What the River Owes: Character Details of Jost Oberholtzer
The journalling work for What the River Owes is grounded in mechanics found in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Second Edition (WFRP2). These mechanics directly influence the narrative and influence the characters over time. It may help for readers to see the character details being used in the mechanical decisions. You don't need to play WFRP2 or any TTRPG to get the basics. WFRP2 is a percentile driven system: roll equal to or under the number and calculate a success or failure margin, “degrees of success or failure," for every 10 points under or over. For example, if Jost is presented with a test for Gossip, a Fellowship skill, I would roll two ten-sided dice (one die with “tens" and the other with “ones") and compare to Jost's stated Fellowship characteristic (Fel), 32%. If I rolled a 13 (10 and 3 on the dice) that would be 19 points under 32, or 1 degree of success. The same is true if I rolled 41 (40 and 1), 9 points over, or just a “flat failure," sometim...