Characters

Attributes

Charisma
Dexterity
Diplomacy
Endurance
Intellect
Luck
Strength
Will

Players will roll 8 d20 dice and set their values to the order they prefer.

Attribute Descriptions

Charisma

The ability to persuade characters.

You roll this attribute when attempting to convince characters of your arguments (but it does not guarantee success even if you pass!).

Dexterity

The ability to evade and perform precise moves.

You roll this attribute when dodging attacks and when doing actions that require high precision.

Diplomacy

The ability to resolve situations peacefully.

You roll this attribute when negotiating with other characters.

Endurance

The ability to carry things and handle physical activity.

Each point grants 2kg of carrying weight. Therefore, the maximum weight a student can carry is 40kg

Each point grants 3 hit points. Therefore, the maximum HP a student can have is 60.

You roll this attribute when doing physical resistance actions.

Intellect

The ability to learn and to solve problems.

You roll this attribute to advance in class, or when solving more advanced challenges.

Luck

You roll this attribute when exploring areas and investigating, as well as during special events.

Strength

The ability to use physical strength against something. Each point grants 1 melee attack power. Therefore, the maximum melee attack a student can have is 20.

You roll this attribute when doing physical strength actions.

Will

The ability to form flow into spells. Each point grants one action point in combat. Therefore, the maximum AP a student can have is 20.

You roll this attribute when doing intense magical actions.

Attribute Roll Modifiers

Roll	Modifier
1	-3
2-5	-2
6-9	-1
10-13	0
14-17	+1
18-19	+2
20	+3

Attribute Checks

The character rolls a d20 and adds that value to their attribute value plus the attribute modifier.

Range	Cost
Easy	12
Medium	18
Hard	25
Very Hard	30

Element

Each character may have an element associated to it, and may change it eventually over the course of the campaign if they're not happy with it.

Elements

Available Elements are:

Flames
Nature
Water
Light
Darkness

Elements can deal extra damage to elements they counter, typically dealing twice as much damage in that case. There are no resistances.

The element weaknesses are:

Flames	Water
Nature	Flames
Water	Nature
Light	Darkness
Darkness	Light

Skills

Players have 20 points to distribute among skills. They each start at 10. The maximum skill level is 100.

Alchemy
Artificing
Care for Creatures
Cooking
Curses
Destruction
Enchantment
Farming
Healing
Herbalism
Infusion
Transportation

Players earn skill points for doing actions related to a skill. The Game Master decides when a player should gain a skill point. Skill Points are kept in an imaginary pool and may be spent to improve a specific skill.

The skill points cost depends on the rate at which the skill has been raised:

Range	Cost
10-30	1
31-50	2
51-70	3
71-90	4
90-100	5

Alchemy

The skill to create potions and shakes

Artificing

The skill to create magic and non-magic artifacts

Care for Creatures

The skill to take care of animals and magical creatures

Cooking

The skill to create meals out of ingredients

Curses

The skill to create curses to afflict creatures and objects

Destruction

The skill to cast destructive spells

Enchantment

The skill to enchant creatures and objects

Farming

The skill to handle farm work

Healing

The skill to cure ailments and heal damage

Herbalism

The skill to find and treat herbs

Infusion

The skill to inject a spell into creatures and objects

Transportation

The skill to transport things or self around

Skill Checks

When performing a skill check, a player adds a d20 roll to their current skill value.

Skill Check levels:

Difficulty	Range
Easy	15-40
Medium	40-65
Hard	65-85
Very Hard	85-100

Time Blocks

Days are split into several time blocks, with breaks between them.

This system is flexible and can be changed at the GM's will.

The regular scheme is:

Preparation
Morning
Lunch
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Maps and Movement

Rather than feet, Bamomaki uses grid units, or just units. Each unit is about the size of 2ft.

Maps aren't supposed to be very large, and should have tiers of detail rather than making a very big map.

Movement

Moving costs 2 action points per unit.

Players may run across two units in a single direction for 3 action points instead of 4.

Players may jump across three units in a single direction for an additional cost of 2 action points.

Combat

Characters roll a d20 then get sorted highest to lowest for the turn order.

Action Points

Characters have a specific amount of action points they can do per turn. This amount can be increased over time as the character grows.

Once all action points are spent or the character skips their turn, the next character performs their turn.

Unused action points are cumulative to the next turn.

Once per turn, a player may do a Hard Will check to gain two additional action points.

