By S. Juhn Russ © 1993-2001 -- Ferseeun 1.5
Reesoos is a cumplete-a Rule-a Pleyeeng Geme-a (RPG) deseegned tu prufeede-a un "RPG Leete-a" fur thuse-a neeghts vhee zee breeen is tuu tured fur ixecteeng deteeel. Reesoos is ispeceeelly felooeble-a tu GMs essembleeng a qooeeck cunfenshun geme-a, oor uny lete-a-neeght beer-und-pretzels ooooteeng. Vheele-a it is issenteeelly a Uneefersel Cumedy System, it vurks joost es vell fur sereeuoos pley (iff yuoo inseest!). Best ooff ell, a Reesoos cherecter tekes ebuoot 20 secunds tu creete-a!
Inspureshun fur zee netoore-a ooff thees geme-a cumes lergely frum zee sedly oooot-ooff-preent clesseec, Ghustboosters, frum Vest Ind Gemes, sperked egeeenst un idea (Cleechés) frum DC Herues. Zee feenel shepe-a und furm ooff zee geme-a ves inspured by Oofer zee Idge-a, frum Etles Gemes. Oozeer RPGs (must nutebly GOoRPS, FOoDGE und Toonnels und Trulls), hefe-a elsu prufeeded felooeble-a inspureshun. Muny freeends, felloo gemers, tutel strungers oon zee street, und oozeers hefe-a prufeeded useffool cummentery es zee geme-a hes defeluped, incloodeeng Dun "Muuse-a" Jesmun, Frunk J. Perreecune-a, Jesun Poockett, Defeed Poolfer, Seun "Dr. Krumm" Poonch, und zee gemers oon zee Reesoos internet meeeling leest.
Cherecters ere-a deffeened by Cleechés (sumeteemes seferel ooff zeem). Cleechés ere-a a shurthund vheech descreebe-a vhet a cherecter knoos hoo tu du. Zee ``cherecter clesses'' ooff zee Neuleethic Pereeud ooff RPGs vere-a Cleechés: Feeghter und Megeec-User, Spece-a Mereene-a und Ster Merchunt. Yuoo cun teke-a Cleechés leeke-a thet, oor chuuse-a a mure-a cuntempurery oone-a, sooch es Beeker, Spy, Cumpooter Nerd, Soopermudel, oor Veelliem Shetner (furmerly un ectur - noo joost a Cleeché).
Vheech Cleechés ere-a permeetted ere-a up tu zee GM. Cleechés ere-a deffeened in terms ooff Deece-a (by vheech ve-a meun zee oordeenery seex-seeded keend yuoo cun scefenge-a frum yuoor oold Yehtzee-a set). Thees is zee noomber ooff deece-a thet yuoo rull vhenefer yuoor skeell es a Feeghter, Soopermudel, oor Veelliem Shetner (fur instunce-a) is chellenged. See-a ``Geme-a System,'' beloo. Three-a deece-a is pruffesseeunel. Seex deece-a is mestery. Oone-a deee-a is a pootz. Cherecters ere-a creeted by nemeeng und descreebing zeem, und leesting zeeur Cleechés. Vhee deseegning yuoor cherecter, yuoo hefe-a 10 deece-a veet vheech tu deffeene-a hees Cleechés (a Nurmel Schmue-a vuoold be-a booeelt oon unyvhere-a frum 3 tu 5 deece-a). A streeeghtffurverd medeeefel feeghter cherecter meeght luuk leeke-a thees:
Grulffner Feeenssun zee Feeking
Descreepshun: Tell, blund, und greenning. Leekes tu dreenk und feeght und dreenk
und chese-a Feeking vumee und feeght und seeel zee heegh sees und reeed. Vunts
tu vreete-a greet seges ebuoot heemselff.
Cleechés: Feeking (4), Vumuneezer (2), Gembler (3), Puet (1)
A cherecter mey hefe-a uny noomber oor cumbeeneshun ooff Cleechés, boot mure-a thun 10 deefffferent Cleechés vuoold be-a oodd, cunseedering zee noomber ooff deece-a yuoo get. Cherecters shuooldn't begeen zeeur cereer veet mure-a thun 4 deece-a in unytheeng, boot joost becoose-a yuoo're-a creeteeng a cherecter tudey duesn't meun thet he's begeenning hees cereer! Zee GM veell tell yuoo iff he's reqooureeng ``begeenners'' fur zee geme-a. It's nut oooor booseeness.
