Before diving into these rules, It is assumed you have read and digested two short wiki pages:

As the story of the game is narrated by the players, eventually something risky will come into play. A player's character might pull out a pistol and shoot a security droid, or they might hack into a secure system. In these risky cases where the outcome of an action, or sequence of actions, is rife with chance: dice are rolled to determine the outcome.

The first step of this type of roll is to define what the player wants for their character, the desired outcome. The die roll will determine if they get that outcome, plus additional issues that might arise. In the case where the character pulls a pistol and shoots a security droid the player might define the outcome as 'incapacitating the droid'.

The second step is figuring out the type of action the character is taking. Once you have the grasp of that, the player can figure out if they have **Means** to attain their outcome. Means is anything on the character sheet that gives the character an advantage in the situation. Continuing the pistol example, a Quality like 'Soldier' or 'Marksman', even 'Lightning Reflexes' would provide means for the contest.

Now we reach a point where the character either has Means or not for the contest. If they do not have Means they will roll a single six-sided die for the contest. If they have Means, they decided to roll one, two, or three dice depending on the amount of effort & risk they accept for the contest. The more dice the greater the chance of getting what they want, but also the greater the chance of dice coming up a 1 and creating issues.

- The final result gets a +1 bonus.

- You may discard a single result of 1 from the roll.

- You can re-roll one rolled die.

- Replace one of the rolled dice with an eight-sided die.

- Use the favored die table for the roll.

- Mark up Luck.

Now once we have figured out Means, and leverage, the roll can is made, and the dice are cast! If more than one die are rolled, keep the highest as the result, but always note if any dice show a 1 because that is bad. Look up the result on the table below:

| Die Result | Favored | Means | No Means |

| ---------- | --------- | -------- | -------- |

| 1 | No | No! | Hell No |

| 2 | Maybe | No | No! |

| 3 | Possibly | Maybe | No |

| 4 | Yes | Possibly | Maybe |

| 5 | Yes | Yes | Possibly |

| 6 | Yes! | Yes! | Yes |

| 7+ | Yes!! | Yes!! | Yes! |

The outcome on the result table is a direct indicator if the player gets what they want for their character. That said, each result that isn't as simple as **No** or **Yes** needs some clarity:

**Paying Luck**:

- If the contest is deemed Sudden, but the player feels the contest is very important for the character, they can still find leverage if they are willing to pay 1 level of Luck. In this case they get the 'Use the favored die table for the roll' option for free, plus what they can leverage for the roll.

A Challenge is just a contest in reverse. It is a narrative situation that is happening to a player character where the player wants to avoid the outcome. Let us reframe the continuing pistol example. In this new case, the player's character enters a vault of caplets to steal a rare one, and as they do so a security droid deploys it's auto-pistol to shoot the character. Now this is the inverse of the action above, as the player wants to avoid being 'incapacited by the security droid'. The rules are the same, but the outcome is reversed. If the player gets the Yes (or better) outcome they avoid the narration in question. Most of the results are the same but work opposite. However the **Yes!** and **Yes!!** work slightly differently:

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Sometimes you just need the right tool to get the job done. Enter props. These are important and influential things your operative might employ to complete a task. Props in general provide Means/leverage for Contests and Challenges, but they also can be used to bolster the job workup made before Job Resolution is started.

A Situation is a set of circumstances that must be expressly resolved before narration can continue. This is a pressing matter that can’t be ignored, and may involve one or more players’ characters. Example Situations are Combat, Chases, Escapes, Interrogations, Diplomacy, and so on. Loose ideas for handling them are presented below. However, any pressing matter can become a situation, and these are just guidelines for play.