Simply6 Simply6: A Fast, Light Universal RPG

Morrus · Jul 9, 2019

jmucchiello said:
What do you roll against to teleport? Or flight? Dragons have 6d6 flight. But when would you roll that? In place of Athletics?

Hmm. Dragons also have Appraisal. How does that work?

Yeah, if you were racing the dragon or it was chasing you. Flight v Athletics. Phew! You escaped!

Appraisal just figure dragons can count their gold hoard, so they can make a check to value stuff.

procrastonaut · Jul 9, 2019

Looking at monsters, it says their level is the sum of their bonus dice, plus one for any special abilities. I can’t figure out how the Archmage, then, is Level 9... help?

Morrus · Jul 9, 2019

procrastonaut said:
Looking at monsters, it says their level is the sum of their bonus dice, plus one for any special abilities. I can’t figure out how the Archmage, then, is Level 9... help?

7 + 2 + 2 -1 -1 = 9.

(To clarify, the negative numbers count too).

Dungeonosophy · Jul 9, 2019

Looking good.

typo in 1.1: "Heal 1 point of health)" dangling parenthesis.

Maybe others grokked it immediately, but it took me three reads to understand:
"Within the cave mouth is crumbling overhang(D2); make an Athletics check or fall into theriver."
From the word "overhang" I pictured crumbling stalactites hanging from the ceiling, which somehow fall on the character and knock them into the river.

I'd parse it as something like: "Beyond the cave mouth, a stretch of the bank is undercut and crumbling (see "X"s on map, D2); make an Athletics check or fall into the river as the bank collapses."

procrastonaut · Jul 9, 2019

Morrus said:
7 + 2 + 2 -1 -1 = 9.

(To clarify, the negative numbers count too).

Ah, gotcha... thanks!

jmucchiello · Jul 9, 2019

Morrus said:
Yeah, if you were racing the dragon or it was chasing you. Flight v Athletics. Phew! You escaped!

Appraisal just figure dragons can count their gold hoard, so they can make a check to value stuff.

How do normal characters Appraise?

I noticed version 1.2 changed Dodging to Defense. Good change.

Morrus · Jul 9, 2019

jmucchiello said:
How do normal characters Appraise?

I'll add it in. Don't figure anybody will take it though!

procrastonaut · Jul 9, 2019

Sorry if this is outside the scope of the current document, but say a character has an animal companion, like a wolf...

Does said wolf act like a Judge controlled monster/npc (no rolls, use averages)? I ask because allied monsters vs enemy monsters could be odd.

Example - a kobold (Fighting -1d6 2d6 (7)) will never be able to hit a wolf (defense 10), and the wolf’s attack (10) will always tie the kobolds defense (10), which hits, I think?

That brings up another question - how’re ties resolved?

Morrus · Jul 9, 2019

procrastonaut said:
Sorry if this is outside the scope of the current document, but say a character has an animal companion, like a wolf...

Does said wolf act like a Judge controlled monster/npc (no rolls, use averages)? I ask because allied monsters vs enemy monsters could be odd.

I would have players roll for pets. That I hadn't thought about yet; the static rolls are just to speed things up.

Example - a kobold (Fighting -1d6 2d6 (7)) will never be able to hit a wolf (defense 10), and the wolf’s attack (10) will always tie the kobolds defense (10), which hits, I think?

That brings up another question - how’re ties resolved?

Another good question. Let me ponder!

jmucchiello · Jul 9, 2019

Morrus said:
I'll add it in. Don't figure anybody will take it though!

That isn't absolutely necessary. In fact, keeping the skill list smaller is probably best. Is Intimidation necessary? Persuasion could just be Influence and it applies to all forms of influence.