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Inheritance Gambit

Is This The End Of Humanity As We Know It?

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+log

+log/setup <OBJ> – Turns <OBJ> into a logging object.

+log/on <OBJ> – Turns the log on <OBJ> on. Must be in the room, not your inventory.

+log/occ <OBJ>=<0/1> – Controls if <OBJ> will log OOC commentary or not. 0=no, 1=yes. Default is 1. Must be in the room, not your inventory.

+log/off <OBJ> – Turns off the log off <OBJ>. Must be in the room, not your inventory.

+log/show <OBJ> – It will show you all the logged data on <OBJ>. You must have <OBJ> in your inventory.

+log/wipe <OBJ> – This will clear all logged data from <OBJ>. You must have <OBJ> in your inventory.

+log/return <OBJ> – This will send <OBJ> back to its owner.

+log/re <OBJ>=<X> – This command will return the last X number of poses to you. Anyone in the room can use this command. Great for getting caught up.


This allows players to create an object and use it to log a scene. The object is visible in the room at all times and flagged with double red parenthesis to make them stand out like: ((Logger Name)). Looking at the object will say that it is a logging object and if it is on or off. This allows a log without channel spam, page spam, OOC spam, +where and WHO spam that will output in a manner you can cut and paste directly into a log post!

These objects are ALWAYS displayed in a room. The room display code will not allow them to be hidden or ‘invisible’.

To start, create an object with ‘@create <OBJ>’ where <OBJ> is whatever name you like. Please do not use anything inappropriate. You can go with anything from a generic ‘Logger’ to the name of an item your character might carry.

Staff has found in the past that people forget to recycle or destroy their loggers. This is why Inheritance Gambit has Quota enabled on the game.

PLEASE REMEMBER that logs are NOT secure objects. If you forget it in a room, anyone can view its contents.

 

Credit for this code goes to Exeter and Magdalen from Dark Spires MUSH

+help

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Administration

Untitled | February 3, 2018

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Advertisements

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Inheritance Gambit Reciprocity Ad | December 14, 2017

Lost Dominion – A Rifts MUSH | September 26, 2016

Announcements

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Website Updates | September 15, 2018

Multi Descr Now Available | May 3, 2018

Email Deliverability | March 27, 2018

Updates: It’s Easier to Earn Shards! | March 23, 2018

Cast

Character Announcements

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Lincoln Fox has been approved for Roleplay | November 24, 2018

Miranda Moore has been approved for Roleplay | November 22, 2018

Character Generation

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

Character Policies

Plagiarism | September 16, 2016

Alts | September 16, 2016

Activity | September 16, 2016

Characters

Character Examples | November 14, 2016

FAQ

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Fate Concepts

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Teamwork | November 5, 2016

Fate Core

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Fate Skills

Will | September 23, 2016

Survival | September 23, 2016

Stealth | September 23, 2016

Shoot | September 23, 2016

Resources | September 23, 2016

Fate Stunts

Athletics Stunts | September 27, 2016

Burglary Stunts | September 27, 2016

Contacts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Crafts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Deceive Stunts | September 27, 2016

Game Policies

Site Terms of Use | November 14, 2016

Definitions | September 16, 2016

Sex on the Game | September 16, 2016

Privacy | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Issues

News

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

NPC

Plots

Powers

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

Roleplay

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Roleplay Polices

Character Conflict | September 16, 2016

Player Run Plots (PRPs) | September 16, 2016

TS | September 16, 2016

IC vs OOC | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Sample Character

Scenes

Setting/Theme

The Value of Life | November 3, 2017

Facing the End | November 3, 2017

The Bright Dystopian Future | November 3, 2017

The Slow Moving Apocalypse | November 3, 2017

Staff Only

Reply Via Email Active | October 7, 2018

NPC Cast | September 15, 2018

Making A Temp Room Permanent | August 4, 2018

Themesong On Character Pages | November 27, 2016

Email Settings | November 10, 2016

Staff Page

Systems

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Town Crier

Chicagos Most Haunted Hotel Temporarily Closed | February 15, 2018

5FRP In The City – Not So Free Ride At The Resort | February 12, 2018

Venture City

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

+staff

Syntax:
+staff

+staff/all
Shows all connected staff who are not set DARK, their alias, position, duty status, and how long they have been idle.
Shows all staff along with their alias, staff position, and if they are connected or not. For offline or DARK staff, it displays when they were last connected.

