ToolBox Gaming System

The purpose of the ToolBox Gaming System is to provide /tg/ a generic, customisable rule system.

Statistics

Traits and Talents

A character/entity has four traits: Stature, Dexterity, Intellect and Spirit. Each traits has a rating from 1 (feeble) to 5 (world-class competitive) and roughly define what the character is like. Every trait has three Talents, used for checks and contests: an Talent for initiating action with that trait, a Talent for the effectiveness of actions with that trait, and a Talent for using that trait to defend or react to someone else's action. Talents are also rated from 1-5, but may not have ratings higher than their associated Traits.

Stature

Stature is the overall physical condition of the character. A high Stature shows a strong, tough, and otherwise fit individual.

Initiative talent Agility: run, jump, throw, swim

Effective talent: Power: lift, pull, deal damages when fighting with a Stature-based combat style

Defense talent: Stamina : resist pain, keep up efforts, used to calculate Health Points

Dexterity

Dexterity is the overall control the character has over his own moves. A high Dexterity shows a nimble, naturally handy individual

Initiative talent Coordination: dance, drive, or any activity that needs more control than actual strength

Effective talent Accuracy: aiming, welding, fine repairs or crafts

Defense talent Suppleness: ability to wriggle in tight places, avoid/dodge blows, roll with the punches, and land unharmed.

Intellect

Intellect is the overall mental faculties of the character. A high Intellect shows a clever or witty individual

Initiative talent Cunning : on the spot thinking, sensory acuity, observation

Effective talent Analysis : processing data, solving problems

Defense talent Focus : ability to recall observations or data, to concentrate in the midst of chaos.

Spirit

Spirit in the overall ability of the character to deal with what isn't rational. A high spirit shows an empathetic, tuned with his surrounding individual.

Initiative talent Insight : work on intuition, lucky guessing, ability to read people

Effective talent Influence : presence, intimidate, convince, coerce, cajole, compel,

Defense talent Will : resistance to coercion, stubbornness in the face of adversity

StatBlock

Name: Concept:
.	Stature	Dexterity	Intellect	Spirit
init	Agility	Coordination	Cunning	Intuition
eff	Power	Accuracy	Analysis	Influence
def	Stamina	Suppleness	Focus	Will

Secondary Stats

These do not have ratings of their own, but are derived from a character's Talent ratings.

• Initiative : Agility + Coordination + Cunning + Intuition
• Health points : Stamina + Will
• Dodge points : Suppleness + Focus

Skills

The skills are what the character has learnt. They behave in different ways depending on which Talent they're used with. Each skill comes with different set of specialisations.

Contests

Contest means a situation where characters work against others, be it actual fight, race, or even sport event.

• Each character, PC and NPC, picks as many dice as their Initiative talent rating. These dice are called the "Initiative Pool".
• The characters with the higher Initiative Pool may decide to take the first action. If they do not, they lose two dice of their Initiative Pool.
• When taking action, the characters decide on a skill for the contest, and pick a total of dice up to their Skill rating + Talent rating out of their Initiative Pool.
• The rolls are made, and scores compared to decide a winner. The winner's action is successful, consequences are dished out, and the dice used are discarded. Then the next characters with the higher Initiative Pool play.
• When a PC or NPC calls out of the round, he cannot take any more actions until the start of the next round, discards all their dice but can keep as much as their lower Initiative talent.
• These salvaged dice add up to the Character's next round Initiative Pool.

Making a roll

To make a roll, the GM chooses a Talent and a Skill, according to the situation. The player then picks up as many ten-sided dice as a character's Talent and Skill ratings added together, but no more than the Trait rating for the Trait associated with the skill, and if it is a contest between two characters, no more than the dice remaining in her Initiative Pool. The player rolls these dice and adds their values for the roll's score.

Fighting / Combat

When a character engages another in close combat, meaning that the character under attacked is aware of the intents of the aggressor, they're locked in combat until one of the other tries to escape. For each 5 points step obtained in a combat roll allows the character to either :

• Restore their Dodge Points by one, up to its maximum
• Lower their opponent Dodge Points by one.

When the opponent's Dodge Points reaches zero, every 5 points step obtained on a combat roll is a wound. Each wound lowers the Health points depending on the weapon and combat style used by the attacking character.

(other types of contests/ fighting/ combat goes here)