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AN FANMADE TABLETOP ROLEPLAYING GAME IN THE BIONICLE UNIVERSE

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi INTRODUCTION Greetings to you, traveler. The text before you is a Tabletop Role-Playing System, ideally played between three and seven players (one Game Master and six Players), that draws from the Bionicle franchise for its setting, gameplay, and aesthetic. For those who know the legends of the Bionicle, that’s ideal. Still, it wouldn’t do harm to skim this chapter anyway. If you’re unfamiliar with the Legend of the Bionicle, it’s recommended you read this section in its entirety to get a feel for the details of the setting. For those unfamiliar with Bionicle, it was a long-running franchise by LEGO that spawned from its TECHNIC line in 2000 in an attempt to move the LEGO brand into a modern era by crafting a building toy line with a story to bolster it and new, unique pieces to encourage creativity. These stories are usually told as legends within the universe of the Bionicle, and follow a group of heroes, usually six but occasionally two or three, as part of a team who wield powerful elemental abilities, mask powers, and unique weapons in a fight against a great evil. These heroes are called Toa, who are bio-mechanical beings who exist to protect the Matoran – small villagers with no power of their own – as well as getting guidance from Turaga – former Toa who wield weaker elemental power than Toa and have many years of experience behind them. There are of course other beings – Skakdi, Makuta, Glatorian, and Agori to name a few – but they are rarely the focus of a story and most lack elemental powers and the ability to make use of Masks of Power – Kanohi. If you’re unfamiliar with Tabletop systems: Tabletop systems are games that combine rules of play and creativity with the idea that a fun and enjoyable storytelling experience can be had between multiple people split into two groups. One group are the players, who make characters that they take the role of within the game world (it is an RPG – a Role-Playing Game – after all), while the other is the Game Master (GM) whose role is to present a challenge for the Players and play the role of enemies, allies, and bystanders within the game world (called NPCs – Non-Player Characters). A Tabletop system also makes use of dice rolls to help determine the result of an action. Through this, a fair but potentially risky way of determining the outcomes of Player choice is created. The Players are put into the shoes of their character and should attempt to react in a way the character would within the world. It’s not natural to everyone, so don’t feel disheartened if you struggle getting into character. Masks of Destiny exclusively uses D6 dice – that is, six-sided dice like you’d find in a board game like Monopoly. A warning however: if you intend to play a game over a long period of time, it might be wise to invest in more dice. Late-game dice pools (groups of dice represented as xD6 where x is the number of D6 dice you roll) can reach double-digits, and so if you intend to play a truly legendary adventure it may be more cost-effective to pick a website and play digitally instead. Now that the basics have been covered, it is time to venture into the world… of the Bionicle. 4

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi CHAPTER 1: CHARACTER CREATION Your Player Character in Masks of Power is generally either a Toa, Turaga, or Matoran (though Variant/Optional rules for other races will be included at the end of this document). Toa are mighty heroes who fight with Great Kanohi, Tools, and Elemental Powers. Turaga are wise elders who were once Toa themselves. Matoran are simple villagers with tenacity to make up for their lack of elemental power. To create this character, you will spend points from a pool to choose your Kanohi and Elemental Powers (if you have them) as well as your Attributes and Skills. Your Tool is highly customizable, and will be discussed later in-depth. Characters have five core Attributes (Agility, Body, Spirit, Intellect, and Charisma), which are further split into fifteen Skills (Evasion, Fight, Stealth, Athleticism, Endurance, Strength, Wisdom, Courage, Survival, Technology, Knowledge, Perception, Persuasion, Deception, and Entertain). We’ll get into the details of these shortly, so keep them in the back of your mind as you move forward as these numerical values reflect your Character’s proficiency with certain tasks. Furthermore, Toa each have two Virtues which you choose at creation. These Virtues describe a major part of who the Character is and confer a small mechanical benefit in specific situations. Characters also hold at least one Terror within their heart, something personal to them that can cause problems through their journeys and present a personal obstacle to overcome unique to that character. Great Kanohi are divided into four Tiers: Zero, One, Two and Three. Tier Zero masks confer a situational benefit that is usually very weak but also lacks a downside in most cases. Tier One masks confer greater benefit in more general situations, but are of average strength compared to the next two Tiers. Tier Two masks are usually quite powerful, but also tend to have drawbacks that limit their use to dire situations. The last Tier is Tier Three, and many legendary Kanohi such as the Avohkii (The Mask of Light), the Kraahkan (The Mask of Shadows), and the Ignika (The Mask of Life) though some non-Legendary masks also fit this category due to the sheer power they hold. Generally speaking, you will be starting with a Tier Zero or Tier One Kanohi (though your GM can change this limitation if they so choose) and might craft, purchase, or seek out Tier Two or Three masks of power during the course of your adventure. Their Cost in Character Points (CP) or Experience Points (XP) are as follows: Tier Zero masks are 0 CP, Tier One are 2 CP, Tier Two are 4 CP, and Tier Three are 8 CP. Matoran have Powerless Masks, and they can resemble any Mask – Noble or Great – except for the Tier 4 masks. They cost 0 CP regardless, but hold no power. Elemental Powers are split into three tiers: Common powers (Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Stone, and Ice), Uncommon powers (Plantlife, Lightning, Sonics, and Magnetism), and Rare powers (Light, Shadow, Gravity, Psionics). As a GM, you may want to restrict access to Rare powers in your game as narratively they are tough to work in and often quite powerful. CP costs are 0, 5, and 10 respectively. A character may only have one Elemental Power, and Matoran only receive the Matoran Bonus effect noted on each Elemental Power. 5

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi A Character may only have ONE Attribute and ONE Skill at their Starting Cap at creation; all other Attributes and Skills MUST be at least one point below the Starting Cap. For example, if your Toa put 5 points into Spirit, their other Attributes must be 4 or lower. The same applies to Skills; if your Toa has 5 points in Fight, their other Skills must be at 4 or below. Don’t forget, you may only spend up to your Area Cap on Attributes or Skills at creation (if you’re capable at least you may spend all of your CP on Attributes and Skills if you wish your character to be more focused on those instead of having stronger Elemental Powers or a stronger Great Kanohi). Below is a chart for the purpose of giving visual aid to the explanations above. Toa are not the only major races in the world of the Bionicle however; Turaga are former Toa who have sacrificed their power for the greater good, and Matoran are average villagers who have the potential to become Toa. Each has a different Starting CP amount, Starting Cap, Final Cap (the maximum score any Skill/Attribute can have), and Area Cap. Regardless of your Race, you spend CP on a one-to-one basis; one CP spent is one point in an Attribute or Skill. Keep in mind, these stats are for easy setup. A GM can tweak these to suit them better or even remove races as playable options entirely – just be sure to tell your Players! RACE STARTING CP STARTING CAP FINAL CAP AREA CAP TOA 45 5 10 20 TURAGA 40 4 9 20 MATORAN 50 3 8 25 What era your Matoran, Turaga, and Toa characters are from matters as well (see TIMELINE). If your game is set in the prime of Metru Nui for example, those Matoran will be more advanced and capable than any from the dark age of Voya Nui. Toa from the era of the Matoran Civil War in Metru Nui might be more suspicious of others, where Toa from somewhere else might be trusting and kind. Turaga tend to change the least however; they are almost always noble and wise guides to others, though what kind of Toa they were before their transformation will greatly affect how they behave. Speak to your GM about the setting as well; if the setting is darker and more serious, making a lighthearted and jovial character or a cheesy heroic Toa might not be the best option. It can work – their cheer could be a mask for the hopelessness they hold inside – but it’s not recommended. Likewise, if your GM is making a campaign where you play as heroes protecting the innocent Matoran of an island or village, making a dark gritty character (especially one who remains that way) can quickly gain the ire of others at the table. In short, learn the setting’s tone and build your character appropriately. 6