+help

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Administration

Untitled | February 3, 2018

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Advertisements

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Inheritance Gambit Reciprocity Ad | December 14, 2017

Lost Dominion – A Rifts MUSH | September 26, 2016

Announcements

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Website Updates | September 15, 2018

Multi Descr Now Available | May 3, 2018

Email Deliverability | March 27, 2018

Updates: It’s Easier to Earn Shards! | March 23, 2018

Cast

Character Announcements

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Lincoln Fox has been approved for Roleplay | November 24, 2018

Miranda Moore has been approved for Roleplay | November 22, 2018

Character Generation

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

Character Policies

Plagiarism | September 16, 2016

Alts | September 16, 2016

Activity | September 16, 2016

Characters

Character Examples | November 14, 2016

FAQ

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Fate Concepts

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Teamwork | November 5, 2016

Fate Core

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Fate Skills

Will | September 23, 2016

Survival | September 23, 2016

Stealth | September 23, 2016

Shoot | September 23, 2016

Resources | September 23, 2016

Fate Stunts

Athletics Stunts | September 27, 2016

Burglary Stunts | September 27, 2016

Contacts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Crafts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Deceive Stunts | September 27, 2016

Game Policies

Site Terms of Use | November 14, 2016

Definitions | September 16, 2016

Sex on the Game | September 16, 2016

Privacy | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Issues

News

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

NPC

Plots

Powers

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

Roleplay

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Roleplay Polices

Character Conflict | September 16, 2016

Player Run Plots (PRPs) | September 16, 2016

TS | September 16, 2016

IC vs OOC | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Sample Character

Scenes

Setting/Theme

The Value of Life | November 3, 2017

Facing the End | November 3, 2017

The Bright Dystopian Future | November 3, 2017

The Slow Moving Apocalypse | November 3, 2017

Staff Only

Reply Via Email Active | October 7, 2018

NPC Cast | September 15, 2018

Making A Temp Room Permanent | August 4, 2018

Themesong On Character Pages | November 27, 2016

Email Settings | November 10, 2016

Staff Page

Systems

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Town Crier

Chicagos Most Haunted Hotel Temporarily Closed | February 15, 2018

5FRP In The City – Not So Free Ride At The Resort | February 12, 2018

Venture City

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

5FRP In The City – Not So Free Ride At The Resort

Local news show 5FRP In The City
The theme song plays over the logo for the show and the scene resolves to the two anchors – Rebecca Gresham and Greg Taylor sitting on a couch with a display screen behind them.

“There’s been much discussion about the Ski Resort that opened recently on Lake Michigan, Rebecca.”
“Yes, there certainly has been, Greg. Just look at this promotional brochure…”

The screen behind the two anchors flashes with images of a ski lodge perched on top of a large hill on an island in Lake Michigan. As the images cycle, views of ski runs and hiking trails that dot the island are displayed. One image shows the view of the south side of the island, down to the docks. More images showcase frozen streams and little valleys – almost like a Disney movie.

“… A group of, what was supposed to lucky, people received a free, all expenses paid, weekend at the resort but things soon went bad for them. Or perhaps, it went bad for the Staff. Reports indicate that the Island … or something on the Island tried to take control of them… It’s almost the thing out of nightmares, isn’t it Greg?” Rebecca, a dark haired woman dressed in an immaculate skirt suit looks over to her co-host.

