Book 1: Characters and

Conflict

WANDERER
Fantasy Adventure in a Time of
Sword and Sorcery

Adventurous Aquatic Llama

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 Contents
INTRODUCTION

PLAYING THE GAME

Player Priorities
Resolution

CHARACTERS
Character Generation
Characteristics
Narrating Background
Paths, Gaining Skills, and Expertise
Human Paths
Skills and Benefits
Skill Checks and Use

CONFLICT
Combat
Social Brawling

EXTRAS
Character Sheet
A Starting Map
A Few Notes on Monsters and NPCs
Places for Random Trouble

OGL
 Introduction
What you hold here is not a definitive work of what
Wanderer should be. This is just my take on it. The pdf and
OpenOffice files should be available together so you can edit to
your hearts content. Certain things have be left open for your
interpretation.
There are a number threads found over at travellerrpg.com
discussing fantasy CT. Here are a few:
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=14070
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=14283
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=13311

There are numerous others as well. Search for Wanderer, Fantasy

CT and so forth.
The basis premise is to develop a fantasy game using the
CT rules written by Marc Miller and published by Far Future
Enterprise.
My preference for a game is about having players make
difficult choices for their characters and having player priorities
(including the GM). For the sake of keeping with the CT system
I have included the random tables (because I love tables!) for
character generation but there is an alternate character generation
system.

CREDITS
Large parts of the ideas presented here are from the CotI forum
users.
Handles on CotI:
Jame Commoner and Spellcaster

robject Great threads all over CotI loaded with fleshed out ideas.

UGM Supplement 4
Posted on CotI by Supplement 4

Alternate Character Generation - tbeard1999

Original post is here: http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/
showthread.php?t=14819

Traveller System Reference Document (TSRD)

Influences (or stuff you should read):

Burning Wheel by Luke Crane
Dunjon by Clinton Nixon
Lacuna by Jared Sorensen
Spirit of the Century by Donogue, Hicks, and Balsera
Aldreth by Nigel Hodge
 Playing the Game
Player Priorities

Resolution
Die Roll Conventions
Check (or Throw): To determine if a character succeeds or fails at
a particular task, the player must make a check. To make a check,
the player rolls 2d6 and adds any appropriate Dice Modifiers
(such as a skill his character possesses, or a bonus from a piece of
equipment). If the total is equal to or greater than the target number
for that check, he succeeds. A check will usually have a skill or
characteristic associated with it. For example, a check of Dex 8+
means roll 2d6, add your Dexterity Characteristic Modifier, and
you succeed if you have a total result of 8 or more.
Target Numbers: In many checks, the player needs to roll equal
to or above a specific number (usually, eight or more). This is
denoted by a number followed by a plus, such as 8+ or 10+.
Dice Modifier (abbreviated to DM): A number to be applied to a
die roll before it is used. Dice Modifiers are preceded by a sign,
which indicates if the number is to be added to or subtracted from
the roll. For example, a Dice Modifier of 2 indicates that two is to
be subtracted from the roll; a Die Modifier of +4 indicates that four
is to be added to the roll.

Basic Resolution Mechanic using the UGM

State your intent (what you want to do) and task (by what means)
. I want him dead is your intent. Are you going to watch him die
from old age, run him through with a sword, hire someone to kill
him. You get the idea. Once you have that figure out pick the skill
or skills (yes, you can have linked tests) needed and roll.

UGM Universal Game Mechanic (w/ Task and Intent)

1) State Intent
2) Figure out Task
3) Tie in Skill(s) needed and modifiers
4) Then roll

2D + modifiers and hope for an 8+ . Yup, that simple. Here are

some modifiers

Difficulty DM
Standard +0
Difficult -2
Challenging -4
Formidable -6
Impossible -8

Now this brings about the questions how do we tweak the

CT resolution system and still keep with the overall CT design
philosophy.
 Characters
The players characters are the central focus of the game. All
the activity of the game should be centered on the characters. The
players need to help drive the story forward and find trouble for
their characters.

