OVERVIEW posted:

Welcome to DIE! Some great distance in the past, someone created the Dire Engine to crush their foes. Over the ensuing centuries, it has returned over and over and over to fulfil some long forgotten purpose. It cannot be bargained with. It cannot be understood. It cannot even be destroyed… but it can be stopped. Driven off, forced into torpor once more. Luckily, your people have gotten very good at this. You, Hexenfolk, have trained since youth to harness fragments of its magic passed through the generations. You know the charms, you know your weapons inside and out, you know this land… but will it be enough? We’ll see!

First pick a name, a portrait, a starting position (any tile in or adjacent to any City tile), one of the two Weapons and any two Artifacts from the list below in the Archive. The DIE will arise someplace on the map once you’ve positioned yourself, then you’ll have to go drive it off. It is big. Very, very large indeed. Its size means that it will shake off your piddly attacks and likely crush you by accident. No problem - if you die, hop back in immediately with the same rules.

How, you ask, is it fair that you must contend against such a beast? Surely under my power it will kill you outright? Probably - but it’s not under my power. The Dire Inscrutable Engine is Inscrutable even to me. Each round, it will roll to select a Primary System to guide its actions, then a Subsystem within that to give specifics. From your histories, you are aware of the Systems - but the Subsystems you must encounter. The DIE may wander harmlessly through the wilderness… or immediately teleport into a city and annihilate it. You do not know, and cannot know. Drive it off, and save your families.

RULES posted:

• The DIE moves on HEXES. They are bigger and contain seven Tiles. They are numbered.
  
• Players move on TILES. They are smaller and have colours or icons on them. Each Tile has a coordinate based on their position within a Hex - for instance, in Hex 1, from top left, the Tiles are labelled 1A through 1G.
  
• Players have 2 Wounds and can move 2 Tiles at a time.
  
• Players may act and move or move twice.
  
• When players end their movement on applicable Tiles, they roll 1d6. On a 6, they get a Tile Event and roll 1d6 again.
  
• When players end their movement on applicable Tiles with icons on them, they roll 2d6 instead to see if they get Tile Events - they get an Event if either is 6, but only one.
  
• Each round, players act first, then the DIE.
  
• The DIE will roll their Subsystem roll and act accordingly. If the Subsystem is new, it will be added to the Archive.
  
• The DIE is big. Very, very large indeed. Whatever Hexes it passes through are Squashed, darkening the component Tiles visibly on the map. These Squashed Tiles require players to roll 2d6 and get 6 on BOTH to get a Tile Event. Additionally, players in its path will take 1 Wound on the outskirts of a Hex and 2 Wounds in the center Tile. Don’t get squashed.
  
• After resolving, the DIE will roll their System roll to select the System for next round.

THE DEAD posted:

GEAR posted:

WEAPONS

POKK WAND RANGE 1 HEX; 10d10 DAMAGE
A long, slender rod of worked marble and runic ironwood. Ferociously dangerous - do not point at your allies!
DYNAVOULGE RANGE 1 TILE, 1D1000 DAMAGE, RELOAD AS ACTION AFTER USE
A heavy, two meter staff topped by a powerful tekkanism - if you can slam it into the DIE’s flesh, you will cut through. If.
GARISTALISTA RANGE 2 TILE, [GARISTA TIER-1D100] DAMAGE, MUST BE LOADED WITH GARISTALS
An enormous iron pole, scribed inside and out with runes of containment and redirection. Point the dangerous end at foe.