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi VIRTUES Virtues are things that characters have that are unique to them. Personal codes, personality traits, or little quirks that both help and hinder them depending on the situation. At creation, characters have two Virtues: one Major and one Minor. A Major Virtue is something which is blatantly obvious just by looking at a character, and is deeply ingrained in their person or something with which they’ve got a particular talent. A Minor Virtue is something which is more subdued or a skill that they might excel at but not make use of as often. Consider how key to your character you want a Virtue to be; if it’s a defining trait, it goes in the Major Virtue slot whereas if it’s important but doesn’t define the character it should be a Minor Virtue. Whenever a Virtue becomes relevant to a roll, you modify the roll with a bonus or detriment. If a Major Virtue would be relevant, you would either add or subtract 4 from your Skill Check (Depending on if the Virtue has a positive or negative effect in the scenario). A Minor Virtue adds or subtracts 2 from a roll instead. A character is not allowed to activate more than one Virtue per roll, even if the flavor of both would fit. Additionally, a character may not activate a Major Virtue once per session, or once per narrative day (whichever is first, unless otherwise allowed by the GM. A narrative day is simply a day which has passed within the game world.), and may not activate a Minor Virtue to modify a roll more than twice per session or once per narrative day (whichever is first, again, unless otherwise allowed by the GM). Don’t be afraid to take a negative modifier to your roll with a Virtue; you’ll find many interesting developments can happen as a result. Virtues can also be used to modify Combat Rolls. Again, with the same frequency as stated before. If a Virtue would be applicable in either an Evasion or Precision Check, you may add the appropriate number of dice to the rolled Pool (+4/-4 for Major, +2/-2 for Minor). Virtue Examples This is not a be-all, end-all list, but instead examples of how Virtues should be written and used. - Wisdom Beyond Time: the character’s mind is finely honed, but due to their experience or stature, people don’t take their advice seriously at a certain point. The character might gain a bonus to certain Intellect Checks, but a penalty to convincing people who are significantly more experienced than they are. - Toa-Heroes don’t Book-Read!: the character has their mind set on greatness, which doesn’t leave a lot of room for other things. They might gain a boost to some Spirit or Charisma based Checks, but don’t rely on them for technical knowledge Checks. 10

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi TERRORS As every character has traits that help describe them as people, everyone has something about themselves or their lives that haunts them. Be it an irrational fear of insects or a memory that haunts them at the worst moments, all characters have a Terror or two that can impact them in various negative ways. They will however help flesh out and develop your character, and with a bit of time and effort you can eventually work past them and come out the other side stronger than before. There are three classifications of Terror: Minor, Major, and Nightmarish. All characters will start with either two Minor Terrors or one Major Terror. You can, of course, add more Terrors as you see fit or adjust the level of your Terrors but this is the bare minimum. Adding more Terrors will not aid your character mechanically in any way, but it might be more appropriate for the character or feel like it adds to the story in some manner. That’s fine too and even encouraged, but a friendly reminder: things which one player sees as a Minor Terror for their character might be a Major Terror for another. Some things might affect a character more despite them being the same thing. For example, one character could fear the ocean and dislike water, but another could have a crippling fear of the open seas which doesn’t let them even enjoy a stroll on the beach. What matters is the intensity of the Terror (but be careful; the GM should still have the final say in what can and cannot count as a Major and Minor Terror). Minor Terrors are something which are not particularly crippling, but have a noticeable effect on a character when they’re brought up. A few examples of a Minor Terror: a poor track record with Kohli games, being a coward, being unable to work with others. Major Terrors are something a bit more stressful for a character. They leave a long-lasting scar on the character’s mental state, which takes more time and effort to work out. A few examples of a Major Terror: feeling as if you can’t lead your Toa team well enough, fearing battle as those alongside you might be harmed, or a fear of being alone. A Nightmarish Terror is something which breaks a person’s will, changes who they are, and will probably haunt them for the rest of their lives. Nightmarish Terrors are significantly darker in nature than Major or Minor Terrors, and should be used very carefully in a game. A few examples of what a Nightmarish Terror could be: a character’s oldest friend being killed in front of them, being mutated with Hordika venom, or maybe being abducted and held hostage at some point in their past. Each type of Terror has an associated number of Terror Boxes that increases based on the intensity of the Terror. Minor Terrors have 5 Boxes, Major Terrors have 7 Boxes, and Nightmarish Terrors sport a whopping 10 Boxes. As you progress through the game, you may gain chances to “mark” your Terror Boxes off. Marking off a Terror Box signifies a character working towards overcoming their fear. 11

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi ELEMENTAL POWERS Elemental Powers are what separates Toa and Turaga from Matoran. Toa in particular have incredible Elemental Powers. When you create your character, you choose an Elemental power. This determines the color scheme of your character and what powers will be at their disposal. You may only have one Elemental Power and may not acquire another at a later time unless something happens during the course of the story. For example, Takanuva was attacked by a Shadow Leech which transformed him into a Toa of half-light and half-shadow. This is, of course, an extreme and unique circumstance – and playing a Toa with two elements would be much the same for you. Speak with your GM if this interests you. Each Element also has some degree of influence on your character’s personality; while these are not hard and fast rules and are more generalizations, Toa of certain Elements tend to act certain ways. For instance, Toa of Ice tend to be cold and distant most of the time as well as calculating where Toa of Air tend to be jovial and sociable. However, some might not fit this stereotype and it could in fact influence your character if their personality is drastically different from how their element is perceived. For example, while Tahu is confident and bold, Vakama was self-conscious and doubted his ability constantly during his time as a Toa. The Elements are split into three Tiers: Common, Uncommon, and Rare. Common Elements are the six “core” elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Stone and Ice. Most Toa teams consist of one of each of these and they cost 0 CP. Uncommon Elements are more esoteric but still reasonably grounded: Plantlife, Lightning, Sonics, and Magnetism. Uncommon Elements cost 5 CP. The Rare elements are the most powerful of all and are, as the name implies, rare. You won’t find many of these Toa. Rare Elemental powers include: Light, Shadow, Gravity, and Psionics and cost a whopping 10 CP. You cannot choose an Elemental Power which you lack the CP to purchase and you cannot acquire another later under normal circumstances. Element Skill Checks are 3D6 + Spirit + [Relevant Skill], where the Relevant Skill is determined by the task at hand. If you’re a Toa of Magnetism and you wish to use your power to shut a heavy door, it would be 3D6 + Spirit + Strength. If you were a Toa of Lightning and you wished to power on a machine with your elemental power, it would be 3D6 + Spirit + Technology. In combat, things are a bit different. An Elemental Precision Pool is XD6, where X = Spirit + Fight. Element Skill Checks are a Simple Action, where Element Attacks are a Complex Action. NOTE: Matoran bonuses are IN BOLD. Only Turaga and Toa may use greater elemental effects. 14

