Five By Five | A TTRPG you'll high-five

First released in 2008, Five By Five is a rule lite ttrpg using d6 powered by the h5 (high-five) mechanic. You roll two d6 dice and multiple the numbers on both die (for example role a 4 and a 2, your result 8).

The game has a simple core mechanic, but also robust rules for character creation, task resolution, combat and character advancement.


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[jian]

I think there’s a superhero game out for this? IIRC it suggests or randomly generates attack, defence, movement, and other styles for your powers. It can be quite random if you roll super-strength (attack), phasing (defence), stretchy legs (movement) and cosmic awareness (other) for your styles but I can see you could have a lot of fun explaining how those combine in your character.

“I’m the Vision if he has an occasional gig as a herald of Galactus and is also elastic!”