Author: Ian Story

Attack of Opportunity ⤾ Trigger:  A creature within your reach that you can see makes an attack with a ranged weapon or uses an action with the Manipulate, Concentration, or Vulnerable keywords. You lash out at a foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature. This Strike doesn’t count toward…

Multiple Attack Penalty (MAP) If you use actions with the Attack trait more than once on the same turn, all attacks after your first become less effective. After using each Attack action, you gain a Multiple Attack Penalty point. For each Multiple Attack Penalty point, you take a -5 penalty on attack rolls (including spell…

You will take many actions as an adventurer, each of which may end in success or failure. Typically, the DM will only call for a dice roll if there is a possibility of success, a possibility of failure, and there are interesting consequences on both a success and a failure. For routine tasks performed without…

The Five Ability Scores Strength Strength measures your character’s physical power and endurance. Strength is useful if your character plans to engage in hand-to-hand combat wearing heavy armor. Your Strength modifier influences your melee damage rolls, your Hit Points, your Fortitude saving throws, and how much your character can carry. Dexterity Dexterity measures your character’s…

Casting Spells The casting of a spell can range from a simple word of magical might that creates a fleeting effect to a complex process taking minutes or hours to cast and producing a long-term impact. Casting a Spell is a special activity that takes a number of actions defined by the spell. When you…