“It certainly is. One of the guests … why don’t we play that clip … ”

The images of the idyllic vistas are replaced by a video of a brunette woman, looking a little worse for wear, with her arm around a blonde man with cuts over his face and torn clothing “All I know is that Nathan went missing and I was reporting that to staff when the storm warning came in…” the ‘ticker’ under the womans image says //Enara Terra and Nathan Fallian// “… the staff tried to get us into the storm bunker and that’s when Nathan showed up, looking like this and telling us not to go down there. The staff … went crazy, like they were controlled or something and tried to force in there anyway.”

“Thank goodness some of the people there knew how to deal with this and fought back…” Nathan continues, his voice quite hoarse.

The video fades back to the shows logo.

“So yes. A nightmare, Rebecca. It turns out that all of the staff had been mind controlled and in the storm bunker was a plant of some sort feeding off other people. Unconfirmed reports say they were all mutants. More suprisingly though – one of the people found in the clutches of the plant was Ellis Morrow, CEO of Momentum Labs. The only official announcement from Momentum Labs is that Mister Morrow had been working ‘remotely’ on several projects, one of which was a resort, and had been reporting in regularly.” Greg looks into the camera before looking back to Rebecca.

“Well, that’s certainly shocking Greg and it just goes to show, there’s never a free ride, right? As we get more information on this story, we’ll be sure to share it with our viewers. Now for the cutest puppy in the world ….”

+help

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Administration

Untitled | February 3, 2018

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Advertisements

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Inheritance Gambit Reciprocity Ad | December 14, 2017

Lost Dominion – A Rifts MUSH | September 26, 2016

Announcements

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Website Updates | September 15, 2018

Multi Descr Now Available | May 3, 2018

Email Deliverability | March 27, 2018

Updates: It’s Easier to Earn Shards! | March 23, 2018

Cast

Character Announcements

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Lincoln Fox has been approved for Roleplay | November 24, 2018

Miranda Moore has been approved for Roleplay | November 22, 2018

Character Generation

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

Character Policies

Plagiarism | September 16, 2016

Alts | September 16, 2016

Activity | September 16, 2016

Characters

Character Examples | November 14, 2016

FAQ

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Fate Concepts

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Teamwork | November 5, 2016

Fate Core

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Fate Skills

Will | September 23, 2016

Survival | September 23, 2016

Stealth | September 23, 2016

Shoot | September 23, 2016

Resources | September 23, 2016

Fate Stunts

Athletics Stunts | September 27, 2016

Burglary Stunts | September 27, 2016

Contacts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Crafts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Deceive Stunts | September 27, 2016

Game Policies

Site Terms of Use | November 14, 2016

Definitions | September 16, 2016

Sex on the Game | September 16, 2016

Privacy | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Issues

News

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

NPC

Plots

Powers

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

Roleplay

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Roleplay Polices

Character Conflict | September 16, 2016

Player Run Plots (PRPs) | September 16, 2016

TS | September 16, 2016

IC vs OOC | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Sample Character

Scenes

Setting/Theme

The Value of Life | November 3, 2017

Facing the End | November 3, 2017

The Bright Dystopian Future | November 3, 2017

The Slow Moving Apocalypse | November 3, 2017

Staff Only

Reply Via Email Active | October 7, 2018

NPC Cast | September 15, 2018

Making A Temp Room Permanent | August 4, 2018

Themesong On Character Pages | November 27, 2016

Email Settings | November 10, 2016

Staff Page

Systems

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Town Crier

Chicagos Most Haunted Hotel Temporarily Closed | February 15, 2018

5FRP In The City – Not So Free Ride At The Resort | February 12, 2018

Venture City

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

Acceptable Use

Overview

Inheritance Gambit is created to provide enjoyment to both Staff and Players and is provided as a free service. Its creators, owners, providers and Staff assume no liability for its use. Users play at their own risk.

Scope

All Staff, Players and Guests at Inheritance Gambit must adhere to these policies. This policy applies to information assets owned or leased by Inheritance Gambit. By logging in and using this service, you agree to comply with all of the game’s policies outlined in Character Policies, Game Policies and Roleplay Policies.

Staff must approve exceptions to this policy in advance through majority vote by voting members.

