Game Principles

• d6 dice pool skill system.
• Every +1d or -1d and so on pertains to a dice from a dice pool removed or added.
• Should be able to emulate the kinetic, “four-hit combo” battles of God Obliterating Vajra.
• All dice are only d6s.
• Characters should be knocked out on average after 4 successful Clashes.
• Dice should only go up to 10 dice rolled at max, give or take. But no hard limits.

The Core Rule—Rolling The Bones

When you act, gather the dice—

The relevant Cultivation + Skill + any relevant modifiers.

to know the name of a dead star? grimoire.

to climb the stupa? coordination.

to lie to the capital-knight? dramatics.

tearfully convince a mob? persuasion.

find the missing piece in a puzzle? awareness.

put together disparate ideas and evidences? dialectics.

Roll them. Like bones. Like prayers.

A 4 or a 5 or a 6 is a Hit. Against the world.

Often, you roll against The World. An action without another resistor but The World.

The world does not roll against you.

It is old. And tired. It knows what it wants. It has already decided.

The World knows how many Hits it Demands of you.

And yet. And yet and yet and yet.

Standard: 1 Hit.

Difficult: 2 Hits.

Challenging: 3 Hits.

Heroic: 4 Hits.

Immortal: 5 Hits.

Impossible: 6+ Hits.

Meeting the world’s demand means you accomplish what you set out to do.

Otherwise, face the world’s consequences. As established.