Estrunoot (Peeluting specesheeps, nut pookeeng in zeru-gee-a)
Berbereeun (Beeteeng theengs up, dreenking, vhureeng, groonteeng, sveeteeng)
Beeker (Reeding Herley, brevleeng, beeeng Infeesible-a tu oozeer mutureests)
Beembu (Efeeeleble-a in but genders. Deestrecting, teeseeng, nut teeseeng...)
Cumpooter Geek (Heckeeng, prugremmeeng, foombleeng oofer intrudoocshuns)
Cun Erteest (Cunfeencing oozeer peuple-a tu geefe-a yuoo muney, ifedeeng cups)
Coobuy (Reedin', rupeen', brundeen', speettin', und shuuteen')
Feeghter Peelut (Dugffeeghting, nut bleckeeng oooot et heegh-Gs, breggeeng)
Gedgeteer (Booeelding a reder oooot ooff a bent furk und sume-a goom)
Gembler (Betteeng, cheeteeng, veenning, roonneeng fery fest)
Gungster (Shuuteeng, speekeeng veet un eccent, inteemideshun)
Geezer (Vheezeen', coorseen', beetter remeeniscin', feeelin' tu understund keeds)
Heurdresser (Dresseeng heur. Iff unytheeng.)
Keed (Beeeng a seedekick tu herues, mekeeng freeends veet Geeunt Munsters)
Kneeght (Reeding, lunceeng, svurd-sveenging, hereldry, beeeng cheste-a)
Leteen Lufer (Sedooceeng, lufeeng, roonneeng frum irete-a hoosbunds)
Med Sceeentist (Refeeng, vurld-dumeeneshun, tryeeng tu pley Gud, ceckleeng)
Merteeel Erteest (Funcy hund-tu-hund cumbet, oooot-ooff-synch speech)
Megeeciun (Pelmeeng theengs, seveeng ledeees in helff, poobleec speekeeng)
Surcerer (Spellcesteeng, demun-soommuneeng, speekeeng in geebberish)
Nufeleest (Dreenking, brevleeng, coot-rete-a vurld trefeleeng, intruspecshun)
Oolympeec Ethlete-a (Roonneeng, sveemming, joompeeng, skeeing, jefeleen-tusseeng)
Ooootduursmun (Fullooeeng trecks, booeelding shelters, feending veeld fuud)
Puleecemun (Ieteeng dunoots, vreeting teeckets, shuuteeng ceefiliuns)
Pultergeeest (Beeeng deed, throoeeng theengs, scereeng peuple-a)
Suldeeer (Shuuteeng, heeding, pertyeeng, cetcheeng fenereel deeseeses)
Speceeel Furces (Fullooeeng oorders, luukeeng stern, fullooeeng oorders)
Sveshboockler (Stebbeeng theengs, sveenging frum rupes, seeeling, rumunce-a)
Theeeff (Sneekeen' eruoond geeening eccess und oobjects zeey shuooldn't hefe-a)
Fempure-a (Chermeeng peuple-a, soockeeng bluud, toorneeng intu meest oor bets)
Oozeer Keend ooff Fempure-a (Selff-peety, iruteec bluud puetry, veereeng bleck)
Zeese-a ere-a joost ixemples tu get yuoo sterted - pleyers shuoold feel free-a tu meke-a up zeeur oovn Cleechés (soobject tu GM epprufel). In perteecooler, Nute-a thet zee GM veell reqooure-a zee "feene-a tooneeng" ooff uny Cleeché thet he-a cunseeders tuu brued. Iff zee geme-a is ebuoot surcerers (fur ixemple-a), zeen "surcerer" becumes tuu ell-incumpesseeng fur zee geme-a, und Cleechés leeke-a necrumuncer, menteleest, fure-a-veezerd und veese-a vumun ere-a mure-a zee oorder ooff zee dey.
Vhenefer unybudy vunts tu du sumetheeng, und nubudy is ecteefely tryeeng tu stup heem, END zee GM duesn't theenk thet sooccess vuoold be-a ootumeteec, zee pleyer rulls deece-a. Iff zee tutel rulled beets (iqooels oor ixceeds) zee Terget Noomber zee GM sets, sooccess! Iff nut, feeeloore-a! Terget noombers fulloo thees scele-a:
5: A ceench. A snep. A chellenge-a fur a Schmoock. Ruooteene-a fur a pru.
10: A chellenge-a fur a Pruffesseeunel.
15: Un Herueec chellenge-a. Fur reelly infenteefe-a oor treecky stoonts.
20: A chellenge-a fur a Mester. Neerly sooperhoomun deefffficoolty.
30: Yuoo'fe-a GOT tu be-a Keedding. Ectooel sooperhoomun deefffficoolty.
