d6 fantasy.pdf

rulebook

antasy

DESIGN

Nikola Vrtis

COVER ART

Chris Dien

BASED ON MATERIAL BY &

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO

Greg Farshtey, Douglas Kaufman, Fred Jandt, Peter

Schweighofer, Bill Slavicsek, Bill Smith, Ed Stark,

George R. Strayton, Teeuwynn Woodruff,

and other D6 System, MasterBook,

Shatterzone, and Torg contributors

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Thomas M. Baxa (p. 109), Talon Dunning (p. 48, 101,

123), Tim Eldred (p. 110), Fil Kerney (p. 50), Jaime

Lombardo & Ron Hill (pp. 7, 40, 46, 52), John Paul

Lona (p. 55), Christopher Martinez (pp. 18, 20, 26,

29, 31, 43, 107), Aaron Nakahara (p. 3, 33, 62, 68,

77, 79), Allen Nunis (p. 9, 71), Daniel Schenström

(pp. 25, 39, 65, 74, 81, 83, 119, 121, 123), Lee Smith

(pp. 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136,

137), Karl Waller (p. 5), Chris Watkins (p. 117), Tyson

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leaves, mushrooms, nuts, shells)

EDITOR

Steven Marsh

COVER GRAPHIC DESIGN

Eric Gibson

INTERIOR GRAPHIC DESIGN

Nikola Vrtis

D6 FANTASY PLAYTEST TEAM

Aaron Deskins, Gar Francis, Ron Fricke,

Max Hattuer, François Letarte (with Olivier Comeau,

Ugo Ducharme), Kevin MacGregor (with Shari

MacGregor, Greg Nagler, Chuck Walle), Scott Palter,

German E. Vargas Ramos (with Gilbert López Arroyo,

Eddie Cepeda, Roberto Ponce, Gerardo Rachumi),

Tom Zunder, the D6-WEG mailing list

(d6-weg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com),

the Torg mailing list (torg-request@roadkill.com)

… and their groups, friends, and accomplices. Thank

you for the use of your imaginations and your time.

PUBLISHER

Eric Gibson

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Gar Francis (for additional sailing ship information);

Rachel Gibson; Steve Long; Pyramid magazine (www.

sjgames.com/pyramid) Spell Measures benchmark

respondents (Michael Bloss, Frederick Brackin,

Joe Chaparro, Anthony Jackson, Dustin Tranberg,

Roger Burton West)

For free support, information about books for this game system and

other WEG systems, links to fan sites, details on licensing this system,

and much more, visit our Web site at www.westendgames.com!

WEG 51013 • Version 1.3 • ISBN 1-932867-02-3 • First Printing July 2004 • Last Change June 15, 2006

WEST END GAMES • www.westendgames.com

• Contents •

Introduction ............................................................................ 3

Introductory Adventure .............................................................................................4

Key Terms .................................................................................... 8

Chapter I: Character Basics ................................................. 9

Character Creation ......................................................................................................9

Attributes ..................................................................................................................10

Skills ..........................................................................................................................11

Advantages, Disadvantages, & Special Abilities ......................................................11

Move ..........................................................................................................................13

Special Points ...........................................................................................................13

Body Points & Wounds .............................................................................................13

Strength Damage ......................................................................................................14

Funds .........................................................................................................................14

Equipment .................................................................................................................14

Character Features & Other Details ........................................................................14

Chapter II: Character Options ..........................................15

Costs at Character Creation .....................................................................................16

Disadvantages ...........................................................................................................17

Advantages ................................................................................................................27

Special Abilities .........................................................................................................32

Special Ability Enhancements ........................................................................40

Special Ability Limitations ..............................................................................40

Chapter III: Non-Human Races ..........................................42

Chapter IV: Improving Characters ..................................44

Chapter V: Game Basics ........................................................47

Rolling Dice ...............................................................................................................47

Wild Die ...........................................................................................................47

Improving a Roll ..............................................................................................47

Using Skills ................................................................................................................49

Untrained Skill Use .........................................................................................49

Game Time ................................................................................................................49

Initiative ..........................................................................................................49