Policy Statement

General Requirements

You are responsible for exercising good judgement regarding appropriate use of Inheritance Gambit resources in accordance with Inheritance Gambit policies, standards, and guidelines. Inheritance Gambit resources may not be used for any unlawful or prohibited purpose.

For security, compliance, and maintenance purposes, Staff may monitor and audit equipment, systems and network traffic.

System Account

You are responsible for the security of data, accounts, and systems under your control. Keep passwords secure and do not share account or password information with anyone, including other players, family, or friends. Providing access to another individual, either deliberately or through failure to secure its access is a violation of this policy.

Game Server/Wordpress Use

You are responsible for the security and appropriate use of Inheritance Gambit’s network resources under your control. Using Inheritance Gambit’s resources for the following is strictly prohibited:

    • Causing a security breach to either Inheritance Gambit or other network resources, including but not limited to, accessing data, servers, or accounts to which you are not authorized; circumventing user authentication.
    • Causing a disruption of service to either Inheritance Gambit or other network resources, denial of service, heap or buffer overflows or forged routing information for malicious purposes.
    • Use of Inheritance Gambit’s services in to violate local laws.
    • Intentionally introducing malicious code to the Server or Website.

Enforcement

Any player found to have violated this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including sitebanning.

Revision History
  • 2017-10-10 by Galactica – Policy Created

+help

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Administration

Untitled | February 3, 2018

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Advertisements

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Inheritance Gambit Reciprocity Ad | December 14, 2017

Lost Dominion – A Rifts MUSH | September 26, 2016

Announcements

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Website Updates | September 15, 2018

Multi Descr Now Available | May 3, 2018

Email Deliverability | March 27, 2018

Updates: It’s Easier to Earn Shards! | March 23, 2018

Cast

Character Announcements

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Lincoln Fox has been approved for Roleplay | November 24, 2018

Miranda Moore has been approved for Roleplay | November 22, 2018

Character Generation

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

Character Policies

Plagiarism | September 16, 2016

Alts | September 16, 2016

Activity | September 16, 2016

Characters

Character Examples | November 14, 2016

FAQ

I submitted my App but need to make changes | January 4, 2017

What is the role of Staff? | December 28, 2016

What is the role of Staff’s Characters? | December 28, 2016

The World In A Nutshell | December 28, 2016

Fate Concepts

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Teamwork | November 5, 2016

Fate Core

Making Your Character and Powers | December 22, 2017

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

The Basics | November 5, 2016

The Four Actions | November 5, 2016

The Four Outcomes | November 5, 2016

Fate Skills

Will | September 23, 2016

Survival | September 23, 2016

Stealth | September 23, 2016

Shoot | September 23, 2016

Resources | September 23, 2016

Fate Stunts

Athletics Stunts | September 27, 2016

Burglary Stunts | September 27, 2016

Contacts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Crafts Stunts | September 27, 2016

Deceive Stunts | September 27, 2016

Game Policies

Site Terms of Use | November 14, 2016

Definitions | September 16, 2016

Sex on the Game | September 16, 2016

Privacy | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Issues

News

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

NPC

Plots

Powers

Animal Control | October 16, 2017

Roleplay

Website Updates | July 2, 2020

Pandora Jones has been approved for Roleplay | March 23, 2019

Empire State Heroes MUSH | March 1, 2019

Adrien Thomas has been approved for Roleplay | December 29, 2018

Nate Forgeson has been approved for Roleplay | December 5, 2018

Roleplay Polices

Character Conflict | September 16, 2016

Player Run Plots (PRPs) | September 16, 2016

TS | September 16, 2016

IC vs OOC | September 16, 2016

Playstyle | September 16, 2016

Sample Character

Scenes

Setting/Theme

The Value of Life | November 3, 2017

Facing the End | November 3, 2017

The Bright Dystopian Future | November 3, 2017

The Slow Moving Apocalypse | November 3, 2017

Staff Only

Reply Via Email Active | October 7, 2018

NPC Cast | September 15, 2018

Making A Temp Room Permanent | August 4, 2018

Themesong On Character Pages | November 27, 2016

Email Settings | November 10, 2016

Staff Page

Systems

+desc | May 3, 2018

@channel | November 20, 2017

COMSYS | November 20, 2017

+watch | December 2, 2016

+posebreak | December 2, 2016

Town Crier

Chicagos Most Haunted Hotel Temporarily Closed | February 15, 2018

5FRP In The City – Not So Free Ride At The Resort | February 12, 2018

Venture City

Power Generation | November 3, 2017

Actions and Outcomes

IT’S TIME FOR ACTION!

