Aptitudes
Cursed Empire handles Character's non-combat actions using a flexible and easy to use Aptitude system.
The Aptitudes express the strengths and weaknesses of the character and give a clear idea on where these skills can be applied within a group of Adventurers.
Perfect Action Rule
Every character has at least a 1% chance to succeed at any action. A score of 1/10 or less of the aptitude is considered a perfect action. This enables the player to enter a cross (x) in the 4 cross grid on the character sheet, or two crosses (x) if this is the first time that this skill has been used for this caste level (section 2.7).
Example: A Condorian Warrior has 67% using a Short Sword, if the player obtains a dice throw of 06% or less this is a perfect action.
Critical Failure Rule
In some cases of an action being taken, a character can fail miserably, which will have varying levels of consequence on the outcome. The following rule has to be applied:-
Critical Failure Table
*a score of more than 100 can be obtained if there are extra penalties for the action (see section 2.5.1).
Example: A Condorian Warrior has 76% in the Moving Silently Aptitude. She obtains a score of ninety seven on 1D100: the result is that she trips up and crashes to the ground very noisily.
Aptitude Descriptions
This section briefly describes all the standard aptitudes and gives players and M.T alike an idea of the situations where these skills can be used. Any other aptitudes can be generated at the MT's discretion if their implementation enriches gameplay.
There are two main types of Aptitude in the Cursed Empire game: Primary (P) and secondary (S). Primary Aptitudes are automatically available to a newly created character, whereas secondary ones can be developed later on in the existence of the character or a proportion of development points can be allocated during character creation. Each Aptitude belongs to a category.
(BP) Remark: Primary (P) Aptitudes cost 2 (BP) per 1%, whereas Secondary (S) ones cost 1 (BP) per 1%. This rule will apply in the next section.
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