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Common Elements (0 CP) Ice: Beings of Ice are usually stoic, cold-natured towards others, and analytical. They don’t speak often, but when they do you should listen. Their color is White and their Matoran are called Ko-Matoran. They can control ice and do things like cool the air, freeze water or even magma in some cases, and summon snowstorms. They have +2 on any Skill Check made to deal with extreme cold and can cause the Stun Effect with their Elemental Attacks. Matoran Bonus: +1 to Survival Checks relating to extreme Cold. Water: Beings of Water are known for their diplomatic skills and ability to mediate any group. All Toa and Turaga of Water are female; this is because all Ga-Matoran – the moniker of the Water Matoran - are also female. Their colors are Blue and Light Blue, though some are Lime Green. Toa of Water have +1 on Skill Checks made involving swimming and can apply the Heal Effect to their Elemental Attacks. Matoran Bonus: +1 to Athleticism checks in Water. Air: Beings of Air are free-spirited and jovial. They hate being confined and love to travel and seek thrills. They often speak using slang known as either Chutespeak or Treespeak . Their colors are Green and Lime Green and their Matoran are called Le-Matoran. They can breathe in a vacuum and apply the Knockback Effect to their Elemental Attacks. Matoran Bonus: +1 to Athleticism Checks when at higher altitudes. Fire: Beings of Fire are usually hot-blooded and ready for a fight. Their colors are Red and Orange and their Matoran are called Ta-Matoran. They can control fire and do things like heat the air, turn metal redhot with but a touch, and fire gouts of flame from their weapons and hands. They have +2 on any Skill Check made to deal with extreme heat and can apply the Purify Effect to their Elemental Attacks. Matoran Bonus: +1 on Survival checks relating to extreme Heat. Stone: Beings of Stone tend to be confident and boastful, proud of their achievements and friendly with others though are also competitive by nature. Their colors are Brown and Tan, though some are Yellow instead and their Matoran are called Po-Matoran. They can control stone and rock, able to sense weak points in stone structures and construct barriers and shelters out of stone. They have +2 on Skill Checks made to break anything made of stone and can apply the Weaken effect to their Elemental Attacks. Matoran Bonus: +1 to Strength Skill Checks. Earth: Beings of Earth are usually calm, composed, and down-to-earth. They are patient beyond belief. Their colors are Black and Purple and their Matoran are called Onu-Matoran. They can control dirt and earth as well as minerals found within to a lesser degree, treat any sort of Difficult Terrain as Regular Terrain and can apply the Immobilize Effect to their Elemental Attacks. Matoran Bonus: +1 to Perception Checks in total darkness. 15

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Great Kanohi Masks Great Kanohi Masks are objects crafted from Kanoka Disks and worn by Toa. Each grants a unique ability that can be activated on command. Some even have passive effects. Kanohi are divided into four tiers. Tier 0 Kanohi are generally beneficial but at the same time only in situational circumstances, and their effects are useless for combat in most cases. Masks like the Kaukau (Mask of Water Breathing), Iden (Mask of Astral Projection), and Kiril (Mask of Repair) fit this category. Tier 1 Kanohi are more useful, particularly in combat, but aren’t particularly powerful. The Arrthron (Mask of Sonar), Hau (Mask of Shield), and [Placeholder] are examples of Tier 1 Kanohi. Tier 2 Kanohi are more powerful than Tier 1, but tend to have some sort of drawback to balance out the powerful effects. [List of mask examples]. Tier 3 Kanohi are the most powerful and are known as “Legendary masks”. The Avohkii (The Mask of Light), the Kraahkan (Mask of shadows), and Vahi (Mask of time) fall into this category and are not only incredibly rare but also incredibly powerful with few to no drawbacks for their use. Each Tier costs more points than the last to purchase with CP or XP; Tier 0 are free in terms of CP but cost 1 XP, meaning you will at least have a mask if you spend your CP elsewhere, but buying a new one requires a Wealth Check (see pages 0 and 0 for more information) and Crafting a new one will require a Skill Check (see page 0 for more information). Tier 1 cost 2 CP or XP and getting them crafted is a more difficult Wealth Check. Tier 2 cost 4 CP or XP and generally are not available at Character creation (though your GM can change this if they wish) and are extremely hard to find, craft, or purchase. Tier 3 Kanohi cost a whopping 8 CP or XP, and are incredibly hard to find out in the open and impossible to buy. You may craft them, but doing so requires the finest Kanoka and the highest amount of skill and a little bit of luck on top of that. When you create your character, you select one Tier 0 or Tier 1 Kanohi. This is the base mask you have so that you are not forced to suffer the effects of being Maskless. Mask Checks are 3D6 + Spirit + Endurance, and activating a Mask is a Complex Action. If you wish to maintain the effect of your mask, you must repeat the Mask Check at the start of your turn as a Free Action. If you fail, your mask’s effects immediately end. Changing masks is a Simple Action. If you do not wear a mask, all of your Attributes and Skills are halved (rounded down). Some masks are considered AMORAL in certain time frames or settings. These masks will not be used by Toa who are not of Shadow under normal circumstances, and even then will be used VERY reluctantly. Consider this moving forward. 18

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi TOOLS Toa, Matoran, and Turaga all wield a weapon called a Tool. Each is unique and is usually related to the character’s personality or abilities. For example, Tahu had a Flame Sword which was a blade in the shape of a blazing fire that he could channel his powers through. Tools serve as your main method of attack for Toa and Turaga, and the only way aside from unarmed combat for those without. They are divided into two different fields: Melee and Ranged. Melee weapons can only be used on enemies who are adjacent to you, but don’t suffer any penalty for doing so. Ranged weapons can reach out to Medium range before petering out but also take a penalty if used on an Adjacent target of -1 to your Precision Pool and quite often use Ammunition. Your Ammunition Capacity is 1, and reloading is a Simple Action. You may only have one Tool. Tools have things called Components. Each Component is a unique modifier that you craft to customize your weapon, and your Tool may have a number of Components equal to your Spirit score. If your Spirit Score increases at any point, you may select a new Component, though it may require your character to spend time gathering materials and upgrading the weapons. Furthermore, it is ultimately up to the GM to approve or disapprove a Component. Your Tool may look however you wish, but it should reflect the character’s personality, powers, and also the Components that make it. For example, Toa Metru Vakama has an enhanced Kanoka Disk launcher which represents his past as a Matoran Mask Maker but also serves as a jetpack to grant him limited flight. As tempting as it might be to try and create an all-powerful Tool using Components: don’t. Though you might have fun at first, the GM and other Players will likely grow tired of your antics rather quickly and you might find yourself ousted from the group. Try to ensure that powerful Components come with some kind of downside to balance them out; for example, a Long Barrel that grants +1 to Precision on Ranged Attacks and enables attacking out to Long Range might suffer an additional Penalty on Adjacent attacks or perhaps reduce movement due to the weight of the weapon meaning you need to rely on your allies to cover you at a close range. Most importantly, be creative! If a Component is interesting in terms of flavor but not particularly useful mechanically, it can add a great deal to your character. To GMs: You should be open to creative Components, but don’t be afraid to limit them if they get too ridiculous. If a Player approaches you with a Tool that has a Component that grants them +1 to Precision Checks on a ranged weapon such as a scope, that is quite reasonable and would be more suitable than one that guarantees ranged attacks hit. Use wisdom and discretion when turning down Components; you want to ensure that the Players are challenged while also not running their creativity and fun! Below is a list of Example Components. This is not a be-all end-all list, just some ideas to get your players started and help you decide which components to allow or disallow. 26

