AXIS

AXIS is a GM-less tabletop role playing game that hinges on the characters’ interaction with the forces around them and inside them by Russell Podgorsek.

Your PCs' relationships with those forces are dynamic and will change as each session of AXIS unfolds - in some cases because you make a difficult decision and in others when you're forced to confront your limits.

MOTIVATIONS

Choose a pair of opposing MOTIVATIONS from the list in the book or create your own. Make them general, as a key component to the game will be defining them more specifically as you play.

TRAITS

Every PC has three TRAITS which will be assigned a die at character creation: Reason, Action, and Influence.

MECHANIC

Based on what your characters is doing and why, chose a MOTIVATION and test a TRAIT against it. Roll the Motivation die then the Trait die and compare results. In some cases, something your PC does will involve two or more Trait dice, in which case roll both (or all three) and take the better/best result.

AXIS POINTS

AXIS Points are the in-game currency that you can use both before TRAIT rolls and after. Every PC begins the first game session with 1 AXIS Point. You can gain one each time you further define one of your MOTIVATIONS (and therefore your character and the setting).