Dice Pool

Strike & Cinder Dice uses the good ol' six-sided die. Each character except basic humans possess two pools that reflect two broad categories of skills and abilities: physical and magical ability. These pools known as Strike and Cinder, respectively. More on that below.

Certain elements, such as magic items and event mechanics can increase the number of dice in your various dice pools--leveling a character on their Path can permanently increase Cinder dice, while taking and leveling Mundane keywords can permanently increase Strike dice.

Each Path has a unique set of Strike and Cinder pools. Shifters display a great deal of physical prowess, while arcanists wear the crown for the most magical potential. Both dice pools can be temporarily enhanced with magic, magic items, weaponry, rank abilities, and circumstance bonuses.

Strike

Strike represents a character's physical prowess. If a character is a metahuman it can be enhanced by taking Keywords related to strength and speed. Although it is primarily for combat, Strike can be used when attempting any physical feat or practicing a physical skill. Some Universal Keywords can use Strike.

Cinder

Cinder is a character's magical and mental prowess. A character can gain additional Cinder dice by gaining ranks in their Path. Cinder can be used to determine success when using or interacting with magic in any scenario (e.g. activating or identifying enchanted items, identifying spells or runes). All Magic and Path Keywords use Cinder, unless otherwise stated.

Starting Dice Pools

 Human ' 4d6 ' n/a Arcanist ' 4d6 ' 7d6 Cursed ' 5d6 ' 5d6 Possessed ' 4d6 ' 5d6 Half-Blood ' 5d6 ' 5d6 Natural Shifter ' 6d6 ' 5d6 Afflicted Shifter ' 7d6 ' 5d6 Undying ' 6d6 ' 5d6 Spirit ' 1d6 ' 6d6  Notes

A base human has 4d6 Strike ability. They have no Cinder pool, but they can wield enchanted items.

If a half-blood comes into physical contact with Sky Iron, then they lose 1d6 Cinder for as long as they are touching the material.

If an undying is exposed to true sunlight, their Strike pool is reduced to 4d6.

A spirit has 1d6 in their Strike pool, unless they Manifest. Then they have 4d6.

Strike & Cinder Dice
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Strike is the die pool of physical abilities of a character.

Cinder is the die pool of mental and magical abilities of a character.

The member group and type a character is, based on the eight available.