Glossary

Storyteller

the player responsible for controlling the non-player characters and determining results

d100/d%

two ten-sided dice, one acting as the ten's place and one acting as the one's place

Success Check

A d% roll made to determine the outcome of an action, the number rolled needs to be less than a target number

Opposed Success

A Success Check that must beat an opponent's roll as well as a target number

Critical Success

An unmodified roll of 1 on a d%, which results in unusually good outcomes

Critical Failure

An unmodified roll of 100 on a d%, which results in unusually bad outcomes

Power Check

A d% roll made to determine the magnitude of an action, the number rolled is the power score and can only go as high as a target number

Narrative Effect

An outcome that affects the story, but does not have a numerical impact on the game

Character

Any of the player or Storyteller controlled entities in the game

Character Concept

The idea that drives a Character's creation

Ability Scores

A character's defining characteristics and their likelihood of successfully using a skill with no specialized training in it