Further, each die that rolled a 1 is called an opportunity. Any die that rolls a 1 is set aside and cannot be included in a character's total or used forĪ character's effect. Up to two dice are chosen and added together to determine the character's total,Īnd a third die is selected as the character's effect (which will be applied if the character's roll is successful). Once a dice pool is formed all of the dice in the pool are rolled together, SFX and Plot Points spending allows a character to situationally include more dice in a given dice pool.

Up to one of your target's Stress or Complication dice.

Up to one Ability trait die from each of your Ability Sets.

Up to one (1) relevant trait die from each of that character's trait sets and collecting them together.Īdditionally, it is sometimes possible to include other dice such as any relevant Complications or Stress a target is suffering from, or relevant Scene Distinctions. When a character needs to make a roll for an action or reaction, their dice pool is formed by selecting However, it is also permitted to make up arbitrary traits such as 'Sleuthing: d6' or 'Rocketeering: d8', as long as a common understanding of what the trait can be used for is reached and the GM agrees to allow it.įull character write ups are essentially a collection of sets of traits Distinctions are a set of traits, Aptitudes are a set of traits, each Ability Set is a set of traits.even Tier or an Asset is a 'set of traits' that only has one trait in it. Some traits, such as Running or Ranged, are standardized, have a formal definition of what they mean and can be used for, and are fully integrated with the game system.

When looking at characters, if something has a label and die rating, it is a trait.

Thus a character with Strength: d12 is objectively stronger than a character with Strength: d10. The more sides on the die used to measure a trait, the better the trait is bigger is better. In Cortex Prime most types of character abilities, called traits, are defined in terms ofĭifferent steps of polyhedral dice specifically d4, d6, d8, d10, and d12. Necessary to have a basic understanding of what traits are. Dice pools are formed by combining trait dice, thus to understand dice pools it is first

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