Statuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Your character\u2019s rank starts at 1 and increases as they gain experience. Your DM dictates when you increase rank. The party advances as a whole.\u2029<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nEncounters<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Encounters are pre-generated events that PCs partake in. They come in several different flavors, but they most commonly involve combat with an enemy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOrder of Play<\/h2>\n\n\n\n An Encounter begins at the GM\u2019s discretion. When it does, the GM places an Encounter Card <\/strong>in front of the players. You may read it at your leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOnce the Encounter Card is revealed, each player decides if their character will go first <\/em>or second<\/em>. The players who choose second add a bonus golden die to their dice pool (a golden die is essentially a die that can be spent on abilities, but that does not modify those abilities in any way). Then the following occurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThe round begins. The GM draws Ability Cards <\/strong>from the Ability Deck <\/strong>and places them face down next to the Encounter Card.<\/li>\n\n\n\nThe players who chose \u201cfirst\u201d simultaneously <\/strong>take their turn. As a group, they discuss which abilities they will use and in what order they will use them. Once done, they spend dice from their dice pool to execute their abilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\nThe Encounter (if it has not been defeated or resolved) takes its turn. The GM plays Ability Cards to execute its abilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n The players who chose \u201csecond\u201d simultaneously take their turn. Likewise, they plan and execute abilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n The round ends. The players refresh 1 spent die (they re-roll a die). A new round begins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nAn encounter ends when any of the following conditions are met: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIts Hit Point Total (HP) reaches 0<\/li>\n\n\n\n Its special conditions are fulfilled<\/li>\n\n\n\n The players are distant from it and choose to flee<\/li>\n\n\n\n All of the PCs are downed <\/li>\n\n\n\n At the GM\u2019s discretion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nCombat Encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n The majority of encounters are combat encounters. Each encounter has its own unique rules, abilities, statistics, rewards, and so on. For example, in the \u201cShadow Wolves\u201d encounter, the Shadow Wolves have the Shrouded effect, which makes every attack against them roll a Doom die. Likewise, in the \u201cOrcish Accountants\u201d encounter, there is an alternate victory condition: give them money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speed Is Your Ally<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Combat is designed to be brisk. It is to the PC\u2019s advantage to finish combat as quickly as possible because encounters draw ALL of their ability cards <\/strong>at the beginning of a new round, but PCs only refresh 1 die<\/strong>. This means that in a war of attrition the PC\u2019s rarely win.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUsing Attacks and Abilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n The most common way to end combat encounters will be to reduce their HP to 0. To do so, PCs use attacks and abilities by spending attribute dice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Players may spend dice from their dice pool<\/strong>, which is built at the start of each day or after they take a short rest. In order to use the attack or ability, a player must spend at least one Ability die. Multiple ability dice can be spent on a single ability. <\/p>\n\n\n\nDice spent modify the ability according to the symbol present on the dice. The symbols and their effects are listed in “Dice Effects” below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Modifications are always optional. A player may choose to not modify their ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PCs can use as many attacks and abilities in a single turn as they can a<\/strong>ff<\/strong>ord, but they can only use each attack or ability one time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAttacks and abilities resolve in whatever order the players choose. Ability die modifications modify the ability as it resolves (if the player choose to have those modifications apply). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This can either be a collaborative process where players work together to come up with the winningest strategy, or each player can solitarily take their turn. Regardless, each player has the final say over their own character\u2019s abilities and when they will use them; likewise, players may suggest strategy but should never attempt to control other player\u2019s characters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDice Effects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Strength dice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Roll an additional numbered die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Roll two additional numbered dice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Add Cleave to a melee attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Sprint toward your target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Increase Intensity by 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMind dice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Re-roll this or another die (you can reroll allies’ dice).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Roll an additional numbered die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Ignore armor or magic armor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Increase Intensity by 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Take Cover<\/p>\n\n\n\nMoxy dice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
x2<\/strong> Double the value of a numbered die after it is rolled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Roll an additional numbered die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Copy the effects of another die (you can copy allies’ dice).