Dice Overview
From The Undead Archive
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| Physique: 0 | |
| Athletics: | Climbing, jumping, swimming, lifting, and other feats of physical exertion. |
| Melee: | Fighting with close combat weapons or unarmed strikes. |
| Resilience: | Enduring pain, resisting poison or illness, and withstanding physical trauma. |
| Agility: 0 | |
| Aiming: | Using ranged weapons accurately. |
| Stealth: | Moving quietly, hiding, and avoiding detection. |
| Reflex: | Reacting quickly to danger, avoiding hazards, and resisting sudden effects. |
| Finesse: | Precise manual control, delicate manipulation, or careful physical actions. |
| Reason: 0 | |
| Awareness: | Noticing threats, spotting details, and sensing changes in the environment. |
| Medicine: | Treating wounds, stabilising injuries, and managing illness. |
| Technology: | Using, repairing, or understanding machines and electronic systems. |
| Academia: | General knowledge, research, and recalling learned information. |
| Presence: 0 | |
| Morale: | Resisting fear, maintaining composure, and enduring psychological strain. |
| Intimidation: | Coercing or frightening others into compliance. |
| Persuasion: | Convincing others through reason, trust, or emotional appeal. |
| Deception: | Lying convincingly, misleading others, or concealing the truth. |
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 specialised and are always rolled with their parent Ability.
When you attempt an action using a Skill, roll: d20 + its associated Ability + the Skill level
Compare the total to a Difficulty Class, or DC, set by the narrator or the rules.
