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Chapter 3. Skills Combat Insert Flavor Text Here about Skills Combat The use of skills is the backbone of any role-playing game. Alpha Arkana uses the Alpha Chronicles system for skill use, combat, and most other dice systems. This shared system is based upon percentile dice and d10s. Most players will only need 9d10s and a percentile d10 to play our game. Although just a pair of percentile dice is generally required for actual play. The reason for percentiles is simple: people think in percentages. You have a 50% chance of hitting your target. I have a very slim chance (5%) of surviving this dive. I am 99% sure I am right. With this in mind we designed our system for ease of use and yet tried to keep it realistic. The basic skill roll formula is simple as well: SKILL PERCENTAGE + / - MODIFIERS = ROLL OR LESS REQUIRED ON D100 For example: A character wants to fire his crossbow at the charging mercenary. The characters skill percent with Bow Weapons is 45%. The player must roll percentile, and score less than or equal to 45 to successfully hit the mercenary. It is just the modifiers that will confuse people. Any modifier in this game can be used or ignored, as the GM believes is appropriate. In an effort to keep it simple we have compiled a set of die roll modifiers with broad categories to assist in adjudicating difficult or easy actions. For most easy actions we recommend not even requiring a skill roll. Walking down the street obviously should not be difficult. Driving a car in normal traffic should not require a skill roll. Driving through rush hour traffic at high speeds while dodging gunfire and weaving through other cars should require a skill roll, maybe even with some hefty negative modifiers. Sometimes more than one modifier will be applied. For example: A character with a Pick Locks skill of 60% is trying to pick a very simple lock. The trick is that she is hanging upside down. The GM would give her a bonus of +15 to her skill for a