Cookbook

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By game

D&D 2014

• D&D 2014 — ordinary ability checks — complete scoped mechanic · beginner (pilot)
• D&D 2014 — one randomly generated ability score — component · intermediate (pilot)
• D&D 2014 — Fireball damage given the save result — component · intermediate (pilot)
• D&D 2014 — miss, hit, or critical — component · advanced (pilot)
• D&D 2014 — one target’s Fireball risk — component · advanced (pilot)

Call of Cthulhu 7e

• Call of Cthulhu 7e — meet regular difficulty — component · beginner (pilot)

Cairn 2e

• Cairn 2e — one Blood Elk hit — component (pilot)
• Cairn 2e — damage after armour — component · intermediate (pilot)
• Cairn 2e — dual-weapon damage — component · intermediate (pilot)

Blades in the Dark

• Blades in the Dark — action-result categories — component · advanced (pilot)

Brindlewood Bay (supplied text)

• Brindlewood Bay — Theorize before Crown use — initial standard-mystery roll before Crowns · intermediate (pilot)

Generic

• Count, any, and enough hits — component · intermediate (pilot)
• How much does an explosion cap matter? — bounded approximation · advanced (pilot)
• Reroll a bad face once — component · advanced (pilot)
• Conditioning versus scoring zero — component · advanced (pilot)

Fate Core

• Fate Core — four Fate dice — component · intermediate (pilot)
• Fate Core — active opposition to an overcome action — component · advanced (pilot)
• Fate Core — one invocation, +2 or reroll? — component · advanced (pilot)

Generic; RMSS verification pending

• Open-ended d100 — RMSS source pending — bounded approximation · advanced (source pending)

The Pool; source pending

• The Pool — any-one trigger component — component · intermediate (source pending)

Dungeon World

• Dungeon World — Defy Danger result bands — component · intermediate (pilot)

Generic / D&D 2014 contrast

• Independent damage dice versus doubling one face — component · intermediate (pilot)

By mechanic

Target checks

• D&D 2014 — ordinary ability checks — complete scoped mechanic · beginner (pilot)
• Call of Cthulhu 7e — meet regular difficulty — component · beginner (pilot)

Dependent saves

• Cairn 2e — one Blood Elk hit — component (pilot)

Keep/drop

• D&D 2014 — one randomly generated ability score — component · intermediate (pilot)

Pools

• Blades in the Dark — action-result categories — component · advanced (pilot)
• Count, any, and enough hits — component · intermediate (pilot)
• The Pool — any-one trigger component — component · intermediate (source pending)

Graded outcomes

• Brindlewood Bay — Theorize before Crown use — initial standard-mystery roll before Crowns · intermediate (pilot)
• Dungeon World — Defy Danger result bands — component · intermediate (pilot)

Explosions

• How much does an explosion cap matter? — bounded approximation · advanced (pilot)
• Open-ended d100 — RMSS source pending — bounded approximation · advanced (source pending)

Damage

• D&D 2014 — Fireball damage given the save result — component · intermediate (pilot)
• Cairn 2e — damage after armour — component · intermediate (pilot)

Custom dice

• Fate Core — four Fate dice — component · intermediate (pilot)

Natural-face exceptions

• D&D 2014 — miss, hit, or critical — component · advanced (pilot)

Dependent outcome

• D&D 2014 — one target’s Fireball risk — component · advanced (pilot)

Opposed rolls

• Fate Core — active opposition to an overcome action — component · advanced (pilot)

Decisions

• Fate Core — one invocation, +2 or reroll? — component · advanced (pilot)

Mixed pools

• Cairn 2e — dual-weapon damage — component · intermediate (pilot)

Rerolls

• Reroll a bad face once — component · advanced (pilot)

Conditioning

• Conditioning versus scoring zero — component · advanced (pilot)

Dependence

• Independent damage dice versus doubling one face — component · intermediate (pilot)