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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2045538" data-attributes="member: 22882">OK.  More time (and the Silhouette Core rules in front of me) allow me to answer Mythmere's questions about the system. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> SilCore is a pure d6 point buy system.  It has essentially three types of stats:Ability modifiers, which are basically identical to d20's and actually can be translated straight, but which have no illogical base-10 bonus-changes-every-even-number system tacked on.Skill levels, which determine how many dice you roll for a skill check (similar to Storyteller).Skill complexity, which determines how complicated your skill usage can be.Every task requires an action check, with a threshold (DC in d20 terms) set by the GM and a certain complexity.  Both the thresholds and the complexities have extensive guidelines and examples for each skill.All action checks are made by rolling xd6, taking the best result, and adding an applicable ability modifier.  The margin of success or failure then determines what happens.There are also specializations (for example, Pistols is a specialization of Small Arms) that give a +1 bonus, traits, which are basically like the weakest sort of d20 feats but are mostly for flavor only, and flaws, which are negative effects that give you a tiny amount of bonus points, are restricted in number, and are also mostly for flavor.Almost every task imaginable is associated with one of the nicely compressed skills (there are about the same as in d20, but there's no complicated ranks system and skills encompass several combat and feat based elements) and is handled using the simple action check system.It's a fairly abstracted system, but very fluid and elegant, and it strongly encourages players to get tactical advantages or do cool things, since those grant a set bonus that usually means the difference between winning or losing.</blockquote>

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