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi CHAPTER 2: PLAYING THE GAME Now that we’ve gone over creating your character, let’s begin on putting the Skills and Attributes you’ve chosen to good use! Information such as Dice Rolling, the Unity, Duty, and Destiny systems, Wealth, and Character Advancement will all be covered here. ROLLING There are two Rolling systems within Bionicle: Masks of Destiny: Skill Checks and Pool Checks. Skill Checks Skill Checks are a type of Check made to see if you can reach a specific Target Number set by the GM or an opposed roll in order to achieve your goal. These are the most commonly used Rolls out of combat, rolling 3D6+Modifiers. Modifiers are the combination of the Attribute and Skill used for the Check. For example, on a Strength Check you would roll 3D6+Body+Strength, then add or subtract any Virtues from the roll if you choose to make use of them. If you have no Skill or Attribute Points being added to the roll, you instead roll 3D6-1. Skill Rolls use a Target Number (TN) to decide whether they succeed or fail. TN’s vary depending on the difficulty of the Check, but below is a simple chart to explain how Target Numbers work on a difficulty scale. Keep in mind, you might increase or decrease the difficulty depending on a Character’s Race. A Turaga might have a more challenging time with Athleticism Checks, where a Toa would have an easier time for example. Feel free to increase the Target Numbers by 3 points per tier on Turaga and 6 points per tier on Matoran. These numbers are based on Starting Stats, not counting additional investment. TN Tier 10 Very Easy Tasks 12 Simple Tasks 14 Everyday Tasks 16 Slightly Difficult Tasks 18 Difficult Tasks 20 Incredibly Difficult Tasks 22+ Almost Impossible Tasks Pool Checks Pool Checks are used in Combat or recovering from Combat. Whenever a character rolls their Precision or Evasion Derived Stat, they roll pools of D6’s equal to the Derived Stat (taking modifiers into account). When a character attacks with their Elemental Power, they roll a pool equal too Spirit+Fight instead (again, taking modifiers into account). For example, if you have a Precision stat of 10, you would roll 10D6 when making a Precision Check. Inversely, if you have a 7 in your Evasion Stat, you would roll 7D6 when making a Evasion Check in response to a called Attack. A character rolls its Durability Derived Stat to determine how much Durability it recovers after Combat as well. More details on how these are directly applied to Combat are on Page 36 31

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi When rolling a Pool Check, you don’t take the total into account. Instead, you count the number of Successful Dice, which in Masks of Destiny are 5’s and 6’s. For example, using the 10D6 rolled above, you had 2 5’s and 1 6. You have rolled 3 Successes! There are more in-depth effects and modifiers while in Combat, but that will be detailed later. Unity, Duty, and Destiny Unity Unity between a team can increase the odds of a successful roll. Unity is a mechanic where team members can work together to achieve feats a single member could not alone. Other team members make a separate TN Check to grant a team member a bonus. When aiding a teammate in a task, you roll 3D6 and add the appropriate modifiers for the task at hand (for example, using Strength an additional time when the group needs to lift a heavy object). You then must meet a Check of 3D6+Charisma. If the result of your Charisma Check is equal to or greater than your first roll (3D6 + Modifiers), the first character you are assisting will then add that total to their Skill Check. If your Charisma Check is less than the result of the first character’s roll however, that character does not receive the bonus. All hope is not lost however; a third character can substitute your Charisma Check for their own should you fail to meet the requirements. As an example, let’s say Toa Onua wants to lift a heavy stone door and rolls a Strength Check. His result is 16, which is not enough to do so. His teammate Toa Pohatu steps up to assist and manages an 18 on his Strength Check but only 12 on his Charisma. The GM might describe the failure as such: As a result of Onua and Pohato’s bickering, neither can get any work done on lifting the door. However, Toa Gali is also present and comes in to mediate the dispute. Mechanically, this would be Gali replacing Pohatu’s Charisma Check with her own. She rolls an extremely impressive 22 on her Check, allowing Pohatu to finally use the full 18 of his Strength Check which combined with Onua’s 16 for a mighty 34 which is more than enough to open the door. Duty Sometimes completing one task isn’t enough, and an obstacle course of multiple TN’s need to be rolled. First, each TN is increased by one stage over the last TN in the collection of rolls. Second, record failures and successes. Third, only the result of the last roll matters to whether or not the character makes it through the Checks. For each Success add +1 to the next roll. For each Failure, subtract 1 from the next roll. Destiny Sometimes you don’t just make a roll. Sometimes, you perform a task with some extra flash and flair, make use of the environment to your advantage, or add some extra effort to your descriptions. Being more daring or adventurous can go a long way towards helping you with a roll as well. 32

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi This type of scenario is invoking Destiny. Fate steps in to help you achieve your goal as a reward for taking a great risk or preforming a task in a way befitting of a hero. Destiny intervenes when you go the extra mile; don’t just climb the side of a cliff, leap from hand hold to hand hold in a rush to reach the top. Don’t just leap a deep crack in the ground, make a quip before taking a running start and leaping the gap. The GM should use Destiny to reward exceptional roleplay in Skill Checks. When you perform a feat with exceptional creativity or of exceptional self-sacrifice, the GM may grant a bonus to the Check needed that can range from +1 to +3 depending on the scenario. If you do something particularly aweworthy, the GM may allow an additional D6, or even go as high as adding 5D6 in rare, particularly amazing scenarios. WEALTH Generally speaking, a Toa will have what they need provided to them by either grateful villagers or the Great Spirit, Turaga are respected as elders and thus will have the resources of their villages at their disposal, and Matoran often work jobs and thus have a steady source of income. Additionally, many in the World of the Bionicle are sympathetic to others and will share a room if they have one on hand in dire times as long as the person is trustworthy – or can convince them they are. Still, sometimes you’ll wish to spend currency – Widgets as they’re called – on goods and services that are beyond the norm. Things like Masks of Power crafted by an expert Maskmaker from Ta-Metru, an Ussal Cart transport in Onu-Koro, or the protection of a Glatorian from Spherus Magna cost Widgets, and the amount you have on you at any given time is not measured in a specific number but instead general Wealth. Wealth Checks simplify finances for the Characters without having to actually balance a Checkbook of any kind. A measure of a Character’s Wealth is measured in the form of Charisma+Intellect, combining the ability to barter with the ability to manage money. When a Character wishes to make a purchase of a good, they make a Skill Check of 3D6+Charisma+Intellect. The TN varies depending on the object they are trying to purchase and should be unaffected by race with a few exceptions. For example, a village who distrusts Toa would see Toa having a tougher time making Wealth Checks to buy things. Generally speaking however, it’s not a good idea to penalize Player choice. Such situations should be the exception, not the rule, unless the GM and Players are both in agreement on this for the setting at hand. TN Tier 10 Purchasing a bowl of Bula Berries. 12 Bribing a Matoran guard. 14 Buying the silence of a Skakdi gangster. 16 Buying your way into an exclusive auction. 18 Purchasing a Vehicle. 20 Bribing a Makuta to look the other way. 22+ Paying off a Dark Hunter to abandon their mission. 33