Character generation
In the CT system characters are generated by rolling (err
throwing) 2d6. This number represents a characteristic of your
character. This numbers help define who your character is. Values
range from 2 to 12 with 7 being the average value. Also presented
is an alternate method for creating characters based on player
choice

Characteristics
Every person and creature in Wanderer has several characteristics
that describe their base mental and physical potential.
Strength (Str): A characters physical strength, fitness and
forcefulness.
Dexterity (Dex): Physical co-ordination and agility, reflexes.
Endurance (End): A characters ability to sustain damage, stamina
and determination.
Intelligence (Int): A characters intellect and quickness of mind.
Education (Edu): A measure of a characters learning and
experience.
Social Standing (Soc): A characters place in society.

The Universal Personality Profile

Narrating Background
Group
One of many great things about the tables present in CT is that
they can be used as a narrative tool to help the players establish
their characters and the tie in to others. If the players are creating
characters as a group here is one method to put a story together.

Initiation Briefly establish your characters setting. How

does your character know, interact with, or are bonded to the other
characters in the story?
Departure What events or decision led to your characters
departure from his/her/its setting? How does your characters
group come about?
Skills and Attributes From the Tables determine what
skills and attributes your character has gained for the first
Departure. If you want make a brief note how the skill or attribute
was gained.
Testing As a group setup a scenario to Test the characters.
There are some fine random idea generators here:
http://www.lumpley.com/oracle/4oracles.php
http://crngames.com/oracle

Once the scenario is set pick a challenge, set consequences for

success and failure. Roll for Testing and narrate the results. If the
characters are participating in the same scene you can learn a skill
from the other character. The skill starts a rank 0 and the skills
learned need to be used during the scene.
Example:
Four characters (Solider, Noble, Rogue, Spellcaster) have come
to their Testing phase. The players suggest a scene where they are
at war trying to recovery a holy artifact for their home town. The
Solider has been given command of the west wing of the army.
The Rogue and Caster are trying to sneak in to the castle to steal
the item. The Noble, acting as a diplomat, is trying to convince
a nearby town to join in. Each player states Intent/Task and what
skills are being used. All player roll their Testing skill. The players
narrate the outcome.
In this case the Solider fails and his wing is crushed in combat
but this allows the Rogue and Caster to get inside the castle. The
Rogue and Caster both succeed on their rolls and get the object.
They can then learn one skill at rank-0 from each other. The Noble
manages to convince the town to go to battle with them thus saving
the Soldiers wing.

Commission and Promotion (these need a name change)

Based on your characters and your groups action narrative the
results of the Commission and Promotion.

Return Can you Return to the same path or have things

change some much you can not go back? The Traveler path is
always open for Heros who can not cross back over.

Solo
Solo narrative means your character is going through this
process without other player characters. So follow the same
process as listed above but ignore the references to the group.
Paths, Acquiring Skills and Expertise
Paths
At many points during a path, a character will have to make a
throw of some sort. Most of these throws are characteristic throws
roll 2d6, add the DM from the listed characteristic, and try to get
a total higher than the listed value. A throw of Int 8+ means roll
2d6, add your Intelligence DM, and you succeed if you roll an 8
or more. A few throws are skill checks, where you add any levels
in that skill and the DM from an appropriate characteristic. For
example, a throw of Longsword 8+ would mean roll 2d6, add your
Longsword skill and the DM from an appropriate characteristic
such as Dexterity, and get over 8.

Path Format
Setting: The background your character comes from. This is were
you were born and spent the first 14-16 years of your life.
Departure: What you need to roll to enter that path. The
Departure is your character leaving the setting he/she was born
into. If you fail this check then you cannot enter your chosen path
this term. You must either submit to Fate or take the Traveler path
for this term. You suffer a 1 DM to qualification rolls for each
previous path you have entered. Once you leave a path you cannot
return to it. Fate and the Traveler path are exceptions to this rule
you can be Fated into a path you were previously in but got ejected
from and the Traveler path is always open.

