Chapter 5: Conditions

Overview

Conditions are Difficulty Modifiers. At any given time, the Referee and players need to be mindful of the Conditions that frame the situation.

Key Condition Categories

Awareness and Information
Terrain, Time, and Weather
Visibility, Range, Sizes, Movement
Cover and Concealment

Conditions Table

Condition Type	Situation	Effect on Resolution
Awareness	PC is unaware	Disadvantage to roll
Awareness	Adversary is unaware	Advantage to roll
Visibility	Invisible Threat	Disadvantage to roll
Visibility	Attacking while Invisible	Advantage to roll
Visibility	Directly Seen	Range/Size/Move modifiers apply
Visibility	Indirect Knowledge	Concealment/Cover/Range influence Difficulty
Visibility	Partially Concealed	+1 Difficulty
Visibility	Mostly Concealed	+2 Difficulty
Visibility	Fully Concealed	+4 Difficulty
Visibility	Partially Covered	+1 Difficulty
Visibility	Mostly Covered	+2 Difficulty
Visibility	Fully Covered	+4 Difficulty
Terrain	Gravity issues	Disadvantage without proper skills/tools
Combat	Ranged in Close Quarters	+2 Difficulty
Superiority	Force/Resource advantage	See Superiority Table

Awareness of Threats

PC is Unaware

Characters who are attacked while unprepared, unaware, or ambushed have Disadvantage.

Adversary is Unaware

Characters attacking an unprepared, unaware adversary (successful ambush) have Advantage.

Time, Terrain and Weather

Determines Visibility, Range, and Movement.

Terrain Table

Terrain	Concealment	Cover	Movement	Notes
Open Ground	None	None	None	No cover or concealment
Broken Ground	For prone	For prone	1/2	Athletics/Dex check required
Light Foliage	Partially	Partially	1/2	Managed wilderness
Heavy Foliage	Mostly	Mostly	1/2	Unmanaged, choked wilderness
Ankle-deep Water			1/2	Hazardous - hides hazards
Knee-deep Water	For prone	For prone	1/4	Murky water hides more
Chest-deep Water	For crouching	For crouching	Swim	Wading difficult
45°+ Slope	Behind slope	Behind slope	Climb

Gravity

Gravity is part of Terrain conditions.

Micro-Gravity/Zero-G: Causes disadvantage in actions; Characters can use Zero-G or Athletics skills to prevent being out of control; Must limit Combat Skill by Zero-G or Athletics skill, or suffer Disadvantage; Firearms without Recoilless property have disadvantage without anchoring

Time Scale

Combat Rounds (6 seconds)

300m or less engagements on foot
Up to 500m on mounted combat
Smaller than 3 parties or 50 people
Individual actions matter

Minutes

Ranges up to 500m on foot, 1km mounted
Groups of 50-300
Social conflicts

dMinutes

Battalions (300-500 combatants)
5-10 km ranges
Vehicular pursuits up to 100km

Hours

Brigades and Divisions
Fleet maneuvers
Electronic warfare

Half-Shifts

Task Forces and Field Armies
Strategic positioning

Days

Logistics, Strategy, Diplomacy

Visibility

Spotter and Target

Spotters: Those viewing the Target; Range, optics, and sensors affect spotting

Target: What is either Visible or Concealed; Size modifies visibility (larger = easier to see); Stance/position affects visibility

Visibility States

Directly Seen: Spotter independently sees, verifies, and knows information; Within Line-of-Sight; Cover/Concealment less than Full (conditions don't add to 4)

Indirect Knowledge: When Target is fully Concealed or Covered; Requires Recon or Tactics to verify presence; Can attack last known area

Invisible Threat: Target cannot identify source of threat; Cannot guard, anticipate, or defend; Disadvantage to defense

Attacking while Invisible: Adversary cannot guard or defend; Advantage to attack

Range, Size, Move

Range Calculations in Spaces

Range	Description	Modifier
Adjacent	Right beside character	Melee/-3
Reach 1	1 space away	-3
Reach 2	2 spaces away	-3
Personal	In character's space	Melee only
3m		-2
5m		-1
10m		0
15m		+1
30m		+2
50m		+3
100m		+4

Size Modifiers

Size	Modifier
0.5m (Prone)	+2 to hit
1m (Crouching)	+1 to hit
1.5m (Man-size)	0
3m+ (Large)	-1 to hit

Movement Modifiers

Speed	Modifier
Stationary	0
< 10 kph	+1
< 20 kph	+2
< 40 kph	+3
< 100 kph	+4

Concealment and Cover

Concealment: Anything reducing visibility (weather, shadows, smoke, darkness); Stacks with Cover but cannot exceed 4

Cover: Physical barrier to the Target; Takes damage instead of target (see Fail Effect and Protection)

Stacking Rule: Partial Concealed (+1) + Partial Cover (+1) = +2 Total; Cannot exceed Completely Obscured (+4)

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