Exiles cortex Build

To play eXiles, you need:

⬧ Cortex Prime Game Handbook
⬧ printed or on-screen Character Files
⬧ friends to play with
⬧ dice to roll (can be a dice-bot)
Cortex Mods
⬧ Action-based Resolution (p24)
⬧ Doom Pool (p32)
Character Traits
Character Creation
In any order:
⬧ Name your character
⬧ come up with your Twist on a
recognizable Marvel character
⬧ write your Distinctions
⬧ write your Value Statements
⬧ rate your Values as such:
1x d10, 2x d8, 2x d6, 1x d4
⬧ choose Specialties and Power Sets

Prime Trait Sets:

Specialties and power sets can either be written a
⬧ Distinctions (p50)
la carte, to be approved by the GM, or can be built
three basic d8 phrases, each with
from a predefined number of d8 dice. Costs in dice:
the Hinder SFX
⬧ Power Set with one SFX & one Limit: 2d8
⬧ Values (p60) with Statements (p65)
⬧ d8 Power, d8 Specialty, or SFX: 1d8
Duty Glory Home
⬧ d10 Power or d10 Specialty: 2d8
Freedom Safety Violence
⬧ d12 Power: 4d8
⬧ extra Limits: free (but don’t overdo it)
Secondary Trait Sets:
⬧ Power Sets (p52, p182)
See an example here.
⬧ Relationships (p55) as Resources (p56)
Iron Maiden was created with 22d8 (but different
⬧ Multi-level Specialties (p59)
games can use different totals).
Acrobatic Business Combat
Cosmic
Medical
Covert
Menace
Crime
Mystic
Each Session
Psych Science Tech ⬧ the GM will provide an overview of the
Vehicle adventure, typically as the Timebroker
speaking through the Tallus
Attrition: ⬧ each player will be alerted of a GMC or two
⬧ Stress (p39) and Trauma (p41) they may have a connection with
Physical Mental Emotional ⬧ each player assigns a number of dice to
Relationships equal to the number of players
Advancement: plus four — these are used in-play like
⬧ Growth (p83) Resources, when that character is either
from challenging Statements helping the acting player, or is the driving force
and recovering Stress behind the action
⬧ at the end of the session, tag scenes
are necessary to process any Growth the
players accumulate