The Engine

A quasi-original D8 system by me

The engine works on a dice buy system.

This game system is inspired by elements of Octane, Fudge, Monsters & Other Childish Things and  Human Occupied Landfill.  It uses 8-sided dice. You will need many dice for each player, a secret place for the GM to roll dice and imagination.
Character Generation-
Each player starts with 13d8
These dice are invested in base stats and specific skills the player wishes his character to excel at.  Additional dice may be earned during the course of play as experience


                                      Magic
                                           .
                                           .
                skill ……………………….quick
                                           .
                                           .
                                          .
                                        physical

All Character attributes are divided along these axes.
A character sets a certain number of dice to each of these base attributes based on the power level of the individual campaign.  The GM determines how many successes are needed for each action.  Any roll of 4 or over is considered a success.  If you roll an 8 on any die it is considered a critical success and you can roll an extra die.
If you roll a 1 A success is subtracted From both the action and your take 4 pool

Physical is brute strength characters have hit points equal to physical X 2
Quick is speed and reflexes also determines initiative
Skill is how good that you are your chosen skills and how smart you are
Example the Skill dungeon crawling Grants
 better knowledge of traps and monsters
But secret history Would tell you how things really happened
And who's really in charge
Magic is anything extraordinary
Each player selects an archetype and distributes dice according to how they want for base stats and skills.
Examples of stats and their axes.
Gadgeteering  and any thing that can’t  happen ‘realistically’ is considered magic.
And another secondary axes is determined based on what fantastic action you are attempting.  A success on both axes are needed for the action to be successful.
i.e. fantastic Japanese swordsman (crouching tiger, hidden dragon or hero would be magic/skill or magic/quick Whereas a lifting or enduring the impact of a car would be magic/physical.

Skills
Each Character Gets three skill categories As chosen by the player
categories should be broad but not overlapping and should not be able to cover everything possible
Skills our Archetype Does not have are used based on your stat minus a penalty determined by the gm.
Interpersonal and charisma based interactions   are physical or skill
example
archetypes:


Name of Archetype
Fictional examples
Primary attribution
Secondary attribution
Tertiary Attribution
Flying Brick
Superman,
Physical
magic
skill
Magic man
Human torch
Magic
N/a
N/a
Gadgeteer
Bond, James Bond
magic
skill

Adventurer
Grey Mouser, Robin hood
skill
quick

Warrior
Lone Wolf, Red Sonja
Physical
skill

Magical Trickster
Puck
Magic
Skill

Bruiser
The hulk,
physical
magical

Smart Guy
The Dr., Sherlock Holmes
 Skill
Magic

Speedster
Flash
Quick
Magic
Physical

Magic system: effects that are purely magical and do not involve the character taking a physical action are considered magic only. I.e creating a purely magical effect such as a ball of fire or turning someone into a frog, voodoo curses, circles of protection.
Actions like punching thru a cinder block are considered magic physical. Having knowledge of all topics or arcane knowledge is considered magic skill. Dodging a bullet would be magic quick..  If you are primarily a magic user, you cannot be a general practioner.  You much choose a category of magic that you specialize in. Example healer,
Type
Defination
Limitations
Strength
Healer
Restores health by magic
Offensive spells,
Healing, protective spells, curse removal


Conflict resolution is achieved by using opposed checks in the stats of the two opposed parties. Whoever has the higher number of successes wins. If there is an even number of successes, each party rolls an extra die. This process continues until the conflict is resolved.


 Character advancement  During  the course
 Of play The GM  awards Experience points 25 experience our points are
needed. For level II 50 for level III and so on
at level I you gain three dice at level 2 six dice at level3 9 dice
Taking 4 Is normally impossible however each critical success
puts a point that can be used to take 4 once 5 experience points X character level
can be spent to put a point in this pool
note that using experience points does not go down cause you to go down levels merely make it harder to reach the next one

combat

to hit*Exponentially scalable

Defense vs. Distance
No defense
shielded
Behind a brick wall
Magic wall
impossible
Close
 i.e 1 foot
Plus 1
0
-1
-2
-3
Near
 i.e 1 yard
0
-1
-2
-3
-4
Far I.e. 1 mile
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
Very far I,e orbit to ground
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
Extremely far I.e
interstellar distance
-2
-3
-5
-6
-7
Impossible i.e one end of the universe to the other
-3
-4
-5
-7
-8
Also exponentially scalable
damage

Paper cut
1
Stab wound
5
Claw hammer to the forebrain
15
Covered in napalm
30
Atomic blast
100
annihilated by a vengeful God
1000
Combat is resolved by If the number of the Attack successes Inspired the number of defense  Successes doing damage equal to the number of Attack successes
+1 for each critical

Items
items work by granting a Character a ability they would not normally have
I.e Grappling hooks enable you to climb walls And Scuba gear breathe underwater
This works by your skill dice
Or by giving bonuses to roles
A beginning character starts with six pieces of equipment  None of which  have more than two abilities Or a bonus more than three