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No Way Out uses a 2d6 dice-based system for any dice-based scenarios that occur during roleplay. While dice are not required for all interactions that occur in the server, it is unlikely that one will be able to explore the HRZ or engage with a Server Event without encountering some form of Dice Roll or Dice Combat.

Dice Stats are reflective of a character's various skills, traits, and attributes, ensuring that the unique image of a character is accurately represented in both mechanical gameplay and dice scenarios.

Character Creation

Characters on NWO are supposed to feel like **real people** (https://discord.com/channels/1345174084128079923/1383424344687906889/1384183682083983390), and each character build will first need to be approved before the character can Spawn. Using this guide, at the end of a Character Application thread, post what kind of Occupation and Traits the character should have. Every Trait will need to be justified properly in the Background. Both Negatives, and Positives.

1. 📔 Backgrounds

On NWO there are only four Occupations, that don't work like the basegame ones. Each occupation is better defined as a "Background", the backbones of what your character is, without limiting their skills. Each of these Backgrounds will give an amount of Trait Points, levels of Fitness and Strength, and two Thematic Traits with no connection to skills, but that give Mechanical and Dice effects **and are unique to them**.

1. 1. 🗺️ Scavenger

• Brave and resourceful, Scavengers are used to the dangers of the world outside the QZ.*
  • Trait Points: 8**
  • Strength and Fitness Levels: 2 (Starting Levels and Cap: 8)**
  • Background Traits:**

- 🍃 Outdoorsman: Unaffected by Weather Conditions - 👂 Keen Hearing: Wider hearing Radius. +2 Perception Rolls

1. 1. 💡 Thinker

• Quick-witted and versatile, Thinkers can adapt to learn more easily new essential skills.*
  • Trait Points: 10**
  • Strength and Fitness Levels: 2 (Starting Levels and Cap: 8)**
  • Background Traits:**

- 🫳 Dextrous: Faster Item transference speed - 🧠 Fast Learner: 125% XP Gain

1. 1. 🛡️ Stalwart

• Bulwarks of resilience, Stalwarts are tough and enduring survivors, hardened by the dangers of this new world*
  • Trait Points: 8**
  • Strength and Fitness Levels: 3 (Starting Levels and Cap: 10)**
  • Background Traits:**

- 🩸 Fast Coagulation: Slower mechanical bleeding speed. - 🦏 Thick Skinned: Less chance of mechanical Injury. +2 Robustness Rolls

1. 1. ⚒️ Labourer

• Robust pillars of their community, Labourers are strong workers especially capable in resource management.*
  • Trait Points: 8**
  • Strength and Fitness Levels: 2 (Starting Levels and Cap: 8)**
  • Background Traits:**

- 🚜 Heavy Lifter: Higher Carrying Capacity. +1 Robustness Rolls - 🗄️ Organized: More storage space inside of containers.

1. ⚙️ Skill Caps and Traits

On NWO, **every** skill has a max cap level. Caps are influenced by the starting level in character creation, and will be 4, 6, 8 and 10, **but a skill that starts with at least one level will already be at its maximum possible level.**

• • Examples:**

- A Character starts in Creation with 0 Levels in a Skill. They will spawn with 0 Levels on that same Skill, and will be able to reach level 4. - A Character starts in Creation with 1 Level in a Skill. They will spawn with 6 Levels on that same Skill, and will not be able to go past that. - A Character starts in Creation with 2 Levels in a Skill. They will spawn with 8 Levels on that same Skill, and will not be able to go past that. - A Character starts in Creation with 3 Levels in a Skill. They will spawn with 10 Levels on that same Skill.

• • Gaining Levels and XP:**

If a character starts with 0 levels in a skill, they will be able to level it up to Level 4. Leveling these skills happens through normal PZ Mechanical Leveling up. For the purpose of making learning new skills more impactful, we have removed Skill Books.

🏅 **Skill Traits** Since Backgrounds will not give any starting level in Crafting, Agility, Survival and Combat skills, a character build will mostly come from the selection of traits. Our custom Skill Traits are organized in three different tiers that have different costs and Starting levels:

- 🥉 ***Amateur Skill Trait Tier:*** 1 Starting Level in Creation (Max lvl 6). Amateur Traits cost 1 Point in creation. - 🥈 ***Experienced Skill Trait Tier:*** 2 Starting Levels in Creation (Max lvl 8). Experienced Traits cost 2 Points in creation. Max 2 Experienced Traits per Character - 🥇 ***Expert Skill Trait Tier:*** 3 Starting Levels in Creation (Max lvl 10). Expert Traits cost 3 Points in creation. Max 1 Expert Trait per Character

