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Overview
Playing the Game
Before you begin
Character
What is a character?
Quick creation steps
Background
Archetype
Resources
Job
Attributes
Health
Aptitudes
Starting traits
Starting skills
Starting equipment
Armor, weapons, and combat
Name, goal, and description
Advancement
Dice
Making a roll
Opposed checks
Luck
Combat
The shape of a round
Attacks and defense
Damage and soak
Initiative
Running the Game
Start here
Complications
Adversaries
Rulings
Pacing
Epochs
What is an Epoch?
Zsenai
Writing an Epoch
Showcase
Typography
Feature grid
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Epochrypha is in development. Rules and wording change often, and some pages are still outlines.
Opposed checks
What this page will cover
Section titled “What this page will cover”
Comparing magnitude rather than raw rolls
What happens on a tie
What happens when both sides fail — the interesting case
How valence is read when two people rolled