Skills and Training: Each path has skill tables associated with it -
Personal Development, path Skills, Education Skills and Advanced
Education. In each term you spend in a path, pick one of these
tables and roll 1d6 to see what your character gains. You may only
roll on Advanced Skills if your character has the listed qualification
(usually Education 8+ or a certain Rank).
Skills can be listed with or without an associated level. If no rank
is listed, then you gain that skill at Level 0 if you do not have it
already, or increases its level by one if you are already trained in
that field.
Basic Training: For your first path only, you get all the skills
listed in the Path Skills table at Level 0 as your basic training. For
any subsequent careers, you may pick any one skill listed in the
Service Skills table at Level 0 as your basic training.
Testing: Each path has a testing roll. If you fail this roll, roll on
the mishap table or if you are narrating figure out what happens.
This mishap is always enough to force you to leave the service.
You lose the benefit roll for the current term only. A natural 2 is
always a failure.
Events: If you are still in your path after resolving the survival
roll, roll on the events table to see what interesting things befall
you this term.
Commission: This only applies to the Solider path. A character
who succeeds at a commission roll becomes a Rank 1 officer in
that path, and uses the officer Rank table from then on. A character
may attempt a commission roll once per term, and trying for
commission is optional.
If you obtain a commission after having already advanced several
ranks, you become a Rank 1 officer as normal but you may add
your two final ranks together for the purposes of determining
benefits.
Some events give a bonus DM to advancement rolls, or give
automatic advancement. You can apply these DMs to commission
rolls also.
Advancement: Each path has an advancement roll. If you make a
successful Advancement roll, then you move to the next rank and
gain an extra roll on any of the Skills and Training Tables for this
path. You also get any benefits listed for your new rank. You may
only attempt to advance once per term.
Ranks and Benefits: You start at Rank 0 in your path. Each time
you succeed at an advancement check, you move onto the next
Rank.
Some ranks have benefits associated with them, such as extra skills
or more benefits. You gain these benefits as soon as you attain that
rank.

Quest Goodness: When you leave a path for any reason, you
gain material benefits from that path. There are two tables Cash
and Benefits. You may only roll on the cash tables a maximum of
three times, regardless of how many careers or benefit rolls you
have. You get one benefit roll per full term served. Leaving due
to a mishap means you lose the benefit roll for that term, but not
previous full terms in that path. If you reached rank 1 or 2, you get
an extra benefit roll when leaving that service. If you reached rank
3 or 4, you get two extra benefit rolls, and if you reached rank 5 or
6, you get three extra benefit rolls and may apply a +1 to rolls on
the Benefits table that you gain from that path.
Human Paths
The path types listed here reflect a western European influence
and Tolkien-esqe setting. In particular elves, dwarfs, and others
need to have their own initial setting, path types, mustering out,
and aging tables. Non-humans will be presented in Book 2:
Wizardry and Demi-humans.
The wonderful thing about tables like these is that you can
encode a certain world view. I have done that here.
Players can either pick one setting to start in or roll a 2d6. This
determines your starting background. Even though it is difficult to
move between careers humans can. The rules for doing this will be
discussed in Book 2.

Setting

2d6 Stats Required Additional Stat Bonus

Skill Benefits
2 Outcast 10,8,7,7,6,4 Survival-0 +1 Pick one:
Str, Dex, End
3-4 Villager 10,8,7,7,6,4 Craft-0 +1 Pick one:
or Str, Edu, End
5-9 Peasant 9,8,7,7,6,4 Craft-0 +1 Pick one:
Str, Dex, End
10-11 City +1 Pick one:
Str, Edu, End,
Int
12 Noble 11,8,7,7,6,3 Court- +1 Pick one:
wise-0 Str, Edu, End,
Soc

Path Types
Commoner
Required skill: Inconspicuous

Solider
Required skill: Solidering
Religious
Required skill: Region-wise

Traveler
Required skill: Traveling

Rogue
Required skill: Streetwise

Noble
Required skill: Court-wise

Mariner
Required skill: Seafarer

Spellcaster
Required skill: Magic Attribute

Non-caster
Required skill: Survival

Barbarian
Required skill: Survival
 Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
Departure 5+ 1
5+ 4+ 3+ 2
DM +1 If End 9+ If End 9+ If Int 8+ If End 8+
DM +2 If Str 9+
Fate
Testing 6+ 7+ 4+ 7+
DM +1 If End 9+ If Edu 8+ If End 9+

DM+1
8+ 6+ 8+ -
DM+1 If Int 8+ If Edu 8+ If Soc 7+ -
Return 4+ 7+ 5+ 3+
1: Restriction. Social must be between 3-9
2: Restriction. Social class is capped at 7.

