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<h1>Invoking a Trait to Reroll Dice</h1>
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<p>
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Player Characters can attempt to turn the tide in their favor by calling upon
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one of their core Traits: their Identity, Origin, and Theme.
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For instance, a character might have Shadow Knight as their
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<strong>Identity</strong>, Gaonia Empire as their <strong>Origin</strong>, and
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Guilt as their <strong>Theme</strong>.
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</p>
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<h2>Mechanics</h2>
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<p>
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After performing a Check, a Player Character may spend 1 Fabula Point and
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invoke one of their Traits to immediately pick up one or both dice and roll
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them again, replacing the old roll with the new one. They may do so any number
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of times as part of the same invocation, but each new reroll (of one or both
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dice) will cost another Fabula Point.
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<p>You cannot invoke a Trait if your character fumbled the Check.</p>
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<h2>Example</h2>
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<strong>Scenario:</strong> Ricard the mage is rushing towards the docking
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platform of Sorcerer Antigles’ airship. His companions, Edgar and Valea, are
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held captive within the vessel. There are only a few seconds left before the
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airship lifts off; Nadia (the Game Master) asks Ricard’s Player, Mark, to
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perform a <span class="dice-check">【DEX + MIG】 Check</span> with a
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Difficulty Level of 13: given that Ricard only has a d6 in both Attributes,
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the situation is pretty desperate.
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<p>
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Mark rolls the dice and gets a 6 and a 3, definitely not enough for him to
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succeed. However, Ricard has 2 Fabula Points left. “Ricard’s Identity is that
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of a Young Traveling Mage, which isn’t that useful here...” Mark frowns, “And
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his Origin is Malorn Village... which doesn’t help either. But... I could
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still use my Theme!”
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<p>“Tell me more!” Nadia inquires.</p>
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“Well, Ricard’s Theme is Belonging. He is terribly afraid of losing the
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companions he has found, of being on his own again. I think this will push him
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beyond his limits!”
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<p>“Okay! Makes sense. I imagine you're only going to reroll that 3, right?”</p>
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<p>
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“Yeah, I'm hoping for a critical success here... oh wow! I just rolled another
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6!!!”
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</p>
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<p>
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"Which means you succeed automatically...! Care to describe the scene for us?"
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Mark grins. "Sure! Oh, and by the way, here's the Fabula Point. So, the guards
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patrolling the area see a thin boy wearing a pointy hat plunge himself from
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the platform; but once the airship lifts off, there’s someone clinging
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desperately to the landing gear!... Uhm, I mean, airships do have a landing
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gear, right?”
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</p>
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<h2>Player Guidance</h2>
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<p>
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Players should describe their actions in a way that is coherent with their
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Identity, Origin, or Theme if they want to spend a Fabula Point. Basically,
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you shouldn’t do this when it feels forced within the narration — but then
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again, you as a Player have final say on how and when you spend your Fabula
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Points.
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