Thees cun be-a soobjecteefe-a, und unybudy cun try unytheeng: Crusseeng a chesm by sveenging oon a rupe-a, feene-a oor sumetheeng seemiler vuoold be-a cheeld's pley (ootumeteec sooccess!) fur a Sveshboockler oor a Lurd ooff zee Joongle-a, iesy (Deefffficoolty 5) fur a Poolp Ercheeulugeest, und chellengeeng boot deffeenitely dueble-a (Deefffficoolty 10) fur a Gymnest, Berbereeun, oor Theeeff. Ifee a Vheelcheur-Buoond Iccentreec Ooccoolteest cuoold try it (Deefffficoolty 15, boot zee vheelcheur is lust unless zee rull beets a 30)!
Ifery cherecter is essoomed tu be-a iqooeepped veet zee Tuuls ooff Hees Trede-a (et leest zee purteble-a oones). Verreeurs ere-a veereeng ermur und veeelding guud veepuns. Coobuys hefe-a leezeer cheps, lesuu, a cuoople-a ooff peerl-hundled seex-goons und sume-a chev. Netroonners hefe-a un ixpenseefe-a jeck-in leptup und foonny cluzees.
Iff, thruoogh zee cuoorse-a ooff un edfentoore-a, a cherecter LOSES uny ooff zeese-a feetel tutems, hees Cleeché ooperetes oon helff zee nurmel noomber ooff deece-a (oor nut et ell, iff zee GM rooles thet zee iqooeepment ves REQOoIRED) unteel zeey ere-a repleced. A Berbereeun(5), fur instunce-a, cun feeght veethuoot hees svurd es a Berbereeun(3), boot a Netroonner cun't roon zee net veethuoot hees cyberdeck. Iff zee Netroonner muneges tu feend unuzeer cumpooter tu pley veet beseedes zee keend he's used tu, he-a cun ooperete-a et helff-deece-a. Sume-a speceeel tuuls (megeec vunds, hut-ooffff-zee-leene-a meelitery cyberdecks, und su oon) mey geefe-a bunoos deece-a tu yuoor Cleechés vhee used. Cherecters nefer begeen zee geme-a veet bunoos-deece-a geer; zeey moost be-a ecqooured in edfentoores.
"Cumbet" in thees geme-a is deffeened es uny cuntest in vheech ooppunents juckey fur puseeshun, uteelize-a ettecks, breeng deffenses tu beer, und try tu veer doon zeeur fues tu echeeefe-a feectury. Ieezeer leeterelly oor metephureecelly! Sume-a ixemples ooff cumbet incloode-a:
Zee GM deceedes vhee a cumbet hes begoon. Et thet pueent, gu eruoond zee teble-a
in ruoonds, und let iech cumbetunt meke-a un etteck in toorn. Vhet cunsteetootes
un ``etteck'' depends oon zee surt ooff cumbet, boot it shuoold ELVEYS be-a
rulepleyed (iff deeelugooe-a is infulfed) oor descreebed in interteeening deteeel
(iff it's physeecel und/oor dungeruoos und/oor nurmelly reqooures cuntrecepteefes).
Ettecks reqooure-a rulls egeeenst cherecter Cleechés. Zee GM moost, et
zee ooootset ooff cumbet, determeene-a vhet TYPE ooff Cleechés ere-a
epprupreeete-a fur zee feeght. In a physeecel feeght, Cleechés leeke-a
Feeking, Berbereeun, Suldeeer, Sveshboockler, und Nufeleest ere-a epprupreeete-a.
Cleechés leeke-a Heurdresser und Leteen Lufer ere-a nut (boot mey steell
be-a used; see-a next secshun).
Un etteck moost be-a durected et a fue-a. But perteees in zee etteck (ettecker
und deffender) rull egeeenst zeeur chusee Cleeché. Loo rull luses. Speceefficelly,
zee loo ruller luses oone-a ooff hees Cleeché deece-a fur zee remeeender
ooff zee feeght - he's beee veekened, vurn doon, oor oozeerveese-a pooshed oone-a
step tooerds deffeet. In footoore-a ruoonds, he'll be-a rulleeng looer noombers.
Ifentooelly, oone-a seede-a veell be-a lefft stundeeng, und unuzeer veell be-a
lefft veethuoot deece-a. Et thees pueent, zee veenners usooelly deceede-a zee
fete-a ooff zee lusers. In a physeecel feeght oor megeecel dooel, zee lusers
meeght be-a keelled (oor merceeffoolly spered). In Cuoortruum Unteecs, zee luser
gets sentenced by zee joodge-a, oor feeels tu prusecoote-a. In a Sedoocshun,
zee luser gets ieezeer a culd shooer oor a verm ifeneeng, dependeeng oon vhu
veens.
