Some Troika! Shit

Character Creation Without RNG

• Start with 6 Skill. You may reduce Skill by 1 to gain 2 points in an Advanced Skill. You may do this twice.
• Start with 24 maximum Stamina and 7 maximum Luck. You may reduce your maximum Stamina by 2 to gain 1 maximum Luck. You may do this up to 5 times.
• Choose a Background, or talk with the GM to make one for you.
• For any equipment in random quantities, assume you have the minimum possible.

Combat Stances

On your turn, or at the end of round, you may change your stance. These only work in melee combat.

Normal Stance

No changes.

Aggressive Stance

When you land a hit, you deal +1 Damage without having to pushing your luck. However, you always lose ties.

Defensive Stance

Gain 1 point of Armour, but your attacks deal -1 Damage.

Reckless Stance

When you push your luck to deal more damage, on a success, deal +2 damage. On a failure, your opponent hits you instead.

Reactive Stance

When your opponent hits you, you may push your luck to hit them instead. On your turn, you must either Delay, or change your stance.

Montage

Use the initiative bag as usual. When you pull a chit, that player describes a detail. The montage ends when you pull the end of round chit.

Inner Turmoil

When you face your inner turmoil, make a Luck roll as normal. On a success, you hold steady. On a fail, you don’t.

Half of d66 Worth of Backgrounds

11 Conejas Conquistador

Some time after the Omniverse started collapsing, the Moon opened up. It turns out that space invaders lived there.

Possessions

Giant Rabbit

Modest Armor

Fusil

2d6 Plasmic Cores

Sword

Skills

6 Language - Moon Runes

2 Fusil Fighting

2 Ride

1 Astrology

1 Awareness

1 Run

1 Climb

1 Sword Fighting

12 Medick

There are healers, and then there are professional healers. Medicks a with a k are like Magick-Users with a k. You don’t fuck with them. Especially the ones that have been carrying the team for five hours straight.

Possessions

3 Pouches of Salt

Staff

Skills

3 Spell - Heal 

2 Healing

2 Devotion

1 Awareness

1 Staff Fighting

Special

If the Medick pours salt in the target’s wounds, a casting of Heal always succeeds without a roll. For more information on Heal and Devotion, click here.

13 Devotee of the Crystal

Maybe they hold the answers to reality. Maybe they got high on plasmic cores once. Maybe they played too much Final Fantasy. In any case, they think there’s a giant crystal calling to them.

Possessions

Fancy Robes

1d6 Plasmic Cores

Ruby Lorgnette

Greatsword

Skills

3 Astrology

2 Second Sight

2 Greatsword Fighting

1 Acrobatics

1 Run

1 Climb

Special

Once per day, you may call for guidance from the Crystal by inhaling a plasmic core. You may ask it one question that it will answer truthfully, but not necessarily completely.

14 Dimensional Corps

In every sphere of existence, there will be law enforcers. The question is which law?

Possessions

Dimensional Corps Uniform

1d6 Plasmic Cores

Ruby Lorgnette

Pistolet

Sword

Skills

3 Pistolet Fighting

2 Astrology

2 Second Sight

2 Sword Fighting

1 Secret Signs

15 Rogue Ashborn

The Ashen Prince has created a breed of warrior that is tireless and obedient. For the most part.

Possessions

Longsword

Heavy Armor

Skills

3 Longsword Fighting
2 Intimidate

2 Second Sight

2 Tracking

1 Run

1 Climb

16 Magpie Ferryman

Magpies own most of the astral rivers in the Void. Pay the toll or leave (while still paying the toll.)

Possessions

Ferry

Nice Clothes

Wings

3d6 Additional Silver Pennies

Skills

3 Astrology

3 Etiquette

2 Awareness

2 Fly

2 Sleight of Hand

21 Death Dealer

The most metal of backgrounds, seriously.

Possessions

Black Robes

Silver Skull Mask

Scythe

Skills

3 Scythe Fighting

3 Second Sight

2 Awareness

2 Intimidate
1 Sneak

Special

Scythes are normally too unwieldy to be proper weapons, but somehow deal damage as Polearms in your hands.

22 Flaming Baby Driver

You can ride the demonic monstrosity that is a Flaming Baby. Are you proud of yourself?

Possessions

Flaming Baby (think of it as a deranged motorcycle demon)

1d6 Plasmic Cores

Fusil

Leather Jacket (as Light Armor)

Skills

4 Flaming Baby Driving

3 Fusil Fighting

3 Strength

2 Awareness

2 Knife Fighting

Special

You are immune to both magic and mundane fire and smoke.

23 Mercenary of the Golden Company

The Golden Company is made of a bunch of serious bastards that can take on anything. Or so they think.

