Attributes

Every Adventurer has a set of stat values known as Attributes. The higher the character's attributes, the more powerful and functional the character will be. Attributes are required for some skills, equipment or powers to be usable by the Adventurer. Attribute points are determined by a combination of their Race, Archetypes and bonus points given during character creation. Attribute points are rewarded regularly through levelling up.

All characters start with a balance of 0 in each attribute, positive values give bonuses to a character's other stats. If Attributes are reduced to negatives, the Adventurer will suffer a special penalty instead.

The six attributes are Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence and Agility.

Strength (STR)

Strength represents the physical power and might of an Adventurer, increasing the amount of damage dealt by melee weapon attacks and unarmed strikes that rely on their physical movements.

Strength is also used as a soft-prerequisite for heavy pieces of equipment such as melee weapons (Two-handed weapons) or ranged weapons with strong recoil or tension (Firearms and Compound Bows). Failing to meet the requirement for a weapon may result in the weapon requiring more hands to wield, or not wield them at all. For ranged weapons, it may incur additional AP costs.

The last benefit of Strength is to increase a Player-Character's Load-Points which determines encumbrance based on their equipped outfit/armour, and the items they're carrying; higher strength means being able to carry heavier loads at the same amount of encumbrance, or lower the burden by one or more stages.

Strength and Endurance are often linked as the two primary attributes for a character's physical prowess.

Mechanics
♦ Increases Melee Weapon, Thrown Weapon and Unarmed Strike damage, magnitude determined by the weapon/attack type.
♦ Increases the threshold of an Adventurer's Light, Heavy and Max Load-Points for Inventory management by 10 per point.

If STR is reduced to negatives
/ Melee Weapon, Thrown Weapon and Unarmed Strike damage is reduced by 50%.
/ The Adventurer is treated as under the effects of Heavy Load regardless of how many Load-Points they are carrying.
/ Weapon 'handedness' is reduced by one stage: Light weapons are treated as one-handed, one-handed is treated as two-handed and two-handed weapons cannot be wielded with a negative Strength score.

Perception (PER)

Perception is the Adventurer's ability to sense the world around them and also react to and predict what is going on around them.

In combat, this Attribute is highly influential in determining the accuracy of landing blows on a target, but also being able to avoid or deflect an opponent's attack as well.

Perception also greatly influences the Adventurer's turn order during battle initiative compared to Agility.

Perception and Agility are linked together as the two primary attributes for a character's speed and agility.

Mechanics
♦ Base ToHit is increased by +10 per Perception point.
♦ Defence and Evasion rating against all attacks is increased by +0.5x per Perception point.
♦ Initiative bonus is increased by +2 per Perception point.

If PER is reduced to negatives
/ Adventurer will be unable to deal critical hits with attacks normally capable of causing critical hits.
/ Adventurer will always go last during initiative. If there is a tie, compared Agility, if there is still a tie, roll until the tie breaks.

Endurance (END)

Endurance measures a Player-Character's bodily resilience and health. High Endurance grants the character higher maximum health needed to survive against harmful attacks and effects. Endurance grants the Player-Character bonuses to save against effects that are affecting their body, enabling them to resist their effects or more quickly escape from them.

Endurance and Strength are considered the primary attributes for a character's Physical power.

Mechanics
♦ The Character's base Hit-Points is calculated with the following calculation:
       > 6 * (4 + Endurance) = BaseHP.
♦ Grants +10 bonuses to rolls made to Physiological Saves per Endurance point.

If END is reduced to negatives
/ Character takes an additional 20% damage from all sources for each negative Endurance point.

Charisma (CHA)

Charisma reflects on the character’s ability to influence others through their personality and sometimes their appearance. It has a strong influence on a character's Reputation changes as they progress through a campaign, increasing positive gains while decreasing negative reputation gains (though negative reputation can never reduce gains to less than 0). It's also a measure of a character's ability to remain resolved and believe in themselves and their identity, as such, Charisma grants a bonus to resist or recover from mental and social effects.

Charisma and Intelligence are the primary attributes linked to a character's Mental prowess.

Mechanics
♦ Increases positive reputation gained by +2 per deed, per Charisma point.
♦ Decreases negative reputation gained by -1 per deed, per Charisma point.
♦ Gain a +10 bonus to rolls affecting the Player-Character's mind and mental state per Charisma point.
♦ Increases Player-Character's Resolve by 20% per Charisma point.

If CHA is reduced to negatives
/ Negative CHA also reduces reputation gains by half and doubles negative reputation gains per deed.

Intelligence (INT)

A character’s ability to retain and recall information and knowledge. High Intelligence grants a character additional Skill-Focuses which they can pick upon level-up. Increased Intelligence also increases the bonus provided by Skill Focuses.

Intelligence and Charisma are the two primary attributes linked to a character's Mental prowess.

Mechanics 
♦ Increases the number of Skills a character can turn into a Skill-Focus by 1 per Intelligence point. (Skill-Focuses gained through intelligence only increase single skills, not groups).
♦ Increases the Skill-Focus bonus of all Skill-Focuses by 5 per point. (Base Skill-Focus bonus is +20).

If INT is reduced to negatives
/ Negative INT causes all Skills that do not have a Skill-Focus to increase their skill rank requirements by 25%:
Novice increases from 20 to 25.
Competent increases from 40 to 50.
Adept increases from 60 to 75.
Expert increases from 75 to 100.
Master increases from 100 to 125.

Agility (AGL)

A character’s ability to coordinate physical actions quickly and accurately. High Agility increases the character's maximum Action-point stock, giving them more actions and more AP recovered per turn start and end. Agility also increases the character's movement speeds in all modes of travel by a small amount at no extra cost. Lastly, Agility grants a bonus to avoid or recover from effects that rely on reflexes to escape.

Agility and Perception are the two primary attributes linked to a character's ability to respond to dangers.

Mechanics
♦ Increases base movement speed/distance by 1 step per Agility point, regardless of movement type. (Base movement per action, 6 steps)
♦ Increases Maximum Action-Points (AP) by 20 MaxAP per Agility point.
♦ Gain a +10 bonus to rolls involving avoiding or escaping effects relying on movement per Agility point.

If AGL is reduced to negatives
/ Disables the character's ability to take actions outside their turn. (Disables Reactions).
/ Prevents a character from using Action Overflow to ready an action to execute the next turn due to a lack of AP.