Character Stats and Pools

Your character has three statistics (or stats): Might, Speed, and Intellect.

Might

Your Might stat is for physical activities that require strength, power, or endurance.

Speed

Your Speed stat is for physical activities that require agility, flexibility, or fast reflexes.

Intellect

Your Intellect stat is for mental activities that require force of will, memory, or mental power.

Stats and Tasks

You can generalize all tasks into three categories: Might tasks, Speed tasks, and Intellect tasks. Breaking down a door is usually a Might task, picking a lock is usually a Speed task, and solving a puzzle is usually an Intellect task. These tasks usually require an action.

A defense task is when you roll to avoid or prevent something unwanted from happening to your character. Resisting a poison is a Might defense task. Dodging an arrow is a Speed defense task. Resisting mind control is an Intellect defense task. Defense tasks usually do not require an action.

(The word "roll" can be used interchangeably with "task," especially when the GM asks you to attempt a task, such as "Make an Intellect roll to hack the computer" or "Make a Speed defense roll to resist the charm spell.")

The GM sets the difficulty of the task on a scale of 1 to 10. This can be modified by advantages and disadvantages in play.

Pools

Each stat has a Pool of points, so your character has a Might Pool, Speed Pool, and Intellect Pool. Starting characters have at least 8 points in all three Pools, and it's common for a starting character's best Pool to have 14 or more points.

You use your Pool points for various things, such as using Effort or activating special abilities. For example, your Soldier character might have a combat maneuver that costs points from your Speed Pool, or your Wizard character might have a spell that costs points from your Intellect Pool.