Cortex Prime: Smallfolk - Chargen

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PRIMARY TRAITS

The Primary Traits for this game are Approaches, Roles. and Distinctions. In any test or contest requiring dice, you get to roll one die from each of your 3 primary traits as well as applicable assets, knacks, etc.

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Approaches

Approaches represent how you might go about tackling a given action. The following three approaches are available: Forceful, Savvy, or Charming

Approaches default to

Players may instead choose to step up one to by stepping back one to

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Roles

Roles represent a broad general category of action. If your approach tells us how you are doing something, your role paints a broad picture of what you are doing.

Role categories are FIXER | RUNNER | SCRAPPER | SKULKER | TRACKER | TRICKSTER

Assign one of the following dice to each role:

Fixer

Fixers repair, fabricate, and maintain stuff. Sometimes even people.

Runner

Runners run messages, contraband, supplies, etc.

Scrapper

Scrappers get into it. They ain't met the fight they didn't like.

Skulker

Skulkers like sneaking about, getting into places they weren't meant to get into.

Tracker

Trackers track shit down. They locate people, resources, and rumors.

Trickster

Tricksters are experts at misdirection.

(Knacks)

Knacks are specific specialties under a given Role that the character is just a natural at. Starting knacks are worth an extra but can be stepped up as outlined below.

Each player gets to assign two free knacks at or one free knack at to their Character's Role.

Each player gets to assign one free knack at to their Character's Role.

Each player gets to assign two additional knacks at to any Role rated or higher or step up an existing knack (or two) at a one-for-one exchange rate.

Knacks cannot be assigned to a character's Role.

No knack can be stepped up higher than the dice value of the Role it is assigned to.

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