B-Grade Stats & Skills

STATS and SKILLS

• Characters in B-Grade have six Stats: Body, Dexterity (same as Coordination in Reign), Sense, Brains, Charm, and Spirit. These are the innate physical and mental characteristics of the character, and "govern" certain skills. There are 2 derived stats (threat and resist). Skills are under each stat. (and the skill set has been limited to about 4 per stat. I don't like massive skill sets in games)
• BODY
  • This is a general indication of physical strength and toughness. It helps with feats of strength, and resisting/surviving injury. Also Threat is derived from this stat
  • Skills are
    • Athletics (includes swimming/running/endurance/lifting/gymnastics)
    • Vigor (determines how severe a wound really is after combat has ended, resistance to poisons)
    • Brawling (unarmed fighting)
    • Martial arts
    • Fight (using simple weapons taht you whack people wiht. eg. axes, clubs, hammers)
• DEXTERITY
  • This Stat encompasses motor coordination, agility, reflexes, speed, and general dexterity. It is used in fighting, shooting, and dexterous physical activities. Also Threat is derived from this stat
  • Skills are
    • Dodge/Escape
    • Ride/Drive________ (eg horseriding, land vehicles)
    • Stealth/Thievery
    • Weaponskill ________ (eg blades, guns, thrown weapons)
• CHARM
  • This is charisma, presence, confidence, and force of personality. This is used in tests of leadership, argument, and other social situations.
  • Skills are
    • Performance _________ (eg dance, song)
    • Command
    • Taunt/Jest
    • Persuade (includes lie/plead/haggle/streetwise)
• SENSE
  • This Stat indicates how well your five senses deliver information to you - high Perception indicates you have clear vision, good hearing, a keen nose.
  • Skills are
    • Survival (includes tracking/orienteering/direction)
    • Intuition (includes sensing spells/supernatural)
    • Scrutinize/Find
    • Ride/Drive (only flying mounts, air and water vehicles)
• BRAINS
  • This is pure intellectual capacity. Intelligence helps you analyze problems, understand information, make logical inferences, and generally perform any task requiring the application of thought and knowledge.
  • Skills are
    • Strategy/Tactics
    • Lore ________ (eg occult, science)/Languages
    • Spellcasting
• SPIRIT
  • This is a measure of the character's ability to remain calm under pressure (or under fire), keep your wits about you, and not freeze in a crisis.
  • Tag skills are
    • Intimidate
    • Faith
    • Reality
    • Cool

DERIVED STATS

• Note that you always round down in B-Grade when calculating averages
• THREAT
  • For Melee Combat: threat = Average of body + Weapon skill (if in armour) OR (player's choice) Average of Dex + Weapon skill (if in non-bulky/no armour)
  • For Projectile combat: threat = Average of Dex + Dodge
  • For Firearms: threat = Body (you can't dodge bullets. Best to be far away from the firer (distance modifier) or in cover (cover modifier)
• RESIST
  • resist = Average of Spirit + Spellcasting