3.1 Personas

3.2 Extras

Extras are represented by a single trait, their rank.

Example

Because extras are generally represented by only one or two dice, the players can defeat vast hordes of extras in one roll of the die pool they use in combat.

Players should write down a brief, one paragraph background to the persona on their record sheet, and also list any Allies and Enemies. It is suggested every persona should have one or two Allies and Enemies, and no more than five in total.

• Batch One: Attributes
  Attributes describe the physical make up of the persona, and generally include traits for Strength, Endurance and Agility.
• Batch Two: Talents
  The second batch are the persona's Talents which are represent learnt skills. The Talent batch usually includes a Blast and Duel trait amongst others.
• Batch Three: Identity
  The third batch of traits describe who the persona is in the game world. The five Identity traits are Species, Role, Fate, Weapon and Armour.

Example

In addition to the main three batches, there is a fourth batch which is determined by the Species of the persona:

• Batch Four: Racial
  This batch consists of five Traits taken from the other three batches. It is different for every species. In the rules, the dice from the Racial batch are listed as underlined, e.g. D8.

3.6 Generating Personas: Dice Batches

At the end, all Traits will have at least one die specified - and any trait in the Racial Batch will have two dice specified.

The species die (see below) means that three dice is the most number likely to be specified for any given trait at the end of character generation.

• Agility
  Gracefulness, nimbleness and the ability to avoid being hit by objects that under the influence of ordinarily Physics would be moving too fast to be dodged.
• Precision
  Accuracy, hand-eye co-ordination and attention to detail. Precision is most commonly paired with Blast (see Talents, below).
• Strength
  Physical force, and the ability to wield large melee weapons. Strength is most commonly paired with Duel (see Talents, below).
• Endurance
  The ability to absorb damage - in Space Opera, usually an absurd amount of physical damage. Endurance is most commonly paired with Armour (see Identity, below).
• Enigma
  That certain something that gives the heroes the edge, and allows villains to escape their recently destroyed secret base to fight again.

3.8 Talents

• Blast
  Skill with a blaster, or with any similar ranged weapon. Most commonly paired with Precision, it may also be paired with Pilot for space battles.
• Duel
  Proficiency at fighting with melee weapons, or at fighting against a single foe. Most commonly paired with Strength, but can also be paired with Blast for a duel with blast weapons.
• Pilot
  Talent at flying space ships, aircraft and indeed, any machine or beast that flies.
• Fly
  Skill at maneuvring through the air - aerial agility. This refers to when the individual has wings, or has a flight device of some kind (a glider pack in the default Micronauts setting, but it could be a rocket pack, a grav belt or any other plot device). It often replaces Agility, and is also often paired with it.
• Technical
  Repair, medical and design skills of all kinds come under the heading of Technical. It is most commonly paired with a relevant Calling (see below).

3.9 Identity

• Species (Bonus Dice)
  The race of the individual. The die assigned to this trait is known as the species die, and is denoted with a lower case d. Because it is a bonus die, it only counts once, no matter how many times it appears in a pool.
• Calling (Bonus Dice)
  A description of the persona's profession, or role in life.
• Fate (Bonus Dice)
  The destiny of the persona - most commonly Hero, Villain or Sidekick.
• Weapon
  The signature weapon that the persona attacks with. It can be a melee weapon or a blast weapon. The character can attack with any weapon, but only their listed, signature weapon provides a bonus of any kind (it wouldn't be Obi Wan, for example, if he wasn't wielding a light sabre).
• Armour
  The signature armour of the persona. They can wear different armour for the purpose of disguising themselves, but they only gain a defensive bonus when they are wearing their signature armour. Some persona's do not wear armour, in which case their Armour trait is listed as None, and their Armour dice represent a defensive advantage they receive for not wearing armour.

3.10 Enigma

3.11 Species

1. To which traits the persona's Species die can be added.
2. Which five Traits constitute the Racial Batch.
3. Any limitations that govern traits for that Species.