Performing Actions in Rounds .......................................................................50

Actions that Take Time ...................................................................................51

Related Skills ...................................................................................................52

Preparing .........................................................................................................52

Rushing ............................................................................................................52

Groups ..............................................................................................................52

Choosing Diﬃculties ................................................................................................52

Standard Diﬃculties .......................................................................................52

Opposed Diﬃculties ........................................................................................53

Special Diﬃculties ...........................................................................................53

Generic Modiﬁers ............................................................................................54

Determining Success ................................................................................................54

Result Points ....................................................................................................54

Chapter VI: Movement .........................................................55

Chapter VII: Combat ..............................................................60

Attacking & Defending .............................................................................................60

Base Combat Diﬃculty ....................................................................................60

Determining Success .......................................................................................61

Determining Damage ...............................................................................................61

Determining Strength Damage ......................................................................62

Optional Damage Bonus .................................................................................62

Combat Example .......................................................................................................62

Chapter VIII: Damage ............................................................63

Damage & Body Points .............................................................................................63

Damage & Wound Levels ..........................................................................................63

Chapter IX: Healing ..............................................................66

Body Points ...............................................................................................................66

Wound Levels ............................................................................................................66

Chapter X: Combat Options ................................................68

Chapter XI: Example Skill Difficulties .............................72

Using the Diﬃculties & Modiﬁers ...........................................................................72

Information Skills (Intellect) ..................................................................................72

Interaction Skills (Charisma) ...................................................................................72

Mental Defenses ..............................................................................................73

Observation Skills (Acumen) ..................................................................................73

Chapter XII: Magic ................................................................83

Obtaining Access to Magic .......................................................................................83

Learning & Improving Magic Skills .........................................................................83

Magic Skills ...............................................................................................................83

Characteristics of a Spell ..........................................................................................84

Using Spells & heir Eﬀects .....................................................................................84

Designing the Spell ...................................................................................................85

Basic Aspects ...................................................................................................86

Spell Measures Table .......................................................................................87

Optional Aspects .............................................................................................89

Final Spell Total & Spell Diﬃculty ..................................................................94

Design Time ..............................................................................................................94

Spell Design in Action ..............................................................................................95

Blank Spell Worksheet ..............................................................................................96

Chapter XIII: Precalculated Spells ...................................97

Chapter XIV: Miracles .......................................................103

Obtaining Access to Miracles .................................................................................104

Learning & Improving Miracles Skills ...................................................................105

Miracles Skills .........................................................................................................105

Using Invocations & heir Eﬀects ..........................................................................105

Designing Invocations ............................................................................................106

Required Aspects ...........................................................................................106

Disallowed Aspects ........................................................................................106

Aspect Speciﬁcs .............................................................................................106

Minimum Diﬃculty .......................................................................................108

Sample Invocations .................................................................................................108

Chapter XV: Equipment .....................................................113

Purchasing Equipment ...........................................................................................113

Coins ..............................................................................................................113

Gear ........................................................................................................................114

Mystical Artifacts ....................................................................................................115

Holy Items ...............................................................................................................115

Armor & Shields ......................................................................................................115

Gunpowder Weapons .............................................................................................117

Missile & hrown Weapons ....................................................................................117

Melee Weapons .......................................................................................................118

Improvised Weapons ..............................................................................................118

Vehicles ....................................................................................................................118

Chapter XVI: Gamemaster Tips ........................................120

Chapter XVII: Adventure Tips .........................................121

Creating Adventures ...............................................................................................121

Running Adventures ...............................................................................................123

Rewarding the Players ............................................................................................125

Generic People ........................................................................................................125

Generic Animals ......................................................................................................126

Generic Monsters ...................................................................................................126

Character templates .........................................................128

Blank Character Sheet .....................................................138

D6 Reference Sheet .............................................................140

Die Code Simplification .....................................................142

Index .......................................................................................143

• Introduction •

his book provides the fundamentals necessary to play in nearly

any fantasy setting — low, high, and pseudo-historical — using West

End Games’ famous D6 System roleplaying game rules.