Possessions

Sword

Medium Armor (with Fancy Embroidery)

Shield

Flowing Cape

Skills

3 Sword Fighting

2 Awareness

2 Knife Fighting

2 Tracking

1 Climb

1 Run

24 Theurge of Monoliths

They are followers of the debauched earth devil-god Zonolof. Many do not start out this way, but all of them end up with massive hangovers by the end of the first ceremony.

Possessions

Gemstone worth 3d6x10 Silver Pennies, which is also your Holy Symbol (+1 to Devotion while holding it aloft.)

Ruby Lorgnette

Staff

Skills

4 Carousing

2 Devotion

2 Second Sight

2 Spell - Shape Change (mineral forms only)

2 Spell - Earthquake

2 Staff Fighting

Special

For more information on Shape Change and Devotion, click here.

25 Halfling

Nobody likes halflings, not even their patron goddess. They were merely blessed with luck to piss everyone else off.

Possessions

Fancy Clothes

1d6 Additional Silver Pennies

Skills

3 Acrobatics

2 Disguise

2 Knife Fighting

2 Sleight of Hand

2 Sneak

1 Awareness

Special

You can reroll Luck for the same thing as long as you keep paying 1 Luck for each roll.

26 Pendragon Fanatic

Fear the fangirls, especially those of an astral rock band.

Possessions

Pendragon Paraphernalia worth 4d6 Silver Pennies to another fan or 1d3 Silver Pennies to anyone else

Skills

4 Lyrics Knowledge

3 Astrology

3 Secret Signs

2 Knife Fighting

2 Singing

Special

Once per day, you may test your Luck to see if you have the “gift” if you succeed, gain a random spell (Table 5) that you can cast once by singing one of Pendragon’s songs. Fortunately, you don’t roll on the Oops! Table if you roll double 6. You know the lyrics to all Pendragon songs, right?

31 Bear Pugilist

You punch bears. (Please do not punch bears outside of the game. That is a bad idea for multiple reasons.)

Possessions

Nothing else.

Skills

5 Fist Fighting

5 Strength

Special

Your fists deal damage as a Modest Beast. Such is the way of the Bear Pugilist.

32 Scion of the House of Dracula

It is said that Dracula was the son of the dragon. In that case, vampires are just young dragons, right?

Possessions

Fancy Clothes

Fangs (as Small Beast)

Skills

2 Awareness

2 Climb

2 Fang Fighting

2 Strength

2 Tracking

Special

You can drink blood by dealing Damage as with your Fangs to regain that much Stamina. In addition, once per day the scion may douse a 24ft area in beautiful dragon-fire. Everyone in the area is automatically hit but may test their Luck to reduce the Damage roll by 1. However, you take double Damage from silver weapons and regain Stamina half as effectively from all sources.

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33 Mothman of Nightbloom

The underground city of Nightbloom is beset by demons, and the Mothmen are all that stands between the two.

Possessions

Sword

Shield

Cape

Silver Mask

Wings

Skills

3 Sword Fighting

2 Acrobatics

2 Climb

2 Etiquette

2 Fly

34 Boxherd

Taking care of boxen is simple enough, there’s no added stress to adventuring at all.

Possessions

Herd of 1d6 Small Boxen

Crook (as Staff)

Skills

4 Box Handling

2 Awareness

1 Crook Fighting

35 Swordmouth

There's some weird stuff in the Book of Revelation.

Possessions

Sword (in mouth)

Heavy Armour

Horse (?)

Skills
3 Ride
3 Sword Fighting
2 Intimidate
1 Astrology
1 Strength

36 You Died So Now Your Soul Is in a Robot

Self explanatory.

Possessions

Tools to fix yourself

Skills

3 Self-Repair

Special
You don't heal naturally. Instead, anyone can test Repair (or a variation thereof) so you can recover 1d6 Stamina. However, you can't die again until your Stamina is the negative of your maximum, in which case your chassis cannot be recovered. Also, roll again to find out what you were before you died, and gain the associated skills.

Enemies

Box

All Boxen

Mien

1. Oblivious
2. Grazing
3. Sleeping
4. Hungry
5. Aggressive
6. Distressed

Small Box

Skill 6
Stamina 12
Initiative 2
Armour 1
Damage as Small Beast

Large Box

Skill 8
Stamina 18
Initiative 3
Armour 3
Damage as Modest Beast

Cargo Box

Skill 12
Stamina 24
Initiative 4
Armour 5
Damage as Gigantic Beast

Halfling

Skill 7
Stamina 6
Initiative 3
Armour 1
Damage as weapon
Mien

1. Curious
2. Baffled at Your Attire
3. Hiding in Plain Sight
4. Not Wanting to Associate
5. Clingy
6. Paranoid

Special When a player fails a Luck roll, things get better for the halfling.

Orc

Skill 7
Stamina 8
Initiative 2
Armour 1
Damage as weapon
Mien

1. Belligerent
2. Belligerent
3. Belligerent
4. Belligerent
5. Belligerent
6. Drunk Enough to Reason With