Personal Development Table

Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 +1 Str +1 Str +1 End +1 Str
2 +1 Dex +1 Dex +1 Dex +1 Dex
3 +1 End +1 End +1 Edu +1 End
4 +1 Int +1 Edu +1 Int +1 Int
5 Brawling Brawling Reading +1 Edu
6 Gambling Gambling Craft Traveling
Path Skill Table
Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 Craft Melee Combat Reading Navigation
2 Survival Survival Singing Survival
3 Hunting Armor Training Craft/Weapon Hunting
4 Mechanical Mechanical Research -Wise
5 Craft Recon Oratory Recon
6 Animal Hnd Missile Combat Special* Melee Combat
* Turn/Command Undead

Education Table
Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 Craft Armor Training Craft Navigation
2 Brawling Melee Combat Reading Melee Combat
3 Melee Combat Missile Combat Writing Missile Combat
4 Performance Foraging Performance Hunting
5 Survival Survival History Survival
6 Streetwise Streetwise Writing Haggling

Advance Education Table (Only if Edu 8+)

Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 Medical Medical Medical Foreigner-wise
2 Trader Craft:Smith Doctrine Trader
3 Language Craft:Armorer Language Language
4 Equestrian Equestrian Writing Jack-o-Trades
5 Craft Language Craft Craft
6 Forgery Forgery Accounting Forgery
Rank Table
Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 Apprentice Runner Lay person -
2 Crafter Foot Solider Acolyte -
3 Journeyman Sergeant Priest -
4 Mastercrafter Veteran Sergeant Varies -
5 Guildmaster Quartermaster Varies -
6 Councilor Captain Varies -

Benefits Table
Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 +1 Int +1 Int +1 Int +1 Int
2 +2 Edu A Letter of +1 Edu +1 End
Mark
3 Toolkit Toolkit Toolit Toolkit
4 Weapon Weapon A set of travel Weapon
clothes
5 Ship Passage Ship Passage Ship Passage Ship Passage
6 +1 Soc +1 Soc +1 Soc +1 Edu

Money Table in dernier (1 livre = 10 sous = 100 dernier)

Commoner Solider Religious Traveler
1 500 500 varies 50
2 500 500 varies 50
3 1000 1000 varies 100
4 1500 1000 varies 150
5 2000 3000 varies 200
6 5000 6000 varies 500
 Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
Departure 6+ - 1
6+ 9+ 2
DM +1 If Dex 8+ - If End 10+
DM +2 - If Str 8+
Fate
Testing 6+ 3+ 5+ 8+
DM +1 If Edu 8+ If Int > 7 If End 8+ If End 8+

DM +1
8+ 12+ 6+ 8+
DM+1 If Soc 8+ If Soc 11+ If Edu 6+ If End 8+
Return 6+ 4+ 6+ 8+
1: Only if your social rank is 10+
2: Requires the Magic Attribute otherwise see Non-caster table

Personal Development Table

Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 +1 Str +1 Str +1 Str +1 End
2 +1 Dex +1 Dex +1 Dex +1 Int
3 +1 End +1 End +1 End +1 Magic
4 +1 Int +1 Int +1 Int Spellcraft
5 Brawling Reading Brawling Technical
6 Law-wise Etiquette Rope Use Melee Combat
Path Skill Table
Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 Melee Combat Bribery Seafarer Missile Combat
2 Survival Survival Survival Spell Skill
3 Bribery Hunting Fishing Spellcraft
4 Mechanical Carousing Mechanical Science
5 Recon Oratory Repair Technical
6 Missile Combat Conspicuous Brawling Equestrian

Education Table
Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 Fencing Accounting Command Academic
2 Liaison Reading Navigation Spellcraft
3 Dungeon-wise Writing Seafarer Spell Skill
4 Bribery Melee Combat Fishing Clandestine
5 Survival Brawling Repair Foraging
6 Mechanical Mount Mechanical Mechanical

Advance Education Table (only if Edu 8+)

Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 Reading Reading Command Medical
2 Writing Writing Navigation Science
3 Accounting Accounting Tactics Spellcraft
4 Underworld Admin Foreigner-wise Spell Skill
5 Forgery Bribery Language Interpersonal
6 Recon Trader Jack-o-Trades Academic
Rank Table
Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 Apprentice Knight - Assistants
Assistant
2 Baron - Assistant
Apprentice
3 Guildsperson Maquis - Apprentice
4 * - Spellcaster

5 Master * - Magician
6 Grandmaster * - Magus
* Other titles to be earned during play

Benefits Table
Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 Toolkit Missile Wpn Weapon Ship Passage
2 Ship Passage Weapon Ship passage +1 Attribute
3 Weapon Line of Credit +1 Edu +1 Attribute
4 Missile Wpn Slave +1 Soc Weapon
5 Safe Travel Ship Ship Spellbook
6 Fence Land Ship passage Mount

Money Table
Rogue Noble Mariner Spellcaster
1 500 5000 500 500
2 500 6000 500 1000
3 1000 8000 1000 1500
4 1500 10000 1500 2000
5 2000 12000 2000 2000
6 5000 15000 5000 3000
 Non-caster Barbarian
Departure 1
6+ 2
5+
DM +1 If End 8+ If Int 7+
DM +2 If Int 8+ If Str 8+
Fate
Testing 7+ 8+
DM +1 If End 8+ If End 8+

DM +1
9+ 8+
DM+1 - -
Reenlist 7+ 4+
1:You dont have the ability to cast spells. And you are generally
pushed around by Real Spellcasters and your Betters.
2:When traveling to supposedly more civilized places others view
your Soc score as 1 and your Edu score counts as half, rounded
down for the purposed of Social Brawling and other things linked
to Soc or Edu.

Personal Development Table

Non-caster Barbarian
1 +1 Edu +1 End
2 +1 Edu +1 Str
3 +1 End +1 Dex
4 +1 Dex +1 End
5 Spellcraft Weapon
6 History Hunting
Path Skill Table
Non-caster Barbarian
1 Reading Storytelling
2 Writing Brawling
3 Science Craft
4 Spellcraft Plant lore
5 Technical Folklore
6 Brawling Melee Weapon

Education Table
Non-caster Barbarian
1 Reading Craft
2 Interpersonal Haggling
3 Spellcraft Missile Weapon
4 History Repair
5 Language Recon
6 Writing Mount

Advance Education Table (only if Edu 8+)

Non-caster Barbarian
1 Medical Augury
2 Language Language
3 Interpersonal Storytelling
4 Technical History
5 Science Reading
6 Mathematics Instruction
Rank Table
Non-caster Barbarian
1 Servant -
2 Upper Servant -
3 Lab Staff -
4 Assistants -
Assistant
5 Assistant -
Apprentice
6 Apprentice -
* Other titles to be earned during play

Benefits Table
Non-caster Barbarian
1 Weapon Weapon
2 Ship passage Toolkit
3 Edu +1 Weapon
4 Toolkit Mount
5 Soc +1 Ship passage
6 Books Travel gear

Money Table
Non-caster Barbarian
1 1000 100
2 3000 100
3 4000 500
4 4000 500
5 6000 1000
6 8000 2000
Alternate Character Generation
Careers
Each character can participate in one path for up to four four-
year terms. The character starts at age 18. For the first term, the
character gets 3 skill points. For each additional term, the character
gets 2 skill points. Characters must spend skill points to take the
required skills for their path. The character also gets 2 benefits per
term.

Skill Selection
Characters may choose any skills from the Core Skills and
Secondary Skills list for their path. Up to two Core Skills can be
taken at any level. Other Core skills must be taken at level 2 or
less. Up to three Secondary skills can be taken at level 2. Other
Secondary skills must be taken at level 1.
No skill may be taken at a higher level than the number of terms
served. So if you serve four terms, you are limited to 4 levels in a
skill.
Some skills have prerequisites, such as Edu 8+, or a certain
special assignment

Benefits
Characters get 1 benefit per term of service. Unless otherwise
stated, characters may choose a benefit multiple times. Some
benefits may have prerequisites.

Every path may choose from this list of general benefits:

+1 to an attribute. Costs 2 benefit points. Only 6 benefit points can
be spent on attributes.

