Beating 6

In the Grit System, your scores are different dice types. The basic mechanic of *Stillfleet* is to roll a single score (a single die) and try to get a 6 or higher. The type of die you roll depends on what you’re trying to do. Contested rolls are won by the higher result. Ties go to the initiator of the action.

For uncontested rolls, a result of 6 or higher is a success on a roll of normal difficulty. And when one or more people help you do something, you get a +1 to your roll.

Uncontested check difficulties

5+

Easy

6+

Standard

7+

Difficult

9+

Very difficult

12+

"Impossible"

Boosting checks

You can also boost your rolls by burning grit (GRT): you can burn (use up) 3, 6, or 9 GRT to add +3, +6, or +9 to any check.

A 1 is always a failure, even when boosted.

Difficulty Boost

Assigning scores

To make a player character (PC), AKA a voidminer, you must first choose a class and a species and then assign 5 die types to your 5 core scores. Here are your options.

Either distribute:

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This means that you either have no scores so low that you cannot succeed in a normal challenge without help, or that you have one low score and one extra d8 (which succeeds unaided on a 6, 7, or 8).

Your voidminer’s mind and body are represented by these 5 primary scores and by 2 secondary or derived scores (your “pool”): health and grit.

Defining scores

The scores you assign, after choosing class and species, are these:

COM

combat
use when rolling to attack or grapple

MOV

movement
use when rolling to drive/pilot, dodge, initiate, parry, run, or sneak

REA

reason
use when rolling to heal, know, make/repair, use technology (e.g., tack a stiffworks), or use a Weird power

WIL

willpower
use when rolling to empathize, perceive, resist other (resist seduction, mind control, etc.), or resist world (resist explosions, falling rocks, poison, etc.)

CHA

charm
use when rolling to control, negotiate, or seduce

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