1.0 Introduction

Most game systems track the order that characters take actions based off of the speed that the characters react. SilCore is a little different, in that it uses Combat Sense (normally a Perception-based skill) to determine initiative order.

While not actually in the rules, it is strongly implied that the timing of a character's action actually has more of an influence than the order that the actions occur in. This set of house rules extrapolate on that to abstract out the order of events based on the timing of those events.

1.0 Introduction

Complexity as presented in SilCore is a contentious rule. While the concept appears to be a sound one - adding another axis to task resolution that represents the breadth of knowledge the character possesses in a skill or how complex the task is beyond the standard difficulty - it actually suffers from too much ambiguity and is not actually another axis as it is another kind of modifier to the die rolls.

These house rules are meant to rectify this and actually place Complexity where it should be - as an optional mechanic that actually introduces another axis rather just piling on another type of modifier to the final results.

• Chapter 1: The Clusters
  • 1.1 Olympus
  • 1.2 Vanguard Mountain
  • 1.3 Newhome
• Chapter 2: General Principles
  • 2.1 The Need for Acceleration
  • 2.2 Centripetal Force
  • 2.3 The Sunline
  • 2.4 The Ecosystem
  • 2.5 Politics
• Chapter 3: Alexandria II: A First Generation Vivarium
  • 3.1 Basic Layout
  • 3.2 History of Alexandria II
  • 3.3 Major NPCs
  • 3.4 Location: Commuter Monorail
• Chapter 4 Cologne: An Industrial Cylinder
  • 4.1 Basic Layout
  • 4.2 History of Cologne
  • 4.3 Major NPCs
  • 4.4 Location: Microgravity Lab
• Chapter 5 Nairobi: An Agricultural Cylinder
  • 5.1 Basic Layout
  • 5.2 History of Nairobi
  • 5.3 Major NPCs
  • 5.4 Location: Civic Center