Infinite Horizons: System Basics
Welcome to Infinite Horizons! This overview provides a quick glimpse into the core concepts of our flexible and intuitive roleplaying system, designed to empower you to tell any story across an endless array of genres.
The Heart of the System: How It Works
At its core, Infinite Horizons uses a dice pool system to resolve actions and challenges. When your character attempts something risky or uncertain, you'll determine a pool of ten-sided dice (d10s).
Building Your Dice Pool: Your dice pool is determined by combining a base of 1 die with a relevant Trait score and a relevant Skill score. For example, if you're attempting a nimble feat, you might combine your Finesse Trait with your Acrobatics Skill.
1 (base die) + Trait + Skill = Your Dice Pool
Achieving Successes: You roll your dice pool, and any die that rolls a 7 or higher counts as a Success.
Exploding Dice: Roll a 10? That's a Success, and you get to roll that die again, potentially gaining even more successes! This allows for moments of incredible heroism and luck.
Resolving Actions: Your Game Master (GM) will tell you how many successes are needed for a task. If you achieve enough, your character succeeds!
Creating Your Hero: Character Basics
Building a character in Infinite Horizons is a straightforward process focused on defining your hero's innate talents and learned abilities.
Traits: Who You Are: Your character has six core Traits that represent their fundamental aptitudes:
Body: Physical strength and endurance.
Finesse: Agility and precision.
Wits: Intelligence and problem-solving.
Awareness: Perception and intuition.
Presence: Charisma and influence.
Resolve: Willpower and mental fortitude. You'll allocate a limited number of points to these Traits, starting from zero, to define your character's natural strengths.
Skills: What You Can Do: Your character also possesses a wide array of Skills, representing their learned knowledge and practiced abilities (e.g., Acrobatics, Melee, Diplomacy, Tech, Arcana). You'll distribute a set number of points among these skills, allowing you to specialize in the areas most important to your character's concept.
Combat and Wounds
Combat in Infinite Horizons is dynamic and narrative, with all actions happening simultaneously.
Opposed Rolls: In combat, you and your opponent will make opposed dice rolls. Your net successes (your successes minus your opponent's) determine the outcome.
Wound Track: Damage is tracked using a visual Wound Track with Minor, Major, and Critical tiers. Net successes from an attack inflict damage, filling boxes on this track.
Resilience: Your character's Body and Resolve Traits directly influence their capacity to absorb Minor wounds, and a high Body score can even passively mitigate incoming damage. When a tier fills up, further damage spills over into the next, more severe tier, leading to increasing penalties as your character becomes more wounded.
This brief overview provides the foundation for playing Infinite Horizons. Dive into the full guide for complete details on character creation, advanced mechanics, and more!