You roll the dice when there’s some kind of interesting opposition keeping you from achieving your goals. If there’s no interesting opposition, you just accomplish whatever you say you’re trying to do.

As we’ve said in prior chapters, characters in a Fate game solve their problems proactively. Players, during the game you’re going to do a lot—you might break into the bad guy’s fortress, pilot a starship past a minefield, rally a group of people into a protest, or poll a network of informants to get the latest word on the street.

Whenever you take action, there’s a good chance that something or someone is going to be in your way. It wouldn’t be an interesting story if the bad guy just rolled over and handed you victory on a plate—clearly, he’s got some crazy security measures to keep you out of his place. Or the mines are unstable and already blowing up around you. Or the protesters are really scared of the cops. Or someone’s been bribing the informants to keep quiet.

That’s when it’s time to take out the dice.

  • Choose the character’s skill that is appropriate to the action.
  • Roll four Fate dice.
  • Add together the symbols showing on the dice. A + is +1, a – is –1, and a 0 is 0.
  • Add your skill rating to the dice roll. The total is your result on the ladder.
  • If you invoke an aspect, add +2 to your result or reroll the dice.

Example:

Cynere needs to bribe her way past the guards keeping her from entering the city of Thaalar. Amanda says she’ll do this as a straight-up overcome action, because the guards are nameless NPCs anyway and not really worth a conflict.

Lily looks through Cynere’s skill list and picks Resources as her skill, hoping she can scrounge enough out of her coin purse to satisfy them. Her Resources skill is Average (+1), so she’ll add one to whatever result she gets from rolling the dice.

She rolls and gets: +-0+

Her total result is +2 (+1 from her dice and +1 from her skill of Average), which corresponds to a Fair on the ladder.

Opposition

As we said in The Basics, whenever you roll the dice, you’re comparing your roll to your opposition. Opposition is either active, meaning it’s another person rolling dice against you, or passive, meaning that it’s just a set rating on the ladder which represents the influence of the environment or situation you’re in. GMs, it’s your job to decide what the most reasonable source of opposition is.

Example:

Amanda decides to roll active opposition against Lily on behalf of the guards. She decides the most appropriate opposing skill is Will—they’re trying to resist the temptation of bribery, after all.

The guards are nameless NPCs with no reason to be particularly strong of will, so she gives them a Mediocre (+0). She rolls and gets: ++0+

…for an incredibly lucky result of +3!

That gives her a Good (+3) result, beating Lily’s roll by one.

FOR THE GM: ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?

If a PC or a named NPC can reasonably interfere with whatever the action is, then you should give them the opportunity to roll active opposition. This does not count as an action for the opposing character; it’s just a basic property of resolving actions. In other words, a player doesn’t have to do anything special to earn the right to actively oppose an action, as long as the character is present and can interfere. If there’s any doubt, having an appropriate situation aspect helps justify why a character gets to actively oppose someone else.

If there is no character in the way, then look at your situation aspects in this scene to see if any of them justify some sort of obstacle, or consider the circumstances (like rough terrain, a complex lock, time running out, a situational complication, etc.). If something sounds interesting, choose passive opposition and set a rating on the ladder.

Sometimes you’re going to run into edge cases, where something inanimate seems like it should provide active opposition (like an automated gun) or an NPC can’t provide proactive resistance (like if they’re unaware of what the PC is doing). Follow your gut—use the type of opposition that fits the circumstances or makes the scene more interesting.


