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in question will fly as fast as a small jet, and be able to
blast through things with the resistance of a barn wall. The
Director places this description as the Ability's '3.0' mark
on the Scale, which creates a character who is competent
when compared to others of similar Ability, but who still
has much to learn. The rest is decided as follows ...
Setting: Four Color Comics
Ability: Flame Powers
Scale: Range
10.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
10.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
- Max. Flight Speed of 2100 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 1750 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 1500 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 1250 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 1000 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 750 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 500 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 250 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 120 MPH.
- Max. Flight Speed of 60 MPH.
- Sputter, sputter ... phoo
And ...
- Decimate a Manhattan city block
-Blast straight through a skyscraper, the long way
- Slag Dr. Nefarious' Duraloy Robots
- Melt a tank ... the whole thing
- Melt a through a tank wall
- Blast through a vault door
-Blast through a typical brick wall
- Blast through a typical barn wall
-Turn trees into torches
- Start bonfires
-Fizzle
Descriptors
As with Abilities, it can be difficult to come up with
any definitive list of Descriptors. However, with some
thought, you should be able to produce a full enough list to
act as a guide for further expansion.
SYSTEM EXTENSIONS
It's sometimes necessary to create or modify rules
to accommodate a Setting. In fact, we not only expect it,
but encourage it. The tailoring of Theatrix to a Setting
would hardly be complete without new or modified rules.
Think over the specifics of your Setting thoroughly before
deciding how to handle any system extensions. Make
sure that the style and implementation of any new game
mechanic meshes well with the present Theatrix method­
ology. Most Setting specific features may be handled
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easily through extensions to the present Skill, Ability,
Descriptor, and Flowchart systems.
Try to avoid making up complex mechanics to
handle rare cases. For example, if the focus of your
Chronicle is magic, where most of the Actors' roles will be
sorcerers or magi, then creating rules to handle spell
casting and magical constructions is very important.
However, if the focus of the Chronicle is to be superhe­
roes, one of whom happens to be a wizard, then instead
of separate magic rules, you may want to handle the
situation more openly and theatrically.
Example
The Director of a fantasy Setting wishes to create
special rules to handle magic. After thinking about what
she wants for the feel of the Setting, the Director comes
up with an elemental type of magic. Each of the Actors
who wishes magical power for their characters will take
the Descriptor of an elemental force, eg. earth, fire,
darkness, ice, etc., which will act as their magical affinity.
Then the characters will take Abilities with appropriate
Ranks, to signify their expertise in the various methods of
magical control, eg. abjuration, alteration, conjuration,
divination, and/or transmutation.
COMBAT
You may also wish to develop a list of Difficulties for
combat maneuvers, taking into account the various fla­
vors of combat available in your Chronicle. In addition, a
list of the available weapons and armor, including the
kinds of damage inflicted by those weapons, and the
kinds of protection provided by that armor, can be helpful.
RESOLUTION FLOWCHARTS
The final act of creation you may wish to take, in fully
detailing your Setting, is to write out new Advanced
Resolution Flowcharts to better handle the feel of your
Setting, or to handle Skills or Abilities not easily covered
by the basic Flowcharts provided with the 'Core Rules'.
We have provided a blank Advanced Resolution Flow­
chart for just this purpose. This can be used to fill out your
Setting with specific flowcharts for archery, magic, or
even starfighter combat. Go crazy.
THE BASIC RULE
Avoid all of this mess by purchasing our very
professional and fully developed Theatrix Setting Books,
which come individually shrinkwrapped and ready for
your Chronicle. If you're creating your own Setting, then
remember to prepare well, do as much research as you
can, be flexible, and above all, have fun.