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi CHARACTER ADVANCEMENT At the end of each session, a GM will hand out appropriate amounts of Experience Points based on several factors. At least 1 Experience should be awarded at the end of each session to each character, but you may award more depending on what the team achieves during the session. The list below are examples and not a hard-and-fast list, so feel free to change the amount of XP, requirements to earn more, and how XP is distributed. It is recommended to give everyone the same amount of XP, but if the GM and Players both prefer individual XP then the GM should distribute XP on a per-character basis. - For every session of Combat that Characters participated in, add 1 XP - If a new Kanohi mask was found or crafted, add another 1 XP - If the characters helped to solve a major problem in the story, add 2 XP - If the characters attempted a Terror Check, add 1 XP Experience may be spent on a Character’s Attributes or Skills as well as Kanohi Masks. Kanohi Masks require the XP noted in the appropriate section as well as an appropriate situation within the context of the story to either Craft or Purchase. Crafting Kanohi masks requires a Skill Check of 3D6+Spirit+Knowledge. The base DC for doing so is 14, but goes up by 2 for every Tier above 0. If you succeed, you may spend the XP required for the Tier to craft that mask. For purchase, the same rule applies except it is a Wealth Check instead of the above Check. Skills are also quite simple to expend XP on – even more than Kanohi. To increase a Skill to its next rank, you must spend a number of XP equal to the new rating of that Skill. For example, you wish to increase your Knowledge Skill from 2 to 3; you would spend 3 XP to do so. Attributes are much more challenging to raise – they require a truly great amount of XP to boost. Raising an Attribute costs twice the new value. For example, raising your Spirit from 4 to 5 would cost a whopping 10 XP. You may also spend Experience to modify a Virtue. With the permission of your GM, you may spend 3 XP to change your Virtue to something more appropriate for your character’s current personality or location. An example of such an event would be when the Toa Inika became the Toa Mahri. Finally, you may ask your Gm if you can spend XP to mark off Terror Boxes by spending an amount of XP equal to the number of currently marked Terror Boxes+1. For example, if you have 2 marked Terror boxes, you would need to spend 3 XP to mark off an additional Terror Box. 35

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Once every character in combat has had their turn, the round loops back to the top of the turn order established previously with the Initiative Rolls. Combat ends once one side either surrenders or is knocked out. INITIATIVE Initiative, as previously stated, is determined by 3D6+The Character’s Agility score. In the event of an Initiative tie, the Character with the higher Agility score should go first. If the tie still persists, the GM should give Player Characters the higher turn order. There are several situational modifiers for Initiative. If the Characters are being particularly cautious and planning out things ahead of time instead of rushing right in, they should add their Intelligence Stat to their Initiative Roll. If the team manages to entirely sneak up on some unsuspecting foe before attacking, they have successfully initiated a Surprise Round. A Surprise Round is an incredibly useful tool for the team to use. Not only does it add +5 to their Initiative Roll, but it gives them a free round where the opposing team cannot attack them back. Attacks used in a Surprise Round qualify as Surprise Attacks. RANGE AND MOVEMENT During combat, space is divided into several interconnected zones which will help determine the Characters’ ability to move towards and away from various foes. The most common method of dividing up range is measuring the distance in meters. When using a Melee attack, you can only target enemies who are Adjacent to you. This means the space which they are on is directly touching yours. Ranged attacks are a different matter however. A Ranged Attack may be fired from any distance, but if the primary target of the Attack is adjacent to the user, the Attack takes a Precision penalty of -1. Ranged Attacks may be fired over any distance, but take a Precision penalty of -1 for every 5 meters the opponent is further than 10 meters from your Character (rounded down). For example, if you are attacking a target who is 25 meters away, the Attack would take a -3 Precision penalty. Additionally, there are distance markers when referring to range. These are divided into five different categories and are generally used for Kanohi effects or Ranged Attacks: - Adjacent: Directly next to your Character. - Close: 5 Meters away from your Character. - Medium: 10 Meters away from your Character. - Long: 20 Meters away from your Character. - Distant: Anything beyond Long. Ranged Elemental Attacks fade away past Medium Range and cease to hit anything, missing automatically. Ranged Weapon Attacks can go further, but take a penalty to Precision as mentioned above. 37

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi If an Elemental Attack is used on a wide range of enemies, such as crashing a Tidal Wave down on a foe or spewing a cone of flames from your hands, you suffer a -1 Penalty to Precision for each target beyond the first that is caught up in the blast. ATTACKS AND DAMAGE When using an Attack, you roll a number of six-sided dice (D6’s) equal to your Precision Derived Stat (using a Pool Check as stated earlier), and setting aside the number of Successful Dice (5’s and 6’s). The target (or in some cases with certain Components, targets) of the Attack then roll their Evasion pool, again setting aside their Successful Dice. Subtract the number of Successful Evasion Dice from the number of Successful Precision Dice. If the number of Successful Precision Dice is equal to or greater than the number of Successful Evasion Dice, then the Attack has hit. If there are more Evasion Dice than Precision Dice in the Success pool, then the Attack has missed. Any extra Precision Dice after Evasion Dice have been subtracted are considered leftover Successful Precision Dice. For example, if you have 5 Successful Precision Dice and the opponent has 2 Successful Evasion Dice, that’s 3 leftover Successful Precision Dice. When calculating Damage on a successful Attack, first add the leftover Successful Precision Dice to your Damage Stat. Then subtract the target’s Armor stat from the total. This final number is the Damage that the target takes, which is directly subtracted from their Durability. Even if the opponent’s Armor would negate all the Damage taken, they take 1 point of Damage from a successful Attack. Once an opponent’s Durability goes down to 0 or lower, they are defeated. Whenever a character is attempting to evade more than one Attack per round, they take a stacking -1 penalty to their Evasion Pool for every Attack past the first. This penalty disappears at the start of a new round. For example, if a Toa were to be targeted by 6 Attacks in a single round, their Evasion pool takes a -5 penalty by the time the final Attack is fired. STYLES Another trick to keep in mind during combat is Styles. A character’s default Style is a Neutral Style, which they will enter any battle scenario in. A Neutral Style has no effects on the character. However as a Simple Action, you can take up a different Style which will affect your Stats (do not change your Derived Stats when swapping Styles). Besides the default Neutral Style, there are two more to consider in combat: Defensive and Offensive. A Defensive Style has the character increase their Evasion Pool by 50% before any negative modifiers are in play such as the stacking Evasion Penalty from trying to avoid multiple Attacks in a round. Round this number down. For example, if you have an Evasion Derived Stat of 13, in a Defensive Style your Evasion stat would effectively become a 19 (19.333 rounded down). However, when taking up a Defensive Style, your Precision Pool is halved, rounded up. For example, again with a 13, but this time in Precision, a Defensive Style would have a given character only rolling 7D6 for an Attack. 38

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi An Offensive Style is just the opposite: using the same formulas as before, increase the Character’s Precision Pool by 50%, but cut their Evasion Pool in half. INTERRUPTING Once per round a character may take an extra type of Action called an Interrupt Action, explained earlier to be a type of free Action. Interceding allows the Character to move a number of spaces equal to its Movement capability and move between an ally who is about to be hit by an Attack, and the Attacker. Doing so makes the character the new target of the Attack. This does not change the Precision or the Damage (besides the new Armor stat that the Character would sport), simply the target of the Attack. A character who Interrupts does not roll Evasion. If the character who is Interrupting is attempting to block an Attack that hits in an area, characters behind them will still take one half of the normal Damage, but are not allowed an Evasion roll. Even the hardiest of characters have trouble entirely stopping a big blast of an attack from hitting their allies. If the Interrupting Character cannot reach the targeted Character with their normal Movement, they cannot Interrupt. ATTACK EFFECTS Some Actions, Components, Kanohi Mask Powers, or uses of Elemental Powers can apply a unique Effect. Each Effect is separate, and a Target can only be affected by one Effect at a time. The duration of Effects depend on how they are applied. Kanohi Masks are specified within their description and the Grapple action is much the same, but Elemental Powers and Components use a formula of X turns, where X is the number of leftover Precision Dice (if it’s from a Weapon or Elemental Attack Pool) or the number of Tiers above the Target Number set for the attempted Skill Check rounded down (if used out of Combat). Effects cannot have a duration below 1 if it would be applied. Deafen (N): The target takes a penalty to their Evasion and Armor equal to half of the user’s Spirit Attribute (rounded down, minimum 1). Additionally, the target automatically fails Perception Checks for the duration of this Effect. Weaken (N): The target takes a penalty to all stats (including Health) equal to the user’s Spirit Attribute for the duration of this Effect. Lifesteal (P):This Attack heals a number of the user’s Durability equal to half of the user’s Spirit Stat (rounded down). If the Attack deals damage less than half of the user’s Spirit Stat (rounded down), it instead heals for that amount instead. You may use this Attack multiple times per round, but may only activate the Effect once per round. Heal (P): The target gains an amount of Temporary Durability equal to the user’s Spirit Attribute. You cannot use a Heal Effect more than once per Round. 39

