent, you may sacrifice a summoned creature or a persistent effect to satisfy it. If an effect requires you to sacrifice a land you must strike off one of your Mana from your Mana Pool for the rest of the battle.
Tap or Untap: A tapped creature has exhausted its capabilities for the round. Not only can it take no further actions during its controller's turn, it cannot intercept an enemy creature until it's controller's next Channeling Phase. Characters and creatures can still cast spells and use abilities even while tapped. Untapping a tapped creature makes it able to act again immediately withought waiting for the next Channeling Phase.