Game Details – Hellenistika

It’s a 2d12 roll over system, with degrees of success or failure (Legendary Success, Mighty Success, Success, Failure, Calamitous Failure)
There are no classes; the game uses “Careers” instead; kind of like Traveller or Warhammer, but MUCH simpler
There is a simple Boon / Flaw system, Hero Points are used, and though level-less there are rules for character advancement via Advancement Points (APs)
There is a skill list, but you don’t buy skills; instead, your character is assumed to have all skills that would be relevant to their careers
There is no alignment system

Combat is quick, but allows for some variety via maneuvers
Armor works as damage reduction vs. the “harder to hit” Dungeons & Dragons / Pathfinder model

There are Alchemists, who make and change things; we would call them mad scientists or inventors today
There are arcane and divine Spellcasters, although the distinction in my setting is muddy at best
- There is no academic / written study of magic; everything is spoken word, and magic comes from making bargains with non-human entities
The system uses a spell point / mana system, but the spell points spent return at different rates, depending on what tier spell you use them for:
- Cantrips: you recover spell points spent on these at both midnight & noon
- 1st Tier Spells: you recover 4 spell points spent on these spells at either noon or midnight (you decide during character creation)
- 2nd & 3rd Tier Spells: you recover 4 spell points per lunar month (usually 1st day of new moon, but you can change it during character creation)
- Additional Costs for 3rd Tier Spells: you must sacrifice either 1 spell point or 1 attribute point to power the spell; these sacrifices are PERMANENT