If you’re reading this book, you probably already know what a role-

playing game is. In case you need a refresher or to explain it to your

friends, we suggest telling them that this is an interactive storytelling

game wherein they play the part of major characters in the story. If

they’re still interested, let them read this introduction.

You might also want to start with this introduction if you’ve role-

played before getting this book but it wasn’t with the D6 System.

What Is a Roleplaying Game?

A roleplaying game is very much like improvisational acting or

interactive storytelling — but with rules. Many video games are like

this, and there are plenty of online interactive worlds, so chances are

good that you know what a roleplaying game is about. his roleplaying

game, however, doesn’t need any expensive equipment, special soft-

ware or cartridges, or a connection to the Internet.

What Do I Need to Play?

To play this game, you need this book, some paper, something

to write with, some six-sided dice, a lot of imagination, and a group

of people, one of whom is willing to act as the guiding force in the

game. his person is called many things, but “gamemaster” serves

well as shorthand for someone who presents information about the

game setting, creates obstacles for the other players to overcome,

takes the part of the people the players encounter, and adjudicates

the rules. he rest of the group, simply called “the players,” take on

roles of major characters in the story that they and the gamemaster

create together.

he stories are called “adventures” or “scenarios.” Very short

adventures, usually encompassing only one or two obstacles to a

simple goal, are referred to as “encounters.” A series of encounters

can become an adventure, while a series of adventures can turn into

a campaign. his book contains a chapter (called “Adventure Tips”)

on how to come up with adventures.

Where Do I Go Next?

Will you be you joining a game where everyone else knows

how to play, and you don’t have a lot of time to learn the rules?

Read Chapter 1, “Character Basics,” and then ﬂip to the character tem-

plates on pages 128–137 of this book. Ask the gamemaster which one

or ones you can use. (hese are also available for downloading from the

West End Games Web site.) Fill in the template as you learned from

Chapter 1, then take the sheet to the game session and start playing.

he rest of the players will teach the details as you go along.

Do you have some time to learn the rules, but you don’t

want to be the gamemaster? Read all of the chapters up through

the “Healing” chapter. In this introduction is a solitaire adventure

that will get you started on the basics; the rest of the chapters ﬁll

in more details. hen skip to the “Equipment” chapter. If you’ll also

play someone with magical or miraculous abilities, you’ll also need

to read those chapters.

Do you want to be the gamemaster, with all its responsi-

bilities and privileges? You’ll need to read this entire book, or at

least through the “Healing” chapter and skim the rest. hen use the

“Adventure Tips” chapter to design your own scenario. After that,

invite some friends over, introduce them to creating characters,

and have fun!

System Overview

his overview provides basic concepts germane to roleplaying with

the D6 System . he concepts presented herein are further explained

in the rest of this book, and an introductory adventure will give you

a chance to try out what you’ve learned here.

Performing Actions

Each player has a character with attributes and skills that describe

how well he or she can perform various actions. Attributes represent

a character’s innate abilities, while skills are speciﬁc applications of

those abilities.

Introduction • Page 4

Most game mechanics in D6 Fantasy involve rolling some six-sided

dice. A die code associated with each attribute and skill represents

how good the character is in that area. A die code associated with a

weapon shows how much harm it can cause. he larger the number,

the more experienced, trained, or naturally adept your character is,

or the more deadly the weapon, or the more useful the equipment.

Each die code indicates the number of six-sided dice you roll

when you want your character to do something (1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D,

etc.), and sometimes an amount (called pips) of “+1” or “+2,” which

is added to the total result you roll on the dice.

Example: If your character’s Physique attribute is 3D+1, when

you have her try to lift a ale barrel, you would roll three dice and add

1 to the total to get her result.

To represent the randomness of life (and the tons of little modiﬁers

that go along with it), every time you roll dice, make sure that one

of them is of a diﬀerent color than the others. his special die is the

Wild Die, and it can have some interesting eﬀects on your dice total.

(If you only have one die to roll, then that die is the Wild Die.)