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Cleanse (P): The user may reduce the duration of a number of Effects equal to half of their Spirit Attribute (rounded down, minimum 1). Maskless (N): All Attributes and Skills are reduced to half (Rounded down) and Max AND current Durability are halved. Immobilize (N): The target takes a penalty to their Movement equal to half of the user’s Spirit Attribute (rounded up) for the duration of the Effect. Knockback (N): The target is forcibly pushed away from the user a number of meters equal to the user’s Spirit Attribute. This Effect has no Duration. Poison (N): The target takes a set amount of unalterable Durability Damage equal to half of the user’s Spirit Attribute (rounded down, minimum 1). This Effect has triple the normal Duration of other Effects. Stun (N): The target may not take Actions for the duration of this Effect. Fear (N): The target takes a Precision penalty for attacking the user of this Effect equal to the user’s Spirit Attribute for the duration of the Effect. Charm (N): The user takes control of the target’s actions for the duration of this Effect. Blind (N): The target takes a penalty to their Precision and Damage equal to half of the user’s Spirit Attribute (rounded down, minimum 1). Additionally, the target automatically fails Perception Checks for the duration of this Effect. Immobilize (N): The target takes a penalty to their Movement equal to half of the user’s Spirit Attribute (rounded up) for the duration of the Effect. DEFEAT Sometimes things don’t go as planned, and you and your team are often in real danger of being defeated. This occurs when your Durability would hit 0. If a Character is brought to 0 Durability or less, they’re rendered unconscious for the rest of combat and must make a Death Saving Throw. This is a simple roll of 3D6 where a roll of 3 is a failure. The TN goes up by 1 for every two points the Character is below 0 in Durability. If a Character would be brought below the value of their Max Durability below 0 (for example, a Character with 8 Durability at a total Durability number of -8 or lower), they do not make the Death Saving Throw and are instead killed outright. In the Bionicle Universe, there is a place known as the Red Star. When a being within the Matoran Universe dies, they are brought aboard the Red Star and revived to be sent back. This is a good solution for GMs who want to keep a lighthearted tone in their campaigns. If one so wishes, though, they may introduce complications to the process, perhaps even make an entire quest revolve around difficulties finding or reviving their friend. 40

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi CHAPTER 4: GAME MASTERING This section is primarily for those who are looking to run a game of Bionicle: Masks of Destiny, otherwise known as Game Masters (GMs). Peruse this for ideas, guidelines, and special rules you can use as a GM. Players can view this as well, but it will be less useful for them. A Game Master has several important duties in the game: helping to tell a story, being an expert on the rules, judging the rules, and making sure everyone is enjoying themselves at the table. THE WORLD OF THE BIONICLE The World of The Bionicle is vast and spans literal hundreds of thousands of years and even a wide multiverse. This opens up lots of potential for stories that could have happened within the core Bionicle universe that simply weren’t shown in canon material as a way to explain the presence of your Players’ Characters and their foes. If you want an in-depth timeline, I recommend checking out this page , but this book will do its best to sum up the most prominent settings within the Bionicle universe and give a rough time frame. THE TIME BEFORE TIME Around 265,000 years in the past, this is the era of the Great Beings, a unified Spherus Magna – the main life-giving planet in the Magna Solar System – and the first civilizations. Toa, Turaga, and Matoran do not exist in this setting. Instead, there are 7 beings called Element Lords who rule over the planet in the Great Beings’ stead and beings called Agori and Glatorian who, aside from the Element Lords, lack any Elemental Powers of their own and are simple villagers. Any game set in this time will likely be very lowpower and will require Statblocks for Agori and Glatorian. Near the end of this era, a Great War breaks out over Energized Protodermis – a dangerous and powerful substance. THE SHATTERING Around 100,000 years in the past, the Great War reached its peak and the destruction of the Ice Village’s well caused the planet to splinter into three: Aqua Magna, where the Great Spirit Robot that houses the “main” Bionicle story’s events mostly take place would eventually crash land and fall under the seas, Bota Magna, where relatively little happens in terms of the greater story and little is known beyond a distaste for technology, and Bara Magna, the large central planet that retained almost all of the Agori and Glatorian in a desert wasteland as well as leaving the Element Lords trapped. Bara Magna eventually becomes a harsh place where Glatorian battle to decide political matters and Agori struggle to survive. This continues relatively unchanged until what is known as Journey’s End when Mata Nui – the AI of the Great Spirit Robot – is flung away to Bara Magna in a Kanohi Mask of Life and creates a body for himself, managing to complete his mission with the help of the Glatorian and Agori. 41

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi THE MATORAN UNIVERSE Slightly before The Shattering, a Great Spirit Robot was created by the Great Beings to explore the universe and find other planets with life in a hope to stop the constant war on Spherus Magna before it was too late and then rebuild the planet using that knowledge. Inside of it were Matoran, beings made to be workers and maintain the Great Spirit Robot. The Red Star – a booster jet to get it into space – was created as well as a sort of repair and re-fit station for the Matoran, Toa, and Turaga. There are also the beings Karzahni and Artakha, who were made to correct improper behavior of Matoran and give hard-working and noble Matoran a place to work in peace respectively. Note that these all pre-date the existence of Mata Nui’s Spirit – at this point, the Great Spirit Robot was just, an empty husk. Soon after however, the Mask of Life – the Kanohi Ignika – is forged and not long after that Mata Nui comes to life to control the robot. Around 100,000 years ago, Mata Nui properly awakens as an individual and creates other sapient species such as the Makuta and what would become the Barraki. Makuta were initially made to modify and create beings to suit needs Matoran could not as part of a Brotherhood of Makuta. Around 95,000 years ago, the Barraki take rulership of the Matoran Universe and begin conquering it and the League of Six Kingdoms is formed. Around 87,000 years ago is when the Red Star’s return Function breaks down, and shortly after the League of Six Kingdoms begin a plot to overthrow Mata Nui but are betrayed to the Brotherhood of Makuta where the Baaraki are confined to The Pit, an underwater prison where the water itself will mutate any who encounter it into water-breathers and monsters. Around 79,000 years ago, the Matoran in Metru Nui fall into Civil War in an event known as The Great Distruption. At around the same time, Mata Nui’s health begins to deteriorate because the Matoran of Metru Nui are infighting. At the same time, the Brotherhood of Makuta – thanks to Teridax – begin to enact the plan to overthrow Mata Nui and replace him with Teridax himself. 10,000 years ago, the Dark Hunters are formed by the being known as The Shadowed One, an organization of bounty hunters and other such vile beings who would go on to terrorize the Matoran Universe for millennia. 5,000 or so years ago, the Dark Hunters are betrayed by the group who would later be known as the Piraka, Skakdi warriors with wicked hearts and evil intent. Soon after, the Dark Hunters seek to overtake Metru Nui and are driven out by the Toa – one of whom, Nidiki, would later defect to the Dark Hunters. Around 3,000 years ago is when The Shadowed One declares war on Metru Nui, and soon after Nidiki betrays the other Toa there and joins the Dark Hunters after a month-long war. He is exiled for his efforts, soon after being mutated into a monstrous form. Around 1,000 years ago, Makuta Teridax starts on his plans to take over Metru Nui and six new toa – the Toa Metru – are created. This is where the “core” Bionicle story begins – that is to say, the events of the three movies and comics that the toylines tended to go with. The events of Bionicle 2: 42

