Quick resolution rules for solo games. With a pulpy sword&sorcery feel. Quite likely this is all based on a misremembered version of a choose-your-own-adventure gamebook I'd read as a kid.
You are a barbarian warrior
Your name, gender and appearance
are all up to you.
You start with 3 Might and 3 Luck Tokens. Keep a record of your maximum and current Might and
Luck Tokens. You maximum Might raises as you level up. You can never have more
than 3 Luck Tokens.
You start with 0 Experience. You level up at 12, 36
and 92.
You can carry one Weapon. You start with a Spear (Weapon
Rating 5). If you haven’t got a weapon, you fights with your Fists (Weapon
Rating 6).
You can have one Mount, which is usually a tamed beast
or a vehicle. You start without a Mount.
You can carry up to three Items,
five if you have a Mount. Your Weapon doesn’t count towards this tally. You
start with no items.
Facing Danger & Combat
Life-threatening situations and
enemies have a Danger Rating.
Roll a number of dice equal to
your current Might. Optionally, you can burn a Luck Token to add an extra die.
In combat, any die that scores
equal or over your Weapon Rating counts as a success.
In non-combat situations, a 5 or
a 6 is a success.
Compare the number of successes
to the Danger Rating:
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Over
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Triumph! Choose one Reward, or
two Rewards and take a Wound.
Progress to favourable outcome.
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Equal
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Hard-earned victory. No Reward,
or choose one Reward and take a Wound.
Progress to favourable outcome.
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Less
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Defeat! Take a number of Wounds
equal to the enemy’s Danger Rating.
If you are still alive,
progress to unfavorable outcome.
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After resolving the situation
Lower your current Might rating
by one for each Wound. A Wound can be negated by burning a Luck Token or losing
your Weapon or an Item.
Add the Danger Rating to your
Experience tally. If you reach a level-up threshold, raise your maximum Might
and choose a Reward.
Rewards
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Regain one Luck Token.
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Regain one Might.
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Gain Item or Weapon (if available).
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Weapon Ratings
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Unarmed combat
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6
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Common weapons
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5
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Rare and powerful weapons
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4
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There is no difference between
ranged and melee weapons.
Items
Valuables. Catch-all category for all kinds of treasure & fancy
objects. Each such Item can be used to barter for something else, bribe, reward
or hire somebody, and so on.
Explosives/Magical Artifacts. Burn to achieve an automatic Triumph
in a combat or use contextually.
Armor. Negate a single Wound after every combat. Only rolls of 6
count as success when resolving non-combat situations.
Shield. Burn to negate a single Wound after combat.
Foes & Danger Ratings
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Regular foe, small group
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1
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Trained foe, medium group
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2
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Deadly foe, large group
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3
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Unusual power
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+1
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Approximate chance to
achieve at least a Hard-earned victory:
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Danger
Rating
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3
Might, WR 5
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3
Might, WR 4
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4
Might, WR 5
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1
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70%
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87,5%
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80%
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2
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26%
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50%
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70%
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3
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3,7%
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12,5%
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11%
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4
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-
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-
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1,2%
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| From "American Barbarian" by Tom Scioli |
