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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9519476" data-attributes="member: 93670">Thanks 4e wasn't exactly loved by a lot of folks & it made "4e vibes" a bit too vague. Yes combat is kinda "structured around ppwers" but no not in the same way as 4e. Instead of a hit roll like 4e your attacks always hit  but need to make a power roll (2d10)to determine how well your ability works while potency(similar to saves) is based on base stats of target.  I thought about quoting a couple powers but it seems like quoting the relevant rules for those two things would be more useful than quoting a power & needing to explain it anyways.[spoiler="power rolls"]POWER ROLLSWhenever a hero or other creature in the game attempts atask with an uncertain outcome, such as attacking a foe,sneaking by a guard patrol without being seen, orpersuading a queen to provide military aid, the creaturemakes a power roll to determine the outcome of theiractions.TYPES OF POWER ROLLSThe game uses three types of power rolls. An ability roll isused when you activate certain abilities to determine theirimpact. For instance, if a fury uses their Brutal Slam abilityto attack an enemy, their ability roll determines how muchdamage the enemy takes and how far back the enemy ispushed. See Abilities for more information.A resistance roll is a power roll you make to avoidharmful effects, whether generated by another creature’sabilities, the environment, or some other source. SeeResistance Rolls in Adventuring for more information.A test is a power roll you make outside of using yourabilities to affect or interact with the world around you. Atactician might not have an ability that lets them climb upthe face of a cliff, so climbing is an activity they canattempt with a test. An elementalist doesn’t have an abilitythat lets them automatically intimidate a cultist intobacking down from a fight, but they can make a test if theywant to try. See Tests for more information.MAKING A POWER ROLLWhen you make a power roll, you roll two ten-sided dice(sometimes noted as 2d10 in the rules) and add one ofyour characteristics. The characteristic you add dependson the kind of roll you’re making, as outlined in Abilitiesand Tests.POWER ROLL OUTCOMESThe result of a power roll determines your outcome tier—three levels that determine how successful your powerroll is.Tier 1: If your power roll result is 11 or lower, it is a tier1 result. This is the worst result a power roll can have. Ifyou’re using an ability, a tier 1 result means you still dosomething, but the impact of what you do is minimal.With this result, an attack ability might deal a little bit ofdamage and not do much else. For a test, a tier 1 resultmeans you fail at what you set out to do, and you mightalso suffer a negative consequence.Tier 2: If your power roll result is 12 to 16, it is a tier 2result. This is the average result of many power rolls,especially for heroes who are 1st level. When using anability, a tier 2 result means that what you do has amoderate impact. With this result, an attack ability dealsa decent amount of damage and has an effect that brieflyhelps allies or hinders enemies. For a test, a tier 2 resultmeans you might succeed at what you set out to do—though depending on the difficulty, success might havecost.Tier 3: If your power roll result is 17 or higher, it is a tier3 result. This is the best result a power roll can have.When using an ability, a tier 3 result means you deliverthe maximum impact possible. With this result, anattack ability deals a lot of damage and has a powerfulor lasting effect on enemies or allies. For a test, a tier 3result means you succeed at what you set out to do. Ifthe test has an easy difficulty, you also get a littlesomething extra in addition to your success.The specific outcome of any power roll is determined bythe effect or ability that requires the roll (see Abilities) orthe rules for tests (see Tests).DOWNGRADE A POWER ROLLWhenever you make a power roll, you can downgrade it toselect the result of a lower tier. For instance, if an abilityhas a tier 3 result that lets you impose the restrainedcondition on a creature, but the tier 2 result for that abilitylets you impose the slowed condition, you can use the tier2 result if you would rather have the creature slowed thanrestrained.If you downgrade a critical hit, you still get the extra actionbenefit of the critical hit (see Critical Hit in Abilities).NATURAL RESULTThe result of your power roll before your characteristic orany other modifiers are applied is called the natural resultThe rules often refer to this as “rolling a natural X,” whereX is the result of the roll. For example, if you get a 20 onthe power roll before adding your characteristic, this iscalled rolling a natural 20.Whenever you roll a natural 19 or 20 on a power roll, youalways achieve the tier 3 result, no matter whatcharacteristic is added to the roll and whether or not theroll has any banes.[/spoiler][spoiler="resisting Potencies"]RESISTING POTENCIESMany effects inflict conditions and unique statuses onheroes and their enemies. But creatures get a chance toresist these effects. A creature with a high Might scoreshould be harder to knock prone than a creature who islacking in that characteristic.These effects have a potency and only take hold of thetarget if the effect’s potency value is higher than thetarget’s indicated characteristic scores.A potency always appears in text as a capital letterfollowed by a single digit number, such as M1 or R3. Theletter indicates which characteristic is used to resist theeffect (M for Might, A for Agility, R for Reason, I forIntuition, and P for Presence), and the number indicatesthe minimum score in that characteristic the target needsto beat the effect.For example, a 1st-level conduit’s Punishing Smite abilityhas the following power roll outcomes:Power Roll + Intuition:• 11 or lower: 3 holy damage; A1 prone• 12–16: 6 holy damage; A2 prone• 17+: 9 holy damage; A3 prone and can’t stand (saveends)If the conduit uses this ability and targets a bandit with anAgility score of 1, then a tier 1 result would deal holydamage to the bandit but have no other effect. But a tierresult would deal damage and knock the bandit pronewhile a tier 3 result would deal damage and knock thebandit prone and mean the bandit couldn’t get up untilthey succeed on a saving throw.YOUR POTENCYMany of abilities have a potency. The characteristic atarget uses to resist is based on the ability used, and thevalue of your potency is based on one of yourcharacteristics and determined by your choice of classduring character creation.You have weak, average, and strong potency values. All ofthese values increase as your hero advances in level andgains power.• Your weak potency value is equal to your highestcharacteristic score - 1.• Your average potency value is equal to your highestcharacteristic score.• Your strong potency value is equal to your highestcharacteristic score + 1.[spoiler="that previously named punishing smite power"]JUDGMENT’S HAMMER (3 PIETY)Your divine fury is a hammer that crashes down upon theunrighteous.Keywords: Attack, Magic, Ranged Type: ActionDistance: Ranged 10 Target: 1 creature or objectPower Roll + Intuition:• 11 or lower: 3 holy damage; A [weak] prone • 12–16: 6 holy damage; A [average] prone • 17+: 9 holy damage; A [strong] prone and can’t stand (save ends) [/spoiler][/spoiler]I've always used a grid mat or tabletop display with the grid so leaning into grid over slavishly flogging ToTM as the one true way of all combat simply because some inconsequential combats might be done ToTM is a positive for me.  Most of "the weird little things" in the older backer packet that were gestured at by [USER=18]@Ruin Explorer[/USER] are included in the most recent patreon packet  & likely the next backer packet.  Character building is smooth easy & a lot of fun if you have the rules printed out. I literally did it like that with a couple groups at a local FLGS where I ran it & nobody had any difficulties even with a packet that has almost no layout prettiness applied★.★Backer packets are nice & pretty with formatting & such.  Patreon packets are pretty much word doc data dumps converted to pdf (and that's made extremely clear).</blockquote>

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