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Legends of Metru Nui take place here as well as the related Comics and Books. Soon after, the Toa Metru find the island above ground and name it Mata Nui before creating Toa Stones and hiding them on the island and returning to Metru Nui to finish their mission in Bionicle 3: Web Of Shadows , where they are mutated by the Visorak hordes into Toa Hordika. After a harrowing adventure and being returned to their previous state, they take all the Matoran of Metru Nui to the island above, Mata Nui (not to be confused with the Great Spirit of the same name) and awaken them, becoming Turaga in the process. After this, there is a year of peace before Teridax begins his assault on the Matoran villages. Around 900 years ago, Voya Nui builds Mahri Nui on a newly-formed part of their island and the former Turaga of Metru Nui awakens and begins repairing Metru Nui with his Noble mask. Around 500 years ago, a group who aided the Toa Hordika known as the Rahaga – formerly Toa who served Teridax long ago – and a Rahi named Keetongu aid Dume in taking out some Visorak. At the same time, Voya Nui is ravaged by a mighty hurricane that thankfully has no casualties. 300 years ago, Mahri Nui’s portion of the island it’s on sinks into the sea and those there are believed lost. A year and a half before the awakening of the Great Spirit, the Toa Mata arrive on Mata Nui, deteriorated and in pieces, on the coastlines. They seek out the Great Kanohi masks hidden on the island and defeat Makuta Teridax for the first time. Soon after, they have to fend off the Bohrok swarms who have awakened pre-maturely thanks to Makuta Teridax. They are ultimately defeated by the Toa Mata, but the Toa get exposed to Energized Protodermis and mutate into the Toa Nuva. Stronger, faster, and more durable, the group proceed to help with re-building the villages until the Bohrok-Kal show up and the Toa Nuva must defeat them as well. After this, Makuta Teridax has finally gotten his hands on a new body and begins his plans again. At the same time, the events of Bionicle: The Mask Of Light happen. This results in the Seventh Toa arriving to put a stop to Makuta Teridax and awaken the Great Spirit. Soon after however, it is revealed that the Great Spirit isn’t merely sleeping – he’s dying. Thus, the Toa Nuva head to Voya Nui retrieve the Kanohi Ignika – the mask of life. They are stopped by and captured by the Piraka, who came some time earlier for the Mask of Life for their own selfish desires. The Seventh Toa of Light aids six Matoran in traveling tunnels under Metru Nui to reach Voya Nui, but when they arrive they are struck with energy and transformed into Toa Inika. They succeed in defeating the Piraka but the Mask of Life sinks to the bottom of the sea – to Mahri Nui. The Toa Inika follow and are transformed by the mask into Toa Mahri. They manage to get the mask – but it’s too late. Mata Nui dies. However, one of their number – Matoro, the Toa of Ice – makes the ultimate sacrifice and dons the Mask of Life, dying but reviving Mata Nui and saving his friends in the process. The Toa Nuva go to complete their destiny, heading to Karda Nui to awaken the Great Spirit Mata Nui. They succeed… but this was what Teridax wanted all along. He seizes control of the Great Spirit Robot, forces Mata Nui’s spirit into the Mask of Life, and jettisons it into space. Thus, for a time, the entire Matoran universe falls under the rule of Makuta Teridax. 43

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi JOURNEY’S END The Mask of Life crashes onto Bara Magna a month before the current era, and forms a new body for Mata Nui. He goes on several adventures and discovers his true origins and mission and unites the war-torn world of Bara Magna to craft a new Robot body for him – and none too soon as Makuta Teridax arrives to finish him off. However, within the Great Spirit Robot a rebellion has been stirring – and it boils over at the worst moment for Teridax. While Mata Nui inhabits a prototype of his original body and does battle with Makuta Teridax, the inhabitants of the Great Spirit Robot leave to Bara Magna, battling Teridax’s minions the whole while. Eventually, Mata Nui wins and re-unifies Spherus Magna once more. Mata Nui perishes, but spends the last of his energy to restore the planet’s life and heal those mutated by The Pit. However, it is revealed to Ackar – an Agori – that Mata Nui lives in the Ignika. He says the Great Beings must be found so they may know Mata Nui has completed his destiny and that the inhabitants of Spherus Magna must live in harmony and rebuild before falling dormant once more. AFTER THE JOURNEY After Spherus Magna was re-unified, there isn’t much to say. There are dealings with a being known as Annona who tries to feed on the inhabitants of Spherus Magna, the Great Beings return, and a Great Being disguised as a Matoran shares knowledge of a dark vision for the universe which is never expanded upon. That was a lot of information to process, but it is key in knowing the main workings of the Bionicle universe. Now, when you are the Game Master, there are things to consider when constructing a narrative: 1) WHEN? When in the timeline does the game take place? Is it ancient, before The Shattering? After Journey’s End? Somewhere in-between? Have the Maktuta betrayed Mata Nui yet, or are they still loyal? Do the Dark Hunters exist yet? All of these are important things to consider. Some races or powers would be unavailable depending on the time frame. 2) WHERE? Where does the game take place? Is it entirely within the Great Spirit Robot’s body on Aqua Magna? Perhaps the waning days of the war that split Spherus Magna? Sometime after facing the mysterious dark vision at the end of the timeline? It’s up to you to choose this, and you should let your players know so that they can make Characters appropriately. Some races might not exist in some parts of a setting. For example, a game set on Bara Magna during the events on Aqua Magna (The three movies and such) would not have Toa, Turaga, or Matoran and would likely only be Agori and Glatorian. The reverse would be true for a game set on Aqua Magna. 3) WHO? Who does the game star? Is it a team of Toa heroes fighting a threat for an island? Is it a group of Matoran who have to try and solve a mystery within their city? Or is it something off-kilter, like a group of Dark Hunters doing a bounty for a Makuta to get paid? Who they fight is also important. Is the enemy a Makuta? A powerful Rahi beast? A rogue Toa? This can determine what foes the team will face in their journeys as well as how difficult the game will be and what tone it will have. 44

