¶ Pool Betting Mechanic

General Idea is:

• Roll a pool of d6s to try to achieve success
• But you can control how many d6s are in the pool by taking a risk.

¶ From The Pool

¶ Character Creation

• Give yourself a starting pool of 12 dice.
• Write a 50 word description.
• Underline their most important traits.
• You may spend $N^2$ dice to give $+N$ bonus to a trait.

¶ Rolling Dice

• The GM decides how many (1-3) dice to roll.
• Relevant traits with bonuses can add that many dice to the roll.
• Optionally, you may wager up to 9 dice from your pool
  • Those dice are added to the roll
  • But if the roll fails, remove those dice from your pool.
• If at least one dice rolls a 1, the roll is sucessful. Otherwise it is a failure.
• If the roll suceeded, choose one of these two options:
  • Add a dice to your pool.
    • GM will narrate the positive outcome.
  • Make a Monologue of Victory.
    • The Player narrates the positive outcome.
    • The only limitations:
      • Don’t directly alter or kill other PCs
      • Respect the established facts and tone of the narrative
      • Keep it short.
• If the roll failed, you lose any wagered dice and the GM narrates a negative outcome.

¶ Between sessions

• Add +1d6 dice to your pool, up to a maximum of 9.
• Then you may transfer dice between players’ pools.
• Add 15 words to your character description, then choose traits and bonuses. You can increase existing bonuses.

¶ Character Death

• Happens when you fail a roll in a lethal situation
• Choose to:
  • Go gentle into that good night
    • Accept Death
    • Make a final Monologue, describing your end.
  • Rage, rage against the dying of the light
    • Make a final roll
    • 0 dice are rolled, and you cannot add trait bonuses.
    • All dice must come from wagers.
    • Each other player may pitch in up to 9 dice as wagers
    • No matter the outcome, these dice are removed from your pools.
    • If the roll succeeds, the GM describes how you survive.
    • If the roll fails, the GM describes how you die.

¶ Houses of the Blooded

• Players roll a d6s based on their FATE-style aspects.
• Before rolling, you can wager dice:
  • Remove that many dice from the roll and set them aside.
• The roll succeeds iff the sum is at least 10.
• If the roll succeeds, the player may choose whether their action was successful.
• If the roll succeeded, each dice wagered allows the player to describe an additional fact about the result.