MonBuilder March 3 - Hero Traits and Skills

Equipment Traits – A character can have as many of these as they want, each slot holds one piece of gear. As the character levels up, the power/effect of the item also increases.

Armor: A suit of armor that reduces non-magical damage a character takes (add to toughness) 1-5

Shield: A hand held shield that has a chance of absorbing an attack, negating damage. 10% - 50%

Melee Weapon: A hand held weapon that can strike targets 1 or 2 spaces away. At each level (1-5) a weapon gains a new bonus chosen by the player.

Ranged Weapon: Like a melee weapon but can effect targets in and beyond melee range.

Magic: A character has access to a school of magic that includes 5 spells, one unlocked at each character level (1-5). Can be taken 2 times, once for 2 different schools of magic.

Vehicle: The character has a mount or vehicle they are responsible for like a horse, dragon, chariot, etc. This mount cannot always accompany the character but they never lose control or command of it and it can be disabled but not destroyed.

Companion: The character has a pet or sidekick with 2 slots to attribute Augments and/or Traits. The companion may not always be able to follow the character but they never lose control of them. The companion acts on the player’s turn and may be disabled or captured but not killed.

Kit: A character has a kit of special tools. By spending Energy they can use the kit to create a specific effect once per turn. Similar to casting some spells but the effects do not improve as the character grows.

[Tool Kit: Craft or Repair an object, Potion Kit: Heal or Buff an Ally]

Weapon Bonuses

With a Weapon Trait a character is assumed to always have a chosen weapon available, even if they can’t make attacks with it at the time. As the character levels up, their weapons get stronger. At each level the weapons gains a choice of effects, improving their strength.

Increase Damage: All weapons deal a minimum of 1 damage. Melee weapons add the wielders Strength to the attack. This bonus increases the damage by +1

Increase Threat: All attacks critical on a roll of 10, dealing double damage. This bonus increases the chance of getting a critical by +1, allowing an attack to critical at a lower roll (maximum of a roll of 5)

Dual Wield: Carry a pair of weapons, one in each hand, adds an additional attack. Can be taken only once

Reach: Adds 1 space to weapons range.

Special Effect: Includes any kind of effect like elemental damage, bind, explosions, blinding, poisoning

Skills

Heros have Skills that improve their chances of successfully completing a particular action. Skills take up a slot in the same way traits do.

Normally a character has a 50/50 chance of succeeding at an attack or activity but as the difficulty of that action increases, so does their chances decrease. (Using a d10, 1 being failure, 10 being success, normally needing a 6+ to complete a task or hit a target) Each skill gives +5 / +50% to completing that action unless noted otherwise.

Unarmed: Attacking without a weapon or with fist types weapons

Melee: Attacking with a melee weapon

Ranged: Attacking with a ranged weapon

Thrown: Attacking with consumable ranged weapons like Shurikens or explosives.

Armor: A suit of armor increases the wearers defense while reducing their speed and raising the difficulty of all actions. The Armor Skill negates those penalties.

Shield: Carrying a shield increases the character’s defensive abilities in exchange for fewer offensive options. The shield skill allows a character to attack with the shield (Damage = Strength)

Ride: Increases the chance of completing all non-combat actions while riding a mount or vehicle

Cavalry: Increases the chance of completing all combat actions while riding on a mount or vehicle

Casting: Increases the chance of successfully casting a spell

Crafting: Increases the chance of creating or repairing an object.

Gathering: Increases the chance of obtaining the desired items and materials from nature, shops, libraries, etc.

Stealth: Decreases the chance of being detected while crawling, flanking, stealing or any sneaky action where they have not been detected by an enemy yet.

Expect a good amount of modification and expansion on these when Combat, Movement and Actions are released.