Doing Things

SHATTER6 If you want to do something (like jump

SHATTER6 is a roleplaying game
designed to be simple and empowering
to players.
The Golden Rule is the Rule of Cool.
over a wall or sneak down an alley) roll
2d6 + the relevant attribute + relevant
tag bonus + any shatterdice. The GM
sets a toughness rating to the
challenge which the player must meet
or exceed with their roll to succeed:

● Easy - 7
Character Creation ● Average - 12
Four attributes: Physical (strength and ● Tough - 15
athletics), Intellect (smarts and ● Extra Tough - 18
● Godlike - 23
wisdom), Charm (persuasiveness and
amiability) and Instinct (intuition, Remember, even in failure there could
perception). be a modicum of success.

Roll 1d6+3 for each attribute.

Combat
Only players roll in combat. Each player
Tags
takes it in turns to declare what they’re
Tags flesh out a character’s skills.
doing i.e. firing a crossbow at an orc
Choose 3 from the list, or ask your GM if
while sliding down a bannister. The GM
you can create your own. A tag gives +2
sets a toughness rating to the action
when you roll to do something. You can
and the player rolls using the rules for
only use one tag per roll.
● Acrobatic Doing Things. The greater the risk, the
● Aristocratic greater the reward. NPCs do not have
● Charming
● Crafter
hit points - the players and GM work
● Dancer together to create a narrative combat,
● Diplomat the GM rewarding players for doing cool
● Deceptive
● Historian things.
● Holy
● Martial Artist Once the players have acted, NPCs act.
● Nimble
● Necromantic When an NPC attacks, the player must
● Perceptive make a Doing Things roll to try an
● Rider
● Sorcerer
evade their attack (they can do this in
● Stealthy any way the GM deems fit). The
● Streetwise toughness of this is based on the NPC’s
● Survivalist
Toughness Rating. If the player fails,
they take a wound. When a wound is
Class
taken, the player reduces an attribute
Once you have your tags, name your
score to 0. Once all attributes have
class. It’s entirely up to you, but use
been reduced, they cross off a tag.
your tags as a framework. Make it
Once the tags have been crossed off,
sound awesome.
they cross off their name and are Out
of Action. Wounds heal after an 8 hour
Shatterdice
rest.
At first level you have 4 shatterdice.
When making a check or battling, you
may roll one or more shatterdice to add Out of Action
to any roll where you’re trying to do Out of Action doesn’t necessarily mean
something. All shatterdice replenish death. It could be knocked out,
after an 8 hour rest. captured or flung into another
dimension. The GM and players should
. work together to determine this.

SHATTER6 is released under the

Creative Commons 4.0 license.
NPCs
NPCs are described as follows:
● Name
● Toughness Rating
● Damage
● Description
The name should be evocative, helping
the GM conjure a cool creature or
character in the group’s mind’s eye. Its
Toughness Rating (TR) determines its
challenge level. Its damage shows how
many wounds it does. Finally, a
description of your awesome creature.
Levelling
After a number of tough battles and
dangerous quests, the GM will reward
the players with a new level. The
frequency of levelling should be
discussed with the group before the
game. The following table shows what
players gain per level:
Lvl Bonus
2 + 1 to an attribute
3 +1 shatterdie

4 + 1 to an attribute
TR Dam.
5 Gain a new tag
7 1
6 +1 shatterdie
12 2
7 + 1 to an attribute
.
15 3
8 Gain a new tag
18 4
9 + 1 to an attribute
23 5
10 +1 shatterdie

Example:
Nethroc Angel of the Seventh Seal Character Example
TR: 18 Vex Nastrum
Damage: 4 Lvl. 1
Description: Born from the occult moon Class: Guardian of the Ancient Word
Yaxis, the Nethroc Angel stands 9ft tall Tags: Historian, Sorcerer, Rider
and uses its Dark Spear to annihilate Phy: 9
its foes. Int: 8
Ego: 5
Using Magic Inst: 4
Magic can be used depending on if a Shatterdice: 4
class has been built as a magic-user
(i.e. with the sorcerer tag). Magicians
should use the rule of cool to create
fantastic magic spells, but the more
complex or devastating they are, the
higher the toughness rating. Failure
when casting a particularly complex
spell could mean the caster takes
wounds, or harms its allies. Magic is
generally rolled against intellect.
Example of Play
The players are fighting a horde of
Shard Ghouls, led by the King Ov Death.
GM: Seven slavering hunched ghouls run
at you screaming, their tongues
flopping from their diseased mouths.
What do you do?
Vex: I grab one by the head and
psychically give it a vision of the horrors
of its past life, hoping it will go
catatonic.
GM: That’s awesome. Roll Intellect
against Toughness 15. You can add your
Sorcerer tag. Too.
Vex: I got a 16!
GM: The ghoul stops dead in its tracks
and screams, dropping to the ground
shaking. It won’t be getting up in a
hurry.
Larna: I’d like to spin through the air
with by double fire blades, slicing the
necks of two ghouls.
GM: Ok, that’s going to be tough, since
you’re trying to get two in one. Roll
physical and add your nimble tag
against Toughness 18.
Larna: I want to make sure it works so I
also spend two shatterdice. I rolled 20!
GM: You’re a blur as your daggers
whirlwind through the jugulars of the
two ghouls, spraying bile in all
directions. Rennic, you’re up.
Rennic: I want to call upon the great
Seraph angels to descend, putting their
radiant spears into the remaining
ghouls.
GM: Wow, yeah, that’s really awesome,
but insanely hard. Give me an intellect
roll against Toughness 23. Add your
Holy tag.
Rennic: Argh! I rolled a 17.
GM: It was a valiant effort, but your
words seem to have gone unheeded.
However, after a few seconds a single
radiant spear is hurled down from the
heavens, catching one of the ghouls in
the shoulder, putting it out of action.
Now the remaining ghouls are acting.
One races over and jumps on Vex,
attempting to rip your face off. Vex,
these guys have a TR of 12, so roll
Physical to try and prize it off you.
Vex: Ah, a 10. Not my best roll.
GM: The ghoul claws viciously at your
face. Take 2 wounds.
Vex brings Instinct and Charm down to
0. As a result of his wounds.
GM: Two more ghouls pounce on Larna
and Rennic. Roll on Physical to dodge
out of the way.
They both manage to roll 12 and over.
GM: Now the King Ov Death flies onto
the battlefield on his raven wings. He
fires a blast of necrotic energy at Larna
while cackling. He’s got a TR of 18, so
roll Physical.
Larna: Can I add my Nimble tag too,
along with two shatterdice?
GM: Sure
Larna: Great - I’ve rolled 18! Just
enough.
GM: You swiftly duck under the blast as
it hits a ghoul in the back, sending its
spine flying across the field.