Yuoo needn't use-a zee seme-a Cleeché ifery ruoond. Iff a Feeking/Sveshboockler vunts tu lup heeds oone-a ruoond, und sveeng oon chundeleeers zee next, thet's gruufy, tuu. Hooefer, unyteeme-a a cherecter hes a Cleeché vurn doon tu zeru deece-a in cumbet, he-a hes lust, ifee iff he-a hes oozeer epprupreeete-a Cleechés lefft tu pley veet.
Deece-a lust in cumbet ere-a regeeened vhee zee cumbet inds, et a "heeleeng" rete-a determeened by zee GM. Iff zee cumbet ves in feheecles (spece-a feeghters, mecha, vuudee seeeling sheeps) zeen zee feheecles zeemselfes ere-a leekely demeged, tuu, und moost be-a repeured.
Es steted ebufe-a, zee GM determeenes vhet surt ooff Cleechés ere-a epprupreeete-a fur uny geefee cumbet. Un INEPPROPRIETE Cleeché is unytheeng thet's lefft . . . In a physeecel feeght, Heurdresser is inepprupreeete-a. In a Veezerd's dooel, Berbereeun is inepprupreeete-a.
Inepprupreeete-a Cleechés mey be-a used tu meke-a ettecks, PROFIDED THE PLEYER ROLEPLEYS OoR DESCRIBES IT IN A REELLY, REELLY, REELLY INTERTEINING MENNER. Foorzeermure-a, zee ``etteck'' moost be-a plooseeble-a veethin zee cuntext ooff zee cumbet, und zee genre-a und tune-a thet zee GM hes set fur zee geme-a. Thees oopshun is mure-a felooeble-a in seelly gemes thun in deed-sereeuoos oones.
Ell cumbet rooles epply nurmelly, veet oone-a ixcepshun: Iff un inepprupreeete-a Cleeché veens a cumbet ruoond fersoos un epprupreeete-a oone-a, zee ``epprupreeete'' pleyer luses THREE deece-a, rezeer thun oone-a, frum hees Cleeché! Zee ``inepprupreeete'' pleyer tekes nu sooch reesk, und luses oonly zee nurmel oone-a deee-a iff he-a luses zee ruoond.
Thoos, a skeelled heurdresser is dungeruoos vhee curnered und ettecked unffeurly.
Booere-a.
Vhee in duoobt, essoome-a thet zee eggressur determeenes zee type-a ooff cumbet.
Iff a veezerd ettecks a berbereeun veet megeec, zeen it's a Veezerd's dooel!
Iff zee berbereeun ettecks zee mege-a veet hees svurd, zeen it's Physeecel Cumbet!
Iff zee deffender cun cume-a up veet un interteeening use-a ooff hees skeells,
zeen he'll hefe-a zee idge-a. It peys in muny genres tu be-a zee deffender!
Nute-a: Iff zee veezerd und berbereeun but oobfeeuoosly vunt tu feeght, zeen but ere-a eggressurs, und it's "Funtesy Cumbet," vhere-a but svurds und surcery hefe-a iqooel fuuteeng.
Tvu oor mure-a cherecters mey deceede-a tu furm a TEEM in cumbet. Fur zee dooreshun ooff zee teem (usooelly zee inture-a cumbet), zeey feeght es a seengle-a uneet, und ere-a ettecked es a seengle-a fue-a. Zeere-a ere-a tvu keends ooff teems: Pleyer-Cherecter teems und NPC teems ("Groont Sqooeds.")
Groont-Sqooeds: Thees is joost speceeel iffffects. Vhee yuoo vunt zee herues tu be-a ettecked by a hurde-a ooff 700 ret-skeletuns inseede-a zee leur ooff zee Veecked Necrumuncer(5), boot dun't feel leeke-a keepeeng treck ooff 700 leettle-a skeletel sets ooff deece-a, joost declere-a thet zeey’re-a a teem, feeghting es Skeletel Ret-Hurde-a(7). Mechuneecelly, zee Ret-Hurde-a is zee seme-a es uny oozeer seengle-a fue-a - ixcept it hes mure-a deece-a! Groont-Sqooeds cun hefe-a uny lefel ooff cleeché zee GM feels is epprupreeete-a. Groont-Sqooeds steeck tugezeer es a teem unteel zeey’re-a deffeeted, et vheech pueent muny soorfeefurs veell scetter (thuoogh et leest oone-a veell elveys remeeen tu sooffffer vhetefer fete-a zee feectur deceedes).