If the Wild Die comes up as a 2, 3, 4, or 5, add the result to the

other dice normally. If the Wild Die comes up as a 6, this is a Critical

Success. Add the 6 to your other dice results and roll the Wild Die

again. As long as you roll a 6, you keep adding the 6 and you keep

rolling. If you roll anything else, you add that number to the total and

stop rolling. If the Wild Die comes up as a 1 on the ﬁrst roll, this is a

Critical Failure. Tell the gamemaster, who will let you know whether

or not to add it to your total.

he higher you roll, the better your character accomplishes the

task at hand. When your character tries doing something, the game-

master decides on the required skill and a diﬃculty based on the

task’s complexity. he gamemaster doesn’t usually tell you the dif-

ﬁculty number you need to equal or beat to succeed. He often won’t

inform you which tasks are easier and which are harder, though he

might give you hints. (“Hmmm, jumping over a narrow ravine with

a raging river below is going to be pretty hard.…”) he gamemaster

then uses the rules to interpret the die roll and determine the results

of the action.

particularly diﬃcult and heroic situations.

When you spend a Character Point, you get to roll one extra Wild

Die when you character tries to complete a task. You may choose to

spend a Character Point after you’ve made a roll (in case you want

to improve your result).

When you spend a Fate Point, that means your character is using

all of her concentration to try to succeed. You may spend a Fate Point

only before any die rolls are made. Doing so doubles the number of

dice you’d normally roll, usually for one round and one action only,

though the gamemaster may allow players to spend more Fate Points

in particularly challenging moments. his allows the character to do

one action really well.

Once a Character Point or Fate Point is used, it’s gone. You gain

more Character Points at the end of a game for completing goals and

playing well. You may get back Fate Points at the end of the game if

they were used at a brave, heroic, or climactic moment.

Try It Out!

Now that you have the basics down, let’s try out a short scenario.

First, you’ll need a character. On the next page, you’ll ﬁnd a template.

Most of the game characteristic information is ﬁlled in. he attributes

and skills are listed in two columns on the left-hand side of the page.

he attributes names — Agility, Coordination, Physique, Charisma,

Intellect, Acumen, and Extranormal — are printed in bold above the

lighter skill names. here are more skills in the game than the ones

listed on this sheet, but these are the ones commonly associated with

the type of profession this template is supposed to represent.

In the center column, below the chain line, are some more char-

acteristics. Fate Points and Character Points show the number of

these special roll-improving bonuses your character currently has.

Funds and silver are measures of how much wealth your character

can usually get at.

In the far right column, you’ll see Advantages, Disadvantages,

Special Abilities, and a description of your character. hese give you

an idea about the kind of character that you’re playing. he equipment

paragraph lists the items your character can use during the game.

Below that, you’ll ﬁnd “Strength Damage.” his shows how much

harm your character can cause with brute force. Underneath this is

“Move.” his characteristic lists the number of meters your character

can easily walk in ﬁve seconds.

After those, you’ll see the Body Points, Wound levels, and the

related Body Point ranges for your character. Each of these represents

how much injury your character can take. his short adventure won’t

use Wounds or the Body Points range, so you can ignore them. Instead,

you only need to keep in mind the Body Points number.

Getting Hurt

To describe how much injury a character can sustain, the game-

master decides on one of two ways of determining how much damage

a character can take: Body Points or Wounds.

With the Body Points system, each character has a certain number

of Body Points (which are ﬁgured out when you create your character).

You subtract the amount of damage the attacker rolls for his weapon

from the total number of Body Points your character has.

With the Wounds system, each character has a certain number

of Wounds. You roll your character’s Physique while the attacker

rolls damage. Compare the diﬀerence between the damage and the

Physique roll the Wounds level chart; the chart lets you know how

many Wounds your character gets from the attack.

In either system, when your character has no more Body Points

or Wounds left, she’s toast.

Have a Character?

If you already have a D6 System character — from another

D6 System game or because you created a new one using

the rules in this book — you can still play this adventure.

Simply skip to the “A Typical Tavern” section and follow the

directions.

Improving Rolls

In addition to scores for a character’s attributes and skills, she

has Fate Points and Character Points. You can spend these points in

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