ARTIFACTS

TEKKA BOARD TARGET AN ACTIVE SUBSYSTEM WITHIN 3 HEXES AND ROLL 1D6 - IF ROLL MATCHES TARGET NUMBER DECREASE DIFFICULTY OF SUBSYSTEM BY 1. ROLL ADDITIONAL D6 FOR EACH ADJACENT TEKKA BOARD USER
A flat slate of the DIE’s stony flesh, enchanted to bind it to the larger creature and scrolling constantly with strange runes. Work your magic upon it and you cripple the thing by sympathy!
TRAVEL RATIONS CONSUME AS FREE ACTION TO HEAL YOU OR ADJACENT ALLY BY 1 WOUND
Game, dried vegetables and honey. Everything you need to keep you going, just a little longer.
JOKRUNNER +4 MOVE ON ROADS
A single person vehicle, long legged and sure footed. On man-made roads, nothing is faster.
TRAKSLEDGE +2 MOVE, TAKE ADJACENT UNITS WITH YOU
A heavy, multi-seated conveyance that makes your travel through the wilds a little more bearable. It’s a bumpy ride, however!
BRIKK ARMOR IMMUNE TO BEING CRUSHED
Chunky, brutalist armor forged from the DIE’s flesh. In a pinch, it will be enough to save you from being stepped on. Probably.
BINDING TALISMAN GAIN ANOTHER MAX WOUND
One of your own bones, bound in a complicated weave of your own hair. It'll keep you together, in a pinch... but it won't be comfortable.
FARCASTER WEAPON HAS DOUBLED RANGE
Loops and loops of runic cloth to be tightly fastened around your weapon, tied in ritual knots. Already you feel the power within seeking your foe.
HOOKFOOT NO MOVE PENALTY ON MOUNTAIN TILES
Heavy, specialized boots that render you surefooted as a mountain Jekk. Make sure you clean out the cleats between uses!
PADDLEFOOT NO MOVE PENALTY ON WATER TILES
Light footwear enchanted to give you the ability to run on water. Takes some getting used to.
GEOMARK ROLL TWICE WHEN GAINING AN EVENT AND PICK EITHER
A many-layered glass sphere, containing water, sand, moss and coal. Keep it by your side, and it will bring you luck in your travels.
DESERT CHARM ROLL AN ADDITIONAL 1d6 TO SEE IF YOU TRIGGER EVENTS IN DESERT TILES
Rough-hewn glass, sharp and hot. Peer through it to find useful things in the desert.
FOREST CHARM ROLL AN ADDITIONAL 1d6 TO SEE IF YOU TRIGGER EVENTS IN FOREST TILES
A green twig speared through six leaves. Let the gusting wind guide you to something useful.
WATER CHARM ROLL AN ADDITIONAL 1d6 TO SEE IF YOU TRIGGER EVENTS IN WATER TILES
A vial of water drawn from six different sources. Shake it up and follow the swirling particles inside.
CITY CHARM ROLL AN ADDITIONAL 1d6 TO SEE IF YOU TRIGGER EVENTS IN CITY TILES
A city map, smeared with some delicious smelling sauce. Is this even really a charm? Whatever it is, it works.
MOUNTAIN CHARM ROLL AN ADDITIONAL 1d6 TO SEE IF YOU TRIGGER EVENTS IN MOUNTAIN TILES
Six kinds of stone, tied together in a leather pouch. Tugs towards useful things in the heights.
TEKKA NODE APPLY TO TEKKA BOARD TO INCREASE ROLL BY 1D6 PERMANENTLY
A strange crystal that pulls towards a Tekka Board as though by magnetism. As you bring it close, the Board pulses hungrily. Eerie.

TILE DATA posted:

WATER

1 UNDINE’S DOOR ???
2 QUENCH THE FLAME ???
3 OCEAN'S BOUNTY YOU AND TILE ADJACENT ALLIES ARE FULLY HEALED
4 WATER WITCHERY SPAWN A GARISTAL IN A RANDOM WATER TILE WITHIN 1D6 TILES
5 DEEP SECRETS ???
6 DISRUPTIVE WAVE ???

DESERT

1 BOUND BONES ???
2 HOT WIND RIDER ???
3 FOCUSED HEAT ???
4 DESERT TREASURE ???
5 ENCAMPMENT ???
6 ANCIENT TRACES GAIN TEKKA NODE ITEM

FOREST

1 CHEAT DEATH FLEE TO ADJACENT TILE WITH 1 WOUND INSTEAD OF DYING IF KILLED ON CONTIGUOUS FOREST TILE
2 SWEET BERRIES GAIN A TEMPORARY BONUS WOUND UNTIL TOUCHING A CITY TILE
3 WOODWIND CHARM ADJACENT ALLY GAINS DOUBLE MOVE THIS TURN OR NEXT
4 FOREST RECLAMATION CONVERT ADJACENT DESERT OR DESTROYED TILE TO FOREST
5 FINE GAME ???
6 REGROWTH TILE AND ADJACENT TILES BECOME UNSQUASHED

