====== Rules Terms ======

===== Action =====
Performing a task (a consciously willed activity). When you announce that your character is doing something, she's taking an action. Most actions are "standard actions"

===== Action, Difficult =====
A task more challenging than normal.

===== Action, Multiple =====
Taking more than one action in a turn. The first action's Dice Pool is reduced by a number of dice equal to the total number of actions your character will take in the turn. Each following action loses an additional die (cumulative).

===== Action, Resisted =====
An action that two or more characters take against one another. Rolls are made for each against Traits designated by the Storyteller, and the character with the most successes wins.

===== Action, Standard =====
An action with no difficulty modifiers. You simply roll your Dice Pool and tally any successes. All tasks your character performs are standard actions unless the Storyteller declares otherwise (by applying a difficulty., noting multiple actions or stating that the action is resisted).

===== Botch =====
A notable and often dramatic failure when attempting an action.

===== Dice Pool =====
The total number of dice available to you for a given action. Your Dice Pool is equal to the Attribute plus Ability most applicable to the action taken. If your character doesn't have an Ability rating in a task, you default to the base Attribute involved and use its score instead.

===== Difficulty =====
Short for the "difficulty of the roll," a difficulty notes the added challenge involved in accomplishing a task. You must roll the standard base of one success plus the additional difficulty indicated (usually by the Storyteller) to accomplish a difficult action.

===== Dots =====
The method used to indicate rating values.  Each dot equals a die that may be used to perform actions.

===== Rating =====
A numbered Trait value; usually a range From 0 to 5, though sometimes from 0 to 10 (Often noted in numbers of "dots"),

===== Success =====
A die that rolls equal to or higher than the Target Number of 7. Most actions require only one success; more challenging actions demand more successes.

===== Success, Extra =====
Any successes you roll beyond the minimum required to accomplish an action. Extra successes may be used to make a standard success truly inspired.

===== Success, Standard =====
Rolling exactly the number of successes required to accomplish an action.

===== System =====
A specific set of game mechanics used in a certain situation; rules to help guide dice-rolling resolutions to simulate dramatic actions.

===== Target Number =====
The standard rating of 7 which you must roll or exceed for your character to succeed in a dice action.
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