• • A Character can't also have same Skill Traits of different Tiers. (For example: Both Amateur Carpenter *and* Experienced Carpenter).**

1. 📚 Traits List and Costs

1. 1. 📖 Vanilla Positive Traits

- 🏎️ **Speed Demon:** 1 Pt. - 🥤 **Low Thirst:** 1 Pt. - 🍽️ **Low Hunger:** 1 Pt. - 🌿 **Herbalist:** 1 Pt. - 🦷 **Iron Gut:** 1 Pt. +1 Robustness - 🐈‍⬛ **Cat's Eyes:** 2 Pts. +2 Perception - 🚀 **Adrenaline Junkie:** 2 Pts. +2 Initiative - 💃 **Graceful:** 2 Pts. +2 Stealth - 🦁 **Brave:** 2 Pts. +2 Resolve - 🕵️ **Inconspicuous:** 2 Pts. +2 Stealth - 🩹 **Fast Healer:** 2 Pts. +1 Robustness - ⛓️ **Resilient:** 2 Pts. +1 Robustness - 🫁 **Fit:** 3 Pts. - 💪 **Strong:** 3 Pts. - 🦅 **Eagle Eyed:** 3 Pts. +1 Ranged Attack, +2 Perception - 😐 **Desensitized:** 4 Pts. +4 Resolve

1. 1. 📖 Vanilla Negative Traits

- 🦠 **Prone to Illness:** +1 Pt. -1 Robustness - 🚬 **Smoker:** +1 Pt. -1 Robustness - 🚙 **Slow Driver:** +1 Pt - ❤️‍🩹 **Slow Healer:** +1 Pt. -1 Robustness - ⏳ **Slow Learner:** +1 Pt. - 🥣 **Weak Stomach:** +1 Pt. -1 Robustness - 💉 **Fear of Blood:** +2 Pts. -2 Resolve - 🏟️ **Agoraphobic:** +2 Pts. -2 Resolve - 👐 **All Thumbs:** +2 Pts - 🏚️ **Claustrophobic:** +2 Pts. -2 Resolve - 🐰 **Cowardly:** +2 Pts. -2 Resolve - 🕊️ **Pacifist:** +2 Pts. -2 Initiative - 👓 **Short Sighted:** +2 Pts. -1 Ranged Attack. -1 Perception. - 🩸 **Thin Skinned** +2 Pts. -2 Robustness - 🧢 **Conspicuous:** +2 Pts. -2 Stealth - 👣 **Clumsy:** +2 Pts. -2 Stealth - 🦻 **Hard of Hearing:** +2 Pts. -2 Perception - 💼 **Disorganized:** +3 Pts. - 🦴 **Weak:** +3 Pts. - 🛋️ **Unfit:** +3 Pts. - 📓 **Illiterate:** +4 Pts - 🧏 **Deaf:** +4 Pts. -4 Perception - ☠️ **Very Weak:** +5 Pts - 🛏️ **Very Unfit:** +5 Pts

1. 1. 🥉 Amateur Skill Traits

Cost: 1 Point each. **No amount Limit.** - 🔨 **Amateur Carpenter:** +1 Carpentry - 🌾 **Amateur Farmer:** +1 Farming - 🩺 **Amateur Doctor:** +1 First Aid - 🧰 **Amateur Engineer:** +1 Mechanics, +1 Electronics - 🔩 **Amateur Metalworker:** +1 Metalworking - 🏠 **Amateur Housekeeper:** +1 Cooking, +1 Tailoring - 🪖 **Amateur Shooter:** +1 Aiming, +1 Reloading - 🏕️ **Amateur Outdoorsman:** +1 Fishing, +1 Foraging, +1 Trapping - 🫀 **Amateur Athlete:** +1 Nimble, +1 Sprinting - 🥷 **Amateur Rogue:** +1 Sneaking, +1 Lightfooted - 🪓 **Amateur Fighter (Survival):** +1 Axe, +1 Spear, +1 Maintenance - 🏏 **Amateur Fighter (Blunt):** +1 Long Blunt, +1 Short Blunt, +1 Maintenance - ⚔️ **Amateur Fighter (Blade):** +1 Long Blade, +1 Short Blade, +1 Maintenance

