Dice Overview

The Archive Dice System is built for gritty, story driven survival roleplay.

Common Terms

Advantage	Roll twice, pick the higher number.
Disadvantage	Roll twice, pick the lower number.
Action	Anything performed on your turn.
Reaction	Anything performed on someone else's turn.

Abilities and Skills

Abilities represent your fundamental strengths as a survivor. Each Ability governs a set of Skills. Skills are specialized and are always rolled with their parent Ability.

When you attempt an action using a Skill, roll the following:

d20 + its associated Ability + the Skill level

For example, if you have a +2 Morale and +2 Presence (its parent ability), you'd roll:

d20 + 2 (Morale) + 2 (Presence) 

Compare the total to a Difficulty Class, or DC, set by the narrator or the rules.

Difficulty Class and Outcomes

Difficulty Class (DC) is the number that you compare your roll against. They are set by the rules, or the narrator.

After rolling, compare your total to the DC.

Over 5 Below DC:	Strong Failure
5 or Less Below DC	Failure
Meets DC	Success
5 or More Above DC	Success
Over 5 Above DC	Strong Success