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Numenera is a science fantasy RPG set in the distant future. Created by respected game designer Monte Cook, it focuses on story and ideas over mechanics.
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Can this nano fail to identify numenera?
A character specialized in identifying numenera will always succeed on identifying cyphers unless the GM decides that a specific cypher is harder to identify. … Once the characters find an artifact, identifying it is usually a separate task, also based on Intellect and modified by knowledge of the numenera. …
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Do you disclose difficulty to the player before they decide to accept a GM-intrusion?
(numenera page 84)
If the action still isn’t routine, the GM uses its difficulty to determine the target number—how high the player must roll to succeed at the action (see the Task Difficulty Chart …
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What happens to the Seskii once the person they are loyal to dies?
On a seriously note, the creatures social behavior was not fully disclosed by Numenera developers, so what really happens is subject to table variation. …
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Which action does the cost of Riposte apply to?
You pay 6 Speed to gain the benefits of the Riposte ability, which are one of the following:
An immediate counter-attack.
An asset on your next action.
The enabler happens after a successful defen …
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How does Training/Specialization work with esoteries?
You can specialize in that specific ability
You don't have to specialize in something cryptic, you can specialize in that specific ability of your focus, as described under the Skills block at the ch …
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How much of the numenera can be understood?
Their Numenera knowledge can only go so far as you decide it should. … Look up Short and Long Term Benefits on Expending Experience Points (Core Rulebook, pg.111), and you will notice that you don't even require any knowledge about numenera to create new numenera:
For …
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Can PCs create a Mob?
Combats in Numenera move quickly enough that a GM should not hesitate to use large groups of creatures as challenges for PCs, particularly powerful PCs. …
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When does the player choose to apply effort to increase damage?
Before you make the roll.
It's very easy to miss the rule, as it is on page 21, and rarely spoken again through the book.
You don’t have to apply Effort if you don’t want to. If you choose to
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Does the GM still make a free intrusion if a natural 1 is rerolled?
No, he does not
The free intrusion happens every time a player rolls a 1 on the d20, rerolling would allow you to try succeeding once more, while not rerolling would not only trigger the GM Intrusion …
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Tracking Might Cost for Wearing Armor
Track it per encounter
This is a house rule, but I suggest you track the cost in advance during encounters. So, if it costs 1 point of Might every hour, you don't reduce the Might pool after an hour, …
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Is fleeing from battle considered "acting under attack"?
That rule is talking about both short and long movements
As adjusting your position (moving an immediate distance) take no action (pg.208):
As a part of another action, a character can
adjust h …
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