Example

3.12 Calling & Fate

Example

3.13 Resource Rolls

Example

In a life or death situation, the persona's Enigma dice could also be included in a resource roll.

Example

• Warrior/Dog Soldier
  A soldier of some kind. Calling applies to combat and military procedures.
• Mechanic
  Expert in some technical area. Calling applies primarily to Technical rolls, when they apply to machines.
• Healer
  A biomechanic - Calling applies to Technical when it is used to heal.
• Hotshot/Flyboy
  A daredevil pilot of some kind. Calling applies primarily to Pilot rolls (or Fly rolls, if more appropriate), and to Technical rolls involving space ships and other flying machines.
• Prince/Princess
  Heir to a realm. Calling can be used to recruit resources of all kinds appropriate to the species in question. May also apply where knowledge of their realm would be useful.
• Servitors
  Loyal servants can use their Calling to recruit resources in the name of their liege and to Technical when it is used for healing people of their liege's species.
• Bodyguard
  They may add their Calling dice whenever they are fighting to protect those whom they are pledged to protect, but if their charges are killed, their Fate dice are downgraded.
• Rogue/Master Thief
  A host of different skills, such as picking locks, climbing, picking pockets and so forth. Calling is applied to any thief-like activity.
• Mentor/Shadow Priest
  A mystic or teacher of some kind. A Guide may add their own Enigma dice to other personas pools, as well as being able to use their Calling dice to recall or research forgotten legends and lore.
• Hunter/Tracker
  Someone who can survive in a harsh environment, and follow people to the ends of the universe. They may use their Calling-Perception dice to attempt to follow people, Calling-Techincal to track star ships and the like. The Gamesmaster may allow them to make a Calling-Enigma in some situations just to see what their 'instincts ' tell them.

3.15 Suggested Fates

• Hero/Heroine
  The good guys. They can add their Fate if they are rescuing someone, or fighting an Archvillain.
• Sidekick
  Whenever they are helping their friends (their friends do not have to be Heroes or Heroines explicitly, but it helps), they can include their Fate.
• Antihero
  They may work with the good guys, but are they heroes or villains? Can include their Fate when working in their own best interests, at the Gamesmaster's discretion.
• Lover
  The lover of one of the regular cast. Their dramatic role is frequently to be captured and then rescued, but sometimes their roles and the roles of the heroes become inverted. Lovers can include their Fate dice whenever they are being rescued by their lover, or whenever they are rescuing their lover, as well as anytime their lover is in immediate danger.
• Seducer/Seductress
  This Fate applies to anyone who spends a sizeable part of their life learning how to win the favour of the opposite sex (assuming a predominantly heterosexual setting). They may use their Fate dice to attempt to seduce people (player's do not have to co-operate if they don't wish to!), and are also adept at running away: include Fate dice when they are being chased.
• Mysterious
  Thoughtful and incomprehensible, the Mysterious persona may include their Fate dice whenever they can get the other players (or the Gamesmaster's minions) to engage in a course of action without explaining it first. (This may lead to all the players following the Mysterious player for no reason other than to give that persona bonus dice).
• Honourable/Vengeful
  Anyone with a strong code of honour. They may use their Fate dice whenever they are vigorously pursuing that code of honour.
• Outcast
  Someone cast out from their own world. To compensate for the animosity of their species, an Outcast may use their Fate die any time they are opposing people of their species.
• Villain/Archvillain
  Villains may add their Fate dice whenever they are opposing Heroes, and Archvillains may also use Fate-Enigma to attempt to escape certain death.
• Comic Relief
  Persona's whose Fate is Comic Relief may include their Fate dice whenever their declared action (or accompanying dialogue) makes any player in the room laugh sincerely. (The Gamesmaster is the final arbiter of a sincere laugh).
• Victim
  A victim's dramatic role is to be killed, captured and have terrible, terrible things happen to them. The Gamesmaster should utterly and unfairly victimize anyone who chooses this Fate. As compensation for this ghastly state of affairs, a Victim may add their Fate dice into any pool they choose without restriction.