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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 4814186" data-attributes="member: 21938">The rules are like a super-light version of GURPS or FUDGE. Here's what I had in mind:All characters start with two “Good” skills, one “Great” skill and one “Poor” skill. Optionally, you can add another Good Skill by taking a Rubbish skill. Skills are loosely defined, although you are honour bound to make Poor and Rubbish skills something that might actually be a handicap (so no Rubbish: Knitting) for example.Examples Characters:Algernon “Squiffy” AtkinsonArchetype: Absent-Minded BoffinHooks: Unruly blond hair, glasses, unfeasably long scarf.Skills:Great: Fixing ThingsGood: Alien Flora and FaunaGood: Accidentally Avoiding TroublePoor: Noticing Non-Trivial ThingsAndrei Alexeivitch Obromov (Andrushka to his mother)Archetype: Robust BoffinHooks: Huge bear of a man, big beard, effusive, RussianSkills:Great: Making ThingsGood: WrestlingGood: Making FriendsGood: Resisting Poisons (includes homemade vodka)Poor: Firing GunsRubbish: Being QuietThe Basic Mechanic: Roll 2d6, add modifier. Beat difficulty or opposing rollTypical Difficulties20 Nigh Impossible16 Very Hard13 Hard10 Difficult7 Average5 Easy3 Very Easy1 TrivialSkill ModifiersLegendary +8Excellent +6Great +4Good +2Average +0Poor -2Rubbish -4Dreaful -6Hopeless -8Added refinements:  Degree of success may be a factor. If you only need an Average success, for example, but your total is high enough for Hard success, then you may achieve more than you hoped for.Damage and combat is fairly abstracted. Using the above examples, if a Martian footsoldier fired his ray gun at Squiffy, Squiffy could use his Accidentally Avoid Trouble skill to oppose the roll. He just happens to notice a rare example of a Martian Poisonous Daffodil and ducks to examine it at the moment the footsoldier fires.  Andrei, on the other hand, has no defensive skills to speak of. The footsoldier would have to make a straight attack roll based on range. If he missed, though, Andrei could then employ his wrestling skill to crush the little martian.Wounds etc. are abstracted. The heroes can't get killed outright, but a good shot might incapacitate them, and a really good one might give them a wound that could be fatal if not treated. Goons tend to go down on a single hit, henchmen and named bad guys tend to be a bit more durable. If you want a really tough hero then give them a Shrug Off Damage skill or similar.Example Archetypes:Square-Jawed HeroBrash American Pilot*Loyal BatmanSpivvy CorporalPlucky HeroineBluff Old ColonelFierce German Officer*Louche French Agent*Venusian TemptressVenusian AmazonNoble Martian PartisanOily Martian Double AgentNervous Robot ButlerSingle-Minded Robot Bodyguard.Notes: There are two types of Martian. High Martians are the Mars Attacks kind of green, bulbous headed sadistic types. Low Martians have golden skin and little antennae on their heads. They are ruled by the High Martians.Robots have the aesthetic of the clanks from Girl Genius, or Forbidden Planet and Lost in Space.*Crass racial stereotypes are part of the genre, and can be overturned if you like!</blockquote>

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