MOUNTAIN

1 SEEK A PATH ???
2 AMONG THE STONES ???
3 SET AN AMBUSH DOUBLE DAMAGE NEXT ATTACK WHILE ON CONTIGUOUS MOUNTAIN TILE
4 FORAGE THE HEIGHTS ???
5 AVALANCHE DEAL ???
6 TREASURE OF THE EARTH 6 TREASURE OF THE EARTH FIND A GARISTA

CITY

1 GOOD REST GAIN A TEMPORARY BONUS WOUND
2 GOOD CHEER +1 MOVE WHILE ON CONTIGUOUS CITY OR ROAD TILE
3 THE FINEST SMITHS WEAPON GAINS ADDITIONAL 1D10
4 WALK THE WAYS ???
5 CHURCH BLESSING ???
6 GENEROUS PATRON PICK ITEM FROM STARTER LIST

FIRE TAKE ONE WOUND IF MOVING THROUGH OR ENDING TURN IN FIRE
ASH TOTALLY DESTROYED. DESOLATE ASH.
ROADS +2 MOVE WHEN INITIALLY ENTERING OR STARTING ALONG ROAD TILES, OVERWRITES MOVE PENALTIES

DIE SYSTEMS posted:

[SYSTEM1-DETECTION]

1 CALLING LIGHT [2] SEARCH 1D6 TILE RANGE FOR GARISTALS
The DIE casts its baleful glare over the land, seeking for its precious treasures.
5 LONELY CALL [1] TRUMPET; DO NOTHING?
The DIE arches its head back and calls into the sky. Nothing appears to happen, but it waits.
4 SWAY [1] MOVE 1(+1) IN 1D6 DIRECTION
The DIE sways like a drunkard, moving aimlessly.
6 TRAMPLE [3] MOVE 1D6 TOWARDS LARGEST GROUP OF UNITS
The DIE swivels to face you, then lopes towards you in great strides

[SYSTEM2-AGGRESSION]

1 FIERCE DARTS [2] HIT 2D6 TARGETS IN 1D6 HEX RANGE FOR 1 WOUND
Runic circles appear on a nearby facet of the creature before spewing forth crystalline spears.

[SYSTEM3-DEFENSE]

4 OVERWHELMING LUNGE [2] PUSH 1 HEX IN DIRECTION OF HIGHEST DAMAGE ATTACK AND MOVE 1+1 HEX
The DIE suddenly springs forward, driving you backwards with the fierceness of its advance.

[SYSTEM4-ANTI-INTRUSION]

1 FEEDBACK FLIGHT [2] HEX ADJACENT UNITS WITH TEKKA BOARDS ARE STUNNED, AND DIE TRAVELS 1d6+1 HEXES AWAY FROM LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF USERS
Runes on the DIE’s flanks blaze, and your Tekka Board flashes chaotically along with it. You can’t let it go… and the DIE takes the opportunity to escape!
2 FOLLOW THE ASTRAL TETHER [3] TELEPORT TO HEX 1D6 ADJACENT TO RECENT TEKKA BOARD USER
Your Tekka Board flashes ancient warnings you cannot decipher - and then the DIE is upon you!
3 DIAGNOSTIC CHARM [3] RECOVER A DISABLED SUBSYSTEM WITH 1D6 DIFFICULTY; OTHERWISE HEAL 6d100
The DIE whistles a pure tone, and before your eyes you see burned out runes flicker and reassert themselves.
5 HAUNTING OUTPUT [2] 1D6 RANDOM TEKKA BOARD USERS WITHIN 1D6+1d6 RANGE ATTACKS NEAREST ALLY WITHIN 1 HEX FOR 1d2 WOUNDS
Your Tekka Board goes berserk, flashing out an arc of fel energy that strikes out at your allies!

[SYSTEM5-MOVEMENT]

2 RIDE MAN'S PATH [2] TELEPORT TO NEAREST ROAD AND MOVE 2D6+1 IN RANDOM DIRECTION
The DIE folds in on itself, reappearing incongruously upon a road before progressing along it!
6 GO TO SHAMBLES [3] PLACE WARP MARK OR MOVE ALL ADJACENT UNITS TO RANDOM MARKED POSITIONS
The DIE glows brightly, and you feel the air around pulling at you with a strange sort of gravity.

