Invictus Rules

Invictus: A Hybrid Hero/Colony Builder

Basic Play:
   - At the start of each turn, I will make a post denoting any sort of new happenings
  that affect the entire group, or individual groups respectively. It's recommended
  that you wait for these posts before starting your next turn, as they may give
  information that would otherwise change your actions. Note that I will NOT allow
  you to change your actions if you post before the new turn marker.
   - Actions are broken into two categories:
    = Energy Action
    = Free Action
   - Rule of thumb: If an action would require GM intervention, it's an Energy Action.
    = If the action is between players or otherwise would not require a dice roll, it's
      a free action.
   - All Energy actions take a 1d100 to resolve.
    = 1 - 10 is a Critical Failure
    = 11 - 40 is a Failure
    = 41 - 89 is a Success
    = 90 - 100 is a Critical Success

Energy And You: A guide to Invictus' Energy System:

  - Invictus' Energy system replaces the normal action system seen in most builders.
  Instead of a fixed number of actions per turn, you're given more freedom to respond to
  critical events by expending any number of energy to perform actions per turn.

  Invictus' system works as follows:

   = At character creation, you will roll 1d10+4. This will be the only starting
  stat you will need to roll. This determines your base energy pool.
   = You will start at half, rounded down, of your energy total.
   = General actions with no explicitly specified action cost, cost 2 energy.
   = Actions which might gain you energy back, cost 1 energy, unless otherwise stated.
   = Energy refers to any resource which confers power, be it biological (food),
  mechanical (kinetic generators), or chemical (gas/fuel).
  = If you end a turn with a full energy pool, your available energy resets to half. This includes
  if you miss a turn.
  = If you end a turn with no energy, you cannot take actions the next turn, and will suffer
  external effects in some cases. At the end of this turn, your pool resets to 1/4th of
  your total energy, or 10 energy, whichever is less.

  - There are three major forms of progression in this system:
    = Active Generation (Actions which are a net positive return on energy)
    = Passive Generation (Sources of power which are self-propagating, ie 'green' power sources)
    = Energy Storage (Objects/Improvements that increase your total capacity for energy)

Character Creation:
  - As your player characters come from Earth, in a near future, much of your
  character's history & background will feel familiar. As with most of my games,
  fluff is buff. The more effort you put into making unique and interesting characters,
  the more I'm likely to reward you through the mechanics of play.

  - The field "Foundation Member" refers to the group that originally designed
  the Ark Ship that brought you to Invictus. In the beginning this won't affect
  much, but as you learn more, your allegiances in the past might shape your future.
  Choose wisely...

  - Sheet template is as follows
    = Name:
    = Age/Sex:
    = Ethnicity/Country of Origin:
    = Occupation before leaving Earth:
    = Foundation Member (Y/N):
    = Fluff:

If you have any questions please join our IRC Channel: #nation @ irc.mibbit.com, and I'll be
happy to help!