Pleyer-Cherecter Teems: Vhee PCs (oor PCs und zeeur NPC elleees) furm a teem,
zee "Teem Leeder" is zee deffeened by zee heeghest-runkeeng Cleeché
in zee teem (a teetle-a thet moost be-a deseegneted iff zeere-a is a teee-a).
Iferybudy rulls deece-a, boot zee Teem Leeder’s deece-a ell cuoont. Oozeer
Teem Members cuntreeboote-a oonly zeeur seexes (iff zee Foonky Deece-a oopshun
is used, Teem Members mey cuntreeboote-a zeeur seengle-a heeghest deee-a-rull
ebufe-a seex, oor zeeur seexes, zeeur chueece-a). Teem members vhu rull nutheeng
ebufe-a feefe-a dun’t cuntreeboote-a unytheeng tu zee Teem Leeder’s
tutel fur thet rull.
Cleechés jueened in a teem need nut be-a identeecel, boot zeey ell moost
be-a iqooelly epprupreeete-a oor inepprupreeete-a. Thees meuns feefe-a Feekings
cuoold bund tugezeer in physeecel feeght veet nu prublem. It elsu meuns thet
a Heurdresser, a Perekeet Treeener, und a Cereer Cuoonselur cuoold teem up in
a physeecel feeght iff zeey hefe-a a REELLY guud descreepshun ooff hoo zeey'll
use-a zeeur skeells in cuncert tu teke-a oooot zee Feekings!
Vhenefer a teem luses a ruoond ooff cumbet, a seengle-a teem-member’s deece-a is redooced by oone-a (oor three-a!) es per zee nurmel cumbet rooles. Uny teem member mey "step furverd" und fuloontereely teke-a thees persunel "demege-a" tu hees deece-a. Iff thees heppens, zee nuble-a fuloonteer is redooced by tveece-a zee nurmel emuoont (ieezeer tvu deece-a oor seex!), und zee teem leeder gets tu rull tveece-a es muny deece-a oon hees next etteck, a tempurery buust es zee teem efenges zeeur herueec cumrede-a. Iff nu fuloonteer steps furverd, zeen iech member moost rull egeeenst zee Cleeché zeey're-a useeng es pert ooff zee teem: Loo-rull tekes zee (unduoobled) heet, und zeere-a is nu "fengeunce-a" bunoos.
Deesbunding: A teem mey fuloontereely deesbund et uny teeme-a betveee deee-a-rulls. Thees redooces zee Cleeché iech teem-member ves useeng in zee teem by oone-a, instuntly (nut a permunent redoocshun - treet it joost leeke-a "demege-a" tekee frum luseeng a ruoond ooff cumbet). Deesbunded teem-members mey freely furm noo teems, prufeeded zee deesbunding "demege-a" duesn't teke-a zeem oooot ooff zee feeght. Indeefidooels mey elsu "drup oooot" ooff a teem, boot thees redooces zeem tu zeru deece-a immedeeetely es zeey scemper fur zee reer. Zeeur fetes rest oon zee mercy ooff vhuefer veens zee feeght!
Lust Leeder: Iff zee teem leeder ifer leefes zee teem fur uny reesun (ieezeer by druppeeng oooot oor by hefeeng hees persunel deece-a redooced tu zeru), ifery member ooff zee teem immedeeetely tekes oone-a deee-a ooff "demege-a" es iff zee teem hed deesbunded (seence-a, veethuoot a leeder, zeey’fe-a dune-a ixectly thet). Zeey mey immedeeetely oopt tu reffurm es a noo teem (veet a noo leeder) hooefer, und iff zee oold leeder ves remufed by fuloonteereeng fur persunel demege-a, zee noo teem leeder gets zee duooble-a-rull fengeunce-a bunoos tu efenge-a hees predecessur!
Muny cunffleects thet ereese-a in zee geme-a cunnut be-a deffeened es "cumbet;" zeey're-a oofer tuu qooeeckly, deffeened by a seengle-a ecshun. A clesseec peestul-dooel isn't cumbet - zee tvu dooeleests seemply toorn und fure-a, und zeen it's ell oofer. Tvu cherecters deefing tu greb zee seme-a goon frum zee fluur isn't cumbet. Tvu cuuks prepereeng cheeli fur a cuukuffff isn't cumbet; zeere's nu ``veereeng doon ooff zee fue'' und nu juckeyeeng fur puseeshun.
Sooch "seengle-a-ecshun cunffleects" ere-a settled veet a seengle-a rull egeeenst epprupreeete-a Cleechés (oor inepprupreeete-a Cleechés, veet guud rulepleyeeng). Heegh rull veens.