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  • Theme: Gravity Manipulation
  • Theme: Light Conduit (Mutant Only)
  • Theme: Shadow Projection
  • Theme: Super Form
  • Theme: Technology
  • Wall-Crawling
  • Weather Control

Enhancements

  • Accelerated Growth
  • Alarm Bypass
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  • All the Things
  • Animal Telepathy
  • Banish Darkness
  • Black Bargain
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  • Growth
  • Horrifying to Behold
  • Hot Blooded
  • Human Pincushion
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  • Icy Aura
  • Immortal
  • Implacable
  • Improved Reaction Time
  • Intense Training
  • Ionize
  • Jaunt
  • Juggernaut
  • Kinetic Acceleration
  • Lasting Harm
  • Lingering Power Amplification
  • Lingering Power Replication
  • Lingering Weather
  • Long-Distance Telekinesis
  • Long-Distance Telepathy
  • Long-Range Blaster
  • Luck Curse
  • Machine Language
  • Mark and Recall
  • Master Absorption
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  • Master Disguise
  • Master Duplication
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  • Master Phasing
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  • Master Power Replication
  • Master Precognition
  • Master Regeneration
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  • Master Super Intelligence
  • Master Super Senses
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  • Master Telekinesis
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  • Menagerie
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  • Stop
  • Stunning Blow
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  • Taskmastery
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  • Temperature Reduction
  • The Right Tools for the Job
  • Tireless Grip
  • TK Shield
  • Tough Little Thing
  • Tunneling
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  • Useful Devices
  • Visions
  • Walking Library
  • Wall Kick
  • Weather Precision
  • X-Ray Vision
  • Zoological Polyglot

Improved Special Effects

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  • Duplicate Action
  • Flame On
  • Hammer Toss
  • Healing Wave
  • Ice Shield
  • Magical Disruption
  • Visions of Change

Drawbacks

  • A Danger to Anyone Nearby
  • Accident-Prone While Indoors
  • Always Freezing
  • Always on Fire
  • Always Shrouded in Darkness
  • Bright Green Skin
  • Burnout
  • Can’t Climb Perfectly Smooth Surfaces
  • Can’t Get Rid of Your Creature
  • Can’t Heal Someone You Don’t Like
  • Can’t Shut It Off
  • Caught Up In Dark Plans
  • Clumsy
  • Completely Visible Reflection
  • Constant Migraines
  • Darkened Soul
  • Destructive Rage
  • Doesn’t Work on Clothes
  • Don’t Get Along with Yourself
  • Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore
  • Don’t Know Your Own Strength
  • Easily Distracted
  • Easily Forgotten
  • Easily Overwhelmed
  • Energetic Diet
  • Energetic Distraction
  • Exhausting
  • Extended Transformation Sequence
  • Feel Their Pain
  • Fragile as Glass
  • From Another Time
  • Fueled By Rage
  • Grotesque
  • Grotesquely Scarred
  • Hackable
  • Half-Feral
  • Hard to Maneuver in Flight
  • Horrifying to Behold
  • Hot-Tempered
  • Huge, Visible, Pulsating Brain
  • Hyperactive
  • Illusions Dissipate in Daylight
  • Illusions Don’t Show Up on Video
  • Inaccurate at Close Range
  • Inhuman Visage
  • Intensely Sleep-Deprived
  • Involuntary Bursts of Energy
  • Involuntary Energy Field
  • Involuntary Mimicry
  • It Has a Mind of Its Own
  • It Looks Like a Living Nightmare
  • Kept Alive by Your Own Devices
  • Leaves You Weakened
  • Lethargic
  • Limited Fuel
  • Limited Fuel
  • Limited to Organic Materials
  • Limited to Terrestrial Mammals
  • Lots of Collateral Damage
  • Machinery Tends to Fail Around You
  • Massive Bursts of Ill-Smelling Smoke
  • Modern Tech Just Doesn’t Like You
  • Must Maintain Physical Contact
  • Need a Hardline
  • Need a Mask to Protect Those Around You
  • Need a Spark
  • Need Solid Anchor Points
  • Need to Concentrate to Stay Solid
  • No Empathy
  • Not Useful Indoors
  • Not Very Useful Indoors
  • Often Arguing with Yourself
  • Only Effective While Indoors
  • Only Good Up Close
  • Only Live in the Cold
  • Overflowing Light
  • Overwhelming Animal Instincts
  • Power Drain
  • Power-Hungry
  • Psychic Feedback
  • Quite Frail
  • Racked with Guilt
  • Radioactive
  • Reality Kind of Hates You
  • Require a Prop
  • Require Complete Concentration
  • Requires Physical Contact
  • Requires Sustained Physical Contact
  • Restless
  • Shabby Equipment
  • Short-Range Control
  • Slow
  • Slow to Form
  • Slowed Reaction Time
  • Sometimes Things Drop Right Through Your Hands
  • Sticky-Fingered (Literally)
  • Subconscious Made Real
  • Surrounded by Admirers
  • Sympathetic Weather Patterns
  • Tend to Abuse Your Power
  • The Machines Never Stop Talking!
  • Touch-Activated
  • Trail of Random Stuff
  • Unpredictable Superpower Misfires
  • Unwanted Feedback
  • Unwanted Feedback (Hacking)
  • Unwanted Menagerie
  • Up, up and away
  • Very Noticeable
  • Visibly Corrupted
  • Water Shorts You Out
  • Weak
  • Weak and Frail Body
  • Weakened by Daylight
  • Weakened in Ordered Environments
  • Weighty
  • You Can’t Breathe While Phasing
  • You Can’t Feel Much of Anything
  • You Can’t Turn It Off
  • You Don’t Look Quite Human
  • You Have Trouble Seeing the Present
  • You Think You’re Better than Everyone

