High Stakes
Stake
Part of Stakes
High Stakes is a StakesStakes StakeStakes measure how difficult your actions are. level for tasks at the limit of what a skilled ScribeScribe TermScribes are the characters Players play in the game (often called player characters, or PCs, in other TTRPGs). can do. Even a ScribeScribe TermScribes are the characters Players play in the game (often called player characters, or PCs, in other TTRPGs). with high SkillSkill SkillSkills are Modifiers that measure your trained capability. needs a good roll.
Core Rule—High Stakes
- SuccessSuccess TestSuccess is a Test Result that means you achieve your goal.
- 20 or higher
- SetbackSetback TestSetback is a Test Result that means you either achieve your goal but face a complication, or you fail your goal but avoid a complication.
- 15–19
- FailureFailure TestFailure is a Test Result that means you don’t achieve your goal.
- 14 or lower
Source Player Codex, Playing