History TabletopGame / Genesys

The dice are effectively the same as most of the dice in the Star Wars RPG (all but the Force Die), but with different symbols used. The symbols for success and failure are similar, but the others are very different; if the players know the symbol mapping, the dice can be used interchangeably.

''Genesys'' is a RolePlayingGame by Creator/FantasyFlightGames. It is a UniversalSystem, a genericized version of the system created for the TabletopGame/StarWarsRoleplayingGame.

* Ability Dice (green, 8-sided): The player typically rolls a number of ability dice equal to their ability score. Ability dice have successes and advantages marked on them.
* Proficiency Dice (yellow, 12-sided): The player replaces ability dice with proficiency dice equal to their skill level. Proficiency dice have successes, advantages, and triumphs marked on them; a proficiency die has better odds of successes and advantages than an ability die.
* Boost Dice (blue, 6-sided): Boost dice are added to a roll to mark advantages that improve the player's chance of success. Boost dice have successes and advantages marked on them, and have less dramatic effects on the roll than ability dice.
* Difficulty Dice (purple, 8-sided): A number of difficulty dice is added to the roll to indicate the difficulty of the action being attempted. Difficulty dice have failures and threats marked on them.
* Challenge Dice (red, 12-sided): Effects that upgrade difficulty dice convert them to challenge dice. Challenge dice have failures, threats, and despairs marked on them.
* Setback Dice (black, 6-sided): Setback dice are added to a roll to mark disadvantages. Setback dice have failures and threats marked on them.

* Realms of Terrinoth: A fantasy setting used in TabletopGame/DescentJourneysInTheDark and other games.
* Shadow of the Beanstalk: A science fiction/cyberpunk setting used in TabletopGame/{{Android}} and its related games.
* Secrets of the Crucible: A science fantasy setting used in TabletopGame/{{Keyforge}}.

The dice are effectively the same as most of the dice in the Star Wars RPG, but with different symbols used. The symbols for success and failure are very similar, but the others are very different; if the players know the symbol mapping, the dice can be used interchangeably. There is no Genesys equivalent of the Star Wars Force Die.

The dice are effectively the same as those used in the Star Wars RPG, but with different symbols used. The symbols for success and failure are very similar, but the others are very different; if the players know the symbol mapping, the dice can be used interchangeably.

A central mechanic for Genesys is the Story Point pool. The players share one pool, and the GM gets another. The pools start with one story point per player in the player pool, and one point in the GM pool. Players can spend their points to upgrade one ability die to a proficiency die in their dice pool, or upgrade one difficulty die to a challenge die in an NPC's pool. Similarly, the GM can use points to upgrade ability dice in an NPC's pool or difficulty dice in a PC's pool. Story points can also be used to activate special abilities and talents, or to give the players a spot of luck - "Good thing we remembered to bring space suits!" Spent points go into the opposite pool after the action is completed. (So, a point spent by a PC goes into the GM's pool, and vice versa.)

Successes and failures cancel each other out, as do advantages and threats. The net results are then totaled up; for a roll to succeed, there must be at least one un-cancelled success. Net advantages and threats are used to determine side-effects of the roll. Triumphs count as successes with a significant advantage; despairs count as failures with significant threats. Triumphs and despairs do not completely cancel each other out; the success and failure parts are cancelled normally, but the extra effects will remain.