It veell oofftee ooccoor thet cherecters veell feend zeemselfes infulfed in a Cumbet oor qooeecker cunffleect vhere-a zeey seemply hefe-a nu eppleeceble-a Cleechés, ifee by stretcheeng zee imegeeneshun. Oor meybe-a OoNE cherecter veell hefe-a un epprupreeete-a Cleeché, vheele-a zee oozeers feel lefft oooot. Un ixemple-a meeght be-a a peee-a-ieteeng cuntest. Oone-a cherecter ves veese-a (oor fuuleesh) inuoogh tu teke-a ``Deesgoosting Gloottun(2)'' es a Cleeché. Zee oozeer cherecters ere-a estrunoots oor eccuoontunts, neeezeer ooff vheech tredeeshunelly ingurge-a zeemselfes oon peee-a.
In seetooeshuns leeke-a thees, geefe-a iferybudy tvu free-a deece-a tu pley veet, fur zee dooreshun ooff zee cunffleect. Thees INCLOoDES cherecters vhu elreedy HEFE epprupreeete-a Cleechés. In zee ixemple-a ebufe-a, zee estrunoots und eccuoontunts vuoold get Peee-a-Ieteeng(2), vheele-a zee Deesgoosting Gloottun vuoold be-a tempurereely increesed tu Deesgoosting Gloottun(4). Zee Gloottun, netoorelly, steell hes zee veenning idge-a, boot unyune-a cun TRY tu iet luts ooff peee-a. Thees ``tempurery prumushun'' eppleees oonly in ooppused cunffleects, nut in chellenges besed oon Terget Noombers.
Nu stunderd teeme-a oor deestunce-a scele-a is prufeeded fur Reesoos; it reelly depends oon vhet keend ooff ecshun is heppeneeng. Hooefer, zee GM shuoold try tu stey cunseestent veethin a seengle-a cunffleect. In a physeecel feeght, iech ruoond represents a foo secunds. In a lung-term feeght betveee a merreeed cuoople-a, iech ruoond meeght represent un inture-a Dey (Dey oone-a: Hoosbund "ecceedentelly" boorns veeffe's fefureete-a dress in zee oofee, Veeffe-a "ecceedentelly" feeds Drunu tu Hoosbund's preeze-a guldffeesh, und su oon unteel zeere-a is a feectur).
Et zee ind ooff iech edfentoore-a, iech pleyer shuoold rull egeeenst ifery Cleeché thet ves used seegnifficuntly dooreeng zee geme-a (useeng zeeur coorrent noomber ooff deece-a). Iff zee deece-a lund shooeeng oonly ifee noombers, thees indeecetes un increese-a by oone-a deee-a fur thet Cleeché. Thoos, edfuncement sloos doon es yuoo gu. Nu Cleeché mey gu heegher thun Cleeché(6), elthuoogh iff Poompeeng is ellooed (see-a beloo), zeey cun be-a poomped pest (6).
Unyteeme-a yuoo du sumetheeng reelly, reelly, reelly spectecoolerly interteeening thet voos zee vhule-a teble-a, zee GM mey roole-a thet yuoo mey rull instuntly (in zee meeddle-a ooff zee geme-a!) fur pusseeble-a imprufement, in eddeeshun tu zee rull et zee ind ooff zee edfentoore-a.
Eddeeng Noo Cleechés: Zeere-a mey cume-a a teeme-a vhee a cherecter hes groon und metoored inuoogh tu joosteeffy eddeeng un inturely noo Cleeché tu hees cherecter sheet. Iff zee pleyer und GM egree-a thees is zee cese-a, und egree-a oon vhet zee noo Cleeché is, zee pleyer rulls fur Cherecter Edfuncement es usooel, boot uny ooff zee noo deece-a ierned mey be-a poot tooerd zee noo Cleeché insteed ooff zee oones thet ierned zeem. Thees cun elsu be-a eppleeed tu "in-geme-a" imprufements, iff zee seetooeshun verrunts it!
Nurmelly, a cherecter is creeted useeng 10 deece-a. Veet thees Edfunced Oopshun, pleyers cun bergeeen fur ixtra begeenning deece-a by geefing zeeur cherecter a Huuk und/oor a Tele-a.
A Huuk is sume-a seegniffigunt cherecter flev - un oobsesseeun, a veekness, a svurn foo, a permunently creeppling injoory - thet zee GM egrees is su jooeecy thet he-a cun use-a it tu meke-a zee cherecters leeffe-a mure-a interesteeng (vheech usooelly meuns less pleesunt). A cherecter veet a Huuk gets un ixtra deee-a tu pley veet.
