System Guide Table of Contents Introduction and Welcome ..................... 2 Movement..........................................23 The Player Core and Player Character ...... 4 Measurements ................................. 23 5 . ............................. s Pool y Abilit e Th Speed............................................3 .2 The Attribute4 2 s . ............................................................. y . 5 Capacit g Carryin r Playe d an e Cor r Playe e th g Generatin Pushing the Limits.............................. 24 6 . ...................................... r Characte Resting .......................................... 25 Life and Death .................................... 9 Vehicles and Special Movement ............... 25 Beyon Core dth e ................................1 .1 Combat .............................................25 Professions and Skills ........................ 12 Combat Sequence ..............................26 Starting Skills ................................. 14 Advantage.................................... 26 Ability Checks .................................17 5 Actions...........................2 g Declarin 6 1 . Characters.......................... d Unskille Initiative .................................... 27 Margin Ratings ................................. 18 Hitting Your Target ........................ 28 Experience ......................................9 2 . 1................................ 9 s Area t Targe 0 2 . ........ e Experienc g Earnin d an g Awardin Ranged Combat.................................30 Experience and Multiple Universes ......... 20 Combat Modifiers ..............................30 1 2 . Abilities................................ g Taxin Damage ..........................................30 1 2 . ........... r Characte r Playe r You g Improvin Lethality Ratings ..............................31 2 ..................2 e Cor r Playe e Th g Improvin Magic, Psionics, and Special Powers .........31 2 ..................2 s Character w Ne o t r Transfe 2 ..............................3 t Shee e Cor r Playe 3 2 . ........... h Deat r Characte d an e Experienc 2 Credits: Original Concept by the "Old Worlds" Product Group k Coo " "Zeb d Davi y b d Designe Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden and Michelle Carter Special Thanks to Tim Beach, Colin McComb, and Lester Smith Copyright © 1993 by TSR, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 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TSR Ltd. 6 75 B PO n Hinto y Cherr , End h Churc 0 12 a Genev e Lak Cambridge CB1 3LB WI 53147 U.S.A United Kingdom 3 Introduction & Welcome Welcome to the AMAZING ENGINE setting does not mean AMAZIN- play G s ENGINEmean s thi ; ™ Systebeginning e th m mfro r ove g startin ers and gamemasters can experiment with the ? this s i t Wha - experi e th , example r Fo . universes f o e rang e wid ence earned when playing space marine Sergeant s i m syste e gam ™ ENGINE G AMAZIN e Th n ca e univers ™ BUGHUNTERS e th n i e Kilrak t i e b , game g role-playin e singl a t jus n tha e mor be applied to Lord Manchester, Ambassador to , Instead . universe n fictio e scienc r o d worl y fantas the Court of Queen Titania, in the For Faerie, the AMAZING ENGINE system provides the Queen, and Country universe. g role-playin f o y variet e wid a g creatin r fo s basic s detective g consultin m fro g anythin — s setting The Player Core and - stalk s alien y deadl o t s realm y fair g investigatin Player Character n ca s a h muc s a d an — s marine e spac h hi-tec ing . in-between d imagine e b The heart of the AMAZING ENGINE game is To do this, player th e th AMAZIN d an core G ENGINplayer e th Ef o syste n m combinatio e th consists ofm twfro o k parts. 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Instead, the Intuition are the two attributes of this pool. player core allowse th eacf o he charactesourc e th r ts oi l be tailorepoo y d tabilit o s Thi . Spirit f o s limit e th n withi — e univers t tha f o s need e th character's mystical potential and strength of the player's original choices. Players who empha- will. Psyche and Willpower are paired under sized physique will still have characters who are Spirit. either faster or- strongeval e th e r than mosgenerat o t td othersuse s i l . Thospoo s e Thi Influence. , characters r smarte e hav l wil t intellec e chos o wh ues that affect the character's abilities at relating either in learne- Posi d d skillan sm or intuitivChar f o s e understandingattribute e Th . others h wit d aroun e archetyp e th s form e cor r playe e Th tion are grouped under this pool. set l al e ar s character s player' e singl a h whic The Attributes The Ability Pools . attributes o tw s ha l poo y abilit h eac , noted s A y abilit t differen r fou f o s consist e cor r playe e Th These eight attributes are more precise break- . Influence d an , Spirit , Intellect , Physique : pools downs of each ability pool, and define a specific Each ability pool has two attributes that define character in a specific universe.