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Increase Intensity by 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Withdraw<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeart dice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Increase Intensity by 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Refresh an additional die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Roll an additional numbered die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Exert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Add an additional target to an ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information on Abilities, see the Abilities section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Range<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Most abilities have a Range marker. Range is divided into four categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next To, Near, Far, and Distant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ranged abilities, unless otherwise stated, only target enemies who are Near. Targeting an enemy outside of that range incurs a doom die for each level outside the range. I.e., if you use a ranged ability to target an enemy that is either far away or next to you, you roll one doom die. If you use it to target an enemy that is distant from you, you roll the doom die twice. When using a ranged ability that targets multiple enemies, the furthest enemy away is used for this calculation. Therefore, if you target 5 enemies, and only one is distant, the ability still incurs two doom die rolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Likewise, if a ranged ability has the far range, the doom die is incurred once for distant or near targets, and twice for next to targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of visualization, Next To means within arm’s reach, Near means within ten yards, Far means anywhere between ten yards and few dozen yards, and Distant is anything past that. For the majority of encounters, Distant will not be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Movement & Abstraction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n During an encounter, movement and distance are abstract concepts shared between the Players and GM. Rather than using a grid or measured spaces, characters are understood to be Next To<\/strong>, Near<\/strong>, or Far <\/strong>from their opponents. These zones help determine range and action feasibility without requiring precise distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMovement typically requires no dice<\/strong>\u2014players simply declare where they move. However, if a player is Next To <\/strong>an enemy and wishes to move away, they must spend a die from their dice pool to create distance (moving to Near <\/strong>range). This is called the Withdraw action, and this cost remains the same even if multiple enemies are engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf a player cannot or chooses not to <\/strong>spend a die to disengage, the GM adds an ability card to the pool of one of the enemies that the PC retreated from.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGeneric Actions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Any action not expressly defined as an ability and not requiring a skill check is called a generic action, and, like movement, does not require dice. It just \u201chappens\u201d. For example, speaking,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pressing a button, throwing a switch, opening a door, picking up an object, dropping an item or equipment,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Special & Movement Abilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n There are special abilities that any PC can use. You may spend ANY die to use these abilities. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sprint: <\/strong>Double your movement. Move from Next To <\/strong>\u2192 Far<\/strong>, or Near <\/strong>\u2192 Distant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTake Cover: <\/strong>Find partial cover from ranged attacks. Must not be next to <\/strong>an enemy. You still have line of sight, but enemies now roll a Doom die when targeting you with ranged attacks. There must be cover for available for you to use this action. I.e., if you are in a flat, open plain, you likely cannot take this action.<\/p>\n\n\n\nExert: <\/strong>Push through difficult terrain or conditions. Tromping through a sodden marsh, navigating caltrops, pushing through a thicket, swimming, ascending steep terrain, climbing a ladder or a many-branched tree, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHide: <\/strong>Become hidden. Must not be next to <\/strong>an enemy. Enemies lose line of sight and cannot target you with ranged attacks. You are revealed once you move, take an Action, or make an Attack. There must be a place for you to hide to take this action.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWithdraw: <\/strong>You move away from an enemy or enemies you are next to <\/strong>without adding an ability card to their count.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMake a Skill Check: <\/strong>Spend to a die to make a skill check. Anything you can think of, from trying to shove your opponent over a ledge, to picking a lock, to swinging on a rope while performing the Ode to Joy on a musical instrument necessitates spending a die and then <\/em>performing said skill check to the difficulty the GM specifies. Naturally, you can perform as many skill checks as you see fit during your turn, provided you have the dice to spend and the consequences of a potential failure don\u2019t prevent further attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEquipping an Item: <\/strong>Picking up and equipping an item for immediate use, essentially. Note that you cannot equip armor during an encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hazard Encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Hazard encounters are that are typically not resolved by dealing damage. They still have abilities and Ability Cards, but they are moreoften forces or phenomenon that the PCs must escape from or handle with means other than force: for example, escaping a rockslide, fleeing a barbarian horde, surving a magical trap, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Non-Combat, Non-Hazard Encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Finally, there are other encounters that may not involve any conflict at all: meeting a mysterious stranger bearing gifts, finding a magical door covered in glyphs, or stumbling upon a sword embedded in stone as examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Retiring a Character<\/h1>\n\n\n\n When a character is retired, they are taken out of play, no longer to be used. Their player must start over with a fresh character. In terms of what happens in-game, the GM should decide that with the players before the first session starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traditionally, that character dies, but there considerations to be made for retiring characters in other ways (i.e. they give up the adventuring life, or suffer a limiting wound, or are converted to the enemy’s side).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason Imaginarium RPG does not explicitly define retiring as death is to give the GM options as to how he wants to run his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a character with 5 or more ranks is retired, the GM awards that player with one or several legacy points. These can be used when creating a new character.