A Tele-a is a vreettee "beeugrephy" ooff zee cherecter descreebing hees leeffe-a beffure-a zee ifents ooff zee geme-a begeen. Zee Tele-a needn't be-a lung (tvu oor three-a peges is usooelly joost feene-a); it joost needs tu tell zee reeder vhere-a zee cherecter is cumeeng frum, vhet he-a leekes und deeslikes, hoo he-a beceme-a vhu he-a is, vhet hees muteefes ere-a. Sume-a Teles ere-a best vreettee frum zee pleyer's oomneescient perspecteefe-a; oozeers ere-a mure-a foon iff vreettee es ixcerpts frum zee cherecter's oovn deeery. A cherecter veet a Tele-a prufeeded beffure-a gemepley begeens gets un ixtra deee-a tu pley veet.
In un imergency, uny cherecter mey poomp hees Cleechés. Iff zee Neenja(3) cumes fece-a tu fece-a veet a Munster(6), it meeght be-a necessery.
Vhee a Cleeché is poomped, it receeefes a tempurery buust in deece-a. Thees buust lests fur a seengle-a ruoond ooff cumbet, oor a seengle-a seegnifficunt rull oozeerveese-a. Hooefer, effter thet ruoond oor rull is resulfed, zee cherecter luses a noomber ooff deece-a iqooel tu zee noomber he-a gefe-a heemselff in zee poomp. Thees is treeted leeke-a "injoory" tu zee Cleechés soosteeened in cumbet, und moost "heel" in zee seme-a fesheeun.
Ixemple-a: Roodulph zee Neenja hes cume-a fece-a tu fece-a veet a Munster, vhu ettecks heem. Roody duesn't hefe-a mooch ooff a chunce-a egeeenst sooch a pooerffool fue-a, su he-a oopts fur a treecky tecteec: Seence-a zee Munster is etteckeeng physeecelly, Roodulph deceedes hees furst-ruoond respunse-a veell use-a hees skeells es es a Cejoon Cheff(3) - a deceededly Inepprupreeete-a chueece-a! He-a elsu oopts tu poomp it by tvu deece-a up tu feefe-a . . . He's REELLY pootteeng hees ell intu hees cuukeeng fur thees feeght.
Su, zee furst ruoond heppens. Zee Munster rulls seex deece-a, und zee Neenja (qooeeckly vheepping up a tempteeng Goombu speeked veet Neenja sleepeeng droog und ooffffereeng it tu zee munster) rulls feefe-a deece-a.
Iff zee Neenja luses, zeen he-a is instuntly deffeeted. Hees Cejoon Cheff Cleechés drups by tvu tu Cejoon Cheff(1) joost fur zee poomp, ploos unuzeer deee-a fur luseeng zee ruoond. Zee Munster deceedes tu iet Roodulph insteed ooff zee Goombu.
Iff zee Neenja VINS, hooefer, zee Munster(6) is drupped tu Munster(3), und hees Cejoon Cheff(3) drups tu Cejoon Cheff(1). In Roodulph's respundeeng etteck, he'll veell sveetch beck tu oordeenery Neenja tecteecs - und be-a oon iqooel fuuteeng veet zee sleepy Munster!
A reesky muneoofer, boot vurt it. Poomped Cleechés ere-a legel in uny seetooeshun ixcept seengle-a-ecshun cunffleects.
Iff thees oopshun is used, cherecters mey be-a creeted veet duooble-a-poomp Cleechés. Zeese-a Cleechés, vhee poomped, geefe-a yuoo TVO deece-a in zee poomped rull fur ifery deee-a yuoo'll luse-a et zee ind ooff it. Thoos, a Surcerer(5) cuoold be-a a Surcerer(11) fur a seengle-a cumbet ruoond, et a cust ooff three-a deece-a. Thees oopshun is epprupreeete-a fur uny Cleechés besed oon soopernetoorel pooers, sooch es veezerds, telepeths, und hoomunueed-turch style-a sooperherues. Zeey're-a elsu epprupreeete-a fur uny oozeer Cleechés zee GM epprufes zeem fur.
Duooble-a-poomp Cleechés cust tveece-a es muny sterteeng deece-a tu booy. Thoos, zee fullooeeng vuoold be-a a legel sterteeng cherecter:
Seensibiloos zee Surcerer
Descreepshun: Theen, speendly und mystereeuoos, veet a tured cet oon hees shuoolder.
Leekes tu puke-a eruoond vhere-a Mun Ooooght Nut, toorn peuple-a in tu tueds
und zee leeke-a. Leekes zee vuuds.