1. 1. 🥈 Experienced Skill Traits

Cost: 2 Points each. **Max 2.** - 🔨 **Experienced Carpenter:** +2 Carpentry - 🌾 **Experienced Farmer:** +2 Farming - 🩺 **Experienced Doctor:** +2 First Aid - 🧰 **Experienced Engineer:** +2 Mechanics, +2 Electronics - 🔩 **Experienced Metalworker:** +2 Metalworking - 🏠 **Experienced Housekeeper:** +2 Cooking, +2 Tailoring - 🪖 **Experienced Shooter:** +2 Aiming, +2 Reloading - 🏕️ **Experienced Outdoorsman:** +2 Fishing, +2 Foraging, +2 Trapping - 🫀 **Experienced Athlete:** +2 Nimble, +2 Sprinting - 🥷 **Experienced Rogue:** +2 Sneaking, +2 Lightfooted - 🪓 **Experienced Fighter (Survival):** +2 Axe, +2 Spear, +2 Maintenance - 🏏 **Experienced Fighter (Blunt):** +2 Long Blunt, +2 Short Blunt, +2 Maintenance - ⚔️ **Experienced Fighter (Blade):** +2 Long Blade, +2 Short Blade, +2 Maintenance

1. 1. 🥇 Expert Skill Traits

Cost: 3 Points each. **Max 1.** - 🔨 **Expert Carpenter:** +3 Carpentry - 🌾 **Expert Farmer:** +3 Farming - 🩺 **Expert Doctor:** +3 First Aid - 🧰 **Expert Engineer:** +3 Mechanics, +3 Electronics - 🔩 **Expert Metalworker:** +3 Metalworking - 🏠 **Expert Housekeeper:** +3 Cooking, +3 Tailoring - 🪖 **Expert Shooter:** +3 Aiming, +3 Reloading - 🏕️ **Expert Outdoorsman:** +3 Fishing, +3 Foraging, +3 Trapping - 🫀 **Expert Athlete:** +3 Nimble, +3 Sprinting - 🥷 **Expert Rogue:** +3 Sneaking, +3 Lightfooted - 🪓 **Expert Fighter (Survival):** +3 Axe, +3 Spear, +3 Maintenance - 🏏 **Expert Fighter (Blunt):** +3 Long Blunt, +3 Short Blunt, +3 Maintenance - ⚔️ **Expert Fighter (Blade):** +3 Long Blade, +3 Short Blade, +3 Maintenance

Accessing the Dice Panel

The dice panel is accessible via the Skills tab in the Health menu.

Navigating the Dice Panel

Skill Rolls

All skill rolls are based on the skills available within Project Zomboid, as well as any other modded skills that may be present. For more information on skills, see the Project Zomboid wiki page on Skills.

Almost every Mechanical Skill is tied to a roll, automatically giving modifiers to it. Modifiers given by Skills are equal to Skill Level/2. So a Level 6 Skill will give a modifier of +3 to the relative roll.

General Rolls

Skill Name	Level 4	Level 6	Level 8	Level 10
Fitness	3 HP	4 HP	5 HP	6 HP
Strength	-1 to Melee Attack & Def	-	+1 Melee Attack & Def	+2 Melee Attack & Def
Nimble	+2 Nimble & Unarmed	+3 Nimble & Unarmed	+4 Nimble & Unarmed	+5 Nimble & Unarmed
Sneaking	+2 Hiding	+3 Hiding	+4 Hiding	+5 Hiding
Crafting Skills	+2 Crafting Skill	+3 Crafting Skill	+4 Crafting Skill	+5 Crafting Skill
Combat Skills	+2 Weapon Skill	+3 Weapon Skill	+4 Weapon Skill	+5 Weapon Skill
Aiming	+2 Ranged Attack	+3 Ranged Attack	+4 Ranged Attack	+5 Ranged Attack
Reloading	+2 Reloading	+3 Reloading	+4 Reloading	+5 Reloading

Weapon Rolls

Ranged Weapons

Weapon Type	Damage	Crit Requirement	Crit Dmg
Assault Weapons	4	Double 5 or Double 6	6
Rifles & Shotguns	4	Double 6	6
Pistols	3	Double 6	4
Flamethrowers	4	Double 5 or Double 6	8
Crossbows	4	Double 6	5

Melee Weapons

Weapon Type	Damage	Crit Requirement	Crit Dmg
Two Handed	3	Double 5 or Double 6	4
One Handed	2	Double 6	4
Spears	2	Double 6	3
Bare Hands, Improvised, Weapon Stocks	1	-	-

Dodging & Armor

Weapons Information

Armor Type	Bonus HP	Modifiers
Assault Weapons	4	Double 5 or Double 6	6
Rifles & Shotguns	4	Double 6	6
Pistols	3	Double 6	4
Flamethrowers	4	Double 5 or Double 6	8
Crossbows	4	Double 6	5

Injuries

Injury Type	Modifiers
Healthy	No Modifiers
Lightly Injured	-1 Modifier to All Rolls
Injured	-2 Modifier to All Rolls
Heavily Injured	-3 Modifier to All Rolls