Academic Degreethe character has a degree in a course of

study not covered by the skills list. A bachelors degree works as
a skill level of 1, costs 1 benefit point and requires an Edu of 8+
and Soc 10+. A masters degree works as a skill level of 2, costs 2
benefit points and requires an Edu of 9+ and Soc 10+. A doctorate
works as a skill level of 3, costs 3 benefit points, and an Edu of
10+ and Soc 10+.

Creating Paths
You can sketch additional careers by following these guidelines.
Core skills are skills listed at least twice in the skill charts for that
path. Secondary skills are all other skills that appear in the skill
charts for that path. Special benefits should reflect the benefits
table.

Skills and Benefits

Skills
If a character has no level in a skill, then he is untrained and will
suffer a 3 Dice Modifier when trying to use that skill.
If a character has zero level in a skill (Skill 0), then he is
competent in using that skill, but has little experience. He does not
get any bonus from his skill ranks when using that skill but at least
he avoids the penalty for being untrained.
If a character has one or more level in a skill (Level 1, Level
2, and so on) then he is trained in that skill. Each rank represents
several years of experience using that skill. A character with Level
23 in a skill is a skilled professional in that field.

Some skills have specialties specialized forms of that skill.

A character picks a specialty when he gains level 1 in a skill
with specialties. For example, a character might have Engineer
0, allowing him to make any Engineer skill checks without an
unskilled penalty. He might then gain a level in Engineer, giving
him Engineer (Jump drives) 1. He would make all Engineer
checks involving Jump drives at a +1 DM, but would make all
other Engineer checks at a +0 DM. A character can have multiple
specialties in a skill an engineer might have Engineer (Jump
drives) 1 and Engineer (power plant) 2. He would make checks
related to Jump drives with a +1 DM, checks related to power
plants with a +2 DM and all other Engineer checks with a +0 DM.
Skills
The CT reprint Book 1 has skills listed on pages 16-22. Some of
those are duplicated here. Some skills are left undefined. It will be
up to the players and GM to come up with limitations and use.

Acting

Admin
This skill covers bureaucracies and administration of all sorts, including the
navigation of bureaucratic obstacles or disasters.

Animal handling
This skill, rare on industrialized or technologically advanced worlds, is for the
care of animals.

Appropriate Weapon
The player gets to pick a weapon of choice either melee or missile
depending on the path chosen.

Art
The character is trained in a type of creative art.
Specialties
Acting: The character is a trained actor, at home on the stage.
Dance: The character is trained dancer and performer.
Instrument: Playing a particular musical instrument, such a flute, piano
or organ.
Sculpting: Making artistic or abstract sculptures in a variety of media.
Writing: Composing inspiring or interesting pieces of text.

Augury

Brawling

Broker
The Broker skill allows a character to negotiate trades and arrange fair deals.

Carousing
Carousing is the art of socialising; of having fun, but also ensuring that other
people have fun, of infectious good humour.

Deception
Deception allows a character to lie fluently, disguise himself, perform sleight of
hand and fool onlookers.

Diplomacy
The Diplomat skill is for negotiating deals, establishing peaceful contact and
smoothing over social faux pas.

Fencing

Folklore

Gamble
The character is familiar with a wide variety of gambling games, such as poker,
roulette, blackjack, horse-racing, sports betting and so on, and has an excellent
grasp of statistics and probability.

Healing

History

Hunting

Jack of Trades
The Jack of All Trades skill works differently to other skills. It reduces the
unskilled penalty a character receives for not having the appropriate skill by one
for every level of Jack of All Trades.

Language
There are numerous different Language specialities, each one covering reading
and writing a different language. All characters can speak and read their native
language without needing the Language skill, and automated computer translator
programs mean that Language skills are not always needed on other worlds.
Having Language 0 implies that the character has a smattering of simple phrases
in many languages.

Law
Law gives a knowledge of common legal codes and practices, especially
interstellar law.
Liaison

Literacy

Mechanic
The Mechanic skill allows the character to maintain and repair most equipment.

Medicine
The Medic skill covers emergency first aid and battlefield triage as well as
diagnosis, treatment, surgery and long-term care.

