This website is a browsable, searchable, online version of the official Cypher System Reference Document intended to help Game Masters, players, and people interested in the Cypher System learn about it.

In the Cypher System, even bizarre creatures, sentient machines, and living energy beings can be “characters.” DIFFICULTY: A measure of how easy it is to accomplish a task. Difficulty is rated on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). Altering the …

The Cypher System uses a twenty-sided die (1d20) to determine the results of most actions. Whenever a roll of any kind is called for and no die is specified, roll a d20. The game master (GM) sets a difficulty for any given task. There are ten degrees of difficulty. Thus, the difficulty of a task can be rated on a scale of 1 to 10.

Everything in the Cypher System—characters, creatures, objects, tasks, and so on—has a level. It might be called a tier or a difficulty instead of a level, but ultimately it’s a numerical rating system used to compare things.

2025年2月26日 · The Cypher System uses a twenty-sided die (1d20) to determine the results of most actions. Whenever a roll of any kind is called for and no die is specified, roll a d20. The game master sets a difficulty for any given task. There are ten degrees of difficulty. Thus, the difficulty of a task can be rated on a scale of 1 to 10.

2020年10月26日 · The OCD teacher in me could not help but feel the need to guide players and viewers through the rules and systems of Cypher, and so I created several cheat sheet documents to help us! When we first enter combat, spend XP, make rolls, or advance characters, I use these as on-screen guides to help clarify for the viewer exactly what it is we're ...

Specific Cypher: You ask the GM for a specific subtle cypher (such as a "curative" or "stim") of a specific level. Make an Intellect roll with a difficulty equal to the cypher's level plus 1. If you have had the cypher before, the task is eased. If you succeed, the GM gives you the cypher.

2025年2月26日 · Although there are suggestions throughout this chapter for various difficulty ratings for certain actions, there is no master list of the difficulty for every action a PC can take. Instead, the Cypher System is designed with the “teach a person to fish” style of good game mastering in mind.

Cypher System gameplay involves a simple die roll to determines success or failure in any kind of action. The GM assigns a difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10—a 1 is extremely simple, while a 10 represents a herculean task beyond the means of most mortals. Once the GM has assigned this difficulty, the rest is up to the players.

Cypher System Cheat Sheet - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. This document summarizes basic combat mechanics in a roleplaying game. It includes: 1) Task resolution uses a d20 roll against a target number, with modifiers for assets, effort, and abilities.