Assign a 3,2,1, and 0 to the following stats. Fierce OOOOO Dark OOOOO Primal OOOOO Presence OOOOO (New PCs: assign 3,2,1,0) Speed (Primal +4): Health (Fierce +4): Willpower (Dark + Presence): Defense 10-(Fierce + Primal): Fierce, Dark, Primal, and Presence are your four core stats. Fierce is mostly used for

I’m thinking players start with about 15 points to buy powers. You’ll also be awarded points as XP—so there won’t be any leveling, just points to spend to get more powers and improve current attributes. Do I know what XP will be rewarded for yet? Nope. Thus far, I’m considering

There were various references in the powers to taking control of other creatures. Let’s talk about how that works. For an action, you may roll the ability mentioned in the power. For instance, in the Primal power Speech of the Beasts, it says that you may attempt to control Beasts

Note: This is all theory so far. I haven’t playtested this game at all. There are more bits and bobs I have to get into place before it’s ready for that. However, let’s dive into how combat will work. Setup Combat starts out by setting up the board. Folks who

Short one this week. Here are some tables of common actions in the game. Any character can also use an action to perform one of the move actions, though if they actually move a second time, they can only go half their normal distance. Primary Actions Action Description Attack The

Having adversaries and things to populate the world outside of the PCs was my biggest barrier to playtesting. Let’s be honest: the combat for this RPG functions very much like a skirmish game. This isn’t an accident. It’s a feature, not a bug. When tribes clash or PCs fight dinosaurs,

Inventory A character has inventory slots equal to their Fierce x 2 + 10. Most items take up one slot, but exceptions are listed. Mobs pool their inventory slots. A single person couldn’t carry all the meat from a Tusk Tiger, but a mob could. While some items would just

Traveling and Hexes The map for the game world will be done in hexes. When the game first starts, only the hex with the camp will be marked on the player map. The PCs have just arrived here, fleeing from their old homes. They need to explore and find resources

Tweaks and New Mechanics You may have seen some mechanics referenced that weren’t mentioned yet. I’ve also tweaked some things as I’ve gotten deeper into how it all works together. New stuff and changes are listed below. Reaction Checks When a Reaction Check is called for, a stat and a