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* A near-death experience occurs when a character
is reduced to 10% or less of their potential
Life Points against their will. If an
adjustment is to be made, then there is a
40% chance that it decreases PP, otherwise
it raises PP. However, 75% of those who
have a near-death experience do not see a
white light while unconscious. Those who
see white light have a higher chance of gaining
PP. White light in a near-death experience
never decreases PP.
** A negative event is best determined by the
Aedile. Examples of negative events in the
life of an average character may be personally
experiencing the death of a loved one,
being forced into slavery for years, when a
spouse commits adultery against the character,
etc.
PP
Piety
Example
01-05
Believes that gods do not exist
06-15
Believes in their god, but does not care
16-30
Has worshipped before
31-70
Worships intermittently, but may attend regularly
71-85
Worships regularly
86-95
Worships fluently
96-100
Worships fanatically, willing to die for god
Note that a character’s PP may change for
many reasons. A player need not be obsessed, but
it is a good idea to observe their character’s PP. Although
some of the best characters have no PP, the
opposite is usually true. Philosophers tend either to
have no PP or be very religious.
REGNA.FIRMAT.PIETAS
Piety strenghtens the realm.
Determining Disposition
Each character must have a disposition.
Upon character creation, 1d100 must be rolled twice:
once for ethicality and once for morality. Apply
racial modifiers from Chapter 1: Race and Gender. The
results are recorded on a character sheet. These
results can never be less than 1 or greater than 100.
Consult the table below to interpret the results and
determine a character’s disposition:
Roll
Ethicality
< 06 Unethical
06-15
Unethical
w/Neutral
16-30
Neutral
w/Unethical
31-70
Neutral
71-85
Neutral
w/Ethical
86-95
Ethical
w/Neutral
> 95 Ethical
Morality
Immora l
Immoral w/Neutral
Neutral w/Immora l
Neutral
Neutral w/Moral
Moral w/Neutral
Moral
For example, a roll of 20 for ethicality and
11 for morality produces a disposition referred to
as NI w/UI tendencies (Neutral Immoral with strong
Unethical Immoral tendencies). The majority of
the time, a character’s actions and thoughts must
reflect the disposition determined above. Disposition
is an important element of a character, since it
may prevent a character from certain occupations
(see Chap. 7: Occupation), as well as affect important
character decisions. Each disposition can be difficult
to role-play properly. The following pages will
define each disposition.
Alternative Method: Rolling Disposition
If a player expresses significant discontent,
and should the Aedile agree, the Aedile may allow
the player to reroll either the ethical or moral dimension
of the disposition of their character. Each
reroll results in the acquisition of 1 randomly determined
allergy (see Chap. 2: Body), whether the player
is satisfied with the result or not. A player may reroll
either ethicality or morality 4 times.
Otherwise, a Disposition Test exists and may
be downloaded freely at www.fatalgames.com. If
the Aedile concurs, then the player may use the results
of the Disposition Test for their character.
Chapter 4: Disposition
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