The Fading Suns 4th edition rules presented in the Character Book provide a robust way to resolve all sorts of actions your characters might take, while giving players a lot of freedom for how they spend their resources (mainly, victory points).
But all those resources can prove a bit difficult to handle when you’re playing away from the table. Hence, this streamlined version of the rules! The goal is to make it easier to run Fading Suns with your friends online or through theater-of-the-mind style play.
In these streamlined rules, you won’t keep track of tokens from one turn to the next, but there’s still some strategy to consider each turn: are you acting defensively, aiming for maximum precision, or going for the greatest effect? Longtime Fading Suns players will find these rules reminiscent of previous editions, but with more flexibility.
These streamlined rules rely on the Character Book. We assume you have that book and can use it to reference information on characters, traits, actions, equipment, and most everything not included in this booklet. The simple yet dramatic differences are described in the Streamlined Rules chapter and the Converting from 4th Edition chapter.
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