Getting Started: How to Play Infinite Horizons
System Basics and Core Concepts
Welcome to Infinite Horizons
This overview provides a quick glimpse into the core concepts of our flexible and intuitive roleplaying system, designed to empower you to tell any story across an endless array of genres.
The Heart of the System: How It Works
At its core, Infinite Horizons uses a dice pool system to resolve actions and challenges. When your character attempts something risky or uncertain, you'll determine a pool of ten-sided dice (d10s).
Building Your Dice Pool
Your dice pool is determined by combining a base of 1 die with a relevant Trait score and a relevant Skill score.
Example: If you're attempting a nimble feat, you might combine your Finesse Trait with your Acrobatics Skill.
Achieving Successes
You roll your dice pool, and any die that rolls a 7 or higher counts as a Success.
Exploding Dice: Roll a 10? That's a Success, and you get to roll that die again, potentially gaining even more successes! This allows for moments of incredible heroism and luck.
Resolving Actions: Your Game Master (GM) will tell you how many successes are needed for a task. If you achieve enough, your character succeeds!
Creating Your Hero: Character Basics
Building a character in Infinite Horizons is a straightforward process focused on defining your hero's innate talents and learned abilities.
Traits: Who You Are
Your character has six core Traits that represent their fundamental aptitudes. You'll allocate a limited number of points to these Traits, starting from zero, to define your character's natural strengths.
Body
Physical strength and endurance
Finesse
Agility and precision
Wits
Intelligence and problem-solving
Awareness
Perception and intuition
Presence
Charisma and influence
Resolve
Willpower and mental fortitude
Skills: What You Can Do
Your character possesses a wide array of Skills, representing their learned knowledge and practiced abilities. You'll distribute a set number of points among these skills, allowing you to specialize in the areas most important to your character's concept.
Skills include abilities like: Acrobatics, Melee, Diplomacy, Tech, Arcana, and many more. The system provides a comprehensive list, but they can be customized to fit your setting!
Combat and Wounds
Combat in Infinite Horizons is dynamic and narrative, with all actions happening simultaneously.
Opposed Rolls
In combat, you and your opponent will make opposed dice rolls. Your net successes (your successes minus your opponent's) determine the outcome.
Example: You roll 4 successes on your attack, opponent rolls 2 successes defending. You have 2 net successes (4 - 2 = 2), meaning your attack has significant impact.
Wound Track
Damage is tracked using a visual Wound Track with Minor, Major, and Critical tiers. Net successes from an attack inflict damage, filling boxes on this track.
Resilience
Your character's Body and Resolve Traits directly influence their capacity to absorb Minor wounds. High Body can even passively mitigate incoming damage.
Wound Progression
When a tier fills up, further damage spills over into the next, more severe tier, leading to increasing penalties as your character becomes more wounded.
This brief overview provides the foundation for playing Infinite Horizons. Dive into the detailed guides for complete information on character creation, advanced mechanics, and more!