Phudge Traits

Attributes

Characters have five Attributes that are used on their own and also to determine Secondary Traits.

Secondary Traits

Initiative

Initiative is the average of Agility and Perception rounded down.

General Knowledge

General Knowledge represents the characters education (formal and informal) in the world and society.

General Knowledge defaults to Mediocre.

Modifiers for General Knowledge:

• Perception of Good or higher: +1
• Scholarly career: +1
• Professional skill at Good or higher: +1 (two bonuses max)

Melee Damage

Characters do unarmed damage with a one turn impact at their Strength level and a long term effect at two levels below their Strength.

Armed damage is done at the higher of the weapons damage or the characters Strength.

Melee Defence (Parry)

Melee Defence (Parry) is the base difficulty level for an opponents melee attacks against the character.

Situational modifiers can affect Melee Defence (Parry) for example:

• Longer weapon than opponent: +1
• Shield: +1 (small), +2 (large)
• Defensive position such as barricade: +1
• Defensive stance: +1

Damage Track

Trait Level Track

Health determines the Fudge trait-level based Damage Track.

Dots

Willpower determines the number of dots in each wound category.