Attacking

Casting spells have an AP cost specific to that spell. Using a card from the Deck of Magic Cards costs 1 point instead.

Attacks cost 4 AP. If a character has no ranged attack yet wants to do one (possibly due to being unable to attack otherwise), they may throw small objects around them such as rocks, with a modifier of -1 ATK.

Attacking and casting spells requires rolling a d20. When the character gets a 20, the potency (spells) or damage (attacks) is doubled, and it's considered a critical hit (crit).

When a non-player character is being attacked, the GM rolls a d20 for the defender, and if the value is higher than the attacker, the attack fails (the GM doesn't reveal the value, only the outcome).

The same is done in reverse when a player character is being attacked.

Equipment

Default Equipment

A wand (0.5kg)
School Books (5kg)
A familiar and a book on that familiar's care (1kg)
A deck of beginner magic cards (0.5kg)
The Recall Bracelet (0kg)

Items

Weight

Players keep items in their backpack. Each item has a weight cost.

If a player reaches 90% of their weight limit, they are no longer able to run or dodge.

If a player exceeds their weight limit, they are barely able to walk and all movements cost an additional 2 AP.

Conjured Items

Items can be conjured from a spell.

Conjured items disappear after 24h.

Rerolling

A player will have to perform multiple challenge checks in order to advance an obstacle.

In the case of a failure, the player may reroll that dice once. However, after doing so, they gain an exhaustion modifier that adds -4 to their next dice roll. This modifier is cleared after that roll, resting, or a time block ends.

Status Effects

A character may be afflicted with a temporary status effect. Typically, these last a certain amount of turns.

Wet

The character is wet and is weak to Nature damage. At the start of the character's turn, if it passes an easy dexterity roll, remove this status.

Slippery

The character has -1 to all physical attribute rolls while slippery (dexterity, endurance, strength), as well as -1 to all attack and defense rolls. At the start of the character's turn, if it passes an easy dexterity roll, remove this status.

Poison

The character takes 2 damage each turn for each stack. Remove a stack at the end of each turn.

Fear

The character has to take a medium will roll whenever doing any action. Not stackable. At the start of the character's turn, if it passes a medium will roll, remove this status.

Bravery

Add +2 to each roll the character takes. Not stackable. Getting bravery removes Fear status. At the start of the character's turn, if it fails a medium will roll, remove this status.

Rage

Increases melee attack by 2 each turn for each stack, and causes a medium will check to perform non-violent actions. Remove a stack at the end of each turn.

Spell Crafting and Learning

Spells can be personal and as such, players may suggest a spell to add to their repertoire, if the Game Master allows it.

In order to learn a spell, the players must spend one time block practicing their spell.

That player must roll 2 d20s up to two times in a row. If any of those times, both dice are above the spell's challenge rating, that player learns the spell, and should note it in their character sheet.

Spells might have worse scaling based on the Game Master's appreciation of the character's ability. So, even if a player is able to learn a spell, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do much with it at first.

Scaling might improve based on skill increases and character maturity, depending on the Game Master's interpretation.

A player should give a spell a keyword, which is a personal name for the spell, which acts as its focus.

Class spells are more similar across students and still require rolling to learn the spell. If a player succeeds, they may proceed with the class and perform additional tasks. Otherwise, they spend the entire class practicing (and still learn it).

When creating spells, keep in mind skill scaling in some way: You may not want that spell to stay the same forever.

Casting a spell

Spell Components have a cost, both in action points and in turns. AP and Turns can be rebalanced in order to give more flexibility: A spell may be cast instantly for a higher multiplier of the APs required to cast it, for instance.

Spell Components also may have an element (or no element), and combining components of opposing elements requires a wisdom roll for successful casting. A failed roll will cause the spell to fail to cast.

Cost Tables

Kind	AP Cost
Very Easy	1
Easy	2
Medium	3
Hard	5
Very Hard	6

Kind	Turn Cost
Very Easy	0
Easy	0
Medium	1
Hard	2
Very Hard	2

Classes

Going to Class

Students have a schedule to attend to and will need to go to class at times.

There can be some roleplaying as the class proceeds, but the general idea is for each student to roll four medium intellect rolls to finish the class.

Each successful roll might have an additional reward, as defined by the GM.

Rewards from Class

At the end of a class, teachers may award each student with a new spell, a skill point, or both. Teachers may award more than 1 skill point if the student performed exceptionally well. Follow the Class page's Lessons section to know what happens each lesson and the rewards to give.

Bamomaki Tabletop System