Navigation
Navigation covers plotting courses and finding directions on the ground.

Persuade
Persuade is a more casual, informal version of Diplomacy.

Philosophy

Reading

Recon
A character trained in Recon is able to scout out dangers and spot threats,
unusual objects or out of place people.

Science
There are four separate Science skills Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Social
Sciences and Space Sciences. Each science skill has a number of specializations.
Physical Sciences
Physics: The study of the fundamental forces.
Chemistry: The study of matter at the atomic, molecular, and
macromolecular levels
Life Sciences
Biology: The study of living organisms.
Cybernetics: The study of blending living and synthetic life.
Genetics: The study of genetic codes and engineering.
Social Sciences
Archeology: The study of ancient civilizations. It also covers
techniques of investigation and excavations.
 Economics: The study of trade and markets.
History: The study of the past, as seen through documents and records
as opposed to physical artefacts.
Linguistics: The study of languages.
Philosophy: The study of beliefs and religions.
Psychology: The study of thought and society.

Seafarer
The Seafarer skill covers all manner of watercraft and ocean travel.

Spellcraft
This skills covers the theoretical art of casting spells.

Spellskill
Allows you to cast a specific type of spell. Casters are limited to one
type. The types are explained in Book 2.

Stealth
A character trained in the Stealth skill is adept at staying unseen and unheard.

Steward
The Steward skill allows the character to serve and care for nobles.

Streetwise
A character with the Streetwise skill understands the urban environment and the
power structures in society.

Survey

Survival
The Survival skill is the wilderness counterpart of the urban Streetwise skill
the character is trained to survive in the wild, build shelters, hunt or trap
animals, avoid exposure and so forth.

Trade
A character with a Trade skill is trained in producing some useful goods or
services.

Wises
Are neat skills that allow some player narration of in game facts so long as it
doesnt contradict the world or an already established fact. Your character has
Forest-wise. Your party is injured and looking some healing. You call for a
Forest-wise roll to see if a healing herb exists. This establishes a game fact about
this particular forest.

Writing

Benefits

Skill Checks and Use

Vincent Bakers Advice from Dogs
Say yes or roll the dice. I cant stand rolling dice for the
sake of rolling dice. That is god awful boring. There needs to be
something at stake or otherwise say yes. So only roll the dice when
it moves the story forward in a meaningful way. Everything counts
as practice (so no checks toward skill advancement).

Complications not failure

Outright failure is an option with skill checks however
complications make the game more interesting. This all goes back
to the Intent and Task declared my the player.
Example: The player wants her character to pick a lock
to a door before the orcs coming barreling in to kill them. If she
succeeds then the door is open and she goes through. If she fails
typical the door doesnt open. This is not to exciting. I prefer she
opens the door just has the orcs arrive since this goes back to her
original Intent and Task.

Using Skills and Skill Checks

Skills follow the same system as the UGM. You roll 2d6 and add
you skill rank plus any modifiers and hope for an 8+ . You can
argue for a +1 modifier if you have to appropriate skill and setting.
Example: Your character has a Medical skill of 1. You
are trying to revive a fallen comrade. The roll is normally 2d6 +1
(for the rank of your skill). You have the Botany skill and state
that your are using that with your Medical skill. If the setting is
appropriate (you arent in a denuded desert) or your have the items
on hand youd get a +1 to your roll.
Skill Advancement
CT reprint Book 1 covers Experience on pages 42-43. I
am going to present a slightly different system here based on the
UGM.
For Skill 0 to move to Skill 1 you need to make 3 skill
checks at a Standard difficulty and 2 at Difficult.
Skill 1 to Skill 2 you need to make 3 skills checks at
Standard, 2 at Difficult, and 1 at Challenging.
Skill 2 to Skill 3 you need to make 3 at Difficult and 2 at
Challenging
Skill 3 to Skill 4 you need to make 3 at Difficult, 3 at
Challenging and 1 at Formidable.
No substitution. The checks are earned if you succeed or fail.
This means youll need to find interesting ways to get your
character in trouble so you can advance you skills. Dont wait for
you GM to hang out skill checks. Put your character in Danger!! so
you can force these checks to happen.

