Grofzg With Fudge Dice

Here is a shortened translation of the near-diceless Grofzg rules, which are in turn based on Fudge.

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Character Creation

Write up your character using a few sentences. Make a list of skills where your character differs from ordinary grownups and assign values as you see fit.

||Category||Child||Adolescent||Grownup||Adventurer||Professional||Master||Hero|| ||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:|| ||Description||terrible||poor||normal||good||great||unbelievable||legendary|| ||Value||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||

Example: The pictish warrior Ailcluaide is weaker than most (2), smaller than most (2), can wield a sword better than ordinary people (4), can practically melt into shadows and move silently through the woods (5), can’t swim (1), climbs trees better than most (4), and knows how to cast simple enchantments and curses, but nothing eye catching (2).

Action resolution

If the result of an action is to be judged by the game master (GM), she should take the following factors into account:

*Routine**: Whenever things are attempted that the characters have already done several times, they succeed.

*Drama**: Whenever certain results tends to increase drama, these should be favored.

*Skills**: In an contest between two people, the one with the better relevant skill wins; if the characters attempt a non-trivial action, they succeed if their attribute matches or exceeds the difficulty assigned by the GM. Use “normal” (3) if no skill applies.

*Chance**: If a certain element of luck is required, roll three fudge dice (yielding a result between -3 and +3) and add that to the skill being used. Use “normal” (3) if no skill applies.

Example: Ailcluaide sneaks up to a roman guard and tries to sneak up to him to knock him unconscious. Both are professionals (5), and chance is important. Ailcluaide rolls +1 (6), where as the roman guard rolls a 0 (5), Ailcluaide wins by small margin. The GM decides that the guard is surprised and at -2 for the upcoming combat.

Combat

Combat is broken down into scenes. Everybody describes what they will do, followed by action resolution as described above. Should anybody get hurt, that person should take note of the wounds in a diagram similar to the one below.

||Difference:||1||2||3||4||5|| ||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:||:--:|| ||Result:||scratches||light||severe||threatening||deadly|| ||Hits:||☐ ☐ ☐||☐||☐||☐||☐|| ||Temporary Hit:||||☐||☐||☐||☐|| ||Penalty:||none||-1||-2||||no further actions possible||

*Difference**: The difference between the skills used for action resolution, if any, determine the result.

*Result**: How hard you have been hit.

*Hits**: Mark a box at the appropriate level for every hit you receive. If there are no more boxes left to mark for a particular result, mark a temporary box for a more severe result.

*Penalty**: Your worst hit determines the penalty you suffer on all skills. After combat, all temporary hits disappear. The other hits stay until you take a few days off to heal.

Example: The roman guard tries to cry for help and retreat back towards the camp, where as Ailcluaide wants to silence him as quickly as possible. Ailcluaide is not as good with his sword (4) as the guard is (5), but the roman guard is at -2 due to the surprise attack. Ailcluaide is not quick enough to stop the shouting, but manages to beat the guard back. As the guard was retreating anyway, the GM rules that the guard avoids getting scratched but has to retreat fairly quickly.

Rewards

At any point during a session, the GM may give characters luck points for entertaining or heroic feats. Characters can use these luck points at any time to determine the outcome of an action.

After several sessions, the GM may allow his players one point to increase a skill.