Scratch

The Scratch Role-Playing System (Scratch RPS) is a simple set of RPG rules used in the Squawk Role-Playing Game and Ancient & Deadly. Scratch uses twenty-sided dice and traditional roll-and-add-bonus game mechanics. Stats for Scratch characters can be as simple as a few abilities and ability levels which are added to rolls when those abilities are used.

The Scratch RPS has a few basic rules and many optional rules that may be used depending on whether they are required or desired:

Basic Rules

• Rolls
• Turns
• Hit Points
• Defenses
• Basic Actions
• Abilities
• Toughness
• Attack Abilities
• Stalking Abilities
• Movement Abilities
• Support Abilities
• Combat Example

Optional Rules

• Vehicles - rules for big machines you can ride
• Grid - play on hexes and squares
• Twenty-Sided Die Alternatives
• Example Characters

Experimental Rules

Ready for Testing:

• Jumping, Climbing and Falling - falling damage and how to avoid it
• Pace - how long do turns take, and how much time passes between turns?
• Random Damage - use d4, d6, d8, d10 and d12 to roll damage

Work in Progress:

• Skills - extra features for your character's abilities
• Races - choose a race with features and a CP cost

Supplements

• basic rules summary
• character sheet (front - regular character)
• character sheet (back - command ability minions)
• initiative cards