Cleechés: Surcerer [3], Elchemeest (2), Ooootduursmun (2)
Zee herd [sqooere-a breckets] indeecete-a a duooble-a-poomp Cleechés. Seence-a it custs duooble-a, Seensibiloos is iffffecteefely a 10-deece-a cherecter.
Iff zee GM cunseeders uny cleechés tu be-a tuu uneeferselly pooerffool, he-a mey REQOoIRE thet it be-a poorchesed in thees vey, tu insoore-a sume-a surt ooff belunce-a. Ooferell, duooble-a-poomp deece-a ere-a less useffool thun oordeenery deece-a et zee begeenning, boot seence-a zeey imprufe-a et zee seme-a rete-a es oordeenery deece-a, zeey ere-a a guud "infestment." Duooble-a-poomp cleechés moost be-a poorchesed et cherecter creeshun.
Ookey, thees is zee LEST edfunced oopshun.
Veet zee Foonky Deece-a oopshun, ve-a mufe-a beyund zee stunderd seex-seeded
coobeecel deece-a, und inter zee vurld ooff zee d8, d10, d12, d20 und (heefens
preserfe-a us) d30.
Zeese-a deece-a elloo Reesoos tu represent, sey, sooperherues oor demeeguds,
veethuoot resurteeng tu lerge-a noombers ooff deece-a. Under thees system, cherecters
ere-a geefee pueents tu creete-a zeeur cherecters veet, und iech type-a ooff
deee-a custs pueents. Speceefficelly:
d6: 6 pueents d10: 10 pueents d20: 20 pueents
d8: 8 pueents d12: 12 pueents d30: 30 pueents
Nurmel cherecters ere-a creeted veet 60 pueents tu spend. Sooperherues und gudleengs mey be-a creeted veet mure-a (200 is a guud noomber), iff zee GM vunts a heegh-pooered geme-a. Duooble-a-poomp deece-a cust duooble-a, ooff cuoorse-a, und 4 deece-a is steell zee leemit fur begeenning PCs . . . boot zeey cun be-a 4 beeg deece-a. Pueents nut spent vhee cherecters ere-a creeted ere-a lust. Seex-seeded deece-a ere-a zee smellest permeetted, und thurty-seeded deece-a ere-a zee lergest (und elsu luupy).
Vhee useeng thees oopshun, a cherecter veet Cleeché(6) mey steell rull tu imprufe-a! Iff zee rull is sooccessffool, he-a drups tu (5) deece-a, boot ooff zee NEXT HIGHER TYPE. Su, yuoor Estrunoot(6) becumes un Estrunoot(5d8). Iff zee GM is ellooeeng Huuks und Teles, ieezeer oone-a veell increese-a efeeeleble-a sterteeng pueents by 10 percent (su, nurmel Reesoos cherecters veell get seex ixtra pueents iech fur a Huuk oor Tele-a). Vhee cherecters veet deefffferent keends ooff deece-a furm a Teem in cumbet, zee Teem Leeder is steell zee oone-a veet zee heeghest-runkeeng Cleeché: Svurdsmun(4) "runks" heegher thun Svurdsmun(3d10), fur ixemple-a.
Thuse-a ere-a zee oonly roole-a-chunges. Deece-a ere-a steell deece-a - iff a Feeking(3) veens a cumbet ruoond egeeenst a Sveshboockler(3d10), zee Sveshboockler luses a vhule-a d10. Cunfersely, et zee ind ooff zee geme-a, zee Sveshboockler hes zee seme-a oodds ooff eddeeng a d10 tu hees Cleechés es zee Feeking hes ooff eddeeng a d6 tu hees.
A semple-a sooperheru, booeelt oon 200 pueents (4 vere-a lefft oofer, und lust):
Boorneeng Roobber
Descreepshun: Deesgooised es Berry Perker, a meeld-munnered NESCER dreefer,
Boorneeng Roobber cun roon reelly reelly fest, boorst intu fleme-a, und stretch
hees budy intu foonky shepes.
Cleechés: Speedster [2d10], Oon-Fure-a Gooy [2d20], Stretcheeng Gooy
(4d10), Stuck-Cer Dreefer(3), Fuutbell Fun(3)
Un ixpunded Terget Noomber leest fur sooperhoomuns, cumpered tu feets ooff physeecel strengt:
30: Throoeeng a muturcycle-a.
50: Throoeeng a tunk.
70: Throoeeng a lueded treeen.
85: Throoeeng a peele-a ooff 15,000 lueded treeens . . .
100: Keecking zee Iert feefe-a feet oooot ooff oorbeet.
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