This system uses the six standard D&D-style attributes:

• 💪 Strength (STR) — Physical power and raw muscle
• 🎯 Dexterity (DEX) — Agility, balance, and precision
• 🛡️ Constitution (CON) — Endurance, toughness, and stamina
• 🧠 Intelligence (INT) — Logic, memory, and learning
• 👁️ Wisdom (WIS) — Perception, intuition, and willpower
• 🗣️ Charisma (CHA) — Presence, confidence, and influence

These six attributes define your character’s core physical and mental traits. However, unlike in traditional D&D, this system does not use modifiers based on these attributes. Instead, it uses the raw attribute scores directly to calculate Aspects, which are used for nearly all rolls.

The default method is the Standard Array:

15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8

Assign these scores to your six attributes however best fits your character concept. This ensures fair starting power with meaningful differences between characters.

Some features, such as your Body Type, may adjust one attribute up by +1 and another down by –1 after this step.

Depending on your group’s play style or campaign tone, you can also use:

• Point Buy (5e-style) — Spend 27 points for optimized character builds.
• 4d6, drop the lowest — Classic “heroic” stat rolling. Slightly stronger, with more variance.
• 3d6 in order — True old-school chaos. Encourages creative character concepts over power builds.

As long as all players use the same method, the game will stay balanced.

This system emphasizes combination over isolation.

Instead of applying a modifier to a single stat, most actions are resolved by an Aspect, which is the combination of two attributes. Each pair reflects a different kind of skill or mindset.

Aspect values are calculated from your raw attribute scores using this formula:

Aspect Value = ceil((Attribute A + Attribute B − 20) ÷ 2)

This determines how many d4s you roll when using that Aspect. Most values will range between 0 and 5.

Ceil means round up. Floor means round down.

• STR + DEX = Agility (used for sprinting, jumping, climbing, or melee bursts)
• DEX + INT = Finesse (used for stealth, picking locks, fine control)
• CON + WIS = Resilience (used for withstanding pain, fear, or stress)