Collateral Damage

  • “DIE!”
  • Armor Piercing
  • Army of Me
  • Bad Ride
  • Balloon
  • Battle Plan
  • Berserk
  • Black Blessing
  • Blizzard
  • Bulking Up
  • Bulletproof
  • Charged Shot
  • Come to Me!
  • Deadly Ivy
  • Decay
  • Deflection
  • Demonic Gaze
  • Direct Control
  • Dramatic Entrance
  • Earthing
  • Escape Plan
  • Eviscerate
  • Expected Backup
  • Extra Copies
  • Flaming
  • Flashburn
  • Foreign Objects
  • Future Echoes
  • Gravity Manipulation
  • Grounded Discharge
  • Hair-Trigger Reaction
  • Handmade Off Button
  • Highly Experimental Device
  • Hold Fast
  • Holding Pattern
  • Horror Show
  • Hyper-Mode
  • Hyper-Visibility
  • Hyperfocus
  • Interception
  • Invulnerability Charge
  • Jaunt
  • Killing Disguise
  • Killswitch
  • Mass Empowerment
  • Mass Hysteria
  • Mass Illness
  • Mass Slowing
  • Megaton Punch
  • Mental Map
  • Micro Singularity
  • Mighty Bound
  • Missed Me
  • No More
  • Noble Sacrifice
  • Overload
  • Pacifist Aura
  • Pawn Interception
  • Perfect Evasion
  • POW!
  • Psychic Lockdown
  • Psychic Maelstrom
  • Puppetry
  • Quantum Tunneling
  • Rapid Fire
  • Rapid Reforestation
  • Ravage
  • Replicated Collateral Damage
  • Rubber Vengeance
  • Shadow Beast
  • Shield Bubble
  • SMASH!
  • Speed Demon
  • Stegosaurus
  • Sturm und Drang
  • Super-Power Strike
  • Sweet Ride
  • T-Rex
  • Take Up Arms
  • Through the Grid
  • Timeless Zone
  • Unstoppable Telekinesis
  • Untouchably Airy
  • Virtual Possession
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  • Winds of Change
  • Wormhole

News

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  • Lincoln Fox has been approved for Roleplay 24 Nov 2018
  • Miranda Moore has been approved for Roleplay 22 Nov 2018
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  • Website Updates 15 Sep 2018
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