 Conflict

EXPERIMENTAL COMBAT- This needs work

Combat Procedure
Establish tactical map
Cover, Objectives, and Fluff
Determine Intent and Tasks
Determine starting Positions
Resolve Intent and Tasks
Injury and other Mayhem

Tactical map
The tactical map is just a rough sketch of the surroundings centered
on the characters. Objectives like a hill, bonfires, treasure and so
on should be marked on the map. If any objects provided cover
the value should be listed on the map along with any advantages/
disadvantages the objectives give.

Starting Positions
Range is handled abstractly. There is Far, Outside, Close, Too
Close!! . If no one is opposing the character or NPC for range then
they get what they want. If there is opposition such has a NPC
wants to keep a PC from getting Too Close!! then you roll to see
whose Intent is carried forward. Remember advantages.

Resolving conflict
Resolving conflict uses the UGM (surprise, surprise). Any
character on the move incurs a -1 DM to their attack rolls.

Injury and other Mayhem

The First Blood rule from CT reprint Book 1 pg 34 is in full effect.
The rest of the injury mechanics work as described on pg 34.
Damaged is determined by rolling the damage of the weapon and
subtracting how much the armor absorbs.

Combat Equipment (possible add a fixed dmg col)

DMG, Weight Length Vs Armor Cost
rnd
Fist 1-2 S 0
Club/Staff 1d6 S 0
Dagger 1d6 S 0
Sword 1d6+3 M 0
Axe 2d6 M -1
Spear 1d6 L -1
Hammer 2d6 M -2
Mace 1d6+2 M -2
Polearm, 2d6 L -1
Strike
Polearm, 1d6 L 0
Thrust
Hilt 1-3 S 0
 DMG Degrades Weight Cost
Abs
Padded 2 9-12
Leather 3 10-12
Scale 4 10-12
Maille 5 11-12
Plate 6 12

Social Brawling
This section is not well define. Hopefully someone who has a
better grasp of social conflict mechanics will chime in.

If your character wants to convince someone or argue a point this

can be handle just by narration. Both sides present their arguments.
When the dust settles figure out which one pushes the story in a
more interesting way. This may not be for everyone.

So, total up the following attributes: Int, Edu, and Soc. If this
argument is very important leave the total as is. If the argument is
so-so then halve the total. This represents your Social Brawling
points.

Decide what a total win means, total loss, and a compromise

means.
Example: Your character wants to know where the Sword of the
Ancients is. My NPC knows this. You describe a total win as I
get to know where the sword is. I describe your total loss as I tell
you where the sword is but you serve in my army for a year. The
compromise becomes I tell you where the sword is but I come
along with.

On a note card write out your first point, rebuttal, attack, etc.
Keep it brief. Write down one skill that this corresponds to.
History-1 if you are trying to bring up a historical point. Other
players or NPCs can assist the main Social Brawler. The GM or
opposing player does the same. Flip the cards and roll the dice.
Treat this as an opposed test. The winner knocks 1d6 off the
opponents Social Brawling. Repeat.

A total win means you didnt lose any points from your Social
Brawling and you forced your opponent to lose points. Most of the
time things end in a compromise.
Character sheet

1. Date of Preparation
INITIATION AND CALLING
2. Name 3. UPP

4. Title 5. Rank 6. Birthdate

7. Age Modifers 8. Birthplace

History gather from oral and written accounts,

HISTORY AND JOURNEY some accounts are now lost
9. Departure 10. Testing

11. People, Places, and Notes

12. Awards, Glory, and Sacrifices

13. Skills 14. Departures

15. Return

16. Equipment
Blank Map

Name
REGIONAL MAP GRID
A Few Notes on Monsters and NPCs

Down and Gritty Fantasy - stat out creatures like you would
characters. Creatures follow the same rules for First Blood etc.

High Fantasy - Two creature types. Minions which are stat-ed

just like normal creatures in CT. Minions have one additional rule.
Anyone can cleave through minions. That means your damage
carries over to the next nearest minion and you have the option of
advancing into melee. Non-minions are treated just like characters
with full stat blocks and skills if you wish.

Note on Undead: Creatures with the undead trait ignore the First
Blood rules. You must reduce all physical stats to 0 to stop them.
No stunning, etc
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