[SYSTEM6-TERRAFORM]

3 TEETH OF AUTUMN [2] TURN 2d6 LINE IN 1d6 DIRECTION INTO MOUNTAINS, DEALING 1 WOUND TO UNITS AFFECTED WITHOUT HOOKFOOT
The DIE roars, reverberating the earth. The rocks themselves respond with a keening wail, forcing themselves out and into the sky to heed its call.
5 BLOOD OF THE EARTH [3] TURN 2d6 CLOSEST MOUNTAINS INTO FIRE, KILLING UNITS AFFECTED
The DIE roars and the mountains themselves erupt, boiling into liquid stone that chokes the sky with smoke and ash.

Discussion Quorum posted:

Start: 96c

jng2058 posted:

Start: 36B

Dog Kisser posted:

First pick a name, a portrait, a starting position (any tile in or adjacent to any City tile), one of the two Weapons and any two Artifacts from the list below in the Archive.

Lux Animus posted:

These are invalid starting locations! Don't forget: the starting placement rules say that you need to begin either inside or adjacent to a city tile (as opposed to the larger hexes).

Also, the tiles' letter coordinates are read from top to bottom and left to right within each hex, so they're A -> B in the top row, C -> D -> E in the middle row, and F -> G in the bottom row. In using this system, all non-D tiles have alternate names. Note, for example, that the city tile of '85E' refers to the same tile as '86C', like so:

Lux Animus posted:

When checking out the applications to see where people were starting, I saw these:


These are invalid starting locations! Don't forget: the starting placement rules say that you need to begin either inside or adjacent to a city tile (as opposed to the larger hexes).

Also, the tiles' letter coordinates are read from top to bottom and left to right within each hex, so they're A -> B in the top row, C -> D -> E in the middle row, and F -> G in the bottom row. In using this system, all non-D tiles have alternate names. Note, for example, that the city tile of '85E' refers to the same tile as '86C', like so:

DIE MANIFEST posted:

DIE: 1d207 19

HEXEN DEPLOYING posted:

DIE SUBSYSTEM ACTION posted:

[SYSTEM1-DETECTION]
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DIE-SUBSYSTEM: 1d6 1

1 CALLING LIGHT [2] SEARCH 1D6 TILE RANGE FOR GARISTALS
The DIE casts its baleful glare over the land, seeking for its precious treasures.

DIE-RANGE: 1d6 4 The DIE searches RANGE 4 for Garistals and finds 4: 17D; 3F; 5E; 50E

DIE SYSTEM CHANGE posted:

DIE-SYSTEM: 1d6 5
[SYSTEM5-MOVEMENT]
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HEXEN DEPLOYING posted:

HEXEN REPORTS posted:

2 - Garvin Valestein attacks DIE-C for 47 Damage!
5 - Alf the Grand encounters a Forest Event: 2 SWEET BERRIES GAIN A TEMPORARY BONUS WOUND UNTIL TOUCHING A CITY TILE

Forest Charm unlocked for new units!

16 - Cassandra Nelson attacks DIE-C for 189 Damage!
22 - David Tennant encounters a Forest Event: 2 SWEET BERRIES GAIN A TEMPORARY BONUS WOUND UNTIL TOUCHING A CITY TILE
41 - Lupo St. Faba encounters a Desert Event: 6 ANCIENT TRACES GAIN TEKKA NODE ITEM

Desert Charm unlocked for new units!

DIE-AGNOSTICS posted:

DIE SUBSYSTEM ACTION posted:

[SYSTEM5-MOVEMENT]
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DIE-SUBSYSTEM: 1d6 6

6 GO TO SHAMBLES [3] PLACE WARP MARK OR MOVE ALL ADJACENT UNITS TO RANDOM MARKED POSITIONS
The DIE glows brightly, and you feel the air around pulling at you with a strange sort of gravity.

WARP MARK PLACED

DIE SYSTEM CHANGE posted:

DIE-SYSTEM: 1d6 2
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paper bag with a face posted:

"Thank you for meeting with me. Hopefully you'll be able to get more use out of this thing than I'd be able to. Got to be going now, no such thing as rest for the Logistics and Procurement division."