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi 4) WHAT? What is the goal of the team? Are they Toa simply protecting an island city in a sort of “monster of the week” format with some deeper evil underneath the surface? A group of Dark Hunters out to get a bounty on a dangerous rogue Toa who’s plotting something that could harm everyone? Or perhaps you’re an Agori or Glatorian who’s uncovered corruption within the local government and is attempting to expose it. You don’t have to tell the Players everything, but giving them a general idea of their main goal can give then purpose and prevent aimless wandering. Of course, you should let the Players decide just how to reach that goal – and maybe if that goal isn’t worth reaching at all for some reason or another. 5) HOW? How has the team gotten to this point? You needn’t write an entire backstory for all your players – you shouldn’t in fact – but giving them a mission to start with is a good way to drive investment and gives them a way to build their backstories and characters around the scenario at hand. There’s also the matter of transportation – how do the characters get from point A to point B? Consider these things when you’re setting up the world of your game. You should now have a basic idea of how your world is set up. In the end, it is up to you as the Game Master to populate the world with characters that your players will grow to love (and possibly hate) and make it feel like a real, living, and breathing place as best you can. Spend an hour or so before e very game re-reading a few notes you’ve made about the world. It’s good to keep things fresh in your mind after all. Be sure to give some NPCs – Non-Player Characters, who consist of every character that is not a Player Character from the humble Matoran villager to the mighty Makuta – quirks, dreams, aspirations, and personalities; it can go a long ways to making them relatable and fun to roleplay with. You can approach the setting you build from the bottom up or the top down. From the bottom up, you make the NPCs first, giving them personality, beliefs, and goals. You then expand to detail their allies, enemies, and where they live. Think of ideas as LEGO bricks and as you build anything you want to, as long as there’s reasonable connections. Top down, you’re looking at constructing the various places that Matoran would call home, the world’s mythology and legends, and then going down to a personal level to create NPCs that the Players’ Characters interact with. Both methods of creating your world are entirely valid and have their own merits to how you build a living, breathing world. ADVERSARIES AND ANTAGONISTS Like any of the canon tales from the World of the Bionicle, a lot of conflict derives from the antagonist’s goals clashing with the general interests of the team. Sometimes, an antagonist’s goals are as simple and straightforward as usurping the Matoran Universe, or as grey and ambiguous as retaliating for the perceived first shot at their territory by another group. First, decide on your antagonist’s goal. A goal is fine, but it is enhanced by a motivation. Just as actors get into a role by figuring out a character’s motivation for a scene and their actions, you as the GM can better understand the psychology of an antagonist’s goal by giving them a motivation. This can be as simple as giving them a one word motivation such as “Fear” or “Pride” or as complex as, “Desires to remake the Matoran Universe in his image.” for whatever reasons you may see as fit. Maybe the character sees themselves as wronged by some party, or maybe they’re trying to make the world safer, but going about it in the wrong manner. Or maybe the villain is just a jerk who needs to be put in their place. 45

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re veloptat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam ve- - Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vel Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi With a clear goal and motivation out of the way, you can add some numbers to the antagonist. First, you decide what rank you require them at to stand up to a group of Player Characters. Using the Character Creation rules, you then build the Character as basic for its race as you like, then add on Bonus CP as you need. Remember that the Character Creation rules are guidelines, giving you an idea of just how strong a Character should be for its race and that you can raise or lower the base CP used to build the Character as you wish. If I wish to make a Toa level threat to challenge a group with some moderately strong Matoran, I could start off with a pool of 45 CP and build from there. Assigning a minimum of 1 to each category, I build this Character as a bit of a glass cannon. The Character is strong enough to likely injure a player character controlled Character to the point of defeat, but is rather fragile and a few good hits might take it out of commission. This is just one method of going about building an enemy, however, there’ll be a few more tips, tricks, and ideas later on. Additionally, there will be Variant Rules for playable Skakdi – the race the Piraka hail from, Makuta – formerly servants of Mata Nui who eventually go rogue, Agori – the villagers of Bara Magna, Glatorian – the warrior caste of Bara Magna, and Titans – a catch-all for beings like Roodaka, Sidorak, Axonn, Brutaka, and other such beings. You can use these as a means to create powerful antagonists as well as a short list of Boss Powers in this section. Some antagonists are meant to slow down and hinder players and as such, really lack the staying power of the main threat. These smaller antagonists, called Mooks, only have as much Durability as their rank allows. These make for good fodder enemies to harass higher level players, such as a swarm of Bohrok that have allied with a Makuta facing off against players that have Toa or Turaga of their own. Any good hits will be enough to get rid of the small fry so that the players can then work towards defeating the leader of the Mooks. Sometimes, an encounter with an adversary doesn’t go as planned. They’re either stronger or weaker than you anticipated or the players had a run of good or bad luck. If this happens, you can change up the antagonist’s motivation and goals somewhat, to align with the antagonist’s apparent power level, or come up with a reason why it’s stronger or weaker now. If the monster was too weak or the team lucky, you can simply say that the antagonist was really all talk and no game, as it were. If the situation is the opposite, you can say that the enemy was really a lot more than he appeared to be, even going so far as to perhaps claim him as a recurring enemy. It’s all in how you put the spin on things, just as long as you spin it in a way that makes sense for the story. But as the Game Master, you have a lot of power to be able to change up the tactics you throw at the players at any given moment you feel the story is suffering for it. Keep that in mind at all times! Not every enemy in a story is a Makuta or such race. You can use Toa and Matoran as antagonists as well. The Toa antagonist in a Bionicle story can be just as scary as a Makuta, if not more so when they have the proper allies! Build them, again, like you would any other character with CP and XP to make them properly threatening, and give them a reason and motivation for what they’re doing. Lastly, remember that not everything has to be black and white when it comes to morality. An antagonist whose story you can sympathize with, even if you don’t approve of their methods, can go a long way to making a story interesting and immersive. Everyone goes about dealing with their problems differently, and that can lead some people down a very dark path. Of course, some characters are just flat-out nasty and it can’t entirely be explained away with a story, but it’s a good thing to keep in mind. 46

Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est faccatur?Aquat. Solupis ab iumEndit Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi - dent eatem fugit optat lantia serchit aliquia ium quam venis id molore est facca Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi Ihil id maximag nimolupta comnim est, sum reiustem essimus dolor re vellaciisi OPPOSED ROLLS When your players suddenly want to make a roll against an NPC’s stat, or maybe even against another Player Character (the latter scenario is generally something you want to avoid for one reason or another, but if the situation arises, it’s best to be prepared) you, as a GM, need to make an informed decision on which stats both characters roll. Whoever rolls higher is decided as the winner of the contest. Generally speaking, if it’s a straight clash of power, such as a contest to see who can lift the heaviest object or who can grab an object faster, the same stat of, using both examples, Body + Strength or Agility in the latter example. However, sometimes it’s best for two Stats to be different. For example, if one character is trying to be sneaky and steal an object, but another is attempting to spot them before it’s too late, the former would probably roll Agility + Stealth, while the other would roll Intellect + Perception. This takes a bit of interpretation on the GM’s part, and is generally scenario-based, but there’s a few things which could be give or take constant. In the end, it is your job as the GM to make sure things all make sense roll-wise. But to help things along, this short list of scenarios and rolls should be a good starting point. - One Character is attempting to distract another from noticing the team with a lively dance, so that they may sneak around unnoticed. This one is tricky, as it’d require two rolls, one for the distraction success, and another for the sneaking around. First would probably be a Charisma + Entertain roll VS a Spirit + Wisdom roll. Second would presumably be an Agility + Stealth roll, with an opposed Intellect + Perception roll. - One Character is attempting to convince another to do what they want. This one is a bit tricky, and depends on how precisely they go about it. If they’re trying to appeal to their sense of decency, that would presumably be a roll of Charisma + Persuasion. If they’re intending to lie and otherwise misdirect the target, that would be a Charisma + Deception roll. The opposed roll would also change based on the scenario, if the former is used, one would oppose it with a flat Check. If they use the latter, a Spirit + Wisdom Check seems to be more in order. - Two characters are having a competition to see who can lift the heaviest object. They both roll Body + Strength Check. Essentially, when two characters are making opposed rolls, with the exception of a contest to see who is better at a specific job, or a grappling maneuver, there’ll generally be an “Attacking” set, whether that’s a Stealth, Persuasion, or Deception check of some type, and then a “Defending” set, which usually falls in line with a Wisdom, Perception, or flat Spirit or Intellect roll. Consider the scenario first and foremost however, not every case falls in line with one of these cases. 47

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