\u2029<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sleeping and Resting<\/h1>\n\n\n\n At the end of each in-game day, the party Sleeps. They must be safe. If at least one party member has a “Ration” item card, that card is spent and the party fully recovers. They regain Imagination tokens, their individual Short Rests, and re-roll their dice pools. They lose temporary negative status effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the party is sleeping in a safe place within civilization, such as an inn or a friend or ally’s house, they do not spend Ration cards and still make a full recovery. Typically, staying in an inn does incur a cost to players, however, in the form of cold, hard cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ration item cards are only <\/em>required when players are roughing it \u2013 whether it be in a forest, on a mountain, in a desert, in a cave, in a dungeon, or in a particularly nasty part of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf the party Sleeps without Rations, they do not regain Imagination tokens, do not regain Short Rests, and re-roll only half of what they would normally roll for each stat attribute, rounded up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Short Rests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Each player may take two Short Rests a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whenever you take a short rest, restore half your character’s HP and return all Strained dice to the dice pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Short Rests are individual and can be taken at any time the party is safe and outside of a challenge. Although in actual game-time, a few minutes are passing during Short Rests, mechanically a player simply announces “I am using a Short Rest”, notes that they have used one of their Short Rests for the day, so as not to interrupt the flow of the Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Doom Die<\/h1>\n\n\n\n The doom die is, quite simply, a dice that signals the potential for failure in anything: a combat ability, an attack, a skill check, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the “doom” symbol is rolled when the doom die is incurred, the action fails as if it never happened. Multiple doom die incursions simply mean multiple rolls; the action fails if “doom” is rolled at least once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skill Checks, & Saves<\/h1>\n\n\n\n Skill Checks are PC-initiated actions that are difficult enough to warrant a roll of the dice. A skill check is done with a single d10. Once the die is rolled, the value of your character\u2019s attribute associated with that roll is added to the roll\u2019s total. Likewise, if you are character is Talented with a skill, you add an additional +2 bonus to the roll. Talents can stack: a PC talented twice in a skill is considered to be an expert and gains a +4 bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E.g., you ask to pick the lock. The GM has you roll Subterfuge. You have 3 Moxy and you are talented in Subterfuge. You roll a die, and roll a 3. Your total value is 3+3+2 = 8. The GM lets you know if that number meets the difficulty of the check. The standard difficulties are as follows, with some examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nTrivial: Anyone could do it<\/em> – 0\n\nSubterfuge: Opening an unlocked door.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Athletics: Stepping over a puddle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness: Hearing someone nearby shout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n Moderate: Some proficiency or luck required.<\/em> – 4\n\nSubterfuge: Snapping a rusted padlock.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Athletics: Leaping a hurdle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness: Spotting a hawk in the sky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n Challenging: Significant proficiency or luck required.<\/em> – 8\n\nSubterfuge: Picking a well-made, steel lock with a lockpicking set.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Athletics: Jumping a small chasm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness: Catching someone talking about you in a crowded, noisy room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n Hard: Expert proficiency and some luck required.<\/em> – 12\n\nSubterfuge: Opening a lock constructed by one of the world’s top locksmiths with a lockpicking set.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Athletics: Jumping a large chasm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness: Catching a wink not directed at you in a crowded room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n Extreme: Expert proficiency and a significant amount of luck required<\/em> – 16\n\nSubterfuge: Opening a lock constructed by one of the world’s top locksmiths with a lockpicking set during an earthquake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Athletics: Jumping a large chasm to a cliff wall and gripping holds on that cliff wall without falling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness: Catching the barest scent of your enemies on the wind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n Impossible: The stars must align<\/em> – 20\n\nSubterfuge: Opening a lock constructed by one of the world’s top locksmiths with a twig during an earthquake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Athletics: Leaping a massive chasm onto a virtually sheer wall and sticking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Mindfulness: Catching a slight temperature change vis-a-vis someone else’s body heat in a purportedly empty room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nSaves are checks that are forced upon the player. A boulder is rolling down the path: the GM bids you roll a challenging Acrobatics check or be squished.\u2029<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Occasionally, you may wish to make extra effort to succeed at a skill check or save. To do so, you may take any number of dice from your available dice pool, provided it is applicable to that specific check or save, and set them aside before you roll the d10<\/strong>. For each dice that you Strain in this way, you add 2 to whatever number you roll on the d10.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, for example, if you have 2 Strength, and you’re trying to heave a massive boulder off of your friend, you may decide to Strain two of your Strength dice to ensure you succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strained dice are set aside and are unavailable at the start of a new encounter<\/strong>. That means that, unless you take a short rest, you will not be able to roll those dice when you build your dice pool. They can still be refreshed as normal at the end of a round, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAbilities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Abilities have a long description on each class page, which is then simplified on your class’s sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe squares next to the title indicate that a die is required to use these abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first one deals 1d8 damage. It can also be modified by the Astronaut’s unique class resource for additional effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second ability, Nullify Gravity, requires concentration. This means that a die, once placed on this ability, does not get exhausted, but can also no longer be refreshed or re-used until the PC stops concentration. Additionally, the effect lasts for as long as the PC concentrates or until they sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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